Market Quotations Show Mixed Activity and Dividends
New York May 15 Traders held a waiting stance with limited activity as several utilities led gains while others slipped. Notable gainers included Consolidated Edison and American Power & Light, with U S S Industrial Alcohol weak. DuPont declared a 70 cent extra dividend though stock was listless. Potatoes and poultry prices were reported in Chicago with steady to firm tones and varied weights.
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New York
Consolidated Edison
Amercian Power & Light
Electric Power & Light
Unit Corp
American Water Works
Columbian Carbon
National Lead
New
Central
Delaware & Hudson
Sears Roebuck
Goodyear
Montgomery Ward
U. S&s. Industrall
Distillers Corp
Seagrams
Westinghouse
Hiram Walker
Western Union
General Motors
DuPont
District of Columbia ‘Court of Appeals
Markets at a Glance May 18 New York and Chicago notes
Markets mixed with stock rallies on the Guffey decision then slipping. Bonds rise with rails and industrials trailing. Curb trading improves and gold declines as sterling gains. Cotton and coffee steady amid Brazilian buying. Wheat steady in Chicago, corn firmer on smaller receipts. Cattle cautious with steady to 25 up, hogs active 10 cents higher at 9.65.
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New York
Guffey
Chicago
Cotton futures close steady across New Orleans New York and Liverpool markets
Cotton futures closed steady with small gains in New Orleans and New York as May July October and December contracts traded around 11.50 to 11.64 per pound. Liverpool prices for American grades continued firm with May through March futures mixed and letters showing quiet closing.
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New Orleans
New York
Liverpool
Liverpol
Wheat Futures Report Missing Details May Market
In Chicago trading, May and July wheat futures show incomplete quotes with scattered decimals and percentage ranges. The data includes references to May values around .92 percent and July near .85 percent, but several characters are missing or garbled, leaving an unclear snapshot of prices.
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Chicago
Chicago May 18 Dairy Prices Report
Chicago markets report mixed dairy prices with creamery specials at 93 score and extras around 92. Egg numbers reach 42 964 with local extra firsts at 20 1 4. Movement lists include cars 20 3 4 and fresh graded firsts locally 19 3 4.
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Chicago
Livestock market report Chicago May 18 gains across cattle hogs
Hogs 11 000 head with 4 500 direct in market, top 9.65, most 9.35 to 9.60, feeders 8.85 to 9.60, sows steady to firm around 25 to 50 cents higher. Cattle and calves 12 000 and 1 500, feed steers and yearlings up, heifers up to 25 cents, beef cows 10 to 15 cents higher, bulls 10 to 15 cents higher, weighty steers 8.75 to 9.90, best light heifers 8.50. Sheep 800, lambs steady to strong in good grades, weaker elsewhere, clipped lambs 9.75 to 10.25, thin wool offerings 10.00 to 10.25, most ewes 3.00 to 4.00.
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Chicago
California
Bull-Headed Ox Restores Man’s Lost Voice Near Florala
Dothan Alabama May 18 A bull headed ox calmed a man’s years long mute voice by a sudden burst while plowing near Florala The farmer A Burch’s son R R Burch recounts the episode noting the ox’s stubbornness sparked a shout that returned the strength of his voice The family lives near Florala Alabama.
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Dothan
Ala
Ee Burch
Burch
New Orleans
R. R. Burch
Quick
Harvey escapes chain gang again in Georgia
Leland Harvey, a veteran jail breaker, escaped from the Troup county chain gang with accomplice Robert Williams, a Meriwether county bank robber, fleeing in a Highway dump truck. It marked Harvey’s sixth major escape from Georgia prisons.
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LA Grange
Leland Harvey
Georgia
Troup County
Harvey
Robert Williams
Meriwether County
Red Cross Offers Swimming Safety Course In May
The local Red Cross chapter announces a three day swimming safety course led by John O Broadway field representative beginning May 26 at Crystal Plunge Malone Park. The session aims to teach proper swim techniques first aid and water safety to reduce drownings and promote responsible aquatic activity. Interested residents should contact chapter headquarters for enrollment.
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American Red Cross
John O. Broadway
American Cross
Crystal Plunge
Malone Park
Price
Morgan County
Red Cross
Nord
Chapter
Mexican debtor seeks missing payment from old circus robbery claim
In Diogenes City Kas May 18 a longtime lender recalls lending Ray Seeley $2 six years ago to a Mexican railway worker who claimed he was robbed at a circus. The man later reappeared with $5 from a large roll and demanded no interest.
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Diogenes City
Kas
Ray Seeley
Seeley
Paraguay Adopts First Fascist Regime In Western Hemisphere
Col Rafael Franco’s uprising leads to his presidency in Paraguay after years of Chaco war. He suspends political activity for a year and places industry under interior control, creating doubt among peace conferees about the region’s fate amid Bolivian negotiations. France promises a just peace.
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Gran Chaco
Paraguay
Rafael Franco
Chaco
Eusebio Ayala
Franco
France
NEA Service, Inc
May Day Pageant at Athens College Draws Large Crowd
Athens College held its annual May Day fete with Miss Deweese Dunavant of Potitotoe Mississippi as Queen of May. The extravagant event attracted an estimated audience of over a thousand on campus under colored spotlights. Noted deaths include Mrs Gilbert M Orr of Alexander City. Local events include new homes under construction and a Country Store bargain sale May 21 to 23 as proceeds aid the college endowment.
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Deweese Dunavant
Potitotoe
Athens
Gilbert M. Orr
Alexander City
Orr
Virginia Street
Estes
D. O. Looney
Nashville
David P. Smith
Harpeth River
American Association of University Women
Esther Long
Bessie Sykes
Marion Spidie
Mary N. Oliphant
F. M. Church
E. R. Naylor
F. A. Paul
Nelson Hendricks
Protest delays BECO streetcar to bus switch in Birmingham
In Montgomery on May 18 the Alabama Public Service Commission heard BECO’s petition to replace streetcars with buses on seven major Birmingham routes. A protest signed by 224 residents on Eleventh Avenue blocked quick action. hearing continues Wednesday before the Birmingham city commission. Other petitions include Fairfield Utilities to abandon gas and a water supply purchase by Birmingham Water Works.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Public Ice Commission
Birmingham Electric Company
Eleventh Avenue
John Webb
Birmingham Book Company
Fitzhugh Lee
Birmingham City Commission
BECO
Fountain Heights
Avongate
Acico
North Highlands
Fifteenth Street
Mountain Terrace
Highland Avenue
Lakeview
Woodward
Fairfield Utilities Company
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Birmingham Waterworks Company
New Florida Shakedown Racket Targeted Slot Machine
In Pensacola on May 18 a "shakedown racket" was uncovered targeting a legalized slot machine. H S Simmons, merchant, reported strangers entered, played and won heavily as coins appeared at random. A hole bored in the machine side linked to a wire tripping the payoff lever was found.
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Pensacola
Fla
Florida
Simmons
Prince Warned to Keep Mouth Shut
In Rome Premier Mussolini urged Prince Ernst von Starhemberg to return to Austria and refrain from opposing Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg. A well informed source said the prince was advised to stay quiet and avoid stirring internal strife.
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Rome
Mussolini
Ernst von Starhemberg
Austria
Il Dueg
Kurt Schuschnigg
Decree in Land Suit Sets $8500 Condemnation for 330 Acres
TVA condemnation hearings at city hall approved an $8500 decree for 330 acres in Lawrence County owned by Mrs Maggie Royer after an $7000 appraisal. Norman Harris and Julian Harris of Decatur represented the owner. A parallel hearing covered land of the Barnett heirs in Lauderdale County where heirs rejected the appraisal. George Barnett of Florence represented them.
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TVA
City Hall
Lawrence County
Maggie Royer
Norman Harris
Julian Harris
Decatur
Barnett
Lauderdale County
George Barnett
Florence
Sparkman backs New Deal and TVA power for rural Alabama
Senator Sparkman urged support for the New Deal and asked opponents for their position. He spoke in Jackson County about TVA power development extending to rural areas and promised federal funds to bring electricity to homes, schools, churches, stores, and farms.
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Sparkman
Jackson County
TVA
Eden accuses forged evidence in Ethiopian bullets claim
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that forged evidence of Ethiopian dum dum bullets claimed to be made in England was obtained by Col. Pedro Lopez, known as a purveyor of false information. The remarks followed Italian accusations withdrawn from Geneva last week.
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London
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
England
Pedro Lopez
Geneva
Eden
Commons
Lopez
Message to Gargia brings Beery Boles Stanwyck romance adventure
A tropical Cuba tale stars Wallace Beery John Boles and Barbara Stanwyck in their first film together. Boles carries a dispatch to Gargia with Beery, they meet Stanwyck whose father was executed. Treacherous guides, a trap, and a dramatic rescue drive a lively adventure romance with a happy ending.
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Gargia
Princess Theatre
Wallace Beery
John Boles
Barbara Stanwyck
Boles
Garcia
Cuba
Beery
Miss Stanwyck
Alan Hale
W. P. Lipscomb
Gene Fowler
George Marshall
Gargie
Herbert Mundin
Enrique Acosta
Mona Barrie
Plate Supper Tonight for Workers Council
The Workers Council will be served a plate lunch at Central Methodist Church tonight starting at 7 o'clock. All members are urged to attend. The organization includes the Board of Christian Education, all officers, and the young people's departments.
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Workers Council
Central Methodist Church
Board of Christian Education
Redecorating at Moye's Finished
Workmen completed repainting and decorating the interior of Moye's Beauty Shop on Second Avenue. The new color scheme of green silver and black enhances the shop's appearance.
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Moye
Second Avenue
Mangled Body Found on Tracks in Huntsville
Homer Reed, 30, a textile worker, was found crushed on the Oregon Railway tracks in Huntsville Alabama. A Black fireman from the Dallas Cotton Mill discovered the body while walking to work.
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Huntsville
Ala
Homer Reed
Tony
Dallas
Truck Driver Killed Under Raised Concrete Truck
Otis Plaster a 38 year old construction company truck driver was killed in Montgomery when the damp body of his truck fell and trapped him while he tried to release it after it Joe Shane raised for unloading concrete.
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Montgomery
Ala
Otis Plaster
Construction
Joe Shane
Student Leader Mary Kendrick Heads Alabama College Senior Class
Mary Nall Kendrick of Selma serves as president of the senior class at Alabama College Montevallo. The appointment highlights student leadership in the college community.
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Mary Nall Kendrick
Selma
Alabama College
Montevallo
Decatur Notes On Politics Fishing And Local Events
From Charlotte to Decatur news includes John B. McMillan's unanimous election to the North Carolina Public Service Commission and local fishing by Irwin Mitchell and Prentice Clark returning with 39 pounds of crappie. Also reports births, hospital moves, police court arrests, and thefts in the area.
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Charlotte
D. C
John B. McMillan
House of Representatives
Public Service Commission
Mr. McMillan
Congressman McMillan
Charleston
Claude McMillan
Irwin Mitchell
Prentice Clark
Gorgus Hollow
Town Creek
Mr. Clark
Justices strike down RA measure affecting housing funds
The opinion blocks the money to be spent for housing while Congress is said to have no clear path for the resettlement administration. The relief appropriation would be divided by broad classifications with 85.5 million for rural rehabilitation and relief to farmers. President Roosevelt plans to continue the resettlement program on a curtailed basis with funds under the bill and allows shifting up to 15 percent between classifications.
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Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
Relief act funds traced by district court ruling
The Washington report notes that as of March 31 relief spending reached 2 515 08 158 dollars under the act aimed at winding down federal dole and launching work relief. President Roosevelt allotments cover Resettlement, WPA, Public Roads, CCC, Puerto Rico, Reclamation, Navy, Public Works, Rural Electrification, Treasury, and War amounts. An additional 938 530 085 was spent on direct relief during the dole to work transition.
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Ashington
Ich
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Roosevelt
Resettlement Administration
Works Progress Administration
Bureau of Public Roads
Civilian Conservation Corps
Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration
Reclamation Bureau
Navy Department
Public Works Administration
Rural Electrification Administration
Treasury
War Department
Progress rapid at Gunt ersville Dam
The first coffer dam at Gunt ersville Dam on the Tennessee river is nearly half completed but construction work is only up to schedule. Theodore B. Parker of the Tennessee Valley Authority said the job has run smoothly and progress is faster than it appears.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Guntersville
Tennessee River
Theodore B. Parker
Tennessee Valley Authority
Huntsville Woman Dies After Train Collision
Mrs Bertha Mankey 35 of Huntsville Alabama died in Middletown Ohio from injuries after the car she was riding in with her daughter Bra dell Lock 18 was struck by a northbound Big 4 passenger train. Miss Lock was seriously injured and remained in a hospital.
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Middletown
Ohio
Bertha Mankey
Huntsville
Ala
Miss Bradell Lock
Miss Lock
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