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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1934
Page
3
Open high low close prices for several months in New York and New Orleans markets are listed with daily figures. The data show January through December contract values and final prices, indicating market activity and closing levels across a range of months.
Chicago butter prices held steady with close values for creamery specials 93 score at 24 1 2 to 25, extras 92 at 24, firsts 88 to 89 at 21 1 2 to 22 1 4, seconds 86 to 87 at 20 to 20 1 2, standards 80. Butter sales 3 cars. Eggs 7 034 easy, extra firsts 15 1 2 to 16 1 2, fresh graded firsts 15 to 16, current receipts 13 1 2 to 14 1 2. No egg sales.
Savannah July 25 AP reports a pentine firm with 43 sales 200 receipts 499 shipments 179 stock 12854 and a rosin firm with 428 sales 1962 receipts 1881 shipments 106814 stock. Prices quoted B and D 4.10 E 4.15 F 4.20 G 4.25 H 4 271 2 I and K 4.30 M 4.35 N 4.50 WG 4.60 WW and X 4.75.
New York July 25 private rains in Central Texas and a forecast for the western belt kept the market steady as first prices were unchanged due to large trade buying orders capped at 75 for October 85 December and 1300 for March. Trading rose to over 15000 December as retailers showed only showers in south Texas and three Central Texas stations. Unfavorable Gulf weather and a peak 112 degrees in the western belt and 107 in the central area reduced precipitation. Prices eased near close on light support and cautious selling.
Postmaster S M Dawsey and local authorities sought suspects after thieves broke into the Dawsey property Monday night and stole 25 Rhode Island Red pullets from a chicken house.
This third in a series traces U S strike history from the Ludlow massacre to 1920s textile unrest and 1930s reforms. It notes 1919–22 upheavals, the 1919 Seattle general strike, 1922 coal miners strike, and later bloodshed in Toledo, Minneapolis, and San Francisco amid resumed tensions between labor and capital.
Mrs Vera Amen 29 of Ashford died at home today two days after her newborn son. The infant was buried Monday. Survived by husband G M Amen, daughter Agnes, sons Morris and Lamar, sister Alma Whitaker, Ashford, brothers Lester Bec ham Tate of Ashford, Coy Tate of South Carolina. Funeral 4:30 p.m. Bluff Springs Baptist Church. burial in church cemetery. Fellows and Forrester in charge.
Gutel Bart who pledged loyalty to five Russian Czars and delighted in their overthrow died at his Knoxville home today. Relatives say he was at least 111 years old.
In Montgomery on July 25 the 228th parole pending good behavior was drawn for Emmett Mickle from Randolph county for transporting liquor. He is to serve three and a half to five years. In St Louis on July 23 Earl Combs, Yankee outfielder, suffers a skull fracture and broken collarbone from a collision with the left field stand, ending his season.
Reports from Vienna describe chaotic scenes as machine guns mounted on rooftops fired toward a government radio station announcing Dollfuss resignation and a pro Nazi chancellor. Amid clashes, Heimwehr and federal troops faced off with Nazis while diplomats reported Prince von Starhemberg consolidating non imprisoned ministers at the defense ministry. A police officer said Fey spoke from the chancellery window at 4 p.m.
Abbeville guests visiting Dothan on Tuesday included Mrs. Jim Bob Solomon Mrs. Lee Bland Mrs. J E Price Mrs. Griffin and Misses Virginia Trawick Eleanor Bac ridge and Virginia Holland.
Bronzell Culbreth, 14, was acquitted of assault charges tied to an alleged attack on expectant mother Mrs. Tulille Williams after Judge Keener Baxley ruled the case should have been heard in Juvenile Court. Williams faced reproach for not disclosing the boy's age. Additional rulings included probation revocation for Sterling Meadows and suspended sentence, with other larceny and public drunkenness cases processed.
Mrs Travis Mixon and Mrs Ellison Mixon of Graceville shopped in Dothan on Tuesday, staying active in local commerce and visiting downtown stores.
Greenville Mississippi July 2 Two men were arrested on charges of impersonating federal officers obtaining money under false pretenses and kidnapping in a case involving extortion of money from Negro farm workers by threats of whisky prosecutions. Suspects identified as John Evans 58 with a Georgia car and Percy Floyd 35 a James Crossing area farmer. One victim said he was kidnapped and driven toward Clarksdale before being released after paying $10.
Arbor Day was first observed in Nebraska on April 10 1872 to plant more than a million trees in a single day. The event marked the start of a national holiday later observed by many states and communities.
A brief death notice reports Mrs Fannie Benton 26 died today at her Ashford route two home from malarial fever. Survived by husband Ivey Benton. Funeral held this afternoon at Howards Gre March with Rev George Nobles officiating. Burial in church cemetery with Fellows om Forrester in charge.
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