New High Marks in Stock Market Run as Shares Rise
New York November 18 Stock prices surged with total sales over two million shares for the sixth time since the election. Rail and industrials hit new peaks, with railroad issues leading gains, United States Steel rising over two points to 113 1/4, and utilities like Consolidated Gas and Laclede Gas reaching year highs. Merchandising stocks rallied including Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward, while call money firmed to 2 1/2 percent and prime commercial paper held at 3 1/2 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fisto Common
Union Pacific
Northern Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Katy
United States Steel
Corporation
Common
Consolidated Gas
Laclede Gas
Peoples Gas
Columba Gas
Sears-Roebuck
H. R. Mallingon
Associated Dry Goods
May Department Stores
Montgomery Ward
Iown Shoe
Maxwell Motor 1
U. 8
Cast Iron Pipe
American Kee
Commercial Solventa
Federal Reserve Bank
AEANE
Geasion
Atoche
Seare Roebuck
Associated
Frisco Common
Yingstone
American Can
General Riedrie
MQB
Studebaker
Maxwell Motors Consolidated Gas
Soa Chien Pacific
St Pauls- Sies
Twan
Taits
Radio Corporation of America
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
United States Steel Common
Cotton Market Moves With Gains On Tuesday in New York
In New York on Tuesday, the cotton market showed a steady tone with gains early and modest retreat later. January touched 24.65, closing around 24.45, with overall net advances 13 to 28 points as traders weighed improved Liverpool cables and domestic reports of growing crops. Eastern belt signals of Europe buying and hedge selling influenced prices, while private crop estimates ranged around 12.5 million bales and 114.8 million including linters. Bank clearings in Atlanta totaled 1.810 billion dollars, up from last year and higher than the previous week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Te Way
Liverpool
South
Orleans
Wadvices
Europe
Wos
Sii
Fenner & Beane
New Orleana
Hubbard Bros
Pricca Wall
Advicca
Manchester
Biralneex
Januars
Strickland
Atlanta
New Orleans
Elling
Shorts
Turvestine
Rosin
Nema
Yee
Wwe Ao
Memphis
Market Roundup Shows Rail Strength and Cotton Trends
News and financial notes from New York and New Orleans report a robust rail sector led by Central and Alco, with Radio Corporation of America rising. Cotton futures show mixed gains amid strong exports, active ginning, and optimistic sentiment, while Liverpool markets inch higher on steady demand and retailer strength.
Markets at a Glance from New York and Chicago reports
Markets at a glance show stocks near records with rails led by gains and bonds steady. Commodities move with cotton higher and sugar softer while coffee and wheat show strength or irregularity amid mixed futures signals. In Atlanta, B Strickland of the Fourth National Bank spoke on banking service and community drive cooperation at a luncheon of the Atlantes club at the Robert Fulton hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Atlantes Club
Robert Fulton
B. Strickland
Fourth National Bank
H. Wagenhals
Atlantes
W. G. Grant
Cotton market signals mixed in New York and Orleans
New York reports steady spot cotton at 24 50 cents while New Orleans notes a firmer tone with gains of about 30 points on the day. Trading shows buying from shorts covering and crop outlook worries, with several price levels cited for different cotton grades. Estimates of export totals and domestic stocks emerge from Memphis and southern authorities as markets adjust to wartime demand and policy shifts.
New York Cotton Exchange Prices Mixed on November Day
U S Daily Cotton Review reports advances in most futures on the New York Cotton Exchange with December futures unchanged from yesterday. December contracts opened at 24 080 and closed near 24 2Nr cents per pound, while Liverpool and New Orleans December futures rose modestly. Middling spot prices across 10 markets averaged 24.180 cents, with New Orleans at 23 50 cents and daily spot sales around 31 thousand bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York Cotton Exchange
Liverpool Cotton Association
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Ber
New Orleans
Cotton market report with regional middling prices and movements
The page lists Middling cotton prices for ports including New Orleans Fort Mtv Mobile Savannah and Charleston with receipts shipments exports and sales figures. It records totals: today receipts 97 a orporta 40028 sales 7646 and week receipts 262188 season receipts 4164825 with various port stocks and movements across multiple ports.
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Wimington
Baltimore
Orporta
Anles
Turk
Memphis
Augusta
St Louis
Houston
Little Rock
Amanta
Dallas
Montgomery
Evporta
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Futures Move Steady
Liverpool cotton prices hold steady with quotations across grades from strictly good middling to strictly high milling. Futures show December to March contracts trading mixed as traders weigh crop data and refinery demand while American receipts rise. New York markets lift on refinery demand and spread trades with crude oil futures firming.
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Liverpool
Editorial Pitches US Navy Plans Tilt in Japan
Tokio dispatch notes the arrival of Edgar A. Bancroft as ambassador and reports Kokumin Shim bun editorials urging him to press Washington to halt naval maneuvers near Hawaii. The papers warn the plan harms goodwill and fosters anti American sentiment in Japan.
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Tokio
Associated Press
Edgar A. Bancroft
United States
Japan
Kokumin Shimbun
Hatwaii
Bancroft
Washington
Irregular Tone Dominates Early Bond Market Activity
New York reports a volatile session with U S government issues and railroad bonds seeing activity. Speculative interest shifts to raw scores and high yielding issuers. several issues hit new highs or strong moves while certain utilities and Liberty bonds show modest pressure toward close.
Factors that determine a poor real estate buy
A dead realty broker warns buyers to spot flaws in property. High taxes, janitor salaries, poor insulation and boilers, bad heating and lighting, old plumbing, expensive decorating, high insurance, unsafe construction, dark rooms, and bad locations can each render a sale a poor buy. Look for these defects to avoid costly mistakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mit
Associated Editors
Inc
Rhode Island Solons Plan to End Deadlock
Rhode Island leaders reach a conference agreement to limit action in the general assembly to appropriation measures only. Democratic and Republican committees on finance sign the deal, as 22 Republican senators who had been in Rutland Massachusetts since June 19 may return. The state legislature has endured a long filibuster by Democratic minority members.
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Providence
R. L
Eadlock
Rhode Island Assembly
General Assembly
Rutland
Mass
The Investor and Utility Growth in the 1920s
The piece argues that utility stocks mirror earlier railroad expansion, highlighting power and light issuers American Power and Light and North American Company. It cites rising earnings, dividend records, and substantial capital gains from 1921 to 1924, with per-share earnings around 3 to 4 dollars and strong market prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Power and Light Company Common
Common American Power and Light Company
North American How
Wave
Oastler Accepts Chicago Board of Trade Post
Oastler resigns as assistant chief marketing specialist at the U S department of agriculture cotton quotation service to become chief inspector of cotton deliveries for the Chicago Board of Trade He will be based in Houston Texas Charles Branham of Memphis will succeed him Oastler joined government service in 1918 and led supervision of cotton differences on southern spot markets He helped Atlanta grow as a leading cotton center and worked with the Atlanta Commercial Exchange on its building and campaign to elevate north Georgia cotton.
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B. BR. Oastler
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Chicago Board of Trade
Oastler
Houston
Texas
Charles Branham
Memphis
Branham
Atlante
Oastier
Lester Goldman Cotton Company
Alexander Eccles Cotton Company
Quastler
Atlanta
George
South
Atlanta Commercial Exchange
Exchange
North Georgia
Radios Lead In Curb Market Advance
New York November 18 radio shares led a curb market rally with several issues climbing. Radio Corporation of America rose to top price near 92 8 and Amoco, Hazeline and other names posted gains on heavy turnover. Cleveland Motors and American Gas and Electric advanced while United Bakers fell on merger nerves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Pont Sport
Standard Owl
Indiana
Cleveland
Motors
American Gas and Electric
United Bakeres
Loew's theater boss touts strong business in South
BEA Schiller, Loew's Incorporated general representative and former Atlantan, says the theater chain had a prosperous year. He visits Atlanta and notes plans for a new 1 million dollar Loew's in New Orleans on Canal Street with Saenger and A. Ro Erlanger. The South will continue to host big-time vaudeville acts under a full-week policy at Loew's Grand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loew's, Incorporated
United States
Canada
Bea Schiller
Loew's
Saenger
A. Ro Erlanger
Canal Street
Crescent City
Elke
Loew
St. Lown
Schiller
Atlanta
New York
Metro Goldwyn
Mars Toew
Schuller
Loew'a Grand
South
Frisco committee set to discuss dividend policy
The executive committee meeting of the St 1. ROR is planned for tomorrow with dividend policy on the agenda though no announcement is expected. Regular directors meet December 3 to inaugurate any new policy. Radio Corporation of America shows rising earnings and a near term common dividend likely after the next report.
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Frisco
St 1. Ror
Jutta
Radio Corporation Radio Corporation of America
Gangsters Clash Wrecks New York Restaurant
In a pistol battle on New York's west side interior of a restaurant was wrecked as more than twenty shots rang out. Edward Sullivan was shot four times and seriously wounded while dining. three gunmen fired through a window, shattering glass as patrons ducked for cover. The assailants fled in a taxicab.
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New York
Tower West Side
Edward Sullivan
Sullivan
Former suitor sought in murder of Mrs. Bowers
Detroit police pursue a former suitor of 27 year old Mrs. Anna Lee Bowers in connection with her murder in Baltimore. A man detained as a possible suspect reported embezzling 21000 and claimed to have arrived from Alabama with Mrs Bowers a month ago. Six letters from a former admirer were found. investigators seek to confirm or deny links to the case.
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Detroit
Mich
Anna Lee Bowers
Baltimore
Mrning
Detroi
George A. Reeder
Hawkins
Bowers
Alabama
Rail market buoyant as freight loadings dip after election
The Day in Finance notes a bullish New York market with rails leading gains on a 2,000,000 share pace. Freight-car loadings for seven days ending November 8 fall 78,000 to 994,504 due to election holiday and later farm rush. Banking firms push railroad stock offerings, raising over 100,000 shares early, signaling possible further offerings and renewed ownership shifts.
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New York
Wall Street
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Northwestern
Raiway
Bangor & Aroostock
Corn Touches New Highs for Season in Chicago
Chicago markets report corn hitting new seasonal highs amid freezing temperatures and strong demand. Prices jumped across contracts with May at 122% to 123% and December around 153%. Wheat and oats rose on corn strength while overall trading remained buoyant as buyers sought immediate delivery.
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Chicago
Ishes
Liverpool
Buenos Aires
Newton Convict Slain With Razor In Prison Camp
In Covington Georgia on November 18 special prosecutor Willis Brown, a white convict, is held on a murder charge after rival convict Henry Gibson, a Black man, was found with a slashed throat at the Kenton County corner camp near Mansfield. Both were trusties in the mess hall area where the attack occurred amid claims Brown had reported Gibson for misconduct and was shackled, later freed, with Brown facing Newton county court for the January term. Brown, awaiting completion of a prior assault with intent murder sentence from Hancock County in 1927, is held without bail. court officials Claud Smith and Judge John A. Antcheson preside.
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Covimgton Ga
Will Brown
Newton County Court
Henry Gibson
Kenton County
Mansfield
Gibson
Brown
Hancockounty
Newton County
Oheitor Claud Smith
John 3.Antcheson
Falls five stories in automobile. only bruised
New York November 18 Despite the fat that he backed his automobile into an open elevator shaft in a garage and fell five stories with it to land on another automobile just entering the shaft Lindley M Franklin of Flushing is suffering only from minor bruises Archibald Nesbett of Bayside vice president of the George A Fuller Construction company occupant of the second car sedan also escaped serious injuries although his hurts required hospital treatment Both cars were wrecked in such a manner as to protect the drivers from being crushed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lindley M. Franklin
Flushing
Archibald Nesbett
Bayside
George A. Fuller
Masonic Club Luncheon Held in Peacocks Cafe
The Atlanta Masonic club meets for its regular weekly luncheon today at 42 30 o clock in Peacocks cafe. Joe Reid, club president, returns from a two week absence to preside, with a program under the supervision of Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company.
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Atlanta Masonic Club
Peacocks Cafe
Southern Bell Telephone & Telegtaph Company
Joe Reid
Railway shares rise on dividend talk and expansion plans
Rumors swirl of a substantial profit distribution to railway shareholders as Frisco directors plan December 3 meeting to consider a 3 dollar per share common stock dividend. American Railway association discusses boosting equipment expenditures from 30 million to 100 million, with gains in Frisco and related firms and a strong pool forming in Amelia based Rad Corporation stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frisco
American Railway Association
Rade Corporation of
Amelia
Geitis
MacMurray Named Hughes Assistant Secretary of State
Washington reports John A. MacMurray of New Jersey was appointed by President Cooke as assistant secretary of state, replacing the late A A Adee. A veteran of the Far Eastern division, he will focus on China and Japan, with extensive service in Peking and Tokyo and prior roles in Bangkok and Europe. MacMurray, 43, educated at Princeton and Columbia, is a Schenectady native living in Princeton at appointment.
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Washington
Presiddent Cooke
John An Aa MacMurray
New Jersey
Ar MacMurray
Peking
Tokio
A A Adee
Treials
Congress
Mgr Adey
MacMurray
China
Japan
Diplomatic
Regation
Bangkok
Near Istern
Amerian Legatium
Amencan
Legation
Far Eastern
Far East
Princeton
Columbia
Schenectady
Funeral Services Held Today For Beloved Woman
Funeral services for Mary Morris who died Monday night at St Josephs infirmary will be held at 3 pm today from Sacred Heart church. Pallbearers listed include J B Reehardson J W Daley J A Rolestone J E West B L Knott and J M Corrigan. She was a devoted Sacred Heart member who did parish work and is survived by her brother John Morris Sr of Keely company and two sisters Mrs Kata Healey and Mrs J L Bowers of New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mier
Mary Morris
St. Joseph's Infirmary
Sacred Heart Church
Reehardson
J W Daley
J A. Rolestone
J E West
B L. Knott
J M Corrigan
Mass Morrs
John Morris, Sr
Keely Company
Kata Healey
J. L. Bowers
New York City
Biblical Authority Will Lecture Here by Dr. Levy
Dr Mark John Levy of Washington DC well known as a speaker on Biblical topics will address the women's Bible class at Drud Hills Methodist church at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. Levy is touring the south after recent talks in Charleston and Beaufort and just returned from London where he helped organize the International Hebrew Christian conference set for next year.
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Mark John Levy
Washington
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Atlanta, GA
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Maech
Orleans GE
Fig
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FLAGG
United Sates Department of Agriculture
RR Castler
Selma
Ala
Liberton Ga
Thomaston
Livingston & C
Oavis Bros & CO
HK & B. Beer
Ourjfan & Co
Heserva Bank
Che
Mr. Chuggins
Bomlesger
Washington Star
Naval Stores
U. S. Daily Cotton Review
U. S. Navy
Hhi
Denver & Fie
Erie General
Baltimore & Ohio
Norfolk & Western
Federal Light and Traction
Hich
Maxwell Motors
American Waterworks
Pmblic
Liberty Bonds
Eareer
Rhode Island
Solons
Paul Willard Garrett
Chicago Board of Trade Post
CURB
Gangsters’ Battle Wrecks
N. Y
R. L. Barnum
Cash Grain
Wie
Kansas City
Newton
Masonic Club
Mmurray
Hughes
Biblical Authority
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