Devine Associates Publishers' Rep Notice
Classified ad fragment listing agencies and offices for J. Devine & Associates Inc. with locations in New York Chicago Detroit Atlanta and a weekly carrier rate of 400 dollars yearly. Mentions press associations and United Press Inland Press Iowa Daily Press Assn and Iowa Press Assn membership.
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United Press
Inland Press
Iowa Daily Press Assn
Iowa Press Assn Rlte Ee J
Devine & Associates, Inc
New York
Lexington Ave
Chicago
Michigan Ave
Detroit
Stephenson Ridg
Atlanta
Boulevard N.E
Editorial Opinion Echoes War Strain and Price Debate
Iowa Falls Citizen cites wartime labor losses and opposes administration policy linking to war. Tri County News and Muscatine Journal comment on food distribution notes and military readiness. Algona Upper Des Moines notes price control fears with potential 10 percent cut and price baselines from 1941 fiscal year.
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Iowa Falls
United States
Levet
Washington
Price ceilings move to curb wartime costs
The Dubuque Telegraph Herald notes that price ceilings face challenges as output, wages, and taxes rise. Industries must balance higher costs with demand during defense needs, with automobile production likely to drop by at least 50 percent next year.
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Dubuaue Telegraph-Herald
Pioneer Life in Early Iowa Recalled by Dean Seashore
Dean Carl E. Seashore recalls Boone county pioneer farming in 1869 as he describes from Palimpsest June issue a life of toil. Immense self help built homesteads with scarce capital and family labor. Primitives like scythe and cradle replaced by later tools, with hardships from blizzards prairie fires pests and lack of schools or churches yet enduring health and perseverance.
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Iowa
Boone County
Dean Carl E. Seashore
Dean Seashore
Duc Nes
Draven Dean Seashore
Oil wells in California and private industry forethought
A newspaper interview with a leading oil executive discusses the hypothetical impact of enemy bombing on Southern California oil wells. He notes 20,000 wells in California, argues destroying half is unlikely, and explains how remaining wells could increase output while oil storage tanks remain vulnerable. He cites private industry's foresight to place tanks apart to minimize spread of fires.
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Questi
California
Indust
Indus— Ned
Asia and Pacific tensions shape Western view of Japan
The text discusses historic Pacific power shifts from 1895 to 1910, noting Japan's expansion and pressures in Asia. It argues the Indo China situation as leverage and suggests Japan seeks concessions, while the U.S. administration warns against altering the status quo to protect American interests and Thailand.
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Pacific
Formosa
Japan
Korea
Netherlands
Thailand
Unclear OCR Shows Shifting Drinking Habits in Iowa
Fragmentary report notes that Towe people drank as much beer before as after free days ended. Text suggests a nation aging toward a New Status with repeal wearing off and cites a Waukon Republican view.
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Repeal
i—Waukon Republican
Ancient Clock Still Keeps Time After 125 Years
A shelf clock over a century old remains accurate, owned by Mr and Mrs Tom S Adams of Holgenville, Oxn. It was made in Vaughan Wales in 1815 by Anthony Piloss and brought to the country by Mrs Adams' grandfather.
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M Tom S. Adams
Holgenville, Oxn
Vaughan
Wales
Anthony Piloss
Adams
Longest straight railroad span in North Carolina
The longest straight rail line in the United States runs from Wilmington to Hamlet in North Carolina. It measures 78.66 miles in a continuous straight track.
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United States
Wilmington
Hamlet
North Carolina
Livestock Markets Report From Chicago Auction
Chicago livestock trading shows hogs down to 11.60 and 11.50 to 11.25 in bulk, with sows around 9.85. Sheep and lambs steady to higher on better lots, cattle market mixed with yearlings steady to 25 cents lower and packs light. Top yearling price listed near 12.83 and crest-fed cows slow, cattle supplies tight but demand weak.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Southwest
Searling
Grain Market Review Shows Wheat Rise On Regulation Hopes
Grain prices climbed as progress toward legislation easing government wheat holdings boosted futures to season highs. Wheat led gains with more than 2 cents rise, corn and oats advanced, soybeans and rye also up, while profit taking pared some of the gains.
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Chicago
Tiees
Grain Market Summary Edges Higher Before Losses
Grain prices fluctuated with liberal selling through commission houses erasing most gains while soybeans rose alongside other commodities. Wheat futures in North America paused given mixed signals from Chicago markets. Weather across the grain belt remained clear with forecasts predicting fair to cloudy skies and scattered showers.
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Syme
Chicago
Produce Market Quotes From New York Produce News
New York-August 6 UP market notes show potatoes steady with Idaho whites at 2.25 Virginia 1.25 and California 1.00 1. GW. Long whites 4 250. Oregon long stand 4 0 Try 4091.49 baskets 7 541.59 New Jersey 1.25 Pennsylvania 1.30. Flour firm pork strong lard barely steady hides steady dressed poultry and eggs firm with fancy to extra fancy 29 33 5 Extras 28 3 4 storage packed firsts 28 1 4 27 1 4 middles 25 3 4 dirties 25 1 4 25 3 4. Cheese firm butter steady with creameries higher 92 score 36 37 1 4. Fgg receipts 20 783 cases. Market firmer.
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New York
Idaho
Virginia
California
Oregon
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Jersey
Middle West
Chicago
Colorado
OPA
Wis
Long Island
Cresynery
Fgg
Poultry Receipts Mixed at Chicago Market
Aug 6 Chicago market notes show receipts of 42 trucks with irregular demand. Heavy hens bring around 20 cents per pound, small hens near 16 1 2, Plymouth Rocks springs around 4 pounds up to 18 1 9, White Rock springs 4 pounds up to 22, Plymouth Rock fryers 19 1 2, White Rock fryers 21, White Rock broilers 19 1 2, Leghorn broilers 2 pounds up to 16 1 2.
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Chicago
Colored Springs
Plymouth Rocks Springs
White Rock Springs
Plymouth Bock
White Rock
Market notes on dairy and produce receipts and prices
Butter receipts total 1 316.932 lbs with firm market and scores from 93 to 88. Eggs receipts 126.783 cases show strong firsts and cars with varied counts. Cheese Twins and Doe Longhorns priced at 22 1 2 to 23 1 2. Potatoes arrivals 31 on tract 142 total shipments 243 with supplies moderate and demand light. Nebraska Bliss Triumphs washed. Ida Biss Triumphs washed. Russet Burbanks and Longwhites washed with prices nearby.
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Cirties
Doe and Longhorns
Neb
Bliss
Biss
Cole
Market Summary: Stocks Slip as Wheat Rises to Four-Year High
Stocks dipped slightly amid light volume while wheat reached new four year highs in Chicago and globally sugar and cotton advanced. Corn and rails paused with mixed bonds. Aircrafts saw mixed results as United Aircraft earnings lagged 1940 levels but business grew. Rail favorites fell with Southern Pacific and Southern Railway losing modestly.
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United Press
Chicago
Minneapolis
Winnipeg
Kansas City
New York
York
UPI
United Airccrafts
Consolidated
Central
Violeta
Guantanamo
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Stock Market Summary Leads to Small Gains and Falls
The market saw modest advances in names like Paramount common, New York and American, and various preferreds while Chrysler and General Motors trimmed gains. American Woolen preferred surged, and several seniors hit new 1941 peaks. Trading volume was 580,000 shares with curb stocks at 103,000. Dow Jones preliminaries showed mixed results with slight declines in industrials and rails, utilities up marginally.
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Tion
Paramount Common
New York
American
Motors
Chrysler
General Motors
Gimbel, Montsanto
Schenley
Dow Jones
Dissolving Effects of Juices on Metals in Rats
Digestive juices dissolve metals tested in rodents. A rat fed two worn steel balls for 15 days showed a 24 percent weight loss, highlighting strong dissolving action in the stomach.
Edith Roosevelt Observes 80th Birthday in Oyster Bay
Mrs Edith Kermit Roosevelt widow of former President Theodore Roosevelt marked her 80th birthday today in Oyster Bay New York She is wife of the late president and longtime public figure Is a significant milestone noted in local and national circles
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Mrs. Theo. Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Edith Kermit Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Women better mixers admits psychologist says women more diplomatic
Dr H A Moss of George Washington University says in his Payneus test of social intelligence that thousands of men and women show women excel in diplomacy in conversation and social settings. The remark notes men must concede this time despite pride.
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H. A. Moss
George Washington University
Record speed for a pitched ball in 1939 game
The fastest pitch recorded by the Cleveland Indians speed meter reached 1389 feet per second or 4.7 miles per hour. It was logged for a ball pitched by Amy Donald of the New York Yankees at Cleveland Stadium on August 30 1939.
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Cleveland Indians
Amy Donald
New York Yankees
Cleveland Stadium
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