Market closed for election as stocks fall after short session
New York stocks were closed today for the election after a brief session that saw a 2 to 17 point decline on 6,292,930 shares. Trading paused as officials ordered curtailed hours and a full suspension of Saturday. A receivership petition cited the Bankers' Capital Corporation amid last week’s price collapse.
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New York
Board of Governors
The
Stock Exchange
Curb Exchange
Bankers’ Capital Corporation
Wall Street
Chicago Livestock Prices Report for Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Chicago livestock market report dated November 5 shows hog receipts at 53 000 with direct sales up to 9.50 for 200 pound pigs and bulk 9.25 to 9.40 for 190 to 300 pound hogs. Cattle receipts at 11 000 with steers 1300 to 1500 pounds at 12.50 to 15.50 and vealers 12.00 to 15.00. Sheep receipts 11 000 with lambs 12.50 to 13.25 for 92 pound goods and ewes 4.25 to 5.75 for 1650 pounds down.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Liverpool cotton market easing with firm demand
Cotton spot in fair demand though prices fall across grades with American lines leading. Sales reach 8,000 bales including 3,200 American while receipts total 38,000 with 14,000 American. Futures closed barely steady with Dec at 9.37 and later months around 9.5.
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Liverpool
Potatoes Market Steady as Receipts Hit Chicago Tracks
Chicago nov 5 potatoes receipts 126 cars on track totaled 577 cars for U S shipments trading slow market barely steady Wisconsin sacked round whites 2 30 to 2 50 Minnesota North and South Dakota sacked round whites 2 00 to 2 30 quality based early Ohio sacked 2 10 to 2 40 Idaho sacked russets 2 70 to 3 00 fancy shade higher.
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Chicago
U. S
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Ohio
Idaho
4 H Club Congress to Meet in Chicago This Fall
The National 4 H Club Congress will be held in Chicago from November 29 to December 6. The event gathers 4 H leaders, clubs, and members for seminars exhibitions and proceedings.
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Chicago
City of High Point Notice on Damages and Benefits Report
Guilford County Superior Court notice to all parties that commissioners reports on damages and benefits have been filed and open for inspection in High Point. A hearing is set for November 5, 1929 at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall Court Room to address allegations and objections to the assessment roll by order of the City Council dated October 18, 1929. City Manager E. M. Knox signs the notice dated October 25, 1929.
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North Carolina
Guilford County
City of
High Point
M. Pope
Mary E. Pope
E. M. Knox
Rail interests and tax league ties surface in Senate hearing
A Senate Lobby Committee transcript reveals contributors to the American Taxpayers League including Armour Chicago Pillsbury Kansas City Power and Light and Nash Motors. T A Arnold testifies about revenue sharing and agreements while noting railroads funded the tariff group. In New York the Pennroad Corporation gains Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway control, reshaping eastern consolidation plans.
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Washington
American Taxpayers League
Senate
Taxpayers League
T. A. Arnold
Southern Tariff Association
The
Armour Company of Chicago
Pillsbury Flour Mills
Kansas City Power and Light Company
Kansas City Stock Yards Company of Maine
Los Angeles Brewing Company
Puget Sound Power and Light Company
Nash Motors Company
United States Playing Card Company
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Blaine
Wisconsin
Arnold
Tax Association
Tariff League
Association
Vance Meuse
W. F. Myrick
Ida Darden
Myrick
Meuse
Tariff Association
Darden
South Carolina
California
Texas
Florida
Mouse
New York
New York Times Today
Pinroad Corporation
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway
Eastern Railroad
Frank E
Charles F. Taplin
West Virginia Road
Chesapeake & Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh & West Virginia
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York Central
Pennroad Corporation
Wheeling
Maryland
Baltimore
Norfolk
Raskob Denies Being Stock Plunger Amid Senate Row
In a Senate session on November 4 1930 John J Raskob chairman of the Democratic National Committee denied charges by Senator Brookhart that he was a stock market plunger He said he buys stocks outright and holds them for value He supplied a record of interviews and statements to counter the accusation The dining scene details and comments by Brookhart and others are reported with sharp debate over market conduct and law enforcement. Otto Kahn and broker Walter Fahy also refuse to comment on the Washington booze party matter.
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Washington
Robinson
Indiana
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Senate
Harrison
Mississippi
New York Stock Exchange
Raskob
Lidge
Republican
N. J
Huhn, Loeb and Company
Morgan and Co
The
Iowan
Edge
Brookhart
Wall Street
Hoover
Curtis
Sisme Howard
Washington Times
Times
New York
Otto Kahn
Smith Wildman Brookhart
Iowa
Beal Free on 5000 Dollar Bond After Murder Conviction
Fred Erwin Beal former organizer of the National Textile Workers Union was released from Mecklenburg jail on $5000 bond. The bond was posted by attorney J Frank Flowers with funds from the American fund for public service. Beal received a 17 to 20 year sentence while three co defendants remain jailed under similar terms.
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Charlotte
Fred Erwin Beal
National Textile Workers Union
Mecklenburg Superior Court
O. F. Aderholt
Gastonia
Beal
J. Frank Flowers
Clarence Miller
George Carter
Joseph Harrison
Louis McLaughlin
Wiliam McGinnis
K. Y. Hendricks
Law
Butter and eggs market report from Chicago
Butter firm with receipts of 10 683 tubs and creamery extras 4214. standards 41 percent, extra firsts 40 to 41, firsts 3744 to 89, seconds 36 to 86. Eggs firm with receipts of 3 036 cases and prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Mills Produce Vast Wheat Output in Kansas
Kansas mills process seventy five million bushels of wheat annually, accounting for about one fifth of the United States total flour production.
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Kansas
Quiet opening in New Orleans cotton market amid Liverpool declines
The New Orleans cotton market opened quiet and easier as Liverpool prices fell 2 to 3 points on hedge selling and liquidation. December eased to 17.46, January to 7.57 and March to 17.87 before sliding further into the morning as stop-loss orders appeared and pre bureau liquidation dominated trading. The market turned quieter at noon but remained unsettled with a nervous undertone.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Marcy
Irene Castle and Col Judah Hurt In Fox Hunt Mishaps
CHICAGO Nov 5 Col Noble Brandon Judah former ambassador to Cuba and Mrs Frederick McLaughlin the former Irene Castle were injured Sunday while riding to hounds in the Onwensia fox hunt Mrs McLaughlin suffered a broken rib her hunter tripped and rolled over her twice Col Judah was later thrown when his horse stumbled and he was found unconscious in the ground He will be confined to a hospital for several days but the injuries are said not to be serious Both have had prior falls Mrs McLaughlin was seriously hurt in 1926 and Col Judah broke a collar bone last year during the Onwensia hunting season The former ambassador owns a stable of famous racers and jumpers
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Chicago
Noble Brandon Judah
Cuba
Frederick McLaughlin
Irene Castle
McLaughlin
Judah
Col. Judah
Greensboro Man Seeks Buyer for Circus Assets
Greensboro business man Oscar W. Patterson, named receiver for Silvan-Drew Inc, searches for a circus buyer after assets about 7000 and liabilities around 10000. The outfit, held at Hertford, will be brought to Greensboro for winter quarters.
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Greensboro
Oscar W. Patterson
Patterson
Silvan-Drew, Inc
Hertfort
Winston Tobacco Mart Sets Record on Leaf Market
Winston-Salem tobacco market set a new yearly record with 1,281,256 pounds sold. The figure exceeded the previous high by about 25,000 pounds, while the average price fell slightly to 18.58 dollars per hundred pounds. Total money paid reached 238,040.01 dollars.
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Winston-Salem
American talkies set for Singapore exhibition
American talkies will be exhibited in the Straits Settlements. The coast city shows growing interest in new cinema as audiences await screenings from major Hollywood studios.
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Singapore
Straits Settlements
Wheat prices tumble as supplies pile up at Chicago market
Wheat prices slipped about 9c a bushel from last week’s peak as ample supplies weighed on trading. Late reports of improved European demand failed to lift rallies, with estimates of 1.5 million bushels shipped to Europe cited but no clear new business. Corn and oats also fell, while provisions showed a setback.
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Chicago
Atlantic
North America
Europe
Brookhart testifies on dinner guests and stock exchange praise
Senator Brookhart describes a Washington dinner with Fahy, Norris, La Follette allies, and Wall Street figures. He cites a rack of silver hip flasks, notes Smoot and Gooding refused, and recounts Otto Kahn praising the New York Stock Exchange after discussing railroad consolidation.
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Moses
N. H
Fahy
Brookhart
Senate
Norris
LaFollette
Senator Smoot
Senator Gooding
Otto Kahn
Lafoilette
Wall
Thomas
Kahn
New York Stock Exchange
Unionist shooting case details emerge at trial
Witnesses describe a collision between a Chevrolet coach and a truck full of union members followed by gunfire. Gamble Ellis and George Singerfelt identified several alleged participants and described bullets, holes in glass, and a boy with a crutch implicated in the damage.
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Horace West
Roy Carver
A. L. Bulwinkle
McElroy
Ellis
Mr. Wiggins
Chevrolet
Gamble Ellis
Yates Gamble
Troy Jones
Co. S. Lunsford
Holbrook
L. H. Thompson
F. F. Haynie
W. M. Borders
L. M. Sossoman
Fred Morrow
Horace Wheeler
George Singerfelt
Lingerfelt
Singerfelt
E. L. Baumgerdner
Heir to Million Cop Won't Quit
Detective Herman Senff of Brooklyn New York stands to inherit a million dollars a Rhine castle a park and Holstein cows from a German heir. He will finish the Brooklyn hold up case before leaving to collect his inheritance and may remain on the force. The witness connected Yates to the Gastonia crowd and the Wiggins murder scene while examining the wrecked Essex finding Fred Morrows name in a box and a blackjack under the car.
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Germany
Herman Senff
Brooklyn
N. Y
Rhine
Senff
Yates
Gastonia
Mrs. Wiggins
Essex
Fred Morrow
Shortage of Doctors in Anatolia Spurs Medical School Expansion
In Constantinople the government plans to double student intake at the state medical school as doctors remain scarce in Anatolia. The 25 000 inhabitants of Rizeh had only one physician available to tend to victims after quakes floods and fires that killed about 1000 people.
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Constantinople
Anatolia
Rizeh
Flour Exports to China Hit Near Three Million Barrels
The article notes that nearly 3,000,000 barrels of American flour will be shipped to China this year, highlighting a significant trade flow and the scale of agricultural exports.
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China
Sharp exchange over funds in senate lobby probe
Senator Blaine of Wisconsin clashed with J. A. Arnold general manager of the southern tariff association and the American taxpayers league as the senate lobby investigating committee opened new questions. Blaine alleged a sucker list and pockets for contributors while Arnold accused Blaine of ridiculing the work.
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Southern Tariff Association
Senate
Washington
Blaine
Wisconsin
J. A. Arnold
American Taxpayers League
Senate Lobby Investigating Committee
Arnold
Taxpayers League
Insull
Aluminum Company of America
O. P
M. J. van Sweringen
Tax League
The
Tariff Association
League
Caraway
Arkansas
J. E. Bell
San Benito
Texas
William S. Care
Pennsylvania
Nevada Sheep Range Produces Fleece on Wide Scale
More than 1,400,000 sheep roam Nevada range with fleece output averaging about 8 pounds per head, indicating substantial wool production across the state.
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Nevada
Heavy vote polled in Gotham New York election day
Early reports from all boroughs show a heavy turnout in New York City civic election day. Police quelled minor disputes on the lower east side over voting procedures and machine malfunctions drew complaints from residents. Mayor Walker seeks re election amid rival claims and poll projections.
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New York
Lower East Side
Attorney General’s Office
James J. Walker
Tammany
Walker
Keyes Winter
Fiorella H. LaGuardia
Norman Thomas
Richard E. Enright
Square Deal
LaGuardia
Arnold Rothstein
Rothstein
Park Central
Enright
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Pennroad Corp League
Etter Read
Loomis
Flowers
Bond
Col
Judah Hurt
Winston Tobacco Mart
Chicago Market
Lord
FIERY
Call
Rosen
Miller’s, Inc
East Green Mattress Co
East Green Street
Fast Green Mattress Co
High Point Enterprise
Gotham
Young Men’s Christian Association
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