General Motors Prepares To Restart After Strike
GM spokesmen say final assembly lines will roll within days after UAW ratifies the agreement. 113 days of strike ended production planning for 175,000 workers. Flint Buick plant to resume with 20 percent back first day, aiming to reach pre war peak output within 16 weeks. Plans rely on cleaning, parts flow, and 25 plants negotiating new local terms. Chevrolet and Oldsmobile resume first, with Pontiac slower due to maintenance and supplier delays.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
CIO
United Auto
Fisher Body
Buick
Flint
Mich
GMUAW
Chevrolet
Oldsmobile
Lansing
Pontiac
Real Estate And Mortgage Reports From Linn County
Conveyances and mortgages recorded in Linn county for March 8 to 14 are listed by Linn County Abstract Co. Data shows 113 conveyances and 41 mortgages with a total mortgage amount of 265 163.81. The year-ago comparison is incomplete with missing figures for conveyances and mortgages.
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Linn County
Linn County Abstract Company
Real estate ads offer numerous Marion area homes
Apartment and six to eight room homes listed in Marion and Cedar Rapids area. Properties feature modern kitchens, garages, stoves and furnaces with some income rentals. Several free lots and 8 acre tract available. Listings include several 2 to 8 room houses with immediate possession and terms. Calling agents KNAPP, Briney, or HARRY WAYNE TOMS for details.
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Giza
Krusé
Caryl
Marion
Serene
6Th Ave
eKall
Ivan Smith
Highland Dr
Cleveland
Roosevelt
10Th
16Th Ave
Hauser
Perris
Grunewald
Roosevelt School
Harry Wayne Toms
Lyle Chermak
Earl Booze
7Th St
L. Hoffman
Harry Edleman
White
Real estate buyers seek homes and cash buyers in Gazette ads
Local Realtors and buyers advertise for houses and contracts. Listings include 3 to 4 bedroom homes in various areas, cash buyers ready, down payments around 1000, and terms for quick action. Names mentioned include Malcolm V. Bolton Co and Hedges Company with contact numbers and box references in the Gazette.
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Malcolm V. Bolton & Co
Louis Wokoun
Gazette Ady
Realtors
Guaranty
Harry Hedges
THE
Hedges Company
Prank Cravens
Security
Cedar Rapids Bank Clearings Reach $3.447 Million
Bank clearings in Cedar Rapids for the week ended March 16 totaled 3 446 981 42, up from 2 576 934 88 in the same week last year. Check transactions for the week numbered 3 166 946 36 across Cedar Rapids banks.
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Cedar Rapids
Wall Street Jittery Over Russian News
Wall Street faced a volatile week as fears over the Russian situation offset positive domestic industrial news. Stocks fell then rallied with a Friday recovery, while analysts noted a market focus on geopolitical risk despite improved steel, auto, coal, and retail figures.
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Wall Street
New York
General Motors
General Electric
Stalin
For Sale or Exchange Listings in Cedar Rapids
For Sale or Exchange 54 One acre on Wilson Ave plus 5 room house with utilities. Chicken and brooder houses and garage. Exchange for 4 or 5 room city house. Additional 4 acre tract with 5 room house and chicken/brooder houses to swap for larger acreage. Manley’s Real Estate Investment Co listing contact in Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Wilson Ave
Money Grows on Trees in South Forest Lands
In the South the pulp and paper industry expands rapidly as forests become a major wealth source. Georgia and neighboring states lead in production, with fifty pulpwood plants in the region and six new mills planned at over 60 million dollars. Conservation efforts include new firebreak methods and seedling planting machines boosting reforestation.
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South
Atlanta
Riegel Paper Corporation
North Carolina
Gair-Santee Corporation
Armstrong Cork Corporation
Macon
Meade Corporation
Macon, and Hudson Pulp and Paper Company
Palatka, Fla
Retail trends and strikes shape early production outlook
Retail shows heavy demand for spring and summer apparel while domestic production gains momentum. Settlement of the GM and GE strikes could boost auto and electrical goods output, with Wall Street wary of a coal strike. If resolved quickly, production may rise soon, per R A May of the Supreme Allied Headquarters division. Other nations plan to import Japanese silk in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Motors
General Electric
Wall Street
R. A. May
Supreme Allied Headquarters Import Export Division
Fuure
Eastern Iowa stock and bond prices show varied bids
The page lists bid and asked ranges for multiple companies including Central States Electric Co, Collins Radio, Iowa Electric Co, Interstate Power Co, Quaker Oats Co and United Light and Railroad Co. Prices include 1964, 1961 and 1957 issue notes with percentages and fractions reflecting market activity.
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Central States
Elec. Co
Cherry-Burrell Co
Ahi
Tral States
Fruehaus Co
Shabets Wilson & Go
Ioe
Collins Radio
Mid-Continent Air Lines
Iowa
Apie
Aia
Interstate Pr. Co
LaPlant-Choate Co
Link-Belt Co
National Oats
A & Ford Ltd. Inc
Quaer Oats Co
Quaker Oats Co
Rath Packing Co
United Lt. & Rys
Silk Shipment From Japan Arrives En Route To U S Stores
The first postwar silk shipment leaving Japan since 1941, enough for 2.4 million pairs of stockings, was loaded on the Marine Falcon at Yokohama. Weighing anchor soon, it should reach Seattle around April 1, with 1 500 bales valued above $1 000 000 to be sold to U S textile firms. another 10 000 bales expected to follow.
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Yokohama
Japan
Marine Falcon
Seattle
United States
U. S
Pilots Organize For Protection In Minnesota
Minneapolis hosts the launch of the National Pilots of America to assist licensed pilots. Led by Jay Laidlaw, the group aims to provide instrument registration, crash aid, advocacy before aviation authorities, foreign travel assistance, 24 hour car rental with no deposits, and future bail bond posting for flying violations.
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Minneapolis
National Pilots of America
American Automobile Association
Jay Laidlaw
Laidlaw
National Aeronautics Association
Canada
Mexico
South America
Parachute News Service Formed in Pasadena
G. M. Watson, ex-newspaperman, formed the nations first parachute news service to supply eyewitness stories from inaccessible spots. Reporters equipped with camera and walkie talkie would jump from a chartered plane to airline crash or forest fire scenes. Fees to editors depend on story value.
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Pasadena
Calif
G. M. Watson
Ireland Eyes Rayon Export Market Too
Northern Ireland aims to expand beyond pre war linen markets into rayon goods exports with a new Irish made color ful linen finish rayon fabric. Ulster mills now produce long staple rayon and linen blends for the United States and Canada, seeking lower costs and broader sales after wartime declines.
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Ee (Ap
Northern Ireland
Americas
Ulster
United States
Canada
Second Boost In Car Prices Is Predicted
Detroit reports that the OPA plans a 2.6 percent price increase on new cars to cover wage and material costs. Dealers will absorb the full amount, reducing dealer profits on 1946 models. The move was revealed at a Chicago auto advisory committee session last week.
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Detroit
INS
Automotive News
OPA
Auto Journal
Auto Advisory Committee
Chicago
General Motors
Better Get Those 1946 Plates on Rear of Car
The highway patrol will arrest drivers without current license plates starting March 25. Each case goes to justice court. Licenses are available at the county treasurer’s office in the courthouse. The plate must be on the rear of the vehicle.
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Frank Bates
Justices of the Peace
Highway Patrol
Justice Court
W. R. Eicher
Patrol
Contributions to Czechoslovakia Schools Highlight Local Meeting
At the Na rodni Sdruzeni reorganization meeting held at the Z.C.B.J. building Cedar Rapids residents approved two donations to Czechoslovakia. A $2000 gift to the Americka Domovina in Brno supports an orphan boys and girls institution and cattle purchases while a $500 donation goes to Sokol children with aid shipped to Praha. Officers elected include Joseph Splichal chairman Mrs Charles Bohac vice chairman M L Hromadka recording secretary and John V Rempat treasurer. The next quarterly session is set for June 10.
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Czechoslovakia
Narodni Sdruzeni
Z.C.B.J
Americka Domovina
Brno
Kralovo Pole
Cedar Rapids
W. F. Seven
Sokol
Tyrsuv Dam
Praha
Joseph Splichal
Statek Naseho Franty Play at St Wenceslaus Hall
A three act comedy Statek Naseho Franty will be staged Easter Sunday at St Wenceslaus hall by Ceska Lipa with direction by Father W C Hradecky.
Lecture by Cedar Rapids attorney Silliman at Sokol gym
T B Hlubacek announced a large turnout is expected for B D Silliman of Cedar Rapids speaking tonight at 8 p m at Sokol gymnasium. Silliman, who served in Europe with the army, traveled through liberated Czechoslovakia and worked at the Nuremberg war crimes trial. The public is invited to attend.
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T. B. Hlubacek
B. D. Silliman
Cedar Rapids
Sokol
Europe
Silliman
Czechoslovakia
Nuernberg
Sokol Slavsky and Cedar Ra Volleyball at Sokol Gym
Teams from Sokol Slavsky of Ch will face Cedar Ra players in two matches starting at 2 p.m. today. About 40 visitors arrived from Chicago Saturday night. A noon dinner will be served at the hall. Lodge activities follow with meetings Thursday and Tuesday at designated lodge rooms and halls.
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Sokol Slavsky
Cedar Ra
Sokol
Chicago
Early milestones in atomic science span 1919 to 1939
The timeline notes 1919 as the year of the first atom smash, 1929 for giant machine development, and 1939 for discovering uranium 235 fission. It highlights key progress in nuclear physics and equipment enabling modern atomic research.
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Real Estate and Mortgage Reports
Homes For Sale
YeCat
Ted
MA Esta’ Co
Iain H. Briney
Eet
Lenard Leen
Loren F
Tor Phildren
West Highlands
Knapp
Immedia Beadle
Modere
LP Peines & Co
Dial
Cedar Only
Pance SE
Alice Gustafsson Co
Sweliner
Iyggewals
St. Marion
Wimare i
Vernon Ave
Wee Ong
Mt. Vernon Road
Doolittle & Co
Glee
East Front
Charles H. Birch
Fruitland Blvd
Cken
E. F. Shors Realty
Ang
16Th Avenue West
Yuill & Gohmann
Searanty Bigs Dial A
Sas Sith
Devene
Security de el Paes Css
Floyd H. Knapp
J. P. Conway
Ngai
Wilgon
Materestad
Ee Real Estate CO
Masonic Section
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
R. P. Jones
Oxford
Youngs Hill
Cherry
Levericks
N. Sw
Wilson School
Park Avenue Southeast
Frutchey & Forey
Pendine
Can” Forey
Walshire
Hou House
Petter
John M. Winn
Guaranty Ride
Barly Side
Ave. Barty
White's Realtors
Joe Wicke
Cement Highway
Gary Bidg
Aod Ee
Hs Wicke
Vernon
John B.ane Guaren Sciaic
Iowa Cities
Collard & Co
Guaranty Building
G. Kriz
Gres
O. P. Myers CO
Comeane
Lisbon
Gazette
Cedar Cash
Bituminous Coal Institute
AP News
Elmer C. Walter
Britain
Truman
the Hedges CO
Cash and Gment
Harry T. Hedg
Frank L. Buser
Horace G. Hedges
Hambright
Stanley C. Stookey
Roy Harger
Carl D. Thomas
George W. Griffith
Marion H. Williams
Dows
Henry LeSesne
New Wood Products
Charles A. Gillett
American Forest Products Association, Inc
Georgia
Carolinas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Florida
Alabama
Southern Lees Conservation Associaon
Warren T. White
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Association
Half Nation’s Pulpwood
Newspapers Plan
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
U.S
Parachute News Service
W. T. Sands
Second Street
Beiro
Knapp and Company
Merchants National Bank
Russell F. Knapp
Henry Gundling
Lowell M. Taylor
Sams. Johnson
J. G. Kintz CO
4Th Ave. SE
Ireland
South Side News
Lodge Mladocech
C.S.A. Progressive Lodge
C.S.P.S
Inter-Office
Third Avenue
Paul Palmer and
William I. Coquillette
Hedges
Harry Z. Hedges
Walter T. Hambright
W. Roy Harger
Howard B. Helscher
Sec.-Treas
the Hedges Company
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