War Orders Piling Up On Already Well Filled Books
War orders piled up this week on already busy books of business and industry. Inflation threats lingered as Congress wrestled with an economic controls bill and production stayed high with more workers employed and profits growing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Fiske
New York
Congress
Associated Press
Department of Agriculture
Lincoln-Mercury
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Gulf Oil Corporation
Port Arthur
Texas
Columbia Steel Company
United States Steel
Pittsburg
Calif
Reo Motors
Lansing
Mich
Timken Roller Bearing Co
Canton
Ohio
Iron Age
Steel Magazine
New York Stock Exchange
Intangibles Said to Fuel Labor Strikes in Vancouver
Dr J C Hewson, industrial psychologist, told the Engineering Institute of Canada in Vancouver that wages and hours are not the real cause of disputes. He argued the basic needs of workers are intangible and include affection belonging recognition independence social approval self respect and variety with occasional excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
J. C. Hewson
Engineering Institute of Canada
Hewson
Retail rush to buy wanes as war jitters linger
Scare buying cools nationwide after six weeks of wartime urgency. Merchants report lower postwar sales and rising prices, with reorders up to prevent stockouts while consumer incomes and demand remain uncertain amid government controls and supply disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Dawson
New York
Federal Reserve Board
Securities Bid and Asked Prices August 3 1950
National Association of Securities Dealers unofficial quotations list bids and asks for various securities as of August 3 1950. The grid shows numerous corporations and bond issues with bid and asked values, reflecting approximate market ranges rather than actual trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc
Acme Alu. Alloys
Alabama Great South Ry
Alabama Mills
American Enka Corp
American Marietta Co
American Trust Co
Amer Yarn & Proc Co
Amer Yarn & Pro
Blue Ridge Ins Co
Shelby
Buffalo Eclipse Corp
Butler's, Inc
Butler’s, Inc
Cannon Mills
Carolina Mountain Tele Co
Caro Power & Lt Co
Caro Teleo & Teleg Co
Chadbourn Hos Mills
Chad Hos Mills
Chase National Bank
Cable Dairy
Colonial Stores, Inc
Bit
Creamery Pkg Mfg Co
Dan River Mills
Delaware Rayon “A
Dixie Home Stores
Douglas and Lomason
Drexel Furniture Co
DuMont Laborat
Allen
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc
Edison
Thomas A
Ero Manufacturing Co
Erwin Cotton Mills
Poremost Dairies, Inc
Safeguarding Wall Street Records in Atomic War
The New York securities industry prepares for atomic attack by duplicating ownership records, moving assets out of the city, and safeguarding cash with out of town banks. Firms use carbon copies and microfilm of I B M records, transfer securities to customer names, and avoid out of town centers like Chicago and Detroit until government plans exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Boeing Airplane Company
San Diego
Calif
New York
New York City
Wall Street
I.B.M
Chicago
Detroit
Washington
Pittsburgh
Florence to inspect ancient Ponte Vecchio this summer
The Arno river will be diverted to allow experts to assess Ponte Vecchio condition. Foundations will be laid for reconstructing two 13th century bridges nearby as part of the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Arno
Ponte Vecchio
Pone Santa Trinita
Ponte Alla Carraia
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U. S. Steel
Pittsburgh Steamship Company
Bradley Transportation Company
Great Lakes
Lonide
Lonnie
D' Orsay
Bey Cowe
Min Ouncing
Uality Shoe
Silverton
Colo. Uf
San Juan
Colorado
the Business Mirror
Home Finance
Home Insurance Co
Hotel Statler
Houston
Interna Celluc Prod Co
Com Irving Trust Co
Ivey, J B & Co
Jefferson Ltd
Life Ins Co
Kellogg Co
Kingsport Press
Life & Cas Ins Co
of Tenn Lone Star Steel
Long Bell Lumber Co
McBee Company
Monumental Life Ins Co
Moore Handley Hardware
Mooresville Mills
Morganton Furniture Counising Wood Product
National City Bank, N National Fire Ins Co
New Britain Machine
Newport Steel N Carolina Railroad
Occidental Life Ins Co
Ohio Water Service Co
Oswego Falls Corp
Solar Aircraft
Pfd
Southern Webbing Mi
Spindale Mills Standard Stoker Co
Stonecutter Mills
Stromberg Carlson Cor
Stromberg Carlson
Taion, Inc
Taylor Foods
Tennessee Gas Transm
Texas Eastern Transm Textiles, Inc
Common Textiles, Inc
Thiokol Corp
Tidewater Power Co
Transec
Towmoetor Corp
U. S
United Transit Victor Products Corp
Wachovia Bank & Trus Warner & Swasey Co
Point Mfg Co
Wilmington Saw & Tru
L‘a
The
High Point
N. C
Enterprise
Leslie Gould
Securities Exchanges
New York Clearing House
New Jersey
Jalios OY J
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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