Market Swept By Connor Speaks As Distress Selling
In New York the stock market fell to new low yearly levels after a brief rally faded. Shares like Jersey Central, Peoples Gas, and American Express tumbled with heavy volume and increased short selling. Separately in Kinston, North Carolina, Dr. R D W Connor will headline patriotic exercises for the Caswell cemetery fence dedication, marking NC governor Richard Caswell’s 200th birth anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connor
Kinston
Stanley W. Prenosts
Associated Press
New York
Jersey Central
Peoples Gas
American Express
Wall Street
New York Banking Group
U. 8 S. Steel Common
American Can
General F Electric
Sears Roebuck
National Biscuit
New York Central
Northern Pacific
R. D. W. Connor
University of North Carolina
Caswell Cemetery
Richard Caswell
State of North Carolina
Kinston Daughters of the American Revolution
Rachel Watford
Central Highway
Watford
N. J. Rouse
Charles R. Whitaker
Southern Pines
North Carolina
Liverpool Cotton Prices Slip on Weak Demand
Spot cotton in Liverpool ends lower with American grades showing declines. Prices for strict good midling to strict low middling slide from 10.26 to 9.01, while futures close steady to quiet with December at 9.08 and October at 9.40. Sales reach 6,000 bales, including 3,700 American receipts.
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Liverpool
Three Prisoners Escape From State Prisons
Three inmates escaped from North Carolina facilities. Walter McMahan, from Gaston county, serving 1.5 to 3 years for larceny and possession of stolen goods, fled Central Prison on Armistice Day. George W. Curtis, from Randolph county, sentenced 15 to 20 years for second degree murder, escaped Cary Prison Farm yesterday. James Guinn, from McDowell county, sentenced 4 to 7 years for kidnapping, fled the state sanatorium last Saturday.
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Raleigh
Walter McMahan
Gaston County
Central Prison
George W. Curtis
Randolph County
Cary
James Guinn
McDowell County
New York Stocks at Noon Mixed Trading Across Sectors
Trading activity shows varied moves among chemical and dye shares, with notable prices for American Tobacco, DuPont, Gen Motors, General Electric, and Western Union. Major industrials like Union Pacific, Northern Pacific, and Westinghouse Electric display mixed results as the market scans bids and asks.
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Emmy
Cannon Mills
Covtainiooe
Davidson Chem
Dupont
Ve. Beesere Boe Bi
Medhal
Hudson Motors
Ess
Int
Comb Eng
Liggett and Moyere
Liggett and Myers B
Louisville and
Wrghrto
Tiesa
Pan Am Pet
Lasky
Penn
POE i
Ceee Vases
Pullman New
Radio
Iden Deca Vey
Ea Peobgiimr
Gkeee
Easenee Ss
Rem Rand
Cseee
Ea Bts
Reynolds Tob
AO Schulte
Ee Tee
Sears Roebuck
Simmons Co
Csem
Sinclair Con Oil
Fae Se
Skee Hives
Sou
Studebaker
Union Pacific
Ken United Cigar
U S
Isccctieses
Vick Chem
Va Céro
Ghem
Cecsnsee
Ward Baking B
Westinghouse Elec
Western Union
Waee Willys Overland
Cem Woolworth
Trial of McManus Delayed in Murder Case
George A. McManus trial for the Rothstein murder was adjourned until November 18 because key state witness Alvin Thompson known as Titanic was ill. Judge Nott ordered the six day postponement as jurors and reporters packed a guarded courtroom.
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Criminal Courts Building
New York
George A. McManus
Arnold Rothstein
Alvin Thomas
Titanic” Thompson
McManus
Rothstein
Charles €. Nott, Jr
George Brothers
Milwaukee
Wis
Thomas
Miserie Accordie
Tombs
Gilbert E. Taylor
Nott
Talesmen
J F Makepeace Commits Death by Own Action
J F Makepeace a 55 year old lumber company proprietor was found dead in a Raleigh hotel room. Coroner L M Waring said an anaesthetic bottle was under the pillow and a note to his son accompanied by estate instructions. He had recently moved from Sanford and was active in Republican politics including a bid for US marshal.
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Raleigh
J. F Makepeace
L. M. Waring
Makepeace
J. F. Wilson
Wilson
Sanford
Republican State Committee
Greensboro
United States
RR. W. Ward
High Point Girl Aims at World Parachute Jump Record
Miss Annie Tucker, formerly of High Point, volunteers to jump 13 from a Giant bomber over Roosevelt Field Long Island on November 15 to set a world quick-jump record. Harold McMann pilots. the group seeks a 15 second tumble from the plane.
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Annie Tucker
High Point
Long Island Field
New York
Roosevelt Field
Harold McMann
Washington, D. C
Navy
Anacosta Field
Tucker
Civil Service Preparatory
Washington
Prominent Arrests At New York Roadhouse Raid
Federal agents and state police rounded up forty nine people described as socially and professionally prominent in a pre dawn raid on the Chateau roadhouse in Brighton near Rochester New York. The operation uncovered gambling equipment and caches of liquor valued at over 350000 dollars.
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Rochester
N. Y
New York
Brighton
Three Reported Killed In Downtown Building Collapse
Philadelphia officials report three men killed in a building collapse at Fifth and Reed streets in the southern part of the city with emergency crews responding quickly.
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Philadelphia
Fifth and
Reed Streets
Thanksgiving dinner lecture at Commercial Club
Mrs M B Street head of home economics at High Point College speaks on Thanksgiving table setting and meal prep at the Commercial Club Wednesday at 3 p.m. The talk, under the American Homes Department of the High Point Womans' Club, invites all local women to attend.
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Commercial Club
M. B. Street
High Point College
American Homes Department
High Point Womans’ Club
Girl Leaps From Plane Near Curtiss Airport
Miss Rockwell, a Drew Seminary graduate and Philadelphia native, fell to her death after an in-flight decision to climb higher. Booth guided officials to a location about a mile north of Curtiss airport where the body was found. Her brother described her as moody with fluctuating spirits and fond of reading and writing.
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Curtiss Airport
Booth
Miss Rockwell
Drew Seminary
Dean W. Rockwell
Philadelphia
Riordan's Body Taken To Church For Funeral
The body of James J. Riordan president of the County Trust Company of New York was carried from his home where he died by suicide. He lies in state at St Bernard's church for a Roman Catholic funeral with special dispensation. Officials from New York and New Jersey attended the service.
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New York
James J. Riordan
County Trust Company of
St. Bernard’s Church
New Jersey
Cotton Mill Heads Meet To Limit Output
Cotton mill executives from across the south gather in Spartanburg South Carolina to discuss reducing cotton products and curtailment plans. Walter D. Hines president of the Cotton Textile Institute will address the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
S. C
South
Walter D. Hines
The
Cotton Textile Institute
Women MPs keep ages secret in official handbook
In London, nine of fourteen women MPs refuse to disclose their ages, a figure not shown in the official handbook. Additionally, 102 men also withhold age information. The parliamentary body totals 605 members.
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London
Baptists Convenes In Shelby Discuss Peace And Needs
North Carolina Baptists open sessions in Shelby with a pastors conference on church life and peace. Reports and administration committee appointments are planned. Wake Forest alumni seek campus equipment improvements. Rev. A P Stephens and Rev J G Murray address keys of pastor righteousness and spiritual interest.
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Shelby
Convention of North Carolina Baptists
Wake Forest College
F. P. Gaines
J. A. Campbell
A. P. Stephens
Morehead City
J. G. Murray
Sylva
LOBBY PROBE DETAILS ON JAX COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS
Testimony recounts Arnold recalling talks about forming a council with Muse and a note that Senator Watson disliked the tariff council run by Florida Republicans. Other letters from Arnold in late 1928 and early 1929 discuss Hoover’s interest in the South and urge Dr. Lewis to pursue direct contact.
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Arnold
Watson
Indiana
Council
Glenn Skipper
Republican National
Florida
Skipper
Growere
Tariff Association
Southern Republican Council
Republican Council
Caraway
Muse
Hoover
South
Dr. Lewis
Moscow Girls to Enter Military Academy Training
The text notes that Moscow girls are to be admitted to military academies for instruction in artillery fire aviation and other subjects.
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Mooscow
Funeral for Mrs. Jeannette Turnstall Elliott
Services held in Oxford for Jeannette Turnstall Elliott who died from shock after a fall. She leaves two brothers and one sister. her husband predeceased her.
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Oxford
Jeannette Turnstall Elliott
Questions of War Crossword Clues
A list of crossword clues with numbered hints across topics from war to everyday objects, including answers like Paris, Lisbon, ever, boundary, novel, lace, and many others, with a reference to yesterday's Summer resort clue and various object terms.
Van Del Compound Rescue Story From Local Parents
In Connersville Indiana Mr and Mrs Albert DeHart declare their daughter Lillian Mae recovered from illness after using Van Del Compound a tonic made from roots herbs bark berries and leaves They say the medicine cured vomiting nervousness and sleep disturbances and helped her regain appetite and weight The DeHarts credit Van Del with saving their child and note the drug is advertised with a free bottle offer through Ring Drug Co.
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Albert DeHart
Fifth St
Connersville
Indiana
Lillian Mae
Toas
Li Lillian
Lillian
Ring Drug Co
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Stewart Warner
Elam Furniture and Washer Co
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Wagger’s Ladies Shop
Jocelyn Lee
Barbara Kent
Ethlyne Claire Sports Ensemble
Llama
Oseed
Bae
J. F. Makepeace
Amer Inv
Continental Oil Ford Ltd
Gen Elee Ltd
Lone Star Gas Penn Road Corp
Sou Corp
Vick Finance
Adams Millis
Macy’s . St
Riordan
Baptists
Jacksonville
Capital
Portugal
Juliet
Mer Resort In
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Lillian Mae Dehart
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