Industrial Activity Rebounds Amid Labor Strife and GM Pact
American industrial activity edged up toward peak levels as Ward's reports a 127 255 unit weekly auto output, helped by a GM UAW agreement that averted a strike on defense work. Steel mills run near full capacity, rail carloadings rise, and early signs of inflation appear with higher wheat grain cotton prices and strong construction and retail activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Motors Corp
United Automobile Workers’ Union
GMC
York
Ward
F. W. Dodge Corporation
Engineering News-Record
Stocks And Bonds Of Interest In Eastern Iowa
Eastern Iowa investors receive a price range snapshot for several issues. Notable entries include Central States Electric Co. bonds, Iowa Public Service, Interstate Power, and United Railways classifications with bid and ask levels. several utilities, manufacturers, and grocers appear, reflecting a broad market snapshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Theazette
Cedar Rapids
Central States
Elec. Co
Cherry-Burrell Co
First Ave, Holding Co
Honeymead Products Co. Com
Monsone
Iowa Elec
D& Pr
Towa Elec
Towa
Lt. & Pr
Interstate Pr Co
Interstate Pr. Co
Oterstate Power Co
Capans & Building
Iowa Public Service
Ara Public Beret
Southern Es Co
Iowa Southern Utilities Co
Towa Southern Utilities Co
Iowa Southern Unties Co
Iowa University Stadium
LaPlant-Choate Mfr
LaPlant-Choate Mfg
parlant-Choate Co
ink-Belt Co
National Oats
Ee Oats Co
Wilson
Nilson & Co
Wilson & Co
Mild Advances Noted In Slow Stock Tradings
New York AP reports a slow stock market session with mild gains across several sectors such as copper rails steel oils and specialties. Trading was extremely light with about 400 issues changing hands and volumes around 38 000 shares.
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New York
Wall Street
Associated Press
Stock Exchange
Caaartleus
Anaconda
Kennecott
American Smelting
Phelps Dodge
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
N. Y. Central
U. S. Steel
Republic Steel
Texas Corp
Continental Oil
Allied Chemical
Westinghouse
Sears Roebuck
J. I. Case
Sperry
Consolidated Edison
General Motors
Chrysler
Creole Petroleum
Consolidated Gas of Baltimore
Humble Oil
Electric Bond and Share
Glen Alden Coal
Cedar Rapids Bank Clearings See Week Over Year
Bank clearings in Cedar Rapids rose again edging past the same week last year. The Clearing House reported $1,525,499.42 cleared for the week ending May 17, up from $1,318,711.05 a year earlier. For the week ending May 10 clearings totaled $1,433,952.59.
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Cedar Rapids
Dow Jones Averages Mixed on Saturday Trade
Rae reports Dow Jones averages with minor changes across sectors. Industrials rise to 116.11, rails slip to 28.75, and utilities edge higher while total stocks traded reach 65 issues with 38 900 shares.
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U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
General Motors
Chrysler
Douglas Aircraft
Lockheed
American Smelting
Kennecott
Santa Fe
Chesapeake and Ohio
Southern Pacific
Sears Roebuck
Standard Oil Co
Nwj
Woolworth
Commonwealth Edison
Consolidated Edison
American Can
International Business Machines
Savage Arms
American Airlines
American Tobacco
Case
Libbey- Owens-Ford
Ind
Britain Tightens War Damage Insurance on Real Estate
The British war damage act requires compulsory real estate insurance with contributions starting July 1 for a five year period. The plan covers two years of war damage, with government private contributor sharing and a projected total premium near 800 million dollars. Compensation could reach about 1.6 billion, though final payments align with postwar conclusions.
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Britain
Cedar Rapids
Federal Home Loan Bank Review
Final compensation time set by national interest
The time of final compensation will be determined according to the national interest. This statement indicates a government based calculation where compensation timing aligns with overarching national priorities and policy goals.
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Gazette
Perrine to Address Cedar Rapids Retail Credit Group
Assistant County Attorney B. T. Perrine will speak on current trends in credit and their effect on people's lives at a dinner meeting of the Cedar Rapids Retail Credit Association at 6 p.m. in the Montrose Hotel.
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B. T. Perrine
Cedar Rapids Retail Credit Association
Montrose Otel
No Grumbling Over Food When A Man Is His Own Cook
Cedar Rapids men attend a downtown cooking school and prepare beef stew fruit cake angel food cake candied beans and broiled steaks. They sample their work and some jokes about kitchen drudgery. In the photo left to right seated Louis Stavenson Allen Nash standing R S Milner R J Black Dr W J Neuzil and R D Spears.
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Cedar Rapids
Louis Stavenson
Allen Nash
R. S. Milner
R. J. Black
W. J. Neuzil
R. D. Spears
Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Grain and Poultry Prices
A Cedar Rapids market list shows prices for grains, beans, poultry, fruits, vegetables, and hides. Items include Wheat No 1 at 8 cents, No 2 at 54 cents, Oats White No 2 at 35 cents, Soybeans New No 3 at $1.15, wholesale fruit prices with lemons at $4.50 and oranges at $3, and hides priced by grade.
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California
Heinz expands newspaper advertising program nationwide
Heinz announces the largest fall newspaper schedule in company history following a 33.7 percent consumer buying increase from sustained continuity tests. Maxon, Inc. completed a 15 month study in 21 newspapers showing 3 to 5 ads weekly for 13 weeks. Franklin Bell says newspapers remain vital for national advertising.
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H. J. Heinz Company
Franklin Bell
Heinz
Maxon, Inc
Detroit
Bell
Moths Also Known As Millers By Their Dusty Scales
Moths, or millers for their dusty appearance, have tiny scales that cover their wings and easily shed when touched.
Markets CHICAGO PRODUCE UPDATE
Chicago produce market summary shows no sales for turf poultry. Butter receipts 993,388 lbs with market steady and varied price scores. eggs receipts 28,120 cases with firm market and various firsts and dirties prices. cheese with Twins and Longhorns quotes. potatoes arrivals 192 with firm market on Idaho russets and other regions noting weaker tones for California lone whites washed and various washed/unwashed prices.
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Chicago
Idaho
Wheat Traders Turn Sellers As Market Falls From Peak
Wheat traders turned sellers as the market sagged nearly a cent a bushel amid uncertainty over the 1941 loan rate and parity provisions. Prices retreated from earlier 12 month highs with May wheat at 99 1/4, July 97 3/4 to 97 3/4, corn and oats down, soybeans slightly up, rye near unchanged.
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Coresie (Ap
Winnipeg Market Report May and July grain prices and lard
Market notes show CHEAT OVEN high low and close for May and July with prices like May 76 July 76. Chicago cash grain prices list WHEAT No 2 red No 1 yellow No 2 mixed and OATS values, along with malting prices for barley and feed. Cash lard and bellies quoted with standard market figures.
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Winnipeg
Chicago
API
CORR
Residence Building Gains In Four-State Area In April
Four state area contracts rose in April with total value at 38.212 million, up from 32.756 million last year. Residential building led with 21.729 million, up from 14.323 million, while nonresidential fell to 16.483 million from 18.433 million.
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Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Wisconsin
T. O. Morgan
Chicago
Dodge Reports
Daily Construction News Service
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Dodge
Chicago Livestock Market Report Highlights Mixed Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Hog receipts near 500 with steady tone but limited good hogs, top at 9.20 though averages hover near 9.00. Cattle receipts 300 with yearlings and light steers firmer, top steer figures around 12.75 to 14.50 for prime. cows cited around 9.00 to 11.25. Sheep receipts 1,000 for week, fat lambs 10.85 to 12.00 in yards, native springs scarce, shorn ewes down to 5.00.
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Chicago
Best Iicht
California
Futures and Dairy Prices Reported by Lamson Bros
Futures and butter storage standards are listed with November price 36.20 and eggs refrigerator standards show May 25.00 and October 26.60. Lamson Bros and Co. furnishes the data.
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Lamson Bros. and Co
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Rae
Lamson Brothers and Company
H. R. Mowrey
Merchants National Bank
Heinz Co
Way
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Federal Discount Corp
A. G. Heim
Roosevelt
E. Cohn & Sons, Inc
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