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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1934
Page
11
Wall Street shows renewed activity as commodity markets drive cautious optimism. Favorable shifts in stocks like General Fusion and Goodyear spur trading, while drought fears limit gains in corn and wheat. Analysts note volatility remains as prices swing and sector leaders attract attention.
Valedictorian Ray Whittington and Salutatorian Genevieve Comer lead the senior class of Louon district high school as 94 graduates prepare for commencement at 8:18 PM Thursday June 14. Rev Frank C Brown will deliver the baccalaureate sermon at 8 PM in the high school auditorium. Class night follows Friday at 8 PM with diplomas presented by County Supt R J Gorman. Junior senior reception Saturday at 8:30 PM in the gym, with entertainment supervised by Miss Clara M Smith and Miss Helen Snafer.
A scrambled late edition lists results and figures for Pittsburgh Produce items and regional sports, noting scores and expenditures. The page includes misread lines about cobbler scores, treaty petitions, fiscal year expenditures, and emergency outlays with several numeric totals and place names like Maine New York Louisiane and Carol line cobbler. The fragmented text mentions associated press attribution and a tune dated August.
Reports from the Associated Press detail live poultry prices and market conditions. White poultry, per dozen, shows varying prices with recent cooling trends noted. A separate report mentions wool fleece sales and related market movements, indicating broader agricultural commodity activity.
In Lancaster, Pa cattle trade shows 687 head with steers mixed quality, cows mostly lower, bulls steady to lower, calves steady. Jersey City and Baltimore markets list cattle and vealers with varied declines and steady calves, hogs mixed but largely steady, lambs and sheep with price shifts. overall demand fluctuates across regions.
Explanation of Yesterday's cartoon notes the wild sheep named Wool Leaf Sheep Mountan, distinguishing it from domesticated varieties and highlighting its status as a world wild sheep. The brief fragment hints at taxonomy and comparisons without full context.
Hogs 22 000 with 13 000 due strong weights and quality varied from 230 to 380 pounds. Meat pigs around 2.00 to 2.50. sows mostly 2000 to 260. Heavy calves and cattle listed with mixed prices. better grades and utilities shown, market slow to steady with fluctuating bids.
Toledo grain quotes show various wheats and white grain in store with price ratios and percentages. Sugar futures gained briefly on tariff hopes before easing, raw sugar around 2.78 and many contracts unchanged. Coffee in New York eased on weak demand with Santos beans around 11 to 11 1 2 cents, while money markets in New York held steady with prime commercial paper at 4 to 24 percent and treasury rates stable.
The Associated Press reports steady cotton prices with higher inquiry. Demand varied by product: rayon yarns strong for immediate delivery, silk goods quiet in unfinished cloth division, finished cloths in light demand, wool dress goods and coatings more active, burlap weak with lowest quotes, and weaving goods showing firmer activity.
A Merry-Go-Round item notes a Maryland born worker claiming prior Census Bureau experience and facing imminent dismissal as Western and Southern senators seek to oust workers near Washington. The job involved checking contracts to cut cotton and wheat, and verifying punch card tally accuracy.
New York June action saw the first average uptick in a week as demand for secondary issues rose with stock recovery. Trading volume expanded to 10,603,000 and the composite 60 domestic corporate taste marker held at 85 cents.
Radio listings across WEAF WBC and WABC CBS CBS outline a busy day featuring the English derby Ep som Dawns classic from Stockholm in celebration of Swedish day with King Gustav expected to participate. The Farm and Home Hour debuts a monthly Home Demonstration Hour on NBC with Mrs. Roosevelt as first speaker and Virginia Illinois farm women invited. A six minute Drunkard temperance piece airs on WABC CBS at 10 pm with narrator Col Stoopmagle. Wednesday Byrd expedition broadcast on WABC CBS at 9 pm followed by Hartford bop concert Martha Mesterx and others. Multiple hourlong programs on WEAF NBC and WABC CBS feature concerts, Broadway turns, and dance bands with diverse acts and guest appearances across late afternoon to night.
A discussion on how batters gain vast advantages by eye training and cerebellum coordination. It explains sensory inputs from eyes, balance organs, joints, and nerves converging in the cerebellum to time the hit precisely. The text notes limits of early training, speed of pitches, and the role of light energy in visual sensitivity.
The Associated Press reports a sharp rise in commodity prices with the 1920 average at 100 and a high equal to 1,395. A London port shipping record shows 16,513,572 tons of coastwise traffic carried through last year, signaling strong maritime activity.
Dairymen oppose the plan to move 16 000 cattle from drought affected regions to West Virginia. Members say importing cows would depress milk prices and that Kanawha county lacks feed for so many new head. Officers were elected including Carl Figgatt as president and a price conference is planned with milk distributors. A committee will meet with Commissioner J S McLaughlin soon.
Chicago sculptor Fred M. Torrey, guest of Roy Bird Cook in Charleston, praised Gilbert's Capitol design after a tour of the state capitol. Torrey called the Jackson statue base a "quonstrnsky" concept and commended the Union soldier monument on the capitol lawn. He planned to return to Fairmont later the afternoon.
Two staff members from each county relief administration will take a weeks training course at Marshall College Huntington beginning next Monday. State relief administrator William N Beehler announced the program aims to train social workers locally rather than importing them. It will open a door to a new profession for hundreds of young men and women in West Virginia.
Fragmented AP style item notes metal market movements with scattered figures and city references. Mentions New York and Louis, with future prices and a $50 reference, but the full details are unclear due to damaged text.
A promotional notice touts Indo Vin as marvelous with testimonials from Arthur L and others in Charleston. It claims success in alleviating suffering through a “truthful” remedy, urging sufferers to buy Indo Vin at Potterfield drug store Capitol and other outlets.
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