Cooler Weather Boosts Retail Trade Across Nation
Cooler weather spurred stronger shopping in many regions as 34 city surveys show retail volume well above last year and near-term promotions lifting demand. The week ending Aug. 29 posted gains in freight carloadings and overall industrial activity, though auto and steel output lagged with drought effects and shift in production.
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Department of Commerce
Associated Press
Chevrolet Motor Car Co
Cramp
Association of American Railroads
American Iron & Steel Institute
Chicago
Federal Reserve
New York
Cleveland
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Nsas City
Iowa Securities Bid Asked Rates Reported
Market notes show mixed quotes across securities including 7 percent preferred 2 percent preferred and 3 percent preferred at various bid and ask levels. Traders record prices such as 83 84 and 74 74 and reference several percent preferred listings.
Low priced rail bonds in demand on steady market
The New York market showed strong demand for low priced railroad bonds with many issues near or at year highs. The Associated Press average for twenty carriers rose to 95.1, while government bonds traded light and mostly down. Transfers totaled 5.912 million dollars as traders seek names benefiting from rising carloadings and passenger traffic.
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New York
Associated Press
U. S
Treasury
Building And Loan Investors Get 645 Millions Returned
The United States building and loan league reported that savings, building and loan associations returned 645 million dollars to investors in the first half of 1936. The disbursements were distributed among about 8 million investors, including 300 million from completed savings programs, 175 million from maturities, 120 million in dividends, and 50 million in cash loans. Morton Bodfish noted growth in earnings and that the current period shows the largest savers group since 1930.
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Chicago
United States Building and Loan League
Morton Rodfish
League
Bodfish
Iowa Farm Debt Advisory Council Reelected in Reorganizing Meeting
The Iowa Farm Debt Advisory Council met in Des Moines at the statehouse for an annual reorganization. It planned special focus on farm debt policy for the year and ordered immediate data gathering on farm income in drought areas, with a committee named including Scott Ellis, A. J. Johnson, and R. K. (last name truncated).
Local hog prices hold steady on regional markets
Hogs remain steady on local markets with no grade changes and top price held at 11 dollars. Local grain prices edge up slightly while other nearby markets report steady activity.
Calf Sheep and Cattle Market Report
Market prices for cattle include choice steers 1100 lbs up at 7.75 to 8.00. 1000-1100 lb steers around 7.50 to 7.75. Yearling steers 900-1000 lbs at about 6.50 to 7.75. Heifers ranged from 5.50 to 7.50 for various weights. Canners and cutters around 3.25 to 3.50. bulls near 6.60. Lambs and sheep noted with weight cuts and price adjustments.
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Wilson & CO
Wilson's
Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Market Prices
Grain and produce prices list in Cedar Rapids shows wheat at 1.00 per bushel, oats 0.41, rye 0.95, corn and soybeans around 1.10, hay straw 6.00, hens 0.12 to 0.16, and various fruits vegetables and meats with multiple price points for lot sizes and grades. The entry includes wholesale fruit and vegetable terms and notes for No 2 poultry and several cured meats with assorted price quotes.
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Deere
California
Solar powered sun engine and robotic stenographers discussed at world power conference
Washington (UP) delegates at the third world power conference examined two advances, a steam engine run by sunlight and a perfect secretary robot. Dr C G Abbot of the Smithsonian described a solar heat engine using three metal sheets and glass tubes to produce steam. A five day session opens Monday with Secretary Hull delivering the welcome address.
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Washington
Sunlight
Dr. Abbot
C. G. Abbot
Smithsonian Institution
New England
Tennessee Valley
Cordell Hull
United States
Stocks in Brisk Recovery on Saturday
New York reports a brisk stock market recovery led by rails with many issues posting gains. The Associated Press 60-stock average rose 0.4 to 68.6 as turnover reached 715 880 shares, highest Saturday total since Aug 8, with several names and sectors advancing amid mixed automaker activity.
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New York
Rails
Associated Press
Motors
Birmingham
Ala
Tennessee Valley Authority
N. Y. Central
Baltimore and Ohio
Delaware and Hudson
Santa Fe
Baldwin Locomotive Preferred
Crown Cork
Macy
Sears Roebuck
Reo
Packard
Chrysler
Paramount
General Baking
Standard Gas Preferred
Bethlehem
General Motors
American Telephone
du Pont
Shattuck
Wool Market Slows in Boston Trade
Activity in the Boston wool market slackened last week with prices on greasy combing domestics mostly steady to firm. Demand concentrated on finer territory and fleece wools, as Ohio fleeces were quoted in the 35 38 cent grease range for various grades, including fine delaine and combing staples.
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Boston
U. S. Dept. Agriculture
Ohio
Principles of play in bridge and risk management
A reflection likening bridge strategy to prudent business practice. The article discusses defensive play, insurance against bad breaks, and a sample hand illustrating careful planning. It covers bid sequencing, keeping control of suits, and a heart squeeze ending in seven tricks.
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South
West
Declarer
Dummy
East
Health Editor's Note Opens Fall Series by Linn County Medical Society
The first article in the fall series by Linn County Medical Society members debuts, with new monthly installments published on the first Sunday of each month.
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Artican Health
Linn County Edical Society
Acute Appendicitis A Silent Yet Treacherous Threat
Medical guidance outlines how appendicitis can strike any age and progress from sudden abdominal pain to vomiting fever and right lower quadrant pain. It warns that laxatives or cathartics can trigger rupture and peritonitis, and advises seeking a physician promptly with no oral intake.
September Corn Leads Grains In Saturday Gains
Grain futures in Chicago closed with fractional gains as September corn led the rise amid bullish foreign and domestic factors. Wheat rose 4 1/4 cents, rye up 4, barley up 0 1/2 cent. Liverpool and Winnipeg also advanced. Corn extended the prior day’s gains at the open but weakened later as South American cables fell after Argentina denied a price increase, with showers reported across the corn belt and rain in prospect for the week.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Liverpool
Winnipeg
Carnegie-Illinois Steel raises price on many products by $2 a ton
Pittsburgh reports Carnegie-Illinois Steel, a principal U S Steel subsidiary, boosted prices by $2 per ton on semi finished shapes and hot rolled annealed sheets starting soon. Other products kept unchanged. Independent mills like Jones and Laughlin did not follow yet.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
United States Steel Corporation
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Carnegie-Illinois
Long term credits alarm car makers as credit terms stretch
Detroit based Universal Service Auto reports industry concern over 18 to 24 month long term credits. Dealers largely favor the present plan, citing low repossessions and rising sales, while executives warn of possible abuse and future slumps if terms remain too liberal.
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Detroit
Foreign exchange rates and demands in cents listed
AP report from York presents foreign exchange demands in cents for numerous countries and cities. Rates cover Great Britain France Italy Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Portugal Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Jugoslavia Austria Hungary Argentina Brazil Tokyo Shanghai Hong Kong Mexico City Montreal and New York exchanges with nominal quotes and parity notes.
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Britain
Prance
Italy
Bel
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Switzerland
Spain
Portugal
Greece
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Jugoslavia
Austria
Hungary
Brazil
Tokic
Shanghai
Hongkong
Mexico City
Montreal
New York
Montr
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Crown Point
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Iowa Farm Debt Advisory Council
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Cedar Rapids
Green Horse
Leon
The
Jave
Sunlight 10
World Power Conference
Josephine Culbertson
North
Oki
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South West North East
Inne
Roosevelt
W. T. Sands
Second St. NE
Dial
Sanford
U. S. Steel
Save Wite Life Insurance
Leo G
Uid
Mutual Life CE CO
Mer
Oldest Life Insurance Co
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H. G. Walesby
Universal Service Auto Editor
ABC
Dickinson Secretarial School
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank
Mile Whipple Agency
American Trust
Cedar Rapids Clearing House Association
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