Hog Prices Edge Higher Amid Winter Receipts Slow
Chicago and major markets report hog receipts near winter highs yet demand shows only modest buoyancy. Prices rose 10 to 15 cents with top around 10.40 while light hogs and cattle listings show varied bids. lambs and sheep also noted with steady to higher tendencies across regions.
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Esterdays
Representatins Sales
INS
ST Paul
South ST Paul
U S Dept Agriculture
Omaha
Estock
UL S
Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Grain and Produce Prices
A listing of assorted grain prices and wholesale produce items in Cedar Rapids. Entries include oats rye corn soybeans potatoes lettuce citrus fruits bananas apples and vegetables with varied unit prices and notes on weights and quality.
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Jae
Heavvy News
Los
Lesharus
Stags
Cayhage
Stan
Wheat futures slide as Canadian imports temper gains
Chicago trading ends with wheat down 2 to 3.5 cents May 1007 1/4 on light volume. Corn and oats also lower while strong late selling from eastern houses weighed on values. Mill demand near 30,000 bushels and traders awaited Washington and Liverpool resumption after King George's day.
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Canada
Chiccago Board of Trade
Washington
Liverpool
Winnipeg
King George
Kansas
Wall Street Posts Renewed Gains After Short King Funeral Pause
U.S. stocks advanced after an hourlong trading halt for King George's funeral observance. Rail and farm equipment shares led gains with many highpriced issues climbing. Notable movers included Santa Fe, Canadian Pacific, Union Pacific, General Motors, Chrysler, Warner Bros, and General Electric among others. transfers reached about 2.3 million shares.
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King George
Santa Fe
Canadian Pacific
Union Pacific
Douglas Aircraft
American Telephone
United Corp
Consolidated Gas
General Motors
Chrysler
Sparks Withington
General Cable
Warner Brothers
Continental Motors
Case
Deere
International Harvester
Morgenthau
Treasury
Hog prices rise again in local market
Local hog prices moved up a dime on Tuesday after a steady Monday, with all grades boosted and the top price reaching 9.75. Other local markets remained steady.
Reserve Nominations Reported Favorably
Senate banking and currency committee approved reporting favorably the nominations of Marriner S Eccles and five associates to the reorganized Federal Reserve Board, effective Feb 3. Senator Carter Glass, who opposed Eccles last year, attended without comment. votes on nominations not disclosed.
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Washington
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Marriner S. Eccles
Utah
Reorganized
Federal Reserve Board
Carter Glass
Eccles
Former Hawkeye Man Fred Pleggenkuhle Dies at 89
Fred Pleggenkuhle age 89 died at his Minneapolis home Friday after living in Hawkeye area until 1908 then Cedar Rapids and Minneapolis. Born 1847 in Venne Germany he farmed near Hawkeye after immigrating in 1864. Survived by twelve children including John August Charles Henry Will Fred Jr Sophia Minnie and others, fifty plus grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral held at Richfield Lutheran Church with burial in Richfield cemetery.
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Henry
Will
Hawkeye
Fred, Jr
Pleggenkuhile
Emogene Chamberlain
Cedar Rapids
Richfield Lutheran Church
Richfield
Edwardsville Man Gets Indeterminate Three Year Sentence
Jesse Jones a 45 year old from Edwardsville Illinois was returned to Cedar Rapids by Sheriff James H. Smith and Deputy Payn after arrest and extradition. He pled guilty to a conspiracy charge related to shooting chickens on farms near Ely road south of Cedar Rapids on November 19 and received an indeterminate three year sentence at Fort Madison state penitentiary.
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Edwardsville
Ill
Cedar Rapids
James H. Smith
Payn
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
H. C. Ring
Jones
Ely Road
Ray Lester
Ring
Lester
Clyde Langham
Joseph A. McCrea
Ryan
McCrea
Othol Henderson
Coggan
Samuel Simmons
H Street
H. C Ring Simmons
New Assignment Of Equity Cases Is Made
A new equity case assignment was made in district court Tuesday morning by Judge John T Moffit. The schedule lists cases opening Wednesday and closing February 14, with multiple docketed pairs such as Bates v Wesley and Tow v Kladivo among others. The note: a $14,109 promissory action of Jacob Atlas vs Leo Smulekoff was dismissed with prejudice before Judge WC Ring. Atlas claimed Smulekoff endorsed notes to him.
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Votroubek
DicetMor
Nyere Apts
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Miner
Litsey
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Koda
Scheek
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Kleine iMod
Lincolns Birthday
Hollay
Prudential
Stine Drummer
Odonnell Clanssen
Guardian
Rates CR Bank Receiser Reynolds
Burain
Holz Vo Equitable Life Lewis
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Leo Smulckoff
WC Ring
Atlas
Smulekoff
William Pitkin
Philadelphia
Four Die in Norman Farmhouse Fire Mystery
Four members of the Meltabarger family died in a Norman Oklahoma two story farmhouse blaze Tuesday. Ed Meltabarger 32 his wife 23 their two year old son Charles and six month old daughter Barbara Edwina perished. Two children escaped the fire while Mrs Meltabarger attempted to start it with kerosene.
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Norman
Okla
Ed Meltabarger
Charles
Barbara Edwina
Drake Defendant Details Personal Investment In Plan
In Chicago the Drake mail fraud trial enters week eleven as defendant John L. Hensel testifies about investing $6,000 of his own money and $8,000 from relatives in the Sir Francis Drake estate scheme. He says he and his brother sold cattle to fund the effort and collected $30,000 for promoters. A character witness, Patrick Olson, says he invested $500 via Carl Hjelm who converted funds to English pounds. Defense plans include more defendants and a possible end of testimony by week’s end.
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John L. Hensel
Sir Francis Drake
Drake
Hensel
Auburn
Towa
Oscar M. Hartzell
Leavenworth
Sioux City
Iowa
Patrick Olson
Rockford
Ill
Harry L. Anderson
Carl Hjelm
Hjelm
George Hess
George M. Crane
Fresh Snow Visits Cedar Rapids As Cold Wave Breaks
Winter cold eased briefly in Cedar Rapids with temperatures rising from 16 below to 12 above zero by afternoon before falling to 9 above as light snow began. State forecasts anticipated snow through Tuesday night into Wednesday with a gradual warmup ahead.
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Mercury
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Driver of Truck Struck Pole Arrested in SE District
Kenneth George, 23, of 1018 Fifth Street NW, admitted at police headquarters that he was driving a light truck that struck a telephone pole on Third Street and Fourteenth Avenue SE early Tuesday. He was fined $10 and costs for intoxication, placed in jail after report. A two-quart jar of wine was found in the truck.
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Senators Include Liberty League In Their Lobby Probe
The senate lobby committee opened an inquiry into semi political organizations led by the American Liberty League. A questionnaire was sent to several hundred individuals and firms believed to have been solicited or contributed to the group.
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Liberty League
Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
American Liberty League
Scott C Bone Dies After Heart Attack
Scott C Bone former governor of Alaska and longtime editor at the Washington Post died of a heart attack Monday night at age 75 in Santa Barbara California. Funeral arrangements were being made Tuesday. verwerkt.
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INS
Scott C Bone
Alaska
Washington, DC
Post
Indiana Town Hit By $250000 Fire
UNION CITY Ind Flames which threatened to wipe out the business section of this Ohio Indiana border line town raced through eight business and apartment buildings with a loss of approximately $250 000 Tuesday.
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Man Who Sued After Trip Loses Suit in Eight Minutes
Pasquale Scarpati, 34, sued the B F Keith corporation for permanent injuries after a trip on a water carpet at a PWA job site. Keith attorneys presented a motion picture in court showing Scarpati swinging a sledge after the accident. The jury rendered a verdict against Scarpati in eight minutes.
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Pasquale Scarpati
B. F. Keith Corporation
Keith
Scarpati
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Births Patricia Jane and Patricia Jane McGuire
Born to Mr and Mrs Robert Beatty at 352 Eighteenth Street SE on January 27 a daughter named Patricia Jane. A son was born January 24 at St Lukes Hospital to Mr and Mrs Kenneth McGuire of 1646 Sixth Street NW.
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Kenneth McGuire
Sixth Street
St. Lukes Hospital
Marion News Postponements Mark Local Events and Meetings
The Linn county American Legion and Auxiliary meeting in Marion at the TI OOF hall is postponed to Feb 12 due to ice and cold. A second district amateur radio contest will occur then as well. A federation of Women's clubs card party and a junior play at Marion High School are rescheduled. Various local notices cover farm bureau lesson, quilt event, illness updates, family moves, and a February speech festival postponement.
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Legion Hall
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Margaret Wood
North Marion
Marion Post
No. 298
American Legion
Alay
A. R. McElwain
Second District
Veterans Bureau
Baby Born Dead Recovered After Firemen Rescue
A Cambridge relief hospital baby pronounced dead after a Caesarian birth was revived by a fire department rescue squad after a ninety minute oxygen battle. The infant stirred and breathed on his own, leaving doctors stunned and giving him an even chance of survival.
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Cambridge
Mass
Cambridge Relief Hospital
Deaths Charles H Lockwood dies after yearlong illness
Charles H. Lockwood died at his home 204 Second avenue SW at 2 p.m. Tuesday after a yearlong illness. He was born January 18 1875 in Homer Michigan and lived in Cedar Rapids thirty five years. He was a former commercial traveler and past exalted ruler of the local Elks lodge. He belonged to Peoples church. He married Frances M Foster April 7 1897 in Albion Michigan where he attended Albion College. Survived by wife a daughter Racine Vernier a brother Lloyd J. of Ann Arbor and a sister Leora Eastman of Albion plus two grandchildren Don and Dolores Vernier. Body at Turner chapel with funeral plans to be announced.
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Homer
Mich
Cedar Rapids
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Albion
Albion College
Racine Vernier
Lloyd J
Ann Arbor
Leora Eastman
Don
Dolores Vernier
Turner Chapel
Nurse who served overseas dies at Fort Hall Idaho
Mrs. Charles Hugues of Fort Hall Idaho formerly Carrie E Catlin of Cedar Rapids died Jan 25. Born Nov 27 1892 at Vinton she trained as a nurse at St Luke's Cedar Rapids and worked in Cedar Rapids Cairo Denver Seattle and overseas. For five years she was head nurse at Fort Hall Indian Reservation. She married Charles Hugues in 1933 and is survived by her husband two stepchildren eight siblings and two half sisters.
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Cedar Rapids
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Wash
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Clementine
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San Diego
Calif
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Waterloo
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Grace Lewis
Eldora
Mabel Beckman
Rolla
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Mauna Loa
Hawaii
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Los Angeles
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Storm Lake
Obituary Notice for John B. Gohmann
John B. Gohmann died at 12 noon Tuesday at his Cedar Rapids home after a stroke. He, 67, had lived in Cedar Rapids about nine years after moving from Ottumwa. Survived by his wife and five children including Catherine Gohmann and Sister Clotilda Marie, plus two Cedar Rapids sons George and Gary, and two brothers Ed and Charles Gohmann of New Albany Indiana. Body at Monahan mortuary. funeral arrangements pending.
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Eleanor Apartments
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
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Catherine Gohmann
Clotilda Marie
Cincinnati
George
Gary Gohmann
Charles Gohmann
New Albany
Ind
Monahan Mortuary
George F Brown Funeral services set for Thursday
Funeral services for George F. Brown who died Monday at his Whittier home will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Turner chapel. Burial follows at Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at Turner chapel Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from 5 to 9.
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Whittier
Turner Chapel
Linwood Cemetery
Mrs F E Martin Dies After Long Illness At Estherville Home
Mrs F E Martin wife of the Rock Island railroad assistant superintendent at Estherville died at her home there at 10 30 p m Monday after a long illness. She had many friends in Cedar Rapids.
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Rock Island Railroad
Estherville
Cedar Rapids
Drunk Driving Defendant Fined in District Court
Bernard Donohoe 29 of near Oxford was fined 300 dollars and costs by Judge H. C. Ring after pleading guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated in district court. He had withdrawn a prior not guilty plea. The arrest was made by Highway Patrolmen Rhoades and Kegley near Western on Highway 161 the night of November 16 with bond furnished.
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Oxford
H. C. Ring
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Oldest Missouri pension recipient may turn 101
Mrs. Hester A. Carver of Moberly Missouri is thought to be the state's oldest old age pension recipient. She will be 101 next April and is listed among eligible beneficiaries.
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Hester A. Carver
Missouri
Gazette Want Ads Offer Out-of-Town Readers Phone-Only Replies
Out-of-town readers may respond to Gazette Want Ads by writing a letter to the Gazette Want Ad Department. The notice indicates only phone numbers are provided for contact.
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