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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1934
Page
6
A walkout by handlers at Chicago yards halted livestock trade for Wednesday. Reports show mixed cash prices with hogs steady to higher and cattle and sheep varying. receipts totaled 4 265 cattle and about 4 000 hogs with markets unsettled as placing officials and processors anticipated a return to normal operations.
Market notes show liberal demand for potatoes with some decay in Virginia cobblers and mixed egg futures. Chicago grain and storage standards are listed with July 24 figures amid steady futures in New York and butter receipts at 166.
Fragmented OCR data shows corn prices at a new peak with related market notes on oats hogs and cattle. References to Chicago and regional market figures illustrate price volatility and shifting commodity values across the agricultural sector.
An assorted list of local produce and goods with prices for fruits vegetables poultry dairy and more. Items include Leghorn hens broilers potatoes tomatoes cabbage peaches pears bananas oranges and apples with varying regional prices. Also shows wholesale fruit prices and general market rates for local commodities in Cedar Rapids.
Weather promises cooler conditions ease crop heat damage and spur grain selling on the Chicago board of trade. Wheat futures rise 2 to 2.5 cents, corn off about 11 to 1.5 cents, oats down around 14 cents as showers in the Dakotas trigger early selling. Officials note strong underlying fundamentals, but deliveries dip below the prior close and traders seek profit after a recent rally.
A funeral notice outlines services for Mrs Lepic Lee and other local residents. The obituary mentions Theodore Wow, Belleman, and a Cedar Rapids event with community speakers, a concert, and band races.
The market attempted a cautious rally Tuesday after heavy selling the day before. Early losses narrowed, with some gains around a point seen in several issues as traders awaited clearer direction and avoided heavy commitments.
Robert W. Greene of Cedar Rapids was named the third member of Linn county's old age pension commission by the board of supervisors on Tuesday afternoon. Dr. McCreery had resigned recently. Remaining members are Miss Cora Jacobs and John M. Blaine. Greene is a former assistant county attorney and ex chairman of the Linn county republican central committee. He is a veteran of the American Legion and a Cedar Rapids native from a pioneer family. His grandfather George Greene helped build Cedar Rapids and served as the first chief justice of Iowa's supreme court.
A strike at the Chicago Stockyards paralyzed operations as drought starved cattle crowded the yards. Thousands faced danger as some were shot while waiting for feeding and water under police protection. It marks a second major strike in nine months with 8000 workers involved previously.
L F Prior, plant superintendent at Wilson and Company packing plant, said Chicago stockyard workers strike would not affect local operations. The plant continues processing all livestock purchased and is not shipping live animals to Chicago. Current volume is near capacity, making a larger intake unlikely.
John Vasicek charged with maintaining a liquor nuisance at 225 Fourteenth avenue SE was fined 300 dollars and costs in district court by Judge AB Clark. The court gave a 90 day county jail sentence in lieu of payment, but withheld commitment for ten days while he remains on a 500 dollar bond. charge dismissed as to his wife on State motion.
A $350 suit by John Kuba against Gus Hellwig was dismissed with prejudice at costs. A $1,000 promissory note and chattel mortgage action by Cora Mahurin against Taylor and Watsa was dismissed with prejudice. A $1,796.04 note suit by D W Bates, receiver, against Frank and Marie Fee was dismissed. Judge Clark approved the receiver’s eleventh quarterly report in the Farmers and Merchants bank receivership. cash on hand was $11,276.63. Dividends totaling 85 percent ($136,774.10) paid to depositors. A separate case, Emma J Reamer v Tom Reamer, seeks to quiet title to property in Marion. A report of a stolen two-wheeled trailer with green box body was filed with Sheriff Petrus.
A list of heat related fatalities includes Henry Weir 80 at McGregor and Emil Schultz 54 in Vinton. Other victims: Thomas Jefferson 86 Oscar Henson 67 Flora Fitzpatrick 65 Henry Henson 67 at Keokuk and Des Moines area, Mrs Minerva Townsend 3 of Centerville, Mrs Katherine Clancy 40 Des Moines, Elmer Page 12 Mason City. Names appear alongside locations tied to farms and cities across Iowa.
Eleven Cedar Rapids reserve officers have been ordered to Fort Snelling Minnesota on August 8 for duty until August 21 as CMTC instructors. The reserve officers will be commanded by Lieut Col Robert James of Sigourney. Those from Cedar Rapids include Captain Dorsey C Hedberg Frank Krejer first lieutenant and several lieutenants. Also Captain Frank La Rue and Lieut Jack Donnell of Headquarters 349th Infantry will leave for Fort Snelling on August 6.
Delaware Indians lose twice at home. Silver Creek wins 3 to 1 in game one and Ryan Jim Shaw earns a 3 to 2 victory in game two as Shaw allows two hits and four reach first in the opener.
John Dillinger's body was transported from Chicago to Mooresville Indiana after a public, tense procession. His father John Dillinger Sr accompanied by Hubert Dillinger rode in the hearse and a funeral party through Lincoln Park and Michigan Avenue. Authorities had shot Dillinger dead days earlier. the journey to the final rites was expected to take about five hours.
The report links Dillinger to women who frequented local venues and describes his last Chicago visit on July 20 and a hotel stay. Purvis and officers set a trap after a tip from the woman in red, and Dillinger was shot during the ensuing raid. The exact shooter remains officially unnamed.
A series of local items notes a Wednesday bungalow canning class, a bonfire call by Fire Department No. 2 at 415 F Avenue NW, and several hospital and court updates. Edward Stepanek undergoes appendicitis surgery at Mercy Hospital. Leo Rodgers, 39, jailed 30 days for intoxication and disturbance. Mike Eiker, 40, pleads not guilty to intoxication. Carl Kaiser fined for speeding. Marvin Nedrow fined for the same. Earl J. Elliott fined for double parking. William Pulda confined post operation at Mercy. Major John T. Wurster to attend a fourteen day ammo and metals course at University of Michigan starting July 29.
More than 300 persons are expected at a Wednesday picnic at Ellis Park for Mid-Continent Oil company Waterloo division employees and officials. H C Wurster of Waterloo leads arrangements for the annual event, with about 35 guests from Waterloo offices. The division covers all of Iowa and parts of Wisconsin Illinois Nebraska and Minnesota.
Vincent F Balcar of 1521 Second Avenue SE has been promoted from second lieutenant to first lieutenant in the infantry reserves, with the announcement made at the infantry reserve headquarters on Tuesday.
The Iowa City liquor situation centers on calls for a state liquor store to curb bootlegging by youths and university students. Commission members report hip pocket bootlegging, widespread beer parlors, and near beer spikes as evidence, while opposing letters warn against establishing a store.
The Harrison Roosevelt community night event drew about 800 people on Monday evening. The Sinclair girls beat the Roosevelt girls 30 to 6 in softball to open the program. Norman Hornum played two harmonica numbers and a violin solo while Warren Ainsworth performed sleight of hand. Moving pictures closed the program.
Sealed bids will be received until July 1934 by the Highway Commission in Ames Town for a Sun Aign unit high stage parcel on Westa at Manian. A bid deposit of 600 is required. Informal advice from the Iowa State Highway Mission at Ames Iowa will be provided.
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