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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 24, 1938

Page

4

Hog Prices Hit Two Month High in Chicago Market

Hogs rose to the highest level since mid November as receipts lagged expectations. Packers sought tighter pork and lard supplies ahead of anticipated price rises, with reports of firmer retail movement and some wholesale pork at low two year lows. Several price tallies and representative sales across Chicago, Omaha, Sioux City, and Des Moines show steady to firmer bids for 140 to 350 pound hogs amid slow cattle and sheep trading.

Chicago Chicago Livestock US Dept. Agricultures Doncalves Yilue

Hogs Strengthen On Local Market Climb to 8.15

Hog prices on the local market rose Monday with advances of 5 to 10 cents in various grades. The top reached 8.15 while cattle prices showed a 25 cent dip. Slight adjustments occurred in the fruit and vegetable market.

Wilson & Co hog and cattle market quotes list

Wilson & Co quotes bulk hog prices by weight and class and give calf, sheep, and cattle market lines. Prices cover good hogs, packers, calves, sheep, prime and choice steers, yearlings, cows, cutters, canners, and bulls across weight ranges from 70 to 600 pounds with specific per hundredweight figures.

Wilson & CO Wilson's

Cedar Rapids Miscellanieous Market Prices and Hides

A Cedar Rapids misc item lists grain prices for oats corn and soybeans with quality grades, plus hay straw butterfat eggs poultry and wholesale fruits vegetables and hides with prices. Sugar market notes New York raw sugar futures and spot price movements for January March contracts.

Wheat market rises on dust storms and rain reports

A dull Chicago session saw wheat close 4 to 3 4 cent higher as Liverpool rallied and Winnipeg spiked on rain in winter wheat areas and dust storms in the southwest. Corn and oats finished mixed or steady amid light export volume and waning country receipts.

Chicago Liverpool Winnipeg Chicago Board of Trade Germany

Minneapolis grain prices and cash wheat receipts report

Minneapolis Kasit's grain market shows Monday receipts at 97 cars with cash No 1 hard dark northern at 15 and 24 percent, No 1 dark Montana prices around 1.13 to 1.14 per bushel, No 2 hard Montana winter near 1.09 with various durum and red durum quotes. Chicago cash provisions list mixed oats, corn, and beans with bid levels, and seed prices for timothy and clover.

Minneapolis Casit Grain API Ohare Montana Protel Chicago

Produce Markets Chicago Produce and Poultry Rates

Chicago markets report live api poultry and miscellaneous produce prices across hens and chicks by weight, turkeys, ducks, and capons with varied roaster and fryers. Butter, eggs, potatoes, and cheese receipts show steady or mixed trends, with futures and local variations noted by Peter Fox Sons Co.

Chicago Plymouth White Rock Idaho Burbanks US Colorado Red McClures US North Dakota Biss Minnesota North Dakota Cobblers Wisconsin Texas Florida Bliss Florida US Peter Fox Sons Co Merchants National Bank Cedar Rapids

Wool Market Quiet in Boston as Prices Hold Steady

The Boston wool market was very quiet on Monday with nominal quotations unchanged from last week. Cables from abroad showed Australian prices steady and New Zealand prices firmer than the sale held last Thursday.

Boston U S. Dept Agriculture Australia New Zealand

Stocks Slide in Slow Trading as Wall Street Pauses

Stocks pointed moderately downward in the slowest market day in months. Turnover was light, with about 600000 shares exchanged for the full day and only 290000 in the first three hours. Investors awaited the presidential message to Congress on naval rearmament, delaying major buying. Several key issues drifted downward while a few declines were cushioned by late-day recoveries. Bonds and foreign markets were quiet.

New York Washington Congress Wall Street White House France Chautemps U. S. Steel Bethlehem General Motors Chrysler Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck Allied Chemical Phillips Petroleum Standard Oil of N. J Santa Fe Union Carbide Owens-Illinois Johns- Manville

Wall Street Stocks Quotations Summary

Wall Street stock quotes published by J E Bennett Co manager W H Jump show a dense list of prices for Adams Express Alaska Copper Allied Chem Allied Stores etc. The page records numerous quotable stocks across industries with numbers and percent figures and closes with Chicago stocks including Quaker Oats Edison and related names.

J. E. Bennett & Co W.H Jump Merchants National Bank Adams Express Inspiration Alaski Duneng Tary Baka Allegheny Corps Hydro Allied Chem Allied Stores Nickel Allis Chalmers Johns “Manville Bower Kasser Ims Kennecott Firesae Tippy Owens Roll Mills Ain Ogi Lornard Wat McKesson Rob Marshall Fld Mathieson Miami Armour Paramount Park Utah Burroughs Ade Penna RR Penney Hegnies Gas Canada Dry Plymouth Case Threech Proctor Gamble Steed Celaticar Pullman Co Cerro de Pasco Cortainteed Obio Keith Ches Corp Reo Motors Chrysler Coca_ Cola Safeway Palmolive Seaboard Oil Roebuck Coim Southern Conzoleum Soconys Consol Edison Consol Consol Textile Sou Railway Lise Sperry Corp Colt St Joe Lead Motors Calif Indau, Coty, Inc Stone Webster Studebanker Tex Corp Curtiss Wright Tex Land Deere & Co Thompson del D&w Tidewater Douglas Air Timken du Pont de Amer Breeport Unt Gas Ms S Gypsum Gen Foods Gen Gas Peubber Gen Motors TS Realty Gen Outdoor Gillette SR Glenn Martin Glidden Co Qwillys Ovid Houston Wilson & Ca Sty Howe Sound Wantworth Hudson Motors Yellow Truck Hupp Motors Yneston 9 & T Tig Central Zenith Radio Indus Rayon Chicago Dexter Co eGen Hshold Butler Bros Helleman Cherry Marfield Chicago Corp Mid-West Corp laQuaker Com Edison Quaker

Foreign Exchange Rates Narrow Dollar Fluctuations

A New York report lists Monday noon rates for various currencies with mixed movements. Major pairs include Great Britain, France, Italy and Switzerland, plus notable entries for Germany, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Portugal, Greece, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Austria Hungary, Roumania, Argentina, Brazil, Japan, Shanghai, Hongkong, Mexico City, and cross quotes for Montreal and New York.

Foreign Exchange New York API Great Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Portugal Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia Austria Hungary Roumania Argentine Brazil Free Tokio Shanghai Hongkong Mexico City Montreal

Drownings After Car Breaks Through Ice At Lake Chamcook

A party of six returning from a Lake Chamcook weekend had one survivor. William Craig 60 host drove the car onto the ice and disappeared. Joseph Gibson 22 escaped through a window and reached safety after crawling a mile to summon help. Rescuers found no sign of Craig Albert Storr 170 Louis Hiron 55 Ralph Howe 40 or Carten McCurdy 24.

ST. Andrews N. B INS William Craig Joseph Gibson Craig Albert Storr Louis Hiron Ralph Howe Carten McCurdy

Two Boys Drown When Car Plunges Through Fox Lake Ice

Fox Lake Ill. Two young Chicago boys Albert Nelson Jr nine and John Adam Peyton six drown as their car sinks through thin ice into sixteen feet of water during a Sunday fishing trip. Father of one boy escapes with two others as vehicle sinks leaving Albert Nelson Sr Jess Lynn and Floyd Armistad the driver as survivors.

Fox Lake, Ill Fox Lake Albert Nelson, Jr John Adam Peyton Chicago Albert Nelson Jess Lynn Floyd Armistad

Court House News District Judge halts Linn county equity cases

District Judge John T. Moffit ordered no further Linn county court equity case assignments until the end of the week. A will contest by Mary A Zaruba and Frank S Blezek was dismissed without prejudice. The action sought to probate an earlier instrument as the will. Joseph Blezck died August 20 1986. the will dated July 23 1936 was admitted. heirs included the plaintiffs and defendants Ernest J Bilezek and Kenneth M Blezek.

John T. Moffit Linn County Court Mary A. Zaruba Franks Blezek Joseph Blezck C. J. Haus Ernest J Bilezek Kenneth M. Blezek

Alexander Is Released On Own Bond After Accident Charge Filed

George J. Alexander 44 proprietor of a photo studio in town and Kirksville Mo was released on his own bond after arraignment in Justice H R Churchill s court on a county attorney s information charging him with failure to give his name address and car registration after an accident. The crash occurred Thursday evening when Alexander s car hit Mrs Mary Smith s car at First Street between Second and First Avenues SE. Mrs Smith suffered injuries to her right leg and foot and Alexander allegedly drove away while she inspected the damage to his car.

George J. Alexander Kirksville H. R Churchill Alexander Mary Smith Third Street

Nazi prisoners must buy food lodging

New York dispatch reports German prisoner Fred Zomzely, 31, describing German jail terms requiring inmates to pay for food and lodging. He said he was arrested in Berlin for taking photographs of a railroad station and given four days in prison with a daily bill for his keep.

New York INS Nazi Germany Fred Zomzely Zomzecly Berlin

Miami Officials Indicted Over Unlawful Remuneration

A special grand jury indicted Mayor Robert R. Williams Commissioners John Dubose and Ralph Ferguson and city rate and traffic consultant Thomas E. Grady on charges of exacting remuneration not provided by law and conspiracy.

Miami, Fla Robert R. Williams John Dubose Ralph Ferguson Thomas E. Grady

Twenty two Romanian schoolchildren die in Danube boat sinking

In Bucharest, twenty two Romanian children aged seven to nine were killed when an excursion boat struck an ice floe on the Danube and sank before their parents. The tragedy prompted authorities to launch investigations and rescue efforts, with mourning communities beginning to gather.

Bucharest Ins Danube River

Bond Markets Mixed as Rail Issues Dip in Trade

New York bond dealers reported a generally softer session for railroad issues with several key names slipping while a few issues posted modest gains. Domestic corporates and Treasury securities showed varied moves with some bonds advancing and others retreating amid uneven trading.

NEW YORK _ROLD REVIEW New York Baltimore and Ohio Erie Southern Railway Chicago and Alton Missouri Pacific New York Central S. Treasury American Waterworks Goodyear McKesson and Robbins S. Pennsylvania Railroad General Shell Union American Telephone and Telegraph Columbia Gas and Electric International Paper Brooklyn Union Gas Loews

Quadruplets Born in Cebu as Mother Dies After Birth

Dispatches from Cebu report Mrs. Cipriana Bangcay, 22, gave birth to quadruplets on January 19. The mother died shortly after. Doctors say three babies are normal and thriving while the fourth was born weak.

Manila Cebu Cipriana Bangcay

Marion area quiets after early morning car clash

Residents near south Ninth Street and Third Avenue woke to cries for help when a two couple car stalled in a ditch. Two men Jess Valandingal of Martelle and Harold Northrop fought. Northrop was stabbed seven times and taken home after first aid. Valandingal jailed. possible charges in intoxication, fighting, disturbing the peace if Northrop does not press charges.

South Ninth Street Third Avenue Alta Clemens W. J. Goodyear Jack Norris Jess Valandingal Martelle Harold Northrop Eighth Street Cedar Rapids Northrop Valandingal Martello

Kennedy cites labor strife harming American merchant marine

Chairman Joseph P. Kennedy warned in his annual report that labor disputes demoralize efforts to expand the U S merchant fleet and threaten national defense. He cited sitdowns and quickie strikes, orders to crews, and the Algic incident as signs of disorder, urging unions and ship operators to reach cooperative working arrangements for a long-range construction program.

Washington INS American Merchant Marine Joseph P. Kennedy Maritime Commission Great Britain Kennedy

Twelve Injured as L Train Crash Near Laramie Station

Twelve persons were injured when a westbound Lake Street elevated train crashed into the rear of a preceding train at the Laramie Avenue station in Chicago. Authorities investigated the incident as railway officials offered initial statements on the cause and safety measures. The accident disrupted service for several hours and prompted emergency response teams to assist injured riders.

Chicago Lake Street Laramie Avenue

Mrs Ted Healy Sued For 1799 In Healthcare Fees

HOLLYWOOD AP Mrs. Ted Healy widow of the screen comedian was sued for 1799 claimed for hospital and physician care during her birth and her husband's fatal illness. A testimonial show Sunday raised about 12000 for a family trust fund with stars like Clark Gable Tito Schipa Jack Benny George Burns Spencer Tracy and Rudy Vallee participating.

Hollywood Ted Healy Healy Clark Gable Tito Schipa Jack Benny George Burns Spencer Tracy Rudy Vallee

Fragmentary ad shows odd pricing and numbers

A damaged OCR snippet lists numbers and prices with unclear context such as 2 CONS ONe Day 540 SECUTIVE DAYS and multiple bracketed values like 0.90 1.68 2.52 1.80 3.36 4.20, lacking coherent meaning or identifiable entities.

Local obituary notes and family visitings at Perry and Des Moines

Sloss George Busby and A E Granger of Marion attend a funeral. Mr and Mrs M E Northrup of Des Moines and Mr and Mrs Ray Northrop of Chicago were here for the funeral. Mrs Margaret Leming visiting her mother Mrs Mary Kerns at Perry.

D B. Storck The Internal Revenue Service Des Moines J. C. Bonnefoi Chicago Arthur Fairhurst Mrs Margaret Leming Mary Kerns Perry

Beauty Shops Attractive January Specials and Contacts

Historic ad listing numerous beauty shops offering waves, perms, and specials. Includes multiple shop names, addresses, and phone numbers such as Sara Park Beauty, Stella's, Mae's Beauty Shop, and Cinderella Beauty Shop. Mentions perm prices from $1.40 to $5 and various services like Old O-Glo wave and finger waves.

Tallian Peigiy Deluty DIAL 3Rd Ave Sara Park Sara Park Beaute RD ST. SE Enn Eee Elinle Paris Academy of Bty 3Rd Mary Nell Alice Dinsk Ethel Vixon Arlene Schnack Higley Beauty Lebby Stella's 3Rd St Mae’s Bty Pidima’s Ellis Blvd Helene Beauty Shop Peacock Jrd St. NE Kennedy's A. E Cinderella Beauty Shop

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