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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1933
Page
2
Hog receipts fell from the prior week while demand rose, pushing prices higher in Chicago with top bids around 4.75 and most around 4.65 to 4.55. Cattle and sheep trading showed mixed results across Chicago Cleveland Pittsburgh and East St Louis with steady to higher bids on several categories.
On Monday all grain deliveries hit new highs on the Chicago Board of Trade with barley leading gains before a late slide. Wheat and corn surged early, oats stayed active but failed to reach new highs, and cash markets showed mixed prices amid strong receipts and higher futures.
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New York market receipts show eggs at 15.934 irregulars with mixed colors and various packing. butter receipts 8,080 steady with higher creams and scores. cheese firm whole milk flats and fancy varieties. Poultry steady with fresh and frozen items. Chicago dairy futures and butter storage standards noted.
New York bond markets show Liberty bonds finishing higher with 3s at 192.25 and 4s near 1238 while Treasury issues hover around 110 to 148 in a steadier trading session. Industrials gain on favorable news with steel, oil, and chemical issues advancing, buoyed by renewed demand for real estate and minor shifts across railroad and utility stocks.
Mixed list of crop and produce prices shows grain silos and fruits selling in Cedar Rapids. Vegetables include Valencia oranges, sweet potatoes, new potatoes, tomatoes, and hides with varying per unit costs. Prices listed feature pears and meat items with single to double digit figures.
Grain movement report from Minneapolis lists Wheats and Corn with bid and offer prices. Prices shown for No 1 Northern, No 2 Red, No 3 White, and various futures months, with bids around 120 to 208 dollars and notes on arrivals and shipments.
Wall Street advanced with many issues up 1 to 8 points amid a broad buying surge. Trans fers traded about 6.5 million shares as May wheat and cotton futures rally, lifting related commodities alongside strength in American corporations and key industrials.
Morris Katz Marton junk dealer filed for bankruptcy on four petitions in federal court. Total assets of 7590 with 2760 secured claims and 176 exempt. two permits issued. Permits to sell beer at 3102 Mount Vernon Avenue approved after city council discussion. Adeline Kauba seeks beer permit at 3102 Mount Vernon Avenue. permit review postponed for sanitation concerns. Don and Maizie Dix troupe to present at Cedar Rapids homecoming with Downes juvenile band.
The local hog market strengthened Monday with all grades up 15 cents. Prime hogs top at $4, packers up to $3.45, with various weight classes listed. Calves and sheep markets show activity with prices ranging around $3.50 to $7.00 for lambs and bucks.
Mme Elizabeth Gomboes, wife of Hungarian premier Julius Gomboes, dies from heart disease linked to a shock suffered in 1929 during a Budapest stage event when gunfire erupted in a performance. She fainted, lost her voice, and never fully recovered.
E L Beezley of Kanealy and Beezley 218 Second Avenue SE Cedar Rapids was elected unanimously to the Drug Institute of America council. He will serve until January 1935 joining Carl Weeks as one of two Iowans on the council. The institute, formed May 23, aims to protect the public, maintain product standards, and curb unfair prices under the national recovery act.
Milburn of Oakland Road was arrested at 11 30 a m on illegal possession of five gallons of alcohol. Prohibition investigators Taylor and Miller traced dust tracks from his car into the weeds where five gallons were found hidden in grasses. He was released on bond to report Tuesday before United States Commissioner Dr Hutchison who is out of the city.
Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal church pleads not guilty to charges under the federal corrupt practices act in the 1928 campaign against Alfred E. Smith. Ada L. Burroughs, Cannon’s secretary, also pleads not guilty. District Supreme Court Justice A R Luhring sets a $1,000 bond for each, with trial in October.
Wesley Kohout of Cedar Rapids area pleads not guilty before Judge H. C. Ring in district court on a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after backing into Sheriff Petrus machine. Joe Vondra of 221 Fourteenth Avenue SE was fined $100 and costs for driving without a license. Fred Williamson, jailed on a statutory charge, released on bond after a 30 day disorderly conduct sentence.
Fred P Ondler filed suit in district court Monday against Mrs. G C Bice to recover a 1500 dollar note plus interest from March 1931. He also sought an attach ment on goods owned by the defendant.
August Yadoff a Preston area farmer was killed when a horse kicked him in the head while attempting to harness the animal. His neck was broken in the accident reported Saturday.
Victor Johnson pleaded not guilty before Judge H. C Ring in district court on Monday to a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Bond was set at $500 after his July 14 arrest by police.
Cr Turley of Davenport asked Sheriff Joe Petrus to watch a rented trailer moving to Cedar Rapids. Turley described the trailer as lieing behind a five foot masonite box and tied to a man named Day.
The Cedar Rapids ouster trial expands with witnesses for Kruidenier and Hupp alleging a South Side party with gambling and nude dancing. Prosecution cites Hupp and Dostal testimony about spiked beer, slot machines, and betting while Kruidenier sought to reform the police shifts. The defense accuses a conspiracy with police and Hupp to oust the commissioner.
Annie Brookbank, 54, kissed her husband and then lit kerosene around her three children Hilda 14 Duncan 10 Billie 10 and herself in a six family terrace in Windsor Ontario. The children escaped with minor burns while Brookbank was likely fatally burned. Neighbors and physicians reported the house fire endangered fifty residents.
Alton Illinois AP The release of August Luer a 77 year old banker by a kidnap gang near Collinsville Illinois stirred questions over ransom payment His son Carl Luer insisted no money was paid though many believe a 10000 ransom changed hands Luer described five days in a cold small basement before release by Justice Department agents and return home with only ham sandwiches cantaloupe and hard boiled eggs for meals.
Hollywood reports Francis X. Bushman Jr. and 17 year old Winifred Wood will not marry immediately despite having obtained a license in Santa Barbara. Templeton Wood said there is no hurry after talks with the couple and families.
Death notices report funeral services for Alonzo H. Hughes at Turner chapel on Tuesday at 2 p.m. and grave services by Mt. Herman lodge at Cedar Memorial park. Mrs. Mary Fox of Cedar Rapids died in Eagle Rock California. she was born December 10 1859 in Dayton Ohio and her survivors include husband D M Fox two sons Raymond Flook and D D Flook a daughter Mable Mack and five grandchildren. Burial for Fox is at Forest Lawn Memorial cemetery Glendale California.
Mrs. Susan D. Nichols 58 wife of Claude Nichols lifelong Cedar Rapids resident died at home 516 Eighth Street SW at 705 a.m. Sunday after a lingering illness. Survived by husband mother Nellie McIntire Marion brother John. Funeral in Beatty chapel 2 p.m. Tuesday Rev I E Linkletter officiating. Burial Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Monday.
John W. Stimpson, press club director, told a Cedar Rapids Rotary audience that the New Deal marks a revolutionary rise of presidential leadership. He noted Congress cedes power to the president, predicts this balance lasting, praised Garner, and cited Roosevelt’s kitchen cabinet including Molesey Tugwell and Morgenthau as drivers of the program.
Hollywood reports Monday as honeymoon day with four new marriages including Nina Wilcox Putnam and Christian Eliot, George O'Brien and Marguerite Churchill, Jacqueline Roth and Michael Cudahy, plus Florence Murray and Jack Chertok.
The Northeastern Iowa baseball standings after Sunday games show three ties among eight teams. Oxford Junction remains undisputed leader while Delmar sits at the cellar. Maquoketa defeated Bellevue 7 to 3. Junction beat Charlotte 2 to 1. Preston topped peat 12 to 1. Lost Nation beat Baldwin 3 to 1.
DECORAH Ia The first meeting of the Winneshick County Cow Feasture baseball association board was held in Decorah Friday. Members present included Sul livan Burr Oak Jeugen Canoe Budke Fort Atkinson Winger Frankville Herwig Decorah. Five protests were reviewed with Decorah v Frankville over ineligible players withdrawn for sportsmanship.
In Sacramento California heavyweight Max Baer and his wife Dorothy Dunbar Wells walked arm in arm to a hotel breakfast room signaling reconciliation after months of estrangement. They agreed to drop the pending Sacramento divorce suit immediately.
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