Shrewd Investors Not Panicked by Earnings
A 1946 survey of U S corporate reports shows big earnings but mixed stock prices. Firms like Cluett Peabody Alden’s Consolidated Cigar and Detroit Steel Products trade well below or near five to seven times earnings while Westinghouse and Du Pont command higher multiples. Analysts see overall earnings at record levels yet prices reflect uncertain long term outlooks and pent up postwar demand.
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U. S
Wall Street
Cluett, Peabody and Company
The
Arrow Shirtmakers
Cluett
Peabody
Alden’s
Chicago Mail Ae
Consolidated Cigar
Detroit Steel Products
Westinghouse Electric
du Pont
Westinghouse
Peabody's
Consolidated Cigar’s
Standard and Poor
Linn County Real Estate And Mortgage Reports
Conveyances and mortgages recorded in Linn County from February 21 to February 27 reported by Linn County Abstract Company. Mortgages totaled 277,450.00 dollars, compared with the same week last year 176,850.98 dollars.
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Linn County
Linn County Abstract Company
Eewee
Infantile-patients death rates in 1946 report
A fragmented line notes infantile patients in the United States showing death rates around five to ten percent in 1946 with a rough estimate of about twenty five percent in another period or group. Historic medical mortality context appears.
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United Tes
Inland Industries Hires Disabled To Make Weather Doghouses
A Cedar Rapids program hires a dozen physically handicapped workers to manufacture weather doghouses at home and on site. The project, begun by Inland Industries with Miss Marie Bailey, aims to reach 2,000 units daily and expand through Chicago distribution.
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Pop
Arthur Basham
Inland Industries
Rapids Box Company
Second Avenue
George A. Thomas
Basham
Thomas
Miss Bailey
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Iowa
Inland
Lasswell-Thompson
B Avenue NW
Josephine Kirk
Lila Dahlem
Kirk
Garth Arnold
Stocks and Bonds Of Interest in Eastern Iowa
Eastern Iowa markets show varied activity with several utilities and manufacturers listed. Notable names include Iowa Electric Co, Sioux City Gas and Light, Waterloo Cedar Rapids Sioux City Railway, and Viking Pump among others with percentage figures and historic dates hinted.
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Iowa
Great Lakes
ahiee-Cigean
Elec
Link-Belt Co
Én Waterloo
Cedar
Ees
Wilson and Co
Okemies Run
Viking Pump
Wodtke and Ferring Form Hardware Sales Firm
Griffith M. Wodtke announces the formation of the Wodtke Sales Company with G. Kelley Wodtke and Jack Ferring as partners. The firm will continue handling lines carried by Wodtke for 18 years, targeting Midwest hardware jobbers, with Cedar Rapids as headquarters.
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Wodtke Sales Company
Griffith M. Wodtke
Crescent Street SE
Wodtke
G. Kelley Wodtke
Link-Belt Speeder Corporation
Jack Ferring
Gazette City Hall
The Olive Tree Found Across All Continents
A fact-based note explains that the olive tree originated in Asia and has since spread to every inhabited continent, highlighting its global presence and historic diffusion.
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Asia
Cedar Rapids Bank Clearings Rise Week to March 1
Bank clearings in Cedar Rapids for the week ended March 1 totaled 4 104 290.90, up from 3 606 645.76 a year ago. The week ended Feb 22 reported 3 237 444.29 in clearings according to Clearing House reports.
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Cedar Rapids
Clearing House
Indianapolis Meat Consumption Reveals High Per Capita Rate
A government survey finds Indianapolis residents consume 233 pounds of meat per person yearly, 84 pounds more than the national average. The report highlights the city’s unusually high meat intake compared with other areas.
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Indianapolis
Mart Fellas Farm Produce Hit New Highs
New York reports hogs reaching a record $30 per hundredweight while wheat hits $2.53 a bushel. Industrial production posts a postwar high as inventories rise to record levels amid weather-driven demand and inflation fears. Market declines spread across steel autos and building shares, with rails weakest.
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Mart Fellas
New York
United Corp
Eeeree
Pensylvania R. R. Eee
Paramount Pictures
Eee Eee
Pan. Am. Air Line
Woolen Ee Ee Ee
Week's Most Active New York Stocks Summary
James E. Bennett and Company furnishes the week's most active New York stocks from the 402 Merchants Bank building. William H. Jump serves as resident manager, with telephone contact 9151.
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N.Y
James E. Bennett and Company
Merchants Bank
William H. Jump
New Industry Emerges in Cedar Rapids for Concrete Steps
Morf Concrete Products at 849 Vernal Street NW introduces pre cast concrete steps. Proprietor W. J. Morf, ex manager of Lister Concrete Products in Waterloo, operates the plant. FHA approval backs Morf offerings including septic tanks in several sizes and ornamental lawn furniture and steel railings for the steps.
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Morf Concrete Products
Vernal Street
Cedar Rapids
W. J. Morf
Lister Concrete Products
Waterloo
FHA
Morf
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J. A. Livingston
Goodyear
Imdus
Peleas
Ken P. Quinn
Hiskey
C. M. Boland
Walter Fry
Don Kensinger
Roy R. Orr
Occidental Life Insurance Company of
California
Paul Palmer
Palmer
Ee Ae
Central Life of
Central Life Assurance Society
Mutual
W. D. Moore Agency
Merchants
Nat'l Bank
Real Estate and Mortgage Reports
Oka
Morris
C.R. Firm
Bayne Freeland
Marie Bailey
State Board For Vocational Education
Lorenzo Burgess
Margot Johansen
Henry Kassel
Wodtkes and Ferring Farm Sales Company
Elmer C. Walter
American Building
DIAL
Mett Securities Dealers. Inc
R. M. Threlkeld
American Mutual Life Insurance CO
American Business Shares
Union
Frank Filip & CO
Investment Securities
Higley Bldg
Floyd Gillam
Ernest Kosek & Co
Gillam
Kosek
Lzevest Kosek
Russell F. Knapp
Sam S. Johnson
Hedges
4Th St
12Th St
the Hedges Company
Dows Bldg
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