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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1934
Page
10
Livestock prices showed limited movement with steer and heifer receipts modest. Reported sales included Chiraee and Cleveland steady while Pittsburgh and St Louis held near previous levels. overall market activity remained cautious with varied demand across regions.
A fragmented OCR listing several market items from Cedar Rapids including grain Wheat Barley and various produce prices. It mentions wholesale fruits vegetables and hogs or cattle terms with inconsistent figures and stray currency marks. The text is garbled but centers on commodity pricing for local goods.
Markets opened with cautious sentiment as investors assessed inflation data and Fed guidance. Cautious buying emerged in tech and energy amid fluctuating commodity prices, while financial shares faced selective selling.
Prices in Chicago grain markets eased after an initial rise as Winnipeg rains and midwestern drought influenced trading. Wheat fluctuated with mixed signals from Buenos Aires and Liverpool, cash and futures activity remained modest, and overall receipts and prices showed light movement amid a tepid session.
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New York trading opened with a sharp rally in the second hour followed by a notable drift lower as declines spread across sectors. Metals and rails led losses while utilities held firm. transfers totaled about 1.15 million shares amid a brief 10 minute selling burst and a return to a softer market tone.
Kenneth Ko Kagebter of Cedar Rapids and Margaret Fo Pranver of Albert. Pat Monn Christ Jo Naklos and Bimeveen Koury both of Cedar Rapids. Arnal Clayton Manwiller and Wine Junehbinee both of Cedar Rapids. Hoye and Heatheram and Moatia pRB witout Centar Rays.
The legislature faces upheaval as efforts to impeach Acting Governor Ole Olson intensify amid a mob threat to four Supreme Court justices. Langer supporters marshal in protest while Olson and Lt. Gov. Sarles deploy troops to safeguard official residences. Mrs William Ho Langer is proposed as a potential interim governor as Langer consolidates party influence and pursues ballot control.
A son was born to Mr and Mrs Cc E Bast on June 20 at St Luke's hospital in Thirty-first street NE. A daughter named Patnel Grace was born to Mr and Mrs Joe Shonka on June 18. The Federal Relief Administration allotted Wisconsin relief funds totaling 3,205,645 dollars for relief work in the state, while Washington received a separate allocation.
A battered workout note from a coach named Bol Terry stresses front knee drive and a quick forward swing to contact the ball early. It urges keeping hips level and watching the pitcher’s windup to favor contact over power, aiming for frequent base hits and a steady bat.
Alexander Jamie, longtime Chicago gangland figure, is named St Paul police chief by Public Safety Commissioner H E Warren and ordered to report for duty at once. The appointment follows council pressure over residency rules and Warren’s claim he may waive them under the city charter. Detective Lt. Frank Cullen, named acting chief earlier, will resign.
Ten giant army bombing planes on a goodwill tour from Washington to Alaska landed in Winnipeg at noon Friday after departing Wold-Chamberlain airport at 9:33 am. The flight began in Washington DC with Darton Ohio as a prior stop, and Winnipeg will serve as an overnight halt. Lieut. Col H H Arnold, commanding officer, spoke at a Civic and Commerce association dinner the previous night.
ALTOONA PA UP Altoona s oldest resident Rachel Burris 110 died at Blair County home Born in Annapolis Maryland on April 10 1824 to free Negro parents Aunt Rachel witnessed eleven decades of American history She lived in central Pennsylvania from age 7 103 years of her life and saw 27 presidents inaugurated Survived by one son Rev Morris Burris 75 of Pittsburgh
In CHELSEA MASS a defendant named Benjamin Gansaraga tired of the four hour jury deliberations and pleaded guilty. He paid a $10 fine and left as Judge Albert F Iarden reminded jurors that the defendant chose to plead rather than wait.
The International Longshoremen's Association strike paused as Portland unions delayed a general walkout. Governor Meier mobilized 1,100 national guardsmen to prevent bloodshed, while San Francisco Bay area workers began returning to duties though some crews refused to move waterfront freight until the dispute ends. Police rounded up five alleged radicals amid a heightened anti communist drive.
London reports modernization of British railways with streamlined express cars planned for the Birmingham to Cardiff route on the Great Western line. Three experimental cars will run at 75 to 80 mph, offering morning and afternoon business service in both directions. The design, wind tunnel tested, reduces headwind resistance to a fifth and features flush observation windows and fully enclosed mechanisms for reduced drag.
Ellis Purlee, register of the U S land office in Sacramento, notes 9 298 275 acres remain open for homesteaders in California. Last year 2 209 homesteads were filed involving 622 771 acres, reflecting ongoing settlement activity.
DUBUQUE AP. George Zoller 32 of Cascade paid $25 and costs after being charged with consuming liquor on a public highway. He faced a verse of the new state liquor control law, and admitted drinking from a jug found in his car during a chase by Sheriff T J Ryder. He also paid a $1 fine and costs on careless and reckless driving. Koppes, 51, also of Cascade, was arrested but released.
Former Cedar Rapids resident Guy Cooksey died Thursday in St Joseph Missouri from heat exposure. Survived by widow Helen Charipar Cooksey two daughters Wilma and Lois Ann of St Joseph mother Mrs Lottie Thompson sister Mrs William Maltby and brother Lee Cooksey all of Cedar Rapids. Body to be brought to Barta chapel for funeral arrangements to be announced.
Fred L. Levings 59 formerly of Cedar Rapids died Sunday afternoon at Ottumwa He worked at Penick and Ford and Sinclair plants He is survived by brother W C Martin and niece Mrs Frank Kent of Cedar Rapids Attending the Ottumwa funeral were Mr and Mrs Earl Laird Mr and Mrs A G Charter and Mr and Mrs T E Charter Funeral services for Emma Tehel will be at Barta chapel Sunday at 2 30 p m Theodore B Hlubacek to officiate Burial at Bohemian National cemetery Friends may call at the chapel Friday evening and Saturday urges local attendance
Special to The Gazette Bertram, nine room residence of William Davis a telephone operator, destroyed by fire shortly after noon Friday. Oil stove explosion blamed as flames enveloped the house within minutes. Cedar Rapids fire department aided to save surrounding property. Sparks carried a quarter mile by the breeze. The house cost about 5000 dollars and was insured. None of the contents was saved.
The Panamanian Premier Galileo Solis said an airplane survey shows David City, the third largest in Panama, nearly razed by a series of quakes over three days. Five tremors Thursday bring the total to nearly forty. most surviving houses are seriously damaged and will be razed.
RAPID CITY, SD AP Aerial survey along the first 400 miles of a planned high altitude course convinces Major William E Kepner he can identify landmarks from the air. The National Geographic Society Army Air Corps stratosphere balloon team, with pilot Major Kepner and Capt Orvill Anderson, reached Sioux Falls as weather delayed an early takeoff for the expedition into the upper air.
In St Louis on the sixtieth anniversary of the Eads bridge, a speaker recalled that the final steel arch section would not close because it was too long. To shrink it, they packed the ribs in ice, using as much as sixty tons in a single day, to counter heat expansion with cold contraction of steel.
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