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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1934
Page
8
Chicago hog prices advance as receipts at major markets fall, with reports noting lighter Chicago yard totals and a mixed regional tone. Prices showed premium support in some areas while pork and cattle markets faced uneven demand and softer feeder trade.
Mixed livestock receipts appear with hogs and cattle trading activity in Cedar Rapids and Omaha. Prices show steady bids on some classes, with noted totals and feeder offerings, while buyers show cautious interest on others.
A surge by commission houses driven by eastern interests lifted wheat on the Chicago board of trade near the close. Prices finished higher after a day of declines, with December easing to near 101% and corn and oats showing smaller moves amid mixed cash receipts and weather concerns in Canada and South America.
New York markets showed hesitancy in early hours but rallied in the fourth hour as gains spread to steel, rail, and utility issues. Union Pacific rose three points with Allied Chemical, Consolidated Gas, US Steel, Bethlehem, American Telephone, Santa Fe and Du Pont among gainers as transfers neared 850,000 shares. Chicago quotations noted mixed activity with grains leading, while several major names fluctuated.
AP notes raw sugar futures unchanged with slight shifts and refined levels steady. Minneapolis market lists flour figures, bran price at 24.50, middlings 20.50 with scattered numerical figures in the OTTR market update.
In Geneva a communique said France Italy Belgium Holland and Switzerland will keep currencies at current gold parities to aid global economic restoration after two days of talks among their representatives.
Cedar Rapids saw a summertime high of 83 degrees at 2:30 pm under fair skies as forecasts warned of possible snow and rain later with cooler air by Tuesday night. The day began at 64 degrees at 7 am, rising to 73 by 9 am and 78 at 4 pm with evening readings of 72 and 68.
Mrs Mary Zobach 66 wife of Adolph Zobach died at her daughter s home 111 Sixth Street SE at 255 pm Monday after a lingering illness Born Cedar Rapids July 27 1868 she lived here all her life She is survived by husband daughter Delbridge one grandson Leo one brother Anton Stolba and two sisters Mrs Carl Weltch and Mrs Ed Mathis Funeral 3 30 pm Thursday Beatty chapel with Rev Joseph Mekotn burial in Oak Hill family lot Friends may call 7 9 pm Wednesday
Funeral details for several locals including Fred W Kilmeyer of near Buffalo born 1869 in Iowa City and Laura Fisher married 1895. Louisa Hancock Curry 1854 Cedar Rapids. Clara Wait wife of Willard W Wait. William H Lewis. and Thomas D Owen with service times, chapels, and burial sites listed. Surviving relatives noted for each case.
A committee statement notes factors in the successful reorganization of the Iowa State Savings Bank Cedar Rapids. The plan includes creating a new bank with at least $100,000 capital under HF 87, transferring assets to the new institution, and a 45 percent deposit assumption by the new bank to repay depositors. The agreement also involves a Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan and state supervision, dated 1934.
Congresswoman Isabella Cheenway resigns as Democratic National Committee woman in Arizona. State central committee accepts the move and elects Mrs Samuel P White of Phoenix as her successor.
A list of birth announcements in which Mary Lou, a daughter, is born Sept 22 to Ralph Pod aimek at Mercy hospital. Additional babies arrive Sept 23 to Leonard Baker. Sept 24 to Charles Rutherford. Sept 24 to John Popovsk y. Sept 25 to Fred Doetzl. Sept 24 to John W Harrop. Sept 24 to Edward Kemme. Sept 24 to Osterlund. and Sept 25 to Feayl Sperring, all at local hospitals with various addresses.
A Marion meeting of business leaders discussed reorganization and fundraising, with captains chosen to canvass for the budget. Church talks by Rev. Arvid G. Lagerquist covered prayer and the afterlife. Numerous clubs held meetings, picnics, musical events, and chapters in Cedar Rapids and nearby towns, with many members and guests in attendance.
The Laura Bailey auxiliary of the Methodist church held a Monday gathering at Mrs H M Titus home with fifteen members and five guests. New officers include Mrs George Hutchinson president and Lillian Bleakley vice president. Planning for an October church dinner was announced.
Scores from handicap golf matches Sunday include Koppenhaver over Van Fossen 2 up Price over Brown 4 and 2 Gibson over Ross 6 and 5 Davis default to Young Rowe default to Hutchinson Matches to be replayed by next Sunday night Feidier versus Hutchinson Maresh versus Deitrick Price versus Dr Young Koppenhaver versus Lockwood Traffic chiefs warn Marion drivers about arterial stop signs with police planning arrests if ignored Stee school opens many children on streets police seek cooperation Excelsior club meets at Irving Drakes thirty members program by Mrs Hoskins Louise Cippera Edna Davis next meeting set Klatter Klub to meet tonight at Marley Clark home near Mount Vernon nature garden club to meet at Mrs Bowdish house
Three men linked to a million-dollar arson ring admitted guilty pleas and faced prison. Rudolph Pisani drew one to two years in the penitentiary as judge Harry Miller ordered sentences for Nick Basuris and Abe Blank to one year in jail each, with Blank fined two thousand dollars. Pisani’s term runs concurrently with a twenty five year kidnapping sentence from a separate case.
Charles Franko and Martha Marie Michalek of Cedar Rapids obtain marriage licenses. The second sentence from the source discusses temper and health, noting anger raises heart rate and blood pressure, potentially bursting a blood vessel.
The Gazette explains ad line counts for Want Ads and charges per line. It notes that out of town readers may place ads by writing to the Want Ad Department and that phone numbers are sometimes shown for contact.
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