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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1934

Page

24

Most Hog Prices Hold Steady at Chicago Yards

Demand remains active at Chicago stockyards with hog prices around steady, top reported near 5.15 for select lots while receipts at five markets total about 25 700. Chicago shipped 16 000 hogs including 7 000 direct to packers as markets elsewhere show mixed gains and steady cattle and sheep prices.

Chicago Cleveland Pittsburgh East Buffalo East St. Louis Representative Adi East

Hogs Unchanged On Local Market

Prices hold steady across hog grades with prime hogs at 4.50 top. Market shows firm values for 180 to over 500 pounds, packed with premiums for quality. Calf, sheep, and cattle sections list steady or varied quotes, including steers, heifers, cows, and bulls, reflecting a balanced cattle market.

Omaita Tivestock Omaha APC Packing Sons Iowa Associated Press Waterloo Wood Good Ross Des Moines Sinclair Scedeveeranv Caves Sabes Conners

Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Wheat and Produce Prices

Local Cedar Rapids listing shows farm goods and produce prices including Wheat at 5 per bushel, oats 40c, rye 18c, barley 40c, corn curb 48, chickens and eggs with various prices, Leghorn hens 6 67, breadcrumbs and eggs priced, vegetables like lemons 6 0007, potatoes 1 ave 78, bananas, lettuce crates 3, celery 100 per crate, onions 50412, tomatoes crate 140, beef prices at 4c.

Leghorn Brothers, & Leghorn Bro Kennery California Prorida

Grain Movement and Grain Prices at Minneapolis

Grain movement notes show cured hides and calf products with mixed quality tags. Minneapolis cash grain market reports list wheat receipts and prices for No 1 northern, dark northern, amber durum, red durum, and market spreads. Corn No 1 yellow and oats No 3 white are priced with bid figures and daily fluctuations.

Minneapolis Montana Chicago North Duluth Louis Kansas City

Wall Street Slips Amid Heat Apathy and Mixed Results

Wall Street opened soft with lighter trading and a dull tone as heat and apathy weighed on activity. Stocks like Hudson Motors and Plegel-May-Stern fell over 2 points while Allied Chemical and Bethlehem Steel edged higher. transfers neared 700,000 shares amid scattered gains and losses across oil, chemicals, and industrials.

New York Hudson Motors Plegel-May- Stern Allied Chemical Howe Sound McIntyre Porcupine Bethlehem Steel

Grains Fluctuate Amid Mixed Market Influences

Chicago prices showed wide swings Friday as wheat rose. corn and oats declined. Unfavorable harvests in Illinois and Nebraska spurred some buying while heavy rainfall delayed field work. Liverpool strength helped open higher but hedging pressure pulled values back. Local cash quotes were mostly steady with modest activity and muted receipts across markets.

Chicago Board of Trade Liverpool Illinois Nebraska Canadian Northwest Winnipeg Commission House

Bond Market Stuck In Narrow Range on Thursday

In New York dullness persisted in the bond market as Treasuries and prime corporate issues showed little change in value. Government and secondary issues held a firm tone while some issues edged higher, with Electric, Santa Fe, and other names trading modest gains amid a cautious trading session.

New York Wewther Group Bea Jagne Adeghany Corp St Tos Sa Fran Sen Satan Fe Bethmer Sree Coombta Ona Ang Electric

Markets Chicago Butter Receipts and Poultry Prices

Market notes show butter receipts and egg prices in New York and Chicago. Butter prices steady to firm with creamery and designated scores. live poultry mixed with broiler and freight markets weak to steady. egg receipts and colors noted with minor variation across varieties.

New York Commercia

Toledo Seed Market and Foreign Exchange Update

Market clerks report Toledo seed dealings with red clover priced at $825 and insike $850 while Minneapolis flour markets list shipments and bran prices. Foreign exchange quotes show wide ranges for major nations and territories with tinier notation for currencies and bonds across New York and Montreal.

Toledo

CINCAGO Produce Futures Closed Storage Standards Note

Fragmentary note lists futures terms for Cincago produce with dates June November and scattered abbreviations. mentions closed storage packed first refrigerator standards and French standards. No clear events or persons identified.

Cincago Cricago

Autoist 94 Starts 500 Mile Mountain Trip Alone

A 94 year old autoist, HCG Wright, began a solo 500 mile drive to the Davis mountains from Austin Texas. Born in New York, he came to Texas in 1840 and served as a Confederate cavalryman through four years of Civil War with thirty engagements and no scratches. His wife Mrs Wright, now 49, formerly startled New York ten years ago with a concert appearance.

Austin Texas Hcg Wright Davis Mountains New York Wright

First Year Of PWA Work Pleases Harold Ickes

Harold L Ickes lauds the Public Works Administration on its first anniversary, noting progress and flaws. He cites 1 418 million hours of direct construction work and a $3 36 billion fund allocated to 15 673 projects, with 13 266 federal and 2 407 nonfederal. He urges planned, merit based public works free from pork, waste, and graft, and foresees continued employment and funding for 1935 projects including the Midtown Hudson tunnel and Columbia river dams.

PWA Harold Ickes Washington IIN Public Works Administration Public Works Harold L. Ickes Ickes Roosevelt Midtown Hudson Tunnel Chicago Sanitary District Columbia River Mississippi River Naval Building

Missing heiress Agnes Turverson tied to Poderjay plot

Reports from New York detail ties between Mme Fer rand and Ivan Poderjay as police probe disappearance of Agnes Turverson. Letters show plans to travel to India and a ruse of marriage, while agents question Mme Rand about her knowledge. A dramatic jail scene showcased alleged deception and growing international interest complicates the case.

Poderjay Mme. Ferrand New York America Miss Turverson Vienna Manness Mountain Slovenia Suzanne Don Juan Miss Tufverson Ivan INS Agnes Turverson Ivan J Poderjay Nght Priday Miss Tulverson India London Montreal Agnes

City Briefs and Personals

Dr Thomas F Suchomel addressed the High Twelve club at the Hotel Roosevelt urging a basic science law to regulate all healing arts. Cedar Rapids Y M C A Boys band performs Sunday at Camp Wapshey directed by Stanley Vesely. former campers and friends invited. Army recruiting reports 23 vacancies including 18 for Eightieth motorized field artillery at Fort Des Moines and 5 for infantry at Fort Crook Nebraska. single men 18 to 35 may apply at room 201 in the federal building.

Thomas F. Suchomel High Twelve Club Hotel Roosevelt Cedar Rapids Sergt Wiliam Melton Eightieth Motorized Field Artillery Fort Des Moines Infantry Fort Crook Neb Federal Building

Wins At Kenmore Flag Tournament and Prizes

Mrs. C McClung won the flag tournament in the weekly competition at the Kenmore course. Mrs. H J Robertson claimed the prize for a three on number four, and Mrs. H Williams dominated the putting contest to win the putting prize. The next Indies day is Tuesday.

Kenmore C . McClung H. J. Robertson H. Williams

Bones of Bayard relics belong to young woman

In Sassenage France a local bone specialist examining the bones revered as the Sixteenth century warrior Chevalier Bayard revealed they belonged to an 18 year old girl. The finding shocked visitors and scholars who had gathered at the shrine to the famed hero.

Sassenage Dauphiny France Chevalier Bayard Francois

Delicate Bones Stir Bayard Legends Debate

Thousands of pilgrims were found with unusually delicate bones. Dr Allibe noted a shin bone from the Chevalier, slender for a mace wielder, followed by a gracefully delicate backbone. The pelvis belonged to a young girl, prompting the town council to muse Bayard as a Joan of Arc-like figure, though historians insist the Chevalier was a robust male.

Allibe Chevalier Bayard Joan of Arc

PWA Engineer Inspects Work At Sewage Plant

Des Moines based PWA engineer George M. Griffith toured the Cedar Rapids sewage disposal plant Friday forenoon. He was accompanied by City Engineer F. E. Young County Engineer William Behrens Mayor William J. Neillis and public improvements commissioner Frank K. Hahn.

George M. Griffith Des Moines Public Works Administration Iowa Cedar Rapids F. E. Young William Behrens William J. Neilis Frank K. Hahn

Cognac Expert Sees Hope For U. S. Drinkers

Chicago reports Jean Godet, cognac expert from La Rochelle and Godet Freres, says drinking is a sport needing training. He urges early cultivation, explaining to enjoy wine one should smell first then sip slowly to savor flavor.

Chicago Jean Godet M. Godet Godet Freres la Rochelle France

Bullet For Shark Ends Up In Bass

In San Diego Captain Patrick Chase of the San Pedro boat Magellan fired at a shark while tuna fishing in Mexican waters. A half hour later the ship’s cook hauled in a cabrera that had swallowed the bullet, which was found inside the fish during cleaning.

San Diego Calif INS Patrick Chase San Pedro Chase

Professors Losing Steam Says Boston Dean

Dean Everett W. Lord of Boston University College of Business Administration says dull professors are fading from universities. He argues a lecturer should keep classes alive with energy, though not perform as vaudeville entertainers.

Boston INS Everett W. Lord Boston University College of Business Administration Dean Lord

Summer Heat Brings Real Warm Weather Across Nation

The first day of summer brought real heat nationwide with 89.3 degrees in New York. A boy died from lightning in Elmira and a bathers drowned at Rockaway Point. Six Colorado forest fires started, two from lightning. Harvard protest and a Nazi adviser’s Massachusetts beach visit noted amid thunderstorms in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley regions. Burton Salisbury of the weather service forecast continuing hot weather into Friday.

New York State City Mercury Elmira N. Y Rockaway Point Colorado Ernst Hanfstaengl Hitler Massachusetts Harvard Great Lakes Ohio Valley Northern Plain States New England Rocky Mountain Pacific Coast Burton Salisbury New York Weather Bureau

Deaths Mrs Horace Pauline Tappen Dies in Cedar Rapids

Mrs Horace Pauline Tappen died at her home 1612 Avenue NE at 4 15 p m Thursday born January 23 1862 in Tranquillity Ohio a resident eighteen years in the city survived by husband five children and a sister eight grandchildren and one great grandchild funeral services will be held at Turner chapel at 2 p m Saturday with Rev George Korteling officiating burial in Oak Hill cemetery among church members of St Pauls Methodist church

Horace Pauline Tappen David R. Tappen Avenue NE Tranquillity Ohio Carl F. Bunsen Earle R. Tappen Portland Ore John Neuenschwander Fayette, Town Mildred Adile E. Tappen

Park Bears Cleaned Out Rangers Canned Goods

In Glacier Park Montana rangers found their cabin stripped by bears during winter. Dr George C Ruhle said the bears left only the spinach, having opened cans by ramming claws through tin and drawing the edges as if with a can opener.

Park Bears Glacier Park Mont Glacier Park Rangers George C. Ruhle The Park Service Dr. Ruhle

Loretta Young Recovers After Minor Operation

Actress Loretta Young underwent a minor operation and is on the road to recovery according to her physician. In Australia a tiny prawn-like parasite less than an inch long is killing man-eating sharks off New South Wales shores.

Hollywood INS Loretta Young New South Wales Australia

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