GM firmed on steady market. Downgauged gains across leaders
General Motors rose about 1 percent to 1845 in early trading on the New York Stock Exchange as U S Steel opened higher and other leaders showed improved tone. Electric, American Can, Sears Roebuck and oils moved up modestly while some motor shares dipped. Banks absorbed large loans and call money rose, signaling firmer sentiment despite overall irregular trading.
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United Press
New York
General Motors
Stock Exchange
U. S. Steel
General Electric
American Can
Sears Roebuck
Standard of New Jersey
Texas Corporation
Sinclair
Chrysler
Packard and
Hudson
Studebaker
Amusements
Amusement
Warner Brothers Pictures
Pathe
Keith Albee Orpheum
Westinghouse
Montgomery Ward
Schulte
Bank Clearings and Treasury Balance Reported Across Cities
Indianapolis and New York statements show bank clearings totaling 916 million in New York with a 91 million case balance and 79 million Federal reserve credit balance. Chicago reports 96.3 million in clearings and a 5.8 million clearing balance. Treasury net balance for Aug 7 stands at 347.423 million. customs receipts through Aug 7 amount to 12.159 million. Foreign exchange opens higher with dollar around 4.85116, lira 3.23, peseta 13.90, marks 23.83.
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NEW York Statement Bank Press
New York
Federal Reserve Bank
Treasury
United Press
Washington
York
Stock Market Outlook Signals Tension and Possible Decline
In New York, August 9, stock prices are seen as vulnerable as the money market remains strained. A likely rise in brokers' loans and a possible rediscount rate increase point to renewed pressure, with the general tape expected to move lower unless an unexpected relief occurs.
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Thomson & McKinnon
New York
Marriage Licenses Listed for Numerous Couples
A listing of marriage licenses includes Coe of 1515 Steele St merchant with Bait Ceackid 27 stenographer, George McDermott 27 machinist of 410 Fountain Ave and Lillian Perkins 26 bookkeeper of 310 5S Villa Ave, and others. Also shown are William Frasnexty 26 chauffeur with Mary R. Marquette 26 of 1140 W New York St, Oscar Crenshaw 28 city employee with Theodosia pel Coldie 28, William Leroy Nelson 21 car maker with Ida Me Christena Primue 18, George Carrithers 23 Brazilian auto mech with Elia Marie Ham 22, Oliver Morton 41 auto mech with Gola Skelton 40, Batty A. Cederholm 21 and Edythe Robbins 23 both stenographers.
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N. Dearborn St
Theodosia Pel Coldie
N.’ West St
William Alfred Leroy Nelson
Belmont Ave
Ida Me Christena Primué
N. Traub Ave
George Theodore Carrithers
Brazil
Elia’ Marie
Local Golfer Claims Birdie After Ball Strikes Bird
Columbus Indiana August 9 Edgar Snider a local golfer boasts of a real birdie. He drove a fast tee shot that struck a bird and sliced off its head. He plans to keep the bird to prove the tale.
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Times Special
Columbus
Ind
Edgar Snider
Snider
New York Stocks Railroads Feature in Market Update
Railroads are highlighted in a New York Stocks market update dated August 5. The report by Thomson and McKinnon notes price movements and notable shifts among major railroad stocks, outlining brief gains and losses across key carriers.
Building Permits Report Shows Numerous Local Projects
A list of construction permits details numerous projects across the city. Entries include dwellings and garages for residents such as L Mallo 701 N Exeter and Holloway Building Co 1417 W Thirty Fourth, with costs from 200 to 7500 dollars. Several furnaces boilers and repairs are noted for addresses on Meridian Audubon Central and Broadway. The compilation cites contractors like Holloway Building Co E Crane and Gregory Appel along with several individual builders.
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I. Wolf
Central
Ira Btephenson
Thirty- Fifth
Tauler
College
Lacy Saxton
Twenty- Fifth
Ransale
Holloway Building Company
Thirty-Fourth
Hunter Realty Company
Riverview
Mrs. Wood
Wis
Ida’ Pike
Wheat futures rally after Wednesday lows in Chicago
Wheat futures jumped on Wednesday's concern that prices had found a bottom aided by stronger Liverpool cables. Corn and oats rose with the trend as traders noted hot weather across the belt and strong export buying.
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United Preas
Chicago
Liverpool
Board of Trade
Senator Vare Nearing Recovery In Atlantic City
Dr Elwood Kirby the attending physician said Senator William B Vare of Pennsylvania is over the danger line and will recover His temperature is normal blood pressure within safety and more left arm action possible reflexes back pupils normal He is out of danger
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United Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Elwood Kirby
William B. Vare
Pennsylvania
Local Wheat Prices From Elevators
Grain elevators pay $1.22 for No red wheat and 97c for No 2 hard wheat. Other grades are bought on merit.
Market prices for fruits and vegetables from multiple regions
A listing of wholesale to retailer fruit and vegetable prices with varieties from California Georgia Indiana Jamaica and Mississippi. Items include apples apricots blackberries cantaloupes cherries lemons limes melons peaches pears plums raspberries watermelons and more with crate or basket sizes and per unit rates. Also shows produce from home grown and southern sources with crates, baskets, and hampers priced.
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Indiana
California
Georgia
Jamaica
Florida
Mississippi
Louisiana
Michigan
Tennessee
Texas
New York
Virginia
Hog and cattle receipts report from Burgh market
Aug 9 Burgh market reports Hogs receipts 1,000 head with steady prices across weights from 90 to 360 lbs. prices range from 10.50 to 12.30. Cattle receipts 50 head with beef steers 11.50 to 15.25, heifers and cows 8 to 10.50, vealers 15 to 19, calves 9 to 15. Attepeou pen shows fat lambs 12 to 15.25, fat ewes 5 to 7.
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Petsburgh
Attepeou
United Press
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Ais Farbe
Sears Roe Buck Stockholders Approve Capital Increase
In New York on August 9 Sears Roe Buck stockholders approve raising authorized capital to 5 million shares from 4.2 million to fund a forthcoming stock dividend.
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United Press New York
Sears Roebuck
Stolen Tools Reported From Klieber Danner Plant
Burglars entered the Klieber Danner Machinery Company plant at 956 E Washington St early today and stole tools valued at more than $100 from workers.
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Klieber- Danner Machinery Company
Washington St
Sugar Opening Report Shows Mixed Movements
A fragmented market note records fluctuating sugar prices with tentative values and small gains. It lists dates and minor changes, mentioning steadiness and slight upticks in several entry points.
Market report of wholesale prices for butter cheese eggs and poultry
Butter No 1 47 48c per lb No 2 45 48c Butterfat 45 48c per lb Cheese wholesale per lb list includes American loaf pimento loaf Wisconsin flat prime cream fat Daisy Longhorn New York Limberner buys Fresh delivered Indianapolis poultry prices by weight hens Leghorn hens roosters ducks geese guineas eggs extras firsts prices for eggs and poultry in local market potatoes No 1 Virginias $2.35 per barrel
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Wisconsin
New York
Indianapolis
United OO
Protest Opposition to Insull Lighting Contract Fades in Newcastle
Four Newcastle business leaders who protested a contract granting the Insull owned Inter state Public Service Company the street lighting job failed to attend a public service commission hearing. Charles W. Mouch Arthur Ayres Jerome Cory and Sam Buski did not appear, leaving the protest unresolved as officials noted their absence. Ayres was abroad while the others remained in Newcastle, and contract proponents spoke to commission chairman Frank G. Singleton.
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Insull
Interstate Public Service Company
Newcastle
Ind
Public Service Commission
Charles W. Mouch
Farmers and
First National Bank of Newcastle
Arthur B. Ayres
Jerome Cory
Sam Buski
Henry County
Ayres
Europe
Frank G. Singleton
Commission
Alexander Mackenzie resigns from Brazilian Traction Company
Sir Alexander Mackenzie resigns as president of the Brazilian Traction Light and Power Company Ltd due to ill health after nearly thirty years of service. Miller Lash KC succeeds him as president, with Mackenzie remaining as director and consultant. The firm runs traction lines and utilities in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
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Times
New York
Sir Alexander Mackenzie
Brazilian Traction, Light and Power Company, Ltd
Miller Lash
K. C
Sir Alexander
South America
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
San Paulo
Births at various homes and hospitals listed
A list of birth notices includes many couples and locations such as Godlaw Darrell and Irena Crisp at 2918 McPher Orlando, Edward and Inez Hermon at 1627 Arrow Bo, Walter and Alma Clark at Coleman Hospital, Roscoe and Vera Charles at 4015 BE Thirty First, Charles and Susan Malone at 1604 N Shelton, L H and Welva Hendricks at 5146 Holmes, Henry and Anna Harris at 748 N Elder, Christopher and Katherine Schonecker at 3212 N Gale, Robert and Myrtle McKinney at 17 N Lansing, Robert and Bessie Ras at 1718 Somerset, Nathan and Lorence Sauer at 3033 School, Roy and Mary Myers at Methodist Hospital.
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Orlando
Mary Fields
E. Southern
Edward
Inez Hermon
Arrow
Walter
Alma Clark
Coleman Hosital
Minnie Frink
Coleman Hospital
Roscoe
Vera Charles
Charles
Susan Malone
N. Shelton
L. H
Welva Hendricks
Holmes
Henry
Anna Harris
N. Elder
Christopher
Katherine Schonecker
N. Gale
Robert
Myrtle McKinney
Deaths Listed From City Hospitals and Homes
A compiled death list includes Emma Ogee Bradbury 71 of 2714 N Pole apine Emma Roberts 82 of 844 BE New York Siral Sarenthiclanty. Mary A McGinnis 68 of 621 N Warman carcinoma Bernard E OConnor 53 131 E Nine teenth osteosarcoma Lawrence Slavens 25 917 E Sixty Second accidental Infant Malone 1 day 1604 Sheldon premature birth Charles E Young 73 ng Hospital meningitis William Green 33 2348 Yandes pulmonary tuberculosis Henry Carter 64 414 N Senate chronic myocarditis Bernice Ellen Foreman 3 mo 921 Cof acy gastroenteritis Jayvis Day 67 city hospital acute sarcoma Jefferson Donce 62 217 8 Bel mont chronic myocarditis Juanita Gullion 22 city hospital acute cardiac dilatation James Norman Reeves 10 mo Riley Hospital tuberculous meningitis James W Doty 43 1244 Central typhoid fever George William Boyd 59 734 Park Rees hemorrhage Sonejam George 10 mo city hospital Frankin Klingler 7 Riley Hospital accidental Charles Edward Lewis 2 459 W Six teenth myocarditis
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Emma Ogee Bradbury
N. Pole Apine
Emma Roberts
New York
Siral Sarenthiclanty
Mary A. McGinnis
N. Warman
Bernard E. O'Connor
Lawrence Slavens
Malone
Sheldon
Charles E. Young
Ng Hospital
William Green
Yandes
Henry Carter
N. Senate
We Ruttan
N. Temple
Bernice Ellen Foreman
Jayvis Day
City Hospital
Omas
Jefferson Donce
Belmont
Charles Edward Lewis
W. Sixteenth
Peggy Hopkins Joyce's ex husband works as traveling salesman instructor
Count Gusta Morner Peggy Hopkins Joyce's fourth husband arrived in Hartford to lead traveling salesmen training. He has been in town for two weeks directing the sale of an electrical health device.
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United Press
Hartford
Conn
Gusta Morner
Peggy Hopkins Joyce
Morner
Hundred Thousand Dollar Word Estate Case
St Calville Ohio August 9 one word per twenty five thousand dollars J J Holloway deceased banker disposed of a 1 6 million dollar estate Holloway made a will of sixty four words bequeathing the whole of his estate to his wife Mary B Holloway
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Calville
Ohio
J. J. Holloway
Holloway
Mary B. Holloway
Chickens Barred in Atlantic City Homes
Atlantic City authorities fined Mrs. Mary Tendler ten dollars for keeping chickens at her home after recorder Joseph A. Corio ruled the practice disturbing residents of the beach hotels.
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Atlantic City
Joseph A. Corio
Mary Tendler
Hogs Reach 12 Top as Markets Steady Across Livestock
Hogs topped at 12.00 with most bids up 10 to 25 cents per hundredweight. Cattle and vealers held steady while lambs slipped slightly. Chicago opened slow with bids near 11.50 to 11.60 for 176 to 240 pounds, and receipts around 20 000 head including 3 000 overs. Heavy beef cattle 14.50 to 16.50, cows 9.75 to 11.50, calves 7. Heavy weights and fat lambs listed with varied gains and losses. overall market mixed but generally steady.
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Union
Chicago
Hogs and Cattle Markets Mixed Across Regions
Chicago reports heavy hog receipts with prices around 11.70 for 180-220 lb loads and cattle receipts near 8,000 with fed steers around 16.25. Cleveland and East Buffalo show varied hogs from 11.75 to 12.40 with cattle and calves steady to lower. Toledo Louisville and Cincinnati record smaller volumes and mixed gains, with fat lambs around 15.50 and calves trading up to 19. Sheep remain soft with weaker bids in several markets.
Prince of Wales Dines With French Peasant Near Wizernes
Paris reports the Prince of Wales visiting a Wizernes farmhouse on a wartime tour back to London. The elderly French farmer greeted him, recalled the war days, and offered coffee as they spoke for nearly an hour.
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United Press
Paris
Prince of Wales
London
France
Wizernes
German boiler towers reach extreme steam pressure at Charlottenburg
Berlin reports Siemens Schubert Works in Charlottenburg installed high slender octagonal boilers generating steam above 3000 pounds per square inch with 450C heat. English design by Benson, coal dust fuel and preheated air create a unique open central firebox. Heat recaptured to preheater yields towers with minimal exterior warmth.
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Defence Service
Berlin
Sieimens- Schubert
Charlottenburg
Benson
Noted Midwest newspaper man dies at 79 in Waynesfield
Rev. Albert Waldron Yale longtime Middle West newspaper man dies at his son E Brennan Yale editor of Waynesville Chronicle home in Waynesfield Ohio. In Terre Haute Indiana Hubert S Schlipzer 40 kills self at his home amid ill health, police report.
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United Press
Waynesfield
Ohio
Albert Waldron Yale
Middle West
E. Brennan Yale
Waynesville
Vimes
Terre Haute
Ind
Hubert S. Schlipzer
Nobile Sees Mussolini on Polar Flight Report
General Umberto Nobile was received by Premier Mussolini in Rome today and gave a preliminary report on the Polar dirigible Italia flight and wreck.
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United Press
Rome
Umberto Nobile
Mussolini
Italia
Two Earthquakes Hit Pinotepa Mexico Bay
Two earthquakes struck Pinotepa this morning. Businesses and schools are being conducted outdoors due to conditions.
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Bay United Press
Mexico City
Pinotepa
Cotton Opening Slumps as Prices Dip on New York Futures
United Arena reports Cotton futures opening lower in New York. October contract at 19.25 with a 0.25 drop. March 1918 and May months show small declines, while other listed months edge lower.
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United Arena
New York
Stock Brokers Fail On Street
New York August 9 United Arena reports W D Moore Co a Wall Street broker failed to meet obligations and suspended from the stock exchange Spencer T Aldrich held the firm's membership since 1917 The firm mainly dealt in odd lots and did business through other brokers not with the public directly Auditors will determine the loss likely not large according to financial experts
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United Arena
New York
W. D. Moore & Co
Wall Street
The
Stock Exchange
Spencer T. Aldrich
Moore & Co
Horse Arrested for Loitering Stirs Newcastle Desk
Police in Newcastle Indiana report they could not locate a horse described in blotter text. The animal was said to be arrested at 2 a m for loitering and parked in a garage before being moved to a vacant lot.
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Newcastle
Ind
Street Fatalities Rise in South Bend Auto Crash Claims Stephen Luczynski
Stephen Luczynski, 50, dies after being struck by a car driven by a woman, marking the twenty third street fatality in South Bend this year. The Aug 9 incident occurred near the city, with investigators noting the driver’s involvement.
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South Bend
Ind
Stephen Luczynski
Botanist Pierre Van Landegham Dies at 72
Pierre Van Landegham, 72, renowned botanist and horticulturist who designed Purdue University campus, died after several years of failing health.
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Special Lafayette
Ind
Pierre van Landegham
Purdue University
Drowning of Paul Martzell at Evergreen Lake near Sidney
Paul Martzell a 24 year old resident of Richmond Indiana drowned while swimming at Evergreen Lake near Sidney Ohio on Wednesday.
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Sidney Ohio
Paul Martzell
Richmond
Ind
Evergreen Lake
Here
Negro Mission Workers Meet at Metropolitan Church
The Womans' Home and Foreign Missionary convention opens a two day session at Metropolitan Baptist Church with opening remarks by Mrs E L Lillard and a response by Mrs Caroline Floyd Connerville. Rev D W Matthews of New Albany preaches the convention sermon and Mrs E J K Hines prepares the afternoon message. Social service talks and trustee reports mark tonight's program.
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Womans’ Home
Metropolitan Baptist Church
E. L. Lillard
Caroline Floyd
Connersville
D. W. Matthews
New Albany
Mt. Paran Baptist Church
J. S. Saunders
G. W. Gore
French Lick
E. J. K. Hines
The
Missionary Society
Beech Grove Man Ends Life With Poison
Everett Seyler 45 of North Sixth Street Beech Grove drank poison Wednesday evening and died in city hospital. He was in his car in front of the Mayo farm two miles west of Mooresville when he took the deadly dose. The widow is visiting relatives in Kentucky. No children survive.
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Everett Seyler
N. Sixth St
Troy Ave
Beech Grove
City Hospital
Seyler
Mayo Farm
Mooresville
Kentucky
City in Brief with raccoon signs and reunions
The Indianapolis Real Estate Board awarded four welcome sign contracts to mark tourist access on State Road 31 and National Road. A Dearborn County former residents reunion is planned at Brookside Park with Joseph E. Bruce as president and Alta K. Hansell as secretary.
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The
Indianapolis Real Estate Board
Indianapolis
State Rd. 31
National Rd
Dearborn County
Brookside Park
Joseph E. Bruce
Alta K. Hansell
Divers recover treasure from sunken Belgian liner Elizabethville
Divers retrieve seventy dollars in British and Belgian currency and ten tons of ivory tusks from the World War era Belgian liner Elizabethville after weeks of hazardous work. They continue a search for a hidden cargo of diamonds believed placed by the captain as the submarine attack began. Meanwhile in Indiana, 16 year old Miss Lela Whitlow returns with her father after being missing since June, claiming she traveled with former roommates Paul and Mrs Wilkinson.
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United Preas
Anderson
Ind
Lela Whitlow
Danville
O. P. Whitlow
Paul @Wilkinson
Holiday Bulletin Offer Prompts Helpful Hints Pack
A Washington Bureau ad invites readers to fill a coupon for six timely bulletins for the holidays. The brochures cover How to Swim Keeping Cool in Hot Weather and Outdoor Games.
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Washington
Hotidays
Indianapolis Times
New York Ave
Washington, D. C
United States
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