Rails Lead Market Rise as General Motors Moves Higher
New York June 1 Railroad shares resume leadership in a broad market with nearly three dozen issues at record highs. Strong rail performance contrasts with weak spots found by bears, while General Motors climbs to 198 1 2 amid revival in industrials.
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New York
Wabash Common
A. Pere Marquette
New York Central
Jersey Central
U. S&s. Steel Common
Baldwin
General Motors Common
A. M. Byers
General Electric
Coca Cola
Union Bag
Foundation Company
Burns Brothers
International
Bond Market Sways Amid Irregular Trading In June
Irregular price moves marked the bond market with fractional changes and heavy volume. Treasury holdings saw over a million dollars in transfers as rail and industrial issues showed mixed trends, with Western Kentucky Coast rising to a new high.
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New York
Treasury
Chesapeake
Kentucky
Legals Notice on Unpaid Dues for Avenue Pressing Club
All persons owing at Avenue Pressing Club must call at 1134 South Bland Street to settle accounts due on the 15th and 1st until paid in full.
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Owien Avenue Pressing Club
South Bland St
Government bonds trade roundup from New York
Government bonds closed with Liberty on 100.31 and various issues quoted. First 49 and First 40 notes showed bids around 101 and 103. Fourth 4% and other Treasuries traded near 106 to 108 with small adjustments.
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New York
U. S
Liberty
Treasur
Easury
Call money market report from New York
New York call money on June 1 shows firm loans at 4 percent for all loans with closing bid 4 percent. Time loans steady with mixed collateral 69 to 90 days quoted at 4 percent to 6 percent. Prime mercantile paper also around 4 percent.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Poultry Prices Steady as New York Markets Open
Live poultry held steady in New York with prices unchanged. Dressed poultry showed uneven movement and remained irregular.
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New York
Foreign Exchange Rates and Demands Across Nations
Market cables show British demand around 4 percent with bank bills at 4.81 to 7-16. France and Italy demand near 3.9 to 13.98, Sweden 26.75, Poland 11.40, Switzerland 17.64, Greece 1.90, Czecho-Slovakia 2.96, Yugoslavia and Romania noted amid varied rates as Tokyo and Montreal quotes appear.
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New York
Britain
France
Italy
Weden
Switzerland
Tsibuene
Greece
Poland
Checho
Butter Market Declines in Chicago Trade
Butter prices show a fractional drop in Chicago with scores around 92 to 87. Market reports indicate mixed gains and losses across central markets, with fractional declines and various score readings in the early June session.
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Chicago
Cotton goods markets strong in New York trading
The New York cotton goods markets showed strength with prices rising on June 1. Major stock movers included Am Can, Am Sugar, Sears Roebuck, Southern Pacific, General Motors, Reading, Union Pacific, and other large firms, reflecting broad market activity.
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New York
Atchison
Pidteavegeesa
Coast Line
Balt
ODO
Farnedall “A
Bethlehem Bil
Ccccee Corpiter
Chile
Mer
San Fran
Seaboard
Sears Roebuck Sinclair Con Oil
Dairies “R
Southern Pacific
Southern Ry
Sevens
Catneessee
Stanford Oil
Sittlewater
Colorado Fuel
Cal Gas and FE
Consolidated Gas
Corn Products Crucible Steel
Erie Railroad
Famous Players
General Asphalt
Fien Klec New Gt N
Lvon Creeds
Northern
Ccc
Eccceee
Nor American
Northern Pacific
Pan Am Pet
Cooney
Hips Petroleum
Ones Radio Corp
Reading
Union Pacific
U S Rubber
I" S Steel
Univ Pigs and
Maryland
Westin
as-Overland
Cent Baking
Hreepert-exae
General Motors
Hudson Motors
Int Harvester
Inter Tel
Telehigh Valley
Mack Truck
Kan
Tex
Nash Meteora
Scecsceeresonrs
Norfolk and Western
Packard Motor Car
Pierce- Arrow Reynolds
Texas and Eeneeres Drug
Advances in Textile Markets Highlight Silk and Yarn Activity
Market notes show advances on gray and finish cloth lines while raw silk moves to 5.90 belt for double extra checks. A quiet session with reduced inquiry on knit underwear, but yarn markets remained firmer with higher business levels.
Grain prices jump as planting delays loom in Chicago
Chicago market Thursday saw corn surge well above season highs amid fears of late planting. Weather forecasts for more wet conditions prompted active buying across chief producing states. Corn closed 3 to 4 cents higher, wheat up 1 to 1.4 cents, oats up 1 to 1.5 cents, and provisions down 5 to 20 cents.
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Chicago
Sugar futures and Philippine and Cuban cargo reports
Raw sugar fell to 4.80 per Cuban duty paid as of June 1 with declines of 132 points. About 25 000 bags of Philippine cargo due mid month and 100 000 bags of Cuban for June shipment were reported. Raw futures closed with a slight rise then a dip with July 2.97 and Sept 3.09. refined sugar held at 6.10 to 6.20 per bag.
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New York
Philippines
Grain futures and prices from Toledo market report
Wheat No 2 red around 149 to 150 cents. Corn No 5 yellow about 104 to 105. Oats No 3 white 54 to 56. Rye No 2 about 120. Clover cash 13.75 asked, Oct 16.55 asked, Dec 16.65 domestic. Timothy cash old 25.50, new 2.60.
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Toledo
Chicago Livestock Trade Report June 1
Cattle receipts 16 000 with few steers weak to 25c lower. Light yearlings and lighter steers down 25c. Medium and heavy weights mostly steady. Prices generally 12.00 and up for value stockers and feeders.
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Chicago
Market Report Prices Fall Across Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Cattle steadies with vealers up to 11.00 and best steers around 13.26. hogs down 10 to 20 cents with lighter weights softer yet some gains in heavier lots. sows and meat pigs mixed with top hogs near 9.60 and bulk 9.25 to 9.45. Sheep show fat lambs active and higher bids, native and California lambs around 15.75 to 16.25 with top ewes 6.75.
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California
Steel company leadership changes and orders report
Elbert H Gary appoints Gordon J Edwards as treasurer and John H Gewecke as assistant treasurer at United States Steel. Marland Oil directors take no action on the quarterly dividend of one dollar per share. US Steel unfilled orders estimate for May suggests a smaller backlog by about 300000 tons.
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New York
Elbert H Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Gordon J. Edwards
Fred M Waterman
John H Gewecke
Marland Oil Company
United Staes Steel Corporation
Trade activity shifts as Western demand outpaces East
A larger drop was anticipated from statistics presented by Chairman Gary at the American Iron and Steel Institute meeting on May 20. In the last ten days incoming business improved while structural work declined slightly in the East but remained active in the West.
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Gary
American Iron and Steel Institute
Contempt of Court Cited in Mock Court Exchange
A judge sentences a defendant to thirty days for contempt after refusing to answer a murder verdict question. The dialogue shows a back and forth with the prisoner deflecting and the judge imposing punishment.
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Colliers
Five Letter Words 22 Horizontal Theme Puzzle
A word puzzle listing horizontal and vertical clues for five letter answers across a themed crossword type grid. Includes definitions for verbs nouns adjectives and phrases such as nasal openings barked at and to labor in behalf of alongside specialized terms like printers type measure and boxlike wagon used to haul ore.
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Russia
Clean living for young men guides De Molay founder
Kansas City Kansas City Mo June 1 4 Directing the lives of young men into proper conduct is the aim of Frank Land founder of the Order of DeMolay. Land 27 directs the organization through which more than 200000 young men pledged themselves to clean living. The order with about 1600 chapters worldwide began in early 1919 from a talk in Land s office. He was secretary of the social service department of the Scottish Rite bodies of Kansas City. The first charter meeting was April 1 1919 with Louis G Lower as the first DeMolay. The organization is non sectarian and promotes love of parents reverence patriotism purity courtesy comradeship and fidelity. Chapters are in every state nationwide and in Canada and Mexico.
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Kansas City
Land
Order of
de Molay
Social Service Department
Scottish Rite Bodies
Scottish Rite
Louis G. Lower
Jacques de Molay
The
Templar
Seine
Parle
de Volay
Order
Union
Canada
Mex
Splendid Mystery in Mall Disappearance Insurance Tale
A fragmentary item recounts a heated exchange from Paselhe Show about a supposed loss in malls after a high insurance value. The dialogue hints at a dramatic, verzekered incident but provides few concrete details beyond the gist of the claim and denial.
Floating university cruise spans ports and chapters
A brief note references a fleet with a temporary chapter on a floating university cruise visiting feo, Panama Canal oa, Porto Rico, Philippine Islands, Maly and a United States chapter. The item highlights the mobile, international scope of the program and its recent activity aboard the fleet.
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Feo
Panama Canal
Porto Rico
Philippine Islands
Maly
United States
Floating University
Coal Loadings Decline Week Over Week In May
The American Railway Association reports for the week ended May 21 coal loadings totaled 161 588 cars, down 3 030 from the same week last year. Freight cars fell 22 267 while miscellaneous rose slightly to 82 832. Other classes included merchandise 261 500 grain products 1 490 live stock 1 490 forest products 72 206 ore 1 495 coke 16 540 with various decreases across categories.
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Eninge
American Railway Association
Party Gossip Turns on Husband Abuser Notion
A reader in Bits reflects on a man described as bombastic, vacuous, conceited and parasitic while a woman asks to write such insults, claiming he is her husband and suggesting a future airing of grievances.
Colored People Club Meeting and Lodge Gathering
News item notes the Colored People Improvement Club meeting hosted by Mrs Bettye Dabney at Canary Tea Peck Street on Thursday June 2 at 6 o clock. Also the Household of Ruth lodge members meet this evening at 2 o clock with William Singleton present to discuss the patriarch. Attendees are asked to bring sandwiches.
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Bettye Dabney
Bluefield Woman's Iment Club
Canary
Ruth
William @ingleton
Such 18 Art Visitor Delays Health Portrait Completion
An art scene notes the artist has not finished a portrait titled Perfect Health as the model has been unavailable for six weeks awaiting a passing show context.
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Craddock - Terry Co
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Killarney
Smo! Coal Co
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Puritan Coal Co
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Bluefield, W. Va
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Oon Moneser
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H. R. Kawherne
Pocahontas Fuel Company
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Pocahontas Fuel Company Incorporated
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British Thermal Unite
Pocahontas Fuel Company, Incorporated
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Traction
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Maine
Pocahontas Wharf
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Lambert's
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Seudite Point
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London
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Piazza
Matteo
Geneva
Pocahontas Fuel Co., Inc
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