Late Buying Orders Halt Wheat Downturn in Weekend Trade
A batch of buying orders near the close reversed the wheat market's downward trend. July wheat fell to 92 3/4 early, then rallied to 94 1/2, with contracts near 94 1/2 to 96 1/4 as corn and beans moved on mixed signals. A Kansas Oklahoma crop outlook and rains across the corn belt influenced selling and profits.
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Nihicago
Kansas
Oklahoma
Mississippi River
Chicago
Lamson Brothers and Company
H. R. Mowrey
Cedar Rapids
Merchants National Bank
West Branch confirms church class and naming new coach
The confirmands for Bethany Lutheran church in West Branch include Richard Olsen and others. Grant Petersen was elected head coach for West Branch schools, succeeding Andy Kantor who left for Owensboro. Other Iowa briefs note La Porte City Golf Club bids for a 24 by 36 foot clubhouse and a Montezuma wedding of Helen Kime and Calvin Miller. Norway selects Lewis Taylor for Boys State in Des Moines June 15 to 22.
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West Branch
Grant Petersen
Stanley
Andy Kantor
Owensboro
Boston Red Sox
LA Porte City
Montezuma
Helen Kime
Henry Kime
Calvin Miller
Cecil Miller
West of Montezuma
Thomas Hill
Presbyterian Church
Norway
Lewis Taylor
Leland Taylor
Des Moines
The
American Legion
U S Pressing For Action In Lumber Strike
The national defense mediation board demanded action on a Western lumber strike settlement. O M Orton of IWA was summoned to explain union voting delays on terms for 12 000 Seattle area workers. Dykstra urged a vote of locals with rights to vote, while Orton prepared a counter proposal for Tuesday. A second strike at 11 San Francisco Bay shipyards loomed as talks with Bethlehem Steel progressed.
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National Defense Mediation Board
O. M. Orton
CIO International Woodworkers of America
Washington
Seattle
C. A. Dykstra
IWA
Orton
Dykstra
Philip Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Tuesay
West Coast
CIO
AFL
San Francisco Bay Area
al Wynn
AFL Bay Cities Metal Trades Council
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Stocks And Bonds Of Interest In Eastern Iowa
Eastern Iowa investors monitor daily quotations from local exchanges and brokers. Listings cover bonds and stocks including municipal issues and common shares with prices and brief changes noted.
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Iowa
British Evacuation Ship Leaves Gibraltar for La Linea
An evacuation ship sailed from Gibraltar to La Linea carrying over a thousand people, mostly women, as Britain fortifies the fortress in case of a German assault.
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LA Linea
Spain
Gibraltar
Rise In Plane Stocks Bright Spot On Market
New York stocks opened flat and drifted in thin trading as a three day weekend reduced activity. Aviation shares led the gains with Consolidated Aircraft at a 3035 high before easing to 30, while Douglas Lockheed and United Aircraft each rose about 32.
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Financial
du Pont
Consolidated Aircraft
Douglas
Lockheed
United Aircraft
Westinghouse Electric
Consolidated Edison
Electric Power & Light
Fajardo Sugar
Hiram Walker
Dome Mines
General Motors
Chrysler
Republic
Associated Press
Decks Cleared For Big Army Games In Dixie
In Manchester Tennessee the Second Army begins four weeks of defense tests with 7000 soldiers and 15000 vehicles in a 600 square mile area. Units from 17 camps across six states join 275 officers acting as umpires as the Army of Tennessee trains for modern warfare.
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Manchester
New “Army of Tennessee
Alabama
South Carolina
Georgia
Kansas
Arkansas
Michigan
Illinois
Ben Lear
Second Army
Tennessee
War Department
Hell On Wheels
Fort Benning
Dakar Is Key To Entire South Atlantic
Henry Noble Mann argues Dakar controls the South Atlantic and could choke Britain's sea routes to India and food exports to London. He details de Gaulle and Vichy actions, German aims, and Dakar’s strategic value as a naval base with docks, air links, and integration into Axis air networks.
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Dakar
South Atlantic
AKAR
South America
England
India
Cape of Good Hope
Union of South Africa
London
de Gaulle
Chad
French Equatorial Africa
Libya
Sudan
French Congo
Britain
Cameroons
France
Great African Empire
Vichy
Germany
Balkans
Reich
Admiral Darlan
Otto Abetz
Paris
Darlan
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Gibraltar
Marshal Petain
Africa
Greenland
Falkland Islands
Richelieu
Berlin
Pacific
Rome
Rio de Janeiro
Arequipa
Italy
Axis
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
Far Eastern
Argentina
Peru
Linn County Real Estate and Mortgage Activity May 23 29 1941
Conveyances and mortgages recorded in Linn County for May 23 to May 29 1941 per Linn County Abstract Company show 82 conveyances and mortgaged properties totaling 99418 69 dollars. The same week last year recorded 72 conveyances 42 mortgages and 148530 78 dollars in mortgages.
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Linn County
Linn County Abstract Company
Eastern Iowa Officers Enter One-Year Active Duty
Seventh corps area headquarters ordered Reserve officers from eastern Iowa to a year of active army service. First Lieut. Charles A. Ziegas of Marshalltown and Robert A. Martin of DeWitt, both infantry, to Fort Snelling Minnesota on June 10. First Lieut. Franklin C. Mohler, engineer from Monticello, to Fort Belvoir Virginia on June 13.
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Omaha
Seventh Corps
Iowa
Charles A. Ziegas
Marshalltown
Robert A. Martin
DeWitt
Fort Snelling
Minn
Franklin C. Mohler
Monticello
Fort Belvoir
Wall Street Mixed on Global Events and Domestic Slump
Wall Street faced a congested week with weak domestic business, mixed results amid Britain Crete turmoil and Roosevelt’s speech. Aviation stocks led gains while overall volume stayed light and the AP average hovered near 39.70 as public offerings rose.
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Bismarck
Roosevelt
Crete
YORK
Wall Street
Chicago produce markets and grain prices update
Markets report Chicago receipts butter 1 650 638 pounds steady. Potatoes arrivals 112 on track 2 225 total U.S. shipments. Wheat corn oats soybeans barley by No. 1 to No. 4 grades with varied prices. Lard at 9.50 dollars per hundredweight. loose 8.60. bellies listed.
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CGGS
U.S
California
Mississippi
Bliss
Alabama
Louisiana
Idaho
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Dorothy Christensen
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United Lt & Rr. Co
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Henry Noble
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Federal Discount Corp
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Baby
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George Beems
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M. L. Canfield
Hinkley Avenue
Robert Bochek
G Avenue NW
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D Ave. NE
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