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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1934

Page

17

Hog Prices Fall as Demand Slows at Chicago Markets

Chicago stockyards see slower hog demand with prices dropping about 10 cents. Slaughter pigs around 250 to 325 pounds fetch 5.00 to 58.00 per cwt, feeders down, good sows around 46.5 to 47.5, lamb and sheep receipts noted, with some regions posting firmer prices for select classes. Reports from AP indicate mixed bids across major terminals, including Cleveland and East Buffalo, while Omaha and Des Moines listings show varied results.

Chicago Cleveland Low East Bulista St Lous Reld Lisght United Supr Oes Pittsburgh East Buffalo East St. Louis Ais Amt East St Louis Salus Omana Livestock OMAHA USS Dept — Agriculturer Strona Reid Bert Vane

Inflation Rumors Lift Grain Prices on Chicago Board Trade

Speculation over inflation fueled a broad advance in grain futures on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat rose 2 to 3.5 cents, December contracts up over a dime, with oats and corn showing smaller gains amid buying from commission houses and bullish government data. Cash prices strengthened, receipts noted, and outside interest broadened as markets eyed holiday positioning.

Chicago Chicago Board of’ Trade Poston Columbus Imis Laverpaal Washington

Local Porkers Drop 15 Cents on Hogs Market

Hogs weakened on the local market with a 15 cent drop in all grades. Good top now 5.60 and packers top 4.84 with Sinclair Hog Market listing detailed truck hog prices by weight, plus calf and cattle market notes and price ranges for lambs and grass cattle.

Molves Sc Omer Sinclair Sinclair's Trehoier

Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Trade List Placeholder

Grain and produce items listed including wheat oats vegetables and fruits with prices. Cured hides leather and related goods appear among miscellaneous offerings. Prices shown in cents per unit or per pound for several commodities.

Receipts and Market Notes Across Markets and Prices

Market summaries show mixed receipts and pricing signals across COAG PHODEC CHICAGO AP ELTILE and related exchanges. Prices for russets and whites drift with freight and supply signals, while special packs and colors influence fresh produce notes.

Coag Phodec Chicago Mrader Cera Prachi

Wall Street Stocks Rise With Broad Market Gains

New York reports a broad stock advance with gains across most sectors as metals led with Homestake up sharply and U S Smelting and Cerro de Pasco climbing. Trading volume surpassed 1.4 million shares while several major names including American Tobacco General Motors and Santa Fe posted 1 to 2 point increases amid inflationary market mood.

New York Homestake U. S American Tobacco B Cerro de Pasco American Smelting American Telephone General Motors Santa Fe Columbus Whee U SS Cerrane Paseo Howe Sound Ameccan Metrory Union Pacific Os Stee Chrysler du Pont Consoliaates Gas Case Loew's Caumban Carbon Macy Sears Roebuck Montgomery Ward N. 3

Grain Movement Quotations and Wheat Receipts ThURSDAY

Grain movement quotations from Adams Express to Allied Chem and others. Wheat receipts and shipments listed across Chicago Minneapolis Kansas City and St Louis with prices, tonnage, and various stock and commodity quotes. The report shows bids for Am Can Am Reed L and W, Phelps Dodge, and United States Steel among many firms.

J. E Bennett & Co W. Ht. Juma Mrcacer Merchants National Bank Adams Express Indus Rayon Ainees Ren Ste Gere Betasxa Juneau Yous Allegheny Corp Allied Chem A& Tel Allis Chalmers Johns Manville Amerads Corp Kans City Sou Am Can Kayser Julius Am Car & Fay Kelly Kelvinator Veld Am Gals Oo Kresee Am Metals Prones SG & B Stenigh Valley Rad Roll Mills Eipye Livers Gare Am Smelting Gaybonic Steel Fdys Loews. Inc Lorillard Louville G Wat McKeesport McKesson Marshall Ark Nat Gas Mathieson Aik Assd May Dept Dts Atchison Maytag Atlantic Auburn Auto Kans Tex Aviation Coronaby Monsanto Oo Baldwin Loco Mont Ward Han Balto & Ohio Motor Wheel Barnsdall A Murray Carp Beatrice Cry Nash Motors Bendix Ayn Natl Biscuit Hest & Co Dale Burroughs Adz Ohio Olta Byers Otis Elevalde Cal Pk Owens Till Cal & Heelan Otis Steel Canada Dry Utah Case Threech Patino Mines Chro & NW Proctor Gambel Chrysler Mtr Spullmoon Co City Ice Wadio Coron Col Palmolive Staeal Gomw South Es¢Ars Roebuck Congoleum Hattuck Gars Shellmon Chicago North Consol Simmons Co Gont Motors Diderha Haliday Minneanese Houday Corn Products Eas Soure Chiaco Nsou Houday Crucible Steel Sperry Corp Cub Amn Joe Bera Gudahy Chicago Deere and Co la Dome Mines Frisco Dunhill Stew Warner Ga Minneapolis du Pont den Stone Webster Eastman Rod Studebaker Corna Eaton Mis Stutz Motors Kansas City Elec Thompson Sir Erie RR Tidewater Bly Ins Trans Unt Gas Co Gen Ry Tiny Gang Gazette Sor Gimbel Brossary Goodrich Goodyear Buboy Cotham Graham Warner Bros Marvid Union Westghouse Hiram Walker Pease AB Momesmake White Rock Houston Wilson & Co Howe Sand Woolworth Hudson Motors Hupp Motors S&t Libby McNeil Bendix

Chicago Cash Grain Market Report Summary

Minneapolis cased grain prices show mixed cash and futures with wheat and corn steady to higher. Reports list No 2 hard red winter wheat, No 2 yellow corn, No 2 white oats and various protein values, with prices for barley timothy seed and clover seed. forecasts indicate slight shifts in futures and cash sales.

Chicago Minneapolis Iain Montana May

Foreign exchange and commodity market notes from New York

AP report lists currency quotes for major and minor currencies with bid figures and cross rates. It notes sugar futures higher and refined sugar steady, plus Chicago futures prices for metals and products with brief storage and refrigeration references.

New York

Bond Market Summary Shows Mixed Movement In New York

New York bonds closed in a firm zone with Treasury issues weakening slightly and industrials showing hesitation. Railroads led corporate listings with Daluymore, Ohio 428, Missouri Pacific, and Nickel Plate among notable moves. strong performers included American and Foreign Power Ss and International Telephone.

New York Te St US Treasury Roosevelt Daluymore Ohio Missouri Pacific Ss and International Telephone American Telephone Consolidated Gnns

Enock Arden Case Reopened in Roumania Tragedy Fedor Tofei

Roumania resumes Roumanian Soviet frontier contact, bringing back Enock Ardens and ex soldiers. Fedor Tofei returns home after eighteen years in exile, finds wife with another man, loses farm, and kills himself after writing a note. Police learn the tale.

Bucharest INS Enoch Ardens Roumania Russia Fedor Tofei Fedor Maria Tofei

Four Die in Iowa Train Wreck Near Guttenberg

A Milwaukee Road wreck on a track section near the Mississippi River at Guttenberg Iowa killed four people. Local No 35 from Savanna Illinois to La Crosse Wisconsin derailed and left rails torn for 30 feet. Victims included Beyer E B Rohmberg and William Palmer. Coroner Leslie Delke and railroad officials opened investigations as a relief train and ambulances moved to the scene.

Milwaukee Railroad Clayton County Leslie Delke Ruprecht Savanna la Crosse Wis Dubuque Strazinsky Mann Mississippi River Chicago Guttenberg Iowa Milwaukee Road L. F Donnell

Community Chest Fund Reaches Forty Four Thousand

The Community Chest total climbs to 44008 as pledges roll in from multiple divisions. A mind reader act featuring Ted Sealy is noted along with a quartet performance led by Ronald Rawson John Leonard Edward Corny and Lester Johnson. Howard R. Green chairs the drive with pledges listed by division.

Ted Sealy Arit Shepherd Ronald Rawson John Leonard Edward Corny Lester Johnson Lester Thompson Howard R. Green Chamber of Commerce

Georgia Court Rules Any Beer That Looks Like Beer Is Illegal

In a Georgia Court of Appeals ruling, possession of beer alleged to contain 32 percent alcohol was upheld as illegal. The court held that any malt beverage that looks like or is used as a substitute for beer is banned even if its potency is unknown. The decision rejects the defendants’ claim that 32 beer could not be intoxicating.

Atlanta Ins Georgia Court of Appeals

Court House News on Linn County Tax Service Adjustments

The Iowa Tax Service investigation in Linn County aims to place unlisted property on the tax rolls with collections totaling 54504.43 under R. C. Coutts. Several claims involving substantial liabilities are being adjusted and total payments are expected to reach between 65000 and 70000 within six weeks. Coutts refused to disclose individual payment identities or amounts.

Linn County Iowa Tax Service R. C. Coutts Coutts

Jury in Roberdee Case Discharged After Hazy Verdict

A Cedar Rapids jury of eleven women and one man failed to reach a verdict in the case against C. B. Roberdee, operator of a Cedar Rapids cigar store and pool hall. The court discharged the jury after more than twenty three hours of deliberation following a raid by state and federal agents at 312 Second Avenue SE on July 12. Roberdee pled not guilty on July 13 and posted a $500 bond. Trial before Judge H C Ring began Monday.

C. B. Roberdee Cedar Rapids H. C. Ring Roberdece Roberdec Second Avenue SE Judge Ring

Green Pleads Not Guilty To Larceny

Paul Green aged 26 of 521 F avenue NW faced district court on a larceny charge filed by County Attorney G. K. Thompson. He pled not guilty before Judge A. B. Clark with $1,000 bond after police arrested him Wednesday night. The alleged theft occurred at Crawford Tractor company on Sept 24 when a post drill was taken after breaking a window. Police later recovered the drill and said Green sold it for $20. A prior district court record shows a 1932 sentence for a west side drug store breakin, parole followed.

Paul Green F Avenue NW G. K. Thompson A. B. Clark Green Crawford Tractor Company 6000 Avenue NW Henry A. Stearns John T. Moffit West Side

Equity Case Assignments In District Court

Judge F O Ellison orders equity case assignments in district court listing cases from October 12 to October 19 including Walker vs Warrison Phelps vs Tanner and other motions. Clyde Perrigo charged with operating a motor vehicle without owner’s consent sentenced to six months county jail. commitment withheld pending further orders. True information filed by County Attorney G K Thompson.

F O. Ellison Walker Warrison Nagle Eaton Lumber Company Bank Turner Turner Fisher S. Swift Perpetual Savings and Loan Geiger Perpetual Savings and Loan Barta Powers Perpetual Savings, and Loan Rudd Culp Clyde Perrigo H C. Ring E. L. Perrigo G. K. Thompson

Two Divorces Granted in District Court

Eleanor Dulin 36 and Alfred Dulin 39 were granted a divorce on cruel and inhuman treatment. Eleanor received custody of two minor children, household goods, and support money. Judge A R Clark also granted Viola Davis 34 and Harold Davis 34 a divorce on cruel and inhuman grounds with custody of a minor son by stipulation.

Eleanor Dulin Alfred Dulin Doris Contentos Nick Contentos Dorothy Pagomenos Emanuel Pagomenos A R Clark H.C Ring Viola Davis Harold Davis

County relief to receive beef broth and rice allotments

Miss Cora Jacobs, director, announced federal surplus beef broth and rice will arrive at county relief headquarters soon. The October shipments mark the first allotments in the month.

Cora Jacobs Role

Two Accomplices Arrested In Alexander King Killing Plot

Paris police detained Novak and Egon Kramer alias Ladislas Benes in a widening investigation into the assassination of King Alexander of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou. Investigators say Kalemen, a Zagreb native, used a false passport and stayed at Paris and Aix en Provence hotels with the two men before the killings.

Annemasse France Alexander of Jugoslavia Alexander Paris Soir Novack Benes Paris Petrus Kalemen Louis Barthou Kalemen Fontainebleau Forest Fontainebleau Sylvester Chalny Nalis Nikonir Barthou Novak Egon Kramer Ladislas Benes Marseilles Belgrade Prague Zagreb Croatia Fiume Moderne Aix En Provence Kaleman Nikonir Chalny

France Weighs Birth Rate Drop in Population Race

France faces depopulation fears as births fall from 682,680 in 1933 to a net gain of 21,598, sparking worry over frontiers and economy. Mussolini warns of halved French population in sixty years. The appeal cites missed marriages and state incentives amid calls to curb typhoid death rates and boost marriages.

Paris France Mussolini Europe Italy Raymond Poincare Edouard Herriot Mme Ferdinand Foch Themarshal Cardinal Verdier Hitler

Births and coffins forecast in grim demographic note

An editorial warns that at current rates, births will cap at 500 per year in a decade while coffins will outnumber cradles, signaling a grave population decline. The piece emphasizes looming social and economic strain if trends continue unchecked.

Horse Figures In Suit On Speeding Wagon

In Savannah a damage suit cites an old ordinance banning horses pulling wagons faster than a walk. Bread wagons are exempt for warm bread. George W. Altman, 75, seeks 10 000 damages from a local dairy claiming a company horse ran him down while speeding.

Savannah INS George W. Altman

Woman gin operator runs cotton gin in Arkansas

Mrs. T. J. Johnson, 31, is described as the nation’s only woman cotton gin operator and superintendent on the Thompson plantation in Arkansas. She gathered sixty five bales of cotton in her first week in the role.

Horseshoe Ark Ins T. J. Johnson Thompson Plantation

Big Dance Listings and Local Entertainers in Cedar Gardens Area

A crowded page lists multiple night spots with dances and live bands across town. Destinations include C. B. Jd. Hall, Leichert Brothers, Vince's Orchestra, Joe Fisher's orchestra, Jack's Inn, Silver Palace, The Plaza, and Union Beer venues offering refreshments, food, and varied tunes tonight through Saturday. Commuters are urged to attend dances featuring Milo Aleh, Al Potter's Entertainers, Joe Navratil's, and others with admission ranging from 15 to 40 cents, plus beer and bar foods. Also notes a lost-and-found section with rewards for a blue salt cost, a black cat, keys, necklace part, groceries, rimsless glasses, and more.

C. B. Jd. Hall 12Th Ave Milo Aleh Leichert Brothers al Potter's Eveah Cedar Gardens Vince's Orchestra Cc. S. P S. Hall Cedar Tavern 17Th St Lulu Pearl Crist Abrams Beer Parlor Trombino Roman Inn Jack Swan Silver Palace 16Th Ave. W UNION Plaza Iowa String Warblers Ellis Ine E Ave. NW Legion Hall Lisbon Iowa Joe Fisher Jack’s Inn 505 Ave West Joe's Joy Orchestra Playboys Joe Navratil Rees Center Point Majcor Adee Jerry Jack's Inn Walt Siebert Rhythm Aces 3Rd Bohemian Kitchen 12Th Ola's ACES 1St St Harts Orchestra Little Barrel Inn NEW Deal 10Th St Carly Pee Py Elyen Orch Gazette Gazette el I Dial 10Th Vas Walford

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