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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1933
Page
6
Chicago held hog prices steady while other markets fell as receipts rose. Iowa and Omaha reports show mixed cattle and sheep activity with steers, yearlings, and fat lambs trading unevenly. buyers remained cautious amid transportation and demand shifts.
The Bond Markets show softer trading with Treasuries leading declines and demand cooling. Prices for notes and bonds slip while the Treasury market remains the focal point amid shifting yields and investor caution.
Market notes show uneven demand and steady to unsettled prices across potatoes butter eggs and poultry. Wisconsin round whites Idaho assets Colorado McClures and other regional lots traded with limited movement while New York and Chicago reports list various prices and futures with minor shifts.
Local hog prices drift weaker with a five cent drop across all grades. Top per hundredweight reached around 330 while prime hogs quoted near 260 to 280 in scattered listings and market chatter notes.
Fragments show scattered figures and names including amounts like 224.40 and 290. Standards and fees appear amid unreadable text. The legible items indicate miscellaneous notices or clerical entries without clear events or outcomes.
Wheat futures climbed in the final trading minutes as short covering reduced pressure. May gained about 2 percent from the early low as sellers protected positions. oats and rye also improved, while corn lagged. Provisions weakened amid selling, with shipments and receipts noted for several grains and cash markets steady to higher.
Chicago cash grain shows no sales for wheat corn and oats with scattered quotes and small lots. Minneapolis receipts total 37 cuts vs 16 a year ago with mixed prices across wheat barley timothy and seed products.
Receipts show meager supply and weak bids across cattle hogs and sheep. Steers yearlings and heifers sold unevenly with many prices lower. hogs steady to weaker with limited demand. sheep steady to weak with some upward asking prices. Exchange rates provide minimal clarity amid global demand shifts.
Prohibition forces in Des Moines continued sessions at the state convention forming an organization. About fifteen hundred delegates gathered Monday and Tuesday with Drake University president Morehouse as chairman. They vowed to fight to the end, defend their positions, and protest economic conditions rather than supporting beer.
The New York market firmed quietly on late trading Tuesday with small gains across leaders. Allied Chemical rose 2 points plus, Union Pacific and Case gained about 2, Homestake Mining up 4, and several others edged higher as turnover neared 550000 shares.
E. P. Shank a 24 year old Sioux City man finished a sentence Tuesday at the Anamosa state reformatory and was jailed by U S Deputy Marshal R L Whelan pending directions from the U S marshal at Sioux City. Shank is allegedly under indictment for a Dyer act violation.
Mrs Anna Florence Schowalter 76 died Monday at 8 45 p m at her daughter’s home in Cedar Rapids after a long illness. She lived in Donnellson Wayland and Cedar Rapids, survived by two daughters a son three sisters seven brothers and several grandchildren. Funeral from the Mennonite church Wayland at 2 p m Wednesday conducted by Rev Elmer Baysinger with burial in North Hill cemetery. Friends may call at Beatty chapel this evening.
At an Oklahoma City grocery store Mrs Kate Maitl rushed to answer a radio alert for her injured baby. In the scramble she fell and injured her leg. She seeks fifteen thousand dollars in damages from the store.
Mrs Mary Serovy of Solon dies at home age 83 survived by father Civil war veteran Joseph Brush brothers and sisters and three children funeral held at St Peter and St Paul church. J A Reed Jr of Cedar Rapids dies survived by widow daughter Donna Jean father J A Reed and four sisters funeral Wednesday at Beatty chapel with Oak Hill Cemetery burial.
Frank Pitkin, operator of a drug store here twenty five years ago, died in St Paul Monday night. A brother in law E M Batchelder of Cedar Rapids is a surviving relative.
In Bridgeport Connecticut an official notice filed with the superior court shows Homer S. Cummings withdrawing from the Stamford law firm Cummings and Lockwood. The action signals he will likely continue as attorney general after a Roosevelt appointment following Senator Walsh's death before the new administration's inauguration.
In Baltimore HOL Mencken in a red riding coat holds a pilsner and laments that Americans do not deserve quality beer. He predicts the 3.2 percent beer will be inferior, yet the public will still enthusiastically accept it like a pampered puppy.
Former National City Bank of New York chairman Chaories E Mitchell resigns from the American and Foreign Power Co board. Clarence Dillon also steps down from the same board in the same announcement.
Mr and Mrs E J Jones, longtime residents, observed their golden wedding anniversary with six children and families in attendance. Guests included Mr and Mrs Walter Harrington Bert Sheetz Rev Mr and Mrs A W Miles and Mr and Mrs J A Tanner. After dinner, music and talks followed. Children listed: Mrs Tom White Leon Mrs Annie Hendryx Mrs Clark Jones Tom Jones Williamsburg Ruth and Sarah Jones Chicago.
The Mercantile bureau stages a grand spring style revue Wednesday at 8 in Memorial building Cedar Rapids with a 90 foot runway palm trees and extensive lighting. Juvenile vaudeville adds twenty minutes of entertainment and admission is ten cents with free entry for children under 12 accompanied by parents. Tickets on sale at local stores and chamber of commerce.
Japanese authorities pledged full protection for Americans amid hostile actions in China after the US protest over an American mission bombing near Peiping Taotonying. Minister Nelson T. Johnson demanded an apology from Shoichi Nakayama. Nine Chinese civilians died. the Mission in charge Rev. Dr. Charles O. Kautto and wife escaped injury.
Washington insiders report Administration leaders aim to speed Roosevelt’s proposal for Senate ratification of the world court protocol during the current session. Critics warn swift action may delay other urgent legislation and could undermine the fifth reservation key to U S adherence in 1926. The opposition fears a maneuver to drop the fifth reservation and accept adherence under protocol terms.
George Bernard Shaw and party were forced to land near Malibu Beach when a rainstorm hit their plane from the Hearst ranch. The passengers including Mrs Shaw and George Hearst were unharmed and waited at a film studio before continuing toward Los Angeles harbor for their Empress of Britain cruise.
San Francisco officials moved Tuesday to avoid prosecuting Thomas J Mooney when his trial begins April 21 at his own request. Attorney General Q S Webb ordered Prosecuting Attorney Matthew Brady to appoint a prosecutor. Brady refused, saying the state has no case and the prisoner should be freed by executive action. He assigned assistant William W Murphy to review the evidence.
Police disclosed that detectives thwarted an assassination plot against Premier Mussolini. A loiterer was picked up near Plaza Venezia with a gun and allegedly confessed intent to shoot as the premier appeared from his office. He remains under examination.
Mason City city manager P F Hopkins, in office since 1927, resigned to the city council after the election that brought a purported opposition ticket to the council. He gave no public plans for his future.
Hotel managers in Chicago announce that women will be admitted to barrooms starting April 7, saying prohibition taught women to drink at the bar. The decision follows the return of beer to city bars and hotel lounges.
The lower chamber cut $2.5 million from the requested budget and kept allocations under two years prior. Debate heated over bovine tuberculin testing with an unsuccessful amendment to raise funds for livestock disease control. Supporters and opponents clashed on farmer sentiment and department balances as amendments were defeated. Consideration resumes Wednesday at 9 a.m.
Ninety nine youths from each Iowa county urged continued and stronger enforcement of prohibition in a Des Moines appearance before the Iowa legislature and Governor Herring. A petition signed by 48447 young men and women was presented. Lida Lisle Green of Des Moines led the group. Lawrence W. Bash presented the memorial, asserting prohibition should be kept until youths come of age.
DES MOINES AP Twelve state banks were released from emergency banking law restrictions by Superintendent L A Andrew and Assistant Superintendent D W Bates. The move lifts 12 banks to join 312 unrestricted state and federal reserve member banks in Iowa. Institutions named include Farmers Trust and Savings of Earling Emerson State at Emerson Epworth Savings Epworth Goose Lake Savings Goose Lake Hartford Savings Hartford Farmers and Merchants State Neola Ocheyedan Savings Ocheyedon Farmers Savings Ricketts Schaller Savings Schaller Union Bank and Trust Strawberry Point Ute State Ute Farmers and Merchants Savings Waterville.
Hollywood German screen star Marlene Dietrich was thrown from a horse during a motion picture scene and suffered bruises and a possible brain concussion. She is under a physician’s care at her Beverly Hills home and will be out of work for several days. Paramount officials said the injuries are not serious. Dietrich was riding side saddle when the horse reared and threw her.
Leroy Wilson age 20 died in a hospital from burns after a vacuum tank exploded on his car while he repaired the machine. His mother Mrs Archambault, 49, is in critical condition from burns suffered when she tried to smother the flames on his clothing.
Born to Mr and Mrs Henry Wulf route No 1 Cedar Rapids on March 9 a son Harold Leonard. Also a son born March 27 at St Luke s hospital to Mr and Mrs Forest Fi field 400 Wilson avenue SW.
Charles Walter Lemanski a Bayonne resident aged 25 sought a legal name change claiming his birth name was too un American. County Judge Thomas H Brown granted permission allowing him to adopt the surname Lemon.
Brainerd Minnesota AP Rev E A Valiant used a 32 feet square puzzle showing throngs entering a church as a sermon illustration. The large puzzle has about 100 pieces and required ten helpers to assemble. The item also lists a land transaction and heirs at law involving H Hudson and Mary L Hudson with heirs named.
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