Stock Market Faces Severe Test but Resumes Advance
New York courted profit taking with a sharp early dip but quickly steadied and moved higher. Rail shares rose on favorable November earnings while a range of issues posted fractional gains and several names advanced two points or more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. J. Reynolds Company
Drug Inc
Contros
Boots Pure Drug Co
England
Allied Chemical
Case, Drug
Goodyear
Union Pacific
American Tobacco
Continental Can
Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit
Columbian
Dupont
Eastman
American Telephone
New York Central
American Can
Firestone
Public Service of N. J
Consolidated Gas
U. S. Steel
General Motors
National Biscuit
Standard of New Jersey
Southern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Santa Fe
Washington
New York Stock: Final Totals and Key Figures Across Many Firms
A scanned stock list shows late session totals and price figures for firms such as Anaconda, Atlantic Coast Line, Bendix Aviation, Beth Steel, Coca Cola, General Electric, IBM, and U S Steel among others. Total sales reach 916072 with multiple percentage changes and sector highlights across utilities, rail, oil, and manufacturing.
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Alaska
Allis Chalmers
Atlantic Coast Line
Auburn Auto Ss
Ealt
Ohio
Scon
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Borden
Bucyrus-Erie
Cannon Mills
Eeeverss
Case
Ues
Ches
Congoleum
Lorillard
Monty Ward
Nash
Nat Cash R
Eves
North Amer
Ee North Pac
Orm Fe Pac
Omees Packard Motors
Wee Penney J C
Curtiss Wright
Drugs Inc
Fox Film
Gillette
Cegy
Inter Nock Cam
Kennecott
Esse Kresge
Liggett Myers
Petro Corp
Servel Inc
Braee Brands
Studevaker
Eves Wae , Series Corp
Wee Johns Manville Osu
Kreug Toll
Kroger Groce
Oese Phillips
Sene Simmons
Socony
Texas
United Corp
United Fruit
Elee Auto and
Gen Motor
Inter
Kelvinator
Ess
Ows Lambert
Sears Roebuck
Seses South Pac
Transamerica
United Gas Imp .Co
Ind
Ss Rubber
U S Steel
Util P
Vanadium
Warner Pict
Western Union
West Hl Mig
Sss
Woolworth Ee Eneeer
License Tax Section To Stay In Report
In Raleigh on January 12 officials said the four tenths of one percent merchants tax likely remains in the budget advisory commission report. Willard Dowell of the State Merchants Association says elimination seems unlikely. Governor Ehringhaus will deliver his budget message to the legislature on Monday.
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Raleigh
Budget Advisory Commission
Willard Dowell
State Merchants Association
Ehringhaus
Foreclosure Sale Notice in High Point North Carolina
Notice details a foreclosure sale under a deed of trust on property in High Point Guilford County North Carolina. Trustee J Allen Austin will auction the lot known as 201 Fifth Street Lot No 19 Block L Wiltonbar Terrace on February 13 1933 at courthouse door Greensboro at 2 PM.
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State OF
North Carolina
D. V. Cassady
Register of Deeds
Guilford County
N. C
Greensboro
Hirk Point
Guilford
Fifth Street
Woodrow Avenue
A. Sherrod
High Point
Witlonbar Terrace
J. Allen Austin
J. Allen
Austin
Gibsonville Merchant Dies in North Carolina
Greensboro NC January 12 Jr William Burke Jr 25 Gibsonville merchant and son of county commissioner died early today of pneumonia.
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Greensboro
N. C
William Burke, Jr
Gibsonville
J. William Burke
Burned Laundry Driver Injured In Gasoline Fire
Ferguson, a laundry truck driver, suffered severe burns when a can of gasoline used to clean the truck motor exploded. Firefighters dispatched to the scene controlled the blaze and transported him to a hospital for treatment.
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Charlotte
Ferguson
Willard Bag Co Resumes Operations in Wilmington
Willard bag manufacturing company resumes operations in Wilmington providing employment for 60 workers. The reopening marks a return to production after a shutdown, signaling local economic revival.
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Wilmington
Willard Bag Manufacturing Company
Hoover Plans Make Another Fishing Trip After Leaving Post
President Hoover eyes a sail fishing trip off Panama on his way home to Palo Alto after March 4. He may stop to fish for larger sailfish off the Florida coast and then organize the extensive papers from his career. Lawrence Richey will manage the documentation of the Hoover war library.
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Washington
Panama
Hoover
White House
Palo Alto
California
Flora
Florida
Lawrence Richey
Richey
Hoover War Library
Economist Describes Kreuger and Tell Bond Issue Value
New York economist Dr Max Winkler told senate stock market investigators the Kreuger and Tell 50 million dollar bond issue from 1929 was a fundamentally sound investment when sold to the public. He said initial collateral was 60 million dollars in securities but inferior collateral was later substituted and the bonds were worth 14 cents on the dollar now.
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Washington
New York
Senate Stock Market
Max Winkler
The
College of the City of New York
American Council of Foreign Investors
Progress On Wisconsin Beer Bill Advances In Committee
The senate judiciary subcommittee discusses changes to the beer bill with chairman Blaine noting a ready vote on a revised measure tomorrow. A redraft was ordered to remove constitutional doubts, leaving only one alternative proposition to decide.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary
Blaine
Wisconsin Republican
Telephone Company Ordered Cut Rates
The State Railroad Commission ordered a 20 percent cut in local exchange charges for Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph in South Carolina. A fifty cent surcharge on French type desk telephones was reduced to twenty five cents. Toll and long distance rates remain unchanged.
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Columbia
8. C
South Carolina
State Railroad Commission
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Charles W. Morse Dies At His Home
Charles W. Morse, 77, financier and shipping magnate, once fortune holder and Atlanta federal penitentiary prisoner, died at his Bath Maine home after a week with pneumonia. Survived by three sons Benjamin W New York City Harry F New London Conn Erwin A Morse Hollywood and a daughter Mrs Anna Geiger San Francisco.
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Bath
Maine
Charles W. Morse
Atlanta
Benjamin W
New York City
Harry F
New London
Anna Geiger
San Francisco
Car License Sales Show Big Increase In North Carolina
North Carolina vehicle tag sales rose sharply with 12 561 pairs sold yesterday, nearly doubling the 6 434 sold on the same date last year. Total to date stands at 173 807 versus 213 108 for the 1932 period. BE B Jeffress notes immediate buyers will not be arrested for lacking tags.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
BE. B. Jeffress
State Highway Commission
Beginnings of Cash and Cut-Rate Business Evidenced In Old Letter
An 1845 letter from Thomas Caldwell & Sons of Greensboro shows the start of cash based trade in the region. Addressed to A A Tomlinson of Archdale, the document explains abandoning credit for cash payments to fix low, uniform prices and curb bookkeeping. The 88 year old letter, kept by W J Church of 634 East Lexington, reveals early cash commerce, with a note offering goods payable in goods but rejecting bookkeeping.
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A. A. Tomlinson
S. H
C. F. Tomlinson
Thomas Caldwell & Sons
Greensboro
W. J. Church
East
Lexington Avenue
Tomlinson
Tanyard
Archdale
Bush Hill
A. A. Toumbleson
Death by Cards Reveals City’s Street Toll
Lieut. Coffey of the safety bureau files annual deaths by motorists. He confronts Bellevue Hospital staff with a pistol surrender and reveals he has long logged thousands of cards, including young victims, in a cabinet. He is placed in the psych ward for observation as the case unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieut. Coffey
Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue
Arthur Tiber
The
Safety Bureau
Padge
Joint group in sessions on government reorganization plan
Burke and Senator Larry Moore lead executive sessions to discuss Governor Ehringhaus ideas on reorganizing state government. Officials will be summoned as needed. The nine day timetable seems unlikely but the new administration provides data on highway commission consolidation, prison, and dissolving school superintendencies and other offices.
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Burke
Larry Moore
Ehringhaus
Moore
Highway Commission
Kidnapping Law Considered in Boyles Case
The article outlines a potential prosecution basis under kidnapping statutes against Boyles and his wife. It notes Conroy led the inquiry that resulted in their arrest, and mentions Cannon’s son Joseph Cannon Jr. at a Rome Georgia prep school and a granddaughter child of Mrs. F Brandon Smith of Charlotte, North Carolina from a prior Smith Reynolds marriage.
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Conroy
Boyles
Cannon
Joseph Cannon, Jr
Rome
F. Brandon Smith
Charlotte
N. C
Smith Reynolds
Smith postpones appendectomy amid extortion plot in Charlotte
Mrs. Anne Cannon Smith of Charlotte, mother to a girl threatened in an extortion plot against her father J. F. Cannon of Concord, delays an appendicitis operation. She remains hospitalized in Concord while Frank B. Smith notes the delay and cold symptoms.
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Charlotte
Anne Cannon Smith
J. F. Cannon
Concord
Eight Prisoners Escape Jail At Gastonia
A jail break in Gastonia North Carolina freed eight prisoners including William Von Grundy who had been sought in connection with the 1918 Aurora officer slaying. Von Grundy and Walter Stevens escaped after a rest room quarrel led to revolver shots near Aurora City Hall. The pursuit reopened as Von Grundy had eluded arrest since the bank robbery in Stanley North Carolina brought him to attention.
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Aurora
Ill
William von Grundy
Gastonia
N. C
von Grundy
Walter Stevens
Alfred Olin
Lester Wedemaier
Stevens
Chicago
Bureau of Identification
Olin
Wedemailer
Stanley
Miss Gradie Cheek Dies After Long Illness at Sanitorium
Miss Gradie Cheek aged 26 died yesterday at 3 40 p m at Guilford County Sanitorium where she had been a patient for five years. Born in Durham November 21 1906 she was a daughter of Weldon and Dassie Whitfield Cheek. Survived by three sisters Mrs H C Gordon and Mrs J N Thomas of High Point and Mrs J Clay Idol of Kernersville she was a Baptist. Funeral services Friday at 10 a m at Abbotts Creek Baptist church with Dr A B Conrad and burial in the church cemetery. Funeral party leaves Sechrest Funeral Home at 9 30 a m.
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Gradie Cheek
Guilford County
Durham
Weldon and
Dassie Whitfield Cheek
H. C. Gordon
J. N. Thomas
High Point
J. Clay Idol
Kernersville
The
Baptist Church
Abbotts Creek Baptist Church
A. B. Conrad
First Baptist Church
Sechrest Funeral Home
Prosecuting Witness Fails To Appear and Charge Is Dismissed
Special to the Enterprise Greensboro January 12 Mrs I B Watson prosecuting witness in the case against Joseph Leo Spinard High Point charged with seduction failed to appear in Superior court and the charge was dismissed. The prosecuting witness was taxed with the cost. The cases against Irvin Davis and Minerva Sherrill High Point charged with violating the prohibition laws were continued for the term.
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Enterprise
Greensboro
Mre
I. B. Watson
Joseph Leo Spinard
High Point
Irvin Davis
Minerva Sherrill
Not Scared of 13 But Fears Black Cat
Minneap olis January 12 A light hearted note on Frank Corcoran Jr who turns 18 on Friday the thirteenth. His name has 13 letters he lives 18 blocks from school and received 12 Christmas presents. An old black cat in the yard creeps near him and unsettles him.
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Minneapolis
Frank Corcoran, Jr
Frank
Well Known Colored Nurse Dies at Local Hospital
Mary Fisher Holt longtime head nurse of the Negro ward at High Point hospital died yesterday afternoon after a three month illness from pneumonia. A Raleigh St. Agnes Hospital graduate of 1913 she earlier served there before marriage to Will Holt. She was a St Mark's M E church member respected in the community with services conducted Saturday at 2 p m by Rev H L Ashe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Fisher Holt
High Point Hospital
St. Agnes Hospital
Raleigh
Will Holt
St. Mark's M. E
St. Mark’s A. M. EB
H. L. Ashe
Murder Indictments Sought Against Two Gotham Negroes
In New York City on January 12 District Attorney Charles B Mc Laughlin moved to charge Henry Edmond 38 and John Tinsley 25 with first degree murder for killing Nathan Reigrod and placing his body in a trunk then shipping it to Richmond Virginia Police say the pair confessed to killing and robbing Reigrod of $40 during a rent collection at his Bronx tenement.
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New York
Charles B. McLaughlin
Bronx
Nathan Reigrod
Richmond
Henry Edmond
Relgrod
Brownplace
The
John Tinsley
Edmond
Tinsley
Body of New York owner found in trunk shipped to Richmond
Richmond authorities held a trunk containing the body of Nathan Reigrod, a New York apartment owner, identified as the murder victim. Police said two suspects, Henry Edmond and John Tinsley, confessed the slaying. Express records showed a $15 value and $5.81 prepaid charges.
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Richmond
New York
Nathan Reigrod
Henry Edmond
John Tinsley
Thomasville to Play Burlington in Basketball Doubleheader
Thomasville high meets Burlington high in a basketball doubleheader at the local gymnasium on Friday night. The boys’ lineup likely includes Newsome, Bruton, Crofts, Marlowe, and Baird, with Daniels and Jenings among the girls’ forwards and Sweney, Peace, and Atchison as guards. Thomasville boxing and wrestling, coached by Hank Culp, open the season January 17 against High Point. wrestlers Webb, Ritchie, Crews, Perdue and boxers Harris, Benton, Burton, Hill, Hedrick, Primm, and Matthews listed.
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Thomasville
Thomasville High School
Burlington High
Newsome
Tod Bruton
Crofts
Marlowe
Baird
B. Daniels
C. Daniels
Jenings
Sweney
Peace
Atchison
Thomasville Hi
Hank Culp
Duke
Thomanville
High Point
Ross Webb
Dugan Ritchie
Bobby Crews
Willard Perdue
Joe Harris
Jake Benton
Frank Burton
Roy Hill
Erwin Hedrick
Richard Primm
Ben Matthews
Year’s Suspension of C M T C Proposed
Washington reports the War Department seeks a one year suspension of the citizens military training camps, claiming economy by saving about 1 million dollars in the 1934 fiscal year. Rep Ross Collins defends the CMTC despite likely House opposition and a repeat clash expected on the floor.
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Washington
Citizens
House
War Department Appropriations
Ross Collins
Miss
Bandit Escapes In Cleveland Holdup
In Cleveland on January 12 a robber escaped with 35000 dollars from the Commercial Savings and Loan in Berea after a gunfight that wounded and captured one bandit. Former councilman Charles Fox arrived during the attempt and forced the bandits to release the loot before a chase ensued.
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Cleveland
Commercial Savings and Loan Company
Berea
Charles Fox
Fox
Quarantine Period Adjusted to Twenty One Days
The scarlet fever quarantine in this state is now twenty one days rather than twenty eight, contingent on full recovery and no ear or sinus discharge. City health officer Dr. W J Mc Anally has been notified by state officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. McAnally
Card of Thanks for T. H. Totten Family
We thank friends and neighbors for sympathy during the illness and death of T. H. Totten husband and father. Grateful for the many flowers received. From Mrs. T. H. Totten Gladys and Banks Totten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Totten
Gladys and
Banks Totten
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Oseebe
Gees Saat
World’s Wonderland Museum
North Main Street
Telephone Company
Coffey
Black Cat
Burlington
Bandit
Fourth Street
English Street
Campbell Street
J. W Nent
Starr Motor Co
Broad St
Phillips Street
Asheboro Highway
J. M. Rich
Allison
Gil Modistes
South Main St
Chatham Blanket
Union Mattress Co
Green Street
Bruce H. Carraway
Cummings
West
Se Sfae
Inos Pig
Booth
Lectro-Chemical CO
Co-Op Finance CO
West Washington Street
Hamilton St
Cogswell
Carolina Coal Company
Cashier
McLellans
J. L. Mack
Hi” Care Enterprise
Clein
Washington Street
Chevrolet
Pat Brown, Inc
Thissell Street
City Loans Inc
N. Main St
Foust Street
Dixie Realty CO
Washington St
Mills. White
Denny &T
Redding
H. G. Iderton Motor Company
Hutchins
W. Smith
H. G
Liderton Motor Company
Rosewood Avenue
Tryon &St
Dayton St
Carter Street
Cassell St
Welborn St
Ward St
Franklin
Anderson St
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