Hog Prices Fall as Large Hog Supply Bears Down Chicago Yards
Chicago's stockyards report extremely heavy hog receipts with prices slipping for the twelfth week. Receipts at five terminals total 48,000 while Chicago yard intake nears 34,000. Prices on top hogs ease to around $3.45 and several weights show declines, with overall market softness echoed across Cleveland Pittsburgh and East Coast yards.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
East Buffalo
East St. Louis
Hogs Weaker on Local Market Prices Fall
Hog prices weakened on the local market Wednesday with a ten cent drop in prime grades and a nickel dip in good packer markets. Prime top falls to 2.90 while packer tops slide to 2.15.
Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Prices and Hides
Grain and live stock prices listed for Cedar Rapids with items such as wheat rye corn and oats, plus wholesale fruits vegetables and fresh produce. Includes prices for hides wool and livestock by quality, with local market terms and monetary figures.
Lack of Outside Buying Interest Binds Grain Prices
Chicago reports show grain prices steady amid unfavorable crop news and drought in Canada and the U S northwest. Wheat rose modestly while corn and oats gained, aided by local buying and expectations of lower Kansas wheat yields. Weather and crop conditions, including European reports, kept traders cautious with narrow price ranges and steady cash markets.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Canadian
American
Kansas
Winnipeg
Canada
Europe
Russia
Broomhall
Bulgaria
Hungary
Grain Movement Chicago and Minneapolis cash grain reports
Chicago and Minneapolis cash grain summary shows wheat with No 2 red and No 1 to deter trends, No 2 northern spring bids, and corn No 2 yellow and mixed grades. Oats No 2 white and No 3 white prices expressed, with rye barley and Timothy seed listed. Minneapolis prices include various wheat and durum categories, No 2 yellow corn and no 2 white oats, with futures and delivery details.
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Chicago
Timothy
Minneapolis
Montana
Omaha Hog and Cattle Auction Summary
Hogs 15,000 counted with fair activity and a 10 cent drop on some lighter and underweight lots. Top 315, 275-325 lb buyers around 280 to 613 dollars. feeders sharply lower near 100 dollars for medium to good grades. sows around 2400. average cost Tuesday 292 with weight 243. Cattle receipts 9,000 including 500 fed steers. demand weak to lower, light supply. fed steers and yearlings around 6000 to 725, select 750 to 1790, 1284 lb averages 850. beef cows 2756 to 675. cutters 150 to 250. bulls 2652 to 85. Sheep receipts 3,506 incl 284 direct lambs. lambs 25 to 35 lower on old crop, feeders strong, native lambs 10 to 10.75, shorn lambs 8.60 to 9.87, ewes 1.75 top. California crop feeding lambs 61 lb average 8.75.
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Ibs
Omania Livestock
Omaha
U_& Dept Agriculture
California
Bond Markets Drift Amid Mixed U S Securities Trading
New York AP reports a sparing issue of gold investment bonds held firmness from recent weeks while speculative grades drifted lower after early heaviness. Treasury issues gained modestly as government bonds closed firmer. foreign division activity remained narrow with small transactions and heavy trading favored by fewer titles.
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New York
Treasury
Wall Street Stocks Drift Lower On Steel Share Selloff
U S Steel Chrysler and U S Smelting each shed a point or more as transfers near 1 750 000 shares. Banks and utilities fluctuated while grains recouped some. investors weighed the President’s silver message and inflation hopes amid a generally sluggish market.
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New York
Bethlehem
U. S. Steel
Chrysler
U. S
Otis Elevator
Brooklyn - Manhattan Transit
American Commercial Alcohol
Westinghouse
Bethlehem Steel
Case
American Telephone
du Font
Montgomery Ward
Eastman Kodak
Santa Fe
N. Y. Central
Howe Sound
American Smelting
Kennecott
Cerro de Pasco
U.S
New York Market Report With Butter Cheese and Poultry Prices
New York markets record mixed receipts for butter cheese and live poultry with varied scores and standards. Butter prices show firm or unchanged quotes and market tone. cheese reports list scores and firsts seconds and central prices. live poultry receipts and regional listings reflect steady to firm tones with several regional price notes for leghorns and rock chickens.
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New York
Chicago
Rock Springs
Roosters
Burkeys
Potatoes Market Report with Mixed Supplies and Prices
Market notes show receipts at 121 with on track 348 and total US shipments 922. old stock dull, supplies moderate, demand slow. Idaho russets US No 1 at 1.25, Colorado McClures 1.60, Minnesota com blers 1.00, Michigan russets 1.20. new stock, heavy supplies, moderate trading. Alabama Triumphs US No 1 1.50 to 1.95, Irish cobblers 1.55, Louisiana Triumphs 1.40 to 2.60 with decay, U.S. No 1 prices vary, overall cautious market.
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Reese_ Ge
Idaho Russets US
Colorado McClures US
Minnesota Comblers US
Michigan Russets Rurals
Wosk
Alabama
U.S
U. 5
Louisiana
U. S
Toledo Seen Market and Prices Mixed in Early Trading
Seemingly scattered market notes show seeds in a Toledo warehouse with red clover at $825 and Alsike $8.50, while Minneapolis flour prices hold steady with 22001 pure bran at $38 and middlings at $17.50. Raw sugar futures in New York hover with a fractional dip. refined sugar unchanged at $42. Foreign exchange figures list varied cent demands for Britain France and other nations, with several currencies and commodities cited in broad quotes.
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Toledo
Toledo O
Minneapolis
New York
Judge suspends Hess jail term for ill inmate in liquor case
In district court on Wednesday Judge H C Ring ordered the balance of a 90 day county jail sentence for Frank E Hess in a case of illegal transportation of intoxicating liquor suspended due to serious illness and hospital treatment. Hess was fined 500 dollars with 200 dollars suspended last May. The 90 day sentence replaces payment of the 300 dollar balance, and the mittimus had been withheld because of illness after Hess was hospitalized for several weeks.
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H. C. Ring
Frank E. Hess
Hess
Mittimus
Edmonds v Skelly Oil pulls case to federal court
A district court order of May 14 removing a $2,950 personal injury suit by Emma M. Edmonds against Skelly Oil to the Cedar Rapids division was set aside by Judge H. C Ring by agreement. Edmonds alleges injuries from clothing snagging on shrubs planted near Skelly’s station sidewalk on First avenue and Tenth street E last December 18, causing a fall.
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Skelly Oil Company
Cedar Rapids
Federal
H. C Ring
Skelly
First Avenue
Tenth Street
Home Lumber promissory note suit against Pisarik dismissed
The Home Lumber company of North English withdrew its promissory note and chattel mortgage action against Joseph V. Pisarik with prejudice in district court before Judge A. B. Clark.
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Home Lumber Company of
North English
Joseph V. Pisarik
A. B. Clark
Judgment Awarded In Lease Dispute
Judge A B Clark in district court Tuesday awarded C B Robbins a 517 52 judgment against George Hennessey on two farm lease notes. An attachment was confirmed and an execution sale ordered.
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A. B. Clark
C. B. Robbins
George Hennessey
Bugs Win First Rounds At Tyler School Closure
Insects forced Tyler school closure as officials seek away to remove an infestation. Despite sprays and a formaldehyde fumigation, pests lingered and the building will stay shut for the rest of the semester amid scarlet fever and other illnesses in the district.
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Bugs
Tyler School
Tyler
Yanda
Six In Court For Parking Without Lights
Six motorists answered roll call in police court on Wednesday for parking without rear lights. Fines of $2 and costs were levied for each: George Krebs, Lincoln Heights. E. J. Lloyd, 1040 Third Avenue SE. Dr L. L. Dolson, 2247 Meadowbrook Drive SE. D. C. Evers, 503 Twentieth Street SE. Eleanor Taylor, 2038 Fourth Avenue SE. A. R. Ellis, 1216 Second Avenue SE. Additional fines of $2 and costs for improper parking were assessed against A. Reinheimer of Marion, Joe Corsello, 420 First Avenue W. Harold Taylor, 270 Twelfth Street MW. C. T. Willner, M.C.A., was fined $10 and costs for speeding on the same charge. Roy Murdock, 1207 Fifth Avenue SE, fined $15 and costs. Dains, 1431 Fourth Avenue SE, received a $2 fine and costs for parking too near a fire hydrant.
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George Krebs
Lincoln Heights
E. J. Lloyd
Third Avenue
L. L. Dolson
Meadowbrook Drive
D. C Evers
Twentieth Street
Eleanor Taylor
Fourth Avenue
A. R. Ellis
Second Avenue
A. Reinheimer
Marion
Joe Corsello
First Avenue
Harold Taylor
Twelfth Streets
C. T. Willner
M.C A
Roy Murdock
Fifth Avenue SE
T Dains
Fourth Avenue SE
City Briefs and Personalities Highlights Court and Lions Club
L. C. Palmer of Iowa City was fined $10 and costs in police court for intoxication. Hans Nichols, chef at Hotel Roosevelt, will lecture on Old and New Germany at the Lions Club luncheon there. Frank Zid of rural route four waived to the grand jury after Justice A S Reed on a charge of threatening a public offense with bond set at $500. The accusation, from neighbor Howard Tyler, claimed Zid threatened the Tyler family.
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L. C. Palmer
Iowa City
Hans Nichols
Hotel Roosevelt
Germany
The
Lions Club
Frank Zid
Grand Jury
Justice A. S. Reed
Zid
Howard Tyler
Tyler
Emergency Aid Chief Gets Summer Leave
Washington report says Frank C Walker chairman of the National Emergency Council will take the summer off to attend to private business. President Roosevelt stated Walker, as chief aide coordinating recovery efforts for the past year, will return in the fall to resume duties.
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Washington
Frank C Walker
National Emergency Council
Roosevelt
White House
Walker
Navy Flyers Killed in Panama Plane Crash
Ensign Otto Werselmayer of Jersey City New Jersey and NS Rice chief machinist's mate of San Francisco were killed Wednesday when a navy training plane crashed at Patilla Point Panama.
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INS
Otto Werselmayer
Jersey City
NS Rice
San Francisco
Patilla Point
Panama
Chicago Futures Briefs Include Storage and Butter Notes
The report lists futures activity with Chicago items including AP Egg futures closing and storage packed firsts noted for May 16 and June 15. Butter futures show fresh standards and storage references with dates in June and November.
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Chicago
Frodlce
Bros
Kiwanis Show Boat Tickets Go On Sale
Kiwanis club members kicked off a ticket drive at the Montrose hotel for the Kiwanis Show Boat planned for June 12 13 and 14 on the Cedar river near the bathing beach. Proceeds go to Gadacens fund for the underprivileged. The two hour show features a forty-strong cast on a replica Mississippi river boat with continuous action and onshore seating south of Ellis park bath house.
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Kiwanis Club
Montrose
Kiwanis
Cedar River
Gadacen's
Joe Stenner
Harold Weis
Ellis Park Bath House
Elmer Parkes
Don Gaffney
Willis Mohn
Bonnie Parker Slain in Ambush After Shootout
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were killed in a rapid gunfight then fled in fast cars. Officers recovered multiple rifles shotguns and pistols in the wrecked car as their alert spread from Des Moines to Arcadia. The Barrow gang had been linked to Iowa bank robberies and a prior Dexter showdown that left Marvin Barrow dead and Blanche Barrow imprisoned.
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Barrow
Arcadia
Des Moines
INS
Clyde Barrow
Iowa
Sbonnie
Dexter
Dexter Park
Bonnie
Marvin Barrow
Blanche
Texas Rangers Face Bonnie and Clyde in Final Showdown
AUSTIN TEX. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, noted southwest desperadoes, met their end Wednesday at the hands of Texas rangers Frank Hamer and Mannie Gaultere. Hamer, a large, quiet officer, led the draw and standoff after decades of undercover work for the highway patrol. Gaultere, smaller but fierce, was famed for his rapid draw. The two felled the criminals amid a lengthy career of gun battles, with Barrow armed to the teeth but overwhelmed by the seasoned duo.
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Tex
INS
Bonnie Parker
Clyde Barrow
Texas Rangers
Frank Hamer
B. M
Mannie
Texas Highway Patrol
Texas
Hamer
Oklahoma National Guard
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Guard
Homer
Gault
W W Sterling
Bonnie and Clyde
No. 1
Streamline Train To Make Fast Run Denver To Chicago
Chicago world rail record bid aims for a dawn to dusk non-stop Denver to Chicago run by the Zephyr of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. It starts at 4 am Denver time and targets 15 hours or less for 1,017 miles to Chicago, near the Century of Progress fair opening. The rival Aristocrat averages 40 mph with 40 stops, while the Zephyr seeks 70 mph plus on the nonstop path.
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Chicago
INS
Burlington and Quincy
Denver
Denver Union Station
Burlington
Dillinger Attends Church in Galena Question Rises
In Galena Illinois Grace Episcopal rector Rev Lyman Howes spots the name of John Dillinger among 200 weekend visitors prompting questions if the gangster was truly present or if a prank occurred. Separate local notice records a probate transfer: Earl J North as executor of John D Mentzer estate to Frank J Zeman executor and trustee for 7 block 84 Hulls 8th add Co R with a $1000 mortgage noted and a $950 figure dated May 7 1934.
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Lyman Howes
Grace Episcopal Church
John Dillinger
Chicago
Galena Church
Earl J North
John D. Mentzer
Frank J. Zeman
Hull
8Th Add Co. R
Marion High School Class of 1894 Reunion
The Class of 1894 at Marion high school plans an alumni banquet Friday evening with seating coordinated by Mrs. Harley Breed. Also, Camp Fire girls will sell memorial poppies Saturday morning under American Legion auxiliary auspices, with 1500 poppies from Cedar Rapids veterans.
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American Legion
Ed Sigfred
Nancy Ellen Hanscom
Robert Ozburn
Barbara Price
Marion High School
Cedar Rapids
Sombre Oats
Penick and Ord
Eleanor Hann
Eleanor Hanna
Frances DeLong
Margaret Zak
Elizabeth Sloss
Mary Adelaide Albaugh
Dorothy Smith
Mabel Williams
Mildred Wiliams
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Emma DeLong
Chicago
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W A. Montgomery
Ivanhoe
Tennyson
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Ameigo
Diana Fret
Klatter
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Reading Circle
Prairie Union Agriculture and Literary Club
W. B. Carpenter
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Delmar
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Ottosen
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Carthage, Ill
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Seattle
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MarteMe
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Dillinger
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Tacoma
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Yocom Chapel
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Coggon
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Herman Koch
Dan Lillie
Central City
Mrs. Earl Boyd
Jefferson
Marion Lodge
A. F
A. M
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G. M. Hibner
Eighth Avenue
C. R. Biddick
Otto Schluter
Percy Smith
Montfort
Wis
Biddick
Ritchie
Charles Ritchie
H. E. Becker
Beloit
Lee Legier
Frank Cloughy
Frank Dloughy, Jr
J. T. Gallivan
Presbyterian Church
Kensington
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