Government Pushes War Production to New Peak in 1943
Government moves to maximize production early in 1943. War Production Board chief Nelson cites 350 percent rise since Pearl Harbor, while President Roosevelt says progress is only halfway to maximum output. Wil son becomes WPB vice chairman to run production and rubber czar Jeffers leads the rubber program as taxes and anti inflation measures loom.
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Roosevelt
Donald Nelson
Nelson
War Production Board
Pearl Harbor
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric Company
WPB
William M. Jeffers
Union Pacific Railroad
Donald M Nelson
Cedar Rapids Retail Credit Meet Returns at Roosevelt
Dinner meetings resumed Monday at 6 p.m. at the Roosevelt hotel. The Cedar Rapids Retail Credit Association will host a general discussion on Controlling Credit Under Regulation W.
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Cedar Rapids
Sioux City Livestock Prices from AP Market Report
U S Department of Agriculture report for Sioux City shows cattle receipts 300 with varied prices: bulk fed steers and yearlings $12.75 to $14.50, choice $15.25 to $15.50, cows and stockers $9.00 to $10.00, hogs receipts 600 with steady market, 280 to 300 lb butchers $14.25 to $14.30, sows $14.15 to $14.25, sheep receipts 600 with fat lambs 15.35 to 15.75, native spring lambs $13.50 to $13.75, slaughter ewes steady at $4.25 to $4.50, feeder lambs $12.75 to $13.00.
Austin Hog Market Report Details Prices by Weight
Austin Minnesota market listing shows hog prices by weight class with ranges from 100 to 500 pounds and various round figures. Pricing values include multipliers and decimals for each weight bracket and packing sow categories.
Hog Prices Up Cattle and Spring Lambs Take Drop
CHICAGO AP reports mixed livestock trading as hog prices rise while cattle and spring lambs soften. Week saw 810 salable hogs and 5,000 direct, with top hog at $14.60 per cwt and week average $14.30. cattle to $16.65, spring lambs down 15 to 25 cents, yearlings up 25.
Cedar Rapids Bank Clearings Slip From 1941 Levels
National bank clearings rose overall for the week ending September 16 while Cedar Rapids posted 1,594,491.58 against 1,611,622.49 a year earlier. The 28-city total was the year’s third high, with Chicago down 2.7 percent and Omaha Portland Kansas City Cincinnati Juanta and Seattle showing notable gains. The prior week reached 1,475,891.49 in Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Dun and Bradstreet, Inc
Chicago
Markets report on New York produce and live poultry prices
New York markets show very steady dressed fowl with prices for spring hens toms and fresh feed boxes across multiple grades. Live poultry firm with various grades and regional offerings including Delaware Maryland North Carolina seed bbls and cheeses for current makes and western daisies.
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Virginia
Far Western
Delaware
Maryland
North Carolina
Long Island
Bae
Wisconsin
Chicago produce market reports mixed with price listings
Butter receipts total 507.484 pounds with firm market and varied scores. Egg receipts 11 076 cases with steady market and price currents. Cheese prices listed for Twins longhorns daisies and Triumphs. Potatoes arrivals 44 on track 145 and shipments 647 with light supplies and slow demand. Wisconsin Idaho Minnesota North Dakota price points shown for various potato types.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Idaho
Futures Prices for Butter and Eggs from Samson Bros
Furnished by Samson Bros and Co shows butter standards for November and January prices with a value around 942.85 and eggs retriserator standards for October through December with values 35.40 35.55 and 38.50 respectively.
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Samson Bros. and Co
Fur Drive Brings Warmth to Seamen in War Effort
Cedar Rapids and other towns join the fur west project to ship old fur garments to Allied seamen. Killian Company reports over 50 pieces collected this week with coats valued at hundreds of dollars. stores Schoen and Hughes also participate, collecting muskrat, raccoon, lamb, Hudson seal, broadtail, leopard, and Lapin furs for wartime warmth.
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Cedar Rapids
Archangel
Aleutian Islands
Iceland
Fir West Project
Fur West Project
New York
Killian Company
Schoen
Hughes Feminine Apparel Shop
Killian
Russian fur vests sent for free cleaning and distribution
Russian calf fur red and silver fox mink and one Angorra goat rug will be cleaned by firms at no charge after reaching Ce dar Rapids then transformed into fur vests. Fur handlers supply equipment and organized labor provides skill free. The United States Coast Guard National Maritime Union National Seafarer's Union Seaman's Church Institute and War Emergency Board aid endorse and direct the project. Vests will be allocated by vessel rather than issued to individuals ensuring sailors get appropriate protection depending on destination.
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New York
Tropics
Iceland
U. S. Coast Guard
National Maritime Union
National Seafarer’s Union
Seaman's Church Institute
War Emergency Board of the
Fur Industry
Wheat and Corn Prices Advance A Cent a Bushel
Chicago traders watched wheat and corn rise about a cent a bushel as banking committees signaled approval of higher federal loan parity from 85 to 90 percent. Rye remained weak and oats edged up slightly while soybeans fell.
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Chicago
INS
Chicago Board of Trade
Senate
House Banking Committees
Chicago cash prices for grains and lard reported
Cash wheat and corn prices listed with no sales reported. No. 1 yellow 84 12 85c, No. 2 84 4a18Sc, No. 3 84c, No. 4 83 47 84c. Oats No. 2 white 51 4 c, barley prices 82c to 1.00 nominal, field seed unchanged. Cash lard quoted at 12.90 Joose 11.00, belies 15.75.
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Chicago
Chicago Livestock Prices Drive Week Totals and Averages
Hog receipts 800 with top quotable 14.60, prices up for butchers and sows. cattle receipts 200, fat cattle down with steers and yearlings easing 26 to 50 cents, top steers at 16.65, yearlings 16.15, fed heifers 15.25, cows and vealers varied. Lambs mixed as week totals point to a market shift with northern fed lambs at 12.50 and top natives 14.68 in parts.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
UPI
Saturday's Chicago Grain Quotations
Lamson Brothers and company provide grain quotations for Chicago markets. H R Mowrey is manager, Cedar Rapids office located at 503 Merchants National Bank building.
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Chicago
Lamson Brothers and Company
H. R. Mowrey
Cedar Rapids
Merchants National Bank
Stocks And Bonds Of Interest In Eastern Iowa
Quotations furnished by National Association of Securities Dealers Inc indicate approximate prices and may not reflect actual transactions or firm bids or offers. Data covers eastern Iowa markets and is not guaranteed.
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Iowa
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Cedar Rapids Miscellanieous Market Prices and Hides Listing
Market items include grains and feeds with No 1 and No 2 grades, hay and straw prices, poultry prices for Springs Leghorns hens and ducks, wholesale fruits vegetables including celery and lemons, and hides with prices for No 1 and No 2 cured hides, calves and horses. Pony and glue pricing noted.
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Springs
Michigan
Colorado
Iowa Hog Receipts Reach Fresh 24 900 Head This Week
U S Department figures show combined hog receipts at 19 Iowa yards and 11 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ended Saturday at 24 900. Compared with 22 500 last week and 17 700 a year ago. Prices varied by weight with loads near 28 000 week ago and steady to slightly higher on heavy butchers and sows.
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Iowa
DES Moinesins
U. S Dept. Agricultures
Minnesota
Profit Taking Triggers Slight Saturday Stock Dip
The New York market drifted lower on light profit taking after Friday's rally. Industrial leaders fell about a half point while many stocks barely moved. Volume reached 178,480 shares, the largest Saturday total since Aug 22 with some gains in General Electric and Procter and Gamble among a few. Bonds remained quiet as a few speculative rails advanced.
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Bethlehem
U. S Steel
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American Can
Allied Chemical
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Kennecott
International Nickel
Woolworth
General Electric
Consolidated Edison
Public Service of New Jersey
Union Pacific
Standard Oil of New Jersey
Procter and Gamble
Pepsi- Cola
Linn County Real Estate Conveyances and Mortgages Report
Conveyances and mortgages recorded in Linn county for Sept 11 to Sept 17 show 80 conveyances and 33 mortgages. The total mortgages aggregated 72 649 85 dollars, down from 92 650 00 dollars the same week last year.
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Linn County
Linn County Abstract Company
Omaha Livestock Market Report for Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Salable hog receipts near 100 with prices mostly steady 190 to 250 lb butchers at 14.00 to 14.35 and sows around 14.10 to 14.15. hogs and gilts unevenly higher on some lots. Cattle receipts about 600 calves. slaughter steers down 25 cents with high choice fat steers around 15.35. cows and bulls steady to mixed. stocker and feeder steers 11.75 to 14.30. yearling cattle up to 14.00 to 14.50. Sheep receipts 600 with spring lambs strong to 10 cents higher. native spring lambs 13.75 to 14.35. feeding lambs 12.50 to 13.00. ewes 5.50 to 5.00 with various pelts noted.
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Eae Coenee
Iowa
The
Associated Press
Good Butchers
Mason C
Waterloo Ottumas
Omaha
API
U 8 Dept Agriculture
Two Questions Arise from Rubber Czar's Appointment
Merryle Stanley Ru_keyser argues two main issues about Bill Jeffers’s rubber administrator role. He questions if Jeffers can be spared from Union Pacific wartime duties and whether his post should replace Eastman as transportation coordinator.
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Jeffers
Nyone
Bill Jeffers
Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
Joseph B. Eastman
Eastman
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