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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 30, 1934

Page

4

Government buying boosts Chicago hog market drive

Government buyers entered the Chicago hog market pushing prices to the highest levels since late November. Total receipts at five terminals reached 73 700 with Chicago at 48 900 and gains of 10 cents. Top prices for desirable hogs around 38.5 dollars and an average near 3.50. East Buffalo and Cleveland showed mixed gains while lambs steadied with Chicago at 9.10 top for lambs and an average around 5.80.

Chicago Cleveland Pittsburgh East St Louis Buffalo East Buffalo East St Amt Ars

Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Grain and Produce Prices

Rushed OCR shows Cedar Rapids market notes with mixed grain and produce prices, wholesale vegetables, meats, and assorted goods. Entries list various items and price points though many words are garbled. reflects a chaotic summary of local trades and listings from a 1940s-50s era newspaper page.

Markets show varied dairy and poultry quotes in Chicago and New York

In Chicago receipts hold steady across butter eggs and potatoes with mild gains for some items. Eggs firm with extra firsts at 20 to 21 cents, butter higher on creamery stock, and potatoes on track with 340 on hand. Poultry prices mixed though turkeys and ducks show limited movement. New York reports firmer eggs and butter as well as diverse poultry prices, with continued strength in fresh graded firsts and higher butter scores. Chicago and New York futures for eggs and butter edge higher while potato futures tighten.

Chicago Rock Springs New York

Bond Markets Show Mixed Early Trading Tone

New York bond market opened steady to firm with rail issues weak after a notable payment postponement on certain mortgage issues. Denver group bonds fell 1 to 3 points while 1955 mortgage issues dropped about 3 points before partial recovery. Government and treasury issues moved within narrow ranges as trading continued in overseas sessions.

NEW York Bond Review New York API Rio Grande Western General Mortengers Jonas Denver Group Ranketls Baere brauderer S + sa Trek

Wheat Prices Jump to Highest Since November 21

Chicago reports wheat near the close rising to 9.24 cents with May futures up 2% to 23% on the day. Cold weather threatens winter wheat in the southwest while experts fear crop damage. cash prices edge higher and receipts mix across corn oats and rye amid a generally firm market.

Chicago Commission House Board of Trade Liverpool Cricago North Moineapois Minneapolis Louis Kansas Eny

Grain Market Receipts and Cash Grain Prices at Minneapolis Market

Grain movements and cash grain values dominate the Minneapolis market report with bids for corn and wheat in various grades. Receipts and comparisons to the prior year appear alongside price quotes including per cut, per yard, and loose yard terms. Names of grain types and qualities feature prominently throughout the OCR fragment.

Sam BAYER Junsiaavpolis Minneapolis Tay

Market Notes and Prices Across Hubs

In warehouses prices show tea leaves and commodities with varied quotes. Minutes from New York and Minneapolis trading floors reveal steady cash markets, with small changes noted in specific items and patent-related fees.

Queen Hitchhikes After Royal Car Breaks Down

Queen Mary and her entourage faced a roadside hitchhike when their limousine stalled near Ely while en route from Sandringham to Cambridge on a hunting expedition. A motorist offered a lift and the party continued in a ten horsepower sedan arriving in Cambridge.

London Queen Mary Desbereveh Mordas Ely Sandrineham Cambridge Percy Tidmouth

Local Porkers Advance In Nickel Market

Local hogs rise slightly with a nickel advance across grades. Top price at 2.90. Sinclair Dog Market lists Prime hogs by weight bands 170-340 lbs with varied quotes and premiums paid by quality. Calf market shows good to choice 130-190 lb calves. Sheep markets feature spring lambs 70-86 lbs and buck lambs with prices around 5 to 7 dollars per hundred.

Omania Livestock Omaha U_ S Dept Agriculture Iowa Associated Press Sinclair Dog Market Accoftdine

Wall St Stocks Rally On Broad Demand For Commodities

Prices generally steady to firm on Monday with active trading in early session and notable advances by U S Steel Bethlehem Goodyear Liggett and Myers Sears Roebuck Case Santa Fe U S Smelting Du Pont and American Telephone Transfers. Grains cotton and rubbers rise while bonds stay quiet. General Motors edges to a new 1933 34 high as utilities and rails show little movement.

New York Stock Exchange U.S. Steel Bethlehem Goodyear Liggett & Myers Sears Roebuck Case Santa Fe U. S. Smelting du Pont American Staples Wright Aeronautical Electric Auto-lite Pathe American Sugar Refining U. S. Rubber Western Union American Tobacco Montgomery Ward May Department Woolworth Chrysler Deere International Harvester American Smelting Dome Cerro de Pasco McIntyre Seaboard Oil American Telephone Lo2ermore General Motors J. E. Sennett & Co W.H. Jump Merchants National Bank Adams Express Howe Sound Hudson Motors Hupp Motors Alaska Stepa Hteskee Lambert Tehish Valley Renn & Fink Amn Bobby Owens al Panies Pow & Lb Nore Warner Hants Brers Brook Sa Noranda Mines Buestus Erie Nore & Wes Bucroughs Adg North Amn Byers Ohio Oil Wa Otis Elcy Calard Heen Owens I Gi Apienty Otis Steel Prekard Motors Patina Mines Caterpillar Penick & Ford Cerro de Paco Penney JC Chee and Ono Dodee LI Philips Pe Pishury Procter Gat aPup Pu Iman Co G City Keith Ren Sreel Ataboard Sears Reebuck Ite Southern Siummans Co Conenteum Joe Lend Cudahy Warner Fey Curtis Wrights Stone Webster J Studebaker Oy Stutz Motors Trans Ameren Sunion Pac Ford Eneland Uni Freeport Tex United Fruit Uns Gas Co Ge Foods Smet Gen Motors Stee Gillette SR Giuehel Bros Walker Hiram Ward Bak Warner Bros Wesn Marsid Ginadsear Cretham Sok Int Weetehouse AB Graham Proress Westehonse el Chanby Copper Miscan & Co Fia Pra Oo Werth Wen Yrestounn S&t Houston Chicago McNewl Beran Avon Chevy Burt

Marion Social Evening Highlights Literary Club Event

The Oxford club hosted a lively Sunday literary social at the Methodist church dining room with Epworth league guests. Bernice Hillerege read magazine reports, Marian Busby reviewed The Good Earth, Mary Lockwood discussed The Bonney Family, and Mildred Peterson previewed new library books.

Methodist Church Oxford Club Epworth League Bernice Hillerege Marian Busby Pearl Buck Mary Lockwood Bonney Ruth Suckow Mildred Peterson Public Library Helen Crane Virginia Murray

Congregational Sunday School Elects Officers

Officers elected Sunday morning include Arthur Lyons as superintendent with James J. Wallace and Norman J. Waffle as assistant superintendents. Rev H O Allen and Mrs W G Koppenhaver are song leaders, with Mrs Warren Gustin and Mrs Arthur Lyons as pianists. Jean Dow is secretary, Kathryn Kendall treasurer, Mrs H O Allen missionary secretary, Josephine Wiggins and Adeliza Daniels assistants. Adeliza Daniels is primary superintendent assisted by Mrs Karl Kendall. Daniels has led the primary department for over forty years.

Congregational Sunday School Arthur Lyons James J. Wallace Norman J. Waffle H O. Allen W. G Koppenhaver Warren Gustin Jean Dow Kathryn Kendall H. O. Allen Josephine Wiggins Adeliza Daniels Karl Kendall Miss Daniels

Sally Rand to Marry as Fiancé Fights Illness

Hollywood reports Sally Rand engaged to Charles Chizzy Mayon who lies critically ill in hospital. Rand has lived beside his room for five weeks nursing him, says they have secretly been engaged for four years with no date set. Mayon suffers from a rare stomach disease. two operations performed. Mayon’s brother Harold previously performed vaudeville with Rand.

Hollywood INS Sally Rand Charles “Chizzy” Mayon Miss Rand Chizzy Mayon C. L. Mayon New York Harold Leroy Prinz

Wynekoop Hearing Delayed to Feb 6 in Chicago

Chief Justice Finnegan postponed Dr Alice Wynekoop's murder trial hearing to February 6 after she collapsed in the county jail ward while courto dress her for a scheduled appearance. Jail doctor McNamara said her condition remains poor, prompting the mistrial declaration earlier.

Chicago Philip Finnegan Criminal Court Alice Lindsay Wynekoop Rheta Wynekoop Finnegan Joseph B David Francis McNamara

38 Percent Of Net Railroad Earnings In 1932 Pay Taxes

American class one railroads paid 38.04 cents of every dollar of net earnings in 1932 in taxes. The Bureau of Railway Economics reported total taxes at $27,135,399, up $28,392,700 from 1931, though net earnings fell, raising the tax ratio from 31.46 to 38.04. Most taxes, 95.5 percent, went to state and local governments, 4.3 percent to the federal government, and 0.2 percent to Canada and Mexico.

Washington Bureau of Railway Economics Bureau Canada Mexico

Plainfield Youth Is Identified in Holdup Case

Russell Boggs of Plainfield, Iowa, was identified as the 22-year-old suspect in a Friday night holdup after police captured him six minutes after he accosted a filling station attendant at 101 F Avenue NW and fled with $6.50. He admitted his real name and address and was sent to the Anamosa state reformatory for a 25-year indeterminate sentence following his arrest and a Sunday identification by Sheriff Joseph A. Petrus. His mother was notified.

Joseph A. Petrus Dick Knight San Francisco Pacific Coast Anamosa ‘State Reformatory A B Clark Russell Boggs Plainefield Town Boggs Bogis Anamosa Plainfield F Avenue NW

Coughlin Sees Gold Act as Door to Independence

Detroit AP Father Coughlin in sermon from Shrine of the Little Flower outlines a fourfold program including purging the banking system, preserving the CWA and PWA, developing the national recovery act, and remonetizing silver. He ties Roosevelt birthday to Senate passage of the monetary bill and condemns financiers tied to Pecora. He calls Saturday the doomsday to a financial storm of persecution.

Detroit CWA PWA Charles E. Coughlin Father Coughlin Roosevelt Senate United States Pecora

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