Retail Trade Shows Strength In Spite Of Cold Weather
Retail trade held up across the nation last week despite heavy cold. Industrial activity declined for a second week, with autos, freight, and steel output easing. However, electric power rose to near record levels and clothing and coal distributions expanded in several cities.
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Department of Commerce
Associated Press
Cram
Cleveland
Cleveland-Lorain
Youngstown
Chicago
Stock Market Prices Lower Trading Active
New York stock prices eased after an opening burst of strength as trading remained brisk at both session ends. The AP 60 average fell 0.2 to 59.4 after a high in the prior session, with utilities and rails showing softer tones and some industrials advancing. Turnover reached 1,758,972 shares, the strongest Saturday volume since late November, while bond markets saw minor losses in U S government obligations.
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NEW York
Associated Press
Stock Exchange
U. S
Chicago
Supreme Court
TVA
Pacific Gas
American Water Works
Columbia Gas
People’s Gas
Consolidated Gas
American Power and Light
Johns- Manville
National Supply Pat
United Carbon
Bullard A
Tiola Market Minneaqlis Cap Flour Prices and Shipments
Market notes show flour prices firm with 68 pound cotton sacks offered. Carload lots and family patents cited at seven dollars ten ninety? per ton. Shipments listed include bran at fifteen dollars and a standard omiddlines at fifteen dollars sixteen and a half.
Real estate transfers filed in Cedar Rapids area records
A sequence of real estate transfers dated 1934 to 1936 records various properties in Cedar Rapids and Prairieburg Iowa. Transactions note owners, spouses, and trustees, with nominal consideration of $1 and mortgage or tax liens referenced. Names include Bessie M. Miller, Richard Myrne Miller, Perle T. Miller, Elmer F. Wightman, Mabel Wightman, Harriet Ann Pillard, Edith L. Sauser, Paul F. Sauser, Duane Sauser, Elliott E Sauser, J Lumir Stanek, Libbie Stanek, Julietta Humphreys, Fred La Tourette, Frank Popper Sr, Max and Louise Roseberry, Horner Ge Hedges, Theresa Popper, John R Fillmore, Maye L Dean, Harvey W Booth, Anna Booth, Bess B Jones, and others.
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Bessie M. Miller
Paul Gerald Miller
Jacob Miller
Richard Myrne Miller
Perle T. Miller
Bever Park
Cedar Rapids
Elmer F. Wightman
Mabel Wightman
Daniels Park
Valcon
Harriet Ann Pillard
Edith L. Sauser
Orig Prairieburg
Paul F. Sauser
C O. Rowley
DeWolfs
Prairieburg
Duane Sauser
Paul F Sauser
Elliott E Sauser
Belmont
Kenwood PLC
J. Lumir Stanek
Herkner
Julietta Humphreys
Fred la Tourette
Bever’s
Frank Popper
Max
Louise Roseberry
College
Horner Ge. Hedges
Wate
Frank Popper Sro
Theresa Popper
John R Fillmore
Bess B. Jones
Hinkley Place
Maye L
Dean
Harvey W
Anna Booth
Marion
New Smithsonian Library Series Highlights Readable Science Works
Public library adds a Smithsonian Institution science series with 12 titles. Topics cover astronomy, minerals, meteorites, Indians, insects, animals, vertebrates, shells, plants, and inventions. Features include color plates and emphasis on man’s relation to natural science. Bond market notes accompany the listing.
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Public Library
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian
Webster Prentiss
United States National Museum
Sun and
Welfare of
Charles Greeley Abbot
Merrill
Foshag
Mexico
Rose A. Palmer
Robert E Snodgrass
Bureau of Entomology
Zoo
William M Mann
National Zoological Park
C W Bishop
Freer Gallery of Art
Abbot
Hrdlicka
Hildebrand
Gilmore
Cochran
Wetmore
Miller and
Gilles
North America
Bassach
Resser
Sebmtnd
Earth
South America
Givat Inventions
Charles Greeles Abbot
Treasury price rundown from historic market notes
Treasury figures show varied closing values with multiple bonds listed. The note references severalTreasury securities by series and date ranges, including 4s 48 44 54 and 3% 5s with prices around 43 to 55 and counts such as 115, 310620, and 102.
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T. S
New York
Treasury
Low Priced Rails Up In Bond Market
In New York currency trading, low priced rails lead gains while U S government issues drift downward. Treasury prices mostly fall 1 32 to 7 32. Alleghany asset appraisal spurs a rally in its stock. Industrial and utility sectors show mixed results as Poland drops 234 points and transfers total 11.91 million. AP averages move within a narrow 1 to 3 point range.
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New York
U. S
Treasury
Alleghany Corporation
van Sweringen
Poland
Associated Press
Real Estate and Wool Prices in Boston Last Week
Real estate and mortgage reports note Boston wool sales last week with prices holding firm. Domestic wools at 64 3 and finer on mood length combing staples reached or exceeded 100 cents. fine Ohio combing fleeces and Texas wools showed grease price advances, with 50s and 14 blood categories at varied levels.
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Doston
S Dept Agriculture
Boston
Texas
Ohio
Motor Car Industry Provides Impetus For Business Cycle
Detroit report quotes Alvan Macauley president of the Automobile Manufacturers association and Packard as saying the auto industry helped spark recovery but cannot sustain prosperity alone. He notes autos spread benefits widely via parts, materials, and labor across states, but auto sales must support gains. The piece adds a map note about Sta pleton I and a U.S. first free port approval.
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Alvan Macauley
Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
Macauley
Packard Motor Car Company
Iron and Steel Exports Highest Since World War
Washington reports that American exports of iron and steel last year reached 3,067,336 tons, the highest postwar total yet, with most shipments going to Japan and Italy. The figure exceeds 1934 and 1929 levels, marking a peak in export trade for these products.
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Washington
Amerrican
Japan
Italy
Department of Commerce
Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Grain and Produce Prices
A dense list of market prices from Cedar Rapids covering grains oats rye barley corn soybeans and shell corn husk conditions. Also lists for poultry eggs fruits vegetables potatoes apples bananas lettuce celery onions and standard produce with assorted price quotes and units.
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Baeehigise
Foreign exchange rates and investment trusts data dump
A reads like a dated financial list detailing investment trusts figures and foreign exchange rates. It includes currencies and cross rates with numerous figures for Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Portugal Greece Poland Yugoslavia Austria Hungary Roumania Argentina Turkey Japan China and Canada.
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New York
API
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Spain
Portugal
Greece
Poland
Austria
Hungary
Trazit
Tokio
Shanghai
Hongkong
Mexico City
Montreal
Default on Bonds Affects About 3100 U S Municipalities
New York Up A study by the United Endowment Foundation reports about 3100 U S communities defaulted on bonded and short term indebtedness in 1935, a fourfold rise since 1914 while population rose only 30 percent. Most defaults involve small cities under 5000, totaling under 5 percent of national municipal debt. The report warns that municipal finance stability has not yet arrived and predicts more defaults in 1936 without reform.
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New York
United States
United Endowment Foundation
Foundation
Air Express Service To Increase Volume
New York AP reports 22 major airlines join with Railway Express to unify air express service. District traffic manager M F Redfern of United Airlines says 1936 should set another all time record as business expands across 28 000 miles of domestic airways.
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New York
Railway Express Agency
M. F. Redfern
United Airlines
Inflation fuels wheat rally to new top in market
Chicago reports inflation talk lifting wheat to a new high for the current market movement. May wheat rose to about 1.00 per bushel before profits selling trimmed gains. corn and oats edged higher on forecasts of cold weather boosting feeder demand. Provisions advanced. lard export rumors stirred trade as May contracts traded near 99.5 to 99.3 cents.
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Chicago
Winnipeg
Copper In Demand At Current Price
New York copper markets show strong buy interest at 9 8 cents delivered while export demand fades with prices easing to 8.70 to 8.75 cents. Smelters list rates: electrolytic copper 9 34, casting refinery 8.85, export 8.70 to 8.75. tin 4 83 percent. lead 4.50 to 4.55 New York and 4.35 East St. Louis. zinc 5.22 to 4 85. aluminum 19 to 21. antimony 12 3 to 12 3 1/2. quicksilver 79 to 81 dollars per flask.
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New York
East St. Louis
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