Stocks Rally Briskly After Holiday Trading Surge
Wall street rallied on holiday buying with net gains of 2 to 15 points across active issues. Anaconda Copper declared a regular dividend of 1.75 dollars, with an extra 1 on Lackawanna railroad. U.S. Steel rose over 4 points, and leaders included Auburn Auto Otis Elevator American Tobacco and General Electric. Call money rose to 6 percent while sales reached about 2.8 million shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanly W. Prenosil
AP Financial
New York
Wal Street
Anaconda Copper Company
Lackawanna Railroad
Wall Street
Federal Reserve
Auburn Auto
Otis Elevator Eac Hh
Columbian Carbon
American Tobacco
J. I. Case
General Electric
American Water Works
U. S. Steel
Westinghouse Electric
American & Foreign Power
American Telephone
Johns Manville
A. M. Byers
Simmons
American Can
Air Reduction
Underwood Elliott Fisher
Eastman Kodak
Allied Chemical
Johns Mansville
U. S
Unclear NY Stock Listings Highlight Major Firms
Readable stock table shows shares for many firms including Am Beet Sugar Am Car Fdy Am Wool Anaconda Armour General Electric General Motors Coca Cola Reading Sears and Westinghouse. The list includes percentages next to each name indicating daily price movements and trading levels for the period at 2 PM.
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Armour A
Armour B
Walt Reed AU Ret Cos
Bb & OF
Beth Steel
Cannon Mills
Certainteed
C&o Insccen Cee
Chrysler
Coca Cola
Col Fuel
Cigar
Sugie Davidson Chem Drugs
Ine
Dupont
Erie RR
Elec Gen Motors
Gillette
Gt West Sug
Houston Oil
Hudson Motors
Hupp Motors
Kbd & Ous
Lh-Gewese Caves
Liggett & MB
Edesecore
Covsesses
Pamt Fam Lasky
Penn Ror Aves Eas Covecee
Phillip Morris
Phillips Pet
Eessees
Pullman New Coerwacee
Ee Tae
Rem Rand
Reynolds
Beessess
Schulte
Sears Roebuck
Bimmets
Cesceerae
Sinclair Con Oil
Sou Dairies
BOW
Sou Railway
OBS
Studebaker
Bis Oxys
United Cigsrd- Cvucecseses
Sayaeas S
U & Steek
Bes Gedls
Yee Vic Chem
Decet Oom
Carol Chem Stee
Ward Baking B
Old Bachelor Burns To Death In Apex Home
Frank Johnson a 60 year old bachelor who lived alone was burned to death in his small Apex area home after waking and feeding stock then building a kitchen fire. Two dogs trapped in the burning building also perished. Coroner L M Waring believed Johnson went back to bed while the fire started and slept through the disaster.
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Apex
Raleigh
Frank Johnson
L. M. Waring
Johnson
Chi Psi House Burns at Chapel Hill
The Chi Psi fraternity house on Cameron Avenue in Chapel Hill burned to the ground this morning. The building had been unoccupied since students left for the holiday recess.
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Chi Psi
Chapel Hill
Cameron Avenue
Master Masons A Called Communication at Reid Lodge
Master Masons A called Communication of Numa fF Reid Lodge No. 344 A F and A M Friday night at 7 36 p m St Johns night A splendid program All Master Masons urged to attend By order J H Jennings W M H C Massey Secy
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Numa Ff
Reid Lodge No
St. John’s
Raw sugar holds steady as Jan duties show liquidation
New York December 26 Raw sugar unchanged at 3.77 for spot duties with no sales. January futures dominated by 143 notices triggering liquidation. prices briefly 1 to 2 points below prior close. Refined sugar steady at 5.10 to 5.15 for fine granulated. Withdrawals on old contracts liberal as traders cover for two weeks.
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New York
New Orleans
P.C
Liverpool
Potatoes Market News Despite Mixed Receipts
Chicago December 26 pota toes receipts 84 cars on track 241 cars total U S shipments Tuesday 416 Wednesday 43 cars trading fair market firm on northern barely steady on Idaho Wisconsin sacked round whites 2.45 2.60.
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Chicago
U. S
Northern
Idaho
Wisconsin
Hours Used For Broadcasting Exceed Million During Year
United States radio listeners total 1,252,802 hours of broadcasting in a year as compiled by the federal radio commission. Chain programs account for 156,581 hours. own business promotion 639,881 hours. and non chain station sales 410,426 hours. Operating a 50,000 watt station costs about 265,707 dollars.
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Washington
United States
Federal Radio Commission
WTIC
KDKA
Commission
Storms claim 24 lives as ships foundered off Europe
A vast storm zone from the Orkneys to Spain halted sea travel and wrecks feared with at least 24 believed dead. A Norwegian vessel, likely the Aslaug, sank near Farollones, while the Panson recovered 11 bodies in Vigo. Winds reached 70 mph and mail service halted in the North.
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London
Orkney Islands
Spain
Aslaug
Farollones
Panson
Vigo
Lloyd's
Orkneys
Kirkwall
North Orkneys
Negroes Rob Man of 200 Dollars in Grocery Heist
Three armed Black suspects robbed E. F. Nance’s Spring Street grocery, taking more than 200 dollars after forcing the delivery boy to fetch a shotgun. Police pursue the trio in the color section robbery report.
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E. F. Nance
Mr. Nance
Bank Cashier Killed by Robbers in Kentucky Hold-up
In Smith's Grove Kentucky Robert Kirby cashier of a local Oakland bank was killed during a robbery as robbers fled toward the hills north of Oakland after taking about $1,000. A posse fired on the thieves wounding Kirby amid a large pursuit by about 200 to 300 citizens and officers. The report also notes 1928 world trade at $32.914 billion with 1929 figures anticipated to rise.
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Smith's Grove
Robert Kirby
Bank of
Oakland
Smith’s Grove
Kirby
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Master Masons
J. H. Jennings
W. M
Penn Road Corp
Vick Finance
Lou Macy
Este
Cincinnati
FE. F. Nance
Patrick J. Hurley
James E. Good
Harlan F. Stone
United States Supreme Court
Belk -Stevens CO
Paris
Coats
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