Market Staggers In Search Of Guiding Hand
The stock market opened dull with an irregular range as traders await the Supreme Court ruling on the gold payment case. Some blue chips rose while others fell, with Mullins and Budd Manufacturing among leaders, and General Electric and Western Union showing modest gains amid mixed signals.
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Victor Eubanks
New York
Supreme Court
Commission House
Mullins Manufacturing
Budd Manufacturing
Mullins Common
Postal Telegraph
International Telephone
Western Union
Westinghouse
General Electric
Case
Follawstee
Radio
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Common
General Motors Chrysler
Goodyear
Deere
International Harvester
National Distilleries
Montgomery Ward
Consolidated Gas
Public Service of New Jersey
Federal Communications Commission
United States Apologizes for Sinking Canadian Rum Runner
Secretary Hull delivers formal note to Canadian minister Duncan Her ridge apologizing for the sinking of the rum runner I'm Alone by U S officers. The joint commission found the mission unlawful but deemed the sinking unlawful. Hull seeks a $50 666 50 payment to Canada and to the captain and crew as damages.
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Washington
Dexter
United States
Hull
William Duncan Herridge
DOTHAN PEANUT MARKET No 1 RUNNERS
Market notes list top peanut runners for the Dothan area with at least two firms or buyers cited and notes on quality in a brief commodity section.
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Dothan Peanut Market
FTONA
FROG
Average of five daily seek placement by NRS in December
National Reemployment Bureau figures show an average of five new applications for work daily in December with almost no cancellations. Houston County placed fewer in private industry than last month due to limited cooperation from private firms. No relief-work projects were active locally. two projects await approval, including the A C L underpass at an estimated $75,000. Across seven counties 29 in private industry, 215 in PWA projects, and five transferred to non-district sections.
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NRS
National
Houston County
Bureau
Public Works Administration
Hog market and misreported shooting clarified
Hogs totaled 19 000 with direct sales included as 000. weights ranged from under 200 to 300 pounds with prices from 5.50 to 10. Heavy weights and sows priced up to 10. A separate statement by Hilary Shivers denied that Booker T Williams was shot at Elks Rest on Cherry Street, saying it occurred at a nearby pool hall.
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Chicago
U. S
Elks Rest
Hilary Shivers
The
Eagle Today
Booker T. Williams
Cherry Street
Shivers
Unionist Leader J W Talley Jailed For Contempt
J W Talley of Alabaster, president of the Smelter Workers Union local in Birmingham, is serving a five day jail term for contempt after a state witness in the Carter bombing trial identified him. Talley denied warning the witness but acknowledged speaking to him outside the court. Carter, a Meat Cutters union official, faced bombing charges in the Sunshine loaners plant case.
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Magic City
Birmingham
J .W. Talley
Smelter Workers Union
McElroy
Talley
Leo Carter
Irwin Rowe
Henry
Ta’king
Tawe
Carter
Meat Cutters ’and Butchers’ Union
Sunshine Loaners
Rosin Marketing Improves Driving Loan Repayment
Jacksonville reports stronger gum rosin and gum turpentine markets as government loan- backed stocks are released. H. M. Wilson of Turpentine and Rosin Factors notes 5 000 to 10 000 barrels freed, with prices from 4 20 to 6 20 per unit. Loans total 50 per unit, aiding producers to repay and profit.
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Jacksonville, Frs
H. M. Wilson
Turpentine and Rosin Factors, Inc
Wilson
F. Rosin
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Aged Tabernacle Citizen Laid to Last Long Rest
Jesse L. Folsom, 82, of Tabernacle, died Saturday night after a three week illness. He was a Tabernacle Methodist Church member. Funeral Monday was conducted by Revs. Charles Hildreth and W L Hughin. Survived by one son J. C. Folsom of Plant City and five daughters, plus one sister. Lasseter and Butner in charge of arrangements.
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Windham
Elba
T. C. Stephens
Milton, Fla
C. R. Forrest
Dothan
J. C. Wilson
Gadsden
J. W Lockler
New Brockton
W. D. Tindel
Lasseter
Butner
Marble boards stay hand in Alabama after court ruling
In Dothan Sheriff Alex H. May announced no notice to seize marble boards since a Supreme Court ruling classed them as gambling devices. He said operators will be warned before any drive, following Knight's prior ruling that the boards are games of skill.
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Dothan
Alex H. May
Supreme Court
May
Thomas E. Knight
Tuscaloosa
Huntsville
Birmingham
Alabama
Ocean Air Mail Subsidies Approved by House Committee
The House Appropriations Committee endorsed the Treasury and Post Office budget for 1936, keeping ocean and foreign mail subsidies largely intact though studies on future policy continue. The total for the department nears 724.3 million, with divisions for ocean mail and air service and a 1.3 million cut in domestic airmail. The report notes future extensions and requires further cost management amid debt retirement and interest costs.
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Washington
Houses Appropriations Committee
Post Office Department
Treasury
Post Office
Farley
Treasury Department
Public Health Service
Guard
Agricultural Justment Administration
Department
Fugy
Nextig
Snow and Ice Reports Scatter Across The South And West
A frigid wave brings temperatures from 21 down to 12 degrees in several cities. Coastal Mississippi and Alabama report traces of snow while Louisiana and Texas face sleet, rain, and subfreezing lows as floods and fog trigger travel delays and risk to lives.
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Mobile
Alu
Lake Charles
Louisiana
Dixie
Florida
Arkansas
Mississippi
Tennessee
Wisconsin
St. Croix
Wolf River
Memphis, Tenn
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West Central States
Mercury
Minnesota
Pacific Northwest
Seattle
Washington
Bellingham
Wash
British Columbia
North Pacific
Jackson
Juneau
Alaska
Texas
Panhandle
New
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