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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1933
Page
10
Grains surged ahead of competitors while wheat and corn climbed after Monday’s gains, markets showing strength as the dollar and sterling moved. shares varied with top issues advancing, led by National Distillers and several chemical and industrial stocks. Trading totaled over five million shares with several major rails and manufacturers posting small gains.
Pittsburgh date June 20 reports steady produce demand with apples and potatoes among items showing stable levels. New York copper and iron markets also quiet with spot and nearby figures around 48.62 for copper and 4.30 for lead, with futures directions noted.
Local listings highlight Virginian and Capitol programs with stars such as Richard Barthelmess Ally MacKahon Loretta Young and Franchot Tone. Other venues show Disney Sky Symphony Fox News Flip the Frog and Rialto features with Charles Ohler Sale Diane Sinclair and more.
Market reports from Baltimore and Lancaster show cattle and sheep prices under pressure. Slaughter classes steady with limited demand. bulls and steers mixed, weights and grades affect bids. Lambs and mutton show slight declines, with buyers cautious and averages drifting downward across categories.
New York June 27 heavy trading in railroad securities lifts bonds after optimistic traffic reports fade. Volume expands to 13,378,009 with bond sales strong on corporate loans rising to new highs. Government bonds close steadier as time loans hold firm and prime commercial paper remains at 1 1/16 percent.
Pittsburgh June 3 Wonderful cattle market with steady to higher quotes. Beef cattle improved with good and medium classes at 2.78 to 3.75 per hundredweight. Hogs and sheep showed varied trading with calves and sows noted in price ranges. Mostly cattle numbers around 6 000 cattle and 24 900 hogs including 1004 direct sales reported.
Foreign exchange data shows varied demand for currencies including Britain Belgium Germany Norway and Sweden with several rates listed and notable distortions in figures. Separately eggs and poultry prices in New York and sugar market moves with raw sugar up and refined steady mark activity noted.
News and entertainment listings for New York broadcasts. Notable speakers include Nicholas Roosevelt discussing eastern Europe on NBC at five. Morton Downey returns from London for WABC. Scientists Millikan Compton and Robert discuss stratosphere access on NBC at eight thirty. Performances feature Ben Bernie's orchestra and Donald Navis along with other acts across multiple stations.
New York market moves forward moderately amid small losses in some oil and distillery shares. Electric Bond and Stimre posted near gains, while overall transfers show 684000 shares traded, with about 681000 the previous day. In Boston, fleece wool prices rose as finer-line Delain outfits gained 20 to 30 cents and combing jipace reached up to 34 cents.
The piece cites harsh labor abuses in company stores and worker oppression, echoes pre Hoover era complaints, and reports protests reaching the Swiss legation over Camille Dreset’s deportation. It notes Geneva’s disarmament concerns, and details U S labor issues as recovery act decisions loom, with figures like Bill Green and Lew Douglas in flux.
The piece notes rising congressional hostility to President Roosevelt and mentions a quiet treasury review of selling baby bonds to fund a large public works program worth 83.8 billion. It cites Minnesota representative Shoemaker’s exploits, secretary Payer’s nickname Pickwick, and a Spain-related political stir, plus New York’s bond sales, Rockefeller interests, wage gains in New York state, and Glasgow health fasting advice.
A fragmentary report notes a Spanish suspect arrested over an act said to be retaliation linked to Vatican measures against church property and schools in Spain. The guilty party is described as possibly a Spaniard, with details limited by the damaged text.
A garbled account follows Day by Day chatter about Braveness owls and readings on back jackets of a recent work titled In Your Bar. A publisher is praised, then a spoken quotation hints at a hotel manager in Poughkeepsie. Joseph Urban drinks orange juice, then dashes off after a windblown straw, passing a Negro porter and a quip about a soap plant in England.
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