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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1925
Page
9
Cincinnati June 17 1925 wheat futures rose recovering losses with about 6c gains for July and September as better export buying and strong cables supported the market. Cash wheat was dull and prices little changed and country demand remained light while grain and hay held firm but quiet.
New York World News Service reports dividends from several firms. National Cloak and Suit Company pays 1 common quarterly. Tennessee Electric Power Company offers 1.50 quarterly. Philadelphia and Western Railway 1.25 preferred quarterly. Weber Piano Company 1.75 total with 1.0 percent preferred. National Biscuit Company 0.75 common and 1.5 percent preferred. Title Guaranty and Trust Company issues 8 percent, with half June 30 and remainder September. General Fireproofing Company pays 20 cents common and 0.8 common plus 1.75 preferred. Aeolian Company 1 percent. Crucible Steel Company 1. all payable to stock of record dates in June and July.
Ohio incorporations include numerous Cleveland and Cincinnati companies with capital figures ranging from 500 to 19 000. Notable names: Greel cp Terminal enemy Cleveland and Forty-fourth Building Company. other entries list Land Company and Century Ches peony with various investors and officers.
Call money steady at 3 percent with the ruling rate 8 percent and bid at 344 percent. Time loans mix of collateral with sixty ninety days at 8 percent and four six months at 3 4 percent. Prime commercial paper around 4 percent. Bar silver 68 2 3 cents and Mexican dollars 52 1 2 cents. London bar silver at 31 11 16d and money at 3 percent. Discount rates for short and three month bills about 4 7 16 to 4 3 4 percent.
Edward F. Alexander addressed Elberon Presbyterian Church on Wednesday night under the City Charter Committee. He framed the November city election as a choice between a rubber-stamp government from New York and representative men, and demonstrated proportional representation to be used in future elections.
Official New York curb market list shows total stock sales of 463,200 shares and bonds at 1,255,000 dollars on June 17. The itemized table lists numerous Industrials stocks with prices, highs, lows, and closes, alongside domestic and international bonds and yellow-page style quotations.
A June 17 wire service report from New York lists international rates in cents and percent for European currencies, Japan, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and several American and Latin American markets with demand and cable figures. Notable entries include Sterling around 4.85, France near 4.75, Switzerland 19.42, Japan 40.62, and Brazil 11.10 with others such as Spain 14.58 and Uruguay 97.25.
Listings show station call letters and times for broadcasts including orchestras concerts and musical features. Entries include WGAI Cincinnati WEAF 7 PM concert and WMA Kago Arion Musical and Dramatic Club with evening programs across multiple stations.
A fragment from WMAQ Chicago outlines a 447.5 meter broadcast with PM Speeee, orchestra, financial talk, a lecture, and a drama club event titled Muaies. The note blends musical and cultural programming in a single listing.
Gu bs er brothers John and Frank of Gubser Mill Campbell County appeared before Commissioner Roetken after prohibition agents raided Tuesday night finding 500 bottles of beer and a brewing outfit. Bonds set at 500 each for July 24 trial. William Beierle held on $2,500 bond for possession of stills and liquor, third offense. John Kruse and Thomas Dorgan held for grand jury at $1,000 each. Two stills totaling 300 and 120 gallons of moonshine reported. William Kennewey cited for 1,000 bond after 160 beer bottles a fifty gallon still and 1,500 gallons mash found.
Eastern stations list program lineup with times for Pittsburgh detailing 8 P.M Farmers' studio, 8:45 P.M Tea time and 10:30 P.M Studio segment, plus 1 meter signal notes.
A damaged OCR snippet mentions meters and several unclear names including Uncle Kaybee. No identifiable event or outcome is present in the readable text.
A fragment describes a central stations schedule with a dinner concert, speeches, and twenty minutes of reading. It lists a Chicago segment with police reports, classical and evening programs spanning about five hours.
The listing shows a midweek program near York with 491.5 meters noted and a timetable from 6 PM to 10 PM. Dinner at 6 and a Serendérs ensemble at 6 30 followed by touring acts, radio artists and two orchestras.
A fragmented listing shows a 7 P.M. talk session with prominent Clevelanders, followed by a 7 P.M. program and a 10 P.M. entertainment event and an 8 P.M. organization session.
At 7 PM an orchestra performs for one hour in the theater followed by a soprano and tenor at 9 PM with dance selections for one hour. A second dance segment and vocal performance occur at 11 PM.
WFI Philadelphia lists a 344.5 meter frequency event at 5 45 P.M with a concert at 7 P.M ensemble at 8 P.M WEAF program follows. The schedule reflects station lineup and timed broadcasts for the evening.
The schedule lists programs on 370.2 meters from 1 PM to 10 PM. It features music periods including organ at 6:80 PM, dinner music, a classical concert, and a one hour jazz segment titled Skeezix time at 5:80 PM.
WGBS New York presents a late evening recitals and theater lineup. 6:30 P.M. Ramblers and 7:30 P.M. Footlight and Lamplight. 8:30 P.M. Theater program features ora Ramon mezzo soprano. WEAF and WOR offer additional three hour gospel program and recital.
A brief notice shows a Sunday school lesson scheduled for the morning and a 1 percent hour score time. It lists an 8:30 PM meeting on Sunday with references to scores and a program.
Radio lineup lists programs with a 6 3 window for organ recital at 73 minutes past the hour and a 7 30 p m run for lullaby and orchestra segments followed by opera in the evening.
At 5 80 P M a mean book chat airs followed by a South America talk at 7 45 P M Music features the U S Marine organ recital at 8 80 P M with an organ program set for the evening on WGY Schenectady.
John C. B. Yates of Fifth Street and Garrard Avenue, a former two term County Clerk, announces his Republican candidacy for the County Clerk office at the August primary. John Cushing of Covington files for renomination as Representative from the Sixty fourth District on the Democratic ticket. Clarence E. Quick Jr. seeks the Democratic nomination for County Commissioner from the First District. a former road contractor, resident of 425 Wallace Avenue.
WMBB Chicago lists 7 PM program and 5 30 PM popular program one and a half hours long.
The note lists a schedule starting at 5 08.2 meters time for a roll-call, with 7 P.M. orchestra, 7 50 P.M. band, and 10 P.M. dance music. It reads like a club or social hall program.
A Chicago listing shows a dinner concert at 7 PM lasting one hour followed by an orchestra at 10 PM. The radio segment features three acts starting with Ginger hour at 1 AM.
At 6 P.M. concert and 7:30 P.M. Marine Band performance mark a city music lineup. Recital at 9 P.M. and radio program at 9:45 P.M. feature orchestral selections amid ball scores and soprano appearances on stage.
Cincinnati and regional markets report light receipts and quiet trading. Cattle see steady to firm prices with top fat cows and calves. hogs advance then ease. sheep brisk with strong demand for prime lambs and ewes. Receipts include 1,454 cattle 5,090 hogs 1,810 sheep in Cincinnati. 8,000 cattle and 18,000 hogs in Rio, and similar figures in Indianapolis and Kansas City regions.
Schedule lists 405.2 meter WIY event at 6 30 P M quartet, 7 15 talk, 7 30 Ken Burdick barytone, 7 45 Frances Greenburg soprano, and 8 30 chorus.
A fragmented notice lists events tonight starting at 6 30 P.M with an igameaiet at 7 30 P.M followed by talks and a 9 P.M program indicating a community gathering or entertainment night.
WHN lists 361.2 meters airing at 6 P.M. baseball returns. Revue at 6:30 P.M. talks, two hour musical. Vaudeville headliner at 9 P.M. and a review at 11 P.M.
WNYC New York lists a varied program at 6 20 p m with sport talk at 7 80 p m musicales at 8 p m and talks at 8 30 p m running over 314 hours.
Dinner music begins at 6 PM for one hour as part of a scheduled WTA event. The note also references a measurement described as 9.4 meters.
The Rail road officials set the death toll at forty four from the Rockport wreck of the special immigrant train. Twenty three bodies were in Easton, eight in Hackettstown, seven in Dover, three in Morristown and three in Phillipsburg. Injured remained in Easton Phillipsburg and Dover hospitals with several critical from burns. Prosecutor Smith cited a switch covered with sand and dirt washed down by a storm as likely cause. no negligence found. Public Utilities Commission ordered probe. Railroad men denied boiler explosion, noting live steam escaped from broken pipes.
C E Hill New York Central Lines safety head spoke at a Lions Club luncheon urging mandatory mental and physical tests for drivers seeking licenses. He called for a broad educational campaign to curb reckless motorists and cited derailments and crossing accidents caused by impaired drivers.
After a two days examination of the Cincinnati Customs Office officials pronounced it 100 percent efficient. The examiners forecast fiscal year 1925 revenue near 1 million dollars, with potential growth if merchants ship directly to Cincinnati for duties. They commended Deputy Collector J. A. Gayman and met with Appraiser W. O. Jackson and assistant David Spence to discuss matters.
Susan Semple Howard sues Roberta Ernst Theodore Dohrman and Covington Savings Bank to settle the Amelia E. Semple estate valued at 10525. The will named Richard Ernst as trustee but the bank qualified as trustee. Howard asks the court to end the trust and distribute the estate alleging grandchildren may be entitled through a codicil.
George J. Massmann, a druggist at Eleventh and Greenup streets, won a $916.90 verdict against London Guarantee and Accident Insurance Co. in Judge Applegate's court. The insurer musters an appeal to the Court of Appeals, while plaintiff Rodney Bryson argues oral proof sufficed under Kentucky law.
The thirty sixth annual William Grant Colored High School commencement was held at Holmes High School Auditorium with James Hinson delivering the address and Anna Bell Taylor and Marian Maricells receiving diplomas from Elmer Heile. Also noted is Senator Ernst's donation for three tennis courts at the Y camp in Rosedale, making eight courts total, plus a two week camp visit led by Miss Ann Campbell and Mrs. Nellis Schild. Local court fines include L Tilton for reckless driving and driving while intoxicated, and Fred L. King for reckless driving after collisions. The Kenton County League of Women Voters plans a meeting with Mrs. Mary Rector Allen speaking, and Covington citizens journeyed to Carrollton for a military road meeting from Camp Knox to Ft. Thomas with a proposed thirty foot wide road.
A fragmented notice lists residents and their cities including Dayton Covington Germantown Miamisburg and Cincinnati with several spellings and unreadable fragments. Names include John Tanker Dennis Day ton Beatrice Boesch William Pappas Sylvie Buckes Everett Conrick Mary Woodward Arthur Bonham Ethel Wallace Leonard Bert Beatrice Cramer Charlies McKeown and Frances Sharp.
In Jersey City on June 17, Republican women backed State Senator Arthur Whitney who defeated former State Attorney General Thomas F. McCran, the Edge successor, by over 32,000 votes as late returns arrived from the gubernatorial primary.
Miss Haze Hatfield daughter of West Virginia's former governor and John Roach Sproul son of Pennsylvania's former governor married at the Sproul family homestead in Chester.
A car parked above Tacoma Beach in Dayton Kentucky was robbed of over 700 dollars and a woman's watch while occupants bathed. The owner later identified two suspects as James Holman and another man, but charges were not filed. A private detective bureau may investigate.
County Clerk William Milius formally announced his candidacy for re election yesterday in a signed petition by J P Weckam of the American National Bank Newport and William Paterson of the Kentucky Laundry Co He has served one term and faces competition from Campbell County Commissioner candidate William Schneider Third District in the Republican primary August 1 Also John Sheeran Campbell County patrol chief announced his bid for the Democratic magistrate nomination Second District
Charles B. Heck 49, furniture dealer of Cincinnati and brother of the late Theodore Heck, died after a three month illness at his Burnett Ridge home in Ft. Thomas. The body will be sent to Cynthiana, Kentucky, for funeral services Friday at 2 pm at the home of his son William Heck. Burial follows at Battle Grove Cemetery in Cynthiana. Survived by his widow Elizabeth and his son.
City Commissioners passed ordinances to reconstruct Linden avenue from Third to Fourth streets and Lexington avenue from Park to Linden avenues. Police sought two men who attacked Clyde Meyers, 28, on his way to Cloverleaf Dairy. Thieves broke into Kentucky Independent Oil Co station. two money changers missing.
The Zurich General Accident and Liability Insurance Company was named as defendant in a $889.50 damages suit by Joseph Fabe of Bellevue Kentucky for alleged failure to cover auto accident costs from October 7 1924. The policy began June 6 1924. Separately trustees of School District No 14 won a judgment against Irvin Zitt Pearl Zitt Hazel Smith and William R Clark for disposal of funds raised for school improvement as they allege the defendants refused to turn over the money.
Emma Pfaff transfers to John Schreuber a Newport lot for 3500 dollars in stamps. George Girty sells a Southgate lot to Reese Smith for 7000 dollars. John R. Cis deeds a Park Subdivision lot to James Clore for 3500 dollars. Christian Weber to Frank Woll transfers a Clifton lot for 3000 dollars.
A list of marriage licenses includes Rastdanne Karl Thomas Fauz of Newport to Frances Barbara Vee of Bellevue, Joseph H. Delaney of Newport to M. Reed Jane M. Reed of Bellevue, Herman Allman of Brookville Ohio to Saassaalignai of Brookville, Howard Mackey of Vanceburg Kentucky to Goldie Hock of Georgetown Ohio, John W. Arentz of Cincinnati to Corella Dever of Cincinnati, Albert Weingart of Cincinnati to Helen Callahan of Cincinnati.
Belgium ends ten weeks without a cabinet as a new ministry is formed led by Viscount Poullet. The Socialist party general council approves and adheres to the new regime by a 40 to 26 vote.
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