Packers Hold Steady as Hog Supplies Seen at Chicago Yards
Chicago stock yards hog receipts Saturday totalled about 10,100 across four markets with packers noting a steadier to modestly higher tone. Top hogs near $4.55, average around $4.40, while cattle and sheep saw variable bids and steady to lower movement in some districts.
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Chicago
Chicago Stock Yards
Pittsburgh
East Bufalo
East Buffalo
Ina
Are. Amt
No. Ree Amt
MIX. & Butchers
East St. Louis
Amt
Markets Chicago Produce Chest of Receipts and Prices
Markets report Chicago and New York produce with butter eggs and poultry trends. Butter receipts mix of weak and steady prices. eggs show large receipts with mixed colors and steady standards. live poultry steady. potatoes on track with slow trading. New York notes weaker creamery butter and steady chicken prices. eggs similar with steady demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U S
Wisconsin
Florida Bu
Bliss
New York
Bond Market Fluctuations Mark Trading Activity
New York bond traders moved through a mixed session with selective gains in American Telephone, Bethlehem Steel, Missouri Pacific, National Dairy, and Phillips Petroleum 5s. Losses touched Columbia Gas and Electric 5s and several other issues. Treasury issues posted minor advances, while foreign issues traded unevenly in subdued volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Allegheny
American Telephone Ss
Bethlehem Steel
Missouri Pacific
National Dairy
Phillips Petroleum
Columbia Gas and Electric
Consolidated Gas
Northern Pacific
Younestown Sheet and Tube
Southern Railways
U. S
Treasury
Mixed Market Reports Seed Sugar and Exchange Rates
Seed prices for Red clover and alsike in March at 8.25 and 8.50 respectively. Flour shipments and bran middlings noted in Minneapolis. New York raw sugar unchanged at 3.22 spot, futures down. Foreign exchange in New York shows mixed cent values for multiple countries and currencies with several varied figures.
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Toledo
Red Clover
Alsike
Minneapolis
New York
Aapi
Foreign Exchange
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Switzerland
Spain
Portugal
Greece
Poland
Montreal
Cedar Rapids Market Prices Mixed For Grains Livestock
In Cedar Rapids the market lists mixed prices for grains including wheat oats rye and barley with corn at 36c per bushel and hay prices varying. Livestock quotes show heavy hens in multiple weight classes and leghorn hens at lower rates, with stags and other poultry priced per head. Fresh fruit vegetables and staples such as oranges lemons potatoes and cranberries are offered at regional wholesale levels with specific per basket or per crate prices.
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California
Semi finals in scout first aid test set finals Tuesday
Scout troops No 1 and 12 tied for first in sectional first aid semi finals at Wilson Junior High Friday. Troop No 35 of Marion placed second in another semi final at Franklin Junior High. Troops 7 and 9 took top spots in their heat. Finals Tuesday at 8 PM at McKinley Junior High determine Cedar Rapids Area council’s Chicago contest entrant. Local Red Cross judges to preside.
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Boy Scout
Wilson Junor High School
Marion
Franklin Junior High School
McKinley Junior High School
Cedar Rapids
Red Cross
Chicago
Roral Scout Council
Kiwanis Club
McKinley
Carroll Thomas
Action on silver payment bill boosts grain prices
Chicago reports a favorable House coinage committee action on the bill to exchange exports of agricultural products for silver lifting wheat, corn, and oats. Wheat rose about 1% to 13.5 cents, corn near 1.5 to 1% cents, oats up around 0.5 cent. Overall trade was fair with late firming in grains. provisions softened on selling.
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Chicago
House Coinage Committee
Board of Trade
Senate
AAA
Grain Movement Chicago Cash Grain Prices Recorded
AP dispatch notes Chicago cash grain prices across wheat corn oats and rye with various mix and No. classifications including No 2 yellow No 3 yellow No 2 white and No 3 white values and Timothy and clover seed prices plus hog lard and bellies in a loose market snapshot.
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Chicago
Agen Cago
Minneapolis cash grain price report summary
Minneapolis AP market notes list futures and cash grain prices for wheat, corn, and oats. Wheat includes No 1 hard Montana, No 1 amber durum, and No 2 amber durum with varied protein specs and price quotes. Corn shows No 3 yellow and oats No 3 white with assorted bid values and delivery months.
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Minneapolis
Montana
Fearful Pact Ends In Tragic Double Suicide At Newlywed Home
PECATONICA Illinois AP fear of public scorn drove newlywed Ray Holcomb and his wife to a suicide pact. The 24 hour married pair shot each other as a coroner notes the tragedy followed Mrs Holcomb divorcing Rays brother John and quickly marrying him. A note signed Ray Nell claimed love yet inability to endure public judgment. Friends said it was her fourth marriage.
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Pecatonica
Ill
Ray Holcomb
W. R. Julian
Ray
Nell
Mrs. Holcomb
Pounds Record Road To Divorce Court
CHICAGO The divorce suit filed by Mrs Laura Johnston claims years of cruelty starting with a 1928 marriage when she weighed 125 pounds and spiraling to 165 pounds. She cites Frank Johnston’s cross looks unkind remarks eviction and scorn as the pattern of cruelty touching her control over “the course of nature.”
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Chicago
Laura Johnston
Frank Johnston
Aoree
Cedar Rapids Couples Issued Marriage Licenses
Horace Gates Jr and Helen M Tompkins both of Cedar Rapids. Charl D Hartman and Dorothy Jane Dale both of Cedar Rapids. Samuel W Vorgason and Magdalene Newkirk both of Cedar Rapids. Charles N Cassady and Helen Oral Heck both of Cedar Rapids.
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Horace Gates, Jr
Helen M Tompkins
Cedar Rapids
Charl D Hartman
Dorothy Jane Dale
Samuel W Vorgason
Magdalene Newkirk
Charles N Cassady
Helen Oral Heck
Local Hog Prices Unchanged on Local Market
Local hog prices are steady on the local market. The only change noted Saturday is in the weight of top prime grade with the top price holding at 4.00. Calf market shows good to choice calves 130 to 190 pounds priced around .83 to .75.00. Sheep markets list fed lambs 80 to 90 pounds at about .88 to .90 with quality noted for lambs around 61.00.
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Chicago Livestock Chicago
Pbs
Associated Press
Waterloo
Mason City
San UG
Lan
Pauwers Ae
ST. Paul
Dept Agriculture
Sinclair
Secceeeneess
Waceesorseene
We Ae Enesewe
Cedar Rapids
Henry Wallace
Timbuctoo
Co-op
East
H. L. Haase
Wall Street Stock Session Drifts With Dull Tone
A quiet Saturday on Wall Street seen broad listlessness with few notable gains. Trading volume hovered around 550000 shares as investors waited on potential federal controls and labor talks.
Birth Announcements From Mercy Hospital and Local Homes
A daughter arrived March 9 at Mercy hospital to Mr and Mrs Abraham Kacere of 1403 First street SW. Another daughter born March 9 at Mercy hospital to Mr and Mrs Lester Jones of 1410 Hamilton street SW. A daughter born March 10 at Mercy hospital to Mr and Mrs Henry Stuck of Amana. A son born Thursday at St Luke’s hospital to Mr and Mrs James Fitzgerald of Marion.
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Abraham Kacere
First Street
Mercy Hospital
Lester Jones
Hamilton Street
Henry Stuck
Amana
James Fitzgerald
Marion
St. Luke's Hospital
Detectives and bank employee charged in $50,000 hold up
Greenville South Carolina detectives John E. Corea and Henry J. Lindsay along with bank bookkeeper Hugh White and filling station operator Robert Willimon were charged in warrants Saturday with complicity in the $50,000 robbery of a national bank messenger. The robbery occurred on a busy downtown street as the messenger moved funds from the post office to the bank.
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Greenville
8. C
South Carolina National Bank
John E. Corea
Henry J. Lindsay
Hugh White
Robert Willimon
Roosevelt Seeks Faster Action on Army Air Mail Policy
President Roosevelt urges swift congressional passage of war era air mail legislation and coordination with the Army Air Corps for training with private carriers. He directs immediate orders to curtail night flying on dangerous routes and to concentrate remaining service on safer, high-priority lines, with Postmaster General Farley to implement new plans after a conference.
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Postmaster General
Secretary of Commerce
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Kenneth McKellar
James M. Mead
Senate
House Post Office
Roosevelt
Secretary of War
Army Air Corps
MacArthur
Army Air Mail
James A. Farley
Benjamin D. Foulois
Death notice and school operetta at Manchester Lincoln
Deaths: Joseph Strykar dies at home after illness aged 80 in Cedar Rapids with widow Vincencie and siblings in Czechoslovakia. Funeral at St. Wenceslaus church, burial in St. John's. flowers declined. Manchester Lincoln school presented operetta Annie Laurie with Miss Helen Stamp as writer and director, cast including Leona Smith Norma Manson Iva Hawks and others, repeat show planned.
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Joseph Strykar
Fifth Street
Bohemia
Cedar Rapids
Vincencie
Frank
Anton
Czechoslovakia
Emil Sadecky
Ely
Antonie Strykar
Irma Harrington
Maxine Brown
Velma Smith
Venite Melody
Viola Brown
Alice Candler
Edna Hawks
Adella Brandenburg
Dorothy Schwanke
Helen Arnold
Vivian Parker
Helen Appleby
Herring Signs Old Age Pension Bill Des Moines
Governor Clyde L. Herring signed the old age pension bill in Des Moines amid lawmakers and labor leaders. The House passed it 100 to 7 after amendments, approved by the Senate 42 to 2. Starting Nov 1, eligible residents 65+ with little income may receive up to 25 dollars monthly, funded by a $1 per capita tax on residents over 21 and a $2 yearly tax thereafter.
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DES Moines
Clyde L. Herring
House of Representatives
Senate
People’s Forum Publication Rules Cited
The notice states contributions to the People’s Forum must be under 100 words and include the writer’s full signature and address for publication. It emphasizes required personal details and length limits for printed letters.
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People's Forum
City Briefs and Personal Notices
Bert Hoffman of 1035 Third Avenue SE was fined $10 and costs for assault and battery after arraignment before Justice A S Reed. The charge was brought by Roland Ehlers of 1029 Third Avenue SE. Hoffman's fine was suspended on good behavior. The Ladies Relief club hosts a dance tonight at Emma Moore's home on 525 B Avenue NE. The next meeting is Wednesday at Jennie Newman's 810 B Avenue NE for a birthday dinner honoring Mrs Winifred Brim and Mrs Mabel Carey.
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Bert Hoffman
Third Avenue SE
A. S. Reed
Roland Ehlers
Hoffman
Ladies Relief Club
Emma Moore
B Avenue
Jennie Newman
B Avenue NE
Winifred Brim
Mabel Carey
Fire Damages Lionas Karmeras Home Roof and Upper Rooms
A blaze spread between the roof and second floor ceilings of the Lionas Karmeras residence at 1432 Sixth Street NW before 10 18 a m Saturday. It destroyed a roof section and burned into two upstairs rooms, with losses confined to the building.
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Lionas Karmeras
Sixth Street NW
First snowdrops bloom in Mrs Forrests garden in NW city
Mrs James Forrest at 230 Eleventh Street NW reports the season's first snowdrops planted from bulbs brought from Scotland. Fire Chief E P Kohout released figures on a town house fire at 1222 Ninth Street NW, where a roof section burned. The loss totals show 277.62 for the building and 80.90 for contents, with an overall adjustment of 358.52.
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James Forrest
Eleventh Street NW
E. P. Kohout
R. E. Broussard
Ninth Street NW
Kohout
Conflict Over Fletcher Rayburn Plan Slows Stock Bill
Washington AP report on a clash among administration leaders over the Fletcher Rayburn stock market control bill. Chairman Fletcher backs FTC rule over exchanges while Senate Majority Leader Robinson proposes a new separate agency to oversee markets. The dispute delays final passage as committee seeks authority and funds for continued probes into exchange and banking practices.
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Washington
Fletcher-Rayburn
Fletcher
Senate Banking Committee
Federal Trade Commission
Joe Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Congress
Robinson
Roosevelt
Marion News Boy Scout Program at Baptist church Sunday
The Marion newspaper lists a schedule for a morning service at 11 led by the Boy Scouts with processional prayers hymns scripture reading and a Scout demonstration. A talk by Scoutmaster Joe Biggs follows and the Rev. William H Bridwell will give a ten minute sermon.
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Boy Scouts
Baptist Church
Joe Biggs
William H. Bridwell
Acquit Maj. Ocker In Military Court
Major William C. Ocker, taught to fly by the Wright brothers and the army's oldest aviator in service, was cleared by a nine officer military court in fifteen minutes of charges that he cursed a superior with mule wagon slang. The unanimous verdict ends the case at Fort Sam Houston Texas.
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Fort Sam Houston
Tex
William C. Ocker
Wright Brothers
United States Army
Court House News: Crouch Held on Michigan Embezzlement Charge
George Crouch, 38, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon at his Marquette Avenue NW home on request of Marquette County Sheriff, on an embezzlement charge tied to a 500 dollar otter fur coat. The case centers on a conditional sales contract dated Oct 6, 1930. extradition was waived. A fugitive warrant will be issued pending further information.
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George Crouch
E Avenue NW
Larry Condon
Andrew Lahti
Marquette
Mich
Joseph A. Petrus
Crouch
Marquette County
Michigan
Pearl Strief Granted Divorce in District Court
Pearl Strief, 36, was granted a divorce Saturday morning by Judge H. C. Ring from Frank Strief, 57, on a Cross petition for cruel and inhuman treatment. The plaintiff's appearance and pleadings were withdrawn. The defendant's former name of Pearl Newman was restored. Other divorces by Judge Ring for cruel and inhuman treatment included Jack Erickson, 42, from Pauline Erickson, 35, and Mildred Misbach, 24, from Carl Misbach, 32, with Mildred Misbach's former name Mildred Frazier restored.
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Pearl Strief
H. C. Ring
Frank Strief
Pearl Newman
Ring
Jack Erickson
Pauline Erickson
Mildred Misbach
Carl Misbach
Metrey Divorce Plea and Custody Request Filed
Victoria Metrey, in district court, seeks divorce from Andrew Metrey on cruel and inhuman treatment. She requests custody of three minor children and title to household goods. The marriage occurred in 1915. Carl F. Becker, in district court, seeks $150 judgment against Charles Brackett, trustee, for alleged unpaid legal fees.
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Victoria Metrey
Andrew Metrey
Carl F. Becker
Charles Brackett
Marion and Nearby Churches Weekly Services List
A condensed church schedule lists services across Marion area. Baptist led by Rev Bridwell with Sunday school at 10 and worship at 11. Catholic mass at 8 and 10. Christian with Bible school at 9 45 and worship at 11 plus union service at 7 30. Congregational worship at 11 and Pilgrim Hymn at 6 30. Free Methodist, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Lutheran churches note services from morning school to evening union services.
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William HH. Bridwell
Raymond Eckhart
Boy Scouts of America
B.Y.P.U
Joseph's
T. J. McElliott
J. Biddle
Elda M. Kemp
Jesus
Christian Church
C. J. Biddle
H. O. Allen
Arthur Lyons
Skinner
Gerald Thomas
Pilgrim Highlaaders
Methodist Episcopal
John M. Walters
Howard Titus
Oxford Club
Epsworth League
W. E. Fisher
M. Carson
Our Church
Christian Endeavor
The
T. J. Miller
Church of God
Ninth Avenue
Sixth Street
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Will Reinheimer
Fred Nelson
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B. E. Crawford
Mothers Club
J. B. Fosdick
Leona Bigger
Harlan Knight
Nicholas Michel
Addie Shurnack
Helen Christine Bennett
Maxine Davis
John Cone
Eleventh Street
F. J. Hardenbrook
Robert Mitchell
Woman's Relief Corps
Charles Carrington
Clarence Russell
Herbert Harford
C. Lagerquist
Mid-eastern Baptist Men's Association
Calvary Baptist Church
Charles Granger
Neal Bunting
Gazette Newsboys
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Clark Bartlett
H. G. L Club
Free Methodist Church of
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Mareion Post
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Mount Vernon
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Frank Miles
Iowa Legionaire
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Kenneth Potter
Near Marion
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Marion Polk
Quincy
the Baptist Church
Jordan's Grove
Whittier
Lon Newell
Walker
Annd
Frank Simons
William Kirkpatrick
Marengo
Lloyd Peterson
W. 8. A. Club
D. 8. Stewart
Sixth Avenue
J. J. Gatewood
John Crew
Stewart
Vernon Wagner
Central City
Grove City Rebekah Lodge
No. 35
I. Q O. F. Hall
Mrs
J. T. Grayston Frieday Night
Dr. Grayston
Dan Klopp
Fifteenth Street
Mrs. Titus
Marion High School
Cedar Rapids Armory
Albert Bragg
Paul Michel
Carl Michel
Elmer Michel
Bernard Blok
Maj. Ocker
Court House News
Marquette, Mich
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