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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1936
Page
6
Hog prices rise sharply on the Chicago market with top quotes around 10.85, marking a high since last October. Receipts drop due to cold weather. cattle and sheep see varied movements across multiple markets including Des Moines and St Paul with cattle steady to higher and lambs weaker.
New York bond traders saw a cautious session with government issues steadier as relief hopes lingered. Prices for Treasuries moved modestly while corporate issues and municipal bonds posted small gains amid mixed demand.
Hog markets drift higher with prices crossing the $10 mark after a 10 cent gain in most grades. Top hog price reaches $10.05 while other local markets hold steady amid ongoing price shifts. Wisconsin’s Wilson & Co. Hog Market lists bid prices by weight for truck hogs and notes calf and sheep quotes alongside regional commodity actions.
A list of grain and livestock prices and qualitives from Cedar Rapids including oats corn soybeans barley and various fowl prices with weights and units. The ad also mentions fruits vegetables and miscellaneous produce items with price tags and unit measures.
Historical grain prices from Chicago and Minneapolis show bids for wheat corn oats barley and related products. Listings include No 2 and No 5 categories, various moisture grades, and futures notes with mixed figures across multiple grain types and seed products.
Chicago bids show wheat up 14 to 34 cents as Arctic cold prompts buying. May wheat at 9934? cents, corn gains, oats steady. Kansas reports some wheat damage, Winnipeg delays, domestic demand soft, European demand weak. Corn gains supported by cash demand. oats largely unchanged.
Fragmentary text reports mixed figures about raw goods and prices, mentioning York and various numbers. The readable portions lack coherent events or context to form a definite news item. Names, places, and figures are incomplete or garbled.
Wall Street opened trading with small gains led by industrials amid a wavering early session. Case, Western Union rose about two points while Deere and several other manufacturers posted near similar advances. Some fractional movers included Chrysler and Bethlehem as General Electric and Westinghouse slipped.
Washington AP report says Jay N Ding Darling former chief of the biological survey was unanimously chosen as chair of the North American Wild Life conference. The group plans a federation with a Washington headquarters and thirteen regional chairs linking state county and local groups.
King Meighan 40 brother of actor Thomas Meighan died in a Pittsburgh hospital from a fractured skull after a fall at a rooming house Tuesday. Ruth Heekt of Key Hone filed for divorce from Raymond Heekt alleging cruelty. Judge Carl B Stiger issued an injunction restraining the defendant from molesting the plaintiff or her daughter and from selling household goods.
Emil Dostal and Jeannette Bro fan of Ely seek a marriage license in the county records.
AP reports a heavy earthquake hit Kyo at 4 10 p m Wednesday as Japan endures a fierce blizzard. No casualties were yet reported but fears grow for the crew of the 220 ton freighter Unnan Maru after she sent SOS claiming to be waterlogged and sinking off Wakayama. Two steamers searched the area but found no trace of the vessel.
The T P A luncheon at the Elks club is postponed. Emil Dostal and Jeannette Brogan of Ely wed by Justice Grunewald. Cereal workers union No 19147 of National Oats will meet Thursday at 8 p m in Labor temple. Linn County Bar association reorganization talk set for Thursday noon at Hotel Roosevelt. Correction: address for Robinson Bros Drug ad is 211 Third Street SE. Lydian society postponed to Feb 12 at Mrs Lindsay 30444 F avenue. Aldebaran court No 12 Ben Hur Life postponed to next regular meeting due to weather. Bruce Suthers, U S Navy storekeeper, on 30 days leave from U S S Isabell visiting Cedar Rapids and sister Mrs D C Curtis of Van Horne. All YMCA church league basketball games postponed remainder of week Pioneer and Comrade at Franklin and Roosevelt gyms. Hiccough victim improving, R M Loftus at 309 Third Street SW home from St Luke's hospital after ten days with hiccoughs. visitors prohibited during convalescence.
Fifty gallons of denatured alcohol seized by the federal tax unit were processed Wednesday and issued to the local department of agriculture for government vehicles. An additional ten gallons were authorized for the 349th Infantry Headquarters.
A fire started near a hot air register in the home of N Harold West at 425 Twentieth street NE damaging the stairway and an adjoining partition before firefighters contained it. The alarm rang at 12:12 a.m. Wednesday. A separate chimney fire at Anton Mrkvicka’s home 1317 C avenue NE was extinguished at 8:40 p.m. Tuesday.
Arthur neighborhood skating rink was cleaned on Tuesday and is in good condition. Fillmore and J street rinks were cleaned on Wednesday. Memorial drive and municipal river rinks have no warming facilities and no outdoor cleaning due to cold. Wind has cleared a large area along the river.
In district court Judge H C Ring directed a verdict for Petersburg Savings and American Trust against R A Goudy for 2166.58 on a note. the court overruled a directed verdict motion and sustained the plaintiff's motion. A separate $5000 personal injury suit by Jennie Newman against the City of Cedar Rapids was settled and dismissed with prejudice.
In district court Judge H C Ring dismissed two counts of illegal possession of alcohol against 28 year old Nick Zulakis of Cedar Rapids on state motion for lack of evidence. Zulakis had pleaded not guilty on December 23 and January 17. The article notes other probate, divorce, and civil matters in district court.
The bodies of two Dartmouth and Amherst freshmen were found within 24 hours in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Authorities say evidence points to death by own action. Jerome Straus, 18, of Dartmouth, left a note saying life’s demands are too much. Francis Grose, 21, of Great Neck, was an Amherst freshman.
In London the American delegation opposes continental intrigue and contends for a 35 000 ton battleship limit. They fear French opposition and a British bilateral deal with France while seeking an understanding with Britain over the Far East.
Senator Key Pittman, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the panel would likely report neutrality legislation next week though a permanent bill may not pass before the current resolution expires February 29. The committee meets Monday with possible witness Charles Warren as an observer and will begin formal work on the Hill.
Chicago man Herman Schaller was cleared of a charge of running a stop sign after testifying that a convoy of 12 liquor trucks blocked his view for about 20 miles, preventing him from seeing the intersection.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E Briles at 1817 Eleventh Street SW is Ralph Eugene born January 29. Everett Prior at 719 Thirty-first Street SE welcomed a daughter named Wednesday at Mercy Hospital.The royal sturgeon claim dates to King Edward II, allowing a reigning king of England to claim any caught fish.
Mrs Mary Mordorst a long time resident near Marion died at her home Wednesday at 2 am after weeks of illness. Born Mary Kohln in Holstein Germany on December 20 1858 she came to America in 1880 and settled near Lafayette before moving to Marion about 45 years ago. She was married to Henry Mordorst in 1881 and leaves six living children plus a sister and a grandson. Funeral arrangements will be announced.
Iowa City professor Walter L. Daykin of the University of Iowa sociology department has been elected head of the Iowa City social service league for next year. He will succeed Miss Ruth A. Gallaher as president, with new board members including Kenneth M. Dunlop Mrs. Charles Baker Miss Nora Donahue Mrs. Minerva S. Knight Dan J. Peters and George Gay.
William H. Ritter, about 70, died suddenly Tuesday afternoon from a heart attack in the residence district of Tama while walking. Robert Harrison helped carry him to the Harrison funeral home and a physician was summoned. Coroner Harvey Jones ruled no inquest. Brandon Root, 22, grandson of local farmers, is hospitalized in Flint, Michigan after an accident involving a jack that struck him in the face while raising a truck. He will return to his grandparents' home once able.
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