Industry Awaits Decisive Result In Defense Strikes
Industry leaders push for a clear outcome on defense strikes as the United Mine Workers union backs Roosevelt’s plan to return to work and take the dispute to arbitration. Coal and steel plants face shutdowns, threatening defense production with scarce fuel and reduced shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers Union Policy Committee
Roosevelt
York
the Gazette Special News Service
Omer
Carnegie-Ilinois Steel Corporation
U.S. Steel
Pittsburgh
Futures Prices Reported for Butter and EGOS Refrigerators
Market notes list futures for butter storage standards with November December and January prices. Butter futures show 34.00 for December and 34.10 for February, with incomplete December values. EGOS Refrigerator futures cite November 92.40 and December 32.35 and January values, though several figures are garbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamson Bros. and Co
EGOS
Grain Market Rallies With Wheat in Lead
Chicago reports a Saturday grain rally led by wheat with gains up to 42 cents as soybean prices opened lower. Weather forecasts for precipitation and cold spells boosted buying while government export plans aided wheat. Illinois harvest progress noted with Baldwin Elevator reporting half of beans harvested. daily receipts 113 bean cars and 196 corn cars.
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Chicago
Commodity Credit Corporation
Baldwin Elevator Company
Decatur
Ill
Illinois
Winnipeg Market Report Price Actions and Grain Quotes
Chicago cash wheat finds no sales with No 2 yellow around 73 14 cents. No 3 yellow 67 70 4 cents, No 4 yellow 57 1/4 cents. Soybeans mostly higher with No 2 yellow around 1.594, No 3 1.537 1/4, No 4 1.524. Timoth y seed around 6.25 to 76.75 per cwt. Oats and other seeds quoted. lard near 9.97 to 10.05 per cwt for loose and bellies.
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Chicago
Casi! Grain
Refinancing OKed for 500 Boxcars by Rail Line
The Interstate Commerce Commission on Saturday approved the Chicago St. Paul Minneapolis and Omaha Railway to issue 1.21 million dollars of second equipment trust certificates to finance the purchase of 500 fifty ton boxcars.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company
Chicago Livestock Prices Report Weekly Iowa? Not required
U S Department of Agriculture notes hog receipts at 400 with market steady. top hogs at 10.45 while weekly gains 15 to 30 cents. Cattle receipts 100 with weights 1 550 pounds and up reaching 11.75 to 12.40. cows and bulls rise. Sheep receipts 2,500 with native and western lambs up 50 to 60 cents and yearlings bumping to near 10 dollars.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
U. S. Dept. Agriculture
Chicago Grain Quotations From Lamson Brothers
Lamson Brothers and Company provide Chicago grain quotations with contact details for H R Mowrey manager Cedar Rapids office located at 503 Merchants National Bank building. This brief market notice lists the brokerage contact for price updates and trading inquiries.
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Chicago
Lamson Brothers and Company
H. R. Mowrey
Cedar Rapids
Merchants National Bank
Training of Gunners Is Rushed as Freighters Arm
Submarine and gunnery drills unfold at Hoffman Island as the United States moves to arm American freighters and tankers. About 750 men have been trained, with 400 ships to be armed immediately and more if needed.
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New York
North Atlantic
Lower Bay
Hoffman Island
Jersey Shore
Coney Island
U. S. Maritime Commission
Coast Guard
Uncle Sam
U. S. Navy
Bank Clearings Rise in Cedar Rapids Week
Bank clearings in Cedar Rapids for the week ending November 22 reached 1,572,312.39 dollars, surpassing the corresponding week a year earlier. The week ending November 23, 1940, totaled 1,264,812.52 dollars, with the November 15 figure at 1,543,72.87 dollars.
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Cedar Rapids
Markets Report From Chicago Produce Trade
AP dispatch from Chicago notes butter receipts 762060 with firmer Carlotta 34c. EGOs receipts 4155 steady. potatoes arrivals 73 on track 470 with heavy S shipments 378 and fair demand. Idaho russets firm to slightly stronger for best quality northern stock shows U S No 1 at 2.35 to 2.68. Minnesota North Dakota Bliss Triumphs 1.35 to 1.90. cobblers 1.35 to 1.45. Wisconsin Katahdins 1.40.
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Chicago
Dow Jones Averages and Bond Figures Report
Bond prices show modest gains with various sectors rising. Industrial and utility stocks edge higher while rail and transport shares fluctuate, reflecting mixed midday trading and slight upswings across major indices.
Canada orders 2000 Jeeps from Willys Overland
The Canadian purchasing commission ordered 2000 jeeps from Willys-Overland Motor Company of Toledo Ohio. It appeared to be the first foreign government order for jeeps, placed about a month ago based on disclosed information.
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Washington
Canadian Purchasing Commission
Willys-Overland Motor Company
Toledo
Australia Says Britain Won Africa Battle
Maj Gen. Thomas Blamey reports in Melbourne that Britain appears to have won the key battle on which the entire North African offensive depended, signaling a turning point in the campaign.
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Melbourne
Thomas Blamey
Britain
Africa
Stocks And Bonds Of Interest In Eastern Iowa
Eastern Iowa quotes show price ranges for Central States Electric Co, Iowa Electric Co, Towa Public Service, Iowa Southern Utilities, Interstate Power, and others. Notable items include Quaker Oats, Rath Packing, United Light and Railways, and Wilson & Co with varied pref and common shares. readers invited to request full list from the Gazette Financial Editor.
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Iowa
Rite the Financial Editor
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Towa
Central States
Elec
Elec Co
Cherry-Burrell Co
First Ave Holding Co
Honeymead Products Co
Towa Elec. Co
Towa Elec
Lt. & Pr
Lt & Pr
Interstate Pr Co
Towa Public Service
Iowa Public Service
Iowa So. Utilities Co
Towa So. Utilities Co
United Lt & Rys Co
Wilson & Co
Western
Western Union
Iowa Electric Light & Power Company
Iowa Electric Company
Central States Electric Company
Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Company
Capital Stock
Inter-Ocean Securities Corporation
Preferred
Common LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing Company
Woman Welder Activates Career Change at Chicago Training School
Ethel Mae Holley, 26, of Lake Geneva Wis., leaves a stenographer post to train as a welder in Chicago. She works among male students, stating three brothers in welding influenced her move. School head Erwin Greer notes she may be the first woman welder he has seen in 39 years in the business.
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Chicago
INS
Ethel Mae Holley
Lake Geneva
Wis
Erwin Greer
Ethel Mae
Labor world stock market ends week with cloud over recovery
The Associated Press average of 60 stocks was unchanged at 40 while the week shows a net advance of 3. Volume reached 364 270 shares the best Saturday total since May 10. Steel declines from mine stoppages and scrap shortages threaten mill operations as pessimism grows over a carrier wage dispute settlement.
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N« York (Ap
Associated Press
Po One Tepec Aluminum
Areca
American Cyanamid
Bell Areiath Colt's Patent Fire Arms
American Tanks Rated Superior to European Models in Desert War
By United Press experts say American light and 28 ton tanks outperform European designs in Libyan desert fighting. The light 13 ton model from Cat and Foundry Berwick features a 37 mm turret cannon and multiple machine guns. the 28 ton Chrysler arsenal unit at Detroit, with LO and two submachine guns, carries a 37 mm cannon and twin machine guns, plus two 30 caliber guns and two submachine guns. Both use two way radio and desert adaptations.
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United Press
Europe
Cat and Foundry Company
Berwick
Chrysler Tank Arsenal
Detroit
American Locomotive Company
Survey Finds Wrline Passengers Travel Short Distances
A recent survey shows half of wrline passengers travel under 250 miles. The pattern indicates most riders use the service for short trips within close regional ranges.
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Wrline
Nazis Claim RAF Losses Numbered 1792 in Five Months
Berlin authorities announced that Britain's RAF lost 1792 planes between June 22 and November 29. They cited 85 raids against the Reich and Axis forces in North Africa and occupancy of western territories.
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Berlin
INL
Gerran
Britain
RAF
English Channel
Gerrany
North Africa
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Harbor Isle
Jack Devlin
Gazette
McCoy
Newark Harbor
E. T. Piner
DOW Jones
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Canada
E. Cohn & Sons
The
Maryland
Mass
New England
Nor Am
of the Central States Electric Co
Iowa Electric Co
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
United Light and By. Co
A. G. Heim
Roosevelt Hotel
Bernard S. O'Hara
9Th Ave
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E. Cohn & Sons, Inc
Heer Fulton Lewis, Jr
WMT
Scott McIntyre & Co
Bank
DIAL
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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