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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1934
Page
2
Livestock trading remained paralyzed at Chicago yards with buyers and sellers unable to agree, while prices at other markets edged higher. Cattle and hog receipts varied across Cleveland, Buffalo, St Louis, and East Coast terminals, with mixed gains and notable strength in beef and hog sectors.
Fragmentary text shows scattered names and phrases about painters in a Dutch context. No clear event, date, or attribution. content is unreadable enough to hamper concrete reporting.
Market notes from Chicago show receipts and prices across butter eggs poultry and vegetables. Includes creameries and firsts, various egg grades, turkey and goose prices, and potato shipments with regional references to U S markets and wholesale standards.
The page notes raw sugar and flour prices in New York and Minneapolis and lists a wide range of foreign exchange rates. It records currencies from Britain, France, Italy, Germany, and beyond with bids and asks in cents and various country quotients, along with a few domestic commodity prices and stock marks.
The New York bond market showed irregular activity with several rail and utility issues moving down slightly while others such as Santa Fe 4s and certain American and Far East issues rose. Notes on Treasury securities and miscellaneous bond listings appear with various price levels and dates in the session report.
Hog prices hold steady while corn and wheat advance. Top hogs at 420 in higher grade bids. Strike continues at Chicago cattle yards with no quota. Local quotes show wheat rising to a higher level as traders note gains and tentative demand.
Chicago reports bullish crop estimates driving a broad price rise on the board of trade. Experts warn U S yield may fall below last year, sparking heavy buying as dry weather and lack of rain weigh on crops. wheat and oats gain, while corn leads futures to season highs amid extensive receipts and market activity.
A quiet recovery followed a morning stock sell off with prices edging higher in the late session. Major declines for Sears Roebuck American Telephone and U S Steel widened losses, while volumes were light at about 850000 shares amid ongoing drought optimism and a softer European outlook.
New evidence found may prompt a new trial for Mrs Anna Antonio of Ossining New York who is jailed for the murder of her husband Her attorney reported the new evidence could form the basis for a retrial The case follows a series of postponements and appeals since her 29 year sentence was imposed
National guardsmen watched Kohler Wisconsin as two workers were killed in Friday riots. Unions threaten a full walkout and seek dismissal of nonstriking employees while Walter Kohler resists mass layoffs. Funeral services and a citywide holiday mark the strike's toll.
Mrs Elizabeth McGee 87 died at 5 30 am Monday at her daughter's home 1425 Fifth avenue SE after a short illness. Born January 10 1847 in Troy New York she moved to Iowa as a child and lived near Cedar Valley. Survived by two daughters Mrs Healy Cedar Rapids and Mrs Elizabeth Rice Vinton and three sons Thomas Cedar Rapids J J Elma and John Tama, plus two sisters Mrs Julia Arnold Los Angeles and Mrs Ella Whalen Denver. Funeral at Immaculate Conception church Wednesday at 9 with burial at St Joseph's Cedar Valley.
Joseph G. Doyle Jr. of 508 Fifth Avenue SE died in Iowa City at 11 45 p m Sunday. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Joseph G Doyle and a sister Dolores Doyle in California. He was a member of the U B church. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
Quido A Novotny 79 a Cedar Rapids barber for years died at his home 1517 Hamilton St SW at 130 p m Sunday after a long illness. He was born in Bohemia April 10 1864 and came to America 42 years ago. Surviving are seven Cedar Rapids children and a brother and sister in Czechoslovakia. Burial will be in the Bohemian National cemetery. Funeral Tuesday at 3 30 p m in Barta chapel. Family requests no flowers.
Two Marion youths and a Mount Vernon area youth allegedly confessed to Linn county juvenile authorities that they entered the S. J. Caldwell residence on highway 30 near the 94 junction late Saturday night and stole ten dollars in currency. The money was recovered Monday as Deputy Probation Officer Stanley Jonas reported.
Juvenile court forms prepared Monday morning but not signed by complainant. Names of the boys, aged 13 and 14, not released. Arthur E. McGowan of Cedar Rapids, 39, charged with assault with intent to inflict great bodily injury, received a four month county jail sentence but with it withheld on good behavior after recommendations from the state and his wife. He allegedly beat his wife on July 21 and waived preliminary hearing when arraigned July 23 before Justice Henry A. Stearns.
Judge A B Clark in district court approved the receiver's eighth quarterly report for Springville Savings Bank. D W Bates state banking superintendent is receiver with O F Fryer examiner in charge. The period ended June 30 shows cash on hand of 3879.96 and a 10 percent dividend totaling 8342.76 paid to depositors.
William Hollingsworth a former city fireman files a crosspetition for divorce from Kate Hollingsworth on grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. Kate Hollingsworth had filed her action on July 20. The couple married June 20, 1908 and sit in Cedar Rapids where she seeks title to real estate and both temporary and permanent support.
Houston AP reports nine inmates escaped from Harlem state prison farm in Fort Bend County about 30 miles from Houston Monday morning. One of the fugitives carries a life sentence and hails from Dallas.
The Mount Zion Baptist Negro church won permission to hold a tag day on August 11 in downtown Sirets after a petition by Rev. A. M. Smith. A collision at Second Avenue and Fourteenth Street SE at 11 15 a.m. injured no one. W S Cole and Lulu Wright were cited. A spare tire and rim were reported stolen from Temeyer’s car on Seventh Avenue SW earlier Monday.
The city council granted F A Beers access to the dead end of Seventh street SW from Twelfth avenue to the Milwaukee tracks for wood storage. Beers must post a $1,000 bond pay $15 yearly rent and vacate within thirty days notice from the council.
Tuesday remains the final filing day for federal beer permit applications at the local Internal Revenue Service office. Retailer applicants face a $20 fee, while wholesalers must pay $50.
R E Simms, a transient known in Cedar Rapids area, was arrested Sunday on a bad $55 check charge and jailed awaiting trial after arraignment in Justice A E Re eds court. Police say he is wanted on other warrants.
Lieut F M Day former field artillery instructor at Iowa State college Ames visits sister-in-law and brother in law Miss Martha Balcar and Vincent Balcar 1521 Second Avenue SE plans to leave August 15 for West Point where he will be an instructor at the Military academy Mrs Day stays in Chicago with friends and their three children are at the Balcar home.
Five defendants appeared in police court Monday morning pleading guilty to traffic charges. Each received a fine of two dollars plus costs. Dians of Rompot addition and Ring of 1949 Park Avenue were fined for parking without rear lights. Suits of 652 Twentieth Avenue SW Travis of 619 Twentieth Avenue SW and Cornelius of 812 Eighteenth Street NW were fined for overtime parking.
In police court on Monday J H Eklund was fined 10 dollars plus costs for intoxication. I D Johnson of 611 Thirteenth Street NW and Frank Carter of 717 Ellis Boulevard NW paid costs. Leo Boyle of Johnson Avenue W was fined 25 dollars and costs for disturbing the peace and to serve time in the city jail. John Mischek paid court costs on a charge of disturbing the peace of his family.
A. G. Tripp and Bert Sellers, transients, were fined ten dollars each in Justice Reed's court after Saturday intoxication arrests but the fines were suspended on condition they stay out of town. Charlie Trimble faced fifty dollars or fifteen days in jail with sentence suspended if he remains away from Cedar Rapids. a warrant was issued and him to be picked up on sight.
James A. Barnett and Eva Marie Eiselt both of Cedar Rapids. Evan George Morrison and Ellen DeWalld, both of Cedar Rapids, filed for marriage licenses.
Funeral services honored Mrs. B. F. Mentzer at the Congregational church with Rev. H. O Allen praising her devotion to family home and church. Mentzer belonged to the church sixty six years. the service drew local and out of town mourners, with a garden of gladiolus asters and roses at the altar and a noted choir. Burial followed at Oak Shade cemetery.
The Marion Country club golf team defeated Manchester Sunday on the local course by 16 to 1. Individual scores include Stan Klaus 87 and Bill Dygert 92 for Manchester and H GC Jensen 81 and Harold Ballard 85 for Marion, with other listed scores for both clubs.
The FTC issued stop orders against proposed securities of Abba Gold Mining Corp of Carson City Nevada and Cariboo King Gold Inc of Seattle for false or omitted material facts. Papers on Cariboo King Gold were referred to the Justice Department for possible criminal action.
Neil Martin aged 15 months, son of Mr and Mrs Glenn Martin of 148 Thirty third Street NE, suffered extensive bruises and possible right leg fracture after a car backed into the driveway at 128 Thirty third Street NE. The vehicle was driven by S J Grauerholtz. A doctor treated the child at home.
The city dropped the dancing after midnight charges against Fred Platz and R A Dickson, beer parlor operators, in police court. A loophole in the ordinance defined dancing hours as 12 p m to 10 a m, but the law used 12 p m, and the ordinance now reads 12 midnight.
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