Favorites Up Fractions At Close After Early Rally
New York stocks opened with a moderate rally but gains faded by close as investors awaited clearer news. The market saw lighter turnover of 397,040 shares, with the Associated Press index up 0.2 at 47.2, while steel, motor, and retail shares showed mixed strength amid an overall cautious mood.
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New York
Associated Press
Motors
Mead Johnson
Lockheed
Creole Petroleum
Low yield bonds show gains as market improves
New York June 2. Top grade issues led a generally higher market as institutional buyers placed bids in the corporate low yield division. Federal list bonds rose with many trading to record highs while closing prices touched the best levels. Total transactions stood at 5,396,175 dollars versus 5,638,000 dollars prior day.
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New York
U. S
New York Poultry Market Report Summary
Egg prices in New York on June 2 show a firm market with 11 994 eggs traded. Mixed colors range from fancy to seconds and dirties, with whites and browns exhibiting varied premium marks and exchange standards across nearby and midwestern markets.
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Associated Press
New York
Midwestern
Pacific Coast
Pittsburgh Produce Prices Auctioned by AP Report
Pittsburgh market notes show moderate demand with apples steady around 1.25 to 1.65 per unit for various varieties. Potatoes, butter, eggs, cheese, and poultry prices listed with regional and stock specifics across Maine, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina.
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Associated Press
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New York Baldwins
Starks
Rome
Maine
Green Mountains
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Ala
Georgia Bliss
South Carolina Cobblers
Hennery
Dry Goods Market Shows brisk activity in textile district
From Worth street in New York the textile trade indicates brisk inquiry with solid volume today. Prices hold firm at advanced levels for Lovek Rayon and woolen goods remain active. silk trades quiet. Burlap slips about 10 points following Calcutta market leadership.
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Associated Press
New York
Worth Street
Calcutta
Live Stock Market Report Chicago June 2
Salable hogs 6,000 slow and uneven 5 to 15 lower than Thursday, top 6.75. Cattle 500, calves 300, fair action for steers and yearlings at 8.50 to 9.50, some to 10.00. slaughter cows 6.50 and under. Sheep 4,000 with fat sheep weak. best clipped lambs 9.25, native springers 11.00, fat native ewes 2.25 to 3.00.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Empire voices doubt as Britain wavers in policy
The Merry-Go-Round notes growing skepticism toward Chamberlain policy across the British Empire. Britain grows poorer while Dominions grow warier of involvement, complicating the king’s task to unite the empire during economic downdraft and rising political strain.
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Chamberlain
British Empire
Dominions
England
the Gazette
East Charleston Churches Plan Summer Sunday Services
Churches on Charleston's east side will unite for Sunday night services at 8 at the Baptist temple during June July August. Ministers from St. John's Episcopal First Presbyterian First Christian and First Methodist will preach on scheduled Sundays. J Walter Dickson will preach at morning service and speak at South Park mission. Vacation Bible schools open next week for ages 4-13 with various teachers and leaders listed. Notes on new officers at First Methodist and changes in church groups are included along with vacation school details.
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East Side
Charleston
Baptist Temple
Harry Longley
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Wallace M. Alston
First Presbyterian Church
Herman M. Patton
First Christian Church
Joseph C. Hoffman
First Methodist Church
J. Walter Dickson
Anderson
S. C
South Park Mission
Dickson
Davidson College
Davidson
N. C
Synod
League of South Carolina
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
Payne Brown
Ruffner Memorial Presbyterian
Betty Mumma
R. T. Bush
Paul Nordeck
Ralph Dunsmore
Ralph Ritchie
Sterling Martin
Asbury Methodist Church
Mamie Whatley
Ward Community Church
W. A. Byus, Jr
Albert Cadle
Sally Haines Divorces Film Comedian Bert Wheeler
Sally Haines gains a divorce from Bert Wheeler after testifying that worry and grief kept her from sleep and nearly caused a breakdown. She cited Wheeler saying they should live separately and that he stayed out until 4 a.m. pursuing his own pleasure.
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Los Angeles
Sally Haines
Bert Wheeler
Wheeler
Cattle Hogs and Lambs Market Report from Baltimore
Cattle supply light and steady with yesterday. Steers around 1180 lb top 10.25, cows 5.50 to 6.25, bulls 6.50 to 7.00. Calves 25 steady. weaners 9.00 to 9.50. Hogs 300 head mostly 5 lower. packers sows steady. tops 7.20 for 150-210 lb. Sheep 200 head. good lambs 11.00, plain 8.00, steady. Other classes absent.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Market Report From Pittsburgh Hog Cattle and Sheep Prices
Salable hogs 500 with 150 lb hogs 5 to 15 lower at 7.20 on rail. Sow prices 5.50 down. Cattle 50 with week’s top steers at 10.00. Calves 200 nearly steady with good and choice wealers 9.50 to 10.00. Sheep 150 steady, good and choice lambs 9.00 to 9.50, spring lambs up to 11.50, sheep dull.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Brookline Stone Mansion Moved From Michigan In 1903
The large stone mansion built by John Longyear, once in Marquette, Michigan, was moved to Fischer Hill Brookline Massachusetts in 1903 after trains blocked its site. The house was transported stone by stone using seventy four freight cars. Longyear lived there nearly twenty years until his death in 1922.
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United States
Marquette
Brookline Mass
Fischer Hill
Brookline
Mass
Mich
John Longyear
Lake Superior
Longyear
Foreign Exchange Says Swiss Franc Leads Overseas Markets
The Swiss franc and the Netherlands guilder are the liveliest overseas currencies in New York trading on June 2. Closing rates show Great Britain at 4.68% with 60 day bills at 4.679-16, and various international rates for Canada, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and others.
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Associated Press
New York
Great Britain
Canada
Montreal
Belgium
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Benevolent
Travel
Greece
Italy
Netherlands
Japan
Hongkong
Shanghai
Spring Hill Couple Applies for Marriage License
Gilmer Robert White, 24, and Helen Louise Taylor, 18, both of Spring Hill, applied yesterday for a marriage license at the county clerk's office. Emanuel Kahn, 28, of Dunbar, and Gladys Lake Canter, 23, of 1548 Lewis street, were issued a license.
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Gilmer Robert White
Helen Louise Taylor
Spring Hill
Emanuel Kahn
Dunbar
Gladys Lake Canter
Lewis Street
Transportation Schedule of Trains and Buses from Teinels
Daily timetable listing eastbound and westbound trains and buses with routes through Cincinnati Hunt Chas Elkins Washington New York and other points. Times cover morning midday afternoon and late night services, including Virginian Atlantic Greyhound and New York Central lines.
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Th “Teinels
Ly. Cinn
Ar. Hunt
Ar. Chas
Ly. Chas
Ar. Elkins
Ar. Wash
Ar. N. Y
Virginian
Sf Roanoke
New York Central
Atlantic Greyhound Lines
N. Y
Er. N. Y
Pitts
F. Pitts
Winston-Salem
Girl Scalded In Tub Accident At Home
Ida May Hunt, 10, daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Hunt of Diamond, is hospitalized at St Francis with serious scalds after falling into a tub of boiling water yesterday. She is expected to recover.
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Ida May
Edward Hunt
Diamond
St. Francis Hospital
Grain markets sag as U.S. wheat harvest outlook dims demand
Broad rains across the North American grain belt and forecasts that the 39 U.S. wheat crop may exceed domestic needs spurred selling. July wheat eased to 17% and September around 76% with final quotes down across futures. Corn, oats, rye and lard also declined as traders recalibrated crop prospects and supply.
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Associated Press
Chicago
North American
U. S
Trend of Staple Prices Decline in Wholesale Index
The Associated Press reports the weighted wholesale price index of 35 commodities at 66.95, down from prior readings. The data show week to week and year comparisons with historical ranges and brief notes on recent highs and lows.
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New York
Associated Press
Treasury receipts and balances high light June data
Treasury figures as of May 31 show receipts of 9.86 million dollars and expenditures of 26.72 million. Net balance stands at 2.92 million, with working balance at 2.25 million and customs receipts for the month at 25.32 million.
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Associated Press
Washington
the Treasury
Metal Market Report steady copper tin and lead prices
Copper steadies in New York at 10.00 to 10.50 for spot electrolytic with export 10.174. Tin holds at 49.00 spot, 48.75 forward. Lead sits at 4.75 to 4.80 spot in New York, 4.60 in East St. Louis. Zinc unchanged with East St. Louis spot and forward at 4.50. Quicksilver quoted 85.00 to 88.00.
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Waller C. Hardy & Iry Oil
Reynolds Metals
Krane Co
Lambert Co
Coty, Inc
Lee Rubber
Crown Cork & Libby-Owens Safeway
Adams Express
Schenley Dist
Allied Stores
Loew’s, Inc
Sharpe Dome
Allis Chalmers
Curtiss Wright
Lone Star Cem
Shattuck
F. H
Curtiss
Amerada Corp
Lorillard (P.) Simmons Co
93 & Co
Amn
Deere & Co
Louis. & Nash
Skelly Oil
Encaustic del. & Hud
Socony Vacuum Ac
Crp
Seag
Loco
Cesete
Spiegel, Inc
Macy Co Sperry Corp. Oe
Marshall Field
Martin (G. L
Eastman Kodak
Steel Fdy
Eaton Mfg. Math
S. O. Calif
Elec
Miami
S. O. Indiana
Elec. Boat
Mons. Chemical
Ele. P.& L
Montg. Ward
Amn. Wat.- Wks
Evans Prod
Morris, Phil
Teenee
American Zinc
Excello Corp
Motor Wheel
Stewart-Warner
Anaconda Tse Nne
Beth. Steel
Beth. Steel Pfd
Gen Motors
Boeing A
Ry. Sig
Union Bag & Borden
Gillette Exd
Paper Taeee
Gimbel Bros
N. A. Aviation
Union Carbide . Eis
Borg-Warner
Goodrich Oe
Pacific Union Oil Calif
Bridgeport Brass
Goodyear Scene
North Amn. Co
Union Pac
Briggs Mfg
United Aircraft
Goodyr. Pfd
Utd. A. L. Tran
Budd Wheel
Grant
W.T
Ohio Oil Seer
Bulova Watch
Ptd
United Corpn
Bur. Add. Mc
Greyhound
Oliver Farm
Utd. Corpn, Pfd
Butler Bros
Oppenheim Col . Utd
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Ptc
U S. Steel
Case (J.1.) Co
Packard Motors
Central Ee
Intl
Harvester
Peoples Gas
Chrysler
Nickel
Penney, J. C
Walworth Seeee
Cluett, Peabody
Intl Paper
Phelps Dodge
Warner Bros
Col. Palm Olive
Interst. Dept
Proc. & Gamble
Westvaco Chlor
Com. Credit
Pub. Soc. N. J
Wheeling Steel
Com. Solvents
S Island Creek Pullman 2 27% 265 Bog Wilson & Co 31% 314 3% Com. & Son
Woolworth
Edison
Johns-Manville
R Yel. Truck & C
Radio Corp
Yngst. S. & T
Container Corp
Kennecott
Kresge S. S
Canattiano
Kroger G. & B
Cheno An Stadt
Repub. Steel Money
Associated Press
New York
East St. Louis
Coffee futures in New York market shifts and spot steady
Santos closed one higher and three lower on turnover of 11 500 bags. Old Rio unchanged to two lower on light volume. Spot coffee remained steady. Santos Bourbon 3s and 5s offered at 6 25 to 7 40 C F.
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Associated Press
New York
Santos
Rio
Sugar futures dip as July leads declines in New York
World sugar futures fell today with July contracts hardest hit as selling trimmed prices. July closed down 1.26 points, September down 1.11 with 5,900 tons traded and domestic contracts mixed. refined sugar held at 4.40 to 4.50 locally.
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Associated Press
New York
Closing Investment Trust Prices Report
The Associated Press reports closing investment trust figures from New York on June 2. Prices for various funds show Bid and Ask values with dividends and share classes noted, including Fund Investors Inc and Nor. Am. Tr. Sh. across multiple share types.
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Associated Press
New York
Fund Investors Inc
Son Mass
Nor
Elec. L. & P
Astronomy Talk At Kanawha Society Meeting
H. B. Davenport delivered an illustrated astronomy talk at the Kanawha Astronomical Society gathering held last night at the Kanawha hotel. Four professors from New River State College were guests of the organization.
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H. B. Davenport
Kanawha Astronomical Society
Kanawha Hotel
New River State College
Two Die in Auto Crash in Kingsville Ohio
In Kingsville Ohio an auto collision near Kingsville claimed the lives of Mrs Earl Brydle 40 of Kelloggsville Ohio and Mrs Claude Brydle 80 of McKean Pennsylvania when the car ran into a tree.
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Ashtabula
Earl Brydle
Kellogsville
Claude Brydle
McKean
Kingsville
Simmses Welcome Son at Belle McMillan Hospital
Mr and Mrs Earl R Simms of Belle announce the birth of a son yesterday at the McMillan hospital. The second item notes a weather report stations discussion for Tristan da Cunha Ascension and St Helena for aviators at a South American meteorological conference in Montevideo Uruguay.
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Earl R. Simms
Belle
McMillan Hospital
Tristan da Cunha
Ascension
St. Helena
Montevideo
Uruguay
Cotton futures close mixed with gains and losses
Cotton futures finished with small changes across the board on June 2 in New York. July traded at 8.97, October at 8.17, December 17.92 to 7.93, January 7.87, March 7.80, and May 7.76 with spot middling at 9.78, all reported as nominal values.
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Associated Press
New York
Boston Wool Market Quiets As Demand Holds
Boston June 2. The wool market showed subdued activity with buyers seeking only immediate needs. Demand remained fair for graded three eighths blood combing territory wools at 58 to 60 cents per pound scoured and for quarter-blood combing territory wool at 4 to 56 cents scoured.
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Associated Press
Boston
Butter Market Steady In Chicago Trade
The butter market was steady in Chicago with fresh 93 score at 24 percent, 92 at 23 percent, 91 at 23 percent, 90 at 28 percent, 89 at 22 percent, and 88 at 21 percent in centralized carrots and house track listings.
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Annoeieied Press
Chicago
Young preacher Hubert Bunyan to speak at Spring Street Tabernacle
Hubert G J Bunyan a 12 year old boy preacher from Huntington will deliver sermons at 3 30 p m and 7 45 p m tomorrow at the Spring Street Holiness tabernacle.
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Hubert G. J. Bunyan
Huntington
Spring Street Holiness Tabernacle
Coal Loader Die dueto State Fall in Monarch Mine
Robert Sims 19 of Shrewsbury died from a state fall injuries in the Monarch mine earlier yesterday. Survived by parents Thomas and Mrs Sims, four brothers Grover Lee Tom Frank, and sister Ruth. Body at Perine mortuary Cedar Grove. Funeral 10 a m Monday from residence Rev E L Parsons officiating. Burial Woodland cemetery near Cedar Grove.
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Robert Sims
Shrewsbury
Monarch
Thomas Sims
Grover
Lee
Tom
Frank
Ruth
Perine Mortuary
Cedar Grove
E. L. Parsons
Woodland Cemetery
Jury Hearings Indicated In Parkway Condemnations
An $8 100 award to Ida M Bedwinek for her Kanawha Summers street building will be appealed. Attorneys say the decision signals inevitable jury hearings for all downtown properties valued in the past two weeks as both city and owners dispute the prices set.
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Ida M. Bedwinek
Kanawha
Summers Street
Eureka Jubilee Singers Entertain Rotary Club
Eureka Jubilee Singers performed again for the Rotary Club with Pat Withrow as MC. The Kanawha hotel luncheoneers recalled songs from last year. Delegates nominated for the national convention include Loyd Wildman Silas Pickering M R Mathews Frank Kincheloe Thomas Mays Robert Clutter A B Haneke and C E Hodges.
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Pat Withrow
Eureka Jubilee Singers
Rotary Club
Kanawha Hotel
Loyd Wildman
Silas Pickering
M. R. Mathews
Frank Kincheloe
Thomas Mays
Robert Clutter
A. B. Haneke
C. E. Hodges
Piney Coal Land Buys Second Smokeless Coal Firm
The Piney Coal Land Company purchased the Second Smokeless Coal Company for 37350 dollars. W A Thornhill Jr, special commissioner, announced that Piney was the sole bidder. Sale must be confirmed by the circuit court.
County Court to Review and Equalize Kanawha County Assessments
The Kanawha County Court will meet in regular session from June 1 1939 through July 19 1939 to review and equalize county assessments as ordered by the court. The notice cites Section 24 Article 3 Chapter 1 Code of West Virginia 1931 as amended.
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Kanawha County
Ghene
Dr. Ray
John C. Sisokwood
West Virginia
Ate Ing
Aeialelon
West Virginia Legislature
Paul E. Wehrle
J. R. Aeste
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Walter C. Hardy & Co
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Columbia Oil & Gas
Coppermines
Croker Wheeler Elec
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Fish Rubber
Gulf Oil Ford of Eng. Ltd
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Hecla
Lockheed Aircraft Wweee
City Copper
Niagara Hudson Power
Pharris T. & Aster
Eweee
Pennroad Corporation
Agg Oo Iron
Sete
N. Y. Stock Exchange
Waller C. Hardy & Co
Eee
Treasury
Waller C. Hardy & Bid Askaesavisse
National City Bank
National Bank
Chemical B. & T. Co
Commercial National
B. & T. Fowipewes
Exchange
First National Bank
Guaranty Trust
Irving Trust
Manufacturers Trust Bank of Manhattan
New York Trust
Waller C. Hardy
New York Poultry
Ripley
Merry
Mrs. Whatley
Ladies’ Aid Society
J. C. Hoffman
E. S. Bock
E. F. Phillips
Carl K. Gilchrist
Charles Carden
R. N. Parks
J. N. Stone
Merry Maids
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Loyal Daughters
Frances Hammock
Gardner Avenue
Emma Ornbaum
Erma Riffe
Mary Stogden
Virginia Horton
Barbara
Betty Hammock
Mary Shaver
Lillian McGraw
Jobie Hammock
Ray Smith
Sxwley
Alee
Albert Adwood
Mullins, S.C
Guernsey
A. Ser Watt
Stamberger
Old Mission Golf Club
Kansas City
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Jacksonville
Winston-Saiem
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Hay
Metal Market
Coal Company
H. B. Ferrell
Reed, W. Va
Herman D. ‘Stetion
Charleston, W. Va
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