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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1940

Page

15

Wall Street Falls on Church Ali Pact Hopes

New York stocks slipped amid mixed signals from Paris and reports of a French fleet in Alexandria harbor under British control. The Associated Press average dropped a fraction as heavyweights like U S Steel, Bethlehem, Chrysler, General Motors, and DuPont led declines while transfers rose to 694000 shares.

New York Church- Ali Alexandria Associated Press U.S. Steel Bethlehem Chrysler General Motors Douglas United Aircraft Glenn Martin Caterpillar American Telephone North American American Water Works International Nickel Westinghouse DuPont Allied Chemical U. S. Gypsum Chesapeake & Ohio New York Central Standard O.1 Loft Alarcinum of America Gulf Oil American Cyanamid Bell Aircraft New Jersey

Markets Endures Mixed Decline Across Commodities in New York

New York market report shows stocks down amid slow declines in steels and aircrafts. Bonds mixed with German and Italian issues. Sugar easier as commissions house selling continues. Metals quiet with linen prices down. Wheat and corn lower. Hogs largely 10 to 15 lower, top around 5.30, sparcity noted. Cattle steady.

New York

Grain and Provisions Row Feels Down Week

Grain markets show wheat and corn prices easing at Monday close with near term levels at multi day lows. Soybeans and barley quotes mixed while futures drift lower across key contracts as traders weigh supply signals and demand outlook.

Bank Stocks Dow Jones Market Averages Reported

Industrials listed at 121.05 and rails at 20 in the Dow Jones market summary furnished by Weller C. Hardy & Company.

Dow-Jones Weller C. Hardy & Company Waller C. Hardy & Company Bic Ask Empire Trust National City Bank Baty Chase National Bank Bankers Trust Chemical Central-Hanover Continental Bank Corn Exchange ABE First National Bank Guaranty Trust Co Trying Bank of Manhattan Manufacturers Trust New York Trust

New York Poultry Prices Mixed at Auction

New York auction market reports steady prices across poultry grades and colors. Notable items include fancy to extra category, whites, and Browns with higher bids for select lots. Prices show little change from prior session, with midwestern and nearby lots contributing to overall demand.

New York Dune Prentiah Mayer

Pittsburgh Produce And Treasury Data From June Reports

The June reports show weak demand for produce and softer car activity with fluctuating prices. Treasury figures reveal revenue and expenditure totals for the period, including monthly receipts and a deficit near three billion dollars, plus year to date totals and debt measures amid ongoing fiscal scrutiny.

Bonds and markets drift lower amid mixed U S signals

New York June 25 markets fell with the Dow and broader averages drifting downward. Rails and utilities offered slight support, Italian bonds remained strong, while U S government issues weakened. Trading totaled about 4.75 million dollars in value, with no June rally extension. Sugar and goods markets showed activity. dry goods firm, woolen goods steady, and textiles with mixed price moves.

New York Associated Press U. S

Live Stock Market Rundown From Major Cities

AP reports cattle and hog markets across Chicago Pittsburgh and Baltimore. Prices show mixed demand with hogs steady to higher and veal tops near 9.50, cows bulls and sheep uneven but generally softening in places. Dealers note limited offerings and cautious buying across regions.

Wholesale price index and commodity markets dip

The Associated Press reports a slight drop in the wholesale price index for three commodities to 7.59 with week and year changes, while Cotter markets note running totals and bids on bags and various goods. A Nairobi South Africa incident involved a single engine plane colliding with a high tension wire. the plane’s fall was cushioned and the pilot sustained minor injuries.

IBY Asincinind Press Hew York Dum Associated Preas Elpcting Swellis Nairobi South Africa

Hampshire Governor Declares Candidacy for GOP Nomination

Gov. Francis Murphy of New Hampshire announces pursuit of the Republican presidential nomination. Campaign offices open and delegates line up as Bridges' status shifts. Bridges had been a candidate but would accept second place if a strong leader emerges at the top.

Priladelpria Francis Murphy New Hampshire Murphy Sen Harry Bridges Marr

Refugees Stream Back to Old Homes in Paris

Refugees returning from Paris to Berlin era are described moving slowly on foot or by bicycle as German troops advance through rough France. Many carriers left city with belongings. Paris police announce a census in the Seine department as the German governor replaces the Paris prefect Roger Lange.

Paris Seine Roger Langeron Faris Police Marchand Municipal

DuPont High Explores U S Defense School Suit

H K Hogan West Virginia education chief visits Washington to discuss a potential trade school unit at DuPont High School Belle under the national defense program. Virgil L Fiton says Kandwhi County officials were asked to send photos of the Stonewall Jackson trade school for United use in training workers with the defense program.

H. K. Hogan West Virginia Washington duPont High School Belle National Defense Program Virgil L. Fiton Yesterdy Bhat W. A. Williams Kandwhi Stohewall Jackson Trade School United Wright U.S. Commissioner of Education Laray

Obituary Notices from West Virginia Area

Obituaries list multiple local residents including Ida Mae Kerns 74, Blanche Harris Perry, Fannie Harper Riles 75, William Rufus Helmick, Joe Wesley 73, Benjamin Lanham 42, Noah Kumdy, Gary Davis McPherson 61, David Franklin Atkins 53, Eliza Tate 83, James Arthur Chandler, Carrye Beatrice Moore 59, Clarence Friend 34, Elizabeth Truman 78, Marian Frances Lloyd infant, Robert F Samples 73. Services set at churches and cemeteries. burial at Spring Hill Walnut Kirkhart Forks of Coal Clay Spencer and related cemeteries. deaths occurring in Charleston area and Kanawha Two-Mile and Spencer. Surviving relatives include spouses children and siblings. funeral homes listed.

James F Mynes Dies At 77 A Prominent Farmer

James F Mynes 77 a prominent Fulham county farmer died yesterday at his home. The body was removed to the Allen mortuary Hurricane. Services will be held today at 2 pm at the Methodist church Hurricane burial in Hurricane cemetery. Surviving are his wife Mrs Molly Martin Mynes five daughters Mrs Deane Hall of Hurricane Mrs Alts Kate Graham of Huntington a son Earl Mynes of Pt Pleasant a sister Mrs Tara Burdett of Pt Pleasant and three brothers Charles Mynes of Charleston Alexander Mynes of Huntington and Len Mynes of St Albans.

Gary Davis McPherson First Methodist Spencer Gary Davis McPherson Wellsburg Johnson Warlaw Spencer Cemetery H.C Cleveland W. 3 Bath Q. A Huntington Etta Shannon Marietta Homer Phillips Jer Hewlet Roy Quien Follawsbee James F. Mynes Fulham County Allen Hurricane Methodist Church Molly Martin Mynes Deane Hall Alts Kate Graham Earl Mynes Pt. Pleasant Tara Bu

GOP Enlarge Plank Seeks Nonintervention and Defense

The GOP refined its platform by enlarging the noninterventionist plank with Brooks and two senators, pledging armed defense for the hemisphere and opposing foreign aid while signaling caution on war. Landon praised the process as orderly, promising broad but vague peace principles without binding the candidate to specific methods.

Brooks Landon Sen Longe Massachusetts Thomas Idaho Plinchier New Deal Uwlirks Nat Bound Landau Marine Corps Ilingis American Legion

Solon Tells British To Give Up Isles

Senator Pittman proposes that Britain surrender the British Isles to Hitler and fight from the New World. He argues Congress will not authorize US intervention in the European war and urges immediate action to end Hitler’s bid for world conquest. Churchill's vow to never surrender is cited as support.

Solon Isles INS Pittman Nevelle Toight British Isles Hitler Atlantic New World Senate Foreign Relations Committee Congress U. S Europe Great Britain Churchill

Fairmont Groups Start Council on Defense

A Fairmont report says ten civic organizations formed a council to coordinate local defense efforts under temporary chairman Ally Carter D. Jones. The body will act as a clearing house for reports and counteractive methods to deter subversive activity and prevent persecution of innocent people.

Fairmont Carter D. Jones Fairmont Council of National Defense Jones

State Is Bootlegger Judge McClintic Says

BLUEFIELD June 25 Federal Judge George W McClintic said referring to the state in the grand jury charge as a seller of liquor he bears no more animosity toward bootleggers than toward the state Both are bootleggers in my opinion and he made the remark during the proceedings

Bluefield George W. McClintis Grand Jury McClintic

Housing official discusses city projects at Business Club

Clyde Jarrett secretary of the Charleston Housing authority spoke on two low cost housing projects at the American Business club meeting in the Morrison building. He said Washington Manor on Estill Street would be ready for occupancy in November and invited members to visit Littlepage Terrace tomorrow. The club will hold its next meeting on July 9 with new officers to be installed.

Clyde Jarrett Charleston Housing Authority American Business Club Morrison Building Jarrett Washington Manor Estill Street Littlepage Terrace

Prof Smith to Direct McGuffey Club Program

Arlington Smith will direct the musical program at Bartletts chapel Friday afternoon for the Kanawha McGuffey club meeting. The program features Prof Smiths compositions and tenor solos by student Gene Jordan. Officers will be elected and readings led by George BE Jubbs and J F Tustin.

F. Arlington Smith Kanawha McGuffey Club Bartlett's Chapel Prof

Young Presbyterians Open Conference Today

West Virginia Presbyterians of college age and older gather at Bluefield for a week long Fellowship Conference directed by Rev. Aubrey N. Brown with Rev. Jne Overmyer as conference teacher. The session emphasizes non intervention and prostate? No.

West Virginia Bluefield Colleas Aubrey N. Brown Montsgomery Jne Overmyer Bream Memorial Presbyterian Church U.S. Senate Illinois

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Ney Blanche Harris Perry Millen Street Spring Hill Cemetery Fannie Harper Cunningham Virginia Jones Willard Carney William Rufus Helmick Losie Calhoun County Walnut Methodist Church Walnut Cemetery Mr. Mortis Joe Vesley Joe's Creek Joe Wesley Whs Packsville W. A. French Cunningham Mortuary Lewis Wesley L. R. Williams Charleston Police Department Benjamin Lanham Benjamin Lanhare Charleston Advent Church Blakeley Noah O Kumdy Seeviges Vandale Mortuary R. H. Kennedy Dora Haught Flaharty Hollis Tzora McDonald Triptett Lee Flaherty Dale Richard Plaharty Spender David Franklin Atkins Ashford Barker Cemetery Kunter and Munter Madison Mary Atkins Frazier Ira Tilden Hendrick Orgas K. B. Jarrell Peytona Wava Atkins Columbus George Brannen Frank Atkins Jacob Atkins Eliza Casdorph Tate Kanawha DB. M D. 1 W. A Sissonville Xond Bartlett James Arthur Chandler Vernon Johns Harden Carrye Beatrice Moore J. 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