Stocks Rally As Bulls dominate broad market
The market recovers from a money scare with bullish demonstrations in rails and specialties. Leaders like New York Central, Atchison and Pete Marquette hit new highs as railroad stocks drive gains. steel and oil groups lag. Credit conditions steady with call money at 9 percent.
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Hague
New York Central
Atchison
Pete Marquette
Union Pacific
Norfolk & Western
Nashville
Chattanooga & St. Louis
Lackawanna
Pennsylvania
R. H. Macy
U. S. Industrial Alcohol
American Water Works
American Tobacco A
Columbian Carbon
U. S. Freight
General Gas and Electric A
Bristol Myers
Otis Steel
Corn Products
A. M. Byers
Warren Bros
National Lead
National Biscuit
DuPont
Western Union
Goodyear Rubber
Westinghouse Electric First
Auburn Auto
Hocking Valley
General Electric and Commercial Investment Trust
Cotton market steadies on weather hopes and private reports
New York August 28 the cotton market opened steady with small gains as traders anticipated a bullish weekly weather report amid signs of drought relief from Texas showers. Prices climbed through the morning with December around 18.91 and March near 19.19, later hitting higher levels before slight pullbacks.
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New York
Texas Plains
Texas
Liverpool
India
Weather Bureau
P.C
Liverpool cotton prices hold steady amid steady demand
Cotton spot in increased demand with prices steady for American grades. Key levels include strict good middling 11.19 and middling 9.39 with 6,000 bales sold, 3,900 of them American. Receipts total 3,000 with 1,800 American. futures closed steady with October, December and subsequent contracts quoted around 9.98 to 10.12.
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Liverpool
Potatoes Market Report From Chicago Prices By Region
Potatoes receipts 103 cars on track 818 cars, total U S shipments 544 cars. Demand fair, market slightly stronger on good stock. Wisconsin sacked round whites 2 25 to 2 40, sacked Triumphs 2 00 to 2 35. Minnesota sacked round whites 2 15 to 2 35. Ohio sacked early 1 95 to 2 10. Nebraska sacked Irish cobblers 2 20 to 2 40.
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Chicago
U. S
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ohio
Nebraska
Chicago Livestock Market Report Aug 28
Chicago hogs at 18 000 head mostly 10 to 15 cents higher with top 11.65 for 170 200 lb. weights. Cattle and calves limited trading with-for-fed steers and long yearlings down 25 to 40 cents. slaughter steers 13.00 17.00. cows 8.75 12.00. vealers 14.75 17.50. Sheep slow. native lambs 13.25 13.50 quoted. fat ewes weak.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Stock Quotations For Southern Corp and Peers
Intraday quotes show Southern Corp at 26 percent, Commonwealth and Southern 23 percent, Ford of England 18 percent, Shenandoah Corp 34 percent, Blue Ridge Corp 24 percent. Investments highlighted include Saint Penn Road Corp and others in mixed performance.
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View Financial
Uin
Enres le Southern Corp
Cccjcceves
St Penn Road Corp
Eres
Commonwealth & Southern
Ford of England
Wcceuieson
Shenandoah Corp Crjeeesues
Blue Ridge Corp
Ceees Ene
Dairy Receipts Show Mixed Movement Across Products
Butter receipts rise 14 008 despite creamery gains of 44 percent. Creamery quality score hits 92 with a 43 percent increase. Cheese receipts total 158 653, while overall dairy activity remains steady.
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New York
Egg Market Report From New York August Trade
New York egg receipts on August 28 reported 22 613, with mixed colors deemed good. Eyes irregular describes shell quality in the consignments.
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New York
Hail Stone Formation In High Altitude Cumulonimbus
Large hail stones begin forming at altitudes between 15 000 and 40 000 feet above ground level according to meteorological observations. Researchers note strong updrafts in storm clouds concentrate moisture and permit hail growth.
North Carolina its production flow studied by officials
The Carolinas office of the U S bureau of foreign and domestic commerce and Raleigh conservation department cooperate to gauge North Carolina product consumption. 3 000 statements were sent to manufacturers to record local production, shipments and exports with replies kept confidential for statistical analysis.
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Charlotte
Carolinas
United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
State Department of Conservation and Development
Raleigh
North Carolina
C. Grant Isaacs
Bureau
Isaacs
J. W. Harrelson
Park Mathewson
Conservation Department
United States
Sell
Thief Moved to Tears in Cleveland Shoe Store Heist
Arthur Kreske, manager of a Cleveland shoe department, recounts a novice thief who bound him to a chair and stole $2.75. The robber, moved to tears after a talk, said he had not eaten in two days and, offered a meal, returned $1.75, kept $1, and fled.
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Cleveland
Arthur Kreske
Kreske
Ford says older men should not quit in Forbes interview
Henry Ford tells B C Forbes in Forbes magazine that older men over 50 should not leave the world, saying there would not be enough experience to run it if they did. The Associated Press reports from the New York interview.
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New York
Henry Ford
B. C. Forbes
Forbes Magazine
Death of Big Jeff the Great Dane in Albany
One of Alfred E. Smith's closest friends, the Great Dane Big Jeff, died in Albany from a leg infection. Arrangements were planned in New York.
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Albany
N. Y
Alfred FE. Smith
Big Jeff
Great Dane
New York
Pa Stribling Teases European Boxing Trilogy
Nashville columnist notes Pa Stribling says his son has signed for three fights in Europe and that they will travel by plane if a sponsor provides a flight across the Atlantic.
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Nashville
Tenn
Pa Stribling
Ballyhoo
Europe
Lindberghs to embark on regional goodwill tour
The New York Times outlines Charles Lindbergh and his bride plan a goodwill flight starting September 20 from Miami to Paramaribo Dutch Guiana and Buenos Aires then across the Andes to Chile and up the coast visiting Mexico City where their romance began. The plane will be dual control.
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New York
Lindberghs
South
Central America
New York Times
Miami
Fla
Paramaribo
Dutch Guiana
Buenos Ayres
Andes
Chile
Mexico City
Prince Otto to Enter Louvain University Next Month
Prince Otto heir to the Hungarian throne and his brother will enroll at Louvain University next month. Their mother, former Empress Zita, will reside in Louvain to stay close during the study period.
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Bilbao
Spain
Otto
Louvian University
Zita
Louvain
Philadelphia girl performs back flip at dancing convention
Betty Saunders of Philadelphia, age 11, executes a back flip while on her toes after three years of acrobatics training. The stunt is shown at the convention of the American Society of Teachers of Dancing in New York.
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New York
Betty Saunders
Philadelphia
American Society of Teachers of Dancing
German Bride to Wed as Sailor Groom Plans Solo Return
Charleston report says Agatha Gavinski, arrived from Germany by steamship, will marry Paul Mueller, who crossed the Atlantic alone in an 18 foot sailboat. The mayor will give the bride away and the German consul serves as best man. Shortly after the ceremony Mueller plans a solo return voyage to Germany in a small boat.
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Charleston
S. C
Agatha Gavinski
Germany
Paul Mueller
Atlantic
Paul
New Orleans Cotton Opens Quiet Then Gains on Weather Hope
The New Orleans cotton market opened quiet with early losses of 2 to 3 points. After weather and crop reports, October rallied to 18.56 and December to 18.84, with January at 18.90 as emphasis on May and mid session showed gains and steady trade ahead of the next reports.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
P.C
Shannon River Dam Project Advances in Ireland
Dublin reports a large power dam on the Shannon being built by a German firm to supply surrounding counties. The project, priced at about 30 million dollars, marks a major infrastructure effort amid historical tensions between Ireland and Germany.
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Dublin
Ireland
Shannon
Robbery at C. L. Amos residence in Chapel Hill
The home of hosiery maker C. L. Amos at 706 North Main Street was entered and jewelry stolen after the occupants awoke. Mrs. Amos and her son reported three diamond rings and several pocketbooks missing, with entry believed through a window using a scout hatchet. The assailants left the front door ajar. CHAPEL HILL Aug. 28. The passage also notes the release of Dr. Howard W. Odum’s Wings on My Feet and praise from critics and peers.
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North Main Street
Amos Boy
Chapel Hill
Howard W. Odum
America
New York Evening Post
Odum
Georgia
University
School of Public Welfare
Bearish wheat undercuts Chicago grain market
Chicago grain notes bear sentiment in the wheat pit as export dullness lingers while corn holds firm. Wheat closes 17 to 2 1/2 cents weaker, with corn down 1 cent, oats firm up to 1/2 cent, and provisions steady to down slightly.
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Chicago
Europe
Poison charge against Hyde for murder plot in Ponca City
Co. F Hyde age twenty five, is jailed at Newkirk Oklahoma, charged with administering poison to Samuel Collins age forty five, a Ponca City oil man. Authorities say Hyde planned to kill Collins to claim fifteen thousand dollars in securities.
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Samuel ©. Collins
Ponca City
Okla
Newkirk
Collins
Hyde
Denton Schools To Open Monday Fall Term
Denton consolidated school in the eastern part of Davidson county will open for the fall term on Monday September 2. Prof J W Carrell returns as principal and leads a twenty member faculty. A new vocational agriculture department will be added with a new building to house it and domestic science. The building will include a basketball court on the second floor.
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Denton Consolidated School
Denton
Zown
Davidson County
J. W. Carrell
Carrell
Vocational Agriculture Department
Arabs Massacre Fears Rise as Bedouins Cross Jordan
Violent measures and troop restrictions mark rising tension in Palestine. Bedouin forces cross the Jordan while Beersheba tribes mobilize for a northern march raising fear of clashes with British troops at Hebron. Refugees stream in as Muslim demonstrations in Damascus reflect broad sympathy for Arab Arabs.
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Hebron
Transjordania
Damascus
South Carolina Proclaims Iodine Rich Food Supply
The South Carolina Natural Resources commission launches a campaign to show that local soil produces food with enough iodine to prevent goitre. Vegetables fruit and milk from Palmetto State soil meet medical needs, supported by early World War II era findings from Dr. William Weston and Dr. Roe E. Remington.
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Columbia
8. C
South Carolina
South Carolina Natural Resources Commission
Palmetto State
William Weston
Columbia University
Roe E. Remington
University of Minnesota
England Sets Minimum Apple Size For Imports
England will require imported apples from Australia to measure at least two and a quarter inches in diameter, a standard designed to ensure quality and uniformity in fruit traded between the two regions.
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England
Australia
Ferried Boats Cross Queets River in Two- canoe Run
Cars are moved across the Queets river in Washington by two canoes lashed together and powered by outboard motors in a makeshift ferry operation.
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Queets River
Washington
Whitsett News Mixes Reunions Visitors and Local Events
Whitsett notes visitors from Greensboro Winston-Salem and Richmond as preparations continue for the Clapp family reunion at Brick church on Sept 4 with Edgar R. Clapp in charge of music. Officers elected at Cheek Stinson reunion meet and county history data collected.
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Greensboro
Clapp
Brick Church
Guilford
Alamance
Georges Valentine Clapp
John Ludwig Clapp
James Goodwill
Philadelphia
North Carolina
Edgar R. Clapp
Winston- Salem
Springwood Church
W. T. Whitsett
Cheek-Stinson
Gibsonville
Adolphus Cheek
Ernest M. Cheek
Burlington
Mebane
Edra T. Wheeler
James Ray
Annie Ray
Whitsett-Burlington Road
Colfax
E. H. Nease
Brownie Taylor
North Carolina College
W. T. Whitsett, Jr
State University At
Chapel Hill
Clarence Clapp
Newton
T. O. Sharp
Our- Greensboro
Ernest
Farmers Attend Linwood Demonstration on Sweet Clover
In Davidson county 92 farmers showed interest in sweet clover cultivation at Eugena Holmes farm near Linwood. Coletrane a Mascot limestone expert spoke on seeding methods growth habits and season treatment while C A Leonard farm demonstration agent explained soil-building benefits of the crop.
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Lexington
Davidson County
Eugena Holmes
Linwood
Coletrane
Mascot Limestone Makers
C. A. Leonard
Sunday school party announced by Wesley Memorial church
Children of the primary department of Wesley Memorial Sunday school will hold a party in the church basement at 4 oclock tomorrow afternoon.
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Wesley Memorial
Notice of Sale In Guilford County Court House High Point
Guilford County Superior Court executes sale of Lot No 9 Emerywood Addition on Edgedale Drive High Point to satisfy the judgment. Sheriff D B Stafford indicates sale to be held September 23 1929 at 2 oclock PM at the Court House door for cash to the highest bidder. Defendants Nona J Stanton and T M Stanton liable for the property.
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North Carolina
Guilford County
E. T. Hedrick & Sons, Inc
Elmer D. Hedrick
Nona J. Stanton
TF. M. Stanton
Superior Court
Guilford
Court House
T. M. Stanton
Emerywood
E. L. Davis
Office of the Register of Deeds
Edgedale Drive
High Point
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