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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1934

Page

2

Hog Prices Steady Amid Light Clean-Up Trade

Chicago hog markets held nominally steady during a light cleanup at the stockyards. Receipts across three markets totaled 8,600 with Chicago taking 8,000, mostly billed to packers. top prices reached 3.85 per cwt and averages around 3.65. Cattle and lambs also remained steady with mixed regional variances. reports note steady or slightly varied prices in Pittsburgh and East Buffalo.

Chicago Pittsburgh East Buffalo Amt Avs. Amt JME. & Butchers INS Ays. Amt Ino Pittspore Teceived East Bufalo

Chicago Livestock Market Receipts and Prices Slide

Across Chicago Omaha and Des Moines markets cattle and hogs showed lower or steady quotes with record drought entries. Heavy steers light yearlings and cows drifted lower while top steers reached 10.10 per cwt in Chicago and bids varied elsewhere with mixed hog and sheep tone and notices of steadier feeder trades.

Chicago Chicago Livestock Chicago API U 5 Dept. Agricultures Hetters Lont BO Ted Idaho Rangers Omaha Livestock Omaha

Prime Hogs Rise in Local Market After Nickel Advance

The local market reports higher prices for prime hogs following a nickel advance with top quotes around $3.15. Good packers remain steady at various weight classes from 180 to 500 pounds, while primes and premiums show maintained strength and quality-driven adjustments. Calves, sheep, and cattle categories show mixed movements, with steers and cows priced within a broad range and premiums noted for quality.

Waterloo Ottumwa Des Moines South ST Paul Sinclair Seveseseen

Grain futures rise then fall on profit taking at Chicago

Chicago traders pushed grain futures higher on the bullish crop report but profits soon trimmed gains. Wheat gained about 4% to the day, corn fell by 7 to 11 cents, oats up 2 to 3 cents, with limited follow through and weak weather impact. Winnipeg and Liverpool showed higher prices as local corn selling increased to lock in profits. Provisions kept pace early but later weakened.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Winnipeg Liverpool U S

Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Market Listings

Local Cedar Rapids listing shows varied prices for poultry, eggs, produce, and hides. Hens range by weight up to 210 per count, cocks low, eggs priced per dozen, and wholesale fruit and vegetable prices include California Valencias at 4.00 and Florida grapefruit at 1.00. Hides and animal products priced by grade, with horses listed at 2.50 and 2.25.

Grain Movement Minneapolis Cash Grain Report

Receipts 32 cars vs 235 two years ago with assorted grain quotes. Wheat values show No 1 northern around 1.02 to 1.05 with varying protein levels. Montana dark hard and amber durum prices listed. Corn No 3 yellow at 54 to 54.5 cents, oats No 3 white 41.3 to 42.5 cents, rye and barley quoted, timothy and clover seed prices noted, lard and bellies priced.

Minneapolis Cash Grain Montana Chicago

Seed and foreign exchange notes in midweek market report

Toledo seed market lists red clover at 8.25 and alsike at 8.50 while foreign exchange rates from New York show varied cent values for Britain, Belgium, Germany, and others. Minneapolis flour market reports shipments and middlings at 21.00 plus.

Toledo API Foreign Exchange NEW York Great Britain Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Portugal Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Jugoslavia Austria Hungary Roumania Argentine Brazil Toekio Shandal Hongkong Mexico Montreal Minneapolis

Markets in Chicago and New York Produce Reports

Chicago receipts show butter 13.50 dairy steady. eggs receipts 17.26 steady with extra firsts at 15.34. Potatoes ample on truck and shipments. supplies moderate, trading light. Idaho russets mostly steady with varying prices. Alabama, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Mississippi reports. Poultry live receipts steady. hens, leghorn hens, rock fryers and springs quoted with mixed color pricing. New York butter and cheese mostly steady. eggs irregular with standard, firsts and middlings priced. live poultry weak. Chicago futures note egg and butter futures with storage and June and November price marks.

Chicago Idaho Alabama Louisiana Oklahoma Mississippi Rock Springs Rock Broilers New York

Bond Markets Show Modest Gains Amid Mixed Volume

New York bond trading edged higher on Saturday with limited volume. Top gainers included International Telephone 5s Missouri Pacific 8s Canadian Pacific debentures Erle 5s New York Central 5s Nickel Plate 4s Southern Railway 4s and National Dairy Products 3 4s. Government bonds closed with mixed results led by Liberty 3s and Treasury 4s.

NEW York Bond Review New York International Telephone Missouri Pacific Canadian Pacific Erle New York Central Southern Railway National Dairy Products Alleghany Corp Baltimore and Ohio Milwaukee Pennsylvania General United Drugs U. Os United States Liberty Libery Treasury

Mount Vernon Band Concert Opens Summer Series

Mount Vernon hosts the first Saturday night concert by the community band directed by Prof W H Hodgson on Main Street. Ronald Fleming of Cedar Rapids will perform the clarinet solo in The Wedding of the Winds. Four trombones featured in Miss Trombone. The band numbers forty musicians with John Klimo as manager and Miss Helen Burges as secretary.

Mount Vernon W H Hodgson Ronald Fleming Cedar Rapids John Klimo Helen Burges

Roosevelt Drops Wagner Bill for Federal Conciliation Commissions

President Roosevelt abandons the Wagner labor bill in favor of a simple measure to authorize federal industrial conciliation commissions. The commissions would model after NRA boards and gain legal status to negotiate voluntary settlements, binding parties by honor. Expected quick passage faces little opposition.

William K Hutchinson Washington INS Roosevelt International News Service Congress NRA

Wall St. profits ease after Friday surge amid steel labor worry

Stocks paused with scattered profit taking after a sharp rally and a steady close. Steel labor talks continued with U S Steel and Bethlehem in focus as workers’ delegations in Washington fed cautious sentiment for a near settlement.

New York U. S. Steel Bethlehem Motors Chrysler General Motors Nash Allied Chemical Owens-Illinois U. S. Industrial Alcohol Schenley Union Pacific Pennsylvania N. Y

Whittier Man Waives to Grand Jury on Receiving Stolen Property

H J Hampton waived to the grand jury after being arraigned before Justice Henry A Stearns on a receiving stolen property charge. Bond set at 1000 dollars. He was arrested after questioned about an electric drill found on his premises and stolen from P F Klein of Marion.

H J. Hampton Whittier Henry A. Stearns Hampton P. F Klein Marion

Man from Shueyville Pleads Not Guilty To DWI Charge

Steve Dilouhy, 45, Shueyville, was arrested at 2:40 a.m. Thursday by police and pled not guilty before Judge H C Ring in district court Saturday on a drunken driving charge filed by County Attorney G K Thompson. He was released on his own recognizance.

Steve Dilouhy Shueyville H C. Ring G. K. Thompson

Woman Dies From Electric Shock During Storm

Mrs. Oscar Baldwin aged 43 died after an electric shock in Humboldt when she went to the basement to disconnect the radio during last night’s storm.

Humboldt Oscar Baldwin

Millens and Faber Guilty of First Degree Murder

The Millen brothers Morton and Irving with Abe Faber were found guilty of murder in the first degree. Jurors handed a verdict after a tense trial six hours after they began deliberations. The mob outside the Dedham courthouse hissed and jeered as deputies restrained the crowd.

Dedham Mass INS Millen Brothers Morton Irving Abe Faber Forbes McLeod Sigod Isabelle McLeod Faber Howard Capen Needham Trust Company

Johnson attacks I C P program rhetoric critique

The speaker attacks the I C P program leadership, naming Henry P. Fletcher and likening the approach to Hoover era wartime tactics. He scoffs at slow, diluted policy efforts and mocks the premise as an ineffective, hollow dinner of policy. He uses metaphorical digs about goldfish bowls and kippered herrings to underscore distrust.

Henry P.) Fletcher Mr. Hoover

Dillinger Suspect Carried to Camp Near City

The Evening Star camp is cited as a key Dillinger hideout with Stanleys claiming evidence since April. Carroll and a dark haired girl were identified at cabin No 3 by Mrs Cargin, who recalled the modest dress. Carroll was later named as the Mason City bank robbers’ driver, with identification by Feeney, Ryan, and Leu after the pursuit.

Stanley Dillinger Carroll Gazette Cargin Waterloo First National Bank Mason City Associated Press A. J. Feeney Emmet V. Ryan J. J. Leu Ryan

Two Negroes Hanged by Mississippi Mob

In Greenwood Mississippi two 25 year old men Isaac Thomas and Joe Love were seized from officers by a mob and hanged on a railroad trestle Friday evening. The men, accused of attempting to assault the wife of a Delta plantation manager at Sledge Miss, were said by officers to have confessed.

Greenwood, Miss Mns Isaac Thomas Joe Love Delta Sledge Miss

City Plan Commission Recommends Lowering Grade on Highway 149

The commission approved width and location but urged the city council to require the highway department to lower the proposed gradient on Highway 149 at the west edge of the city by about 2 feet to a maximum of four feet. The action followed a site inspection with highway officials and council members present.

City Plan Commission Highway Commission Plan Commission Fairfax Cedar Rapids Commission H. O. Rickok Ames Right of Way City Engineering

Local Institutions Beneficiary in Will of C H Graham

Cedar Rapids man Charles H. Graham dies June 3 and probate begins Saturday. The Home for Aged Women and the Home for the Friendless each receive 500, Palo Cemetery Association gets 1000, Spring Grove Cemetery also noted. Beneficiaries include daughter Mabel E Boyd, nephews Elgie Graham and Harley Lazenby, nieces Blanche Steffy and Marion Fox, and grand nephew Merritt Graham in trust. Peoples Savings Bank of Cedar Rapids named executor. Will dated March 6.

Cedar Rapids Charles H. Graham Palo Cemetery Association Spring Grove Blanche Steffy Marion Fox Perry Merritt Graham Peoples Savings Bank of

Dyrland Death in Newhall Details Family Ties

Mrs Helene Dyrland died at her daughter Mrs John Olson's home in Newhall at 3 30 am Saturday after a brief illness She was born Aug 14 1849 in Skudesnes Norway and came to the United States sixty four years ago Surviving include two daughters three sons a brother and sister in Norway and sixteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren Funeral services at the Benton Lutheran church will be at 2 pm Tuesday led by Rev Walter E Carlson Burial will be in Decorah Lutheran cemetery Friends may call at the Turner chapel Cecil Oakley

Helene Dyrland John Olson Newhall Skudesnes Norway Europe Decorah D. T. Benningen Gary, S. D John Salem Ore Carl Werner N. D Ralph Wagner A. J. Durland First Lutheran Church of Benton Lutheran Church Walter E. Carlson Turner Chapel Cecil Oakley Sixth Street Elkader Cedar Rapids Aimee Oakley Ida Crane Gaffney Moore Chapel

Mrs Fay dies after lingering illness in Iowa City

Mrs. William J. Fay, 53, sister in law of Mrs. F J Connors, Wilson Avenue SW, died at her Iowa City home Friday at 8 45 p m after lingering illness. Besides her husband she is survived by nine children. Funeral services will be held at St Mary's Church, Iowa City, at 9 a.m. Monday.

William J. Fay F. J. Connors Wilson Avenue Iowa City St. Mary's Church

Funeral services for A. T. Calkins Dell Calkins

Funeral services for A. T. Dell Calkins who died yesterday morning will be held Sunday at 2 30 PM at Hohenschuch mortuary South Linn street Iowa City with Rev Harry D Henry of the Iowa City Methodist church in charge Burial rites will be given by the Iowa City Elks lodge in Oakland cemetery Iowa City

A. T. Calkins A. T Dell) Calkins Hohenschuch Mortuary South Linn Street Iowa City Harry D. Henry

Birth Announcements and Sheriff’s Sale Notice

Births report three newborns including Earl Wayne Selzer born May 29 to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Selzer at their home in Cedar Rapids and two more infants born June 8 at St. Luke’s Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Andrew and to Mr. and Mrs. Q. R. Snider. A Sheriff’s Sale notice describes a Special Execution against Harry B. Moore in Linn County for 543.85 dollars, with property the north forty feet of Lot 9 in Block 46 Buchanan and Reed’s Addition, set for auction June 18, 1934 at 11:00 A.M. in Cedar Rapids.

Ooo Sooru Riod Charles Selzer Seventeenth Street Earl Wayne Selzer St. Luke's Hospital Linn County Iowa Earle Smith Harry B. Moore Buchanan Reed Cedar Rapids Court House Joseph A. Petrus Roy_Radebauch L. M. Silliman Don Benk Fifth Avenue Renk Gweneth Williams

Marion News Highlights Local Social and Event Notes

Marion area notes report illness and travel among Peterson Moot Hart families. locals attend piano recital, bridal shower, and birthdays while veterans and clubs plan events at Holy Trinity and Cedar Rapids, with obits and society meetings noted.

Roosevelt proposes 525 million for drought relief plan

President Roosevelt outlines a seven item drought relief program totaling 525 million dollars. The plan includes funds for relief work, livestock purchases, shipping and distribution, farmer loans, submarginal land acquisitions, work camps, and seed loans. Flexibility is urged to adapt as conditions change.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Weaving Motorist Fined After City Chase

H. G. Phinney, 50, of 3405 First Avenue E, jailed Friday for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after a high speed chase from Third Avenue and First Street SW to Third Street and Fifth Avenue SE. Charge reduced to reckless driving. he pled guilty, fined $100 and costs for city revenue.

H. G. Phinney First Avenue City Third Avenue First Street Third Street Fifth Avenue Ahring Phinney Fourth Avenue

Miss Forestine H Negus Dies After Illness at 50

West Liberty Iowa mourns teacher Miss Forestine H Negus age 50 after a two week illness at home. Born December 20 1883 near Plato she taught third grade at Horace Mann School Iowa City for 23 years and was a member of the Methodist church and the Teachers Federation. She is survived by her mother and two brothers Oscar Negus Newton and Will Negus Englewood California.

West Liberty Forestine H. Negus Miss Negus David Rosamond Negus Plato Springville Horace Mann Iowa City Methodist Church Teachers Federation Oscar Negus Newton Will Negus Englewood Calif

Church Services in Marion Rally With Day Programs

A list of morning and evening services across Marion churches. Baptist led by Rev. Bridwell holds combined Children’s Day at 10:30 with 10:15 arrival. Mrs. Bakeman to speak. Catholic Mass at 7:30 and 9:30. Christian, Congregational, Free Methodist, Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Neighborhood Chapel and Seventh Day Church of God schedule Sunday worships, Sunday schools, and special programs.

William H. Bridwell P. R. Bakeman China St. Joseph's Catholic T. J. McElliott J. Biddle Elda M. Kemp H. O. Allen Arthur Lyon Skinner Gerald Thomas Christian Endeavor H. M. Williamson Methodist Episcopal John M. Walters Oxford Club Epworth League Presbyterian Fisher O. M. Carson Chistian Endeavor Westminster Presbyterian Church Cedar Rapids Irvin Ford St. Paul's William Mathis T. J. Miller Seventh Day Church of God Sixth Street Ninth Avenue

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