Increased Building Operations Shown In Fifth District
Richmond June 1 Increased building activity appeared in both city and rural areas in the fifth federal reserve district per the monthly business conditions review. April coal production declined from March but surpassed April 1926 levels while overall district business remained above year-ago volumes.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve
Corr
Uaual
Reserve Bank
Moroder
Bonsis
Richmond Fed data show rise in rediscounts and steady assets
In April to May rediscounts of member banks at the Richmond Fed rose from 53.252 million to 56.531 million. Total earning assets fell from 64.379 million to 63.608 million due to fewer bankers acceptances. Currency in circulation declined and time deposits dropped as withdrawals moved into securities or higher interest rate loans.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Richmond
Richmond Bank
Bankers Acceptances
Federal Reserve
Labor trends and building permits in fifth district show mixed activity
A district report notes overall labor gain this year with higher than last year employment though some factories reduced force in May. Textile disputes linger and wet weather slowed farm and construction work. Building permits in April reach 12.7 million district-wide while several West Virginia cities report varied new work and repairs.
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Idustrial
West Virginia
Bluefield
New
Charleston
Clarksburg
Huntington
Parkersburg
Collectors Return From Parkersburg School Session
Deputy collectors Emory Kirby Wheeler Chenoweth and Oliver Am returned from Parkersburg where they attended a school for internal revenue collectors.
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Emory Kirby
Wheeler Chenoweth
Oliver Am. Court
Parkersburg
Internal Revenue
Here and There In West Virginia overview items
Here and There In West Virginia reports several brief items from multiple towns. Details include a dress exhibit prize won by Jeannette Turney of Miler school, a bird deterrent using cowbells in Martinsburg, a record chestnut hen in Grapton, and a civil note on a Huntington milk wagon fine for a horse that would not stop at a corner.
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Fairmont
Jeannette Turney
Miler School
Huntington
Judge Bureau
House moved across the Benwood McMechen line
A Hitchiman Coal and Coke company house was moved across the Benwood city line into McMechen. An office building will replace the former site on the ground. Health measures cut city gasoline use as Perry orders city workers to supply their own fuel after July 1.
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Hitchiman Coal and Coke Company
Benwood City Line
McMechen
Huntington
Perry
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France
Bal Ger- Haars
Atlantic
Seine Ae
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Sixth Ave
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Kanawha National Bank
W. Va
Ernst & Son
Capitol St
Lily Lee
China
Yale
Ange
Baltimore
Martinsburg
Raleigh Street
Grapton
D. VY
Hickman
Kearse
Talking Screen
Fox - Movietone
Tomer SC
Mary Duncan
Warner Baxter
Edmund Lowe
Mack Sennett
Comedy
CL “A
Briggsee
Lordie
MR _JONESEGOS
the Holsum Bakery
Shana
Morgantown
Wiles Hill
Spencer
J. F. Geist
Worthville
Sa & Geist
Geist
Ghivar Minarat Water
Ainger
Joan
B. C
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B. O
Lever Bros, CO
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