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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1934
Page
4
Hog supply on market heavy with receipts Tuesday estimated by Chicago AP. Cattle around 12 000 hogs 22 000 sheep 8 000. Prices show bids near 665 dollars for feeder cattle around 200 down on cutters. Bulls common around 250 4300 with good feeders near 400 450. Sheep receipts 7090 including 2900 direct to packers 15 percent of salable. Lambs and yearlings weak to strong bids. best held above 760 to 860.
Heavy receipts at Chicago and Des Moines markets driven by hedging forced prices lower. Iowa hog receipts across 22 yards and 7 plants totalled 48,500 for the 48 hours ending 8 am Monday, with Chicago reporting about 28,000 swine and a market drop to around 4.65 on average while top bids for best hogs fell to 4.90. Cattle and sheep also showed weakness with steer, heifer, and lamb quotes easing in multiple exchange points as the week opened.
Hogs prices weaken on the local market with all grades down a dime. The top price for choice hogs is 420, and packer top is 3.35. Calf and sheep markets show varied figures with market steady on cattle sections and premiums tied to quality.
Local miscellaneous prices show farm goods and produce with grain oats rye and corn listed at fractions of a cent per unit. Hens leghorn broilers and cocks priced per dozen or item. wholesale fruits and vegetables include oranges, grapefruits, lemons, and potatoes with varied per unit or per bushel values. Live animals and hides also cited with per pound rates in a dense, fragmentary Cedar Rapids market listing.
NEW YORK AP stocks held to small moves in a dull session. Turnover totaled about 275000 shares as leaders like U S Steel Santa Fe and American Telephone hovered near unchanged. Cotton rose on the government acreage report while grains fluctuated and several equities posted modest gains.
Fragmented market item lists a range of commodities with prices including seeds, flour, bran and lard. Mentions AP updates and a cautious note on weights and fees. Dense figures imply a mixed commodity market snapshot with unclear exact dates or sources.
William Corns of Tama and Ade lle Walker of Marshalltown. Oren Bowen and Bernadine Gib on both of Cedar Rapids. F Russell Graham and Frieda E Maurer both of Cedar Rapids. Carl E Knight and Rose Marie Johnson, both of Cedar Rapids. Charles W Mraz and Mildred M Ernst both of Cedar Rapids. James A Erpelding of Waterloo and John Lanier of Gladbrook. Donald Edwin Hamblin and Elizabeth Hahn, both of Cedar Rapids.
A daughter was born July 8 at St Luke's Hospital to Mr and Mrs E A Rosen berger of 130 Thirty third Street SE. A son was born July 6 at St Luke's Hospital to Mr and Mrs George W Hill of Marion. A daughter was born July 6 at Mercy Hospital to Mr and Mrs Charles Rayman, 916 H Avenue NW. A son was born July 9 at Mercy Hospital to Mr and Mrs Newel Hodelow of 1326 Eighth Street NW.
Maurice V. Pew announces final plans for the Elks good will tour car reception Tuesday. A police escort and city officials will meet four cars on highway 161 at noon in Marion, then escort them to the local clubhouse for luncheon and entertainment. The cars from Waterloo and Dubuque are part of a six car fleet bound for Kansas City and the national convention opening July 16.
MOSCOW UP cased reports that canned blood preserved with magnesium sulphate has been used for transfusions in Leningrad hospitals for months. Dr Al can Hirsch, formerly chemical adviser to the government in New York, disclosed the finding Monday.
Alma Hopkins, 16, died after mistaking insect powder for pepper while seasoning chicken at her Casey, Iowa, home. Her dog died minutes later. Funeral plans await stomach analysis results.
William Sargent 41 of 912 Sixth street SE fined 10 dollars in police court for intoxication Monday. Mrs Richard Fisher 513 Eleventh avenue SE to undergo operation after hospital visit Sunday. Maine lodge No 643 I O F to meet Tuesday 8 pm to install officers. Frank S Popelka’s lodge charter draped. refreshments. Firemen to 1 42 pm Sunday to rubbish fire behind Iowa Manufacturing 916 Sixteenth street NE. Gelb 1635 Grande avenue SE fined 15 dollars for speeding. J G Watson 124 Twenty third street drive SE fined 2 dollars for parking without rear light. Cedar Rapids lodge No 141 I O F to meet Tuesday 8 pm. District Deputy Dick Zimmer to install officers. refreshments after. Rev Glenn M Frye of Lansing Mich, brother of Rev Erma Frye, to speak at Canopus club Tuesday noon at Hotel Roosevelt. Grace Woodrum, back from La Crosse Wis, says not to be confused with Grace Schweitzer 40 All View drive, arrested for intoxication last Tuesday under name Grace Woodrum. police earlier indicated arrest under that name on April 20. Named to Adjustment Board: Lumer Lorence 200 Twenty fourth street NE appointed by city council to serve on board of adjustment. term to expire June 30 1939, succeeding Frank Zastera.
Puffed wheat burned in a steel dryer on the seventh floor of the Quaker Oats plant. Firemen were summoned at 2 03 pm Monday. Damage confined to the dryer area. Grover C Powers was jailed for 30 days on a drunkenness charge after a Sunday arrest near the powerhouse dam following a report of a man lying there.
A sanitary sewer will be installed along Johnson avenue NW from Eighteenth to Nineteenth street and along Nineteenth street NW from Johnson avenue to First avenue under a resolution of necessity introduced at the city council meeting by Frank K Hahn. The resolution will be considered for passage July 26. Stop On Way To Colorado Springs. Mr and Mrs Thurston Davies and their two daughters visited Cedar Rapids en route to Colorado Springs to see Arthur Poe. Mr Davies, ex graduate secretary of Princeton, has accepted the presidency of Colorado College at Colorado Springs. The Davies family left Monday noon by motor and while in the city stayed at the Hotel Roosevelt.
Howard R. Green guides Rotarians through the planned disposal plant. They inspect the screening system pump station grease recovery grit removal sludge processing and gas production with plans for odor control and a $300 000 cooperative packing house solution funded over twenty years.
Special to The Gazette fire swept the Steve Zmolek farm three and one half miles west of Clutter Sunday burning a barn granary double corn crib hog house and milk house The Traer fire company responded and crews from Clutter fought the blaze Mrs Zmolek was alone at home while others were at church Losses included 300 bushels of shelled corn 400 bushels of oats six tons of hay 100 bales of straw several hogs 2000 feet of lumber ten bushels of clover seed and walnut timber A tractor was damaged Insurance partly covers the loss Zmolek said he would rebuild at once.
The will of Rena E Ondler of Coggon is admitted to probate in district court with Ira E Ondler named as executor without bond. Five McCardle siblings share equally in John McCardle of Cedar Rapids estate. Alice McCardle Matus named executrix with Peoples Savings Bank, without bond. August Swanson of Cedar Rapids leaves all to wife Nancy T Swanson. she will serve as executrix without bond.
Campaign records show B C Busby Republican candidate for Second District supervisor filed $33 in expenses while James H Yuill Republican candidate for county treasurer reported $150.58. Both items pertain to the June 4 primaries and reflect routine disclosure of campaign costs.
Frank Heral died at a local hospital at 5 18 am Monday after a brief illness. Born in Moravia on November 4, 1877 he moved to Cedar Rapids at age seven and lived there ever since. He worked twenty eight years as janitor at the Iowa State Savings Bank and is survived by his wife Rose a son Milo a granddaughter Joyce Irene two brothers and several sisters. His body rests at Pollansky chapel awaiting funeral arrangements.
John M. Frederick, father of Gilbert Frederick and a former teacher at Washington High School, died at his Chicago home on July 6 at age 69. Funeral services were held Sunday in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, where the son has remained since Chicago opened summer break.
Mrs. George C. Oxley entertained at New Hallwood in Marion for Miss Ruth M. Oxley of Long Beach with many local guests. A Marion Country Club golf team breakfast loss at Vinton 26 to 21 featured Walter Van Fossen with 80 and Jimmy Gardner 76. Further events include a Marion Country Club dinner, religious talks, society meetings, and visits from residents returning from diversions and travels.
Airplane sleeping car service starts between New York and Chicago, three months after launching in the southwest. American Airlines operates 12 passenger flights from both ends, with nightly departures at 12:35 am from New York and 2:05 am from Chicago. The service uses six cars.
President Roosevelt designated a three member labor mediation team that has formally organized Monday as the new national labor relations board in Washington.
Probate No. 12011 in Linn County Iowa district court under the will of J Lynn Crawford deceased. final report and discharge application of Cedar Rapids Savings Bank and Trust Company as trustee set for hearing July 12, 1934 at 9:00 A.M. at the Cedar Rapids Courthouse. interested parties may object. Superintendent Bates Ded. of Banking of the State listed as receiver.
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