Stock market climbs to new highs on mixed futures
U S steel and American Can led a broad stock advance as the market opened higher. General Motors and Kroger posted gains while Chrysler shared a price drop on profit taking. The Dow Jones industrials rose 5.32 points to 219.40, near the prior peak.
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United Press
NEW York
Stock Exchange
American Can
General Motors
United States Steel
Kroger
National Cash Register
Warner Brothers Pictures
Inland Steel
Missouri-Kansas-Texas
Missouri Pacific
Chrysler
Wall Street Journal
Financial Review Today
Banking clearings and currency rates report summary
Indianapolis bank clearings today totaled 3 908 000 with debits 7 795 000. New York clearings reached 990 000 000 and balances 116 000 000 with 96 000 000 Federal Reserve credit. Chicago clearings were 110 400 000 with a clearing balance of 8 700 000. Treasury net balance August 14 was 289 921 125.75 with customs receipts for August 14 at 23 800 279.52. Foreign exchange opened irregular with sterling at 4 84 4. francs 3 90 4. lira 5 22 4. marks 23 02.
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New York
United Press
Clearing House
Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
Treasury
Washington
United Press New York
Prisoner Wallace Extradited to Michigan in Detroit News Holdup Case
Frank B. Wallace also known as Gustin will be extradited to Michigan for trial on the murder of a police officer during a holdup at the Detroit News offices on June 6. Massachusetts Governor Fuller denied a request to keep Wallace for local trial. A separate note reports Horatio Davis offering a $25 reward for the theft of two walnut dressers and a white porcelain kitchen cabinet from Westland High School in Hancock County.
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United Press
Boston
Frank B. Wallace
Gustin
Michigan
Detroit News
Alvan’ T. Fuller
Wallace
Massachusetts
Horatio Davis
Greenfield
Ind
Westland High School
Mancock County
Letter sparks fight between two Apt. residents
Mrs. Chester Becker and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mack clashed after a letter calling her a red whisky nose. Police were summoned at 9 p.m. and Patrolman Hodoga filed the case. Special Judge Shropshire fined Chester Becker $10 and costs for assault and battery.
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Chester Becker
Apt. 4
Market St
Becker
Harry Mack
Apt. 2
Vasser Hodoga
Macks
Beckers
Mack
John Shropshire
Truck Driver Fined After Municipal Court Ruling
Special Judge Charles Kaelin fined Virgil Goodwin 50 dollars for improper driving following a crash at Tibbs Ave and Speedways Rd. Goodwin's Standard grocery truck hit Alfred Fitch's car, turning it over three times. Fitch, of Brownstown, was slightly injured and the car demolished. Joe Hatfield, 60, died from injuries after a buggy was struck on State Rd 52 by a auto driven by Mrs. A L Belden of Fruita Colorado.
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Charles Kaelin
Virgil Goodwin
Minker St
Tibbs Ave
Speedways Rd
Goodwin
Alfred Fitch
Brownstown
Fitch
Lebanon
Ind
Joe Hatfield
A. L. Belden
Fruita
Col
State Rd
Hogs Steady With Top Price At $13 In Market
Hog prices held at $13 while receipts around 5 000 and 300 holdovers from Wednesday are noted. Afternoon Chicago market shows hogs 12 12.90 top with 16 000 receipts and beef cattle steady, vealers up modestly, sheep and lambs steady with fat ewes around 4.50 to 6.50.
Hogs and cattle prices mixed across multiple markets
receipts at Toledo East Buffalo Cincinnati and Pittsburgh show hogs firm to 15¢ higher with heavy volumes and varied weights trading between 12.25 and 13.35. Cattle and calves broadly steady to firm with beef steers reaching about 16.75 and vealers near 18. Sheep mostly steady with fat lambs around 14.25 to 14.75. Market receipts quoted from Louisville and Cleveland also reflect steady demand across hogs cattle calves and sheep.
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Pulag
Stanay
United Press
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Fresh Market Prices for Fruits and Vegetables
A listing of assorted produce with home grown and regional items. Apples in baskets and crates priced from $1.50 to $7.50, berries and stone fruits listed with crate values, citrus from California and Jamaica, and a wide range of vegetables including beans, cabbage, corn, cucumbers, okra, onions, peppers, and tomatoes. Also notes miscellaneous items like cider and garlic with unit prices.
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Duchess
Fanc
Indiana
Georgia
California
Jamaica
Florida
Kentucky
Louisiana
Michigan
Engolan
Okra
Tennessee
Erie
New York
Virginie Mara
Brighter Stock Market Outlook Prompted by Easing Credit
New York traders see a brighter session as favorable trade prospects and easier credit conditions emerge. Belief grows that the Federal Reserve will soon begin purchasing government and other credit instruments, easing uncertainty and signaling a potential market trend.
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Thomson & McKinnon
New York
Federal Reserve
Cotton Market Eyeing 1900 Cents as Decline Looms
New York August 16 futures opened lower with Oct at 1860 and Dec at 1879 as traders warn of real deterioration and bearish sentiment while hedging pressure from southern bulls hints at a major move to prevent further declines.
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New York
Ang
United Press New York
Market Prices Across Butter Eggs Poultry and More
Wholesale butter No 1 48 490 No 2 46 47 cents per lb butterfat 46 47 cents lb cheeses various prices eggs bovine fresh delivered Indianapolis poultry buying prices hens 20 22c leghorns 14 15c etc 1928 spring New York Aug 16 flour pork lard sugar coffee tallow hay dressed poultry live poultry cheese steady potatoes various regional rates Cleveland Aug 16 butter extras 48 50c eggs extras 37c firsts 34 32c heavy fowls 28 30c leghorns 20 22c bakers and farm prices shown for multiple regions.
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Wisconsin
New York
Indianapolis
United Press
Midwest
Ravn
Rio
Santos No
Long Island
Low Island
Jersey
Southern
Sweet Southern
Cleveland
U. Ave
Virginia
Chicago
Kansas
Missouri
U. S
Maine
Local Wagon Wheat Prices For Various Grades
Local wagon wheat buyers quote $1.23 for No. 1 and $1.23 for No. 2 hard wheat. Other grades priced on their merits.
Marines Rout Sandino Rebels Near Espanolita
United States Marines under Captain Edson advanced on Sandino forces near Espanolita in Nicaragua. Four rebels were killed, one wounded, and five captured in a brief engagement, with no Marine casualties. A prior skirmish left one Marine dead and three injured.
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United Press
Managua
Nicaragua
Marine
Edson
Augustino Sandino
Espanolita
Seamen Lost As Pacific Storm Hits Off Mexico
A fierce Pacific storm off the Mexican coast washed seamen from the Mystic Line freighter William A. McKenney and sank part of its lumber cargo. The Swedish motorship Santos reports losing its second officer.
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San Pedro
Cal
Pacific
Mexico
Mystic Line
William A. McKenney
Santos
Hogs and cattle receipts dominate Aug market report
United Press Behind notes hogs receipts 16 000 and cattle with 1 000 calves 2 500 as market opens higher but slows later. Prices top at 13 for 190 210 lb hogs. Cattle and calves show mixed results with heavy ranges of prices and notable strength in vealers and certain weight classes. Poultry and produce details complete the Chicago market brief.
Wheat Drops on Optimistic Crop News at Chicago
Optimistic crop reports and weak Liverpool quotes pushed wheat lower on the Chicago Board of Trade. September corn and deferred deliveries weakened while oats declined. provisions inched higher as favorable Canadian weather eased frost fears and hedging pressure intensified.
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United Press
Chicago
Liverpool
Board of Trade
Canada
North Dakota
Nebraska
Ilinois
Bandit Suspect William Thayer Captured After Auto Heists
Police haul in William Thayer 22 of 1304 College Ave after a holdup spree on the National Ad. He denied role in the shootings that killed Edward Reiter and Robert Longstaff, as officers pursue the gang. Thayer bonded at 10000, ex convict with Reiter in Crawfordsville auto theft case.
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William
Billy) Thayer
College Ave
Fred Drinkut
Thayer
Edward Reiter
Lexington Ave
Reiter
Robert Longstaff
Tenth St
Inquest Set Over Fatal Green Mill Shooting
Coroner Keever scheduled Tuesday morning for the inquest into the fatal shooting of Terence King at the Green Mill last week. Detectives report two Negro waiter witnesses vanish. Witnesses Jewel and Terry, both with vagrancy cases continued to Oct 16 with $1,000 bonds.
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C. H. Keever
Canada
Terrence King
Green Mill
Keever
Harry Jewel
Senate Ave
William Terry
Gladys de Vore
Margaret Ford
Illinois St
King
Phillip Smith
Shropshire Smith
Bessie Gipprich
Riot case delayed in Municipal Court after Ravenswood melee
John Wise, 30, of 1749 Olive St., arraigned on assault and battery charges with case continued to Sept. 6. The fight at Ravenswood left Patrolman Frank Dilatore badly beaten with a blackjack and drew a riot call. Siblings Chester, William, Roy Wise and Carl Martin of Smith's Woods were detained. Wise remained at large until Wednesday night.
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John Wise
Olive St
Ravenswood
Frank Dilatore
Chester
William
Roy Wise
Carl Martin
Smith’s Woods
Prince & Whitely Celebrates 50th Anniversary
New York stock exchange house Prince and Whitely marks its fiftieth anniversary today Aug 16. Employees with two or more years of service receive a 250 dollar bonus. The firm’s main offices are in New York with branches in Chicago Akron Cleveland Philadelphia Newark Albany Hartford New Haven and New Britain.
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United Press
New York
Prince & Whitely
Stock Exchange House
Chicago
Akron
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Newark
Albany
Hartford
New Haven
New Britain
Dorothy Mackaill Tops Studio by Speaking Up
Hollywood August 15 Dorothy Mackaill nicknamed the feminine Adolphe Menjou for her pushy stance. After clashing with First National executives she complained to Richard Rowland, prompting a script rewrite and a one week delay for The Whip before production.
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Dorothy Mackaill
Dan Thomas
NEA
Hollywood, Cal
Dorothy
Dot
National
Richard Rowland
New York
Miss Mackaill
Adolphe Menjo
Building Permits Ledger List From City Records
A compiled rundown of building permits including furnaces, dwellings, garages, and additions. Entries show owners or contractors, street addresses such as 1640 N Meridien 3397 N Sherman 3430 Garden and costs ranging from a few hundred to over five thousand dollars.
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N. Wadler
N. Meridien
Ence Erwin
N. Sherman
E. F. Mann
H. Dollman
New Jersey
Cc. Goins
N. Rochester
H. B. Prieshoff
Blaine
Mercher
N. Grant
F. Fulk
E. Washing
Ise Aera Drummond
N. Oler
G. Alberstis
Brookside
Reene Fens
Union
Kenwood
Advance Paint Company
W. McCarty
T. Duncan
College
Bethlehem Primitive Baptist
Fifteenth
Morgan
Minnesota
Gisen
Omni
Births and twins named in 1904 Martinsdale notices
A catalog of births and families listed with pairings of parents and residence. Entries mention twins Harrison and Ella Boyce, and many other paired names such as James and Lulu Jeter, William and Myrtle Ferguson, and Marie Behnke, among numerous addresses including 1131 N Belmont, 2348 Schofield, 1442 S Richland, and 1440 S Pershing.
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James
Lulu Jeter
N. Belmont
William and
Myrtle Ferguson
Schofield
Anon
Birdie Haynes
Arbi Seat
Vada Biddison
Remran David
Mary Kellar
S. Pershing
Asne
May Leeds
W. Thirtyt
Fan Marie Behnke
E. Twena Bertie
Lula Bartley
S. Delahig
Ann Duran
Pershing
Dewey
Pearl Fordree
Ta Young
S. Richland
Nathaniel
Matilda Durham
Local Obituaries List Multiple Hospital Deaths
Death notices include Marjorie Elsey eight months at 1202 Haugh from gastro enteritis Mary Pendergast Wilson 57 at 1004 N Pennsylvania from acute uremia William McCord 76 at Central Indiana Hospital with chronic myocarditis Armintha Patterson five months at city hospital with enteritis Thomas Rubush 74 at Christian Hospital with bronchopneumonia Harvey Fisher 71 at Fifty Second and Cerrollton with myocarditis John Bees 60 at Central Indiana Hospital with chronic gastritis Catherine Parsons 84 at 1820 N Illinois with chronic pleuritis Mary Emma Stewart 54 at Methodist Hospital with acute thyrotoxicosis Margaret O Hara 77 at St Vincent Hospital with broncho pneumonia Lucy Taylor Ray 71 226 Smith with carcinoma
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Marjorie Marie Elsey
Haugh
Mary Pendergast Wilson
Pennsylvania
William McCord
Central Indiana Hospital
Armintha Patterson
City Hospital
Thomas R. Rubush
Christian Hospital
Harvey Fisher
Cerrollton
John L. Bees
Catherine Parsons
Illinois
Mary Emma Stewart
Methodist Hospital
Margaret O'Hara
St. Vincent Hospital
Lucy Taylor Ray
Smith
Sugar futures rise in New York market
Sugar futures advance in New York open with gains across monthly contracts. March at 2.80, May 2.57, July 2.62, with small declines noted for some months and overall higher prices reflected in early trading.
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United Press New York
Up Ok Saati
o.Oh
Topeka Plans Curtis Party for Presidential Nominee
Topeka prepares for a Curtis party as 25 000 visitors converge on Kansas Avenue and the Statehouse area. Senators governors and national committee members will attend a large public event with multiple bands and crowd-control by the Kansas National Guard and scouts.
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United Press
Topeka
Kan
Charles Curtis
Curtis
Republican Party
Republican Nauonal Committee
Kansas Ave
Kansas National Guard
Kansas
New York
Kansas City
Charley Curtis
Wichita
Siamese twins delay operation amid publicity storm
Dr Francis Weston says Mary and Margaret Gibb of Holyoke Mass will not undergo the unusual severing operation today until newspapers stop detailing their case. He cites the sensational publicity as upsetting the twins and their parents and delaying the procedure.
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United Press
NEW York
Francis
Smiths Running Mate to Enter Race as Joe
Aug 16 Arlington Hot Springs Ark Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe T Robinson will be officially entered in the fall campaign as Joe. Invitations for notification ceremonies issued today place Hon Joe T Robinson in bold type. Robinson, senior Senator from Arkansas, is known as Joe to close Senate friends and will be notified to join Al Smith at Arlington Hotel on Aug 30.
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United Press
Washington
al Smith
Joseph T. Robinson
Arlington Hotel
Hot Springs
Ark
Lost British submarine L-55 recovered from Baltic Sea
The rusted hulk of L-55 and skeletal remains of crew were recovered, indicating all hands perished when the submarine was sunk by a Russian destroyer on June 4, 1919, near Kaprosky Bay. Kronstadt salvage followed, with unidentified skeletons found inside the inner compartments. The war department studies the wreck to determine sinking conditions.
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Eugene Lyons
United Press
Moscow
Baltic Sea
London
Jayne
Admiralty
Kronstadt
Kaprosky Bay
Agart
Gavril
War Department
Rogers Funeral Held for Indiana Anti-Saloon League Official
Funeral services were held today for Carl F. Rogers 40 N Boston Ave field secretary of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League who died Monday. Services were at Irvington M E Church burial in Washington Park cemetery with the Masonic lodge in charge. He formerly was Indianapolis representative of the Oliver Chilled Flow Works and was appointed field secretary for the Anti-Saloon League in 1924. Surviving are his widow and two sons Kenneth and Ralph Oren Rogers.
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Carl F. Rogers
Boston Ave
Indiana Anti-Saloon League
Irvington M. E
Washington Park Cemetery
O. W. Fifer
Indianapolis
Methodist Episcopal Church
Masonic Lodge
Rogers
Oliver Chilled Flow Works
Anti-Saloon League
Kenneth
Ralph Oren Rogers
Germany Rises to Fourth in World Shipping
Berlin reports Germany moved to fourth place in world shipping this week with the launch of the North German Lloyd line sisters Europa and Bremen. Germany trails only the United States and Great Britain with Japan nearby, up from sixth last year behind Italy and France.
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United Prose
Berlin
Germany
North German-Lloyd Line
Europa
Bremen
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Italy
France
Prisoner given 30 days at Indiana State Farm for wounds
Douglas Davidson, 25, Negro, appeared in municipal Court Three with bandaged head after a fight. He pleaded guilty to petit larceny for stealing three dresses from Mrs. James Maddox of the Yandes Stade dress. Judge John Shropshire Smith fined him $10 and said wounds would heal in 30 days on the farm.
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Douglas Davidson
Yandes Sr
Indiana State Farm
Davidson
James Maddox
Yandes Stade
John Shropshire Smith
Smith
Relieve Pain by Movie Dentist Tests Comedy in Dental Chair
In Boston on August 16 1936 Dr James H Daly of Tufts College tested a motion picture comedy as a pain killer during tooth extractions and fillings. Patients watched the film in the chair and Daly said the movie proved almost as effective as local anesthetics and could have a permanent place in dental offices.
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Boston
James H. Daly
Tufts College
Tufts Dental Clinic
Daly
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