Market Notes Drift as Stocks Pause on Intervening Factors
Market activity was subdued with a quiet morning rally failing to gain momentum. Sharp moves in silver and foreign exchanges lessened, while miners and select retailers rose. American Can and Continental Can slipped as rail loading data lagged. Wheat futures surged after Argentina set a 90 cent minimum, and transfers topped 2.3 million shares amid mixed commodity prices in Chicago and other centers.
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Ae Street
Victor Eubank Coenes
Georne
Chicago
Cerro de Pasco
American
A. S. Smelting
Kennecott
Sears Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
Western Union
American Can
Continental Can
American Telephone
Union Pacific
du Pont
Chicago River and Indiana Railroad
N. Y. Central
Montreal
London
New York
Market Report Mixed as Industrials Lead Decline in Metals
New York stocks show heavy trading with industrials leading gains while bonds are irregular and Italian issues unsettle lists. Curb, specialties rise slightly. metals drop. Foreign exchange soft. gold under pressure. Cotton and coffee trade steady. Chicago wheat firm on elevated Argentine price. Hogs steady with top at 9.75.
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New York
Commission House
Chicago
Cotton futures close steady with gains in New Orleans and New York
In New Orleans futures closed steady with gains of 12 to 16 points amid small day ranges. Prices showed mixed shifts across December to July contracts while spot cotton in New Orleans posted steady to higher quotes, with sales and stock readings reported.
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New York
N. O
New Orleans
Liverpool cotton prices steady with futures firm
Liverpool reports 26 000 bales of cotton traded on the spot, including 15 700 American. Spot prices rise five points with American strict good middling at 7.15 and other grades listed. Futures close very steady with Dec at 6.34, Jan 6.83, May 6.27, July 6.22, Oct 6.03.
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N. O
New Orleans
Liverpool
Wheat Futures Open High Low Close Report
Wheat futures in Chicago show slight gains with a 1.01 percent move, closing near 101 and trading between 99 and 100 in a tight session. Market activity reflects modest demand and limited price volatility as December contracts settle.
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Chicago
Market Report Chicago Butter and Eggs Prices
Chicago market notes show butter steady with creamery specials at 33 1 4, extras 32 3 4, and firsts around 31 3 4 to 31 1 4. Eggs totaled 2 891 cases with extra firsts at 28 1 2 and fresh varieties listed, indicating typical holiday demand.
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Chicago
Market recap of livestock futures and cash trades
Chicago bids and prices show hogs steady to higher with weight classes 180 to 300 pounds around 9.60 to 9.65, sows weaker, cattle and calves steady with better grade yearlings and light steers down 1.00 to 2.50, sheep and lambs opening strong with prices up to 11.25 for top lots and scattered slaughter ewes around 4.25 to 4.75.
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Chicago
U. S. Dept
Community Notes From Mt Hope Weekend Visits
Mt Hope residents report visits from family and friends including Mr. and Mrs. Homer Stovall and Thomas Glenn Counts of Decatur. Community members travel to Russellville and Decatur for visits and errands. A Christmas program planning by the Rock Sprit Presbyterian church is announced as locals share news of health improvements and business trips.
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Thomas Glenn
Marion Lee Counts
Decatur
Leon Cunningham
Hattyleene
Jamie Lee
Russellville
Rayburn Jackson
Bobby
Ahrony
Annie Jackson
Paul Smith
Atlanta
Maurice Jackson
Courtland
Eldred Elkins
Billy
E. Counts
Wyatt
Katherine Jackson
Lula Fennell
James
Vero Sims
Everett Elkins
Mable Lee
Rockspritg Presbyterian Church
Wheeler Smith
Detroit
Mich
Johnnie Jackson
W. A. Pickens
de Wibermnn
Haleyville
Sater M. Chenault
Repeaters Not to Get Paroles in Alabama Cities
Hamp Draper, state convict department head, announced he would not recommend parole for any man on a list of repeaters from Birmingham and Montgomery police. He called it a flat rule and would apply it to all names on the two lists.
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Montgomery
Ala
Birmingham
Hamp Draper
State
Draper
West to Die at San Quentin for Presidio Soldier Killing
Arthur D. West faces execution today at San Quentin for the killing of Roy V. Lockwood, a fellow soldier, at the Presidio. The 13 month crime timeline includes his conviction death sentence and denial of appeal all occurring on Friday.
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San Quentin
Calif
Arthur D. West
Roy V. Lockwood
Presidio
West
Washington Post Office Fire Eyed by Officials
The interior of the new eight million dollar post office in Washington was damaged by a blaze that drew the entire city fire force. Early estimates of the damage were not available as postal officials began a tour to assess losses.
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P. D
Washington
Missing Plane Man Reported In Virginia Mountains
Sam Jones a 28 year old resident of New Albany Indiana was reported missing in the mountains of southwestern Virginia after the Waco open air plane he piloted from Big Stone Gap to Middlesboro encountered a storm yesterday afternoon.
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Sam Jones
New Albany
Ind
Virginia
Big Stone
Middlesboro
Public Attendance Figures Show Morgan County Schools
Attendance supervisor Miss Cleo Levin releases November figures for Morgan County schools. White pupil enrollment 7,006 with 2,504 perfect records. negro schools total 1,038 with 532 perfect. County total 8,044 enrolled, 3,036 perfect, average daily attendance 6,687.89. List includes numerous school names with rates above 90 percent.
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Morgan
Cleo Levin
Solons Turn Down Offer From Governor Hoffman
Legislative leaders rejected Governor Hoffman's proposal to reconvene the legislature for an investigation into his Hauptmann case involvement. Assemblyman Jamieson criticized Hoffman's death house visit and warned of ongoing press attention until the GOP convention in June. Senate Republican Leader Barbour called Jamieson's idea insolent.
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Trenton
N. J
Harold G. Hoffman
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Crawford Jamieson
Mercer Democrat
Hauptmann
Jamieson
Hoffman
John C. Barbour
Birmingham Area Work Hours Cut
Thad Holt WPA administrator for Alabama ordered immediate reduction of hours for skilled workers in Birmingham under a customary wage schedule. Skilled workers move to a 112 hour month basis while unskilled retain current higher pay. Moore set skilled rates at 1.00 dollar hourly, 0.65 for intermediate, and 0.30 for common labor.
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Montgomery
Ala
Thad Holt
Works Progress Administrator
Alabama
WPA
Birmingham
Robert R. Moore
Holt
W. D. Twing
Moore
Officials Send US States Pension Participation Questionnaire
The Social Security Board has mailed a questionnaire to all states to determine participation in the non-contributory old age pension system at its initial start after the new year. This final check-up aims to confirm which states will join the program from the outset.
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Washington
Secial Security Board
Norris TVA training division to stay open for trades
Norris Tennessee residents petitioned to keep the TVA training division open as it plans to continue operating into a trade school offering woodworking metal and electrical work. The original plan was to close by January.
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Norris, Tenn
Norris Training Division
The
Tennessee Valley Authority
Decatur Notes Highlight Church Services and Local Events
Decatur notes cover church services with the men’s chorus at Westminster and midweek prayer at Central Methodist, plus a junior service at Westside Presbyterian. Updates mention hospital stays, Kiwanis attendance goals, courthouse planning, and local officials visiting.
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Westminster Presbyterian Church
Timekeeper meets payroll clerk after 25 years
Fred Hess, longtime head timekeeper at the railway shop in Topeka, Kansas, finally meets payroll clerk C. H. Beronius in person on the 25th anniversary of Hess’s employment, after daily phone conversations for a quarter century.
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Kas
Fred Hess
C. H. Beronius
Hig
Hess
Beronius
College Cut Ups Minnesota Memoir Piques Humor in Exams
In Minneapolis on December 13 a University of Minnesota remark page notes humorous exam answers. Grace Abounding is cited as one of Charles II s companions, Julius Caesar is described as bold yet lacking fierceness, a line about taking religion for granite, a spoof claim that Homer wrote Over the Teacups, and a remark on Elizabethans having naval and martial prowess.
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Minneapolis
University of Minnesota
Grace Abounding
Charles_11
Julius Caeser
Homer
City worker finds ten pound possum at town hall on Friday the 13th
John McFarland of Hickory city engineering found a ten pound possum hiding behind a shelf in the basement of city hall. He turned the animal over to a friend who caged it.
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JINX
Hickory
N. C
John McFarland
City Engineering Department
Farland
Jewels of Hungarian beauty to be sold for funeral costs
In Hammond Louisiana on December 13 a sale will dispose of the prized jewels of Mrs Erna Sherffertt 85 once a Hungarian beauty and holder of royal personal treasures. Proceeds will cover her funeral expenses after she died in poverty.
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Hammond, la
Erna Sherffertt
No Action by DOJ on Liggett Murder Probe
Attorney General Cummings rejected Governor Olson of Minnesota requests federal takeover of the Walter Liggett murder inquiry. He offered federal labs and ID records but said enforcement rests with state and local authorities. If federal offense evidence appears, refer to the St Paul district attorney.
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Washington
Cummings
Floyd Olson
Minnesota
Justice Department
Walter Liggett
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Commission to investigate Liggett assassination proposed
The Minnesota legislature faced a call to form a seven member commission with $53000 funding to probe alleged vice and corruption in government following the Monday murder of Walter Liggett, Minneapolis editor. Governor Floyd B. Olson pledged full cooperation in the investigation.
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Walter Liggett
Marius Waldahl
Plummer
Floyd B. Clon
Liggett
SEC Approves Athletic Aid Plan in Conference
The Southeastern Conference votes 11 to 2 to允许 financial aid to athletes within bylaw amendments. Aid must cover legitimate expenses and not reward athletic success. Vanderbilt and Sewanee opposed. Kentucky coach Chet Wynne hails move as progressive.
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Atlanta
Southeastern Conference
Chet Wynne
University of Kentucky
Southeastern
Wynne
Vanderbilt
University of the South
Sewanee
Wheeler Bridge Bid Is Received In Four Projects
The state highway department opened 14 bids for four road and bridge projects. Low bidders include McDougald Construction for grading and bridge on the Birmingham Bessemer boulevard at 2.540 miles, $214,096. Southern Construction for an underpass at Frisco and Southern railways on 15th avenue north, $128,163. Clark, Kearney and Stark for Scottsboro Stevenson road grading and surface, $140,859. Mitchell Brothers Construction for Town Creek to Joe Wheeler Dam road work with a bridge, $100,129.
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Ala
State Highway Department
Jefferson County
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Frisco
Southern Railways
15Th Avenue
North
Birmingham
Southern Construction Company
Jackson
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Stark
Piedmont
Lawrence
Town Creek
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State Hopes for Better Weather
The Gulf storm moving into the Atlantic across Georgia and Florida gives Alabama a respite from two days of dreary conditions. Snow covered the northern area but the forecast calls for fair but not very cold weather tomorrow as snow and sleet melt into rain.
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Associated Press
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Missing Aviator Found Safe After Snowstorm
Middlesboro Kentucky December 13. f&am Jones 28 of New Albany Indiana was reported lost in a snowstorm over the southwestern Virginia mountains. He was found safe near Hubbard Springs Virginia after being forced down on a small farm and spending the night in a cabin.
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f&am_ Jones
New Albany
Ind
Virginia
Hubbard Springs
Twe Mountains
Gift art pictures on sale at Goidel's Drug Store
Attractive hand painted art pictures valued at 15 dollars are offered for five dollars each at Goidel's Drug Store, a value deal suitable as a thoughtful gift for any recipient.
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Goidel’s
Hartselle PT A Holds December Meetings and Honors
The Hartselle P T A met at Morgan County School on December 3 with an open session featuring a devotional by Rev. J H Chitwood, solos by Elizabeth Blair, a glee club performance, and poetry contest prizes for Hua Gibson Billy Dorr Evelyn Massey Sara Johnson Ruth Bishop and others. A December 10 board meeting, December 17 open session, and Erin Rowe packing demonstration were announced. Local boy Merrill Doss, a Morgan County High School senior, was tapped by the Scabbard and Blade at the University of Alabama.
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P.T. A
Morgan County
Assembly Singing America
J H. Chitwood
Elizabeth Blair
Morgan County High School
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Roberta Clarke
Hua Gibson
Dundee
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University of Alabama
Elementary Athletic Association Meeting in Hartselle
The Elementary Athletic Association of Morgan County will meet at Morgan County High School in Hartselle on Saturday morning December 14 at 11 o'clock. All elementary principals are urged to attend. The principal feature is the election of officers.
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Thompson
Second Avenue
Moulton Heights
Lorena Parrott
Morgan County High School
Association of High School Teachers
W. P. Snuggs
Gladys Sheppard
Mariam Bowers
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Convention of Church of God at Hartselle Church
A Church of God convention will be held at the Hartselle Church of God on December 16 from 1:00 p m to 8:30 p m and December 17 starting at 9:00 p m A program of religious education has been prepared and the public is invited to attend.
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Grant Street
Nazarene Church
Church of God
Hartselle
Bethel W M S Holds Monthly Christmas Program
Bethel W M S met with Mrs. Chester Roan on Monday December 8 holding a program on lifting the banner of the cross through Christmas offerings. Bible study Luke second charter followed by prayer by Mrs. Will Hartselle.
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Bethel W . S
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Roan
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Lottie Moon
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Pension group plans third party for 1933 election
Washington dispatch reports Dr. F. E Townsend announcing a plan to form a new political party and run candidates for president and Congress in 1933. Townsend, co sponsor of the $200 a month for everyone over 60 plan, says the third party is inevitable as the major parties ignore their cause.
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Washington
F. E Townsend
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