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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1934
Page
10
The market shows hog prices up to 285 per hundredweight for 170 to 270 pound hogs with premiums paid for top grades. Calf and sheep markets listed, with lambs under 80 pounds and various prices by quality.
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Grain movement data for Chicago shows receipts and shipments across multiple weeks, listing numbers for wheat and related commodities. The clippings reference Chicago, North, and various depot terms, with figures like 13 4 35 2 43 1483 4 4 W 49 50 199, indicating mixed totals across grain categories and time periods.
NY AP report notes speculative interest fluctuating through the day as the market steadied with a weaker dollar and lower volume. Major names including American Telephone, U S Steel, Chrysler and Du Pont showed mixed moves while others held near unchanged.
Local Cedar Rapids market listings show grain prices for wheat rye and hay plus produce and live poultry rates. Fruit vegetables and other staples appear with assorted prices, including lemons grapefruits and apples, though many figures are inconsistent or garbled.
Cedar Rapids prosecutor reports a St Paul banker was abducted on a Cedar Rapids street car and ransom notes demanded $200000 and $10 bills. A Bremer man connected to the case is in custody. clues point to a kidnapping between Summit and Cedar Rapids with the suspect’s car found nearby. No witnesses located.
The Bremer heir was abducted and a ransom paid equal to the demand in the latest St Paul kidnap. Authorities returned from Cedar Rapids after the disclosure and a DOJ agent flew in from Dallas to assist. Other victims include Leon Gleckman Morris Rutman and Haskell Bohm in a surge of offenses since 1930.
Cedar Rapids Co operative Dairy petitions in district court for appointment of a receiver for the insolvent Searles Dairy Co. of Cedar Rapids. It claims a $14 251 48 debt for milk and cream and asks judgment. Judge Ellison set the hearing for Friday at 9 a.m. The company operates eight milk routes in Cedar Rapids.
In Chicago an additional venireman in the Factor kidnapping case was arrested on contempt of court and perjury charges. Francis P Hayes admitted his son is in a reformatory and two brothers jailed for robbery, leading to a $5,000 bond. Seven jurors were tentatively selected as Judge Feinberg urged speed.
The Iowa Senate passed a bill allowing optional fire and windstorm insurance for warehouse grain, sending the measure to the House after a vote without opposition. The chamber also defeated the Shaneble bill to enforce a specific land sale plan under execution by 16 to 28, while a separate measure freeing debtors from certain liabilities passed 37 to 0. A funeral for Katherine Baumgartner was held in Strawberry Point with services by Rev John Baumgartner and Rev YF Melchert. she left seven children and many descendants. The ancient Sphinx statue in Egypt dates to about 2800 BC.
Obituary notes pioneer family in Shueyville Iowa. James Bowersox and Mary Shuey married in 1682. Survived by wife seven children eleven grandchildren and siblings. Previously postmaster and local storekeeper valued open discussion and living by example.
Federal orders directed banks to accept gold coin and certificates only after close of business Wednesday. Cedar Rapids area residents rushed to surrender $29,500 in gold before possible discounts, some traveling 300 miles to do so. Banks varied in approach, some listing surrenderers for refunds, others accepting at full value without question. The policy modification aimed to aid those unable to meet short notice, with the arrangement effectively indefinite.
A London government committee urged legalizing voluntary sterilization to curb what it called the dead weight of social inefficiency and individual misery from more than 250000 mental defectives. The report urged a bill for a law on the issue.
Four persons were injured in a head on collision of two Market Street cars at 18th and Valencia. One car leaped tracks and crashed into an oncoming vehicle. Ambulances transported the injured to emergency hospitals. both cars were badly damaged.
The Reconstruction Corporation bought 131.671604 million dollars in gold abroad, with 108.30785 million purchased in London and Paris. Purchases ceased this week and future gold buying will go through the treasury under the administration’s monetary program.
Marion chapter No. 183 OES held installation of 1933 officers led by Mrs. Frank Keyser with 250 attendees. Separate note: Miss Josephine Lisk married Melvin Carr at the Free Methodist church with a pink green décor and wedding cakes.
Des Moines AP Governor Clyde L Herring commuted to 20 years each the life sentences of Raymond McCormick and Gerald Haberman both 21 and 20 from Prairie du Lac Wisconsin. The men were convicted of murder in Dubuque county on March 17 1930 for killing a Dyersville Iowa town marshal after an alleged oil station robbery at Luxemburg Iowa.
Des Moines AP report states the executive council approved 826.60 dollars to J R Jaques Olumwa special assistant attorney general for services and expenses as special prosecutor in the effort to oust Mayor Edwin C Manning. Judge Wakefield awarded 1000 to Merrill Gilmore and listed other trial expenses. Witness fees and expenses will be certified later by the Wapello county clerk.
Nine bodies were recovered Thursday from the lifeboat of the British steamship Oakford after it went on the rocks off Texel Island. The ship’s ten crew members were swept away when the vessel hit the rocks.
Born to Mr and Mrs Leo Machek at Mercy hospital on January 16 a son. A son was born to Mr and Mrs George Donovan of Lisbon at Mercy hospital on January 16. A son was born to Mr and Mrs L R Hamilton at St Luke’s hospital on January 18.
The Congregational church held its annual meeting after a Wednesday parish supper. Officers elected included Clerk Mrs. John T. Christie and treasurer B. F Mentzer. Various committees and deacons were named for one year, with thanks to outgoing Sunday school superintendent W. A. Jackson.
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