Stocks Rally Skews Toward Oils in New York Session
In New York a mild boom lifted prices on the stock exchange with buying not heavy yet steady, led by oil issues as investors shifted toward petroleum shares while bonds rose and grains and cotton lagged. Orders and small gains kept the market buoyant despite intermittent profit taking.
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Ohio Oil
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Standard Oils of
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British believe Mellon intends to resign office
The Daily Herald said Ambassador Andrew Mellon is expected to resign when he arrives in Washington on his current trip to the United States. Mellon denies political significance to the trip, calling it personal or a holiday and not tied to policy.
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Mellon Denial on British Ambassadorship Resignation Rumors
Washington July 25 The State department said it had no knowledge of reports abroad that Andrew Mellon plans to resign his post as ambassador to Great Britain.
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State Department
Andrew Mellon
Great Britain
Bonus marchers clash with police near White House
In Washington on July 26 scuffles broke out as police blocked the radical left wing of the bonus army near the White House. About two dozen veterans and equal police faced off on New York Avenue after they were denied a Pennsylvanian route. Pace of Detroit led the group. two marchers were arrested and one officer was knocked down as a brief melee erupted before the crowd redirected toward their billets.
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Pace
Executive Mansion
Wall Street
Mount Airy Mill Strikers Set 24 Hour Picket Line
About 300 workers at Mount Airy Mantel and Table Company voted to picket the plant around the clock with 12 men until a wage scale revision. Workers walked out Friday claiming 50 percent pay cuts over 18 months. Five other furniture plants closed, leaving about 1,009 out of work.
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Mount Airy Mantel and Table Company
Grain Board Fights 60 Day Futures Suspension
The Chicago Board of Trade vows to fight a 60 day suspension of futures trading. President Peter B. Carey defies a federal ruling after the board refused trading privileges to the Farmers National Grain Corporation. The dispute pits major grain dealers and commission houses against the federal Farm Board and administration supporters.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Federal Grain Futures Commission
LaSalle Street
Peter B. Carey
Board of Trade
Thomasville Brothers Held After Neighbor Slain in West Virginia
David Jones and W C Jones brothers were arrested in Oak Hills West Virginia and held for grand jury action in connection with the killing of neighbor Nathan Elliott during a drinking party. The brothers recently moved from Thomasville North Carolina.
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W. Va
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W. C. Jones
Nathan Elliott
Thomasville
N. C
Twin City Officials Unruffled By Father Of Libby
Alfred Holman accuses Winston-Salem officials of self seeking motives over the Smith Reynolds shooting and Libby Reynolds inquiry. Sheriff Scott and Coroner Dalton defend official duties while others deny Holman’s charges and assert restraint during the investigation.
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Sparta
Holman
Cincinnati
J. Eric McMichael
New England Mills Reopen as Jobs Return Across Region
New England Council reports closed mills reopening and orders strong across multiple plants. Berkshire Woolen and Glix Underwear in Pittsfield are at capacity. Silver Lake Woolen and Wyandotte Woolen near full operation. Lawrence American Woolen back 2,000 workers. Nashua plants in Lowell and Nashua also rehiring 2,000. Royal Sextile Mills at River Point resume 700 workers. Mystic Rossie Velvet on full time. J B Martin velvet mills Norwich Taftville Montville run 50 hour weeks.
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Striking Hosiery Mill Operatives Call Meeting
A notice announces a 7 o'clock indoor meeting at the high school auditorium for all workers. Attendees should rally around their mill’s standard and attend in full force. signed by D. V. Bradley, chairman.
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D. V. Bradley
Raleigh Sabbath Baseball Trial Continues In Court
A judge extended the case against 19 players two umpires and Raleigh club president Eddie Winston for a Sunday Piedmont league game. Counsel were given time to prepare briefs as the July 25 hearing moved to August 5 in Raleigh.
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Ma Ferguson Ahead in Texas Democratic Primary
Dallas July 25 Mrs Miriam A Ma Ferguson led Gov R S Sterling by 73000 votes in the Texas Democratic primary returns. With six other candidates in the field a runoff likely on August 27 may follow as Ferguson and Sterling were the top contenders two years ago. James E Ferguson her husband and a former governor offered no immediate comment.
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Ma” Ferguson
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Widow Hangs Self in Statesville Home
Mrs. Minnie Garner Somers, 47, a widow, hanged herself from a bedpost in her niece's Statesville room. She had been in ill health for some time.
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Minnie Garner Somers
Bullets From Rifle Range Wound Yachtswoman Off Lake Michigan
In Waukegan Illinois a stray 5.56 bullet wounded Rosa Peterson 23 on a yacht while guardsmen practiced at a 1000 yard range. The bullets fell into Lake Michigan imperiling 19 other voyagers. Captain Walter E. Anderson supervised the range and reported bullets landing in the lake.
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Strike Deadlock May Be Shaping Settlement In High Point Mills
A mass meeting of hosiery workers behind closed doors signals a tentative settlement approach while the North Carolina highway patrol stays ready. No mill reopened. Diamond mill reportedly voted to resume but management later declined. City officials say High Point provides protection for mills and workers seeking to return.
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High Point
Doolittle Hops Off Across U S In Dawn Dusk Flight
Major James Doolittle begins a dawn to dawn flight along the eastern seaboard aiming to cover 2 900 miles across 14 states once visited by George Washington. He carries Anne Madison Washington a great great great grand niece of the first president as a symbolic passenger. The flight will drop 29 pieces of mail in as many cities from Maine to New Jersey and Washington D C with stops at Providence New Haven Brooklyn and Boston.
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