New York Stocks Mixed With Automakers and Utilities
A scrambled market snapshot shows mixed activity across automakers such as Auto Lite and General Motors, utilities like Power & Light, and consumer brands including Gillette and Warner Pict. The report lists varied percentage changes and notable tickers amid a noisy OCR read.
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Audaid Auto
Curtion Wright
Gen Foods
Coos
Gen Motors
Gillette
Choke Obaaie
Opel Asee Motors
United
Llig Uni
Borden
Briggs Mfgee
Uti
Neal
Scan Debe
Bea Warner
Barbers Wedding Interrupted by Disturbance in Valle Fontanabuona
In Genoa the wedding of barber Giovanni Trabucco to Rosa Ferretto in Valle Fontanabuona parish church was halted by a noisy protest from his former fiancée Leonilda Rossaretti and relatives. Police restored order but a cry from Trabucco’s illegitimate child disrupted the ceremony. the disturbers were ejected.
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Genoa
Giovanni Trabucco
Rosa Ferretto
Valle Fontanabuona
Leonilda Rossaretti
Trabucco
Stockholders Annual Meeting Planned at Commercial National Bank
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Commercial National Bank in High Point North Carolina will be held in the Directors Room on Tuesday January 12 1932 at 10 a m for election of Directors and other business. Respectfully C H Marriner.
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The
Commercial National Bank
High Point
N. C
C. H. Marriner
Wallace the Lazy Writer Seeks Quick Four Film Originals
London born Edgar Wallace arrives in Hollywood to write four screen originals for Radio Pictures. He describes himself as a “very lazy man” who works 16 hours when in gear, smokes eighty cigarettes daily, and has produced about 150 novels plus plays and magazine pieces. He plans to complete the four stories in short, week long bursts and return by March.
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Hollywood
London
Edgar Wallace
Wallace
Radio
England
Chicago livestock market declines at week end sales
Hogs 17 000 head with 15 000 direct demand up 10 15 cents on best grades. Cattle scarce weighty steers steady to 50 lower, vealers and feeders at 50 down. Sheep 500 head nominal. week ending Friday shows 101 doubles from feeding stations and 1 700 direct. Prices ranged with hogs 4 25 4 35, cattle mostly at new season lows.
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Chicago
Dept. Agr
Cotton opens steady as stocks rise on moratorium hope
New Orleans reports a firm beginning with gains of 2 points in January and May and 2.16 in March, driven by congressional action on the moratorium and potential railroad wage agreements. Prices eased from early highs but stayed near yesterday's close after the first hour, leaving the market steady at the low end.
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New Orleans
New York Cotton Opens Steady After Overnight Buy Push
New York cotton opened steady with an advance of 4 to 7 points on overnight orders. January traded around 6.31 with strong local Wall Street and trade demand and some Liverpool and Japanese buying. prices eased after initial rally to around 6.25 in the first half hour. May traded 6.68 to 6.63 as Liverpool reported higher Bombay demand and steady yarn sales to India. shipboard cotton awaiting clearance stood at about 193,000 bales versus 168,000 last year.
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New York
Wall Street
Liverpool
Bombay
India
UNC and women’s colleges faulted for hosting writers
David Clark editor of the Southern Textile bulletin condemned the University of North Carolina and North Carolina College for Women for inviting Langston Hughes and Bertrand Russell, accusing them of spreading communism. He likened Russell to Hayes, Blanchard and Win and claimed a communist propaganda campaign is run by the league for industrial democracy in state schools.
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Charlotte
N. C
University of North Carolina
North Carolina College For
David Clark
Southern Textile Bulletin
Langston Hughes
Bertrand Russell
Sons of the American Revolution
Russell
Arthur Garfield Hayes
Paul Blanchard
Rogerwin
America
League For Industrial Democracy
North Carolina
System Battle of Poker Ends in Klondyke Victory
In Seattle on December 19 the Klondyke poker system beat the sea going method by 22 chips after 150 hands. George Broom and Jack McEachern played with Carl Weber subbing for the faltering challenger. Broom’s two pairs fell to McEachern’s three eights and a sixes draw on the last hand.
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Seattle
George Broom
Broom
Jack McEachern
McEachern
Carl Weber
Alaska
Santa Suggests Bath Salts Gift Trend
A humorous holiday item features fragrant bath salts in a decorative porcelain sprinkling can. The can serves as a vase after use and comes in colors including pine needle, appealing to outdoor and sport minded women shoppers.
Educator E H Miller Dies in Salisbury After Illness
SALISBURY mourns as E H Miller dies at home after a yearlong illness. He taught in Rowan county and Salisbury and also served as Rowan register of deeds. In Albemarle, juvenile court will announce a decision in days on 13 year old Nelson Burleson charged with killing his uncle Luther Burleson over a watermelon dispute. In Greensboro, Woodrow Smith appeals a 30 day road sentence and $20 fine for careless driving. In Concord, Irma Carriker 17 sustained a fractured skull and injuries when a car skidded through a railing at Jackson Training School and fell to tracks 30 feet below.
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Salisbury
E. H. Miller
Rowan County
Rowan Register of Deeds
Albemarle
J. A. Little
Juvenile Court
Nelson Burleson
Luther Burleson
Greensboro
Woodrow Smith
Concord
Mias
Irma Carriker
Jackson Training School
Southern Railway
Two Sheriffs Serve After Oath Ceremony Skip
In Mineola the county has two sheriffs as David Dows the sheriff elect is sworn in by the clerk alongside Sheriff Leonard Hall. Hall’s term ends January 1.
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Mineola
L. L
David Dows
Sheriffelect
Leonard Hall
Hall
Officers raid speakeasy near federal building
Federal agents raided a speakeasy within a block of the federal building in Chicago. Several attorneys and clerks from the officers' own building were permitted to leave without incident.
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Chicago
Federal
Evanston Officer Burdened by Prized Pony Ride
In Evanston Illinois Officer Borgeson attempted to guide Newell McCarthy’s stray prize pony back home. The ride lasted about half a block before the officer fell, summoned a patrol wagon, and the pony was transported home.
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Evanston
Howard Boregeson
Newell McCarthy
Borgeson
Detectives Attend Swank Chicago Charity Ball
Twenty six detectives in formal dress attend Chicago social leaders charity ball to mingle with guests and seek pickpockets feared to roam the dance floor.
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Chicago
Bibin Overcharged For 12 Ounces Of Pork Chops
Samuel Bibin, a Detroit butcher, charged $19 for 12 ounces of pork chops omitted from a six pound order. The dispute went to court and $10 was paid in settlement.
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Detroit
Samuel Bibin
Bibin
Grain prices ease as markets open lower on weak wheat
Chicago grain prices drift lower at the start with wheat opening unchanged to percent down. Liver pool weakness and smaller than expected cuts in US winter wheat acreage kept sentiment bearish, though wheat later rallied to about a cent higher. Corn and oats followed wheat moves as hog values lift provisions.
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Chicago
New York Stock Exchange
Liverpool
United States
Mule Reveals Whisky Still Hidden With Mule
In Osceola Arkansas deputies hunting near town uncovered a mule hitched to a rock-boat used by whisky operators. After an argument over whether the animal was a mule or a deer they found a 200 gallon whisky still. The operators fled.
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Osceola
Ark
Tattooed figure ties convict to 1890 prison break
Chicago case links Michael Lynch alias Martin J. McMahon to a tattooed woman image on his arm. The court ruled the tattoo identifies McMahon as Lynch, who escaped from prison in 1890, sentencing him to 35 years for murder in 1988.
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Chicago
Michael Lynch
Martin J. McMahon
McMahon
Lynch
Health Superstitions Typhoid Fever High Contagious Risk
Dr Morris Fishbein notes typhoid largely controlled in the U S through clean water and sewage disposal. Paratyphoid, spread by discharges and flies, requires isolation and disinfection. public health measures include water purification milk pasteurization and careful food handling to prevent outbreaks.
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Morris Fishbein
Journal of the Medical Association
Hygeia
Grand Jury Back Wamboldt Testimony In Bank Case
In Asheville on December 19, Clyde B. Case and L. Kiser, former Buncombe grand jury members, corroborated Wicks Wamboldt’s claim that attempts were made to influence them to return a no true bill on indictments against attorney C. N. Malone in the Central Bank and Trust Co. failure. Malone said any such approach would have been without his knowledge or approval. He was tried and acquitted.
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Asheville
N. C
Clyde B. Case
L. Kiser
Buncombe County Grand Jury
Wicks Wamboldt
C. N. Malone
Central Bank and Trust Company
Old Yosemite Crew's Reunion Battles San Juan Again
DETROIT December 19. A reunion of surviving members of the U S 8 Yosemite crew from the Spanish American War refought the Battle of San Juan. The group includes 30 Michigan veterans with 110 of the original 289 still living.
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Detroit
U. S
Yosemite
San Juan
Michigan
Cork Leg For Sale At San Antonio Police Auction
A police auction set for December 28 in San Antonio will include a filatiron a baby carriage a cork leg and cuff links among items confiscated over the past year also listed are felt hats a violin straw hats parasol bicycle frames pocket knives and two right boots.
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San Antonio
Tex
Miner Wife Suspected of Poisoning Daughter Then Dying
Eureka California detectives report Mrs Frances Burnett wife of Archie Burnett prominent mining engineer gave poison to her 18 year old daughter Margaret last night and then killed herself Doctors said they did not expect the girl to live.
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Eureka
Cal
Frances Burnett
Archie Burnett
Margaret
Kansas City Tree Campaign Grows Planting Drive
Kansas City officials announce a tree planting campaign to place more than 10,000 seedling trees in parks and other municipal sites across the city. The effort aims to improve urban forestry and provide shade and habitat for wildlife.
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Kansas City
Administratrix Notices Estate of Emily J. Horney
Moving quantities as administratrix of the estate of Emily J. Horney deceased Guilford County North Carolina notifies all persons having claims against the estate to exhibit them by December 11 1932 or be barred from recovery Indebted persons should settle promptly Dema Horney administratrix Jamestown North Carolina notice dated December 1 1931
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Emily J. Horney
Guilford County
North Carolina
Dema Horney
Jamestown, N. C
Executors' Notice for Charles F. Long Estate
Executors Mina Alexander Long and Commercial National Bank High Point North Carolina notify all heirs and creditors debts due by December 3 1932 or be barred from recovery. Immediate payment requested by December 1 1931.
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Charles F. Long
Hi Point
Guilford County
North Carol
Clanal Bank
Poin North Carolina
Mina Alexander Long
Commercial National Bank
High Point
N. C
Public Spots Initiated for George Washington Bicentennial
A 1932 program launches public spots organized by a committee appointed by Major Bryce Smith to honor the George Washington bicentennial celebration with civic events and display efforts.
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Bryce Smith
George Washington
Four Family Members Die of Milk Sickness in Tennessee
In Putnam County, Tennessee, four members of the Moss family died slowly this fall from milk sickness. Mrs Rhoda Moss and three children Robert Shelby and John remain hospitalized in Nashville for treatment with fears of a relapse. Officials say the illness is caused by a vegetable toxin in cow milk and note its historic tie to early American settlements.
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Nashville
Tenn
Putnam County
Vanderbilt Hospital
Rhoda Moss
Robert
Shelby
John
Ina May Moss
Odessa Moss
Arthur
James
Nancy Hanks
Abraham Lincoln
Public Auction Notice Guilford County North Carolina
In Book 574 page 334 of the Guilford County Register of Deeds a public auction is set for January 11 at 11 o clock in front of Teebie Point. The tract is described as Lots Nos 1 to 10 in Valley Development in North Carolina.
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Guilford
Teebie Point
Ng Valley
Ceameten Te Ford
County
North
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Denny Veneer Company
Henry's Wood Yard
P. H. Lazenby
Sheraton Drug Company
W. A. Ring
Chicks Manufacturing Company
Guilford Radio Service Company
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Bargain Furniture Company
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de Soto
Superior Motors
J. W. Quattlebaum
N. Main Street
Plymouth
Stockholders Annual Meeting
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N. Wrenn Street
H. L. Bunnell Shoe Shop
N. Wrenn
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N. O. Cotton
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Yankee Stadium
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West Point
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