Rail shares surge in new high year records on Wall Street
Market week centers on railroad stocks as several issues hit all time highs fueled by July earnings and August traffic gains. Major rails such as Atchison Chesapeake and Ohio and Southern Railway set new peaks while others like New York Central and Baltimore and Ohio traded near multi year highs.
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New York
Wall Street
Atchison, Chesapeake and Ohio
Southern Railway
Baltimore and Ohio
Union Pacific
Delaware and Hudson
New York Central
Foreign exchange quotations in early September
New York reports firm foreign exchange quotations in cents for major currencies. Great Britain demand 485 and cables 485 with 60 day bills on banks at 48114. France 297 and 29814. Italy 375 and 37. Belgium 278. Germany 2381. Holland 4007. Norway 2192. Sweden 2674. Denmark 2656. Switzerland 1932. Spain 1752.
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New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland
Spain
Condition Of Banks In New York Deficit Revealed
The condition of clearing house banks and trust companies reports a weekly deficit of 12,850,440 dollars. This marks a reserve decrease of 20,194,010 dollars from the prior week which had an excess reserve of 7,343,570 dollars.
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New York
Cotton goods sales report from New York trade data
DRY GOODS NEW YORK reports early September cotton goods sales data with details from the AP update. Market watchers note movement in textiles as merchants assess demand and inventories amid the postwar trade environment.
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New York
Print cloths and sheetings see steady demand with bids below level
Business for print cloths sheetings and some convertibles remains active prices hold steady while bids below current levels are declined contracts extend through October and deliveries spread into Q4 primary markets quote prices for print cloths and related fabrics in cents per yard and per pound with several items listed including brown sheetings denims ticking and ginghams
Inland Food Prices and Stock Receipts Report
The report itemizes butter and cheese prices and packing stock with current make numbers. It lists receipts for butter at 5 528 and cheese at 96 578, plus details on nearby hennery whites extras and pullets with various price ranges.
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New York
Hennery
Western Hennery
Pacific Coast
Wheat Prices Edge Up in Thin Chicago Market
Wheat values averaged higher in early Chicago dealings but with light volume. Unfavorable spring harvest weather and higher Liverpool quotations provided bullish support, though gains faded after opening. Corn oats and provisions were weak after a strong start, with corn fluctuating between gains and losses.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Turkey Watching Developments In Present Meeting
Delegates at the council conference express concern that American conditions may disrupt the League of Nations machinery and that vagueness in the fifth American reservation could block advisory opinions by the court. Opposition to Poland’s semi permanent post and Germany’s permanent seat sparked a delaying debate led by Sweden, delaying the public session.
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Council of the League
League of Nations
United States Senate
America
France
Poland
Germany
Sweden
President Coolidge backs U S stake in world court
At the summer White House the president expressed confidence that the United States will join the world court. He expects the signatories to accept American reservations and argues the reservations place the U S on equal footing with League nations. He says Article Five is fair when understood.
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Geneva
United States
Coolidge
White House
Senators re judge court stance amid shifting foreign policy view
A Washington dispatch reports senators Gooding of Idaho and Trammel of Florida have renounced support for the world court. Arizona Republican Cameron, who had backed it reluctantly, says his mind is open on future US foreign policy. In Chicago lawyer Marybelle Spencer sues Secretary Mellon seeking injunction to stop funding for the world court and test its constitutionality.
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United States
Gooding
Idaho
Trammel
Florida
World Court
Washington
Court
Cameron
Arizona
Coolidge
Chicago
Marybelle Spencer
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Study of Regulations of Judicial Nature in World Court Talks
In Geneva the committee of fourteen began a study of the court's regulations to gauge compatibility with American reservations. They examined the right of public hearings, a key point in the fifth American reservation, during a quiet, mostly private session presided by Professor Van Eysinga of Holland. Future meetings depend on league assembly activity and will be secret.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Committee of Fourteen
World Court Conference
van Eysinga
Holland
League Assembly
Three New Seats Will Be Formed In Council
Geneva Sept 4 The League of Nations Council approved the commission on reorganization proposing three new non permanent seats and designating Germany as a permanent seat when elected to membership Sweden opposed expanding non permanent seats The council sent the report to the assembly with a recommendation for adoption and instructed the secretary general to inform Spain that permanent representation cannot be granted now Viscount Ishii secured a council resolution that Germany alone should hold a permanent seat at the current session
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Geneva
League of Nations Council
Commission On Reorganization
Council
Germany
Sweden
Ague
Eric Yammond
Spain
Reorganization Ommission
Seret
Madrid
Viscount Ishii
Japan
Hornsby Slipping From Lead In 1926 National League Race
Chicago Sept 4 AP The three cornered battle for the NL lead shifts focus to Rogers Hornsby who may cede his batting crown after six straight years at the top. Slumping, ill, and hampered by a pennant drive, Hornsby sits far below his typical average as Cincinnati and Pittsburgh boast top team batting marks. Burns ties record for two baggers in major season. Reds lead with Hargrave Bressler Christensen atop a crowded list of hitters. Manush and Meadors improve AL standings while Ruth slumps in power.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Rogers Hornsby
Rajah
Cardinal
Hornsby
Tyrus Cobb
Cincinnati
Pirates
Cardinals
Reds
Hargrave
Bressler
Christensen
Hack Wilson
Cub
Jimmie Bottomley
Roush
Kremer
Pittsburgh
Rhem
Meadows
Cincinati
E. Smth
Stephenson
Grantham
L. Bell
Traylor
Brown
Boston
Curier
Babe Ruth
George Burns
Cleveland
Tris Speaker
Manush
Detroit
Forthergill
Tony Lazzeri
Yankees
Simmons
Philadelphia
Johnny Mostil
Humefield
White Sox
Mostil
and Rice
Senators
Ruth
Gehrig
Mostel
White
Potatoes Market Report From Chicago Trade Row
Potatoes receipts 67 on track 130 total U S shipments 508 cars with slow trading and firm tone. Wisconsin round whites 2.60 to 2.75 sack. Minnesota Red River Ohios 2.50. Idaho rurals 3.76 per sack.
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Chicago
U. S
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Idaho
Transforming Kitchen Stool Becomes Miniature Stepladder
A kitchen stool that converts into a small stepladder proves invaluable for the busy housewife, offering a versatile aid for reaching high shelves and performing daily chores with ease.
Paddock declines pro offer from promoter
Charles Paddock, famed sprint record holder, refused a contract from C. C. Pyle that would have paid him 36 to 70000 dollars for three races. The offer planned three races against a nationally known mid western sprint star with a 100000 dollar purse split 70 30 by best average.
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Los Angeles
Charles Paddock
C. C. Pyle
Paddock
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