Stock Market Shows Signs Of Climbing From Rut
New York stock actions show selective gains in specialties and metals with some utilities improving. Prime bonds reach new highs for 1934, grains dip, and cotton stagnates. Foreign exchange mixed as Shanghai dollar reacts to devaluation rumors. Inflation hopes surface on anticipated Congressional action while equity prices rise on broader economic improvement.
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Consolidated Gas Organization
Stock Market Totals Show Broad Gains on Mixed Session
New York stocks posted mixed results with notable gains in Amoco and IBM while several industrials like Goodyear and U S Steel rose. Total market activity remained heavy as traders priced in corporate results and economic signals.
Specialist study on effects of small insects upon forests
Dr. Arthur P. Jacot at the Appalachian Forest Experiment Station studies mites, springtails, and threadworms to determine their role in forest growth. He collects leaf litter and soil, examines diets under a microscope, and aims to reveal how these creatures help break down material for plant nourishment.
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United States
Essay Contest Planned for Spring in North Carolina
Greensboro announces a spring essay contest for high school students with 175 dollars in prizes. The Keasler Memorial fund funds the event to promote thrift and home ownership through district and state competitions culminating at the State Len e Convention in May or June.
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Igh School
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Keasler Emortal Committee
White
Theorth Carolina Building and League
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Insion
Keesler
North
Caro
Thrift and Home Ownership Promoted to Youth
A newspaper notice urges thrift and a desire for home ownership to be instilled in the minds of young people early in life. The message emphasizes lifelong financial discipline and planning as guiding principles for future households.
Louisiana Solons Pass Long Laws In Third Special Session
Baton Rouge reports a House committee prepared to approve a batch of 35 measures from Huey Long's file, with the Ways and Means panel set to send them back for third reading. The package includes higher corporate franchise taxes and funding for LSU medical center schools, plus a bill aimed at Mayor Walmsley over police and fire appropriations.
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House
Huey P. Long
Louisiana
Noto
Long
Louisiana State University
Ways and Means Committee
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Pharmacy
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New Orleans
Prague Building Boom Amid Decline In Operations
The report notes Prague's building activity with 959 new structures and 989 additions while existing operations declined. It cites historical practices and cultural pledges from diverse regions, including Cato’s era and Solomon Islands customs of offering fish catches to a sweetheart's parents.
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Ongmeee
Java
Solomon Islands
Longbatt Worn By Buffalo Bill Racers and Indian Fighters
Longbatt was worn by Buffalo Bill and other Indian fighters as a matter of honor. They believed their Indian captor deserved a respectful scalplock if he captured them.
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Longbatt
Buffalo Bill
City Rivalry Bluntly Challenged By Local Leader
Long boasted that the city would be broke soon and would have to appeal to him for aid, underscoring a sharp fiscal confrontation and political brinkmanship.
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Long
Cotton futures open quiet as foreign selling eases
New York cotton prices opened steady to about 3 points lower with moderate foreign selling and fair crude demand. December 12.50, January 22.50, March 12.58, May 12.57, July 12.59, October 12.44. Trade was quiet with small southern offerings absorbed by the trade. market steadied by end of first half hour amid mixed stock market cues and hopes for Bankhead cotton control action.
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New York
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady After Mixed Cables
In New Orleans on December 17 cotton opened steady as Liverpool cables were firmer than due but early selling offered 2 point declines. Absorption pushed prices higher, with March at 12.58, July 123.69, October 12.44, showing no change to 2 points up from Saturday. Trade was notably moderate.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Chicago butter egg market report steady prices
Chicago producers report butter at 5 309 steady with creamery specials around 93 score and extras near 92. firsts 88 89 range and seconds mid 80s. Egg prices steady with extra firsts about 27 percent and local and current receipts around 23 26 percent. no egg sales recorded.
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Chicago
Fulgurite Formed by Lightning Striking Sand
Fulgurite, commonly called petrified lightning, forms when lightning strikes sand and fuses the particles along its path.
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