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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1930
Page
5
Wheat opened unevenly on the Board of Trade amid weak foreign cables. Liverpool and Buenos Aires moved lower, while corn and oats showed mixed moves. Provisions held steady as rains and forecasts shaped early trading and short interest pressed selling.
William A. Boyce Jr former city clerk and rival of Republican boss George W. Coffin announces his bid for the Republican nomination for county recorder. At 34 he is married with one child a Indiana Business College graduate and senior at Benjamin Harrison Law School. He cites repudiation of Coffinism and notes his roles as Mason director of the New Marion Club and Citizens' Republican League incorporator.
Dr. John L. Coulter and James Howard toured the grain country to push a 10 percent wheat acreage cut. They planned radio talks and grange meetings in Minnesota the Dakotas and Montana to persuade farmers to switch to flax and other crops. They cited durum wheat surplus and Europe’s increased self sufficiency as part of the reasoning.
Porkers opened weak with prices down 30 to 50 cents. Most hogs 150 to 250 pounds sold $10 to $10.10, extreme top $10.25. Receipts 6,000 with 737 holdovers. cattle 2,100. veals steady at 14, calf 1,300. sheep weaker with 1,000 receipts. Chicago hogs 22,000 with 5,000 holdovers. market today steady to 10 cents lower than Monday.
United States Steel neared 200 with a 197 high as steel, oil and utilities outpaced industrials in today’s early session. Bethlehem Steel topped 110 for the first time since autumn while Republic Iron and Steel and Republic Steel certificates surged. Oil majors Sinclair and Atlantic Refining hit new year highs amid overall buoyant trading.
A detailed reading lists various fruits and vegetables with prices per unit or container. Items include apples, grapefruits, grapes, lemons, limes, oranges, strawberries, beans, beets, cabbage, celery, cucumbers, lettuce, onions, parsley, peas, peppers, potatoes, rhubarb, sassafras, radishes, mustard, and cucumbers again with multiple origins and crate or bushel sizes.
A fragmented listing of investment trusts and trust shares appears, naming sponsors such as First Investment Corporation and Diversified Trusts. It references Fixed Trust Shares A and B, Investments Trust of NY, Selected Amer Shares, and Elec & Pow Shares A and B, with trustee and unit indications. The text reads like an OCR fragment from a financial notice or prospectus page.
Indianapolis reports bank clearings 3,935,000 with debits 7,731,000 on April 1. Chicago shows clearings 128,400,000 and balances 5,100. New York bank clearings 2,211,000,000 with balance 218,006,000 and Fed balance 197,000. Treasury balance on March 31 stands at 368,849,699.92 with customs receipts 40,692,823.38 and expenditures 33,708,679.16.
A fragmented OCR list provides names ages and addresses including Eugene Powell Wanda Powell Milton Jay Anna Grafton John Pearson Katherine Collins and others. Occupations listed include salesman physician butcher fireman and m worker among varied street addresses in Portland and surrounding areas.
The state highway commission will open bids on April 22 for 11 500 cubic yards of excavation on Road 107 in Jefferson county. On April 23 bids will be opened for 35 000 cubic yards on Road 33 in Clark and Floyd counties. On April 24 bids for 57 600 cubic yards on Road 150 in Harrison county and Road 35 in Harrison and Washington counties will be opened. The work prepares for future paving.
Shell Petroleum Company approved to buy the Kentucky Independent Oil Company for 935000 at a special stockholders meeting led by president B H Bramlage. Physical assets are valued at at least 935000 with current merchandise inventory estimated at 65000.
The notice lists cash hay prices f. o. b country points with freight to Cincinnati or Louisville at 230 cents or less. No. 1 Timothy bids $12.50, No. 2 $11.50, No. 3 $10.00. No. 1 light clover mixed $11.50, No. 7 clover mixed $11.50, No. 1 clover $10.50.
A sequence of birth notices lists couples and newborn girls with accompanying home or hospital locations. Names include Carl and Ida Thomas, Marion and Luelin Hargett, Loren and Ruth Stratton, and others at addresses such as 2612 Eastern, 12354 West Thirty-first, 2609 Brookside, and Methodist Hospital affiliations.
Edward N Johnson 56 1203 North Euclid cholecystitis. Wilhelm ine Wiedenhaupt 89 211 Kansas chronic myocarditis. Frances Ragan 44 1703 North Delaware mitral insufficiency. Albert Smith 30 city hospital meningitis. Edward Stevens 50 879 West Eleventh acute cardiac dilatation. Nancy Pogue 87 4500 East Thirty fourth broncho pneumonia. John R Chalk 63 709 Day carcinoma. Minnie C Horstmeyer 76 3144 North Capitol cardiovascular disease. Minnie Anderson 26 723 Douglas lobar pneumonia. Lucy Sparks 60 928 West North mitral insufficiency. Susan Comskutza 47 1022 West Morris broncho pneumonia. John Sarver 60 city hospital myocarditis. Flora E Snyder 51 1006 North Olney.
In Calcutta India police fired on a mob of bullock cart drivers during a demonstration against police authority. Five men were killed and sixty injured in the clash.
The City in Brief reports Frank P. Baker as principal speaker for the Young Democrats Club at Lincoln. It notes new leadership for the Fifth Ward Democratic Club, local headquarters openings, and various civic and social updates including a dispatcher’s injury, professional meetings, and upcoming examinations.
Hog receipts 22 000 with 7 000 direct in Chicago and Louisville markets show steady to 10 cent lower on lighter hogs and higher for some weights. Cattle receipts 3 800 with good to choice steers trading around 12.50 to 15. Calves, sheep and sows also listed with varied prices across several weights and classes.
Johns-Manville Corporation announces the organization of The Johns-Manville Sales Corporation to handle the company's domestic sales activities. L. R. Hoff, president of the new unit, disclosed the plan today.
New York and Chicago report steady markets for flour pork lard and cheese with receipts around 29 068 cases and 17 612 butter tabs. Eggs and live poultry show mixed results with Leghorn hens ducks and broilers listed at various prices. Cincinnati Cleveland and other hubs post regional price levels for butter eggs poultry and potatoes.
Akron April 1 P W Litchfield re elected president of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company says no merger proposals or actions were presented to the board He also becomes chairman of a new board dominated by Eaton Otis financial group representatives and stockholders elected him Monday.
William Anderson aged 54 of 2017 North Canitol Avenue announces as a Republican candidate for the county council in the second district. He serves as secretary of the Indianapolis lodge Loyal Order of Moose.
The conference focuses on social responsibility and insurance material and economic structure. Set for June 3 to 5 at Lake Wawasee, the event gathers industry leaders to discuss policy themes and industry trends.
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