Market Quotations and Stocks Mixed in Tepid Session
Wall Street saw a mostly flat to slightly softer session with a few gains offset by profit taking. Key industrials included Boeing and General Electric while rails and steels moved with mixed intensity. Transfers reached about 950000 shares as the market closedeasy with scattered gains in gold and platinum related stocks. Butter and eggs in Chicago were steady to unsettled with small price shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Victor Eubank
Associated Press
Senate
New York
Boeing
Sperry
Curtiss-Wright
Goodrich
General Electric
Poor
Studebaker
Newport Industries
Radio
Bethlehem
Goodyear
J. L Case
Crown Cork
Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
Schenkey
National Distillers
American Telephone
Markets at a Glance from New York and Chicago
Markets at a glance show stocks easy with limited leadership while bonds rally on favoring issues. Foreign exchange steady and cotton and sugar quiet amid heat in Oklahoma. Wheat weak in Chicago, influenced by corn, with demand soft. cattle steady to 25 cents lower and hogs 15 to 25 cents lower, top price $11.50.
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New York
Oklahoma
Commission House
Chicago
Liverpool Cotton Prices Edge Down in Spot Market
Liverpool reports 2 000 bales of cotton, including 1 100 bales in can, spot demand up but prices fall about ten points. Quotations in pence show American grades ranging from strict middling 7.35 to good ordinary 5.55, with futures quiet at 6.12 to 6.19 for Oct to July.
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Liverpool
Cotton futures close steady with modest advances
In New Orleans on August 20, cotton futures ended steady with slight gains of up to seven points. Key contracts showed mixed highs and lows, with October at 11.59 to 11.69 and December around 11.63 to 11.64, while March May and July traded in narrow ranges.
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N. C
New Orleans
Cotton futures close steady in New York market
New York cotton futures finished steady with gains of 6 to 11 points. Prices ranged from 11.47 to 11.79 for the active contracts with middling spot listed at 12.14.
Poultry Prices Steady in Chicago Market
Chicago reports live poultry prices with 50 trucks observed and values ranging across species. Leghorn hens 14 dollars, Plymouth Rock and White Rock fryers 18, turkeys 13 to 16, heavy ducks 13, roosters 14 1-2, leghorn roosters 38 1-2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Paul
Leghorn Hens
Plymouth Rock Springs
White Rock
Plymouth
Roosters
Leghorn Roysters
Turkeys
Young
Geese
Potatoes Trade Report Shows Mixed Prices and Supply
Chicago August shipments and price notes indicate ample supply and slow demand. California white rose US No. 1 trades near 2.80 per cwt while Idaho bliss triumphs US No. 2 washed around 2.70. Other stocks hold steady or ease slightly amid a liberal supply.
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Chicago
U. S
California
Idaho
Probate Notice In Estate of Mrs Kate M Young Deceased
In Alabama Morgan County probate court notice to heirs of Mrs Mary Keyes deceased and heirs of Michael Fillion, and to Wilbur of New York City and others interested. Document references a will instrument filed August 10 1936 and a hearing set September 10 1936 at ten oclock a.m. with August dates listed.
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State of
Alabama
Morgan County
Kate M. Young
Mary Keyes
Anchorage
Louisville
Michael’ Fillion
Wilbur
New York City
Mixed Livestock Trade Report From Chicago Auction
U S Department of Agriculture data shows hogs at 10 000 with top 11 50 and most 140 175 lb at 9 50 10 50. cattle 7 600 with steer and bull prices softening. sheep 5 000 with lighter weights active and best native grades around 9 00 9 50, Idaho rangers 8 75 and Texas yearlings 7 50 for feeder use.
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Chicago
U. S. Dept
AOI
Idaho Rangers
Texas
New gold strike in Nevada reported in Black Rock Desert
Reno Aug 20 Conservative mining men hear talk of a million dollar potential from the desolate hills of the Black Rock Desert about 150 miles northwest of here. George B. Austin, once a Jungo store operator and now owner of a producing gold mine, could fetch as much as 1 000 000 dollars under certain conditions.
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Reno
New
Nevada
Black Rock Desert
Here
George B. Austin
Jungo
Defense Turns to Conspiracy Phase in Miner Murder Trial
In Pen City Alabama on August 20 the defense in Char ley Shepherds murder case shifted to the conspiracy theory tied to the march of union miners of Margaret and Acmar last fall in which Virgil Thomas was killed. Witnesses largely echoed Ashville testimony from two weeks earlier in the nonunion miners conspiracy trial.
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Pen City
Ala
Charley Shepherdon
Margaret and
Acmar
Virgil Thomas
Ashville
Delegation Requests Halting Road Construction in Robeson County
A Robeson county delegation asked the state highway and public works commission to suspend construction on state route 70 between Fairmont and Rowland until after the Fairmont tobacco market closes. The move reverses typical procedure by seeking a road pause rather than approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
Robeson County
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Fairmont
Rowland
Carey Leads in Wyoming U S Senate Primary
Senator Robert D. Carey held a wide lead with 22 938 votes to 9 189 over A F Brubauer Townsend pension candidate in the Republican primary. Returns from 578 of 676 precincts show Carey ahead, with unreported areas not expected to alter the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
Robert D. Carey
A. F. Brubauer
Townsend
United States Senate
Opelika Sets Sept. 14 Vote On City Government Form
Opelika Alabama residents will vote September 14 in a special election to decide between the present mayoral system and a commission form of government. The election follows a petition signed by about 300 citizens requesting a vote on municipal governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ala
Opelika
Commission
Battle ships stand by Paris evacuate Americans
The commanders of the United States battleship Oklahoma and the heavy cruiser Quincy reported to the Paris embassy that they had arrived off Palma Mallorca to evacuate Americans. Mallorca in the Balearic Islands has seen heavy fighting in the recent Spanish Civil War.
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Paris
United States
Oklahoma
Quincy
Palma
Mallorca
Balearic Islands
University center plan urged for Decatur Alabama
Dr. Sam J. Hocking of the University of Alabama extension service and the Decatur Chamber of Commerce urged immediate steps to establish a two year college center in Decatur. He and local officials visited Morgan and adjoining counties and met with about 50 interested students at Lyons hotel to discuss enrollment.
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Sam J. Hocking
University of Alabama Extension Service
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
R. EB. Tidwell
Hocking
Chambers of Commerce
Morgan
Champ Takes Friend In Tow As Braddock Aids Parolee
John McGrath, former Anamosa reformatory inmate with a ten year sentence for breaking and entering, arrives in New York to begin a year under Heavyweight Champion James J. Braddock. Braddock secured his parole after visiting Governor Herring and will employ him as a general handyman at Braddock’s headquarters.
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New York
John McGrath
Anamosa
Reformatory
James J. Braddock
Braddock
West New York
N. Y
McGrath
C. L. Herring
Iowa
Moulton Personal News and Local Notes
County Agent J. E. ter notes cotton land work in progress toward late October if weather holds. Hagkod of Hatton visited Moulton. Mr. and Mrs. Parker leave for Texas for vacation then return to teach at Hatton high school. Courtland Route 1 delegates Earl Ernest and M. B. Graham in town on business. Co. C. Smith from Courtland Route 4 called with fine watermelons, crop best in years. Courtland Moulton road supervisor C. A. Young took leave. Mt Hope school board members H. P. Smith and J. M. Sandy met Superintendent Nathaniel Almon. Moulton beat Wren 3 to 2 in baseball. Holland pitched well for Moulton.
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J. E. Ter
B. E
Hagkod
Hatton
Moulton
C. K. Parker
Texas
Hatton High School
Earl
Ernest
M. B. Graham
Courtland
Co. C. Smith
Mr. Smith
C. A. Young
Courtland-Moulton
H. P. Smith
J. M. Sandy
Mt. Hope High School
Theatrical Party Hosted by Miss Olene Allgood Family
Miss Olene Allgood entertained with a theater party honoring her cousin Miss Frances Ruth Allgood. Out of town guests included Dean Allgood of Leona Tennessee and James Dewitt Bagwell of Joppa route 1.
Two Negro Women Held as Witnesses in Slaying Case
In Clayton Alabama two black women were detained as material witnesses in the Jack Harder murder. Authorities say the crime occurred at Florence Carr’s plantation near Flamville about five months ago.
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Clayton
Ala
Jack Harder
Florence Carr
Flamville
The Curious World Fie American Aloe Crane Windpipe
In this feature a note on the American aloe not being true aloe notes its 6 year life span misstatement. It explains the young whooping crane chick has a normal windpipe that elongates with maturity causing a resonant crane voice due to a long trachea. The piece then asks how insects move their legs when walking or running.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEA LA Service, Inc
Decatur Social Roundup Notes Visits and Travel
Decatur social notes record Betty Burke and Wilda Hine as guests of local residents, while many townsfolk travel to Atlanta Dallas New York Boston and beyond. Local hospital updates include Woodrow Simpson improving and Mrs Mitchell recovering from surgery.
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Betty Burke
Kearney
Nebraska
Wilda Hine
Birmingham
D. O. Simpson
Prohi Candidate Colvin Plans Birmingham Speaking Tour
Prohibition party presidential candidate Dr D Leigh Colvin will speak in Birmingham on October 12 as part of a nationwide swing. A stop is also planned for Tuscaloosa on October 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
D. Leigh Colvin
Million Dollar Fire Hits Vancouver Shipyards Arena
A spectacular blaze swept three shipyards and the Vancouver ice hockey arena and auditorium early today causing losses estimated at over 1 million dollars, according to Fire Chief Archibald Diarmid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
B. C
Archibald Diarmid
Heat Foils Escape by Two Convicts in Packing Box
In Nashville Tennessee two inmates Otis Stanfield 25 serving 20 years for bank robbery and Robert Powers 22 serving 5 to 10 years for robbery nearly suffocated inside a packing box of hosiery cans after attempting to escape a prison. A guard noticed the box lid rising and guards and doctors said they could not have survived much longer in the 100 degree heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Wee
A. W. Neely
Neely
Otis Stanfield
Robert Powers
Confession Forced Says Negro Today
Coroner George F. Baler Deputy Sheriff Frank Messer and photographer E M Ball described the condition of the girl’s body and foam after the slaying. Defense plans to challenge the confession as coerced and not made under arrest. The victim, 108 pounds and five feet, was a New York University co ed from Great Falls Staten Island.
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George F .Baler
Frank Messer
E. M. Ball
Defense Fights
Moore
W. L. Clevenger
North Carolina State College
Raleigh
New York University
Great Falls
Staten Island
N. Y
Solicitor Nettles
Solicitor Nettles, the Tall Physician Said Miss Clevenger
Revival dates announced at Chapel Hill and West Decatur
The revival at Chapel Hill Methodist Church was postponed from the second to the fourth Sunday. Next Sunday Rev. W W Aldridge will open with a sermon and a church dinner. Rev. T H Wilson will preach at 2 pm. The meeting shifts to West Decatur on the fifth Sunday with Dr L G Sturdivant preaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill Methodist Church
W. W. Aldridge
T. H. Wilson
West Decatur Methodist Church
Super salesman saves home then seeks city deal
A fire truck demonstrator salesman from Grenada Mississippi stopped in Holly Springs on the way to Memphis when a lightning strike ignited a residence. He arrived first, fought the blaze himself, and remained overnight trying to sell his truck to city officials.
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Holly Springs
Miss
Grenada
Memphis
Tenn
Rebel Plane Bombs Iran Hit Center and Highway
A tri motor rebel plane scored three direct hits in central Iran with 100 pound bombs. The attack caused panic but no known casualties. A hole was torn in a rooftop cafe on the Plaza. Later bombs struck the Iran San Sebastian highway to disrupt communications.
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Iran
Spain
Iran-San Sebastian
Athens Notes Show Visitors and Local Events
Athens items report visitors from Camp Hill Alabama Detroit Mississippi Florence Birmingham and Decatur plus travel to Florida and Birmingham. The community hosts church group circles, a wedding party in Sheffield, social gatherings and guests at homes including Hightowers and Martins. The theatre age rule changes are noted and local figures attend events and visits.
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A. L. Rodgers
Camp Hill
Ala
Buddie Copeland
Doug Mair
Detroit
Katherine Magnusson
Memphis
Tenn
Nancy Martin
Bert White
Roanoke
W. L. Martin
John Linton
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Birdie Morell
Linton
CCC
Birmingham
Mary Ellen Linton
John Barber
Wallace Barber
Florida
Robbie Cole
Florence
Mayme Magnusson
State Teachers College
Mattie Stinnett
Elizabeth Chambers
Louella Chambers
Athens
R. A. Chambers
Thomas Frost
W. P. Chandler
W. T. Yarbrough
Bert Yarbrough
Little Rock
Ark
Ted Dillahay
Holland Cox
John Sibley
Dothan
George Rogers
James F.morgan
David M. Trotter
Trotter
John P. Hill
Elizabeth Malone
Lizzie Crawford
Hartselle News Notes Local Visits and Travels
Miss Virginia Smith visits Huntsville to see cousin Mrs. Marcus Byers. Frances Hodges of Decatur visits Miss Ann Speake and family. Mrs. Zelda Ashcraft of Birmingham guests of her daughter. Several locals spend time in Birmingham and Huntsville. trips include New York and Washington, D C.
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Virginia Smith
Huntstill
Marcus Byers
Frances Hodges
Decatur
Ann Speake
Zelda Ashcraft
Birmingham
Ee . H. Houston
Gordon Frances
New York
Washington, D. C
L. H. Houston
J. M. Ashcraft
T. L. Holliman
Marguerite Holliman
Tuscumbia
Holliman
Eleanor Rhea Williams
Jacksonville
Florence State Teachers’ College
Manilla Fuller
Laura Howle
Sarah Briscoe
Evelyn Howell
Ruby Hodges
Nell Gibson
Huntsville
W. P. Newman
Dorothy
J. B. Huie
Bill Huie
Jack Hule
Wilda Hule
Josephine Puckett
Attalla
Avrs
Howard Gibson
Guntersvile
Jim Gibson
Martha Smith
Morgan County
Gun fired in Miami court during criminal trial
A prosecutor caused a sudden disturbance in a Miami courtroom when he discharged a confiscated rifle during a trial. Acting Solicitor Glenn C. Mincer apparently pulled the trigger while handing the weapon to a witness, not realizing it was loaded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Glenn C. Mincer
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Bethel, Tenn
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Bingham
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Chaster Claybaugh
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