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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1935
Page
11
Hog prices ease as Fourth of July week dulls demand. Throughput remains moderate with buyers cautious and direct-to-packers volumes around two thousand head, while steer and lamb markets show mixed signals and regional buyers pull back on heavy butchers.
Hog prices weaken on the local market with declines of five to ten cents across grades. Sinclair firm bids for hogs and good to choice cattle steer prices range around 19 to 20 per 100 pounds. lamb and calf markets show weight and quality adjustments, with cows and bulls also adjusting in price.
A fragmented Cedar Rapids page lists varied retail items and prices including grain Wheat and oats, vegetables like oranges, seeds, and household goods with scattered figures such as 32, 4.75, 27, and 2. The text shows wholesale fruits and vegetables, meats, and general merchandise with inconsistent OCR spelling for products and prices.
Chicago price activity shows wheat down about 14 cents with July at 86 5/8. Corn rises slightly while oats edge lower. Private crop estimates suggest lower winter wheat and higher spring wheat outputs, with rust concerns and hedging sales influencing futures. Cash prices and receipts show overall softness amid mixed reports.
Wheat receipts and grain movement report with mixed price bids, car counts, and station notes. Includes prices for No 2 yellow corn, No 2 white, soybeans, oats, timothy, clover, and hay. Midwest stations like Minneapolis and Kansas City listed with carloads and market comparisons. Mentions specific bids, protein levels, and currency figures. technical grain movement data for multiple cereals and cash grain across regional markets.
The stock market rose for utilities and scattered specialties while profit taking touched some areas. Power shares led a brisk rise after the House defeated the holding company bill’s death sentence clause and confirmed the result by a record vote. Major gains appeared in American Telephone, Consolidated Gas, North American, Liggett and Myers B, and American Tobacco B, with rails a touch heavy and some steels oils and motors lagging. Transfers reached about 1.1 million shares as volume tapered later in the session.
Four persons were killed and several injured when devastating tornadoes swept northwestern North Dakota late Monday. Property damage is estimated in the thousands of dollars. Local authorities and emergency crews assessed the scene in the Minot area, listing casualties and initial damages.
In Essex Falls New Jersey the borough council enacted a noise ordinance banning barking dogs crowing roosters and quacking ducks between 10 p m and 6 a m The measure aims to reduce disturbances during late hours and affects households with pet poultry and dogs.
Bertel G. Smith, 21, Iowa State sophomore, is charged under the Lindbergh law with writing six extortion letters to Ames businessmen over nine months. The Red Seal threats named Elmer S. Hart and M. L. Hart threatening death and kidnapping. Smith pled not guilty, bond set at 5,000 dollars, and a July 15 preliminary hearing was scheduled. he was arrested Monday at an Ames golf course, accompanied by his father, former Story County prosecutor Earl S. Smith.
Hilda K. McAleece seeks a divorce from Mer lin J. McAleece on cruel and inhuman treatment. They married May 10, 1930, and she also requests her maiden name Hilda K. Ament. Emma Elizabeth Thorne seeks a divorce from George H. Thorne on desertion, married Nov. 24, 1909, with her claim her husband left in 1920. Also, R C Wales, sheriff, took J W Locke to Centerville to face a charge of false uttering of a check after arrest by deputies.
In district court Tuesday Judge A B Clark dismissed a beer selling charge against A G Haddy on state motion after a not guilty plea on May 28. In the same session Judge H C Ring granted a divorce to Bessie A Brown 27 from Clarence W Brown 31 on cruel and inhuman treatment. Elizabeth A Slechta’s maiden name was restored and property rights were settled by stipulation. the couple married in August 1929.
Flour market in Minneapolis shows unchanged shipments and prices. Wool and sugar markets across Boston and New York report active trading, steady spot prices, and limited futures activity. Foreign exchange in New York remains steady with varied cross rates and several listed currencies graphed.
Chicago Produce markets list receipts and prices for butter creamery items and poultry live stock with varied weights and prices. New York notes cover jam nuts cheese eggs live poultry steady, with futures for butter and eggs. An earlier line references Ralph De Palma using independently sprung wheels in 1910 racing car history.
Townsend clubs from Cedar Rapids join the Marion club for a Fourth of July picnic at Thomas Park. Dr Banner Howard will speak morning, O E Neal in afternoon, with band concert 10 to 1030. Harry North leads afternoon sports. Several local residents take motor trips and visits to Mitchell Kimball Rapid City and West Liberty.
Verne Balster achieved the first hole in one on the Marion course during a Sunday golf event, hitting on the number three hole. Bert Teeters won the day, with Harold Ballard as runner up, and Louis Ross captured the first flight. Women’s results included Mrs. Don Wolf winning blind bogey.
In Los Angeles Eddie Cantor told 1000 delegates at the B nai B rith fourth district grand lodge that the Rev Charles E Coughlin of Detroit has not an atom of sincerity in his entire system. The audience applauded the remark.
Police court fines for intoxication and overtime parking are reported along with a theft claim at Mercy Hospital court. A girls camp opens for 12 year olds and older with weekly sessions. garbage collection worries residents as refuse is misused. Federal probation records transfer completes as M L Healy steps down and Charles F Holly assumes the role in Sioux City.
George P. Welk of Burlington aged 70, father of Mrs John Vesper, 126 Thirty-fifth Street Drive SE, recently represented the Burlington railroad in accepting an American Museum of Safety award. The honor cited the road’s outstanding safety accomplishment and Welk’s forty-eight years as an engineer without an accident.
Ronald Gene Averill aged 20 months son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Averill of 1310 M Avenue NE died at the University Hospital in Iowa City at 7 35 pm Monday. He leaves grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Averill Cedar Rapids Mrs A Lindquist Cedar Rapids and Clyde Striegel. Fort Dodge funeral services will be held at Beatty chapel Wednesday at 4 pm conducted by Rev August Cramer. Burial in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call 7 to 9 pm at the chapel
Births record lists a son born July 22 to Mr and Mrs John Had ish at Mercy hospital, a daughter born July 2 to Mr and Mrs John Holt at St Luke's hospital, and a son born July 2 to Mr and Mrs A D Biddinger at St Luke's hospital.
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