Construction Boom Leads 1941 Recovery in New York Reports
The vast construction sector drives late year expansion with private contracts rising to 177 million in June, defense and ship orders totaling hundreds of millions, and residential building at a peak for the year. Engineers expect continued plant expansion for aircraft equipment and munitions as the defense program grows.
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Ni York
F W. Dodge Corp
Engineering News Record
Navy
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Navy Yards
Louisville
War Department
Roosevelt
Associated Press
Reproduction Of Classic Types In Period Flooring
Period flooring designs offer faithful recreations of classic floors. Colonial decking copies Queen Elizabeths banquet hall with rough cast solid boards and random widths. Laminated Colonial flooring uses three ply oak with hydroplane glue for a smooth surface. Monticello pattern reflects Jefferson mansion parquetry in burl walnut oak and other woods.
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Queen Elizabeths Banquet Hall
Thomas Jefferson
Sheet Metal Essentials for Home Construction
The article stresses sheet metal as vital in house work including flashings gutters and downspouts and interior ducts. It notes corrosion resistant metal for built in flashings gutters subject to heavy wear and chimney flashings that extend into the flue.
Real Estate And Mortgage Reports July Linn County
Conveyances and mortgages recorded in Linn County from July 5 to July 11 show 41 conveyances and 32 mortgages. Mortgages total 89 901.10 dollars, compared with 37 mortgages and 110 088 05 dollars the same week last year.
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Linn County
Linn County Abstract Company
New Pumpcrete System Installs At Cedar Rapids Cold Storage
A portable pumpcrete unit begins use at Hubbard Ice and Fuel Co. 1132 First St NW Cedar Rapids. Stark Building Co. transfers concrete from a mixer into a hopper, then pumps to the third floor, eliminating hoists. Roof pour slated for midweek.
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Cedar Rapids
Hubbard Ice and Fuel Company
First Street
Stark Building Company
Week's Most Active Stocks End Week With Tiny Volume
New York stock exchange volumes dwindled to the lowest in 20 years despite favorable domestic news. Department store sales widened gains, steel operations rose toward a new weekly high, and investors anticipated Roosevelt’s renomination. Utilities were sold after week‑old purchases and copper eased on price cuts. The industrial average closed each day within a fraction of a point, with no clear direction.
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New York Stock Exchange
Roosevelt
Youngstown
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Oliver Farm
Bower Roller Bearing
Cuneo
Atlas Powder
Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Market Prices List Cedar Rapids
Grain prices include No 1 Tac No 3 78c for wheat No 2 yellow corn 58c No 2 soybeans 68c Straw prices 7 50 5 00 delivered hens over 5 pounds 12c to 3 pounds 8c Leghorns 6c roosters wc hides calf hides prices listed horse values 300 2 50 Plus fresh fruits and vegetables lemons 85 25 oranges 3 94 35 grapefruit 2 75 3 1 celery 60c lettuce 3 50 onions 2 50 cabbage 1 75 tomatoes 2 00 carrots 5 00 new potatoes 1 5 apricots 85c watermelons 14 4c lb marine goods and glue hair products listed as well.
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Cedar Rapids
Chicago Livestock Market Steady Amid Varied Hog Cattle Prices
Chicago livestock reports show hog receipts 200 with mixed class prices. hogs mostly steady, top $7.00 and close at $6.85. Cattle receipts 200 with steady to weak trends across grades. best yearlings around $11.50, stockers strong, cows and bulls varied. Sheep receipts 200 with spring lambs down to 75 cents, natives weak, best springers around $10.65 opening, $8.00 closing for fat natives.
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Hoss
Nebraska
Texas
Chicago Produce Butter and Eggs Receipts Steady
Chicago market notes show butter and eggs receipts totaling 19 084 with prices unchanged. Market observers attribute stability to steady demand and supply conditions across the Chicago area.
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Chicago
Grocers Back Citywide Closure for State Convention
Cedar Rapids Retail Grocers association votes to close all grocery stores on August 20 to allow attendance at the Iowa State Grocers convention sessions at the Roosevelt hotel from August 18 to 20. About 400 attendees expected. reports from delegates to the New York National Grocers convention were shared by Emil Surry, Henry Jensen, and J. L. Konecny.
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Cedar Rapids Retail Grocers Association
Iowa State Grocers Convention
Roosevelt Hotel
Cedar Rapids
New York City
Emil Surry
Iowa Retail Grocers Association
Henry Jensen
J. L. Konecny
Cedar Rapids Bank Clearings Top Previous Weeks
Bank clearings in Cedar Rapids for the last week ending July 13 totaled 1 226 122 70 dollars, according to the Cedar Rapids Clearing House. The figure surpasses the prior year and the preceding week.
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Cedar Rapids
Wheat closes session with slight gains on Chicago board
Wheat finished the session with fractional gains after a quiet trade on the Chicago board of trade. Corn edged lower as showers forecast for spring wheat area slightly eased gains. Much of the rally came from dry hot northwest conditions but ended with mixed notes as forecasts cooled optimism.
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INS
Chicago Board of Trade
Northwest
Winnipeg
Buenos Aires
Mississippi Valley
Great Plains
Kansas City
Minneapolis cash grain quotes steady on Saturday
Wheat receipts 79 cars, unchanged quotations. No. 1 heavy dark northern 78c, No. 1 dark northern 77c, No. 2 76c, No. 3 74 75c. Fancy No. 1 hard Montana 78c, Minnesota and South Dakota No. 3 dark hard 75 76c. Hard amber durum 64 67c 69c. No. 1 red durum 67c. Corn No. 3 yellow 57 44 59 percent. Oats No. 3 white 29 13 30c. Barley 35 50c.
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Minneapolis
Cash Grain
Montana
Minnesota
South Dakota
Dull Week in Markets With Bare Trading Activity
Markets closed a dull week as volume shrank to 124000 shares and price moves were largely meaningless. Leaders were mixed with minor gains from Packard and American Telephone while rails and steel shares showed small shifts amid slight commodity gains and steady bond market strength.
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INS
Boeing
Lockheed
United Aircraft
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