Moderate Trading Keeps Stocks Hovering Higher
Stocks rose slightly amid moderate trading as oils enjoyed support while rails and industrials fluctuated. The week saw modest gains for Atlantic Coast Line, Magma Copper, Mead Corporation, and Chrysler despite profit taking, with the Dow and rail averages ending near unchanged levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer C. Waler
United Press
New York
Atlantic Coast Lige
Magma Copper
Mead Corp
Mead
Chrysler
Oxx Granted Uncontested Divorce Over Cats and Fleas
Thomas Hudson Oxx, 58, secured an uncontested divorce from Cecelia Oxx, 42, after alleging extreme cruelty due to her keeping about 70 cats in the home. He told the judge the cats were filthy and fleas bit him, saying the animals were “full of mango.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport, R. L
Thomas Hudson Oxx
Cecelia
Oxx
Widespread Tax Collector Corruption Revealed
Washington August 11. Reports say evidence of corruption among IRS collectors will be disclosed at hearings led by Rep. Cecil Tesemare and Rep. King. The probe may show broader graft across cities including New York Boston St. Louis and San Francisco. Names will not be public until after due process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Cecil R. Tesemare
John Wary
Snyder
Bureau of Internal Revenue
King's Committee
New York
St. Louis
Boston
San Fran
Robert W. Kean
R-Nj
GOP
King’s Ip
Kean
Treasury
American Scots Fly To Clan Gathering
Representatives of the Order of Scottish Clans in North America and affiliated groups flew to Scotland to attend the clan gathering in Edinburgh. About 200 Northerners are scheduled to attend the opening on Wednesday as part of the Festival of Britain events.
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New York
Order of Scottish Clans
North America
Daughters of
Scotia
Edinburgh
Scot
Britain
Lady Godiva Ride Cancelled by Rain in Bexhill
Rain spoiled the planned spectacle in Bexhill as Beryl an art student aged 22 prepared to ride nude under fig leaves. Adam failed to appear and the event ended with Beryl arriving in a fully clothed limousine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Godiva
Bexhill
Eng
Beryl
Eden
Adam
Atomic heating forecast for Chicago homes
A heater maker predicts atomic piles will heat homes within 25 to 35 years as a cost saver. The forecast suggests atomic heat would cut the average home heating bill to the level currently spent on fuel.
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Chicago
Market listings of security quotations and company percentages
A fragment shows security quotations and bid asked percentages for many companies and banks. Entries include Acme Alloys, Alabama Grt Sou RR, American Enka, Bank of America, Colonial Stores, Edison, Foremost Dairies, Kaiser Steel, Hotels Statler, and others with bid and asked figures or preferred stock values, reflecting a noisy historical ledger of financial instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acme al Alloys
Alabama Grt Sou
Alabama Mille
American Enka Corp
American Marietta Co
American Trust Co
Am Yn & Pro
Ark.-Mo. Power Co
Atlanta Gas Light Co
Auto Finance Co
Pta
T Bank of America NT & SA
Bank of Manhattan
Bassett Furnries
Bausch & Lombical
Blue Bell
Ime
Bi Rdgins Co
Shelby
Buffalo Eclipse Corp
Butler's Inc Com
Butler's Inc
Cannon Mills Tesscee
Caro Pow & Lt
Ie Carolina Tel &Tel Co
Chadbourn Hosiery Mills, Inc
Chad Hos Mills
Com & Sy
Chase National Bank
Cable Dairy Prod
Colonial Stores
Inc Com
Colonial
Sit. Dan Riv Millis
River Mills
Dixie-Home Stores
Douglas and Lomason
Drexel Furniture Co
Dun
Bradstreet, Inc
Edison, Ee A &B
Ere Mig Co
Erwin Mills Inc
Foremost Daries, Inc
Foremost Dairies
Pia
Garfinckel
Julius & Co
Csecseee
Cnecenes
Arfinckel
Ccucecess
Ariock Packing Co
Fant Portland Cement
Allford National Bank
Anes, P H Knitting Co
Home Finance
S Home Insurance Co
Hotels Statler
Houston Ot Field
TS Hytron Radio Elec Com
Inter Mtn Tel
Irving Trust
Ivey, JB & CO
Jeff Ltd Life Ins Co
Kaiser Steel
Kingsport Seve
Lite & Can Ins Co
Tom
One Star Steel
Sng Belt Lumber
Childs Co Faces Management Shakeup and Overspend Shock
The Childs Co a restaurant chain and candy maker suffers profitless years and a 1.15 million dollar station program overspend. New investors take over after a proxy fight amid labor issues and fading sales while Chicago Midway Airport claims to be the world busiest averaging 31 takeoffs or landings per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Gould
New York
Childs Co
Childs
Charles Crouch
Lucky Food
West Coast
N. Clark Earl, Jr
Jo Johnson
Chicago
Midway Airport
Oscar E. Hewitt
Public Works
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Monsanto
Merck
Dow
Goodyear
N. Wrenn ST
Rex Chaney
Lan Co
Sap Eee
Handley Hdw Co
Wille Mille
Tom Furn Co
Sess Ng Wood
City Bank
Food Prod Co
Life & Ac Ins
Britain Machine Cowport Steel
Jehelson Fire
Ceesss
N. C
Occidental Life Ins Co
Ohio Water Service
Oswego Falls Corp
Peninsular Tel
Piedmont & Northrn
Piedmont Aviation Eens Natural Ga
Piedmont Natl
Nat'l Bank
Southern Airwave
Southern Webbing
Spindale Mille
State Loan & Finance
Clase
Aiccccseeneees Stonecutter Mille
Stromberg Carlson
Taylor Foods
Tenn Gas
Texas Easton Trans
Textiles, Inc
Tidewater Power Co
Towmotor Corp
U. & Potash Co
Ceee
van Camp Sea Fi Company, Inc
Vietor Products
Wachovia Bnk
Aar & Swasey Point Mig Lovett G
G Rp
Earl
Crouch
Ito
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Our Town
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High Point Laundry
Cadillac
Highland Motors, Inc
N. Main St
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