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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 27, 1938

Page

15

Hog Market Slumps Despite Fresh Supplies Decline

Chicago and other markets show hog prices easing with receipts around 24 000 in Chicago and 9 000 in Omaha. Dealers report steady to lower bids as steers and yearlings also drift weaker amid slow demand and abundant supply. Top hogs hit about 8 75 with bulk 7 90 to 8 10 in most regions while cattle and sheep trade varies by yard.

Chicago S Dept Tex Fords Handy Wrights Omaha Livestock Omaha S Dent ST Paul Dept Agriculture Des Moines Tapi IU S. Dept Agriculture Silmnesott

Local Hog Market Weakens with Substantial Price Drop

Prices for hogs fall 15 cents on the local market with top quotes at $8.10. Other markets hold steady while Wilson & Co lists bulk hog bids across grades from Good to utility sizes. Cattle and sheep prices are quoted by grade, including prime steers at 9.50 to 9.50 and various dressed weights for yearlings and cows.

Chicago Wilson & CO Wilson’s Auallty

Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Grain and Produce Prices

Market listing from Cedar Rapids shows grain quotes for No 1 and No 8 oats, No 2 rye and No 2 barley, shelled corn prices, and soybeans. It also lists hay straw, butterfat by cream grade, various live poultry weights with prices, wholesale fruits and vegetables with crate prices, and hide market rates for beef hides, calves, kip, horses, and pony hides with notes on full tails and manes.

Bond Market Quiet With Mixed Losses Across Issues

New York bond traders reported a cautious session with most prices slipping modestly while some rail and utility issues fell faster. Notable declines appeared in weaker line components and select Treasury notes, as Deutsche Bank and Panama Canal securities advanced slightly amid thin market conditions.

New York Interstate Commerce Commission Treasury Great Northern Cleveland Union Terminal Columbia Gas Pere Marquette Northerr Pacific Union Pacific Hownsaine Forssn Deutsche Bank Panama

Currencies Wobble as franc Dips in World Markets

The franc slipped to around 3.2313 cents in early Thursday trading despite hopes the U S stabilization fund would shore up market stability. European currencies fluctuated with the pound, marks and francs showing minor moves while commodity prices such as sugar also traded with modest activity.

New York United States Stabilization Fund France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Jugoslavia Austria Hungary Roumania Brazil Toklo Shanehal Hong Kong Mexico City Montreal

Wool Market Notes From Boston Trade Slow With Irregular Prices

Boston AP report notes light domestic demand in the wool market with irregular pricing. Graded French combing fine wools sold around 69 to 72 cents scoured. combing blood and half-blood fleeces offered at 30 cents grease. Mixed grade lots from the Midwest quoted near 28 cents grease delivered.

Boston APJ Middle West

Oak Park Ordinance Bans Over Hundred Doughnuts a Day

Oak Park Illinois enforces a local rule prohibiting any resident from baking and consuming more than 100 doughnuts in a single day. The ordinance appears as a quirky limit aimed at reducing waste and event overindulgence throughout the town.

Oak Park Ill

Wheat Holds Steady in Quiet Chicago Session

Wheat futures closed largely unchanged on a quiet Chicago board of trade session with slight gains in May to 94 cents and mixed moves in corn and oats. Early strength from Portugal purchases and Winnipeg firmness faded as selling emerged after Liverpool failed to sustain a rally. Canada reports lower share of No 3 grade wheat may aid longer term exports.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Portugal Winnipeg Liverpool United States Buenos Aires Canada

New York Produce Markets Report and Prices

NY market receipts show eggs with mixed colors and specials. butter and cheese steady with premiums listed. Chicago section notes butter receipts, eggs unsettled, live and dressed poultry steady. potato arrivals and prices updated across U S markets.

York New York Tellac iWlac Midwestern Western Exchange Pacific Coast Chicago White Rock Plymouth Rock Plymouth White Rock Springs Idaho Minnesota Bliss U. S Michigan Russet Rurals Florida Buss Triumphs

Burgess Again Heads Natl Lutheran Group

Detroit report states Dr. Ellis R. Burgess of New York City was reappointed president of the national Lutheran council for a second term. Other officers reelected include Vice-president Rev. T. C. Burntvedt of Minneapolis and Secretary Rev. Peter Peterson of Chicago.

Detroit Ellis R. Burgess New York City United Lutheran Synod of New York National Lutheran Council T. C. Burntvedt Minneapolis Lutheran Free Church Peter Peterson Chicago

Stocks Lift Fades Later As Markets Waver

New York stocks showed an early lift on Thursday then small gains faded or were erased in late trading. Volume stayed light while gold mining shares led with Dome and McIntyre making new highs. Analysts noted inflationary psychology as government spending rises but dividend cuts persisted amid uncertain earnings outlook.

New York Dome and McIntyre Wall Street U. S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler General Motors Anaconda Kennecott American Smelting Douglas Aircraft Westinghouse Allied Chemial U.S. Rubber Union Carice

Wall Street Quotes and Mississippi River Stages Update

Published stock quotations show numerous companies with varied prices and changes across major exchanges. The Mississippi River stages at Davenport and surrounding points record daily fluctuations, with noted rises and falls across towns like La Crosse and Dubuque.

Ministers to Open Model Night Club to Fight Vice

Milwaukee ministers plan to lease and open a liquor free model night club called the Golden Pheasant on the city outskirts. Rev Raymond H. Ewing says it will demonstrate liquor is unnecessary to draw youth to entertainment venues. The roadhouse would be church sponsored and run as a demonstration against Milwaukee vice.

Milwaukee Wis Milwaukee Ministerial Association Raymond H. Ewing Ministerial Association Ewing

Sentry Slaps American Official in Nanking Clash

Domei reports a Japanese sentry slapped John M Allison third secretary of the U S embassy in Nanking when he tried to enter a house the sentry objected to. The house was said to be Chinese and Allison had no entry right. Japanese authorities apologized and sought a local settlement.

Shanghai Domei John M Allison U. S Nanking Allison

British Subject Robbery in Shanghai Incident

Japanese soldiers broke into the Shanghai home of Charles Cumming a British subject and forced his servants at bayonet point to hand over the monthly wages they received Wednesday. The incident surfaced Thursday alongside a new af fair with a Union Jack seen flying over the roof.

Shanghai Ins Charles Cumming

Episcopal Bishop Denounces Absolute Fasting as Heresy

Chicago reported Episcopal Bishop George Craig Stewart condemned absolute fasting as heresy. He cited the case of Israel Harding Noe of Memphis who was removed as dean of St Mary's cathedral for extreme fasting and warned against manichaean ideas that the body belongs to darkness while the spirit belongs to light.

Chicago INS George Craig Stewart Episcopal Church Israel Harding Noe Memphis Tenn St Mary's Cathedral Stewart

Drop Auto Accident Case Against Alexander

Charges of failing to give his name, address and auto license number against George Alexander, 44, operator of a photo studio, were dismissed on motion of the County Attorney after a January 20 accident hurt Mary Smith. The case concerned a car owned by Alexander. settlement was indicated and the prosecutor noted uncertainty who drove.

George Alexander Kirksville Mary Smith Third Street R. Churchill G IK Thompson Smith Alexander First Street Second First Avenues

William Quarton Addresses Jamaica Lions Club Talk

William B. Quarton spoke to Jamaica Lions Club at the Roosevelt hotel about his West Indies trip. He described Jamaica as the West Indies’ third largest island and noted planes as main links to the mainland and limited accidents due to daytime flying over water. He said 98 percent of Jamaicans are Negro and remarked on language and demographics observed.

Jamaica West Indies Lions Club Roosevelt Hotel William B. Quarton Third Avenue SE Quarton

Marion Woman Injured in Trap Door Accident

Mrs. O. Kimball of 480 Seventh avenue fell through an open trap door while in her pantry, badly injuring her left arm right wrist and left ankle. She was transported to University hospital in Iowa City for treatment.

Gazette Classified Want Ads Register Rates and Policies

Three to seven day Want Ads offer reduced daily rates with advance payment required for out of town orders. Ads may be telephoned mailed or brought to The Gazette office and can be canceled once results are obtained. Personals listings are included.

Gazette United States Gazette Office

Mooney Appeals to High Court Again in Freedom Fight

Tom Mooney the noted labor prisoner appeals to the supreme court seeking his freedom from San Quentin California. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for a 1916 Preparedness Day parade bombing. Mooney claims his detention violates constitutional rights after the court previously sent the case back.

Mooney High Court Washington INS Tom Mooney Supreme Court San Quentin California California Supreme Court

Mrs Stokowski Wed To Russian Prince In Phoenix

Merle Armitage announced the marriage in Phoenix Arizona of Mrs Leopold Stokowski to the former Prince Alexis Zalstein Zalessky of Russia in a Los Angeles report.

Los Angeles Merle Armitage Phoenix Ariz Leopold Stokowski Alexis Zalstein-Zalessky Russia

Noe Agrees To Add Solids To His Diet

Memphis Tenn. finaly yielding to pleas of friends and physicians the Rev. Isaael Harding Noe recovering in Baptist hospital here from the effects of his fast for spiritual perfection Thursday agreed to add light solids to his diet as prescribed by doctors.

Memphis Tenn Isaael Harding Noe Baptist Hospital

Kansas City Merchants Buy 18 000 Christmas Trees

In Kansas City AP reports merchants purchased 18 000 Christmas trees to secure better selections, after a salesman urged early ordering as the holiday season approached.

Kansas City

Sigourney Teens Hurt In Auto Collision With Train

Sigourney youths Charles Gann and Paul Allen suffered serious injuries when an automobile Gann drove struck a moving freight train at a highway No. 2 crossing at 11 45 p m Wednesday. A frosted windshield hid the crossing signal and Gann was thrown through the windshield, breaking his ankle while Allen suffered a badly cut right hand.

Sigourney Charles Gann Paul Allen Gann Highway No. 2 Allen

Taxi driver identifies suspect by onion breath

Cleveland AP reports taxi driver John Kercher described how a man who robbed him also had onions on his breath. Kercher said he smelled onions on the suspect during the arrest ten minutes later.

Cleveland John Kercher Kercher

Lost wrist watch on 3rd Ave SW reward offered

Lost yellow gold wrist watch with Persian part returns missing item. Last seen on third Avenue Southwest Wednesday evening. Dial 27284 reward. Answers dial 6710.

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