Auto Industry Sets Week's Pace In Nations Business
The report shows a lift in new car sales in Wayne County Michigan to 2198 from 2053 last week, with a year ago level of 681. Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward reported record April and new high sales respectively. War risk insurance rates fell, while retail trade remained steady. Industrial activity and construction feed broader buying power though summer doldrums loom.
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Commerce Department
Wayne County
Michigan
Wver Attus
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Montgomery Ward and Company
American Institute of Marine Underwriters
United States
United Kingdom
Europe
East Iowa Towns See Building and Business Changes
In Anamosa Whear's cash grocery changes hands with Clyde Chipman acquiring the store. Carl Mumm's He Made bakery becomes Ideal bakery under W D Sears with Donn K Blake as manager and Edward Mulhousen relocating from Jacksonville to head baker. James Connelly opens a dine and dance venue above his Quality cafe as the weekly auction debuts in D E Brickley's pavilion. National Hybrid Corn buys the old fairgrounds for testing. Independence sees I J Kemmerer remodeling to open an appliance store with Ray Kemmerer. Brooklyn reports Harley Burch buying Fred Whitehead's insurance business and planning Grinnell dealer moves.
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Anamosa
Whear
Paul Whear
Clyde Chipman
West Coast
Carl Mumm
W. D. Sears
Maquoketa
Ideal Bakery
Donn K. Blake
Edward Mulhousen
Jacksonville
Ill
James Connelly
Quality Cafe
D. E. Brickley
National Hybrid Corn Company
Fairgrounds
Independence
I. J. Kemmerer
Frank Multauf
Kemmerer
Ray Kemmerer
Brooklyn
Harley Burch
Grinnell
Fred Whitehead
Rye And Wheat Are Strong In Saturday Mart
Grain futures closed mixed with rye firm on reports of dry northwest weather and July rye near 50 percent while wheat gained on bullish crop news from the southwest. Corn and oats in small moves, Winnipeg and Liverpool prices mixed. Kansas wheat crop prospects cited against May forecasts and last year yield.
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Chicago
INS
Board of Trade
Northwest
Winnipeg
Liverpool
W. Snow
Fuller
Rodney
Redmond
Kansas
Westinghouse
Eastman Kodak
American Telephone
Week's Most Active Stocks on the New York Stock Exchange
The week ended May 13 saw limited trading with activity centered on a few specialties. Optimism from coal strike settlement was dampened by settlement method, as traders await Washington developments and tax revision talk for guidance. The 12 most active stocks ranged widely.
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New York Stock Exchange
Washington
281 New Cars Registered In April Leads This Year
Linn County Abstract reports 281 new cars registered in April, the highest monthly total so far this year, with March at 264 and January at 182. Truck registrations reached 38, compared with 42 in March and varying figures in prior months and years.
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Linn County Abstract Company
Janery
Stock Market Shows Better Trend After Weaker Period
The stock market moved to a clearer upturn after a prior weak spell. Turnover reached 159,140 shares as gains appeared in various leaders while activity lagged. farm related stocks led with anticipation of cash from the farm bill. Copper and steel fluctuated, aviation and oil shares rose modestly, and grains benefited from favorable weather reports.
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N's York
INS
International Harvester
Detroit
Bethlehem
Youngstown
U. S. Steel
Chicago Grain Quotations
Grain quotations in Chicago provided by Lamson Brothers and Company. H R Mowrey manages Cedar Rapids office at 503 Merchants National Bank Building.
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Lamson Brothers and Company
H. R. Mowrey
Cedar Rapids
Merchants National Bank
Fragmentary numeric chart fragment
Readable portions show percentages and figures with no clear event or subjects. The text resembles a garbled data snippet containing dates and ratios, lacking identifiable persons organizations or locations to anchor a news item.
Chicago cash grain and agriculture prices listing
Chicago AP report lists cash wheat at 80 1/2 cents, corn bids around 48 1/2 to 52 1/2 cents, oats 35 1/2 to 41 cents, soybeans 98 cents, timothy seed 2.85 to 3.15 dollars, clover seed red and red top quoted, lard tierces at 6 dollars, joose 5.87, bellies 7.6.
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Chicago
Minneapolis Cash Grain Wheat and Corn Quotes
AP dispatch lists Saturday receipts at 224 cars, down from 94 a year ago. Prices show No 1 heavy dark northern at 84¾ cents, No 1 dark northern at 83¼ to 83¾ cents, Montana hard at 86 to 86¼, and No 1 dark hard winter at 76¾ to 78¾ cents. Corn No 3 yellow quoted at 46¼ to 48¾ cents, oats No 3 white 31½ to 32½ cents, barley 30? to 67 cents.
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Minneapolis
Cash Grain
Taney
Montana
Car Ownership Ratios Across Nations
In Great Britain one car serves 17 people while the United States shows a higher density with one car for every four and a half persons. This comparison highlights differing levels of vehicle availability between the two countries.
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Great Britain
United States
Linn County Real Estate and Mortgage Activity Report
Conveyances and mortgages recorded in Linn County by Linn County Abstract Company from May 5 to May 11 include the numbers of conveyances and mortgages and the total mortgage amount noted as 92,843.33 versus 51,204.75 a year earlier.
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Linn County
Linn County Abstract Company
Newcomer Rentals Bring Management Moves To City
New Montgom ery Ward manager Ray Carlson relocates from Hibbing Minnesota to 512 Fifteenth Street NE for May 15 possession. Fred E Collard and Co. also arranged lease of 1726 Fourth Avenue SE to Ernest B Lyon from Lancaster Texas, with June 1 possession. Lyon is state manager for the Woodmen of the World.
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Ray A. Carlson
Montgomery Ward and Company
Hibbing
Minn
Reuben Dolezal
Fifteenth Street
Fred E. Collard
Copper Use Tied to Building Industry Figures
The American Bureau of Metal Statistics estimates that electrical work plus other building needs accounted for about one third of last year’s copper consumption in the United States.
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New York
United States
American Bureau of Metal Statistics
Wool Market in Boston Sees Stronger Prices for Western Wool
Boston wool houses reported a busy week with prices firming. Most transactions were for direct shipments of original fine western grown wool and medium fleeces, while spot trading remained limited and graded territorial wool orders were recorded for future delivery.
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Boston
U.S. Dept. Agr
Furnishings Add Cool Summer Touches for Porch and Table
Readers can refresh spaces with cool porch beds and gliders featuring coil springs and drop-down backs. New lamps with pottery bases, pleated shades, and summer table novelties include open pottery shells, glass jugs, salad shells, and wooden servers. Accessories like straw placemats, washable doilies, summery glassware, hurricane candle holders, crystal ball holders, and bamboo tables with glass tops offer breezy, stylish outdoor dining ideas.
Three Truck Loads Of Dreft For Local Dealers
Three trucks carrying 4500 cases of Dreft, a Procter and Gamble product, will be delivered to Cedar Rapids early this week for distribution to local grocery stores during a special Dreft week. The shipment marks the largest single order ever sent to Cedar Rapids by the company.
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Proctor and Gamble
Cedar Rapids
Local Securities Showings Indicate Price Range
The financial editor notes that the displayed quotations are not firm bids but reflect a price range of recent transactions. Readers with interest in issues not listed should seek further details from The Gazette of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, regarding bonds and market activity.
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Theazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
BONDS
Chicago Markets Report Value Movements and Prices
Chicago market notes show butter receipts at 1,143,352 with weaker tones and varied scores, eggs receipts at 37,165 with easy storage, and potato arrivals totaling 64 with mixed regional price shifts. Information includes U S stock commentary on Bliss Triumphs, long whites, russets, and Burbanks with price ranges and carload references. New York markets mirror the butter receipts and steady egg and potato streams with modest price changes.
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Chicago
U. S
California
Louisiana
Bliss
Alabama
Idaho
Wisconsin
Mildenstein Moves Offices to Gable Lumber Site
Max Mildenstein, builder, moved his offices last Tuesday from the Paramount building to 1714 E Avenue NE, former Gable Hardwood Lumber quarters. He purchased and remodeled the building adding asbestos board front, new wood siding, a gas heating plant with cooling fan, insulated tile ceiling, and asphalt tile flooring.
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Max Mildenstein
Paramount
E Avenue NE
Gable Hardwood Lumber Company
Mr. Mildenstein
Bank Clearings Fall In Cedar Rapids Week
Cedar Rapids Clearing House reports a weekly decline in bank clearings totaling 1 116 772 12 for the week ending May 13 down from 1 257 288 27 the prior week and 1 133 371 42 for the week ending May 14 1938.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Clearing House
Porter resigns from Elks post joins Prudential Life Insurance
Roy V Porter resigns as assistant manager of the Elks club and enters the ordinary life department of the Prudential Life Insurance Company of America under O W Mull at 501 Higley building. Change effective immediately says Porter.
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Roy V. Porter
Twenty-seventh Street
Elks Club
Prudential Life Insurance Company of America
O. W. Mull
Higley Building
Mr. Porter
Metals Markets Report Notes Steady Copper Tin Lead Zinc
Copper steady with electrolytic spot at 10.00 to 10.50 dollars and export 10.08. Tin steady at 49.06 spot and nearby, 48.50 forward. Lead steady with spot New York 4.75 to 86, forward 4.60. Zinc steady East St. Louis spot and forward 4.50. Pig iron aluminum antimony quicksilver platinum and Chinese wolframite unchanged.
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New York
East St. Louis
They Tell Me By The Inquiring National Life Man
The speaker urges buying life insurance early and explains benefits of mortgage protection policies. He notes maturity of old policies and warns against inability to obtain coverage later. He says life insurance stabilizes credit and can fund retirement or large finance needs with flexible beneficiary access.
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Chrysler Motors
Gen. Motors
General Electric Ee
New York Central
Montgomery Ward
Edison
Paramount Pictures
Brooklyn U. Gas
Jam Bennett and Company
Douglas
Beelief
Joseph Kushner
Second Street
Keystone
Mid-States
E. Cohn & Sons
St. Ave
Penick & Ford
Associated Press
Corp
Maryland
New Englandun
Sistas
Peice
Vn Midei
Crandic
Des Moines
Kansas City
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids and
Iowa City Railway
DOW Jones
Real Estate and Mortgage Reports
Newcomer Rentals
Perpetual Savings and Loan Association Home Loans
Third Street SE
Dreft
Local Securities
Central States
Hollec
Roosevelt Iowa
United
United Lt
Maine
He & Ry
Delaware
Elec. Co
Central ‘States
Ene. Co
Iowa Elec Co
Towa
Elec
T & Pr
LaPlant Choate Mfg. Co
United St. Y
United Lt. & Ry
Iowa Securities
Nts
Are Power Co
Winterico
Cedar ‘Falls
Nagle Eaton Lumber CO
Hatch & Brookman Lumber CO
Home Lumber CO. Inc
Ogden Lumber CO
Wisconsin Lumber CO
Prudential
F.H.A
C. V. Shepherd Agency
The
National Life Insurance Co
Montpelier
Dows
Robert O. Bickel
C.L.A
John B. Heidel
Fred C. Woolrich
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Edwin C. Evans
Reams
A. R. Eaton
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