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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1933
Page
9
Chicago report notes grain values climb early with wheat and corn leading gains, then retreat somewhat by day’s end. Prices show volatile activity as market watchers record high points and cautious declines amid mixed demand signals and harvest estimates.
The page lists stock quotations and dealer notes with multiple firms like Allied Chemical Du Pont Montgomery Ward and Caterpillar among others. Prices and gains show varied movement across steel rail food and industrial sectors reflecting a broad market session.
A battered overview notes mixed activity across bond markets with yields fluctuating and several issues trading amid cautious investor sentiment. Analysts cite modest demand in short maturities and spillover effects from global rate expectations shaping prices through the session.
NY markets rose as investors eyed foreign exchange and Treasury activity. Prices advanced for rails and industrials while bonds stayed in demand. Traders noted gains beyond early losses with some steeper climbs for key issues as volume lagged.
Market notes show hog prices steady in town trading amid rising demand. Buyers and sellers report active interest from farmers and meat processors despite some dehydration weather impacting shipments.
Will Rogers notes dramatic air displays by world flyers in Santa Monica reporting arrivals from New York for lunch. He mentions a Mussolini flyer who stays inverted longer than the London delegation and a German ace performing engine off stunts. He praises the army navy and marine exhibition and quips about taxes.
The speech argues that internal economic soundness matters more than currency values. It endorses balanced budgets, debt service, and temporary gold reserves while opposing fixed exchange rates. It calls for permanent currency stability and coordinated moves to restore world trade without relying on short term exchange fixes.
The conference was called to better and perhaps to cure fundamental economic ills. It must not be diverted from that effort.
A Cedar Rapids Gazette appeal urges readers to donate to Camp Good Health, aiding underprivileged children needing five dollars weekly to stay at the camp. The piece highlights sick youths dreaming of fresh air and milk, and stresses that all funds support maintenance for the camp.
Cabinet members braved a lashing wind and high seas to bring to President Roosevelt on the cruiser Indianapolis a first hand report on developments in the recovery program since his vacation trip began. The group boarded a submarine chaser after noon for the president’s ship anchored off shore several miles.
The Pioneer council 163 meeting is omitted due to the Fourth of July holiday. Lodge No. 25 will host a Riverside picnic on July 6. A Sunday notice had wrongfully stated the time as Wednesday.
An essay discusses how youth behavior reflects social pressures and generational gaps. It notes how mothers, daughters, and peers influence confidence, with remarks on appearance, popularity, and the impact of defects on self-image. The piece links mindset to broader social incentives.
A 21 page booklet titled How to Win an Argument by Albert Edward Wiseam promises practical value for businesspeople salesmen lawyers and others who contact the public. It claims a study of twenty thousand interviews and outlines six practical principles with instructions for obtaining stamped postage and a return envelope for ordering titled Winning Arguments.
The passage argues that controlling thoughts is essential to governing actions both inward and outward. It states most thoughts are countered before actions occur, yet inner reactions arise continually. Thus true self mastery comes from training the will to manage thoughts.
Claude J Widner 34 of 935 Nineteenth St SE Cedar Rapids died Sunday after emergency surgery for a ruptured appendix He was born in Marion Feb 24 1899 and spent his boyhood there He married Zola Price Sept 15 1931 He worked as a meat cutter for Wilson Packing Co and was a member of the Christian church Survived by wife mother and brother with several aunts and uncles Funeral will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Yocom chapel with burial in Oak Shade cemetery
A severe windstorm southeast of Manchester at midnight caused extensive damage to farm buildings, crops, and trees. Hundreds of chickens drowned and cornfields flattened or flooded. telephones and power lines down. roads blocked by fallen trees. Notable losses occurred at Rebecca Eshelman estate, Ray Hamblin, Joseph Cass, and multiple households along the Copperhead route.
A Sunday morning cyclone swept Delhi and nearby areas causing extensive damage. At Robert Goldsworthy farm southwest of town the barn silo and granary were razed. many silos and buildings were twisted elsewhere. Trees were uprooted or snapped, a stained glass window broke at the Methodist church, the Delhi school roof suffered damage, and power and telephone lines were down across the district delaying repairs for days.
In Los Angeles James Wedell of New Orleans placed second to Col Roscoe Turner in the Bendix derby and then won the 50 mile race championship at the National Air Races. Fifty thousand fans watched as Wedell hit a fastest lap of 270 mph and official Sunday results listed multiple piston displacement classes with Arthur Chester Joliet and Ray Moore among winners.
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