First Security Banks Report 1955 Gains Across All Fronts
First Security corporation reported 1955 earnings of 3 246 994 92 dollars or 3 07 a share up from 1954 and 1953. Deposits rose to 411 166 468 86 with loans totaling 368 123 357 86. Resources reached 442 804 236 02 as deposits and customers increased.
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First Security Corporation
Lloyd J. Hogge
First Security Bank of
Preston
First Security
Hogge
Hirst Security
Spanish Fork Man Named New Director Of First Security
Pratt P. Thomas of Spanish Fork Utah was elected a director of First Security corporation at the annual meeting. All other directors were reelected and officers were retained. Thomas is president of The Commercial Bank of Utah which with eight other banks was recently acquired by First Security. Re-elected directors and advisory members include Louis Buchman George S Eccles Marriner S Eccles S P Harter D D Moffat W T Nightingale and Fred B Smith.
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Salt Lake City
Pratt P. Thomas
Spanish Fork
First Security Corporation
Thomas
Marriner S. Eccles
Commercial Bank of Utah
Prench Banks
First Security
Louis Buchman
George S. Eccles
D. D. Moffat
W. T. Nightingale
Fred &. Smith
Babson Reflects on Gold Standard vs Political Weather
In a long personal column Babson traces the shift from the gold standard to a political standard since 1932, arguing politics influence business and the stock market. He notes forecasts about Eisenhower, predicts market moves upon his decision, and pledges to limit politics in future columns.
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Eisenhower
Financial Ft
Saturday Evening Post
George Horace Lorimer
David Lawrence
Robert Ruark
Drew Pearson
Florida
Ing
Babson Park
Mass
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Weaders
Idaho Wheat Stocks Rise 2 Percent From Last Year
USDA reports Idaho farm and commercial wheat storage on January 1 totaled 25.245 million bushels, 2 percent above a year earlier but 20 percent below the record two years ago. North Idaho held 9.467 million in off farm storage, south Idaho 15.778 million on farms or off.
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Idaho
USDA
North
South Idaho
North Idaho
Pacific Northwest
Oregon
Washington
Utah bankers and officials named in corporate renaming
The document lists Ogden and Idaho figures including W. W. Anderson H. A. Benning and Marriner S Eccles plus J. L. Driscoll J. R. Simplot and Ralph J. Comstock among others. It names corporation officers renamed with Marriner S Eccles as chairman and George S Eccles as president and general Warrager. Pratt P. Thomas is noted as a descendant of Utah pioneers and outlines his early career at Spanish Fork banks, including his rise to bank president in 1925 and merger to form The Commercial Bank of Utah.
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Ogden
W. W. Anderson
H.A. Benning
Marriner A. Browning
Val A. Browning
L. T. Dee
S. S. Eccles
Willard Tu. Eccles
W. H. Harris
J. Fletcher Scowcroft
Idaho
J. L. Driscoll
J. R. Simplot
Boise
Ralph J. Comstock
Pocatello
H. M. Emerson
Lewiston
Allen D. Christensen
San Francisco
Robert H
C. Veil Beazley
William ¥. Homer
Grace F.madson
P. J. Hermansen
Pratt P. Thomas
Utah
Plains
Spanish Fork
Utah State Agricultural” Colllege
Comimercial “Bank “ of
Thomas
Commercial Bank of
Pirsy Security
Temasthas
Ranters Association
Ghat i Hé Tisg
Meade Fis Uisties
Jute Planting Practices in East Pakistan Described
Jute, East Pakistan's chief export crop, grows eight to ten feet tall and is grown in water in small jungle patches. Harvesting uses long knives and stalks are tied in bundles for processing.
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East Pakistan
Process of Making Fiber from Plant Stalks Described
Bundles are gathered and left for three days until leaves drop. They are then submerged for two weeks. The plant’s soft pith ferments and the long tough fibers are stripped away from the stalks.
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Prompt, Friendly Claim Service
U.S.A
Canada
Mexico
United States
Farmers Mutual
Euuaclew
Tage
Phare
Thiurance Gibbons Tnsurance Agency
Eal -Estate
Edward Gibbons
Gt South Btate
Babson
Publishers Financial Bureau, Incorporated
West Oneida
Preston, Idaho
Ren’s Electric Company
America
Palmer Motor
Nocti
State
Phane
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