Markets Show Caution as Trading Stays Mixed in NY
Markets opened cautious with mixed price trends as trading remained subdued. Highlights include gains for National Department Store Preferred and Spiegel, while Freeport Texas fell after a dividend cut. Rail freight rose modestly for the week ending January 19, totaling 562,955 cars, above the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Eubank
New York
Duslness
Power and Light Corporation
National Department Store
Speigel-May- Stern
Consolidated Gas
United Corporation
Public Service of New Jersey
Commonwealth and Southern
American Water Works
Radio
Procter & Gambie
Continental Can
Otis Steel
N. Y. Central
Santa Fe
Air Reduction
Columbian
Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
General Electric
Westinghouse
du Pont
American Telephone
Freeport Texas
Chicago Butter Prices and Egg Sales Report
Chicago markets report unsettled butter creamery specials and egg sales with varied prices and grades. Entries note 6 218 car lots for butter and 4 315 for eggs, including unsettled, extra firsts, local, fresh graded and current receipts terms.
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Chicago
Mohawk Disaster Spurs Ward Line Inquiry
The Mohawk collided off the Jersey coast as lifeboats rescued 115 aboard the Algonquin and Champlain. An inquiry will begin next day, with inspectors seeking statements from officers while search efforts continue for missing crew and passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Wood
New York
East Guard
United States Steamboat Inspection Service
Morro Castle
Jersey
Itner
Wong
Tain
Associated Press
Ward
Asbury Park
Sea Girt
Cauto
Florida
Havana
Ward Line
Bahamaa
Market Roundup From New York And Cottonseed Oil News
T W Palmer surveys a chaotic screen of stock quotes and market figures across exchanges including New Orleans and New York. It lists vast arrays of ticker prices for companies such as Anaconda Copper, AT&T, American Can, Ford of England, General Motors, IBM, Sears Roebuck, US Steel and more, with speculative notes on tone and sales, and closes with cottonseed oil market figures for January to July and a tone of steady sales.
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T .c
Auburn Motors Ween
Acadaaas
Bethlehem Steel
Peeese
Bendix
Sss
Chrysler
Curtis Wright
Dupont
Electric L
General Motors
General Foods
General Electric
Goodyear
Serewces
Hudson Motors
Int
Harvester
Tel
Johns-Manville
Kennecott Corp
Lorillard
Seus Vane
Montgomery ‘Ward
Aese
New York Central
Ic Penney
Packard
Cece Corene
Radio Corp
Reynolds Tobacco
Sears Roebuck
Southern Railway
Texas Corp
Texas Gulf
US Steel
United Fruit
United Aircraft
Westinghouse
Woolworth
Wise
Western Union
Jno. F. Clark & Co
E. A. Pierce & Co
New York Stock Exchange
Federal utility license system to avert monopoly
The Federal Trade Commission urged federal licensing of public utility holdings to prevent a nationwide monopoly. It noted 1929 findings that 16 holding groups controlled about 92 percent of U.S. electrical output and proposed three constitutional paths to broaden federal regulation, including interstate commerce licensing and federal taxation.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Hauptmann Denies In Court Over Lindbergh Kidnap Trial
The trial tense as Hauptmann denies involvement, claiming money was hidden in baskets and on a ceiling shelf, and he never saw Charles Lindbergh Jr or the ransom note. He recalls Fisch mentioning a box of contents and insists he did not tamper with the note or nursery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Reilly
Fisch
Hauptmann
Hopewell
Lfe
Reilly
Colonel Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh, Jr
Baby Lindbergh
Europe
Roosevelt Urges Uniform Traffic Laws for Safety
President Roosevelt asks governors of all states to pass uniform highway safety laws to curb rising motor vehicle deaths and injuries. He cites 1934 as the deadliest year and urges swift state action, administration setup, public education, and funding to enforce the recommended measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
National Conference On Street and
TI Am
Secretary of Commerce
National Conference On
Chinese Labor Project Rockets Price of Rice
In Kiangsi 165000 coolies dig a new outlet for the Hua river. The 258 mile canal aims to carry floods to the Yellow Sea and irrigate thousands of acres in central China. Work runs to 1936. The effort reflects a major conservation project in China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
China
Kiangsi
Huat
Hua
Yellow Sea
Dothan Peanut Market Numbers Highlight Runners
Market report lists No 1 runners and No 1 Spanish peanut varieties with prices around 80 dollars. Trade shows demand for premium shells and growers report steady movement, with buyers seeking top grade kernels and shellers noting tight supply for high quality lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dothan
Flood Toll Rises as Mississippi Basin Drenches Towns
Floods in the Tallahatchie basin devastate the region from Tunica to Panola with 25 dead and 5,000 in the flood path. Damage exceeds 1.5 million dollars with railroads facing over 1 million in washouts and bridge damage across Mississippi and western Tennessee. Mayor C. P. Smith warns of the danger to residents as displaced towns seek shelter in Crowder or relocate. The rise began three days after heavy rains followed by near zero temperatures, widening a 40 mile flood zone five to 15 miles across.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tallehatchis
Mississippi
Jower Tennosase
C. P. Smith
Marks
Quitman-Panola Basin
Here
Crowder
Tallahatchie
Tunica
Panola County
Liverpool cotton prices steady after quiet spot market
Liverpool market reports 5 000 bales including 2 200 American with spot prices up one point across several grades. Quoted American strict good middling 7.73, good middling 7.43, strict middling 7.23, middling 7.08, strict low middling 6.68, etc. Futures closed steady with January 6.81, March 6.83, May 6.80, July 6.78, October 6.69, December 6.67. Classified ads noted for results.
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Liverpool
Coal relief 100 tons allotted for February
Relief director Haw announces a 100 ton coal allotment for February. The plan provides coal to Pine Reef cases on delivery, with the county branch of the ARA handling distribution and verification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peers
Haw
Pine Reef
The
ARA
Refugees Flooded as Night Falls in Stationed Uprising
Distressed refugees crowd a public area as rescuers work through floodwaters. The scene includes women and children seeking shelter while ships and boats move through the water. Officials report up to 500 people affected as supplies and clothing remain scarce.
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Loretta Young
Charlie Chain
Warner Oland
Paris
Mary Brian and
Erik Rhodes
Charlie Chan
Lillie
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Houston
Blac
Fac
Neo
Sally Cotillo
James Roosevelt
National Fund For War
Clarence H. Mackay
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Henry L. Doherty
Sally
Mrs. Roosevelt
Howard Chandler Christy
Supreme Court
Salvatore Cotillo
New York City
Waldorf-Astoria
Dothan Country Club
Enterprise
Ozark
Randolph Scott
Zane Grey
Harry Carey
Noah Beery
Alcazar
We & Nie
T. W. Palmer
New ' Orleans
Dothan Hog Market
Wee Tees
Jan Mch
Elbert Calvert
Jack King
Alabama Theatre
At Voss
Helen M. McCollam
William Dern
Miss McCollam
RFC
Dern
Ib Kraft Bag
Libby
Onur
California
Stokely’s
Doz
Southern Manor
Tiny Peas
Chuck Roast
Phillips
Rogers Circus
Stokleys
Lye Hominy
Russell Clark
Shatford
James Coker
Jno
F. Clark & Co
Nation
Canadiz
Slocomb
Herbert Lee Ford
Mr. Ford
J. T. Beds
Willie Eloise
Nell
Hartforders
Frank I
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Pallbe
R. Crawford ‘Hartis
Jon Creel
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