Cedar Rapids Upgrades Boost Local Business in March
Chamber of Commerce reports March shows rising clearing house totals and higher telephone connections in Cedar Rapids, with clearings at $10,044,683.86 and debits $47,523,677. Inbound car loadings rose to 4,915 while outbound fell to 3,884. Real estate transfers reached 343 with 61 building permits issued, and utilities show higher electric usage and gas consumption amid wartime limits.
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Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce Consolidated
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Local Hog Prices Remain Steady on Cedar Rapids Market
Hog prices held steady across all grades on the Cedar Rapids market. Top butchers reached $14.40, with long-haul fill at $14.50 and packers $14.10. various weight classes ranged from about $12.95 to $14.30, with good hogs and packers showing similar spreads. Cattle and calf markets followed, listing steers from $10.00 to $15.00 and yearlings around $11.00 to $13.75, plus sheep and hay markets and Chicago cash provisions noted for wheat and barley.
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Cedar Rapids
Chotos
Fei Theta Coca
HMRI
Easter Shopping Hits Record Preseason Cash Spending
Unseasonal weather did not affect pre Easter buying as from February into March shoppers crowded department and specialty stores. Heavy cash payments for spring goods, including high priced items, boosted demand while wholesale markets quieted yet spring fill ins and summer goods kept dealers busy. Industrial output rose modestly led by heavy industries with production 20 percent above a year ago and rail freight car loadings at their highest since 1942. Bank clearings rose in 22 cities, while wholesale price indexes showed small declines.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet
Linn County Conveyances and Mortgages April 9–15 report
Real estate and mortgage activity in Linn County for April 9 through April 15, per Linn County Abstract Company. Conveyances and mortgages totals are listed with year over year comparisons, including aggregate mortgage amounts of $73,000.38 versus $63,316 last year.
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Linn County
Linn County Abstract Company
Dow Jones Bonds and New York Bond Review Update
Rail loans show solid support in New York while various corporate issues hold steady. Baltimore and Ohio St. Paul Missouri Pacific N Y Central Seaboard Air Line and New Haven prices move up fractions to a point or more.
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Baltimore and Ohio
St. Paul
Missouri Pacific
N. Y. Central
Seaboard Air Line
New Haven
Sunday Sermon Reflects Call to Peaceful Service
Fragmentary lines describe a Sunday sermon praising peaceful service to the Lord. References to a guiding messenger, a bugle or drum absence, and a refrain to tell others of a coming peace suggest a religious tribute focused on tranquil faith and devotion.
Non-Profit War Industry Turns Out Knives For Service Men
A Cedar Rapids backlot machine shop off Ellis Boulevard operates a volunteer war industry turning out about 50 knives weekly for the U S navy and service members. Led by Warry Demery the crew works nights and Sundays without pay, using discarded knife steel to craft simple wooden handled blades for soldiers and sailors.
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Ellis Boulevard
Cedar Rapids
AAA
U. S. Navy
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Wilson and Company
Boss Demory
Bruce F. Emberling
Anton Popelka
Popelka
Felix Simkovitz
Demory
Emberling
Demery
Harry Demery
Gazette
Reynolds
Ronald Popelka
Sioux City Livestock Market Receipts and Prices
Receipts for cattle 500, sheep 590, hogs 38. Cattle steady to uneven. steers and yearlings 25 to 50 cents lower, best 16.50 to 16.85 per cwt. prime beeves 17.25. Fat stockers and cows mostly steady. stockers 13.00 to 14.75. cutters 8.75 to 10.50. Sheep steady to mixed. woolled lambs 14.50 to 15.80, ewes 7.50 to 8.75. Hogs mostly steady. 190 to 300 lb barrows 14.60. Market notes: scarce early supply, undertone uncertain.
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Sioux City Livestock
Sioux City
Chicago
U. S. Dept. Agriculture
Stocks and Bonds Of Interest In Eastern Iowa
Primitive OCR shows dairy and meat market quotes with prices for hogs and related products. Listings include weight ranges and price figures from Austin Minnesota area markets. Data appears garbled but reflects bid prices and lot weights for livestock and commodities.
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Iowa
Blomquist Reports Cedar Rapids Waterworks Financials
The Cedar Rapids waterworks assets and equity as of March 31 1943 stood at 1 890 000 with inventories and plant valued at 2 300 000 less 410 000 in bonds. Cash on hand after operations was 63 071 40 with April 1 1942 balance 32 550 24 Receipts totaled 362 890 36 including water service rentals 249 056 47 and sewer disposal rentals 64 411 97 Expenses ran 149 062 71 covering salaries energy and chemicals. Bonds retired 50 000 and interest paid 20 662 50. Permanent improvements cost 6 648 27.
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Cedar Rapids
H. F. Blomquist
British Radio Praises LaPlant Choate Acknowledges War Effort
The British Broadcasting Company aired a special program recognizing London distributors Jack Olding and company for training 4,000 soldiers in LaPlant Choate equipment. Officials participated and greetings were sent to Roy E. Choate and Harold N. Graves for their leadership roles.
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Harold N. Graves
Chicago Produce Market Report Summary
Chicago and New York markets show mixed dairy and poultry pricing with steady butter and unsettled eggs. Idaho and Minnesota potato supplies remain light with firming prices, while various cheese categories show limited or nominal activity across regions.
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New York
Brotlers
Market Report Omaha Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices Drag Lower
Salable hog receipts total 200 with 2 200 dollars value, prices down from Friday. Cattle receipts 200 to 300 with varied declines across steers heifers cows and bulls, top steers around 17.00 and 16.90 for midweight lots, calves and vealers steady. Sheep receipts none with slaughter lambs 25 to 40 cents lower and ewes steady, best fed lambs around 15 25 to 15 65.
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INS
Saturday's Chicago Grain Quotations
Lamson Brothers and company provide grain quotations for Chicago markets. H R Mowrey manages from Cedar Rapids, with office at 503 Merchants National Bank building.
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Chicago
Lamson Brothers and Company
H. R. Mowrey
Cedar Rapids
Merchants National Bank
Stock Market Recovers Amid War News and Volume Decline
Stock markets show strength with partial gains on favorable war news and a higher exchange membership sale at 48000. March end short interest climbs to 774871 shares while overall volume drops below a million daily. Rail earnings and war-related policy shifts mix with gains in American Telephone and Johns Manville leading higher priced issues.
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York
Federal Reserve Board
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Coffee Ration Seen Stable With Hint of Increase
Price Administrator Prentiss Brown said the present one pound per person per five weeks ration will be maintained and a more liberal ration could come later this year if imports and inventories improve. He noted shipping remains the constraint and that roasters may double green coffee inventories due to the improving shipping picture.
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Prentiss M. Brown
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Brown
Central America
United States
Polish Born Private Teaches English at Camp Polk
Pvt. Lawrence Luskin, Polish-born and fluent in five languages, teaches English to soldiers new to the United States. He uses a mixed method of half English and other tongues to reach a multinational class including Spanish Polish German and Italian speakers.
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Lawrence Luskin
United States
Luskin
Cedar Rapids Market Prices Report
Grain and hay prices listed for No 2 soft white and No 1 yellow rye soybeans and hay straw rates. Poultry and eggs rates include springers leghorns ducks and pigeons with current receipts noted. Wholesale fruits vegetables and meats show Florida celery lemons naval oranges lettuce onions and apples winesaps and box prices for various commodities.
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Leghorn Springs
Hennerles
Florida
California Naval
Chicago Livestock Prices Trim Week as Receipts Rise
Livestock receipts in Chicago total 100 cattle 2 000 sheep and 3 500 hogs. Cattle show mixed news with steers and yearlings steady to weak while cows and bulls decline. best bids reach about 17.60 for steers and 16.25 for yearlings. Sheep and lambs mostly steady to lower with top lambs near 16.25, hogs trade weakly with prices around 15.20 for select choices and sows softer.
Iowa Hog Receipts Reported for 24 Hours Ended Saturday
Combined hog receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota totaled 14 100 for the 24 hours ending 8 a m Saturday. Comparisons show 27 900 for the previous week and 24 500 a year ago. Market activity described as fairly active with steady loadings. Prices listed for various weight classes range from 13 40 to 14 60 per cwt with several ranges noted for different fat and feeder categories.
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Des Moines
INS
U. S. Dept. Agriculture
Minnesota
Siatsomiate
Bank Clearings Rise in Cedar Rapids Week
Bank clearings in Cedar Rapids jumped by more than 300000 over the year-ago period. The Clearing House reported 1,886,027.91 cleared in the week ended April 17, compared with 1,571,937.14 for the same week last year, with totals approximating 1,838,000 for the prior week.
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