Hog Prices Slide in Chicago Market on Tax Factor
Chicago hog prices dropped about 15 cents as Thursday trading, with top hogs at $1.55 and average around $4.20 in major markets. Receipts totaled 20 400 swine across five markets led by Chicago, while East St Louis and Pittsburgh showed mixed activity and Buffalo edged higher. Representative hog and cattle bids alongside sheep and feeder cattle figures appear in scattered totals from Cleveland, Pittsburgh, and St Louis.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
East St Louis
Ual
East Buffalo
East St
East St Lews
Con Yan
Artie Hogs
Chicano Ve Cove Goon
Kansas City
Eae Ory Ny
S.aan Ousha
Sr Lous
Cily Wana
Paul Ann
Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Market Prices Listing
A local Cedar Rapids sheet lists varied market prices for farm produce and livestock. Grata wheat oats corn hay and straw are shown with per unit figures, along with leghorn breeds and hens. Fresh produce includes California Valencia oranges lemons sweet potatoes potatoes lettuce celery apples and grapes with assorted prices. Meat and seafood items such as oysters and beef cuts are also recorded with price points.
Cattle and Hog Market Snapshots From Midwest Auctions
Markets show cattle feeder prices steady with prime yieldings noted. Hog quotes across Des Moines Waterloo and Des Moines ranges report $3.19 to $3.85 per hundredweight with weights varying between 160 and 300 pounds. Associations and traders track live shifts in demand and supply as livestock values fluctuate across regions.
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Associated Press
Waterloo
Mar Des Moines
Local Hog and Calf Prices Drift Down on Market
Hog prices ease slightly on the local market with prime top dropping to 3.89 per cwt. Calf market reports show varied spring lamb and beef values, with quotes around 79 to 108 pounds and loose quality notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliye
Grain Prices Swing Widely On Board In Turbulent Session
Chicago grain market faced another day of wide price swings as uncertainty in foreign markets and a volatile stock scene unsettled traders. Wheat jumped to new highs then eased with heavy selling by major houses while corn and oats showed weakness and limited gains. The cash market saw lower bids and mixed receipts as prices fluctuated through the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U S Steel Leads Gains as Markets Offset Losses
Early trading shows U S Smelting American Can Atlantic Refining and Johns Manville turning previous losses into moderate gains. Union Pacific and several others slipped about 3 or less, with a broad list of fallers across steel, chemicals, and auto sectors. short selling rose slightly but remains modest. Furnished quotations from J B Bennett & Co and W B Jump mark a mixed trading day in Chicago and Philadelphia markets.
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U. S
American Can
Atlantic Refining
Johns Manville
Union Pacific
U. S. Industrial Alcohol
Bethlehem Steel
Allied Chemical
U. S. Steel
Liggett and Myers B
American Telephone
du Pont
Chrysler
Case
Western Union
American Commercial Alcohol
American Smelting
Santa Fe
New York Central
Baltimore and Ohio
Westinghouse
Wall Street Stocks Dip Amid Pressures and Fading Hopes
Wall Street saw mixed trading with intermittent declines and brief rallies as investors weighed big-price pressures. Stocks fluctuated while bonds steadied and some sectors like grains showed modest slips amid uneven volume and a cautious mood.
County posts bids for box culvert and three road projects
Linn county opened bids for one concrete box culvert and two road grading jobs funded by federal public works money. The low grading bid of 3797.60 came from Ben Johnson for a 11 mile stretch north of Cedar Rapids. The county plans to start work in November with about 18000 total projected cost and 5000 federal aid.
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Linn
Pube Works
Board of
Libet
PF Hoongsos
Dea Manes Public Works Empress
Promet No 9
Ben Johnson
Cedar Rainds
Vout
Jones County
Cedar Rapids
Mwoomee
Clinton Foxubop
Red Ball Highway
Cedar Ramels
Benton County
Brown Tower
Tacayi'e
Perry Jasiec Cedar Rapds
Wallace Ready To Sign Des Moines Milk Code
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace is set to sign the Des Moines milk marketing agreement, the first of several farmer and non stock company codes. The Omaha Council Bluffs and Davenport-Rock Island area pacts are near signing, with a Des Moines code raising retail milk to 10 cents a quart and from 1.50 to 1.95 per hundredweight for farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wallace
Friediv
Des Moines
Omaha Council Bluffs
Omaha
Quad Cities
Davenport-Rock Island
City Briefs Include Local Fire, Ferries, Fines, and Meetings
Firefighters answered a false alarm on D avenue and Third Street NE at 12:34 a.m. Thursday. Mrs. John Schminkey of Robins underwent major surgery at St. Luke's hospital with condition reported as good. Robins visitors Mr. and Mrs. Smyth returned from Clinton and Chicago trip with dinner hosted by County Superintendent Bowersox. Charles McNulty and Ray Myers were fined for speeding, and Alice Gladfelter paid for over time parking. A theft was reported of towels and underwear from a clothesline. Cedar Rapids Gun Club plans Friday practice shoots from 4 p.m. to dark. Iowa Society of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons held a meeting at Hotel Roosevelt with speakers L. J Wilson, Dr H. J. Marshall, and Dr L. L. Faco.
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John Schminkey
Robins
St. Luke's Hospital
Charles McNulty
Fairfax
Ray Myers
Bever Avenue
Twenty-eighth Street
Alice Gladfelter
Oakland Avenue NE
Iowa Society of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons
Hotel Roosevelt
L. J Wilson
Des Moines
H. J. Marshall
L. L. Faco
Still College
Car Hits Pedestrian at City Intersection
Mike Sakaleros of 523 Ninth Avenue SE was struck by a car at the Fifth Avenue and Tenth Street SE intersection at 6 pm on Wednesday. Driver T J Gurren of 1555 Sixth Avenue SE said he stopped immediately and offered aid, which Sakaleros declined claiming no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Sakaleros
Ninth Avenue SE
Fifth Avenue
Tenth Street SE
T. J. Gurren
Sixth Avenue SE
Sakaleros
Harmonica Classes Begin at Playground Saturdays
The playground commission will offer beginners harmonica lessons each Saturday at 9 am in the playground office. Instructor will be Mrs Clare Nichols acting superintendent of recreation. Open to any child aged 8 to 15 who has a harmonica or is urged to obtain one.
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Playground Commission
Clare Nichols
Unusual cabbage plant sprouts yellow flowers at center
A cabbage plant in the garden of L. J. Meyer at 1800 EF Avenue NW has drawn neighbor interest. The cabbage shows a central stem with yellow flowers at its tip and several additional stems growing from the head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. J. Meyer
EF Avenue NW
Halloween game bulletins canceled by playground office
Acting recreation superintendent Mrs. Clare Nichols announced no free Halloween game bulletins will be issued. Despite this, many requests were received and a table with game books Halloween plays and stunts and copying supplies is available at city hall for anyone to use.
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Clare Nichols
Recreation
City Hall
Nichols
Deaths Swaim Lutz 81 longtime Cedar Rapids commission merchant
Swaim Lutz, 81, long time Cedar Rapids commission merchant on the produce market, died at a local hospital after a short illness. He was born in Linn county and was a former farmer. Survived by five children William E Marion Charles C Clyde Mae Estep and Carl Tedstrom. Funeral services in Beatty chapel later. friends may call.
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Swaim Lutz
Cedar Rapids
Lutz
Linn County
Louisa
William E
Marion
Charles C and Clyde
Mae Estep
Tacoma Wash
Carl Tedstrom
Lester Wash
Beatty Chapel
Former Cedar Rapids Resident N P McKee Dies in Los Angeles
Nathaniel McKee 87 a Civil War veteran and former Cedar Rapids resident died Oct 16 at his son William T McKee's home in Los Angeles California He had moved from Cedar Rapids to California in 1919 after living in Cedar Rapids since 1895 He served three years in the Seventh Missouri Cavalry becoming a lieutenant and was a member of Crescent lodge Consistor Knights Templar and First Presbyterian Church His wife died in 1925 He is survived by two sons William T McKee of Los Angeles and Dr Erwin J McKee of Halstead Funeral services were held Oct 19 at the Little Church of the Flowers in Glendale and burial was at Forest Lawn cemetery.
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Nathaniel McKee
Cedar Rapids
William T. McKee
Los Angeles
Calif
McKee
Carthage TN
Seventh Mussouri Cavalry
Bontrager Pioneer Resident Dies After Illness
W H Bontrager died at 1:40 am Wednesday after a short illness. Born June 7 1857 in Washington County he moved to Adams County at 17 and had lived in Cedar Rapids since 1913. He married Eliza Holbrook December 25 1879 in Corning. she died May 14 1932. He is survived by four children two daughters, one brother in Kalona and three grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 10:30 am at the Bontrager home 422 Eighth Avenue SW with burial at Kalona at 1:30 pm. Friends may call at the home.
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W. H. Bontrager
Eighth Avenue
Washington County
Adams County
Cedar Rapids
Eliza J. Holbrook
Corning
W. J. Beranek
Jonathan
Kalona
Woodrow Wilson Bontrager
Joseph William
Betty Bergle Beranck
Bontrager
Eighth Avenue SW
Local man Jacob Williams dies at hospital
Jacob Williams died at 8 15 p m Wednesday in a local hospital. Survived by brother Edwin S Williams of Cedar Rapids and sister Charlotte Poole of Topeka Kansas. Funeral plans await arrival of the brother. friends may call at Turner chapel.
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Jacob Williams
Edwin S. Williams
Cedar Rapids
Charlotte Poole
Topeka
Kan
Turner Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Barbara Fox
Funeral services for Mrs Barbara Fox will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev P L Bornhoeft officiating. Burial will follow in Sisley Grove cemetery.
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Fox
Barbara Fox
Trinity Lutheran Church
P L. Bornhoeft
Sisley Grove Cemetery
George Irvin Fitzgerald Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for George Irvin Fitzgerald were held at 11 30 a m Thursday in the Polan Sky Funeral Chapel. Burial followed at Bohemian National Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fitzgerald
George Irvin Fitzgerald
Polansky
Bohemian National Cemetery
Funeral services for John TT Bleakley set for Friday
John TT Bleakley funeral services are scheduled at 2 pm Friday in Turner chapel with Rev. Stemple White of Davenport officiating. Burial will follow at Cedar Memorial Park.
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John Bleakley
John TT. Bleakley
Turner Chapel
Stemple White
Davenport
Cedar Memorial Park
F C Welch Named On Iowa Bankers NRA Committee
Des Moines AP report says bankers NRA committee for Iowa was named by B F Kauffman president of the Iowa Bankers association. L A Andrew of Des Moines will chair. Members include N E Tate Keokuk R W Turner Council Bluffs F C G Welch Cedar Rapids Fred Figge Ossian L J Schuster Clinton and George J Shaler Storm Lake.
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Des Moines
NRA
Iowa
B F Kauffman
Iowa Bankers Association
L. A Andrew
N. E. Tate
Keokuk
R. W. Turner
Council Bluffs
F. C G. Welch
Cedar Rapids
Fred Figge
Ossian
L. J. Schuster
Clinton
George J. Shaler
Storm Lake
Court House News Alcohol Confiscates Delivered to Hospitals and College
Sheriff Joseph A. Petrus announced the state seized liquor was handed to St Luke's hospital Mercy hospital and Coe College for medicinal and scientific use. More than eighty gallons were delivered to the institutions for their work.
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St Luke's Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Coe College
Joseph A. Petrus
Ve renda trial overruled defense motion in $10 777 injury suit
Judge A B Clark heard defense and plaintiff testimony in Ve renda Stingley v Crawford. A jury is hearing the case over a April 22 auto crash at Fifth Ave and Sixteenth St SE with the defense motion for directed verdict overruled. Tires stolen from Frank Davis’s car near Covington reported to Sheriff Petrus.
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A. B Clark
Verenda Stingley
William and
Mildred Crawford
Fifth Avenue
Sixteenth Street SE
Frank Davis
Covington
Joseph A. Petrus
Larry Condon
Two-Thirds Share Sought in Hulls Third Addition Property
Clarence Beatty files a district court partition action claiming ownership of a two thirds share in Hulls third addition to Cedar Rapids. He alleges Mary Lucas Spillman and J W Lamborn are each entitled to a one sixth share.
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Clarence Beatty
Hull
Cedar Rapids
Mary Lucas Spillman
J W. Lamborn
Buyers On Dollar Day Show Trend To Quality Goods
Local merchants report a trend toward purchasing quality goods on Dollar Day. Crowds were smaller than last year yet retailers with strong weeklong business were satisfied with Wednesday sales. One store noted decidedly good activity across several departments and best sales since 1930 in one department.
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Reading
Automobile Dealers Meet Over Cooling System Service
More than 250 automobile dealers garage men and mechanics attended a National Carbon company meeting in Cedar Rapids. Eveready Prestone talking film by C C Joslyn explained winter cooling system service with J W Swallen and N Wolfin assisting. Cedar Rapids Auto Supply aided the event as part of a nationwide series.
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National Carbon Company
New York City
Eveready Prestone
C C Joslyn
Minneapolis
Joslyn
J W. Swallen
N . Wolf
Marion News: highway concerns and community events
Marion mayor reports no immediate plan to move the highway paint shop after a full investigation and hearing. The state highway commission cannot erect a new bridge over Indian Creek on Marion boulevard but suggests reflectors on both sides to warn night drivers. A long list of local social and church events, anniversaries, and civic notes follows, with meetings, showers, and receptions across the community.
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John Pazour
Carl Riene
State Highway Commission
Marion
WH. A. Maine
Highway Commission
Indian Creek
Marion Boulevard
Commission
Safe Breakers Rob Kimballtown Bank
Burglars broke into Landsman National Bank of Kimballtown Wednesday night and cut into two vaults stealing a considerable amount of money. The burglars entered through a rear window and burned into the vault door and safe side. President F. GC. Pederson discovered the burglary. the state bureau of criminal investigation was notified and sent a fingerprint expert.
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Harlan, Ia
Landsman National Bank
Kimballtown
F. GC. Pederson
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Regional Parley On Christmas Seal Drive Set Oct 25
C L Newcomb of New York City will address a regional seal sale conference October 25 at Hotel Montrose starting 10 a.m. Miss Marguerite Pfeffer of Des Moines leads the meeting with attendees from Oakdale sanatorium and nine counties led by Linn, Johnson, Tama, and others.
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C. L. Newcomb
New York City
National Tuberculosis Association
Montrose
Marguerite Pfeffer
Des Moines
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Oakdale Sanatorium
Jones
Benton
Marshall
Tama
Johnson
Wapello
Towa
Poweshiek
Linn
E. M. Adams
Central City
Linn County
J. W. Ballard
Cedar Rapids
Grace Christie Koppenhavers
Marlon
Canfield Spends Month In The South Adjusting Labor
F. A. Canfield United States labor conciliator returned to Cedar Rapids Wednesday after a month in the south handling NRA difficulties. Two threatened strikes in Arkansas furniture plants were averted and wage hour misunderstandings were addressed in Arkansas and Mississippi. He will leave again on official business Friday.
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F. A. Canfield
United States
Cedar Rapids
South
NRA
Fort Smith
Ark
Little Rock
Camden
Hattiesburg
Miss
Bastrop
Jonesboro
Hodgeport
Mr. Canfield
Ideal Grid Weather Forecast For Saturday
Forecasters predicted ideal football weather for Friday and Saturday with only a trace of rain in the past day. Charles D. Reed, federal meteorologist, reported small amounts in Keokuk and Davenport. Wednesday night’s low was 46 at Charles City and 64 at Omaha.
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Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
Keokuk
Davenport
Charles City
Omaha
Transportation Discussed By Wholesalers at Roosevelt Lunch
A wholesalers and traffic men luncheon at the Hotel Roosevelt discussed refer endum No. 65 from the United States Chamber of Commerce. The group will refer its recommendations to chamber directors to aid voting. Queries covered water transport in domestic service highway transport within states and interstate traffic regulation.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Roosevelt
Chamber of Commerce
Marriage Licenses Issued to Cedar Rapids and Maquoketa Pair
Earl McMickle and Helen Tauber of Cedar Rapids secured a marriage license. Walter Goddard and Esther Thompson of Maquoketa also obtained a license.
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Earl McMickle
Helen Tauber
Cedar Rapids
Walter Goddard
Esther Thompson
Maquoketa
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