Stocks Ignore Bad War News Amid Mixed Trading
New York June 26 Despite bad war news the stock market steadied with rail shares recovering. Transfer volume reached 262,293 shares. Union Pacific rose 2% while U S Steel fell 4% and Bethlehem rose. Bonds rallied modestly with Missouri Pacific 5s and Lehigh Valley 5s among top performers.
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New York
Ain
Egypt
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Central
Greatorthern
Chrysler
General Mators
Sears Roebuck
Revere Copper and Brass
Douglas Aircraft
Westinghouse
duPont
Owens-Ill
Nol
Texas Co
U. S. Steel
Missouri Pacific
International Great Northern
Lehigh Valley
Denver
Rio Grade & Western
Nickel Plate
New Haven
Laclede Gas
U. S
Chicago Livestock Prices and Market Report June 2
Livestock report from Chicago shows hogs at 210 weight down and sews weak with top around 14.76. cattle and calves mostly steady to down with best steers around 13.00 to 14.23 and vealers steady near 18.00. Sheep and lambs 3,000 head with higher fat lambs and mixed prices, notes of lighter weights and rough market tone across regions.
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Chicago
C. B. Cent. Ag
Ae Seariirgn
Baltimore
T. S._ Dépt
Ite
Dept
Gomt
Gates
Stock Exchange Closing Prices Amid Turbulent Markets
A dense list of equities dominates the closing prices page, naming Abbot Bab to Zenith Radio with numerous blue chips. Major movers include General Electric, General Motors, U.S. Steel, DuPont, Eastman Kodak, IBM, and Ford, reflecting broad sector activity across airlines, autos, chemicals, and retail.
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Abbot Bab
de Las Ale Réduction Allegnany
Allied Chem & Bye
Allie Chalmers Ify
Aron Car & Pinder
Amn
Amn Radio & Sts
Smellins & F
American Water
Anaconda Arm
Atch
T & 8 P Atlantic Retinine Atlas Corporaties Aviation
Nash Kelvinator
Cash Register
Dalry
Vevenneen Dbf
Pwr Light
Tomerate Nehl Corporation Noy
Rhinhissing
Norfolk & Western
North Amn Aviation North Americrn Co
Northern Pacific Dhia OM
Otis Steed
Owens Ri Ginss
Packard Motor Paramount
Pict Penney
Foy
Berm
Dix Cement Penna
Pepsi-Cola
Phelps
Sehenlevy Disttlers
Sears Roebuck
Incays Shell Union
Sampocoeny-Vacuum Southeast
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Southern RY
Califors
Burcard
Standard Oil
Stone & Werte
Studebaker Corp
Swift A
Woulworth
Fao
Youngstown
F& T
Zenith Radio
Pittsburgh Produce Prices and Poultry Report
Pittsburgh notes a general firming of produce and eggs with mixed regional quotes for apples and transparent varieties. Poultry prices show steady to firm levels for several fowl and turkey, with specific ranges across heavy hens leghorn birds and duck entries.
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Pittsburgh
Pr D
Ajj
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Bliss
South Carolina
North Carolina Cobblers
Biddy
Virginia Cobulars
PF Moore
Bbrcore
Flraly
U. S
Inrae
Leghorn
Red Springer
Old Raorters
Ducke
Geene
Young
Arkey Toms
Grain and Provisions Market and Weather Outlook
Chicago June 29 market notes show mixed grain prices and weather impacts. Wheat futures for September and December rise on demand concerns while corn and oats show modest shifts. soybeans stay steady amid harvest expectations. Looned by vague weather and war news factors, traders watch daily field work progress and crop conditions.
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Chicago
Lune
Earl Harbor
Old Daly
Ouly Reptember
Wiley
Woasy
Butter and Eggs Trending at Creamery Scores
Cincinnati report notes butter read totals and creamery scores, with price details and premiums. Mentions higher than target scores and park premiums, plus cash values and various grade notes. Names Forrest and Biscote appear in reference to the market.
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Audiance
Forrest
Biscote
Jearby
Trend of Staple Prices
New York reports the Associated Press weighted wholesale price index for commodities rising to 97.6 with daily and month comparisons. Prices for fine wools show limited midwestern sales, eastern buyers active, and scoured delivered wool prices around 1.10 per pound. Boston notes a continued wool market, with some midweek buying of fine grades amid lingering demand.
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New York
Associated Press
Seevseses
le Titary
Boston
Rites Set Tomorrow For Roy Cantrell 52
Roy Cantrell a 52 year old watch repairman former Charleston Moose lodge official and amateur photographer was found dead in his arcade building shop by his assistant Johnny Mace. County coroner Dr Max Goldman ruled heart attack caused death about ten hours prior. Cantrell born in Braxton operated a shop at Nott Arcade for 18 years with many affiliations including LOOM Knights of Pythias Senior Order for American Mechanics. Survived by son Darrell Cantrell. Services 10 am tomorrow at Casto funeral chapel burial in King Cemetery Falls Creek on Coal River.
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Iman
Charleston Moose Lodge
Bud
Acade
Johnny Mace
Max Goldman
The
LOOM
Knights of Pythias
American Mechanics
Darrell Cantrell
MacFadden Ignition Company
Casto
King Cemetery
Falls Creek
Coal River
The Brighter Side Continues on Worn Plate Humor
In a humorous aside from 1942 The Gazette recounts plate-men in the navy who keep wound stripes and lament dental plate failures while at sea. Sailors joke that porcelain uppers wash away and that ventures of brave dining become unlikely, recalling Miami Beach excess and a shark incident at the Roney Plaza hotel.
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Miami Beach
Bade County
Florida
the Gazette
Obituary notices from Summersville area churches
Obituary notices list multiple residents dying Sunday, with funeral details. Dorothy Grey 67, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A C Grey, to be buried Cobb cemetery. Nancy Rumbaugh 67, of Winifreds, at Loom Community church. Dollie Egnor 52 of Bulger, Lefthand Fork Baptist church. Webster Haynes 59, former miner, Williams Mountain cemetery. Martha E Beley 66, Thurmond, Demick mountain cemetery. Martha Billups 78, Madison, buried Nelson Cemetery. Billy Lee Burford 21, foster son of Rev. W B Burford, killed in Mink Shots bill incident. Elsie Lee Thompson 43, Dana Hollow, burial family cemetery. Lee Scott 60, Charleston Negro, burial Spring Hill cemetery. Charles Oliver Wagoner 72, Route 2 Spencer, burial Mitchell cemetery. plus survivors listed for each. Notes on services times, officiants, and locations vary by case.
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Nancy
Rumbaugh
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Loom
Cobb Cemetery
Dollie Egnor
Roosevelt Linville
Lefthand Fork Baptist Church
Tites
Mes
Dollie_Fitnur
Bulger
Charleston
Borizl
Martha E. Beley
L. B. Beley
Thurmond
Demick Mountain Cemetery
Billy Lee Burford
Crescent Road
W. HB. Burford
Earl G. Hissom
Carol Sue
Laura Jane
Elsie Lee Thompson
F. J. Thompson
Dana Hollow
Otho Smailey
Lewis Mauck
Helen Hudson
Kathleen McDermott
Bownemont
H. C. Loudermilk
Young Street Baptist Church
Lee Scott
Court Street
Wright Wll
Spring Hill ‘Cemetery
Campbell
Evan
U.S. Army
Hawaii
Hallie Mace
Ready
Bond Averages Clement B. Pritt
Clement B. Pritt 27 of Sissonville died yesterday in a Charleston hospital after a short illness. Survivors include his wife Ina, mother Mrs. J. G. Pritt, five sisters and four brothers all of Sissonville. body at Nobles Long's mortuary. Charles Henry Bush services set for 2:30 p.m. tomorrow at Methodist church in Lewishard. survived by wife Helen, daughter Mrs. Bolen Gist, sister Mrs. Mary Robinson, a son and a grandson in Charleston and Camden New Jersey.
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Clement
B. Pritt
Sissonville
Charleston
Ina
J. G. Pritt
Ernie Heed
Mernie Calman
Kehna
Ruby Parsons
Olive Hindman
Sigserville
Frances Pritt
Vernon
James
Lawrence
Guy Pritt
Nobles Long
Charles Henry Bush
Eka Ay AG Ast Methodist Church
Lewishard
Harden
Thiteer Mortuary
rHela Rakeet
Bush
Miner Killed by Train Services Tomorrow at Ramsey Cemetery
William Lewis Waugh of Smithers died Sunday night after being struck by a train near his home in Montgomery county. Services set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Ramsey Cemetery in Bell Creek near Gauley Bridge. Survived by wife Dena Yaveh, five daughters, four sons, four brothers, four sisters. Body at B C Hooper mortuary, Montgomery, then to residence tonight.
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Bell Creek
Gauley Bridge
Wiliam Lewis Waugh
Smithers
Montgomery
J. M. Batlanges
Waugh
B. C. Hooper
C. and C Conductor Dies After Caboose Fall
W Burdette 70 of Hinton a Leake and Ohio railway conductor between Hinton and Russell Ky died at 11 am Sunday in Montgomery hospital from a skull fracture suffered Friday night when thrown from the caboose of his train. He leaves a wife six sons and three daughters, plus a sister and brother.
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W. Burdette
Hinton
Leake & Ohio Railway
Russell
Montgomery Hospital
James Curtis Burdette
Meadowcreel
John Meredith Burdette
U.S. Army Air Corps
Kessler
U S Airmen Strike Wake Island in Moonlit Raid
U S airmen led by Col Arthur W Meehan blasted Wake Island in a moonlit attack from near Pearl Harbor. Bombers destroyed the Japanese airfield and planes on the ground as anti aircraft fire sparked early and intense defenses.
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U.S
mid-Pacific
Japan
Arthur W. Meehan
West Point
Ianapulii
Meehan
Planca
Reserves Push Back as Sevastopol Battles Rage
Reported German offensives across Sevastopol and Kharkov regions intensified as 15,687 prisoners were claimed taken at Sevastopol from June 7 to 29 with ongoing shelling of Leningrad factories. Kursk fighting was highlighted with a thrust toward Voronezh along the Moscow Rostov line, while Soviet defenses repelled several Nazi attacks and hospitals reported heavy German casualties in Crimea.
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Rostov
Fedor von
Fortifica Wong
Crimea
Simferopol
Kupyansk
FDR May Take Hand In Saboteurs Fate
The eight captured Nazi saboteurs face possible death penalty or long terms if prosecuted by the Justice Department for treason and sabotage while two American conspirators could receive up to similar penalties. The administration considers military trial if Roosevelt decides, with a forthcoming official update.
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England
Miners Win Refunds with Short Vacation End
Miners through an agreement will receive their regular pay for 10 days worked, vacation pay, and fines collected. The producers association backed the president’s request, while stressing that participation in the strike violated the wage agreement and fines were collected legally. A spokesman forecast most mines could reopen by Wednesday, with 70,000 to 80,000 miners idle at the vacation’s start.
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Producers Association
Kanawha Coal Operators Association
Ilegal
Ickes
Southern Coal Produsers Association
Three Million Young Men Register Today in West Virginia
About 57,000 names will be added to West Virginia's selective service roster as 51,000 men aged 18 19 and 20 register today. State headquarters expect the new listing to raise the state's retail registered tax and boost wartime manpower efforts.
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West Virginia
Selective Service
Wreck Kills Youth 19 at Mid Town Intersection
A car carrying St Mark's church youths collided with a bus near Washington and Dickinson streets at 6 30 p m yesterday. Turner Bell 19 died 10 minutes after hospital arrival. five others injured including a boy in critical condition. Driver William Brotherton 16 faced manslaughter charges and was released on bond. Bus driver James H Martin also charged. Many passengers injured or treated locally. Funeral services planned in Tennessee for Bell.
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Doney Odus Bell, Jr
Ruffner Avenue
St. Mark's Church
Kanawha City
Washington and
Dickinson Streets
Bell
St Francis Hospital
William Brotherton
McClung Street
Haskell Gates, Jr
Franklin Avenue
D. H. Gates
John Counts
Washington Street
R, H. Counts
Howard Ellis
South Drive
Ernest Fisher
Fisher
McMillan Hospital
Charleston General Hospital
Stewart Grove
Pauline Court
Bourne
Beth
Bartlett Mortuary
Max Goldman
Tennessee
Reba Sue
Scrap Rubber Shortage Fails Panic Rationing Warned
Brig. Gen. L C Clay told the senate appropriations committee the army will face a 250000 ton rubber shortage by end of 1943. He urged speeding up synthetic rubber, conservation, and greater use of reclaimed material to reduce the deficit while the army holds about 1276000 tons by next December. He also noted gasoline rationing limits to about one gallon per vehicle daily in 17 eastern states under federal control.
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Oregon
North Dakota
L. C. Clay
Senate Appropriations Committee
Clay
Subs and Mine Claim Four More Allied Ships
Survivors report two lifeboats from the crew were rescued by a Yugoslav ship only to be sent to sea again after torpedoes struck the rescue vessel. Two Norwegians and two Yugoslavs were lost. The Norwegian ship was torpedoed at 9 30 a m on June 14 off the north coast of South America. Two torpedoes killed two men leaving 31 to abandon ship in two lifeboats, rescued next morning. Five hours later a torpedo hit the Yugoslav vessel. The Norwegians reboarded lifeboats and continued adrift. The 11 men in one boat drifted nine days before rescue.
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South America
Churchill Defends Role as War Strategy Debate Gathers Steam
The article notes Churchill poised to defend his wartime leadership amid cross-Atlantic and parliamentary pressure. Roosevelt Stalin and Chiang Kai-Shek are cited as involved in the broader allied coordination. A general staff proposal, long backed by the Times, could emerge if Churchill concedes ground. General Sir Archibald Wavell in India is named as a potential head for such a staff.
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Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Chiang Kai-Shek
London
Churchill
Times
Archibald P. Wavell
India
School board names Charles P Harper guidance supervisor
The state board of education yesterday named Dr. Charles P Harper professor of social science at Glenville State Teachers College as supervisor of occupational information and guidance in state schools. He will attend a national guidance conference at Harvard University July 27 to August 7.
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State Board of Education
Yessterday
Glenville State Teachers College
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