Return of 20 000 Older Workers to Jobs Accelerates
20 000 men over 65 have left federal retirement lists to work again, with 4 000 doing so in September alone. Arthur J. Altmeyer of the Social Security Board notes the trend aids the postwar economy, pointing to the need for social rather than individual or corporate plans.
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Arthur J. Altmeyer
Social Security Board
Wyesenet
INS
Altmeyer
Alttmeyer
Congress
Bank Clearings Lead for Cedar Rapids Week
Bank clearings in Cedar Rapids for the week ending November 8 reached 1 712 236 90 dollars, marking the twenty seventh consecutive week of gains over the same week a year earlier. The year ago figure for the week ending November 9 was 1 571 048 75 dollars. The week ending November 1 this year totaled 1 511 895 52 dollars.
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Cedar Rapids
Clearing House
Grain Market Slips On Profit Taking And Weather
Chicago wheat ease 1 to 1% cents as weekend profit taking and crop outlook shift dampened gains since last Saturday. Corn and rye decline, soybeans variably lower with tight trading limits set by the Wickard administration. Officials cite improving weather for harvest and push to curb price swings in futures markets.
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Chicago
Lamson Brothers and Company
Ilinois
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
Board of Trade Directors
Chicago Produce Markets Report
Chicago AP notes butter receipts at 594 188 firm with creamery grades up to 93. eggs receipts 3385 firm and unchanged. potatoes arrivals 157 on track with U S shipments 668. Idaho russets demand moderate. U S No 2 market slightly stronger. No 1 steady. Cobblers and other varieties light to steady. specific prices listed for Idaho russet Burbanks Nebraska Bliss Triumphs Colorado red McClures Minnesota North Dakota Bliss Triumphs cobblers Early Ohios Wisconsin Katahdins and rural varieties.
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Chicago
U. S
Idaho
Nebraska
Colorado
Minnesota
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Market Snaps: Futures Quotes for Butter and Eggs
Prices shown include butter futures with November 24.85, December 43.90, January 45.00. Egg futures list refrigerator standards for November 32.25, December 31.80, January 31.85, 31.20.
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Lamson Bros. and Co
Russians Build Vast 5.7 Million Sq Mile Bombproof Shelter Behind Urals
D. J. Dallin reports on a hidden Soviet war complex behind the Ural mountains. He describes giant industrial plants, oil and metal production, and a plan to move tanks guns and aircraft to defend Moscow and advance fronts. The piece notes Kuibyshev on the Volga as a staging area and cites the 5,700,000 square miles of defended territory as a potential last line if Moscow falls.
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D. J. Dallin
Gazette
New York
Ural Mountains
Russia
Germany
Kuibyshev
Volga River
Moscow
Barents Sea
Caspian Sea
Volga
Hitler
Ukraine
U.S.A
Urals
Asia
Siberia
Red Army
trans-Ural
Chicago Grain Quotations Reported by Lamson Brothers
Lamson Brothers and company provide Chicago grain quotations. H R Mowrey serves as Cedar Rapids office manager at 503 Merchants National Bank building, Cedar Rapids.
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Chicago
Lamson Brothers and Company
H. R. Mowrey
Cedar Rapids
Merchants National Bank
Livestock Market Ends Week Steady After Downtrends
CHICAGO AP Steady prices closed a week of irregular downturns as receipts rose across divisions. Hogs scarce with 300 on sale. top at 10.50 per hundredweight, avg 10.35 versus 6.28 a year earlier. Cattle 200, sheep 3,500. heavier cattle steadier, lighter steers down 25 to 60 cents, yearlings steady to strong. fat native lambs 25 to 35 lower.
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Chicago
Wall Street Hears Rail Strike Threat Amid Mixed News
The market closed Saturday mixed as war news improved slightly but a potential general railway strike set for December 5 loomed. Taxes, federal regulation, and tax selling added pressure while the AP average slipped 0.1 to 40.3 for the day and down 0.2 for the week. Trading totaled 288,780 shares.
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New York
Associated Press
Glen Alden Coal
United Light Preferred
Aluminum of America
American Gas
International Petroleum
New Car Registrations Echo 1936 Levels in October
October registrations in Linn County show 148 new cars and 28 new trucks, rising from September dips. The October totals match October 1936 figures with 148 cars and 26 trucks, while truck sales trend lower.
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Linn County
Linn County Abstract Company
Vehicle Registrations Report for October 1939
In October 1939, 184 new cars and 23 new trucks were registered. Earlier in the year the corresponding month saw 252 new cars and 36 new trucks registered.
Broader Tax Laws to Boost Revenues Now Seem Assured
Treasury hints point to a 15 percent income tax on amounts above exemptions as a path to fund defense and curb inflation. House Ways and Means Committee favors study of broader revenue laws, with possible payroll or surtax changes. Analysts expect higher government revenue in 1942, amid labor tensions and ongoing price shifts.
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Treasury
York
the Gazette Special News Service
House
Ways and Means
Congress
Wall Street
Six Year Mortgage Record Set In Linn County
In October Linn County recorded 205 mortgages totaling $994,086.01 the highest October total in six years. The month also saw 288 conveyances, second only to 1940, with last year showing 190 mortgages totaling $506,750.28.
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Linn County
Linn County Abstract Company
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