Stock ruling hits bears in margin lending ban
New York Feb 19 The New York Stock Exchange ruled that members may not lend margin securities without written customer consent starting April 1. The edict targets bear trades and halts brokers from lending stocks to themselves or others without separate authorization. The measure aims to curb short selling while preserving market function.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange
The
Grand Jury Record In Robbery Trial
H W McBride's grand jury testimony in the Ferris bank robbery case was admitted to the record in Waxahachie Texas. Defense says the statement was coerced by officers. Judge Ball overruled objections as trial proceeds.
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Waxahachie
Tex
U.P
H. W. McBride
Ferris
Merchants and Farmers Bank
Robert Sullivan
McBride
Sullivan
District Court
Tom Ball
Maryland race betting tops 47 million in 1931 meetings
Baltimore February 19 Bettors in Maryland wagered more than 47 million through pari mutuel machines during the 1931 meetings, according to the Maryland racing commission annual report. The total shows a decline from other recent years.
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Baltimore
Bettors
Maryland
Maryland Racing Commission
Hearing for Six Alleged Rum Smugglers Postponed
In Galveston Texas on February 19 six alleged members of a large liquor smuggling syndicate arrested last Saturday had their hearing continued until Thursday. Harry Evelt, a seventh man arrested on a liquor conspiracy charge, pleaded guilty. In Cape Town Union of South Africa on February 19 George Bernard Shaw appeared angry after an automobile accident that bruised him and his wife during a vacation trip. In Austin on February 19 an appeal of the death sentence for Louis Rogers Caldwell County in the ice pick murder of G W Mann on May 13, 1931, was filed in the Court of Criminal Appeals.
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Galveston
Texas
Harry Evelt
Ires Shaw
Capetown
Union of South Africa
George Bernard Shaw
Shaws
Accu
Austin
Louis Rogers
Caldwell County
G. W. Mann
Court of Criminal Appeals
Juniors Dress Sizes 11 to 17 with yardage notes
The entry outlines a juniors dress designed in sizes 11 18 15 and 17 years with a size 13 requiring 4% yards of 35 inch material and a sash of ribbon needing 2% yards. Price listed at 15 cents.
Safety device invented by former conductor on Santa Fe
H. B. Marcum of Newton Kansas, a former railroad conductor, invented an automatic signaling device for freight trains. Mounted on the caboose cupola, the two discs show air brake status to enginemen via mechanical and night lantern signals. Five Santa Fe way cars are equipped, and the device has ICC and labor union approvals.
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Santa FE
H. B. Marcum
Newton
Kans
Marcum
Inter
State Commerce Commission
The
Order of Railroad Conductors
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Railway Appliance Company
Kansas City
Santa Fe Magazine
Visit in Fort Worth by Mr and Mrs Hamner
Mr and Mrs Fred Hamner of 2106 Ong Street will leave Saturday morning for Fort Worth for a short business and pleasure trip.
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Fort Worth
Fred Hamner
Ong Street
Colonial Party For D A R Chapter Planned At Llano Estacado
Llano Estacado Chapter of the D A R plans a Colonial Day party at Mrs. G T Oliver home on Monday at 3 o clock to celebrate George Washington birthday. The program features Washingtons First Defeat a play by Charles Nirdling with cast including Mrs E Gaston Foote Miss Anna Ruth Denton and Miss Maurine Nisbett. A minuette by Bivins School pupils and songs of the period will be performed with Mrs Mary Miller Beard presenting pupils. Mrs R E ington leads arrangements and all chapter members are invited with guests.
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George Washington
Llano Estacado Chapter
G. T. Oliver
Washington
Charles Nirdling
E. Gaston Foote
Anna
Ruth Denton
Maurine Nisbett
Bivins School
J. D. Turk
Mary Miller Beard
R. E.ington
Horsemen Deliver Food To Snowbound Folk In Colorado
In Durango Colorado on February 19 expert horsemen set out to reach stormbound Northern New Mexico communities to replenish starving Indians and American ranchers. Trains carried supplies from Alamosa over Cumbres Pass on the D and RGW line, delivering relief after heavy snows.
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Durango
Colo
New Mexico
Alamosa
Cumbres Pass
Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad
Snow blocks roads isolate Silverton Colorado for weeks
Snow cleared only by pack burros and horses limits aid to needy communities. Silverton remains cut off after 19 days with food for a few days. Roads and rail lines into the town stay blocked and only one telephone line carried word that relief is scarce. A separate Dallas area note reports a thief stealing a truckload of vegetables from a produce company garage. In Austin, rain measured 1.67 inches last night and continued today.
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Silverton
Colorado
Fort Worth
Austin Austin
Calumet Baking Powder Crowns A Light Double Action Cake
Celebratory home baking note extols Calumet Double-Acting Baking Powder for a light cake. It touts easy steps, ingredients including Swans Down Cake Flour, eggs, sugar, milk, vanilla, and raspberry jelly filling. Instructions cover mixing, folding, layering, and baking two 9 inch pans at 350 F for about 25 minutes. General Foods Corp. stands behind the product.
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Washington
Calumet
General Foods Corporation
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