Stock Market Holds Steady Amid Roosevelt Price Plea
The New York stock market showed calm as President Roosevelt urged Congress for price and rent controls. The 60 stock average stood at 44.10 on Friday, up from 41.40 six weeks earlier, with rails leading gains while cotton fell on the inflation jitters. Industrial activity and retail sales remained strong boosted by defense needs and steady wholesale prices.
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Paul Gesner
John Beckley
York
the Gazette Special News Service
Roosevelt
Congress
Associated Press
New Device Holds Comforter In Place At Bedsides
Homemakers cheer a summer furniture market invention that fixes slipping taffeta comforters. The device uses two elastic bands with snaps and rubber disks placed between mattress and bedsprings to anchor the comforter.
Rayon and Cotton Rally Lifts Markets on Price Controls
New York stock trading showed a commodity boom led by rayons and a sharp rise in cotton near 5 dollars per bale due to liberal price controls pegging ceilings at 110 percent of parity or July 29 levels. Grains climbed while rails and auto shares stayed strong, though overall market closed irregular amid higher taxes and Far East concerns.
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New York
INS
Far East
van Raalte
Gotham
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Packard
Nash
Studebaker
Paramount
Twentieth-Century Fox
International Telephone
Lockheed
Eastern Iowa stock and bond quotations report
Eastern Iowa market notes show price ranges from recent trades. Listings include Central States Electric Iowa Power and Public Service issues, utilities such as Iowa Electric and Interstate Power, and common stock for Quaker Oats Rath Packing and United Light and Railway.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Nominal Co
Central States
Elec. Co
Cherry-Burrell Co
First Ave Holding Co
Interstate Pr. Co
Interstate Power Co
Iowa Public Service
Towa Public Service
Towa Southern Utilities Co
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Ita
Iowa University Stadium
Enue
LaPlant-Choate Mfg
Pia
LaPlant-Choate ‘Mie
LaPlant-Choate Co
United Lt. & Rys. Co
United Lt
Rys. Co
United Lt. & Ryn. Co
Wilson & Co
Wihison Dé Co
Wilson &_Co
Western Union
FSA Roving Camps Aid Migrant Workers For Defense Needs
Eleanor Ragsdale reports on the Farm Security Administration expanding mobile migrant housing. With 5 million dollars from a 1941 deficiency bill, the FSA builds 2834 family trailers 400 portable houses and dormitories to shelter 5789 workers in sites including Erie Groton and San Diego. Aiming to avoid ghost towns near plants the program adds roving camps with laundry showers and power units that travel with harvests along the Pacific coast and beyond.
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Washington
Defense
Farm Security Administration
FSA
Roosevelt
Erie
Groton
Texas
Florida
California
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Cedar Rapids Grain and Poultry Prices Mixed Across Market
Grain markets show wheat and oats varying by grade with No 1 wheat at 91 cents and oats new white No 3 at 31 5 cents. Hay and straw prices, poultry rates for Springs over five pounds, and wholesale fruits vegetables including lemons oranges grapefruits and cantaloupes listed alongside hides, calves and horse prices.
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California
Registration of New Cars Sets July High in Linn County
Sale of new cars in Linn county rose to a three year July peak with 305 vehicles registered last month. Despite the July high, year to date totals align with February levels as July totals lag behind earlier months.
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Linn County
Chicago Grain Quotations
Grain quotations provided by Lamson Brothers and Company with H R Mowrey as manager. Cedar Rapids office located at 503 Merchants National Bank building. contact phone 2 3141 for current prices and market data.
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Chicago
Lamson Brothers and Company
H. R. Mowrey
Cedar Rapids
Merchants National Bank
July truck registrations top 59 in Linn County history
A Linn County Abstract Company table shows July new vehicle totals, noting 59 trucks this July surpassing June’s 54 and matching the 1935 peak when July also logged 59. The record spans ten years of July registrations for Linn County, with the year by year breakdown naming months and vehicle counts.
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Linn County Abstract Company
Linn County
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Potatoes Market Report From Chicago Trade
Chicago spot potato market shows arrivals 307, total shipments 210, supplies moderate and demand moderate. Prices list Nebraska Bliss Triumphs washed 1.55 to 1.60, Red Warbas washed 1.85, Cobblers washed 1.25 to 1.30, Oregon Bliss Triumphs washed 1.85, Idaho Bliss Triumphs washed 1.85, Russet Burbanks washed 1.80, Lone Whites washed and Missouri cobblers unwashed.
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Chicago
Lion Track
Nebraska Bliss
Oregon
Bliss
Idaho Bliss
Missouri
Schultz Buy Hollenbeck Home in Northwest District
William and Estella Schultz bought the Hollenbeck residence at 815 H avenue NW from E. E. Henderson Company. Possession was given immediately.
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William and
Estella Schultz
Fifth Street
Hollenbeck
H Avenue NW
E. E. Henderson
Wheat Prices Reach Highest Levels In Months On Wheat Market
Wheat prices jumped 2 to 3 cents on the Chicago board as trading closed near the session high and at the best levels in about fifteen months. Other grains rose with corn oats rye and soybeans also advancing amid news of price control ceiling proposals. Temperatures moderated in main producing areas.
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Dun & Brad Street
Chicago Board of Trade
Winnipeg
Sea Son
Chicago
Winnipeg and Chicago grain prices and cash provisions
Winnipeg market reports show wheat open high and close lower for October and December futures. Chicago cash provisions list No. 2 red wheat at 1.05 to 1.06, corn, oats, rye, soybeans, and barley pricing various grades, with lard values around 10.17 to 12.25 for loose and bellies.
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Chicago
Mortgage Record Highest For Any July In Six Years
A Linn county July mortgage record set last month shows 155 mortgages totaling 582 thousand 672 dollars, the highest for any July in six years. Comparisons note 259 total conveys, 1941 figures rise from 1940 but trail 1937 1938 and 1939. The July 25 to 31 period lists 25 conveyances and 25 mortgages totaling 189 thousand 658 dollars.
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Linn County
Linn County Abstract Company
Linn County Recorder
Dow Jones Averages and Bond Prices Bulletin
Market summary shows bonds and Dow Jones averages with small changes. Bonds edge higher while sectors including rails utilities and industrials post minor moves. trading activity lists 65 stocks with totals across rails utilities and industrials.
Plane Crash Impacts Lick Observatory Seismograph
An aircraft collision with Mount Hamilton near Lick Observatory was detected by the seismograph, recording the impact and indicating a likely fatal event.
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Observatory
Lick Observatory
Mount Hamilton
Calif
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