Hog Prices Dip Amid Chicago Yards Fire Turmoil
Chicago hog prices slipped about a dime as trading continued with limited weighing and handling capacity after a large stockyards fire. Total receipts at five terminals reached 49,600 with Chicago taking 96,000. top hogs were $3.70, average around $3.50, while cattle and sheep markets varied with regional activity in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, East Buffalo, and East St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
East Buffalo
East St. Louis
Amt
East
Buffalo
Louis
Hoss Sheep
Kansas City
St Louis
Cincinnati
Local hog prices slide to new lows amid overall market decline
Hog prices dropped to the lowest levels in years as all grades fell five cents on Monday. Prime hogs ranged up to $2.95 with top packer prices around $2.15, while cattle and calf markets showed steady to modest gains for certain grades despite fluctuating feedlot values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinclair
Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Markets Report and Prices
Local Cedar Rapids wholesale prices list a variety of farm goods and livestock. Grains, hay, and straw show modest price points. poultry items include hens and cocks with graded classifications. fruit and vegetables feature California oranges, lemons, sweet potatoes, and tomatoes with per crate or basket costs. hides, skins, and wool are noted with unit prices. overall, the page records miscellaneous market prices and commodity values in a dense, historical pricing snapshot.
Profit taking drives wheat prices lower on futures pit
In Chicago price action heavy profit taking and selling by commission houses pulled wheat from early eight cent highs. Corn and oats showed mixed moves while drought and heat plagued much of the grain belt. Rain fell in parts of the west but the southwest stayed dry as prospects for crops remained doubtful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Canadian Northwest
Dakotas
American
Corn Belt
Central West
Canada
American Northwest
Grain Market Totals From Minneapolis Wheat and Corn Receipts
Minneapolis mercantile wheat and corn receipts reported, with No 2 hard red spring and No 2 yellow corn details. Prices for white oats, rye, timothy, clover seed, and red durum variety rates noted, alongside protein percentages and delivery months May through September.
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Colcago
Harley
Timothy
Minneapolis
Gatkhard Montana
Bond Markets Drift Amid Quiet New York Trading
The bond market showed dull, colorless activity with small price moves as Treasuries and corporate issues traded in narrow ranges. Government bonds such as Liberty issues and Treasury notes moved only slightly, while other Treasuries held firm with minimal changes amid light volume.
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New York
Bond Review
Miwaukee
Pennsylvania General
Goodyear
Wall Street Dull Trading Persists as Stocks Move Little
New York AP reports a listless Monday with sparse volume around 350000 shares. Metals firm with notable gains in U S Steel American Telephone Howell Sound and U S Smelting while Goodyear and Santa Fe slipped. Several major names held steady or edged up amid a generally inert market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
U. S. Steel
American Telephone
Howe Sound
U. S
Goodyear
Santa Fe
American
Park Utah
Cerro de Pasco
Allied Chemical
Johns Manville
Western Union
Loew's
Continental Can
Chrysler
National Distillers
Union Pacific
American Commercial Alcohol
Case
National Biscuit
N. Y. Central
Roosevelt
Congress
Darrow
Monday's Quotations Echo Stock List Flood
Furnished market page shows widespread quotations from Adams Express to Youngstown and others. The list includes numerous company names, stock figures, and market indicators across rail, steel, and consumer goods firms as published in a historical stock column.
Toledo Seed and Sugar Market Briefs
Toledo seeds in warehouse list red clover 825 dollars and Alsike 8.59. New York raw sugar futures inactive with no sales. Minneapolis flour unchanged with family patents 790 and 720 barrel. Bulk shipments 23 966, pure bran 18, standard middlings 17.50.
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Toledo
New York
Minneapolis
Colton
Man on Bicycle Hurt in Collision With Car
L Grimes of 618 C avenue NW suffered head and chest injuries and possible rib fractures after a bicycle collided with a westbound car at First avenue and Fifth street at 12 40 p.m. Monday. Elmo Johnston of Los Angeles stopped, called an ambulance, and Kimes was taken to Mercy hospital for treatment. Johnston said Kimes did not see the automobile.
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L Grimes
C Avenue NW
First Avenue
Fifth Street
Elmo Johnston
Los Angeles
Calif Johnston
Kimes
Mercy Hospital
Johnston
Land Bank Loans To Linn Farmers Total 996300
Federal Land bank and commissioner loans totaling 996300 were made in Linn county from June 1 1933 to May 1 1934. About 931600 93.5 percent financed refinanced debts lowering annual interest and sometimes reducing principal. Refinancing backed by 528000 to banks 130500 to insurers 11000 to taxes 261000 to other creditors.
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Federal Land Bank and Land Bank Commissioner
Linn County
Farm Credit Administration
National Farm Loan Associations
Council Refuses Beer Permit To Fred Litsey For Club Royale
City council, acting on advice from City Solicitor Harry S Johnson, refused to grant Fred F Litsey a beer permit transfer to 317 319 Second Avenue SE the Club Royale site which had closed after police raids. Litsey currently holds a permit at 615 E Avenue NW and sought to move it.
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Council
Fred Litsey
Club Royale
Harry S. Johnson
Fred F. Litsey
Second Avenue SE
Litsey
E Avenue NW
Death notices in Cedar Rapids include Pipp Kellogg and Prazak
W H Pipp 76 former Cedar Rapids resident now in Grand Rapids Mich died at a Kalamazoo hospital after an operation He is survived by seven children and grandchildren Funeral services will be in Grand Rapids Wednesday Mrs Cynthia Kellogg 76 widow of Frank Kellogg died at her home Cedar Rapids following a long illness She is survived by a son and a daughter and several sisters and brothers Funeral services Tuesday in Beatty chapel Linwood burial in family lot Friends may call Monday Mrs Anna Prazak widow of Joseph Prazak died suddenly at her home Cedar Rapids Death followed a heart attack She leaves four sons two sisters and seven grandchildren The body at Polansky chapel pending funeral arrangements.
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W. H. Pipp
Cedar Rapids
Grand Rapids
Mich
W. J French
Eighteenth Street
Kalamazoo Hospital
Clarence A. Charleston
W. Va
Walter C
William H., Jr
French
Cynthia Kellogg
Frank Kellogg
Fourth Street
Dubuque
Harry
Grace Thurver
Albert Garske
Otto Neville
Sadie Warren
Hattle
Los Angeles
Calif
Ida Douglas
Oklahoma
William Sylvester
Fort Dodge
Frank Sylvester
Manchester
Beatty Chapel
A. E. Rather
Linwood
Anna Prazak
Joseph Prazak
Hamilton Street
Bohemie
Robert
Edward
Houston
Tex
Stanley
Oakland
Stephen
Adolph
Mary Swacka
Gertrude Stacy
Chicago
Viastenky Lodge
Polansky Chapel
Funeral services for Louis Sorenson in Cedar Rapids
Funeral services for Louis Sorenson, son of Clinton, who drowned in the Mississippi River last Thursday, will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Turner chapel with Rev. J. J. Gent officiating. Burial follows at Cedar Memorial cemetery. Sorenson’s body was recovered Sunday afternoon and returned to Cedar Rapids. relatives said he fell into the river while fishing.
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Louis Sorenson
Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Mississippi River
Turner Chapel
J. J. Gent
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Sorenson
Death notice for infant Godfrey A Vopalka in Cedar Rapids
Godfrey Albert Vopalka four months old died at home 1235 First Street SE Monday at 530 am after a brief illness. Born January 4 1934 in Cedar Rapids he is survived by parents two sisters Ellen and Agnes and grandparents Alois Popisil and Joseph Matousek of Cedar Rapids. Funeral by Polansky chapel Tuesday at 9 am conducted by Rev Father August Vojacek burial in St Johns cemetery.
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Godfrey Albert Vopalka
Charles Vopalka
First Street
Cedar Rapids
Ellen
Agnes
Alois Popisil
Joseph Matousek
Polansky
August Vojacek
St. John's Cemetery
Marion seniors hear three maxims from Greece Rome Palestine
The Marion high school senior class heard a baccalaureate talk by Rev. John M. Walters at the Methodist church on Sunday. He cited three maxims Deny Thyself I Know Thyself and Control Thyself drawn from Socrates Tiberius and Jesus and urged self mastery through God’s grace to avert chaos and war as the nation nears a postwar era.
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Greece
Rome
Palestine
Marion High School
John M. Walters
Methodist Church
Socrates
Tiberius
Jesus
Wallers
Dr. Waters
Stockyards Fire Ravages Halsted Street District
The stockyards blaze shut down a third of the area inflicting over 6 million dollars in insurance losses. Fire department losses reached 100 thousand in equipment as 100000 spectators watched the ruins. 1100 treated for burns with 400 hospitalized amid fear of typhoid from broken mains and contaminated water.
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Thomas J. Sheehan
Fire Department
Halsted Street
American Red Cross
Colflesh To Speak At Public Luncheon In Cedar Rapids
Robert W. Colflesh of Des Moines, Republican governor candidate, will address a Thursday noon luncheon in Cedar Rapids Crystal room at the Montrose hotel. The Colflesh-For-Governor club sponsors the event, with reservations due by 5 p.m. Wednesday at the hotel or Colflesh headquarters. Colflesh will come from Waterloo after a Wednesday night appearance.
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Robert W. Colflesh
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Colflesh
R. W. Greene
Colfresh
Waterloo
Crystal Room
Montrose Hotel
Calflesh
Keokuk county Young Republicans meet at Memorial hall
Sigourney Cesla Sherlock of Marshalltown will speak at the first meeting. Republican candidates G C Greenwalt for secretary of state Harry B Thompson G B Cress for lieutenant governor James Scovel and Elmer Hicks for state senator will attend. The gathering is set for Thursday evening.
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Sigourney
Cesla Sherlock
Marshalltown
Young Republican League
Keokuk County
Memorial Hall
G. C. Greenwalt
Harry B. Thompson
G B. Cress
James Scovel
Elmer Hicks
Dickinson Assents To NRA Criticism But Doubts Remedy
Washington (INS) Sen Dickinson of Iowa backed Clarence Darrow’s criticism of the NRA as fostering monopoly yet rejected his remedy of communism or socialism. Dickinson called Darrow’s conclusion logical about the NRA but said the flawed law itself is impractical and impossible.
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Dickinson
Washington
INS
Clarence Darrow
NRA
Gen. Hughes
Johnson
Iowa
Darrow
Births Gary Clark and Claudette Catherine born locally
Born to Mr and Mrs Dwight S Lupton at St Luke s hospital a son Gary Clark on May 20 Located at 1049 Favenue NW Births to Mr and Mrs Lawrence Finch at 920 Second Street SW a son and to Mr and Mrs Glenn Mc Murrin at 1112 Third Street SW a daughter Claudette Catherine born on May 17
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Tai Hrecertetin
Dwight S. Lupton
Favenue
St. Luke's Hospital
Gary Clark
Lawrence Finch
Second Street
Glenn McMurrin
Third Street
Claudette Catherine
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Chicago Yards
Ivestock Chicagap
Uae
Sant
ST. Paul
Breauv
Neright
Carey
Cary Sacy
Associated Press
Mason City
Murdaev
Urae
King Valars Des Moines
Towa
Minnesota
Chilago
OES Flereus
Tomroater Prade
Tor Peto
Pte Bbe
Pyle
Great Britain
Bolt
Italy
Akonr
Montreal
Gris
Froduce
Nthe
Kennery C
Orances California Valencias
Lamson Brothers and Co
Disbrow
Cedarapids
Merchants National Bank Bulildine
Wes
Denagh
Hanns New Oak
United States
Liberty
Treasury
Wall St
J. E. Bennett & Co
W. H. Jump
Merchants National Bank
Adams Express
Eysa Hudson Mtrs
Idta
Hupp Motors
Wis Central
Alaska Juneau
Indus Rayon
Aureneny, Corp
Ing
Allis Chalmers
Amerada Corp
Mt D
Car & Fdy
Elly Spifd
Kennecott
Eresee
Lehigh Valley
Lig & Myers
Am Steel
Weintire
Atchesson_ Rob
Marshall
Weaper
Mack Trucks
Magna Copper
Mathieson
May Dept
Monsanto
Mont Ward
Td & F
Murray Corp'n
Ta Atlantic
Nash Motors
Auburn Auto
Biscuit
Cash Rew
Hardwin Loco
Dairy Prod
Site & Ohio
Distirs
Barnsdall A
Pow & L. Toy
Beatrice Cry
Y Central
Berdix
Any
NH & H
Beth Steel
Forder Cott
Noranda Mines
Nor & Wes
Nor Pac
Brookisn
North Am
Bucyrus Erle
Ohio Oil
Burroughs
Phillips Pet
Chzs & Ohio
Cheo Ct Wan
Bia Pisbeh Gerew
Cmotrp
Bisbun
Ste Gombe Ae
Cheo& NW
Punman Co
Chisler Mtr
Radio Corp
Consol Rouen
Shattuck
Consol
Shell Union
Simmons Co
lO'aeccony
Isue
Sou Pac RR
Crucible Steel
Sperry Corp
Cub Amn
Curtis Wright
Standard Gas
Deere Co
Greptand Ind
Rome Mines Fa. Brand N J
Douglas Air
Stew Warner
Bu Pont den S4saBtone
Webster Am
Eastman Kodak
Brudebaker
Hershey
White Rock
Walker
Wilaon A
Homertake
Woolworth
Heutter
LINN
Godfrey Vopalka
Marion News
Walters
Elinor Kendall
W. E. Fisher
Rose Wilcox
Frances DeLong
Christianson
Mabel Williams
Frank Flack
God
Abbott
H. O. Allen
Lutkin
Paul E. Popejoy
Hulda Johnson
Thomas Park
Gust
Franklin Johnson
Rockford, Ill
Alfred Johnson
Phyllis
Donald
August Johnson
Kathryn
Barbara
John Johnson
George Schrimper
Richard
Fred Skedin
Marion
Dry Creek Club
H. F. McCalley
Dry Creek
Jessa Wilson
Harry York
Margaret Weaver
Elia Weaver
Kenneth Losey Sunday
Twin Bridges
Mont
Charles Burch
Louise Hutchison
Ainsworth
Marion Lodge
A. F
Masonic Temple
Scott Leidigh
Harold Kahler
Davenport
R. E. Leidigh
Keith Hunter
Rock Island, Ill
R. B. Clemons
Urbana, Ill
Paul Hunter
Frank Hunter
Clemons
Lee Legler
Art Smith
Vinton
Mary Clifford
Brookings
Ted Peck
Jordan's Grove
John Lines
Verta Reichert
Ninth Street
Sorosis Club
Marion Merchants
L. C. Coon
John Bunting
Mrs
Philip Bunting
G. Waffle
A. J. Keyes
McGregor
Gerald Thomas
J. H. Girard
Cone
Catherine Stanton
Nels Carlberg
Arnold Carlberg
Hannah Carlberg
Marion Post
American Legion
Legion Hall
Darline Duke
Coggan High School
F. W. Lindahl
Grace H. Starr
Woman's Missionary Society of the Christian Church
Jesse Sodon
Edna Roberts
Marion ‘Township Farm Bureau
Kula
Leevasseur Barn
Mrs. Weston Grupe
Marie Louise
Winfield
Marvin Hart
University of Iowa
Ethel Hart
Cornell College
Robert Shirley
Robert Titus
Henry Arp
Robert Beebe
Walter Oldfather
Margaret
Ladora
G. K. Thompson
Oxford Club
The
Catherine Crane
Norma Bunting
Efe M. Miller
Grace
Mary Mouat
Janesville, Wis
Grace Mouat
Mr. Allen
Mrs. Allen
Helen Gregory
George Hutchison
Hutchison
Fred Newlin
M. O. Winter
Miss Gregory
Marjorie Ware
West Branch
Emma Locke Burdick
Iowa City
Robert Oxley Sundsy
Harry Horn
Sia Sam Horn
Harold
Harrison Oxley
G. Q. Pyle
Helen
Virginia
Bernard Schenken
Loyce
Rudolph
City
Diana Fret Club
Lincoln School
Centennial Encampment
I. O. O. F. Hall
Marion Service Club
Luther Fuhrmeister
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Theristrial Club
Josephine Whitacre
Entre Nous Club
Ameigo Club
W. B. Sebern
E. Ma Adams
Emma DeLong
Frances
Pete Woods
Mrs. Ethel Smith
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
South Side
Henry M
Northwestern Mutual
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