Oil Problem Stiff Critical Jobs Strike At Nelson Office
The War Production Board faced stiff challenges as Office of War Information notes that war output is "pretty well but not well enough." Ickes warned winter oil availability uncertain and possible rationing. Senator Lodge pushed for a national petroleum administrator to supervise oil and gas rationing. WPB reorganizations drew criticism for failing to fix the issues. The Senate defense panel cited steel shortages and urged Nelson to reorganize the iron and steel division. WPB actions included curbing power project construction, restricting bicycle sales, and reporting July war production at a record high of 4.794 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow
William Pinkerton
York
Wide World
War Production Board
WPB
Office of War Information
Ickes
Midwest
East
Senate Defense Committee
Donald M. Nelson
Iron and Steel Division
Armed Services
Senate Finance Committee
Treasury
Associated State Chambers of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
Speedy War Bond Signup Sets Iowa Record at LaPlant Choate
LaPlant Choate Manufacturing in Cedar Rapids signed up 97 percent of its 886 workers for the 10 percent war bond pledge in 22 hours, an Iowa best. W. L. Clark of the U S treasury notes no prior record, credit goes to United Farm Equipment Workers union for the fast effort, with weekly plant payroll support exceeding 4200 dollars. Officials say contacting all three shifts in 16 hours would have been the minimum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaPlant- Choate Manufacturing Company
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
W. L. Clark
War Savings Staff
U. S. Treasury Department
LaPlant- Choate
United Farm Equipment Workers Union
Uncle Sam
Cedar Rapids War Bond
LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing Commy
Don Rooks
Arthur Petrusch
Keith Churchill
United Farm Equipment Workers of America
CIO
R. E. Choate
LaPlant-Choate
L. M. Collins
Don Hall
Ralph — Ray McCreedy
Louis Stepanek
Ben Currell
Bernie Kolsto
Leonard Ahrendson
Frank L. Sullivan
Jurors Named for Fayette County Court Terms
Special to The Gazette lists petit jurors for the September term under Judge M. Union. Names span Oelwein Hawkeye Fort Atkinson Westgate Sumner Randalia Clermont Elk. Also jurors for Oelwein superior court September October include Mears Maynard Kaltenbach Stoddard Dawson Meyer Ainsworth West Union and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Oo County
M. Union
Even Arthur
Leila Bellmer
Anna Boyle
Wilma Cornish
Ardis Garrison
Helen Mundt
Walter M. Pattison
Lizzie Smith
Ralph Sprague
Gustave Vanselow
E. A. Whaley
Don C. Witt
Oelwein
John Balk, Jr
Waucoma
E. A. Begalske
Clara Boeckenheuer
Nellie Eiitel
Edith Parker
Ed Senner
Hawkeye
Luke Blong
Fort Atkinson
Eldo Brockman
Westgate
Fred Barrack
Carlus
Arlington
John Rushby
Fairbank
Alva Carley
Earl Judas
Genevieve Logan
Maynard
Cecil Dallenbach
Tillie Garland
Esther Plaster
Sumner
Marion Donat
Hattie Odekirk
Randalia
Ralph Gage
Alta Owen
Mable Porter
Leon Shepard
Fayette
John J. Karney
Irene Ostlie
Clermont
Ethel Kohler
Elgin
George H. Winter
Alpha
Oelwein Superior Court
George Mears
Blanche Kaltenbach
John Stoddard
Casey Dawson
Robert Meyer
Leo Ainsworth
Wadena
W. C. Follett
E. J. Klingman
Kenneth Frey
Arthur Gross
Rosa Reiners
Ann Johns
Eva Ruth Whitcher
Lula Moran
H. A. Lubke
Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Market Listings
Mixed market items listed for Cedar Rapids include grete wheat and soybeans with variety grades, poultry prices per weight, and general produce notes. Prices show 20c per pound for over 5 pounds, 18c for 4 to 5 pounds, with 65c for venomons and cabbages among other shoppable items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cocks. Eeere
Chicago Livestock Prices Hit 23-Year Highs In Week
Chicago hog receipts were steady with top prices around $15.30 for 240 pounds and lighter, boosted by light demand from packers and army sources. Cattle receipts totaled 500 calves for the week. choice to prime steers reached $16.25, a crop high since the beef ceiling upset recent weeks, and averages climbed toward $16.00 for good and choice fed steers and yearlings, with yearling heifers also rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
I U
Kers
Austin Hog Market Prices From Historic Ledger
Fragmentary data shows butcher pricing tiers for hogs from 170 to 300 pounds with varied dollars per hundredweight and inferred totals. Entries mention terms like sows and barrows, with prices ranging roughly from 13.90 to 15.05 per hundredweight across weight brackets, reflecting a period market quote.
Tipton Church to Hold All Day Sale and Auction
Sugar Creek Presbyterian church in Cedar county will host an all day event featuring bread, groceries and household goods plus a sale. The piece notes a custody dispute, a daughter and a son serving in the navy. The couple married in Wadena Minnesota on December 28 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton
Sugar Creek Presbyterian Church
Cedar County
Wadena
Minn
Livestock Holds Steady on Week's General Advance
CHICAGO AP No changes posted in livestock prices Saturday with markets steady at the week’s broad general advance. Receipts: 400 hogs, 3,500 direct to packers, 500 cattle, 100 calves, 4,000 sheep. Top hog price held at 15.30, week average 14.59, week-ago 14.13, year-ago 10.55. Week gains: hogs 0.20-0.50, cattle 0.25-0.50, native lambs 0.35. Over 1,000 steers sold at 16 and up, week average 15.15, week high 16.65, lamb top 15.20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
What You Buy With WAR BONDS The Stovepipe Mortar Use
The 60-millimeter trench mortar known as the stovepipe is issued to infantry for close in fighting. It fires a 2.4 pound shell at roughly 35 rounds per minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Treasury Department
Wheat and corn move opposite as harvest delays loom
CHICAGO wheat rose about a cent while corn fell over a cent at times, signaling contrasting moves amid harvest delays for bread grains. Wheat closed about 1/2 to 3/4 cent higher, December at 1.215 and 1/4. corn finished 4 to 1/4 cents lower, September 84 to 85 and December 87 to 88 cents. Oats and soybeans stayed near unchanged, while September corn delivery remained high with 30,275,000 bushels outstanding.
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Chicago
Chicago cash provisions report grain prices
AP dispatch lists cash wheat prices at 86 for yellow and 84 for white with various grades and samples. Oats show mixed prices around 48 to 50 with different qualities. Barley and soybeans have limited or no sales reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Guncsae
Cedar Rapids Bank Clearings Report for Aug 15
Bank clearings in Cedar Rapids for the week ending August 15 totaled 1,657,756.31 dollars, up from 1,586,569 a year earlier. The week ending August 8 posted 1,945,995.67 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Markets At A Glance Stocks Were Firm In Quiet Trad
Markets at a glance show stocks firm in quiet trading as investors await further cues. Analysts note little major movement with volume subdued and several sectors edging higher on cautious optimism about corporate earnings. Local indexes reflect a steady tone amid a muted start to the week.
Siouk City cattle market report notes price shifts
The market shows mixed changes with beef steers and cows strengthening, feeders up to 25 cents, and stockers trading around 15.50. Slaughter steer quality varied from weak to strong, with long yearlings around 15.25 to 15.50 and beef cattle steady to higher in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siouk City
S. Dept
Stocks And Bonds Of Interest In Eastern Iowa
Quotations from the National Association of Securities Dealers list approximate prices not guaranteed by exchanges. Multiple Iowa issuers appear with bid and ask figures including Central States Electric, Iowa Public Service, Interstate, and Iowa Utilities. Notes show varying percentages and maturities, reflecting a snapshot of Eastern Iowa securities activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Central States
Elec. Co
Scauri Siniss Bee
Cherry-Burrell Co
Products Co
Iowa Co
Iowa Ge
Iowa Public Service
Iowa Public
Uti Co
Omaha livestock market report with price ranges
Agricultural buyers and sellers poured into the Omaha market with a broad mix of livestock. Cattle: steers and heifers mostly steady to higher with calves salable, cows around 11 to 11.75, slaughter calves and stocker feeders showing strength. fat steers in the 15.60 to 15.75 range, good and choice steers 15.00 to 15.25, better demand for replacements. Lambs: spring lambs 14 to 14.75, ewes 5.75 to 6.35, breeding ewes 7.00 to 7.50, with no. 1 and 2 pelts noted. Receipts about 800 head. market tone firm with several classes advancing.
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Omaha
Gozen
Leeds
Des Moines cattle market prices and weekly totals
U S Department of Agriculture report from interior Iowa and southern Minnesota shows 24 hours ending 8 a.m. Saturday cattle numbers at 39 200, up from 21 000 last week and 25 100 a year ago. Prices vary by weight, with many lots in the 180 to 500 pound range trading between 13 05 and 14 75 per hundredweight, reflecting steady to heavy demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
U. S
Market Finishes First Recovery Week in Month
The market closed its first recovery week in over a month with a steady AP index for 60 stocks at 36.6, flat for the day but up 0.4 on the week. Transfers reached 126,906 shares, surpassing last Saturday’s 101,100. New yearly highs included Texas and Pacific railway, Erie certificates, Ohio Oil, Borden and Colgate Palmolive. Creole Petroleum fell over earnings recession concerns. Brazilian Traction, Eagle-Pint, and Gulf Oil edged higher. turnover totaled 26,925 shares against 15,410 the prior week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Texas and Pacific Railway
Erie
Ohio Oil
Borden
Colgate- Palm Dlive
Creole Petroleum
Eagle Pitch
Gulf Oil
Potatoes and Cheese Markets Report From Chicago
Chicago market notes show potato arrivals and shipments with prices for washed and other forms, and cheese prices for Twins, daisies, and longhorns. Prices listed include washed potatoes at 2.70, 2.68, 1.60, 1.90, 1.85. cheese quotes 22% and 23% for various types.
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Chicago
Bliss
Fragmentary auction ledger of poultry and farm items
A damaged entry lists prices and lots for hens, roosters, turkeys, rabbits, and fowls with scattered notes about frozen stock, breeders, and different grades. The fragment mentions state flats and a 1941 event, daisies, grass, and makes but lacks clear context or complete details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner
Sega
Saturday's Chicago Grain Quotations
Lamson Brothers and Company furnish the Chicago grain quotations with H R Mowrey listed as manager of the Cedar Rapids office at 503 Merchants National Bank building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lamson Brothers and Company
H. R. Mowrey
Cedar Rapids
Merchants National Bank
Un-selling as Economic Negativity in Wartime Policy
INS Economic Commentator examines un-selling as a tactic eroding buyer confidence and economic activity. The piece argues wartime scarcity prompts censoring demand, while tax policy and capital gains rules deter investment, slowing growth and hurting living standards. It cites Andrew W. Mellon and M. Friedman, noting shifting holding periods and revenue effects through 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Services
O. R. C. Insurance Dept Buys War Bonds
The mutual benefit department of the Order of Railway Conductors based in Cedar Rapids bought $100,000 worth of war bonds on Saturday. It matches a prior purchase and the latest issue is the top 2 percent 62 67 issue sold through Ernest Kosek and company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutual Benefit Department of the Order of Railway Conductors
Cedar Rapids
Ernest Kosek and Company
Jones Drug Store Sold to Creston Man
The Jones Drug Store, operated for 32 years by Mrs. A. Jones and the late Mr. Jones, has been sold to O. O. Grady of Creston. The new owner will take possession immediately, with Mrs. Jones having run the store since her husband's death last April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Jones
Mr. Jones
O. O. Grady
Creston
Crossword Puzzle Teasers
A compact crossword teaser titled Crossword Puzzle Teasers appears in the page segment. It notes clues and grid activity aimed at quick solves for readers. The item highlights puzzle popularity and reader engagement in a local paper setting.
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Donald Nelson
Office of Price Administration
Eastern Petroleum Distributors
Icries
Sen
Lodge
R-Mass
Wee
House
John Reynolds
Dia
Pms
Ise Med
Second St
Fey Taal
Fayette County
Chicago Livestock
Austin
Mimn
Sioux City Livestock
Omaha Livestock
The
de Waterloo
Merryle Stanley Rukeyser
INS Economic Commentator
Mellen
Andrew W. Mellen
the Treasury
Congress
Friedman
O. R. C. Insurance Department
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