Turning Point in Security Markets Amid Paris Fall
Amid Paris fell and war fears, U S markets showed resilience with price strength across sectors. Industrial activity, steel output, and home building rose, while early war spending fueled rapid orders for ships aircraft and uniforms as Washington moved to accelerate production.
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Wall Street
N: York
Europe
Paris
Washington
FW. Dodge Corp
Associated Press
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Edward S. Knudsen
Navy Department
Want Ads Golf Club Sale Offers Special 3 Day Run
Advertises cash for golf clubs with a special low rate for three day want ads. Calls readers to dial number 2-1121 to place ads and sell items.
Combustioneer Men Of Eastern Iowa Meet Monday
Fifty eastern Iowa representatives of the combustioneer automatic coal stokers division of the Steel Products Engineering company of Springfield, C., will attend an all-day meeting at the Roosevelt hotel Monday. R. C. Goddard, vice-president, H. W. Prior, sales manager, H. W. McCampbell, service manager, and W. S. Moellering, regional manager, all of Springfield, will appear on the program, with O A. E. Schoendelen of Cedar Rapids as district representative.
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Iowa
Combustioneer Automatic Coal Stokers
Steel Products Engineering Company
Springfield
Roosevelt Hotel
R. C. Goddard
H. W. Prior
H. W. McCampbell
W. S. Moellering
Springfeld
O A. E. Schoendelen
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Real Estate and Mortgage Reports June 7 to 13
Conveyances and mortgages recorded in Linn County summarized by Linn County Abstract Company. 55 conveyances and 31 mortgages processed. Mortgages total $82,900.00 this period versus 55 mortgages totaling $101,933.66 in the corresponding week last year.
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Linn County
Linn County Abstract Company
Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Grain and Produce Prices
Prices from Cedar Rapids show grain quotes for Wheat No. 1 and No. 2, Oats, Barley, corn, soybeans, and hay, plus Cedar Rapids poultry rates for hens, leghorns, roosters, and hens. fruit and vegetable pricing lists include lemons, oranges, grapefruits, celery, lettuce, onions, cabbage, tomatoes, carrots, cauliflower, new potatoes, and other produce. market items also cover hides, calves, kip, horses, and pony prices.
Stocks And Bonds Of Interest In Eastern Iowa
Eastern Iowa markets show activity in wheat and bonds with Wheat futures closing July at 72.86, high 72. "TBLS" and ticker like TZaTBLg LTD appear in the OCR, indicating limited readability. No clear company names, dates, or values beyond scattered figures.
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Iowa
Winnipeg
Tzatblg Ltd
City playgrounds to open Monday for nine weeks
Fourteen supervised city playgrounds will open at 10 a.m. for a nine week period under the playground and recreation commission. Directors have just completed training and will oversee varied activities including physicals crafts music dramatics nature study and community programs with daily games storytelling and a free choice of individual games.
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Playground and Recreation Commission
Smulekoff's Opens New Paint and Wall Paper Dept
Smulekoff's furniture store announces the formal opening of its new paint and wall paper department for Monday and Tuesday. Robert Straughn leads the department and the event features the amortization plan for decorating jobs with labor and materials. Special values in furnishings are advertised for the first two days.
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Smulekoff
Robert Straughn
Gazette
The
Bank clearings show drop in Cedar Rapids week
Cedar Rapids Clearing House figures indicate a decline in bank clearings for the week ending June 15 at 1,291,488.66 dollars versus 1,330,980.91 dollars the prior week. The June 17, 1939 clearings totaled 1,332,621.89 dollars.
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Cedarapids
Cedar Rapids Clearing House
Week's Active Stocks Rally on New York Exchange
The New York stock exchange saw strong gains as the weekly move higher, fueled by Allied supply needs and stronger national defense measures. Investors chased steel shares and insiders bought, signaling confidence that stocks were cheap. Notable gainers included several prominent issues for the week.
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New York Stock Exchange
Muir Named Agency Manager for ICC at Cedar Rapids
LeRoy Muir, formerly advertising manager for a Waterloo furniture firm, is appointed agency manager for the International Correspondence Schools in Cedar Rapids. He succeeds Charles Vorel who resigned months ago and will oversee the adult and apprentice training program sponsored by twelve Cedar Rapids concerns through the Chamber of Commerce manufacturers bureau. The Muirs reside at 400 Thirty second Street NE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Muir
Waterloo Furniture Company
International Correspondence Schools
Cedar Rapids
Charles Vorel
Muir
Manufacturers Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce
Mrs. Muir
Thirty-second Street
Chicago Livestock Market Reports Mixed Conditions
U S Department of Agriculture notes salable hogs at 2,800 head total with top around 5.25 and steady to late losses, cattle receipts 300 with steer and yearling prices 10.85 to 13.25, beef cuts down, heifers and cows weaker, bulls mixed. Sheep receipts 270 with spring lambs modestly lower, native sheep and ewes mostly steady to down, Idaho and westerns sparse.
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Chicago
U. S. Dept. Agriculturel
Sheen
Idaho
Employment Service Reports Demand for Machinists Maids
Iowa State Employment Service manager Lloyd C. Grover said openings exist for machinists and machine operators with several years of experience, along with airplane mechanics in Nebraska and Kansas. Shortages extend to maids fountain waitresses and waiters with pay from four to six dollars weekly plus meals. pantry workers up to eleven dollars weekly. Wages for farm hands and house to house distributors also listed, with general survey pay at sixty cents an hour. Unemployed individuals are urged to call 3 2067 for appointments.
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Lloyd C. Grover
Iowa State Employment Service
Third Street SE
Nebraska
Kansas
Grover
How To Save Billions With Merit System Change
The National Consumers Tax Commission reports that American cities adopting merit systems rose from 9 to 60 since 1935. They state universal local government adoption would save taxpayers at least 250 million dollars annually.
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National Consumers Tax Commission
NCTC
Stocks Rise On New High Ground Amid Mixed Aviation Blues
The market moved into a fresh high ground with steel shares leading gains and 560,000 shares traded on a busy Saturday. Bethlehem Steel advanced close to four points, U S Steel held a gain above two, while aviation shares faded after early strength. Dow Jones leaders including Westinghouse and Johns Manville rose, while Ford, Air Reduction, Allied, and Du Pont fluctuated. Cotton and grains drew demand, and bonds strengthened with Italian issues leading gains as the British pound weakened to 3.66 dollars.
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Ing
Wall Street
France
Associated Press
Morgenthau
Bethlehem
U. S. Steel
National
Crucible
Youngstown
N* York
NNS
New
Douglas
Ford Motor
Allied
du Pont
Dow Chemical
Union Carbide
Chrysler
General Motors
J T Case
Westinghouse
Johns Manville
American Telephone
Man Kodak
Coca Cola
Great Northern
Wheat Closes Higher as Grains Mix Results on CBOT
Chicago traders saw a firm undertone with wheat finishing up 7 to 42 cents, while corn fell 48 to 12 cents and oats declined up to 75 cents. Wheat traded near 81% cents early, with July rising amid a dry North American belt and uncertain black rust damage. Bookings to arrive stood around 40,000 bushels.
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Arize
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Owwa
Central States
Elec. Co
Elec
Co. Na Az
Central States Elec. Co
Cherry-Burrell Co
Pirst, Ave. Holding Co
Iowa Electric
Interstate Power Co
Aal
Iowa Public Service
Chicago
Southern Utilities Co
UL Intex Co
Lamson Brothers and Company
H. Ta. Sorie
R. Mowrey
Merchants National
Southern Utities Co
Boiz- Bor
Iowa
Puniversity Stadium
Arene Co
LaPlant-Choatelle. Co
LaPlant-Choate Mfe, Co
Ink Belt Co
Enick
Ford
Quaker Oats Co
Quaker Data Co
Eee
Rat Rath Packing Co
Packing Co
United Lt. & 8, Co
United Lt, & Rys, Co
RYE— Unies
United Lt, & Ryn, Co
Wilson Wilson & & Co
ABU Asm
Western Union
DOW Jones
Ratis
Seeenes
Epee
INL
Undertone
Chicago Board of Trade
Winnipeg
Buenos Aires
North American
Chicago cash provisions report for grains and fats
Chicago cash market snapshot shows no sales reported for wheat corn soybeans and rye. Prices for feeds barley lard and bellies listed as nominal figures with small variations.
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Chicago
Minneapolis Wheat Prices and Grain Receipts Report
AP notes Saturday wheat receipts at Minneapolis totaling 122 cars, with year ago figures not available. Trading basis unchanged. Quotes include No 1 heavy dark northern at 84 to 84 1/2 cents, No 3 titles around 69 to 70 cents, and durum prices 66 to 69 cents. Corn No 1 selling around ABYec, oats No 3 white 31 1/2 to 32 1/4 cents, barley 44 to 50 cents, rye No 2 43 1/2 to 44 1/2 cents.
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Minneapolis
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London Frees Funds
London
Combustioneer
Real Estate and Mortgage Reports
Ruth McDermott
Buchanan
Catherine Murrin
Lincoln
Ruth Jane Hubbard
Bever
Luella O'Brien
Sinclair
Leora Marshall
Arthur
Arlene Patterson
McKinley
Stanley Stevens
Daniels
Charlotte Hubbard
Whitlam
Helen Ihrig
Harrison
Ardeth Dahms
Kenwood
Ruth Zieke
Riverside
Joyce Dollman
Aureal T Cross
Palisades Kepler State Park
Mr. Cross
van Buren
Elks Playground
Red Cross
Jackson
Avenue
Eleventh Street
Rooseveelt
C Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Eighteenth Avenue
Ninth Street
Fourteenth Avenue
Third Street
Riverside Park
Thirteenth Avenue
C Street
Sixteenth Avenue
Fifth Street
Tenth Street
Seventh Avenue
Twentieth Street
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Oakland Road
H Avenue
Bever Park
B Avenue
Twenty-seventh Street
Thirty-fifth Street
Whitlam Park
Filks Ene G Avenue
Sixth Street
Thompson Photo
Ee U. S. Steel
Scence
Loft, Inc
Republic Steel Oe
Bethlehem Steel
Baldwin Locomotive
General Electric Ee
Jas. E. Bennett and Co
Merchants National Bank
W. H. Jump
Res
NEW Correspondence School Agency
Chicago Livestock
Employment Service
Money Corporation
Aleknena
Monly
Rer
Iglesia Ie
Wees, S
Steels
Maryland Fund
New England Fund
Wit Nor Am ‘Tr
Nor Am Tr
Incom
Sid Oil
Std Oil
S. Bleelai & Pow
U_S Elect
Second Street
Fifth Avenue
SONS
Messinger
E. Cohn & Sons, Inc
Sth Avenue
3Rd Street
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