Forward Buying Shapes Wartime Department Store Tactics
Merryle Rugeyser analyzes how wartime supply limits and income gains alter dept store sales on the West Coast. Forward buying and anticipation of shortages drive irregular demand for durable goods and infant wear, while stores plan to shrink departments and rent space to war industries to manage lean inventories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Coast
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Haldan S. Fisher
San Francisco
Better Business Bureaus
Real Estate And Mortgage Reports From Linn County Week Of Oct 9 15
Conveyances total 44 and mortgages 27 were recorded in Linn County for the week of October 9 to 15, per Linn County Abstract Company. Mortgage aggregate was $46,950, compared with 56 conveyances and 46 mortgages last year totaling $86,974.47.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Linn County Abstract Company
Omaha Livestock Report Mixed Trade Across Cattle Sheep
Receipts for cattle and hogs at Omaha show varied trade with firmer prices for good and choice slaughter steers and heifers, steady to higher cows and bulls, and slow finish for stockers. Barrows, sows, and gilts fetch mixed prices near week-ago levels while lambs and yearlings move with modest gains and ranges.
Iowa Hog Receipts Report Steady Trade Across Iowa-York Area
U S Department of Agriculture reports combined hog receipts at 19 concentration yards and 11 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ending 8 a m Saturday. Receipts total 24 100, down from 26 200 last week and 23 700 a year ago with a generally steady market and occasional 10 cent moves. Prices listed for barrows and gilts range from 13 10 to 14 30 for various weight classes and sow prices span 13 00 to 14 25 for different weights.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Slump in Hogs Halted Prices Finish Steady
Chicago AP report notes livestock prices steadied after a week of declines as hogs held after a $1 per cwt drop. Top hog price was $1.75, $0.05 below Friday and $1 under last week’s peak. Weekly receipts included 800 cattle, 100 calves, 1,500 sheep, and 4,500 direct hogs. Fed steers and yearlings rose 25–40 cents, fat lambs about $1.
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Chicago
Railroad Cars Must Be Filled Starting Nov 1
Effective Nov 1 shippers must load cars to marked capacity to conserve cars under an Office of Defense Transportation order. Harry F. Sundberg of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce says the order will apply to package freight in closed or open cars with exceptions for hazards damage injury or impairment of refrigeration or ventilation.
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Office of Defense Transportation
Harry F. Sundberg
Traffic Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Local Building Permits Reported for Last Week
A list of home and business projects approved last week includes reroofs remodels and new garages. Names such as Robert E Pollock Fred Safely LeRoy Thomas M P Mally Art Robertson Anna Marie De Castello and many others itemize addresses and permit values ranging from forty to four hundred dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Pollock
Nineteenth Avenue
Fred A. Safely
B Avenue
LeRoy Thomas
Third Street
M. P. Mally
Fourth Street
Art Robertson
H Street
Anna Marie de Castello
Ralph E. Hepker
C Avenue
T. J. Ure
Highland Drive
R. C. White
Thirty-fifth Street Drive
Rudy Stary
Tenth Street
Louis Kelsey
Sixteenth Avenue
John Huss
Fourteenth Avenue
Everett Burk
Lighth Avenue
N. D. Smith
F Avenue
G. S. Hahn
Second Avenue SE
R. F. Kettler
Seventh Street
Paul Lebeda
Eighteenth Avenue
Grant Collins
First Avenue
Walter Roth
Park Terrace
Darrell S. Rawson
Sixteenth Street
Lamir Kaplan
C Street
H .E. Hanson
Twelfth Street
Abdo Rossey
E Avenue
W. A. Robertson
First Avenue NW
John Takach
L Avenue
Albert Miller
W. R. Haynes
Austin I10G Market Good Butcher Pricing
Minn API Good butchers lists prices by weight for cattle cuts in a disrupted Austin I10G Market listing. Prices range from 12.90 per 100 pounds to 14.10 for larger lots with multiple weight brackets from 160 to 500 pounds.
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Austin
Minn
Apprenticeship System Established by Cedar Rapids Firm
Universal Engineering in Cedar Rapids launches the citys first formal machinist apprenticeship program. Twelve youths sign indentures for a four year plan totaling 8000 hours of training, with staged raises to journeyman pay. Participants attend 144 annual hours of related classes and receive a certificate and recommendation at completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Dougherty
Universal Engineering Corporation
Cedar Rapids
Iowa State
Department of Vocational Education
Rep
Fitzgerald
Thurston
Universal Engineering Company
Harvey Hillmer
War Manpower Commission
Bank Clearings Edge Up In Cedar Rapids Week
Cedar Rapids bank clearings for the week ending Oct 17 totaled 1 786 011 32 up from 1 647 683 90 the previous year and higher than the prior week this year. National totals for 23 leading cities rose 3.4 percent to 6 293 195 000 with gains in Omaha Portland New Orleans St Louis and Kansas City and declines in Boston Chicago and Cleveland.
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Cedar Rapids
United States
Dun and Bradstreet, Inc
Omaha
Portland
New Orleans
St. Louis
Kansas City
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
New York Produce Markets Summary
New York market reports show steady prices for dressed poultry including young hens and toms with various regional quotes for Virginia Delaware Maryland North Carolina and New York Vermont. Live poultry, ducks, rabbits, fowls and pigeons prices are listed with ranges, while Chicago production notes cover butters eggs and cheese. Produce futures list butter eggs and refrigerator standards with November and December readings.
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New York
Delaware
Maryland
North Carolina
Vermont
Long Island
Stromn
Wisconsin
Lamson Bros and Co
Chicago Livestock Prices and Weekly Receipts
Hogs receipts 500. top 1475, weekly decline 25 cents, prices 14.80 to 15.35 per cwt. Cattle receipts 800 calves 100. steers and yearlings active with upturn in prices, top 1700 for choice loads, 1 040 lb yearlings 1675, long yearlings 1640 at 16.90, fed heifers 13.75 to 15.50, top 16.00. vealers 15.50. Sheep receipts 1500. fat lambs up about 1.00, best yearlings 32.50, Colorado natives 14.75, slaughter ewes 5.75 and up.
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Omana Livestock
Omaha
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Bsnge
Grain Market Rallies After Sinking Spell
CHICAGO AP grain prices rallied after a session-wide dip to close with fractional gains. Wheat finished mostly unchanged to up fractions, oats and rye rose modestly, soybeans edged higher, and cash grain prices showed varied moves across cereals and field seeds.
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Chicago
Local Hog Prices Steady on Cedar Rapids Market
Hog prices held steady with top butchers at 14.20, long haul 14.30, and packers 14.10. The report lists prices for hogs by weight and class, plus cattle and lamb lots with varying grades and Ibs ranges reflecting steady active market conditions.
Sioux City Livestock Market Summary
Salable receipts cattle 1000 calves 225 market up to 25 cents higher for beef steers and butcher lines. hogs 200 receipts steady to 10 cents lower. sheep 1200 receipts market mixed with fat lambs and feeding lambs showing slight declines while yearling breeders bid up to 1000 dollars.
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Sioux City
Dent Agriculture
Grain Quotations From Chicago Reported by Lamson Bros
Lamson Brothers provides Chicago grain quotations with H R Mowrey overseeing the Cedar Rapids office at 503 Merchants National Bank building. The notice lists phone contact 2 3141 for more details.
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Chicago
Lamson Brothers and Company
H R. Mowrey
Cedar Rapids
Merchants National Bank
Manpower Control Problem Now Lies Directly Ahead
The piece surveys wartime strains as Baruch calls for a strong rubber program and Congress acts on gasoline rationing and rent and farm price stabilization. It notes debates on 18 and 19 year olds in the army, looming manpower limits, and rapid shifts in policy from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baruch Committee
Congress
Washington
York
Wide World
Bernard Baruch
Roosevelt
Tne Souths
House
M Litars Affairs
Wall
Feather Bichen Somervell
Envy
senate + smal business committee
Promema
Strematis
Stock Market Finishes with Uneven Trends
New York AP stock market summary shows uneven finishes after a rare losing week. The Dow Jones average slipped slightly with mixed weekly results. turnover halved from the prior week. Gulf Oil, American Cyanamid, Creole Petroleum, and Cessna led gains while American Tobacco, Sherwin Williams, Niagara, and Haden lagged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
American Cyranamid
B’' Creole Petroleun
Cessna
Gat Sherwin Williams
Niagara Haden
Stocks End Week With Modest Losses After Deep Drop
New York stocks eased on the final session of the week after a sharp pullback from new highs reached earlier. Trading slowed as investors realized profits. chemicals held up better while rails and utilities varied. General Motors announced progress on wartime inventory financing as markets expected a tax bill near completion.
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New York
Pearl Harbor
General Motors Corporation
New York Central
Central
House-Senate
Craemer’s Handkerchief Display Wins Trade Journal Notice
Drv Goods Journal’s October feature highlights Craemer’s holiday window display. Fred Long notes saleswomen shared the story as expensive handkerchiefs were shown under magnifying glasses. Items from France to America arrived by sea and air. The promotion spurred $25 handkerchief sales and several purchases around $75, plus many lower priced gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craemer
Drv Goods Journal
Fred Long
France
Madeira
Ireland
Switzerland
Puerto Rico
China
America
Markets At A Glance In Quiet Trade
Markets show irregular activity as stocks wobble in light trading. Bonds edge higher while rails remain firm. Curb stocks creep up unevenly with Chicago markets easing. Cotton holds steady as wheat and corn run mixed.
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Chicago
Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Market Listing Grain Fruits and Hides
Grain and farm products prices include No 2 yellow corn 680 per bushel No 2 soybeans 1.60 per bushel. Fruits and vegetables feature Colorado celery 1.20 a dozen lemons 7 cents each Oranges 10 25. Potatoes 2 45. Hides listed by grade No 1 cured hides 12 cents No 2 hides 11 cents. Live animals show ducks 14 cents per pound and ponies at half price.
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McChuire
Tide Markets
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Merryle Stanley Rukeyser
International News Service
Real Estate and Mortgage Reports
C.R
WMC
H.fef. Rikhoff
George Eichhorn
Cedar Rapids Corporation
Bureau
Department of Labor
William J. Fitzgerald
D-Conn
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Hkrutter
Colorado
Minnesota
North Dakota
Red River Valley
Bliss Triumphs
Bliss
National Association of Securities Dealers Inc
Central States
Elec
Lee Co
Cherry Burrell Co
Honesmead Products
Flec Co
Aes
Tas
Serimpr
Town Southern Tillities
Penick & & Ford Trd Inc
Quaker Units Co
Quaker Co
Rath Packing Co
Rath Parking Co
Unite & Ree Co
United
Tt & Rys Co
Lt & Rys Co
United Lt & Rye Co
Wilson Wilson & Co & Co
Watson Co
Western Grocer
Wesern Union
Sioux City Livestock
James Marlow and
George Zielke
The
Good Butchers
Mason C
Waterloo
Ottumwe
Ssanford's
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