Leading Indicators Stay Strong Amid Industry Drag
Despite weather and flood pressures, major industrial indicators held firm with steel rising to 80.6 percent capacity and the AP index at 101.3. Auto output fell, power output surged to a record weekly total, and railcar movements rose 14.5 percent year over year as retailers faced mixed conditions across districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Flanagan
Ohio
Wabash
Monongahela
Mississippi
General Motors Corporation
Associated Press
Department of Commerce
Asl
American
Iran, and Steel Institute
Unusual Reversal in Municipal Bond Demand in New York
New York AP report notes a mixed bond market with modest offerings and divergent price movements. Government and high grade loans dull. Naugatuck Railroad 4s rose while Baltimore and Ohio 4s fell. foreign bonds gained. The piece discusses the shift in municipal credit and how towns rebuilt finances, aided by PWA and RFC programs, with a cautious but improving outlook.
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New York
U.S
Naugatuck Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Great Northen
Associated Press
Stephen Dickinson
New York City
Tra
Wall Street
United Air Lines unveils Skylounge luxury DC-3 flight
United Air Lines announces the Skylounge, the world’s most luxurious high speed plane, departing from Santa Monica to Chicago as a prelude to a 3 hour 55 minute nonstop Chicago New York service. The luxuriously transformed DC-3s seat fourteen, cost $110,000 each, and feature swivel chairs and advanced avionics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Aircraft
Santa Monica
Calif
Chicago
United Air Lines
United
Markets At A Glance From United Press
Market report shows stocks higher on gains led by oil shares while bonds drift irregularly, Italian lines firm and curb stocks uneven. Chicago stocks uneven as foreign exchange remains steady. Cotton steady grains fractionally higher and rubber unchanged.
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THE
United Press
Itallian
Chicago
Jewels For His Crown By Mrs Harry Pugh Smith
Pat Lacey confronts Jane in a tense exchange over money and reputations. He admits being a heel and declares he is on the downhill, with a steam roller behind him, refusing to care about others' opinions. The scene ends with Pat walking away, to be continued.
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Mrs
Harry Pugh Smith
Bill Diffy
Pat
Jane
Pat Lacey
Foreign Buying Boosts Chicago Prices In Grain
Chicago grain prices rose on Saturday led by reports of purchases of 9000 tons of Canadian wheat and 5000 tons of Argentine wheat. Unconfirmed rumors of German imports added to the mood. Wheat futures closed higher while corn oats and rye showed gains or small changes and provisions drifted lower amid weak export prospects.
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Chicago
Germany
United States
Creameries Stage Annual Meetings
Special to The Gazette reports from Hawkeye Maquoketa and Andrew show 1936 butterfat prices per pound of 36.4 cents at Center Valley creamery near Hawkeye and 35.92 cents at Buckhorn creamery near Maquoketa with 811,807 pounds produced. Andrew creamery’s 1936 butterfat averaged 33 cents. plant sales totaled 87,928.62 dollars and total business reached 98,100 dollars.
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Hawkeye
Center Valley
Cording
Floyd Hoth
John Waskow
Bob Rief
Roy Duhrkoph
Edwin Leigh
John Notahm
Marvin Burkhart
Fred Guenther
Roy Robertson
Maquoketa
Ralph Werden
Buckhorn
Andrew
Andrew Creamery
Glenn McCarron
Ernest Gisel
J. H. Mohlenhott
John Weise
John Ripple
Albert Schrieber
John Wilms
Market Mixed Amid Strike and Flood News
Mild buying centered on oils utilities and specialties while overall trading was slow. Of 825 issues changing hands 319 declined 301 advanced and 205 stayed unchanged as strike and flood news sobered Wall Street sentiment and kept many traders on the sidelines.
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Frederick Gardner
New York
Wall Street
Trends of Business by United Press
Armour & Company Illinois declared a 15 cent common dividend payable March 15 to stock of record Feb 23. Bangor & Aroostook reported year ended Dec with net income 747,251 or 3.55 per common share down from 873,752 or 4.44. Caterpillar Tractor year ended Dec 31 preliminary net profit 9,849,593 before preferred dividends 5.23 per share versus 5,949,307 or 3.16 last year. Life Insurance Presidents report new life written 1936 down 13 percent from 1935 though December up 2.9 percent. First seven railroads reporting December net operating income up 75.9 percent from December 1935. Sears Roebuck announced 3 percent tire and tube price increase. Stroock & Company year ended Dec 31 217,859 versus 213,065 last year.
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United Press
Armour & Company
Ilinois
Bangor & Aroostook
Caterpillar Tractor Company
Equ
Life insurance—Association of Life Insurance
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Stroock & Company, Inc
Courthouse Parade By FRED C. HENSON
Odd court antics and a riotous apple fine headline a feature from Judge Gaffney's court and Cedar Rapids highway commission tour. A prankish fine of apples amused the courtroom as Linville arrived late.
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Fred C. Henson
James P. Gaffney
Williamsburg
Guy Linville
Gaffney
Linville
Guy
Seth Henary
Mr. Linville
Condemnation Commission
State Highway Commission
Cedar Rapids
Roy Radebaugh
Birthday Remembrance and Local Obituary Notices
Fragmented obituary notices recall Jan 29 birthdays of Civil War figures and a death anniversary. Coralville services for Mrs J R McGinnis, 48, note pneumonia death and survivors including husband son Clark and siblings Hattie McClure and Thomas Kile. Funeral at Iowa City chapel.
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Coralville
J. R. McGinnis
Iowa City
Hohenschuh Chapel
Robert Arthur
McGinnis
John H. Clark
Clark
Hattie McClure
California
Thomas Kile
Ezekiel Clark
Sioux City
Samuel
Polarized light eyed as new safety aid for night driving
Detroit engineers explore polarized light to reduce glare and improve oncoming car visibility. A polarizer at headlamps and a depolarizer on windshields could let drivers see silhouettes clearly while dimming glare, though challenges include light loss and larger lamps. Civic groups urge brighter street lighting to boost night safety.
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Iy HL
Waleset
Universal Service Auto Editor
Detroit
Mich
Eapormene Conuucvency
General Automotive Us
Ecs
Oth
Aurora Farmers Creamery elects officers at annual meeting
Ben Maudlin was selected president of the Aurora Farmers Creamery association at the annual meeting here Thursday. Albert Seedorff was named vice president, and John Hearn became a director. Held-over board members include Otto Martin, Emer Wilson, John Werner, and Fi Martin.
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Aurora Creamery Spee
Gussie
Aurora
Ben Maudlin
Aurora Farmers Creamery Association
Albert Seedorff
John Hearn
Otto Martin
Emer: Wilson
John Werner
Fi Martin
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Cram’s
Federal Reserve
Cleveland
Retail Merchants Board
Toledo
Avlanta
Federal Reserve Bank
Birmingham
St. Louis
Kansas City
San Francisco
Coast
Ials
PWA
Public Works Administration
RFC
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Eadnadd
Thomas Edigon
Lawrence
Mann
Rol Lynn
Goue
Warner Brothers
Ute
the Gazette
Gazette
Sekittatta ‘S Beleymens Cervice Dieninge Secretarial
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Cedar’ Davids Savings Bank
General Motors
Financial
Midwest
Standard of
New Jersey
Atlantic Refinings
United Paperboard
Thompson-Starrett
Johns-Manville
Penn-Dixie
Armour
United Electric Coast
Public Service of N. J
du Pont
Allied Chemical
Mead Corp
Ed Corp
Mohawk Carpet
Southern Railway
U.S 'S. Steel
Chrysler
Bethlehem
Westinghouse
Anaconda
American Smelting
Montgomery Ward
J.T. Case
Deere
Good Year
Continental Can
Clarence
Nellie Smith
Merle Cashman
Jim Smith
Sheriff's School of Instruction
Des Moines
G-men
Washington, D. C
G- Men
Post Office Department
Dale Harrison
Niles, O
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Walter Damrosch
Minent
Save With Life
DURAN
LEO G UK
the Mutual Life Insurance CO
Kew Tork
Chicago Sign Sales Corp
Charlotte, N. C
Little Pelton
W.T. Sands
Second Street
DIAL
Mile Whipple Agency
Insurance and Bonds
American Trust
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