Stocks Irregular End Week Readjustment Sparks Mixed Market
New York news reports weekend readjustment in speculative accounts creating an irregular trend though major activity favored rising prices. Several large investment trusts form, while fears of credit stringency loom as mid month tax payments approach. Major gainers include Commercial Solvents up 16 to a high, American Machine & Foundry up 12.25, Grigsby Grunow at 70, with total volume near 2 million shares.
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American Machine & Foundry
Stone and Webster
Timken
Seaboard Air Line
Underwood Elliott Fisher
American Water Works
Norfolk & Western
Louisville & Nashville
U. S. Rubber
American Power & Light
Grigsby Grunow
Republic Steel
International Hydro-Electric
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
New Orleans Cotton Opens Easier on Bearish Belt Weather
Cotton futures opened lower on September 14 in New Orleans, with Oct to Jan slips of about 15 to 16 points as Liverpool cables and belt weather weighed on sentiment. Early trades showed declines of 8 to 9 points, with prices near the session lows after the first hour amid hedge selling and bearish tone.
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Liverpool
Rain Delays Sally League Pennant Series Again
In Charlotte on September 14 the Knoxville Smokies and Asheville Tourists faced repeated rain disruptions. After two games in Asheville, the Tourists won the opener, Smokies led two to one upon return home, but weather stopped play for a second straight day with hopes to resume before the World Series.
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Asheville
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Market Brief of Stock Quotations
Quotations from Blue Ridge Corp 19 percent. Shen Corp 21 percent. Southern Corp 18 percent. Vick Finance 21 percent. West 60 The for coast stocks 22 percent.
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Andrews Speaker at Springfield Sunday
Superintendent T Wingate Andrews will deliver the principal address at the annual Education Rally day service at the Springfield Friends meeting tomorrow morning at 11. C C Haworth, chairman of the educational committee, secured Mr Andrews to speak. A large crowd is expected and a special music program is planned. Thomas B Russell 79 of Brownsville Texas rode his first train ride recently.
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T. Wingate Andrews
Springfield
Air traffic at Cleveland airport surges with daily flights
More than 69 airplanes clear the Cleveland airport each day carrying an average of 69 passengers and 6,500 pounds of mail.
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Cleveland
American 10 Open Vitaphone Show Debuts Monday Night
The American theater unveils its first sound film program with Broadway starring Glenn Tryon Evelyn Brent Meana Kennedy and others, using DeForest Phonofilm and Phono disc. The opening night features the new talking equipment attracting scientists and celebrities, with visits by multiple societies planned around performances.
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Glenn Tryon
Evelyn Brent
Meana Kennedy
Dr. Lee DeForest
More Cotton Used During August
The census bureau reports August cotton consumption at 558,113 bales of lint and 83,070 linters, up from July and compared with August last year. On‑hand stocks show lint and linters in consuming establishments and public storage, with imports at 24,795 bales and exports at 226,018 lint bases and 9,896 linters. Spindles active in August reach 30,236,880.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Liverpool Cotton Prices Rise on Fair Demand
Cotton spot in fair demand with higher prices as of Sept 14 in Liverpool. American grades lead with strict good midling 11.16 and good middling 10.76, sales 5 000 bales including 2 400 American. receipts 6 000 with American 900. Futures closed quiet with October at 10.00 and December 10.05.
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Gardner Faces Delicate Gastonia Charlotte Situation
Raleigh reports Governor Max Gardner is deeply concerned over the kidnaping crisis in Gastonia and Charlotte. He has dispatched Executive Counsel N A Townsend to assist local authorities and stay advised on developments as officials fear further clashes between communists and anti communists. Townsend’s past success in mediations raises hope for a peaceful resolution amid heightened state nerves.
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A.L. Bulwinkle
Manyville- Jenckes Mill
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Athletic Lingerie Popular Under Cotton Blouses in Paris
The item described as made of hand made batiste and nainsook is favored in Paris and now worn beneath cotton lingerie blouses. The practice highlights fashion trends in intimate apparel and regional taste.
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New York Cotton Opens Steady Amid Decline and Trade Activity
The New York cotton market opened steady with a 10 to 14 point early decline due to selling orders and Liverpool sentiment. Trade buying and covering trimmed losses to about 16 to 18 points, with December at 18.94 and March at 19.23, as analysts note continental demand and realized gains. Additional details show futures quotes across March May July October and December, and the week ends with 120000 bales awaiting clearance. Non profit industries will employ 590 students at Oklahoma A and M College this year.
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Liverpool
P.C. Jam
Paddlers Jack and Mrs Calvin Trek to Alaska in 52 Days
Mr and Mrs Jack Calvin of Carmel California paddled a canoe from Tacoma Washington to Juneau Alaska in 52 days detailing their voyage and arrival.
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Harvard College origins unfold from Harvard’s bequest
The article recalls Rev. John Harvard's death on September 14 1638 and his gift of 269 books and about 400 pounds which helped found Harvard College. It notes Massachusetts Bay Colony funding, the first class of nine in 1642, and later expansion led by Charles William Eliot, shaping Harvard University.
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Charlestown
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Mass Meeting Tensions Across Gastonia Strike Scene
In North Carolina a warrant targets eight union organizers amid an anti communist mob probe. Seven union leaders and workers are jailed after riot guns found in a Gastonia boarding house. Witnesses and victims recount flogging and kidnap plots as Judge Shaw presides over intertwined cases.
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Rev Mrs Ives Officiates at Her Daughter’s Portland Wedding
The Rev Mrs Hilda Libby Ives of Presumpscot Maine, long a wedding officiant, marries her daughter Elizabeth to Alger B Chapman of Glen Cove New York in Portland Maine. She is believed to be the first woman preacher to wed her own daughter in the country.
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Presumpscot
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Trial in Gastonia slaying case proceeds after juror insanity
The case of 16 union leaders and workers charged with killing Gastonia Police Chief O F Aderholt during the June 7 textile strike disorders faced a jury dismissal when a juror suddenly went insane. The defense said mob disorders will not affect the trial and no change of venue will be sought.
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Thompson's Parents to Be Paid 6000 in Compensation
A hearing in Lexington before Matt H. Allen of the state industrial commission discussed paying 6000 to the beneficiaries of George S. Thompson, a state highway patrolman killed in a Wadesboro crash July 3. The claim favored awarding the lump sum to his parents, Mr and Mrs G M Thompson of Tyre, with brothers and sisters supporting.
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Matt H. Allen
State Industrial Commission
George S. Thompson
State Highway Patrol
Wadesboro
Charles Ross
State Highway Commission
G. M. Thompson
Tyre
Davidson County
Condor Reaches Rare Heights Among Birds
The condor is thought to ascend higher than any other bird, with reports of reaching around four miles above the ground in rare instances.
Jaws of humans have shrunk half an inch since ancient times
Scientists suggest the jaw size of modern humans shows a small reduction, reporting about half an inch difference when compared with measurements from prehistoric populations. The finding points to gradual changes in skull structure over long historical periods.
City ordinance schedule lists business tax rates in 1929
The document outlines tax rates for various businesses including billiard halls printing real estate agents and shoe shops. It specifies monthly and annual dues based on employee count floor space equipment and type of business. City officials order publication dated September 12 1929 signed by City Manager M. Knott.
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