Steel's Feast May Be Over With Supplies Plentiful
The piece notes inflation cooling fears, signs of cheaper scrap, and ample steel capacity. It cites Sloan Colt and others predicting a buyers' market and easing demand as unemployment rises and postwar spending slows, suggesting steel's feast may be ending.
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Philadelphia
Truman
United States
Sloan Colt
Bankers Trust Company
New York
Malcolm P. McNair
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
James D. Mooney
Willys-Overland
Colt-McNait-Mooney
A and P
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Stocks and Bonds of Interest in Eastern Iowa
Quotations show price ranges of recent transactions not firm bids or offerings. Names of securities and brokers are listed with approximate bid and asked ranges, reflecting market activity in the eastern Iowa area.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids To See New Chevrolet Jan 22
Glenn O. Fletcher owner of the Rapids Chevrolet Company announced the 1949 Chevrolet passenger cars will be shown in Cedar Rapids for the first time next Saturday January 22. He just returned from a dealer meeting in Chicago where officials explained new model features and plans for public introduction.
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Glenn O. Fletcher
The
Rapids Chevrolet Company
Chicago
Chevrolet
Cedar Rapids
Fletcher
Stevens Hotel
Chevrolet Motor Division
Northwestern Mutual Meeting Opens Monday
R. H. Pickford of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance leads Cedar Rapids agents to a Des Moines state meeting on Monday and Tuesday. About 100 to 125 Iowa agents are expected to attend with R. H. Pickford general agent E. C. Bergmann and colleagues Rudolph Novak Charles Filip R. C. Montgomery R. K. Jenkins and Vernon E. White plus Mrs White. They plan to return Tuesday evening.
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R. H. Pickford
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Des Moines
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
E. C. Bergmann
Rudolph Novak
Charles Filip
R. C. Montgomery
R. K. Jenkins
Vernon E. White
Chemical A Day Aims To Accelerate Industry Pace
The New York report says research and development in the nation’s burgeoning chemical industry may adopt a daily chemical release as a new stride. It notes R D sections push for rapid discovery and standardized timelines across firms.
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New York
National Defense Gets Big Slice In Budget Message
Highlights show national defense at 14.3 percent of the total budget for 1950, up from 11.8 percent in 1949. Veterans and international financing expenditures are projected to fall, while other departments adjust accordingly.
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National Defense
U. S
Truman
Executive Branch
Color Blind Can Now Mix Correct Paint Shades
Louis Cheskin of the Color Research Institute of America says a new mixing formula based on true pigment primaries green blue magenta red and yellow enables 1296 colors. The system lets color blind customers reproduce exact shades by following simple weight based recipes.
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Chicago
Louis Cheskin
Color Research Institute of America
Cheskin
Yels
Radio Engineers To Hear Dr. Ryder
The Cedar Rapids section of the Institute of Radio Engineers meets at 6 30 pm Wednesday at the Roosevelt hotel with a dinner and installation of 1949 officers. Dr J D Ryder of Iowa State College Ames will speak on What Kind of Engineers detailing shifts in engineering training over the last two decades.
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Cedar Rapids
Institute of Radio Engineers
Roosevelt Hotel
J. D. Ryder
Iowa Engineering Experiment Station
Iowa State College
Ames
Ryder
Bailey Meter Company
Real Estate And Mortgage Reports Linn County Jan Seven Thirteen
Conveyances and mortgages recorded in Linn County for the week ending January 13 show 79 conveyances and 45 mortgages totaling 210 790 dollars. The current week totals 200 768 dollars with four mortgages and no listed conveyances in the alternative figures.
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Linn County
Linn County Abstract Company
Rise in Commercial Chemicals to About 6750
The Journal of Commerce notes a growth in available chemicals, increasing to roughly 6,750 new compounds over the past 25 years. The expansion reflects broader industrial and research demand driving product diversity.
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Journal of Commerce
Ribbons from Japan Reach Record U S Orders
The New York Journal of Commerce reports ribbon manufacturers have received orders for seven million yards of rayon from the United States, signaling a surge in demand for hair ribbons imported from Japan.
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Enon
U. S
New York Journal of Commerce
Bank Clearings in Cedar Rapids Week Ended Jan 15
The Clearing House reports Cedar Rapids bank clearings for the week ended January 15 at 3 997 934 12 dollars, down from 4 113 08 24 a year earlier. The prior week ending January 8 totaled 4 267 243 84 dollars. U.S. steel production in 1947 remained below the prior year by a substantial margin.
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Bureau of the Census
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
United Shoe Machinery
Federal Reserve
Minneapolis
Cedar Rapids
Wek
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