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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1935

Page

2

Prices Of Hogs Hold Steady In Chicago Weekend Trade

Hog prices remained steady in a dull session at the Chicago stockyards with top quotes around $8.60 for hogs and total receipts about 9,500 across three terminals. Cattle and sheep receipts and prices varied, with Chicago and Pittsburgh showing mixed moves and lambs averaging near $8.40, while overall weekly tops and week-to-date changes were reported for multiple regions including St Paul and Omaha.

Mondan's Chicago IAP Pittsburgh East St Louis East St. Louis Chicago Livestock ST Paul Omana Livestour Omaha Myers Soren Ais Meron Kansas City St Lowis Joseph Fee Sioux City T Pou Indianapolis Cleveland Buffalo Sinclair Sinclair's Oessee Oessee Naes $800 Lambs, 60-75 4 5 Sees Lambs, 80-100 Ibs Ee v. Oh Aualts

Chicago Produce Market Prices and Receipts Summary

Chicago produce market listings show prices for oleomargarine butter eggs and carrots with varied receipts and quality grades. Notable figures include creamery specials and firsts with cents per unit and percent quality indicators.

Cincago Chicago Ap!i

Best Hogs Climb Higher on Local Market

Best hogs on the local market continue to climb with 180 to 340 pound grades up a nickel on Saturday, topping out at 825 dollars. Light grades and good packers remain unchanged.

Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Market Prices Featured Items

Local listing shows varied prices for grains fruits vegetables and animal products. Wheat oats rye corn and barley priced along with hens stags leghorn springs cocks and hides. Wholesale fruits include oranges navels and lemons with crate and head lettuce figures.

Lamson Brothers & Co A. E Cedar Rapids Merchants National Bank Winnipeg

Bond Markets Ll S Bonds New York News Amid Market Talk

New York bond traders report prices for government and treasury issues with quotes such as Treasury 3s and 34s, alongside Liberty and Liberty Fourth series notes. The page notes price changes on the trading tapes and outlines recent movements in various issue classes.

New York Liberty Treasury STW York Bond Review Otrading Pere

Inheritance tax paid on Sparry estate in Des Moines

Des Moines report notes an inheritance tax of 765 dollars paid into the state treasury Saturday. The estate of Alice M Sparry of Tont County was valued at 8 G i).

Des Moines INS Alice M_ Sparry Tont County

Wrestling Results From Thy Association Press

Wrestling results list bouts and outcomes across cities including Cincinnati Boston and Chicago. Notable results show Mull Curry Wharf defeat Jay Flummer two falls to one while Chicago edged Richard Stahl two falls to one.

THY Associaton Press ST Pau Everett Marshall la Junta Geroree Keverly Hollywood Cincinnati Atratekt Pwiiston Wallace Muskovitch Chicago Richard Stahl Germany

Grain market mixed as corn holds gains on Chicago

The Chicago board of trade saw mixed sentiment with wheat slipping 14 cents, corn steady to higher, and oats unchanged as traders waited on Washington developments. Cash corn demand cooled, weekly volume exceeded 1,000,000 bushels, and hogs remained nominally steady at week’s high.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Washington Seaboard

Grain Movement In Chicago and Minneapolis Cash Markets

Chicago cash grain reports show no sales for several commodities with mixed bid prices, including No 5 yellow and No 4 yellow futures and various white oats bids. Minneapolis receipts total nine cars, with cash wheat prices for No 1 northern around 109 to 111, No 1 hard Montana at about 108 to 110, and durum values near 1342 to 1393. corn No 3 yellow around 88. oats No 3 white around 56 to 66 with market activity down about 14e.

Chicago Minneapolis Montana Snc

Believe Kansas City Slaying Victim Was Sioux City Resident

A man believed to be Ervin Robert Swan of Sioux City Iowa was shot to death in Kansas City Missouri late Friday night. The body was found in a wrecked coupe on a residential street after a gunman fired at close range. Police tied Swan to narcotics work and indicated he faced prior federal suspicions of peddling narcotics with a history of minor racketeering.

Kansas City Ervin Robert Swan Sioux City Underworld Swan Eller Ervin B. Swan Chicago Fourth Street Iowa Holyoke Colo Saturay Swan

Niece of Duce Weds in Rome

Premier Mussolini his wife and children and Count and Countess Galeazzo Ciano attended the wedding of Maria Teresa Macini Mussolini to Dr. Clemente Baccherini at the Church of the Sacred Heart. Cabinet members and diplomats also attended.

Rome Benito Mussolini Galeazzo Ciano Church of the Sacred Heart Maria Teresa Macini- Mussolini Il Duce Edvice Clemente Baccherini Cabinet

Wall Street Mixed After Mild Upturn Pause

Wall Street traded with a cautious tone as the mild uptick from Friday faded. Leaders were narrow and many issues eased with transfers around 350,000 shares. notable movements included Cuban-American Sugar up about 2, Crossley Radio up a point, while National Department Stores preferred fell about 5 points on court approval news.

New York Porto Rico Crossley Radio National Department Stores Preferred Federal New Jersey Homestake Mining U. S. Smelting Cerro de Pasco American Smelting National Department Stores Common White Motor American Water Works United Corp. Preferred American Telephone U. S. Steel Continental Can Liggett and Myers “B du Pont Santa Fe WN. Y Central National Distillers Standard Oil of New Jersey Western Union Consolidated Gas Chrysler General Motors American Can General Electric Case Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck

Hauptmann Jurors Hear Offer for Dignified Vaudeville Appearance

Hauptmann jury plans a dignified vaudeville tour with a possible Sunday contract. Foreman Charles Walton said the group formed the Hauptmann Trial Jurors association and will meet, aiming to avoid discussing the trial while performing. Walton noted juror Verna Snyder could endure a tour, while juror Liscom Case has a heart condition.

High Bridge N. J Hauptmann Charles Walton New York Hauptmann Trial Jurors Association Walton

Gladwater Prices Put Water And Oil In Local Market

In Gladwater Texas water sells for 50 cents a barrel and oil goes for 17 cents a barrel in a regional semi arid market. The pricing contrasts highlight local resource values amid drought conditions.

Gladwater Texas

Linn County Work Relief Payroll Reaches Peak

Linn County reports the weekly work relief payroll at 12,621.40 dollars for 1,747 workers across 25,218 hours, the largest since the plan began last April. The sum reflects the current high level of employment under the program.

Linn County

Betty Gow Fends Off Curious Crowd On Ship Departure

New York police and stewards shield Betty Gow, famed from the Lindbergh case, as 500 shouting fans mob her while she tries to reach her Berengaria state-room. A middle aged woman presses forward asking to view her, and Gow becomes hysterical before being tucked into a tourist class cabin.

New York INS Betty Gow Scotland Betty

City Briefs And Personals

J M Welch at 2030 Bever avenue recovering at Mercy hospital after Thursday operation. Firemen responded at 5 30 p m Friday to 1155 K avenue NW for a chimney fire at the home of F A Parcel.

J. M. Welch Bever Avenue Mercy Hospital F. A. Parcel K Avenue NW

Forefinger Amputation at Penick and Ford Plant

John Aligius, an employee at the Penick and Ford plant, underwent a Saturday forenoon operation at St. Luke's hospital for the amputation of the forefinger on his right hand. He was injured around 4 am while cleaning machinery in the plant.

John Aligius Penick and Ford St. Luke's Hospital

Charter and relatives attend funeral in Ottumwa

Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Charter of 314 A avenue NW returned Friday from Ottumwa where they attended funeral services for Mrs. Charles Van Ness, sister of Mr. Charter. Also noted at the service were T. E. Charter, Mrs. T. E. Charter, Mrs. Frank Kent, Mrs. William Holecek, Frankie Clark Little, and Donald Laird.

A. G. Charter A Avenue NW Ottumwa Charles van Ness Charter T. E. Charter van Ness Frank Kent William Holecek Frankie Clark Little Donald Laird

Deaths Joseph Poula dies at 77 in Cedar Rapids

Joseph Poula 77 died at his home 220 A avenue NW at 8 45 am Saturday after a short illness. Born in Bohemia March 31 1857 he came to Cedar Rapids at age six with his parents. Survived by wife Ida four children Agnes Faltis Blanche Sirovy Joseph Poula Jerry Poula three grandchildren and several siblings and stepchildren. Body at Barta chapel pending funeral arrangements.

Joseph Poula Avenue NW Bohemia Cedar Rapids Johnson County Ida Agnes Faltis Blanche Sirovy Jerry Poula Verdi, Minn Margaret Sirovy Eleanor Raymond Poula Frank Poula Charles Kucera Kansas City Helen Kucera Barta Chapel

Virgie Lucille Thomas Dies After Prolonged Illness

Virgie Lucille Thomas died at a local hospital at 1 a.m. Friday after a long illness. Born March 17, 1911 in Linn county, she lived in the area all her life. Survived by mother Mrs. Bessie Thomas four brothers Roy Paul Thomas of home and Chicago John and Floyd Thomas, two sisters Mrs. Lottie Bergeson and Mrs. Mae Mefford. Funeral in Turner chapel Monday at 2 p.m. Burial in Dunkard cemetery. Friends may call at Turner chapel.

Virgie Lucille Thomas Bessie Thomas Eighth Street Miss Thomas Linn County Roy Paul Thomas John Floyd Thomas Chicago Lottie Bergeson Mae Mefford Turner Chapel Dunkard

Mrs. Samuel Nelson Rites Planned in Cedar Rapids

Mrs. Samuel Nelson 56 died at home on Friday after a short illness in Cedar Rapids. Born January 31, 1879 in Louisa County Iowa she lived in Cedar Rapids ten years and is survived by seven daughters two sons a brother and her mother. Funeral arrangements pending with Beatty chapel.

Samuel Nelson E Avenue NW Louisa County Iowa Cedar Rapids Archie Tompkins Hiram Schutzman Sherden Woods Wesley Millard Arthur Young John Pope Elkader Paul Miller Letts, Jr Howard Miller Volga City John Hancock Davenport Ephriam Gabriel Columbus City Beatty Chapel

Mrs Suchomel Funeral Services Scheduled

Funeral services for Mrs Barbara Suchomel widow of Thomas F Suchomel Sr will be at home 280 Fifteenth Avenue SW Monday at 9 am then at St Ludmila s church at 9 30 am conducted by Rev Frank R Hruby Burial in Linwood Cemetery Friends may call at the residence Saturday and Sunday She was a member of the Rosary and St Ludmila societies with members reciting the Rosary at the home Sunday at 7 30 pm also survived by two sisters Mary Jedlik of West Branch and Mrs (rest of text cut)

Suchomel Barbara Suchomel Thomas F. Suchomel Fifteenth Avenue St. Ludmila’s Frank R. Hruby Linwood Cemetery Rosary St. Ludmila Mary Jedlik West Branch

Grandsons to serve as pallbearers for Ottilie Marsh

Ottilie Marsh of Cedar Rapids is survived by two brothers Joseph Schneberger of Iowa City and Emanuel Schneberger of Cuba Kansas. The grandsons will act as pallbearers in the funeral services.

Ottilie Marsh Cedar Rapids Joseph Schneberger Iowa City Emanuel Schneberger Cuba Kan

Contractor Granted Second Time Extension For Filter Beds

The city council granted Bemis and Schlick of Des Moines a second extension on the sewage disposal plant filter beds project. The original deadline was Sept 1, extended to Jan 1, and now the new completion date is April 1.

Bemis and Schlick Des Moines

Police Fine Eight For Parking Violations In Court

An intensive police drive against parking offenders on Thursday and Friday led to eight defendants paying fines plus costs in police court. The list includes Charles Watts and several others with addresses, plus Allen King fined five dollars and costs for passing a street car on the wrong side and Ralph Brooks of Earlville fined two dollars and costs for failing to stop at a boulevard sign.

Charles Watts J Street F. K. Cisler Thirteenth Avenue R. Y. Netolicky Dows Building W. A. Hulsebus Fifth Street H. G. Wagner First Avenue W. A. Wolford B Avenue A. Strass Forest Drive G. M. Newland D Avenue E. F. Moorman Glen Holm E Avenue Allen King Ralph Brooks Earlville

Horak Pleads Guilty and Receives Four Month Jail Term

Mary Horak a 22 year old was charged with drunk driving and sentenced to four months in county jail by Judge A B Clark after she withdrew a not guilty plea and pled guilty on January 31. She may be released on good behavior after thirty days. County Attorney G K Thompson filed a true information.

Mary Horak A. B. Clark G. K. Thompson

Awarded 1150 in Suit For 5000 Damages

A district court jury returned a 1150 verdict for Edward A. White in a 5000 automobile damage suit against Homer O. Center and H. C. Center after five hours of deliberation. Judge A. B. Clark presided after remand by the supreme court following a previous trial.

Edward A. White Homer O. Center H. C. Center A. B. Clark F. O. Ellison Supreme Court

Free Methodist revival visits Marion for ten days

The Rev. F. L. Baker of Battle Creek Michigan leads revival services at the Free Methodist church in Marion with two missionary meetings set for February 17 at 11 a.m. and February 24 at 11 a.m. Evening services run daily at 7 30 p.m. Baker will also address the Lions club Tuesday at 6 15 p.m. Public invitation extended.

F. L. Baker Battle Creek Mich Free Methodist Church Baker The Union Marion Toddville Lions Club

Codos And Rossi Seek New World Flight Record

Italian American aviators Paul Codos and Maurice Rossi, holders of the world long distance flight record, soar over Morocco en route to a nonstop south Atlantic crossing to Buenos Aires. They left Le Bourget at 6 36 a m in the Joseph Lebrix, radio reports place them over Tangier and Rabat then Casablanca as they push for a new record.

Istres France Paul Codos Maurice Rossi Morocco Buenos Aires Joseph Lebrix New York Syria le Bourget Cape Noo Tangier Rabat Africa Casablanca

Two Boys Awarded 28000 Treasure Dug Up In Cellar

In Baltimore Judge Eugene O'Dunne ruled for two 16 year old boys who dug up three thousand five hundred fifty eight ancient gold coins from a cellar trove. The coins have face value of 11427 dollars but experts estimate their total value around 28000 dollars due to antiquity. Coins range from one to twenty dollars, not dated after 1858 with some as early as 1834.

Baltimore Eugene O'Dunne

Herring Delays Talks With Cooper Over Conviction

DES MOINES Gov Clyde Herring said he likely would not confer with Liquor Commission Chairman Harold M Cooper until Monday amid reports of his Cedar Rapids conviction. Herring noted Cooper was in Marshalltown and would decide on renewing a resignation demand.

Des Moines Harold M. Cooper The Liquor Commission Clyde Herring Cooper Marshalltown Cedar Rapids Herring

Government Calls 200 Witnesses For Trial Of Huckins

Milwaukee report says the federal government subpoenaed over 200 witnesses for Elmer S. Huckins trial on mail fraud charges. Nine major cigar companies are among those summoned. the hearing begins February 26. Huckins, once a Cedar Rapids investor, claims to run a “cigar throw out business” while hospitalized for a heart ailment. The note adds Buenos Aires as Latin America’s rail hub.

Milwaukee Elmer S. Huckins Cedar Rapids Huckins

Marion area church notices list weekly services and leaders

A consolidated church bulletin lists service times, sermon topics, and officers for multiple denominations in Marion. Notable entries include Baptist, Catholic, Christian, Congregational, Free Methodist, Methodist, Presbyterian, St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran, Seventh Day Church of God, and Neighborhood Chapel with pastors, Sunday schools, and evening services.

William H. Bridwell Raymond Eckhart Our Fellowship Covenant William Dykuisen Cesdar Rapids Royal Order of 70 St. Joseph's Catholic T. J. McElliott C. J. Biddle E. C. Hamm P. B. Cope National Benevolent Association of the Disciples of Christ Our Benevolent Ministry Union Presbyterian Church H. C. Allen Norman J. Waffle Gerald Thomas F. S. Skinner Pilgrim Highraaders James Wiggins Free Methodist H. M. Williamson Young People's Missionary Meeting F. L. Baker Methodist Episcopal John M. Walters H. M. Titus Oxford Club Epworth League Presbyterian W. E. Fisher M. Carson The First Christian Church Cedar Rapids George G. Dewey Irvin Ford St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran C. Krog Lester Boettcher Mary Lockwood Christ Jesus Seventh Day Church of God Sixth Street Ninth Avenue Sabe Bath Carl Carver William Mathis T. J. Mileler

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