Market Quotations Wall Street By Victor Eubank
Wall Street trading mixed with gains in several major issues while others slipped amid tax bill expectations. GM rose as Chrysler stayed sidelined. U S Steel Bethlehem and DuPont among notable gainers. oils and coppers firm. transfers about 1.15 million shares. Cotton prices rose in Liverpool with futures steady and several prices listed for July through May contracts.
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Inney
General Motors
Chaysler
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
National Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
American Can
Lerner Stores
International Paper
Paramount Preferred
Public Service of New Jersey
Auburn
DuPont
Allied Chemical
Johne- Manville
Douglas Aircraft
Western Union
Santa Fe
Delaware &Hudson
Norfolk & Western
Southern Pacific
J. I. Case
International Harvester
Deere
Caterpillar Tractor
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Evans
Markets at a Glance July 2 17 Markets edge mixed across sectors
New York markets show irregular stock activity with farm shares slipping while specialties hold gains. Bonds narrow, French government issues mixed, utilities rise. Cotton steady, sugar supported, lumber and cables up. Wheat in strong position amid drought alarms, corn buoyant on rain in the corn belt. Cattle strong, hogs steady to ten cents up with top at 10.95.
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New York
Commission House
Cotton Futures Hold Steady in New Orleans and New York
Cotton futures closed steady with little change in New Orleans and New York trading. July midpoints hovered around 12.48 to 12.50, with nearby and distant contracts posting marginal gains amid a steady spot market. Also note an ad for a four room furnished apartment with hot water and modern conveniences.
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New Orleans
Sao Tei
New York
Wheat futures slide as July contracts dip in Chicago market
In Chicago on July 2 the wheat futures market shows July futures opening lower and trading range around 97 to 99 percent with a small 1.00 percent change. September contracts move between 102 and 98 with limited upside.
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Chicago
Potatoes See Weak Stock Movements Across Regions
Chicago July 2 report shows US potato shipments totaling 784 with 113 on track 210. California and eastern stock steady but weak overall demand moderate supplies moderate prices for US No 1 cobblers and partly graded large potatoes at 2.25 to 2.45 and 2.55 per unit.
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Chicago
Dept
California
Missouri Cobblers US
Butter Prices Steady Amid Cheese Market Movements
Chicago reports show butter at 12,962 pounds with creamery specials at 93 score 31 3 4 to 42 1 4. Extras at 92 and firsts at 88 89 with 34 90 1 2. Centralized carrots and eggs listed, prices steady across categories.
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Chicago
Poultry Prices and Weights Reported in Chicago Auction
Chicago on July 2 lists live poultry by car and truck counts with price weights. Hens under 5 pounds priced 19 cents, over 5 pounds 18 cents. leghorn hens 15, Plymouth and White Rock springs 24, Plymouth Rock fryers 20, White Rock 19 1 2, roosters 14, leghorn roosters 13. Heavy old ducks 121 2, heavy young 16 16, young geese 15, old 12.
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Chicago
Plymouth
White Rock Springs
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Roosters
Leghorn Roosters
Hogs and cattle markets show mixed gains in Chicago sale note
Chicago trading reports hogs 13 000 with strong weights around 240 lb and top at 10.95 as prices rise vs Wednesday. Cattle and calves 7 000 combined with active demand for fed steers and yearlings, best fed steers around 9.25 and yearlings 9.10. stock cattle improving, heifers steady to higher. Sheep 6 000 with 4 500 direct. spring lambs steady amid overall strength and leaner supplies.
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Chicago
U. S. Dept
Three in Mayors Race at Athens
Athens Alabama July 2 Special Two candidates entered the race for mayor of Athens for the upcoming municipal election. W B Cole Athens merchant and Dr I V Legg farmer and Limestone County Fair Association secretary filed for the mayor post while incumbent R H Richardson Jr announced plans to seek re election. No candidates yet announced for five alderman seats expected to be hotly contested.
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Athens
Ala
W. B. Cole
I. V. Legg
Limestone County Fair Association
R. H. Richardson, Jr
Explorer's Wife Finds Romance in Edge of Life
New York reports Lady Suzanne Wilkins wife of explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins says she has spent only three months with him in seven years of marriage but remains very much in love and calls him extraordinary as she promotes life on the edge of exploration.
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New York
Suzanne Wilkins
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Drought Pushes All Grain Higher In North American Trade
A spring wheat belt drought triggers a bull market as prices rise across major centers. Chicago wheat gains 9 cents to above the dollar, December futures near 1.03, Winnipeg holding near high levels, and Livestock markets closing higher amid global tensions and crop worries.
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Chicago
el Diacase
Europe
Orient
Clerk's Work Praised by State Auditor
State auditor R L Sparkman completed an audit of the circuit court clerk John H Green's books. He commended prompt reporting of collections and remittances and noted diligent cost collection and executions. Sparkman called Green one of the best circuit court clerks in Alabama.
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R. L. Sparkman
State Auditor
John H. Green
Sparkman
Green
Alabama
Extension Director Tidwell to Discuss Local University Branch
Dr. R F Tidwell director of extension University of Alabama will meet at Decatur Chamber of Commerce at 7 30 tonight to discuss establishing an extension branch here Gilbert White secretary of the Chamber said the meeting was moved up from Friday and is expected to include members of the board of education city officials and other leaders.
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R. F. Tidwell
University of Alabama
Decatur Chamber of Commerce
Gilbert White
Chamber
Tidwell
Board of Education
Chambers of Commerce Extension Committee
Nurse Testifies in Rogers Dower Rights Case
In Riverhead New York on July two a nurse testifying for Mrs Pauline V Rogers said she was unable to sign her dower waiver knowingly after a December 1934 automobile accident. The witness Mary Collins noted Mrs Rogers used a wheelchair that day and could not walk for ten days.
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Riverhead
Q. Y
Pauline V. Rogers
Huddlestoners
Mary Collins
Rogers
Rightist Members Quit French Chamber in Protest
Paris July 2 Rightist members walked out of the chamber of deputies in a mass protest during a debate over the election of nationalist Jean Chiappe former police prefect. Leftists shouted Chiappe in prison as he defended himself against irregular election charges linked to the Stabisky scandal.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Jean Chiappe
Chiappe
Ciappe
Robbery Claim Shocks Selma Man In Alabama Town
Earl F. Brown of Selma reported to police that two men and a woman lured him with a drugged drink in an automobile. They drove him to Cochran Bridge near Mobile on June 26 and robbed him of 350 dollars before leaving him stranded.
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Ala
Earl F. Brown
Selma
Tean
Cochran Bridge
Mobile
County Crops Aided $50,000 by Rainfall
WPA chief Harry Hopkins announced major relief efforts in drought affected states Minnesota Montana Wyoming and the Dakotas. Conservation projects would receive over half the work relief there to combat erosion conserve moisture and raise water tables while more than 25 000 distressed farmers were to be employed.
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United States
WPA
Minnesota
Montana
Wyoming
Imikotas
Works Progress Organization
Harry Hopkins
Wallace
Midwest
Evanston
St. Paul
Duluth
Minn
Hopkins
Weather Bureau
Washington
Canada
Chicago
Minnneapolis
South Dakota
Nebraska
North Dakota
Texas
Dixie
Northwest
Clinois
Floods sweep Texas towns as Guadalupe rises high
Fresh floods endanger a large Texas area with streams over banks washing away rail tracks and farmhouses. Rescuers fear more deaths in a train wreck and along creeks. Victims include Floyd Haynes family, Antonio Gonzales, Ignacio Hernandez, Monica Valdez, and others. River crested about 39 feet near Gonzales and began receding. Austin region saw lighter damage while farmers welcomed moisture.
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Plum Creek
Floyd Haynes
Antonio Gonzales
Monsuelo
Ignacio Hernandez
Zabino Hernandez
Monica Valdez
Jesus Garza
Clarence Warnette
Hardy's Bluff
Walter
Teague
Fort Worth
Buda
Benjamin A
Guadalupe
Gonzales
Austin
Receipts to pay homage to Cupid in Alabama weddings
In Montgomery on July 2, probate judge W W Hill observed the shift from embossed marriage certificates to modern, receipt-like forms mandated by the 1936 legislature. While old scrolls fade, Montgomery County will display the new receipt instead of the traditional license.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
W. W. Hill
Hill
All Senate
Montgomery County
Dr. Robert Morey Survives Jungle Ordeal in Liberia
Anthropologist from the Rockefeller Institute, Dr. Robert Morey, survived two weeks lost in the Liberian jungle after his native guides deserted him. He awaits return to the United States and offered no sighting of the feared Angry Gods.
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Morey
Monrovia
Liberia
Robert Morey
Rockefeller Institute
WPA Monitors Developments Across Midwest States
The Works Progress Administration would oversee developments in Illinois Missouri Iowa and Wisconsin as part of regional relief projects. Local officials expected continued construction, employment, and infrastructure improvements under the federal program.
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WPA
Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
Wisconsin
Full docket hearings convened by WPA board in Montgomery
In Montgomery Alabama July 2 the WPA board faced full docket for hearings of several carrier cases with W Harrison former legislator among attendees. Governor Graves approved new commissioner Tate as of yesterday. Cases include Interurban Transportation Company route extensions from Anniston Choctochee White Plains Iron City Downingville Dearmanville and Convoy motor carrier certification disputes between Iron City and Auburn.
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Montgomery
Ala
WPA
Alabama Pants Service Commission
W. ©. Harrison
Wig Tate
Oon
Graves
Interurban Transportation Company
Extenfield
Birmi
Anniston Ite
Chocteolocco
White Plains
Iron City
Downing’s
Dearmanville
Ix City
Auburn
Parole Granted After Short Term For Prattville Robbery
In Alabama, Warren Conners was released from Kilby prison on a 30 day parole after serving about four months of a five to seven year sentence for burglary and assault to murder in Autauga County. Governor Bibb Graves granted 10 permanent paroles and denied 22 including Albert Elder who faced two robbery sentences of ten years each.
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Ofery
Autauga County
State Convict Department
Conners
Kilby
Bibb Graves
Walls Grocery Company
Prattville
Atlanta
Georgia
Graves
Albert Elder
Montgomery
Salesman Shot to Death in Clarksdale
P. E. Clark of Memphis a traveling representative for J. I. Case Co. was shot and killed in front of a barber shop in Clarksdale Mississippi today. A man described as Cliff E. Aldridge a hotel clerk and former U S deputy marshal was taken into custody and turned over to Coahoma county authorities.
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Clarksdale
Miss
P. E. Clark
Memphis
Mays
Coahoma County
Employment at Thirty Million in May
Secretary Perkins estimated May employment excluding agriculture and federal relief was 30,948,000, vs 35,978,000 in May 1929. She contrasted this with a New York Sun survey claiming about 3,500,000 unemployed, calling that figure too low and noting variance with the bureau of labor statistics estimate.
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Washington
Perkins
Labor Department
New York Sun
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Guin Man Attacked in East Thomas
J. O. Guin of Guin Alabama, age 44, was attacked last night in East Thomas and treated for head lacerations and a stab wound to the left arm at a Birmingham hospital. Detectives Charles Norrell and W D Smith are seeking the unknown assailant.
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Birmingham
Ala
East Thomas
J. O. Guin
Guin
Charles Norrell
W. D. Smith
Chicago Woman Fatally Shot in North Side Hotel Incident
A well dressed woman entered the apartment of Miss Annabelle Blake in a North Side hotel, spoke briefly, then fired a pistol and killed Blake fatally below the heart. Police reported the incident to the Chicago avenue station.
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Chicago
Annabelle Blake
New North Side
Decatur Morning News Safer Parking Efforts Noted
Captain Van Gilbert of the highway patrol thanks citizens for not parking on Sixth Avenue at night after a published appeal. Police report a patrol check across city blocks following the plea and a car theft attempt failed in the Gordon Drive area. Local residents and visitors are noted in various health, travel, and theft incidents across Decatur.
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van Gilbert
Te Highway Patrol
Sixth Avenue
J. D. Ligon
Gaffage
Gordon Drive
Mr. Ligon
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