Market trends mix as holiday trading steadies
New York stock activity showed mixed trends with some recovery in utilities and industrials but no broad market breakout. Public Service of New Jersey slipped to a new low before a minor rebound, while gains appeared in American Telephone, American Water Works, Consolidated Gas, North American, Inland Steel and several others.
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Public Service of
New Jersey
American Telephone
American Water Works
Consolidated Gas
North American
Inland Steel
American Can
National Distillers
Radio Preferred
McCrory Stores
Sears Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
Wilson and Co
U. &. Smelting
Cerro de Pasco
Chrysler
General Motors
U.S. Steel
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Turpentine and rosin market totals reported in Savannah
Naval Stores in Savannah reports turpentine at 44 1-2 dollars with sales 91 receipts 176 shipments 3 stock 20 346 and rosin steady with sales 523 receipts 1 107 shipments 175 stock 128 528. Price quotes listed BD E 400 F 4.10 G 4.20 A 425 14.30 K 4.40 M 4.45 N 450 WG 4.80 WW X 5.25.
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Naval Stores
Savannah
Cottonweed Prices in Dothan Peanut Market Report
The Dothan peanut market shows Wo. 1 runners and Wo. 1 Spanish prices around $45 per ton for cottonweed, with a separate listing noting $55 per 560 for a related lot. Market activity centers on commodity pricing and grade distinctions.
Feen a mint laxative for children
Feen a mint is advertised as a tasty chewable laxative for kids. It claims gradual action through saliva, avoiding sudden upset of the system, and presents as non habit forming. Available in 15 and 25 cent sizes.
Market Summary and Stock Quotes From New York and New Orleans
Today’s market report lists closing notes for January with prices across Mech Meh New Orleans and major corporations. Highlights include General Motors at 32 1/2, American Can around 109 1/4, Bethlehem Steel at 30 1/2, DuPont near 05, Fifth Avenue firms and rail stocks, and varying New York and New Orleans quotations for industrials, utilities, and consumer goods.
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American Can
Seree
Auburn Motors
Bethlehem Steel
Bendix
Babe Ig Dueuee
Oan
Rere A
Ami Southern Sea
Eee
Pew Les Case Pe
UD Chrysler Oo
Curtis Wright
DuPont
Electric L. & P
Ceee
General Motors
General Foods
Sssa
General Electric
Goodyear
Hudson Motors
International Harvester
Telg
Industrial Rayon
Johns-Manville
NEW York Stoces
Kennecott Corp
Ee Enees
Anacona Copper
ALT
Reese
Lorillard
Montgomery Ward
New York Central
Packard
DE Reynolds Tobacco
Keith Orph
Sears Roebuck
Texas Corp
USS. Steel
Cee
United Fruit
United Aircraft
Penney
Radio Corp
Southern Railway
Texas Gulf
Wis
Wee
Westinghouse
Hart Posey Funeral Held At Smyrna Church
Funeral services for Hart Posey 78 former policeman known as Chief were held at Smyrna church with Rev A D Zhinden officiating. Burial followed at the church cemetery. Posey died in a Dothan hospital after a long illness. He is survived by four daughters Nettle Jenks Arthur Dowling Gene Smith a son Grover Posey and a sister Miss Std Posey.
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Hart Posey
Dothan
Nettle Jenks
Montgomery
Arthur Dowling
Newton
Gene Smith
Ozark
Grover Posey
Lakeland
Fla
Std Posey
Simmsboro
Lighterwood Shipment Declared Ready for Sale by Agency
The Dothan Unemployment Agency announced a large shipment of lighterwood has been received and is ready for sale. Orders may be given by ending 37.
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Dothan Unemployment Agency
Lizard Ditchs Tail as Escape Tactic in Narrow Prey Escape
A lizard can shed its tail easily to escape predators with little blood loss. Even a tense fright can trigger tail detachment. A bird attempting to catch a lizard via the tail learns too late that the tail remains behind.
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Lzard
Southern Governors Report Advances To Stability In 1934
ATLANTA December 27 AP Southern states reported progress toward financial stability in 1934 with higher revenue debt curbs and improved credit. South Carolina boasted escaping the worst condition in 50 years, Georgia cut taxes and saved funds for schools and pensions, North Carolina on a sound basis, and Kentucky enacted a debt curb. Florida’s tourism rebound led to a larger 1934-35 season, while Mississippi tax receipts topped expectations and Virginia’s Peery looked for continued improvement shaping the new year.
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Atlanta
South
South Carolina
Tara C. Blackwood
Georgia
Lupene Y Talmide
Highway Department
North Carolina
J. CB. Ehringhaus
Kentucky
Raby Laf
Laffoon
Alabama
B. M. Miller
Tennessee
HM McAlister
Arkansas
J. M. Futrell
Dave Sholtz
Florida
Shultz
Mississippi
Virginia
George (. Peery
Butter and Eggs Market Report From Chicago on Dec 27
The Chicago market shows butter steady at 31 to 31 1-2 for creamery specials and 30 1-2 for extras with various firsts and seconds quoted. Eggs remain firm with 828 cases reported, extra firsts at 30 1-2 and fresh graded first at 27 1-2, refrigerator firsts at 21 34, standards 22 1-4, and only small lots of inferior product sold.
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Chicago
Liverpool Cotton Prices Fall on Spot and Futures
Liverpool December cotton quotes show 3,000 bales traded including 600 American with spot sales and prices two points lower. American strict good middling 7.81, middling 7.16, strict low middling 7.01. futures closed quiet and steady with Dec 6.87, Jan 6.83, May 6.79, July 6.76, Oct 6.65.
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Liverpool
Hog market notes from Chicago trade dec 27
U S Dept of Agriculture reports hogs in Chicago at 21 000 head with market slow and steady to 10 lower than Wednesday. Weights above 220 lbs bring 6 90 to 7 00, top 7 00, 150-210 lbs 6 00 to 6 90, slaughter pigs 5 25 down, packing sows 6 25 to 6 40, medium 200-250 lbs 6 75 to 7 00, heavyweight 250-350 lbs 6 90 to 7 00.
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Chicago
U.S
Miss Margaret Parish Dies at Niece’s Home
Miss Margaret M Parish, 78, of Ashford, died suddenly at her niece Mrs Grooms home. Heart attack blamed. She had lived with another niece Mrs Noah Parish. Funeral at Liberty Church at 10 30 tomorrow with cemetery interment. Dowling Griffin Inc in charge.
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Margaret M. Parish
Ashford
Grooms
Miss Parish
Noah Parish
Liberty Church
Church
Dowling-Griffin, Inc
Formal Japanese Notice Of Naval Pact Death Near Washington
Hiroji Saito Japan's ambassador signals formal denunciation of the Washington naval treaty to Secretary Hull Saturday morning. Japan will issue a statement outlining reasons for ending the 1922 pact, with envoys in other signatory nations notifying their governments. Britain informed unofficially that Tokyo would denounce the treaty this Saturday in Washington ahead of the December 31 deadline. Admiral Yamamoto seeks a conference with Britain within the next day or two.
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Washington
Hiroji Saito
Japan
Hull
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Britain
London
Tokyo
Admiral Yamamoto
Miller orders special elections to fill two seats
Governor B M Miller set January 29 as the date for special elections to replace two Alabama legislators and a Crenshaw county education official lost in holiday deaths. In Sumter County voters will choose a representative to replace John E Harris of Livingston. In Fayette Walker and Lamar counties voters will elect a senator to replace Walter McNeill of Fayette. The governor will appoint a Crenshaw county superintendent of education to fill the vacancy.
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Montgomery
B. M. Miller
Alabama
Sumter County
John E. Harris
Livingston
Democratic Executive Committee
George Miller
Fayette
Walker
Lamar
Walter McNeill
State
Democratic Committee
Miller
Crenshaw County
T. A. Capps
Deaths rise from electrical accidents say Johns Hopkins professor
Dr. W B Kouwenhoven of Johns Hopkins University Baltimore warned in New York that deaths from electrical accidents have climbed to about one per 100000 people annually.
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New York
W. B. Kouwenhoven
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Supervision by State on Power Costs Debate
A fragment from Atlanta dated December with AP copy argues for accurate cost figures in power service. It contends government and private sectors should include true operating costs, urging transparent accounting in utility operations.
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Atlanta
Cartaxpayer
Surrogate Denies Gloria Vanderbilt Guardian Appointment
Surrogate James A. Foley signed an order denying Mrs. Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt the guardian role for her ten year old daughter Gloria. A hearing on a separate request for co guardianship of the child's property was scheduled for January 3 at 10:30 a.m. in New York. Nearby Chicago reports reveal a campaign of nearly 100 Pied Pipers using poison bait to control rats, killing about 500,000 in seven months citywide.
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New York
James A. Foley
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
Gloria
Chicago
Pied Pipers
Bigger College Boys Measure Up at State College
Raleigh December 27. The AP reports NC State College military department figures show the average freshman this year stands five feet eight point eight inches tall and weighs 144 pounds, up from last year’s five feet eight inches and 142 pounds.
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Raleigh
N. C
Military Department of
North Carolina State College
It’s His Error Bluecoat’s Suspicious Backfire
A patrolman at Grady Hospital chased a suspect he believed tampered with cars. After thirty minutes the man confessed to being lost, revealing he was blind, not the thief. The incident ended with no arrest.
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Atlanta
Grady Hospital
Funeral arranged for Mrs Laura Stinson in Dothan
Mrs Laura Stinson aged 59 died after a months long illness. Funeral set for 2 30 this afternoon at Pinchard cemetery with Rev O M Murphy officiating. Survived by three sons Henry Burrell Stinson Blakely Ga route 4 EL M Stinson Dothan route 5. five brothers Roy Joe Tom Sam John Gilmore. two sisters Mrs Dozier Johnson Florala and Mrs Rebecca Watford Malvern. Houston Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
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Laura Stinson
Dothan
Pinchard
O. M. Murphy
Treasury position report and dates from Washington
Treasury summary for December 24 shows receipts 11 332 671 58 dollars, expenditures 25 299 782 21, leaving a balance of 2 584 498 916 58. Customs receipts for the month total 26 839 805 41. Fiscal year to date receipts 1 822 316 682 75, expenditures 3 498 169 142 39, including 1 809 867 794 13 of emergency spending, excess expenditures 1 666 852 459 64, gold assets 8 217 397 146 88. James Brigman returns to Atlanta after visiting cousin Miss Lucie Farmer.
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Treasury
Washington
The
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