American Industry Sprouts Signs of Late Spring Upturn
A wartime upturn signals for US industry as shipping scar city tests supply lines for rubber tin and other imports. Rubber prices rise while American shipyards gain orders and Latin American trade grows. Steel output nudges up, AP index steady, and retail demand improves as construction rises offset by government cutbacks.
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United States
Far East
York
Latin America
Iron Age
Real Estate And Mortgage Reports Linn County April 1940
Conveyances 90 mortgages 49 with total mortgages $106,130. April figures show trends across years 1935 to 1940. Aggregates include conveyances per year and mortgage totals with dollar amounts, reflecting activity levels in Linn County.
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Linn County
Linn County Abstract Company
Trends of Business May 4 United Press roundup
Federal reserve board reports week ending April 27 national department store sales show slight decline from year ago despite a 7 percent year over year gain in medious week. Company results include Engineers Public Service Co net income 5.51 million per share 1.09, Illinois Bell March quarter net 3.49 million, Jewel Lex four weeks sales 2.14 million, Louisville Gas and Electric 2.93 million, McCrary Stores April sales 3.25 million down 11 percent, four months 12.9 million up 6.4 percent, Mid-Continent Petroleum quarter profit 1.45 million, National Container quarter profit 202 thousand per share 0.61.
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Federal Reserve Board
Corporation News, Engineers Public Service Co
Ilinois Bell Telephone Co
Jewel Lex Co
Louisville Gas and Electric Co
Kentucky
Nmccrary Stores Corp
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp
National Container Corp
Cedar Rapids and New York markets mixed prices listed
Cedar Rapids miscellaneous grain and straw prices note No. 1 and No. 2 wheat, oats, rye, barley, soybeans, and baled straw. poultry and fruit prices also listed. New York prices show eggs steady with various grades, butter firm at higher levels, and cheese receipts with unchanged prices.
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Old Roosters Fc
Lechorns
E. Kes Henneries Lve
New York
Blind gas station proprietor wins patrons by trust
Jess Mumma, almost totally blind, runs gas stations with keen memory and sensory skill. He reads bills by touch, identifies coins by feel, and trusts customers to tell him the amount of gas. His dog Scrappy guards the station as Mrs Mumma handles reading and bookkeeping. He lost only one customer after moving and remains an avid sports fan and family man.
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Jess Mumma
Johnson Avenue
Scrappy
Jess
Second Avenue
First Street
Third Street
Gilbert Martin
Gazette
Claude Lattner Succeeds Patten At Sears Roebuck
Claude Lattner, formerly of Cedar Rapids, is named assistant manager of the Sears Roebuck store here, taking over from MM. A. Patten who moved Monday to Freeport Michigan. Lattner and his family reside at 513 Second Avenue Southwest. He has been with Sears for nine years, starting in Ottumwa, later serving as merchandise manager in Des Moines, then assistant manager at Ottumwa before returning to this city.
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Claude Lattner
Cedar Rapids
Sears Roebuck and Company
MM. A. Patten
Freeport
Lattner
Second Avenue SW
Mr. Lattner
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Town Hunts Purchaser for Complete Railroad
Bridgton Maine officials seek buyer for 16 miles of narrow gauge track several small stations a gasoline engine and a dozen assorted cars price just over 20000 to shed the line that linked Bridgton to Maine Central as motor trucking cuts profits and the town previously operated it to avert abandonment.
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Bridgton
Maine Central Railroad
Glass in Modernizing Finds Uses in FHA Loans
Washington reports that one third of modernization loans from the Federal Housing Administration are spent on glass. Uses range from repairing broken windows to face lifting of commercial buildings with structural glass facades, showing glass as a key modernization material.
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Washington
Federal Housing Administration
Week's Most Active Stocks Tumbles Amid Allied Setback
New York stocks relapsed as news of the Allied debacle in Norway spread. Paper and shipping sectors withstood the drop while oils saw buying, gasoline stocks expected to dip due to the war. Weekly sales fell below 4,000,000 for the first time in weeks, with International Pauper the only issue above 100,000 in volume. Lending stocks transactions are enumerated below.
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Norway
Registered 315 New Cars Here In April
The Linn county treasurer’s office reports April set a new high for the year with 315 new cars and 40 new trucks registered. Earlier months totaled 181 cars and 39 trucks in March, 123 cars and 27 trucks in February, and 157 cars and 51 trucks in January. Last year in April Linn county registered 281 cars and 38 trucks.
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Linn County
Dow Jones Averages Rise Slightly Amid Mixed Market Signals
The Dow Jones averages show small gains with multiple indexes trading higher. Industrial and utility shares edge up while bonds strengthen. overall activity remains cautious as investors digest mixed readings across sectors.
Cedar Rapids Bank Clearings Rise to 1.5 Million
Bank clearings in Cedar Rapids jumped last week to 1,501,684.08 on Saturday, up from 1,169,705.69 the prior week. The Cedar Rapids Clearing House reported 1,257,288.27 for the same week last year ending May 6, 1999, while Uruguayan industrialists form a cotton growing group planning a 1.15 million yarn factory.
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Cedar Rapids
Uncertainty Prevails In Wheat Market
In Chicago trading the wheat market closed with fractional losses after an early bulge. Uncertainty dominated as events abroad and the European conflict weighed on sentiment. July wheat slipped from an initial high to about 1.05 dollars, while corn, oats, rye, and soybeans also posted modest declines amid favorable but variable grain belt weather. Local buyers appeared early, and bookings to arrive were light.
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INS
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago Produce Market Tangles In Patchy Prices
Market report from Chicago notes firm prices on some items while others stay unchanged. Egg prices mix with fresh holdings, potatoes show varied levels, and several produce lines from Idaho to California reflect limited sales and weak demand amid fluctuating shipments and road conditions.
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Bless
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Hollandale Section
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Barry Ohlos
U.S No. 1
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Texas
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Texas Hiss
Stocks And Bonds Of Interest In Eastern Iowa
Stocks and bonds in eastern Iowa show unchanged averages after a nervous session. Early gains faded as steels weighed on the list, but special issues held up while foreign events influenced sentiment. In New York, Bethlehem fell to 83 1/2, USS Steel traded around 60, Curtiss-Wright slid, while Atlantic Refining and Boeing had mixed moves and aviation shares varied.
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Bethlehem
USS Steel
National Steel
Curtiss-Wright
Consolidated Oil
Tis
Atlantic Refining
Boeing Airplane
Am News
Crrrm de Pasco
Loew’s
Tiram Walker
U.S
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Rayonier
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Futures Prices Reported by Lamson Bros and Co
Furnished by Lamson Bros and Co. Buytten storage standards dated November 27 10 FGGS refrigerator standards May 1790 October 1915.
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