Speculation Cools Today in Stocks and Grains
Market activity showed a cooling of speculative enthusiasm with overall stock declines early then partial recoveries led by rails. Sugar shares strengthened while key issues reversed losses, and rails posted fractional gains as traders awaited clearer signs of renewed business stimulus and credit stabilization.
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Claude A. Jagger
Associated Financial
New York
Rails
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
Delaware
Hudson
American Telephone
Allied Chemical
American Tobacco B
Case
American Can
U. S. Steel
Consolidated Gas
New York Central
Chesapeake and Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
Illinois Central
Owens Illinois
American
Great Western
South
Porto Rico
Wall Street
Youngstown
Pittsburgh
Mercantile Review
Dun & Bradstreet
General Motors
Senate committee rushes bill amid expectations of hearings
Chairman Smith says time is essential and promises action by Tuesday or Wednesday. He proposes open hearings while aiming to conclude consideration early next week and report the bill to the senate. McNary declines comment. Capper supports moving the program with limited changes and broader commodity coverage.
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Smith
Senate Committee
Senate
Bing
McNary
Oregon
Agriculture Committee
Capper
Kan
Burglar Warned By Fire Fighters In Charlotte
The burglar at the Paul Joines residence was warned blocks away after Mrs. Joines heard footsteps on the back porch and dialed for help. Five fire units arrived with sirens and engines, but the burglar had already fled.
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Charlotte
Mar
Paul Joines
Greenville Banks Reopen After Holiday Proclamations
Banks in Greenville South Carolina reopened today after a seven day shutdown under federal and state holiday proclamations. The Peoples National and First National Banks resumed normal operations with standard restrictions on hoardings. The South Carolina National Bank branch, previously under conservator, reopened on a restricted basis. Piedmont Savings and Trust also resumed unrestricted operations.
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Greenville
68. C
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Peoples National
First National
South Carolina National Bank
Piedmont Savings and Trust Company
Rome Opens as Armament Talks Center on Rome
March 17 Rome becomes the focus of disarmament hopes as Britain Italy and other leaders prepare for a weekend conference. Prime Minister Mussolini’s Il Popolo D Italia signals Rome as the hub for major European parleys with possible mentions of Hitler. MacDonald and Simon head to Rome to gauge Mussolini on arms limits and parity with France and a final warship for Italy.
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Italy
France
England
United States
Ramsay MacDonald
Mussolini
Il Popolo D'Italia
Hitler
Germany
MacDonald
Geneva
John Simon
Economic dictators scheme eyed for U.S. industry
Laurence outlines a plan to revive wartime controls by transferring powers to the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Farm Board. He argues farmers could boost profits by fixing prices and production limits, while coal and steel could see regulated output and higher prices to aid producers.
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Torrence
War Industries Board
Federal Trade Commission
Federal Farm Board
Clerk of Court Kills Self in Courthouse Hall
The court clerk shot himself in the courthouse and died. The weapon was found in custody at the sheriff's office near Haywood's office. A witness overheard the shot and fled. Haywood, married twice, leaves three children from his first wife and a year-old child with his second wife. Funeral plans were not yet set.
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Haywood
President's Farm Bill Travel Faces Senate House Hurdles
The plan aims to raise farm prices to the 1909 14 levels through a processors tax and payments to farmers to curtail output. It includes the Smith cotton method allotments land leasing and trade agreements with flexibility for Wallace to apply parts. The President says it offers promise though it is a new path and would end once prices recover.
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Wallace
Number Registered At Exchange Today
The following persons registered today at the Community Exchange at 887 North Wrenn Street. Jobs include cooking cleaning nursing housework yard work driving and general labor for groceries cash or clothing. A 15 year old colored boy seeks after school work in exchange for clothes.
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Community Exchange
North Wrenn Street
Eight months school bill delayed amid tax and levy dispute
Senate leaders moved to postpone action on an eight month school bill set to raise to 12.5 million with aims to trim costs below committee estimates. Senators Waynick Gwyn Hanes Hartsell and Hill sparred over delaying vote and tax levy provisions for supplements and vocational education funds.
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Guilford
Aiken
Gwyn
Rockingham
Senate
Hanes
Forsyth
Hanes and
Hartsell
Cabarrus
Hill
House Debates Appropriations Asks Postpone Of Mac Lean Bailey
The House spends the day on spending bills while moves to delay action on the Mac Lean Bailey measure. The current school allotment is short of an eight month term and is likely to fail if voted today. The Senate passed Aycock bank reform and the McNeill absentee ballot repeal. It also approved measures limiting county liability for tax shortfalls and reducing jury selection costs.
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Senate
Aycock Bank
McNeill
House
Trotzky Sees U S Rise Stronger After Crisis
Leon Trotsky predicts America will emerge from the current dollar crisis and two bank crises stronger, with a centralized banking system reinforcing U S financial hegemony, while noting France will struggle to preserve its provincial system amid world economic turmoil.
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Trotzky
U.S
America
United States
France
No clear headline due to fragmentary source
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Gastonia Banker Held in Jail on Embezzlement Charge
Thomas B. Coe 36 assistant cashier of First National Bank of Gastonia held on a federal warrant charging embezzlement of about 20000 dollars. He reportedly confessed shortage and began stealing in December 1931. Deposit slips aided concealment as bank officials reviewed records for exact amount.
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Gastonia
Mar
Thomas B. Coe
First National Bank of Py
Neu
Carpenter
Harold B. Andersen
Charlotte
United States Bureau of Investigation
Ter
R. N. Aycock
Treasury Department
Bismark Capps
United States
Miles A. Carpenter
Gaston Loan and Trust Company
G. Carpenter
F. B. Hamrick
United States Marshall
BE. R. Warren
Bank
Moffitt memo reports Long Beach quake relief
W P Moffitt of this city received a letter from his brother Thomas J Moffitt in Long Beach Cal stating he and his family escaped injury In the city most buildings escaped damage and debris cleared yet about 60 dead and around 1000 injured are listed The writer, chairman of the Veterans Welfare and Employment committee notes relief work continues as debris is cleared
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W. P. Moffitt
Thomas J. Moffitt
Long Beach
Cal
Mr. Moffitt
Veterans’ Welfare and Employment Committee
Rampant Ohio River Receding After Flood Crest
The Ohio River in Wheeling West Virginia declined after reaching 41.66 feet the highest in 20 years. Police estimate flood damage at 100000 dollars. Thousands remain marooned on Wheeling Island and South Wheeling cleaning mud as business and transport slowly recover.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Wheeling Island
Sun Bath Time for Wise Little Woods Animals
A brief note describes the wise little animals of the woods taking sun baths whenever opportunity permits. The scene suggests a gentle, sunlit forest setting with small creatures enjoying warm afternoons.
American dominance and global instability warned by experts
The text argues that relying on 2000 unstable banks is as risky as depending on thousands of unstable political and economic groups worldwide. It cautions that American hegemony will spread contradictions and diseases into U S capital. It cites Japanese aggression in China and Hitler's rise as signs of future turmoil and shocks.
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Europe
South America
Asia
China
Hitler
Economy Bill To Be Signed Monday
President Roosevelt will sign the economy bill Monday. The measure, passed 378 to 19 in the house, grants broad executive power to trim veterans costs, federal salaries, and other expenditures to maintain U S government credit. Senate adjourned before signature. Rainey to act when able.
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Roosevelt
Congress
United States
House
Senate
Garner
Rainey
High Point Students Receive Athletic Emblems at Chapel
At the regular chapel period this morning High Point High School awarded athletic emblems to both girls and boys teams. Girls recipients include Una Blackburn and many others earning monograms with stars. boys honored include Nolan Reid, Garland Ridge, Harold Culler, Milford Smith and several others with monograms and stars. N. L. Smith earned a monogram for manager.
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High Point High School
Una Blackburn
Monogram
Ercell Allen
Helen Boiling
Mary Bowers
Anne May Bogan
Adelaid Callihan
Helen Cable
Ruth Charles
Helen Cecil
Dorothy Chesson
Jeanette Enhis
Wilma Lee Evans
Marie Hawkins
Elizabeth Hoffman
Lois Hoover
Olive Hutchens
Anna Elizabeth Kearns
Katherine Morgan
Katherine Retten
Inez Sowers
Harold Hinkle
N. L. Smith
Manager
Negro School Burned in Winston-Salem Fire
Fire traced to a coal bin caused extensive damage at the Columbia Heights Negro public school in Winston-Salem in the early hours, with losses running into thousands of dollars.
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Winston-Salem
Columbia Heights
First Team Wins In Golf Battle
The High Point high first string golf team defeated the second string 15 1 2 to 21 2 at the Country club course. Charles Diffendale led with an 80. Moffitt and Diffendale teamed for three points in the first foursome. Diffendale beat Woollen in best ball 3 0. Moffitt beat Sappenfield 2 1 2 to 1 1 2. Copeland beat Alfred Oliver 2 to 1. Garrett beat Koonce 3 0. Garrett and Oliver shut out Copeland and Koonce in best ball.
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Charles Diffendale
Moffitt
Diffendale
Sarpenfield
Woollen
Sappenfield
Jack Copeland
Sere
Copeland
Alfred Oliver
Jack Garrett
Koonce
Garrett
Oliver
County Tax Chief Studying City Property Valuations
A. C. Hudson and L. D. Lyles of Creeksboro are in High Point to lay groundwork for a county wide property revaluation likely ordered by the general assembly. Hudson says assessments appear in good shape after meeting with local corporate officials about their reports.
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A. C. Hudson
Creeksboro
L. D. Lyles
General Assembly
Mr. Hudson
Tall salesmen or short men spark firm beliefs
A British manufacturer hires only men over five eight as salesmen while others employ shorter staff who claim to outshine their taller peers. A doctor-psychologist notes smaller men struggle to project personality, though some firms dispute the idea.
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London
Nagstsem
Slort
Butter And Eggs Market Report From Chicago
Butter and eggs prices listed for Chicago on March 17 with detailed categories for butter including creamery special 93 score 18% and various firsts and standards, plus egg prices at 16 026 current receipts and multiple quality grades and car assortments. The text presents market figures such as easy creamery special 93 score 18% and local 12% with several repeated entries.
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Chicago
Fatally Injured Girl Struck by Auto. Suspect Charged
Martha Franklin, eight, was fatally injured when struck here by an automobile driven by Dewey Elders, a Black man, who was charged with manslaughter.
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Charlotte
Martha Franklin
Dewey Elders
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