Henderson Price Control War Faces Funding Tug of War
Henderson warns Congress that reduced OPA funds threaten disorganization in scarce goods distribution and calls for restoring 161 million dollars. He authorizes price ceiling increases on canned fruits while Congress deadlocks over farm parity and subsidies. War costs may reach 67 billion dollars next year.
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Congress
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Senate Appropriations
WY ‘Este Co
Wide World
Office of Price Administration
Senate
OPA
Budget Bureau
Agricultural Department
District of Columbia
Food Surplus Food Storage Dilemma Strikes Port Jervis
Port Jervis officials rush to find storage for five carloads of federal surplus foods destined for coastal evacuees 300 to 500 people. The city council received Washington guidance to prepare within weeks for the potential arrival.
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Port Jervis
N. Y
Ins
Washington
Cedar Rapids Bank Clearings Drop From 1941 Levels
Bank clearings in Cedar Rapids for the week ending July 3 1942 totaled 1 472 318 92 dollars, slightly below the 1941 level of 1 564 291 03 for the week ending July 5. The week ending June 27 1942 registered 1 652 825 09 dollars.
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Cedar Rapids
Clearing House
Wall Street Trades Higher as War Fears Ease
Stocks rose across sectors on renewed buying after war news was largely priced in. The industrial average reached 104.49, railroad 2502, and utilities 1177, with 24 new highs and 43 new lows among 997 issues. Bond issues and key names like Santa Fe, General Motors, Chrysler, U S Steel, Bethlehem saw gains.
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New York
Wall Street
Santa Fe
General Motors
Chrysler
U. S Steel
Bethlehem
Sears Roebuck
New York Stock Exchange
Stocks And Bonds Of Interest In Eastern Iowa
Eastern Iowa investors consider quotations from the National Association of Securities Dealers as approximate prices not guaranteed bids or offers. The release notes these figures may not reflect actual transactions and should be treated as indicative market levels rather than firm quotes.
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Iowa
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Linn County Real Estate and Mortgage Reports Summary
Conveyances and mortgages recorded in Linn County for June 26 to July 2 are listed. Mortgages totaled 33 with aggregate 82,875.00 dollars and 52 additional mortgages totaling 120,100.00 dollars.
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Linn County
Linn County Abstract Company
Preparing an AEF for Embarkation Huge Army Navy Effort
Army Navy cooperation at the port of embarkation orchestrates massive movement of troops and cargo. Port command coordinates with holding depots and warehouses to stage thousands of items from barracks to rations, with final loading as ships sail for overseas assignments.
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Tom Wolf
Army Port OF Embarkation
NEA
War Department General Staff
Transportation Service
Service of Supply
Navy
United States
Port Quartermaster
Army Transportation Service
Hog market hits 16 year high on Chicago bid
Chicago buyers lifted hog prices to a 16 year high of 14.90 as heavy demand outpaced limited supply. Heavier weights rose 10 15 cents while sows weakened. cattle futures showed mixed strength with beef and fat cattle firm overall. Spring lambs closed lower, with most fat hogs and yearlings trading tightly around current price levels.
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Chicago
Dawn
Leftover panel painted into a makeshift dart board
Home decorators suggest using a leftover wall panel as a DIY dart board for basement fame rooms. The idea repurposes surplus materials to create a focal point.
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Fame
Local Building Permits Report Big City Panels
A long list of permit actions shows numerous homeowners and firms across streets like Johnson avenue NW Eighth street SE and Memorial drive SE re roofing remodeling or new garages. Notable entries include Ted Mohrbacher for a new dwelling and garage and First United Brethren church reroofing.
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Louis Kadavy
Bever Avenue
James Edney
Eighth Street
Olga Cambridge
Johnson Avenue NW
E B. Clark
A Avenue
Ted Mohrbacher
Memorial Drive
Lucile Powell
Sixth Street
J R Wilson
Highland Drive
Albert J. Nimmer
Center Ete
Road
Lowell F
Sath Street
Elmer A. Hedin
Fred Webster
Eleventh Avenue
Mike Malasevic
C Street
Harry Keith
Forest Drive
Dewey Bird
Fifth Street
Lester Spicer
Seventh Street
Fred Phillip
Allview Drive
Milo Glen
B Avenue
Frank L. Whaley
C Avenue
First United Brethren Church
E. J. Burianek
Second Street
E. J. Yount
Fifth Avenue
Ted H. Schulze
E Avenue
Bernard E Stark
George Lehman
Thirtysixth Street
Charles
Ed McNabb
Fourth Street
John L. Stark
Thirty-sixth Street
A. Nelson
Twelfth Street
R. K. Sandercock
Second Avenue
Frank D. Cargin
First Avenue
George Washington Pioneer Flour Miller in U S Mill History
George Washington, famed as a military and civic leader, is credited by the Pillsbury Institute with pioneering flour milling in the United States. The study notes his extensive milling at Mount Vernon and in Virginia, his methods against smut rust and Hessian fly, and his production of four flour grades in wooden barrels.
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United States
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
War Damage Corporation
Morgenthau
Treasury
Budget Bureau
Minneapolis
Minn
George Washington
Pillsbury Institute
Washington
Mt Vernon
Virginia
Institute
A New Advertising Type Grows From War Effort
Wartime changes spur a new educational advertising style aimed at preserving customer relations and providing social accounting of corporate contributions to victory. The piece cites Morgenthau support for deductibility of goodwill ads and notes railroads apologizing for limited services while promoting loyalty and postwar recovery.
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Hitler
Morgenthau
Omaha Livestock Prices Report From Friday Trade
Omaha market notes show barrows and gilts steady with sows 10 to 18 cents lower and cattle futures mixed. Fed steers and yearlings mostly steady to strong with some weakness in lower grades. top fed steers around 14.00 per cwt. Heifers mostly steady but lighter grades weaker. cows down in lower grades. Sheep and lambs generally lower on fat lambs, with California spring lambs and feeding lambs among quoted values.
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Omaha
U. S. Dent
Naush Ee
Wrek
California
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Towa Public Service
Southern UtlWes Co
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Southern Utilities Co
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Wilson & Co
Western Grocerie
Western Union
Real Estate and Mortgage Reports
ATS
Co. M. Ainsworth
Seventh Avenue
C. A. Kendall
Higley Avenue
Neils Jensen
Nineteenth Avenue
Josefa Ousiri
Tenth Street
L. R Wellman
J. F. Ball
Seventeenth Street
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