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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1934
Page
6
Cobbling through Chicago and other terminals, hog prices dip across all classes as heavy receipts exceed dull demand. Chicago receipts reach 18000 hogs with top price around 6.90, while cattle and sheep show mixed supports and regional quotes vary by market.
Hog prices fall on the local market with all choice grades down 30 cents and packers 35 cents lower. Top prices show choice hogs at 615 and packers at 535, with varied figures across weight classes and premiums paid by quality. Calf, sheep, and cattle sections list options and prices for 130 to 190 lb calves, lambs 75 and 60 lb ranges, steers from 900 to 1180 lb, and assorted cows and bulls with price bands.
Local market notes list grain prices Wheat 98 cents oats 50 cents rye 48 cents corn 69 to 70 cents. Hens and springs prices per pound and weight range given. Wholesale fruits vegetables and dairy items with California produce prices. Hides, beef, calf, horse and wool price lines included alongside miscellaneous farm goods.
Chicago produce items show mixed receipts and prices across dairy poultry and vegetables. Butter futures ease while crates of potatoes and russets command varied quotes, and live poultry and eggs trade steadier with modest demand.
Combined hog receipts for 24 hours ending Tuesday totaled 16 899 head with 38 500 the week prior and 11 509 the week before. Prices varied by weight from light to heavy, with bids ranging from 5 4 to 6 6 per cwt and segments mid range.
Chicago grain markets showed a tight session with limited interest on the futures pit. New buying lifted wheat a touch near the close while corn and oats gained modestly, cash prices steady and government figures seen as marginally bearish.
Cash grain prices for wheat corn oats and rye listed for Chicago and Minneapolis with receipts, year ago comparisons, and various protein and grade specs. Quotations include No 2 red wheat at 107 4c and 114 for No 2, alongside corn and oats values and multiple seed and barley figures.
AP market brief shows unchanged raw sugar and refined prices in New York with minor futures movement. Minneapolis flour market reports Indianard shipments and midling prices, plus foreign exchange rates and assorted international currency figures.
Wall Street stocks showed irregular movement with a scattered session. Metals rose after early weakness and several large names held steady or slipped slightly while overall trading remained cautious and broad markets mirrored tentative sentiment.
AP reports a slow trading day across many issues with Treasury losses centering around 3s and 4s. Liberty and government securities showed modest declines as home loan bonds and corporate papers biased lower, while select issues such as Chesapeake and Ohio and Northern Pacific posted fractional gains.
Dr. Wilder and colleagues discuss obesity as tied to vitamin intake and fat metabolism. Diets supplying under 1,000 calories with adequate vitamins reduced weight by 2.5 to 4.5 pounds weekly without hunger, while Kenyon’s hypopituitary obesity cases succeeded with diet and exercise plus vitamin supplements.
Question and answer column discusses why persistent thymus may not atrophy in infants and notes X-ray treatment as the best option with few after-effects. It also addresses radium as a cancer treatment, acknowledging no guaranteed cure but suggesting radium or X-ray therapy can aid operable cases and may precede or follow surgery.
Helmar Christenson twelve, of Marion, treated at St Luke's hospital after a fall injured his right knee. He was sent home following first aid.
A carrier pigeon identified as number 438 from Chicago entered an open window at Washington high annex Tuesday morning during a 10B English class. The tame bird allowed petting by student Lois Pilgrim and repeatedly returned inside before eventually leaving.
Rudolph Sova of the USS Melville returns to active duty in Norfolk Virginia after a month’s furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Rudolph Sova Sr of 124 Thirty first Street NE. He has served two and a half years in the navy and has one and a half years left in his enlistment.
Harold Goldstein woke at 4 20 a m to trousers sailing out a window and E G Weldon saw a similar incident then a purse worth 2 50 vanished through a transom at Mrs Clara Chilcote s home Police call the culprit a fish Pole burglar casting his line through open windows and transoms
Frank J Svoboda and Maxine M Havlik, both of Cedar Rapids, received marriage licenses. The couples’ records list Cedar Rapids as their residence and indicate formal approval of their marriage.
In New York the bond market fell as U S government securities and leading corporate issues weakened. Losses ranged about 75 cents to over $1 per $100, with volume not large. Dealers cite Maine election results and possible inflationary moves by the administration as factors behind renewed government weakness. Home Owners' Loan and Federal Farm issues led the softest federal department shares.
Lois Pierce daughter of H. S. Pierce of Hopkinton wed Joe Moulton son of C. R. Moulton of Buck Creek in a Hopkinton Presbyterian home ceremony. Attendants included Dorothy Pierce and Gene Moulton. The couple will reside in Hopkinton where Moulton runs a grocery.
The Texas historical society plans granite markers at the sites of Texas's first two missions believed founded in 1690. Dr Alex Woldert of Tyler places one marker at San Francisco de los Tejas on the Neches river and the other near Weches in Houston County. Dedicatory services are set for September 21.
Owen C Thomas, 43, of 829 Fourth Street SW, jailed at 8:20 am Tuesday on a desertion warrant issued by Justice Henry M Stearns. Bond set at 300 dollars. A 52.25 dollar account suit by Carroll Dunham Smith Pharmacal Co against Thomas L Wolfe was settled and dismissed with prejudice in district court. An intervention petition in Builders' Material Co receivership by J Robert Cohler was dismissed with prejudice. Cohler had claimed priority before Hawkeye Portlansy Cement Co.
Marion community notes a busy start to the year with a Cary club picnic at Mrs Ed McKean home and new officer duties. Activities include hospital visits, church society meetings, garden club events, and gatherings of the Woman's Relief Corps and Delta Delta Delta group.
Marvin C Ettlinger eight year old genius will enter the third year of Austin high school this fall on a half time schedule. He is expected to enter the University of Texas at age ten. His father Dr H J Ettlinger a UT mathematics professor notes Marvin has covered college level math and chemistry reading but will not conduct chemistry experiments.
Three airplanes joined trappers and woodsmen in a large hunt for Grace Meggitt, 19, missing after hiking near McCarty Alaska. The missing girl is said to be in a wolf and bear infested area as authorities and volunteers extend the search Tuesday.
A son was born Tuesday to Mr and Mrs Joe Ke neeny of route 4 Solon at Mercy hospital. Note mentions 62 pound loaves coming from 42.6 pounds of flour per bushel of wheat.
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