Mixed market sums up to firm but unsettled tone
Bonds mix and Scandinavian markets drifted while sugar firm on speculative support. Metals steady with zinc at a two year low. Wheat rose on lower Argentine estimates. Cattle mostly steady to ten higher. Trading totaled 1,005,470 shares with a see-saw session until early industrial and aircraft stocks. The Associated Press average held at 51.1 as news remained cheerful amid recession fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Weir
National Steel
Market Movers Include Nild B and E. L. Bruce Corp
Nild B and E. L. Bruce Corp rose about 3 percent on light trading. Turnover reached 187 000 shares versus 188 000 on Wednesday, signaling modest activity in the session.
Scandinavian bonds slip in new slump on broad declines
New York reports a fresh bond market setback with several issues closing down four points or more. Finnish 6s traded in a wide seven point range and finished at 43, unchanged from the previous close. Helsingfors 6 1 2s fell further amid mixed activity and a 195.700 Wednesday figure.
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New York
Helsingfors
New York Poultry Prices Move In unsettled Market
New York reports unsettled egg and poultry prices with mixed colors and grades shifting. Fancy to extra fancy eggs range around 23 to 24 percent, standards and firsts near 21 to 19 percent, with dirties and mediums showing varied margins. Whites and browns show premiums and midwestern exchanges, while pullet and year classes trade in the mid-teens to low twenties percent ranges.
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New York
Midwestern
Salable Hogs Calves and Sheep Figures Reported
Chicago market summary shows salable hogs at 25 000 head with top 5.75 per cwt for 240-270 lb hogs and 270-300 lb butchers at 5.25. Salmon calf and steer lines indicate 1 150 to 1 300 lb steers slow but steady with tops near 11.00 for lighter weights and 9.75 for good to choice 1414 lb cattle. Salable sheep total around 12 000 with fat lambs quoted near 9.50 and bulk around 9.00 as slaughter readiness remains strong.
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Chicago
U. S. Dept
Dry Goods Trade Busy With Firm Prices In Worth Street Market
Pair demand for heavy sheetings and Osnaburgs from the bag trade supported firm prices in the Worth street cotton goods market. Rayon twills and taffetas advanced recently but moved in small lots with routine inquiry. Woolen goods markets remained featureless.
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New York
Worth Street
Foreign Exchange Rates Rise and Fall in New York Trading
Sterling slipped by fractions against the dollar after a brisk midweek rally, with exchange figures showing Great Britain in dollars and various nations listed for the day. Rates include 3.90 for Great Britain in dollars and other currencies such as Canada 87.12 in New York and Japan 23.49 in yen terms.
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New York
Great Britain
Canada
Montreal
Belgium
Denmark
France
Germany
Greece
Italy
Netherlands
Japan
Hongkong
Shanghai
Grain and auto life statistics from Toledo market note
Toledo reports grain prices with No 1 red wheat at 99 to 100, No 2 red 98, No 2 yellow soybeans 102. Soy and grain in store and transit show slight changes. Asset life in the issue notes average 7.87 years and maximum 16 years.
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Toledo
Taycoy
Pow-O-Lin Get Quick Relief Ad Claim
Misery from bilious attacks digestion and fatigue urged readers to take Pow-O-Lin for relief. The ad touts relief from indigestion gas and bloating and promotes Taylor's Drug Store as the source.
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Taylor's Drug Store
Premier Pocahontas Collieries Sale Nearing Transfer
The Premier Pocahontas Collieries property, a 4265 acre coal operation in the Pocahontas field, is set for transfer to the Tierney coal interests of Bluefield. The Welch Hemphill vein and other veins lie beneath, with 26 million tons in Pocahontas No. 4. George Baker of Stone, Ky., likely to become general manager as stock certificates move between G. H. Nowlin Jr. and the Tierney group.
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Premier Pocahontas Collieries Company
Tierney Coal Interests
Bluefield
G. H. Nowlin Jr
Pocahontas Field
Fee
Litz-Harman, Sperry, Taylor and Ganders
Pocahontas Land Corporation
Tierney Brothers
The
Coal Corporation
Ford
Stone
Col. L. E. Tierney
Pocahontas
Keen
John
Junior Women's Club Dinner Reservations This Monday
Reservations may be made tonight for the Junior Women's club dinner meeting at 6 30 in the Community room Welch. Members should contact Mrs Arnold Wilson to reserve. Toys for the Salvation Army are to be brought to the meeting. Holy Mass will follow at 7 30 at St Peters Catholic Church Welch celebrating the Feast of the Immaculate Conception led by Father E H McDonnell.
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Action Community Room
Eich
Arnold Wilson
Welch
Salvation Army
St. Peters’ Catholic
E. H. McDonnell
Rites Sunday for Hunting Victim Robert Wooding
Funeral services are set for Sunday at 3 30 p m at Crozer Baptist Temple for 40 year old Robert Wooding a Crozer resident killed by an accidental shotgun discharge while hunting near his home. He died after being rushed to Bluefield hospital. Wooding worked for Crozer Coal and Coke and belonged to Crozer Baptist church and Mine Workers local. Burial will follow at Crozer cemetery.
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Crozer Baptist Temple
Robert Wooding
Crozer
Wooding
Bluefield Hospital
Crozer Coal and Coke Company
Keyser Family Mourns Death of George W. Smith
George W. Smith of Elm Grove died after weeks of illness at his home. Former Elm Grove postmaster and longtime Republican leader, he leaves five daughters and one son. Surviving daughters include Mrs. George H. Siebert and Mrs. W. R. Keyser. wife preceded him in death. Funeral arrangements pending.
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R. Keyser
Welch
Wheeling
George W. Smith
Elm Grove
Smith
Bare
Keyser
West Virginia
Services Saturday for Mrs Blanchard
Burial services will be held Saturday at Hill cemetery in Newport Tennessee for Mrs. Blanchard 73 a Wilcoe resident who died Wednesday after a long illness. Native of Newport she lived in Wilcoe about 20 years and was a Methodist church member. Survived by four children J D Blanchard G D Robinette C R Blanchard E M Blanchard and two stepchildren John Miles and Mrs A J Brooks.
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Sat Hill
Newport
Tenn
Liam Blanchard
Wilcoe
Bluefield
G. D. Robinette
Beckley
C. R. Blanchard
E. M. Blanchard
Mount Hope
John Miles
Eckman
A. J. Brooks
Hale family returns from Washington after funeral
Mr and Mrs C C Hale return to Welch from Washington where they attended the funeral of Mrs Hale's mother who died last week. The Hale name traces to the Italian town of Cantalupo near Rome.
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Mrs. C. C. Hale
Welch
Washington, D. C
Mr. Hale
Cantalupo
Rome
Counties to Get Share School Aid in West Virginia
The state board of school finance approved December allotments for school aid with six counties Kanawha Jefferson Monongalia Ohio and Wood receiving no funding this month due to balances carried forward from prior periods. H Isaiah Smith noted the December total and the allocation plan while the board announced the distribution method and key counties missing aid.
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Leston
W. Va
Board of
School Finance
H. Isaiah Smith
Smith
Kanawha
Jefferson
Monongalia
Ohio
Wood
Youth Dies After Wind Hurls Mattressed Teen From Car
In Logan West Virginia a wind gust struck a mattress tied to the rear bumper of a car. Johnnie Trent sixteen was hurled to the pavement and died a few hours later from a fractured skull.
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Logan
W. Va
Johnnie Trent
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Trademart
Rep
Royal Portables
Royal Quiet OF
UC Mee
Rade
Royal Arrow
RED Goose
Betty Lee Shoe & Dress Shop. Inc
Southern Office Supply
Bluefield, W. VA
Cox’s
Ege
Cox's
Chenille
Misses’ Satin
Shirley Temple
United Woolen Co
Princeton Ave
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