Stocks Dip Down Near Close Today
The stock market slid in the final hour as early gains faded with U S Steel retreating to 233 from 241 and Radio slipping to 36 percent. High priced specialties fell in mid day trading but the market recovered with strong industrials and utilities and favorable trade news.
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Stanley W. Prenosil
Associated Press
New York
U. S. Steel
Studebaker
Nash
Willys-Overland
J. I. Case
Detroit Edison
Cal
New North American Co
Electric Bond & Share
Curtiss Aeroplane
U. S. Steel Common
American Telephone
Allied Chemical
North American
New York Central
American& Foreign Power
Adams Express
Eastman Kodak
Atlas Powder
Foster Wheeler
Auburn Auto
Simmons Co
Arthur W. Cuttin
Timken Roller Bearing
U. S. Distributing Preferred
Underwood Elliott Fisher
Owens Illinois Glass
Beatrice Creamery
Wheat Prices Fall as World Supply Rises in Chicago
Chicago reports a weekly world wheat supply increase of 21,521,000 bushels. Wheat values slide with March futures setting a new seasonal low. Argentine rainfall improves wheat crop prospects, while open high low and close details follow.
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Chicago Grain
Chicago
Cotton futures rise modestly on steady cables and rains
Early advances in New York cotton prices on steadier Liverpool cables, rain in the eastern belt, and revised gin nings fed by southern selling and trade buying. Mid afternoon quotes show net gains of about 6 to 11 points with open highs lows and closes listed for contracts including Jan Mar May Jul Oct December.
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New York
Liverpool
Stock Quotations Fragment Show Turbulent Listings
Fragmentary list shows American Inv, Ford of Finland, Gen Elec of England, Star Gag cess, Penn Road Corp, Southern Corp, Vick Finance among others. Readable items suggest a stock quotation page with company names and abbreviations, not full quotes or prices.
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Ford
Finland
Elec
England
Fong Star Gag
Wes Penn Road Corp
Southern Corp
Vick Finance Ia
Veterans Disbursements Hit 4.75 Billion to Date
The report shows disbursements to World War veterans reaching 4.75 billion dollars while insurance in force for veterans exceeds 3 billion dollars.
Cotton Briefs in New Orleans Market Action and Weather Warnings
An opening advance of 27 points in cotton attracted hedge selling and profit taking. The weather bureau issued a storm warning linked to a hurricane near Porto Rico moving northwest toward Florida. New Orleans Exchange officials called a five hour lapse before discovering a 300000 bale census error remarkable. Southern spot sales totaled 76347 bales, the largest daily business so far this season.
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New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Porto Rico
Florida
New Orleans Exchange
Bates
Census Bureau
Expurgated Bible Issued by National Sunday Schools Union
London reports the National Sunday Schools Union issued an expurgated Bible. Changes include substituting evil for harlots in the prodigal son tale, removing the Joseph and Potiphar story invitation, and omitting St. John's adulterous woman episode.
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London
National Sunday Schools Union
Joseph
Potiphar
Christ
New Orleans Cotton Opens Firm Before First Notice Day
The New Orleans cotton market opened firm with Liverpool stronger than expected. Early trades showed gains of 20 to 27 points due to Census Bureau revised totals. hedging and profit taking later eased prices. October dipped to 18.29 and December to 18.67 while hedging and liquidation of October kept the market under pressure.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Yankee skipper Huggins suffers serious illness
News of the Yankees manager's grave illness sparked immediate anxiety in baseball. Col. Ruppert suggested a rest and vacation to regroup for next year, but Huggins refused to shift blame while the club fought for second place as Cleveland pressed. Huggins, born 1880 in Cincinnati, rose from Reds player to Cardinals manager and joined the Yankees in 1918 guiding pennants 1921 22 23 26 27 28 and World titles in 1923 27 28 including back to back sweeps.
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Yankee
Boston
Red Sox
Huggins
Myrtle
Arthur Huggins
Ed Barrow
Col
Jacob Ruppert
Yankees
Philadelphia Athletics
Rupert
Cleveland Indians
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Cardinals
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Livestock Market Report September Dairy Hogs and Sheep
Chicago livestock receipts total 39 000 with 2 900 direct hogs as market fluctuates. Hogs mostly 10 to 150 lower. sow and butcher classes vary by weight. Sheep show active, steady to strong trade. native lambs 13 25 to 13 50. fat ewes and lambs priced around 11 to 14 dollars.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
USDA
Sugar firm as Cuban sales lift prompt market
Raw sugar held steady in New York with 25,000 bags sold to an outpost refiner at 3.99 delivered and 35,000 bags to local refiners at 4.02. Refined sugar remained at 5.40 for fine granulated amid ongoing withdrawal demand and new inquiries.
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New York
Marshal Neilan Praises Estranged Wife Amid Divorce Suit
Los Angeles report states director Marshal A Neilan, amid his wife Blanche Sweet filing for divorce, calls her the finest woman he knows. The complaint cites cruelty including 20+ alleged instances and Neilan’s behavior at home with guests and late night disturbances.
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Los Angeles
Marshal A. Neilan
Blanche Sweet
Neilan
Miss Sweet
Potatoes market report from Chicago
Potatoes receipts 137 cars on track 424 total U S shipments 967 cars. Trading slow and market slightly weaker on results, about steady on other stock. Wisconsin sacket round whites 2 10 to 2 35 Minnesota and South Dakota sacked round whites 2 20 sacked early Ohios 2 05 to 2 20 Idaho sacked russets best 2 75 to 3 00 sacked rurals best 2 35 to 2 50.
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Chicago
U. S
Wisconsin
Minnesota
South Dakota
Idaho
Coal consumption by major nations reported
Great Britain consumes about 122 million tons of coal and lignite annually, Germany at least 100 million tons, and the United States about 269 million tons according to the data.
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Great Britain
Germany
The
United States
Runaway Train Destroys Rail Line Near St Clair
A runaway locomotive and 34 coal cars raced down a steep grade between St Clair and Pottsville Junction last night. Twenty six coal cars wrecked, poles toppled, plunging St Clair into darkness and flooding a coal mine by stopping the pumps. An order kept the runaway from colliding with other trains.
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ST. Clair. Pa
Pennsylvania Railroad
Here
Pottsville Junction
St. Clair
Soviet Plane Is Still Landbound on Attu Island
At Attu on Unalaska Island the Soviet monoplane Land of the Soviets remained grounded due to rain and wind as it lingered 52 miles from Dutch Harbor. The crew planned a hop to Dutch Harbor for a 12 000 mile journey from Moscow to New York. Coast guard cutters waited at Dutch Harbor to assist the flight down the North American coast while radio contacts in Everett Seattle and Bremerton failed. A low pressure over the Bering Sea started yesterday and could delay departure until weather improves.
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Seattle
Dutch Harbor
Unalaska Island
Aleutians
Attu
Moscow
New York
Coast Guard
North America
Everett
Bremerton
Berring Sea
International Power Company Denies Ties to Mellon and Morgan
In Macon Georgia on September 24 under cross examination in federal court Harold Hall case, A R Graustein president of the International Paper and Power company says the International Power group is independent and not connected to the Mellon or Morgan groups. He notes a physical tie with Mohawk Hudson Power but says no interlocking directors or other affiliations exist.
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Macon
LaVarre
Guit
A. R. Graustein
International Paper and Power Company
International Power Group
Mellon
Morgan Power
William LaVarre
International Group
Graustein
Harold Hall
New England Power Association
Mohawk Hudson Power Company
United Gas Improvement
Morgan
Gifford Pinchot
Arch Conspirator Sought in Wall Street Bond Theft
Police seek a leader named Carl Forman in a $512000 Wall Street securities heist after Milton Alter claimed a conspiracy ran from Guaranty Trust. About $452000 of the bonds were recovered, found in an east side mailbox in a bundle mistaken for waste paper.
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New York
Wall Street
East Side
Alter
David Schwartzberg
Carl Forman
Schood OH “Pheysarie
Police Seek Pair With Records After Incident
Police sought two men, Forman and Schwartzberg, who have prior records, after an incident. Details unclear in the fragment but names and pursuit are confirmed.
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Forman and
Schwartzberg
Senate Accepts Tariff Bill Amendment On American Marks
The Senate approved a committee amendment to bar importation of goods bearing American trade marks by a 46 to 31 vote. Party lines split on the ballot. Earlier action adopted another amendment to prohibit entry of foreign made goods with American patents.
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Washington
Senate
Mexican ace found after missing in air race
Colonel Robert Fierro of the Mexican army, missing since yesterday in the Mexico City to Kansas City air race, reappeared at Apulco Hidalgo unhurt after landing in fog. Four other Mexican aviators who turned back may attempt to resume toward Tampico while Art Goebel remains in Brownsville waiting.
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Mexico City
Robert Fierro
Kansas City
Apulco
Hidalgo
Valbuena Field
Tampico
Art Goebel
Brownsville
Texas
Cleveland County Fair Opens Amid Threatening Skies
Shelby. Thousands of school children swarm the gates for the opening of the sixth Cleveland county fair despite early threats of bad weather. School children from the western district attend the event as the fair opens with activities and displays planned for attendees.
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Shelby
Cleveland County
Counties of Two Carolinas Enter Free Admission
Early last night exhibit halls and booths were overflowing as would be entrants failed to find space on the 56 acre tract.
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Carolinas
Farm price index jumps to 143 percent of prewar level
The Farm Facts report shows the general level of farm prices rising from 14 to 143 percent of the prewar level between July 15 and August 15, four points above a year ago. The U S Bureau of Agricultural Economics notes larger southern yields and smaller northern yields with major northern crops like corn wheat oats potatoes and fruits forecast smaller, while southern staples such as cotton tobacco and sweet potatoes are expected larger.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
South
North
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Campaign to destroy currant and gooseberry bushes expands
An extensive campaign in the northeastern and lake states targets currant and gooseberry bushes to curb blister rust in pines. The U S Department of Agriculture reports more than 67 million bushes destroyed as part of the effort.
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Lake States
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Indications Point to 24 Percent Increase in Winter Wheat Acreage
The U S Bureau of Agricultural Economics says wheat acreage may rise about 24 this winter. If realized, production would exceed domestic needs and the 1930 crop would likely be marketed as an export.
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U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics
No Hessian fly outbreak since 1919 study cited
Entomologist Dr. W. H. Larrimer of the U S Bureau of Entomology credits lack of outbreaks to scientific research and farmer application of results. He notes the last disastrous Hessian fly outbreak was in 1919.
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W. H. Larrimer
U. S
Bureau of Entomology
Congress May Approve Code to Save Life at Sea
Washington notes a London adopted convention aiming to improve distress radio facilities, distribute lifeboats and rafts for widespread use, and hull designs to keep ships afloat with bulkheads compromised. Representative White of Maine leads American push for ratification.
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Congress
Washington
Naval and Shipping Board
London
Representative White
Maine
Prohibition arrest after Nash car seizure on Hobson Street
Police nabbed John Friday and Addie Heller after a Nash automobile tied to alleged liquor violations halted before a Hobson Street house. Palm Beach fled as Swanson and Davis seized the car and recovered 40 pints of whisky. Federal authorities take custody of the trio.
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Nash
Swanson
Davis
Hobson Street
John Friday
Addie Heller
Palm Beach
Heller
Butter and Eggs Market Report from Chicago
Butter steady as receipts reach 12 179 pounds and prices hold. Eggs steady with 11 464 cases received and prices unchanged.
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Chicago
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Adams Millis
É&T
B&o
Beth Steel Cannon Mills
Certainteed Aew
C&o
Davison Chem
Drugs Inc
Dupont
Erie
Houston
Ope Motors
Randee
Reynolds
Beeveree
B& Schulte
Seaboard Ee Fele
Seaboard
Roebuck
Sinclair
Texas Corp
Timken Ice
U.S
U S Steel
Ward Baking Beew
Willys Over
West U
Woolworth
Marshal Neilan
Rhine
William Thwaites
Army of Occupation
Eugene
Marcel
Lovette Beauty Shoppe
West End
Ritz
International Power Co
Milton Alter
Hiscoe and Company
Guaranty Trust Company
Cleveland Fair
Davis and Swanson
Secretary of the Treasury
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