Fox Film Drops to Year Low Amid Market Selloff
Persistent selling pushed Fox Film A and International Combustion Engineering to new lows for the year as the market declined. Leaders like U S Steel, General Electric and Sears Roebuck fell, while oil shares held steady and trading volume remained light for the day.
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United Preea New York
Fox Film A
International Combustion Engineering
United States Steel
General Electric
Radio Corporation
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
American
Fox
Loew
International Combustion
Preferred
Combustion
Bank clearings and balances across major cities
Indianapolis bank clearings Wednesday December 19 total 2 750 000 debits 6 906 000 Chicago clearings 89 200 000 balances 11 200 000 New York clearings 1 165 000 000 clearing house balance 179 000 000 Federal Reserve credit balance 155 000 000 Treasury net balance December 17 189 866 074 31 Customs receipts for the month to December 17 total 23 369 642 95
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Indianapolis
Chicago
Unite Press Chica
New York
Bau United Press
Clearing House
Federal Reserve Bank
Treasury
United Press
Washington
Births Report From Local Methodist Hospitals
Birth notices list multiple newborns and parents connected to Methodist hospitals. Names include girls ae and Rozella Brewer. Arthus and Elizabeth Funkhouser. William and Elizabeth Morrow. Charles and Florence Stumm. Jobe and Bessie Thompson. James and Genevieve Butters. Steve and May Markoff. Ruth Fehsenfeld. Helen Harbison. Te and Helen Stonebraker. Minnie Overton. Also Ilbur and Irene Basey and Gushes and One Sharp families associated with entries at various addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rozella Brewer
Baltimore
Ilbur
Irene Basey
Obituary notes list multiple patients with causes of death
Richard Mathews 84 913 North Sheffield arteriosclerosis. John S O Bryant 71 108 Geisendorf arteriosclerosis. Caroling Frances Prater 6 1042 West Twenty eighth carcinoma. Edward Reinban 2 mo 1801 Buckle in ation. Bridget Sheedy 75 520 East Vermont lobar pneumonia. John Edwards 17 city hospital acute myr arditis. tl te Poulis 17 city hospital acute myr aditis. Ceree W Williams 56 924 East Washington rear mitre insufficiency. Ollie Edney 32 580 Exeter tuberculosis. Seder Jeter 36 city hospital myocardi 8, Jay Pitney 58 Long hospital lobar pneumonia. Charles Thomas Fate 60 905 North Wal Ince acute dilatation of heart. Catherine Sullivan 71 St Vincent s hospital hypostatic pneumonia. Surullia Anderson 3 city hospital cerebrospinal meningitis. Minnie Dalhiser 53 city hospital accidental. tl
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard ©. Mathews
North
Sheffield
John S. O'Bryant
Geisendorf
Caroling Frances Prater
West Twenty-eighth
Edward Reinban
Buckle
Bridget Sheedy
Vermont
John Edwards
City Hospital
Te Poulis
Ceree W. Williams
East Washington Rear
Ollie Edney
Exeter
Seder Jeter
Jay Pitney
Long Hospital
Charles Thomas Fate
North Wal
Ince
Catherine Sullivan
St. Vincent's Hospital
Surullia Anderson
Minnie Dalhiser
Conference Opens For Alumni Education Discussion At Indiana Central
An educational conference for about seventy five alumni and church officials opened at Indiana Central College today to discuss higher education needs. Sessions run through Friday with Dr. I. J. Good presiding. Notables include Bishop H. H. Fout and conference superintendents from Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Principal speakers were Dr. Good and Prof. W. O. Weidler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Central College
I. J. Good
H. H. Fout
Indianapolis
United Brethren Church
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Good
W. O. Weidler
Guaranty Trust Board Grants 10 Percent Christmas Bonus
The Guaranty Trust Company board announced a 10 percent Christmas bonus for employees in addition to the customary 8 1 3 percent due to unusually heavy work this year. The extra share reflects the year’s workload and company generosity.
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United Press
New York
Guaranty Trust Company
Stock market holds steady as discounting disappointment prevails
In New York on December 19 stock values show little reaction to adverse trade news. Analysts say liquidity remains orderly and sore spots will be eliminated without disrupting market equilibrium. No major change is expected until business outlook improves or strong news emerges. Investors are advised to pick better stocks during weakness.
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iBy Thomson & McKinnon
New York
Markets Eyes County Run Loss and Poultry Prices
Wholesale prices from Kingan & Co show poultry buying rates with hens at various weights, leghorn hens and springers, turkeys and ducks with fat content. Butter, cheese, and eggs quoted with New York and Cleveland reports noting flour, pork, lard, and potatoes markets. Chicago figures list eggs and butter with per pound prices and poultry market firmness.
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Indianapolis
Kingan & Co
Wisconsin
New York
Bu United Press
Cleveland
Maine
Green Mountain
Idaho
United Press
Chicago
Young Americas
Butler Women to Stage Second Glee Club Concert
The Butler university women’s glee club will present a Jan. 14 concert at West Park Christian church directed by Franklin Taylor. The program includes classical and folk songs, Negro spirituals, readings, and instrumental selections. It is the second performance this year with spring concerts planned in Lebanon and Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler University Women’s Glee Club
West Park Christian Church
Franklin Taylor
Glee Club
Monument Circle
Lebanon
Anderson
Rum Runner Slain Near Wheatfield In Ontario Bootlegging Case
Police in Buffalo and North Tonawanda awaited word from Detroit and Lansing as they investigated the death of William C. Bennett. His body was found in a ditch near Wheatfield after an automobile shooting with two bullet wounds to the head.
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United Press
Buffalo
N. Y
North Tonawanda
Detroit
Lansing
William C. Bennett
Wheatfield
Apples and Vegetables Price List From Dec 19 Market
Fragmented OCR shows a fruit and vegetable price list with many varieties and crate or per barrel prices. Apples include Delicious Jonathans Grimes Golden New York Duchess and other cultivars with various crate and per-bushel amounts. Veggies list peppers tomatoes onions beets cabbage celery cucumbers potatoes and more with unit prices and crate weights.
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Choice
Jonathans
Grimes Golden
New York Duchess
Gravenstan
Wolf River
Weienperriee
Gravetrait
Sane Et Morais
Crete
Eae Sorcerers
Fornia
Eee
Ac Weltess
Pedisteas
Senneta
Califbra
Idaho
Colorado
Cibee
Jase Perea
Nancy Halls
Californis
Bothouse
Gas Station Blast Injures Attendant at North Street Shell
A gas heater used to clean a pump ignited gasoline at the Shell filling station at North street and Capitol avenue. Attendant William Laufer, 1922 North Koehne street, fled to safety and suffered a severe cut from shattered glass. He was taken to City Hospital.
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North Street
Capitol Avenue
William Laufer
North Koehne Street
Laufer
City Hospital
Hogs Sell 25 Cents Higher At Stockyards
Hogs 160 to 300 pounds largely 25 cents higher than Wednesday's average at the Union Stockyards with most sales around 10.00 and a few at 10.10. Receipts about 4,500, shows holdovers 317. Cattle steady to higher, vealers $15.50, sheep and lambs firm with good lambs 11.75 to 13.00. Chicago hogs 30,000 receipts, cattle 4,000, sheep 7,000. early bids and sales mostly 25 cents above Wednesday.
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Union
Chicago
United Press
Cleveland
Buffalo
N. Y
Cincinnati
Livestock Prices Steady Across Markets in Midwest and East
Cattle and hog prices hold steady or rise slightly in Louisville Cleveland Cincinnati and East Buffalo markets. Receipts include cattle calves and sheep with prime steers near 11.50 12.50 and hogs 8.75 to 10.50 per cwt as buyers mix holdovers and dealers. Bulls cutters and cows show varied but firm ranges across regions.
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United Press
Ouisville
Ann
Six New Cardinals Receive Red Hats
The Pope conferred the red hat on six new cardinals at a public consistory in Vatican City. A secret consistory followed for the symbolical rites and the opening of each new cardinal's mouth. The cardinals received titular churches and rings, with forty cardinals attending both ceremonies ahead of the Pope's fiftieth anniversary of ordination.
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Presa
Vatican City
Cardinal Dougherty
Local steel firms merge to form Hetherington and Berner, Inc
Hetherington & Berner and the Robert Berner Structural Steel Company consolidate into Hetherington & Berner, Inc. with offices at 701 745 Kentucky Avenue. The new firm manufactures steel storage bins centrifugal sand and dredging pumps dredging machinery and complete steel dredges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hetherington & Berner
Robert Berner Structural Steel Company
Hetherington & Berner, Inc
Kentucky Avenue
Whiting Mayor-Elect Francis McNamara Taken for Emergency Surgery
Francis McNamara Whiting's Republican mayor elect was rushed to St Margaret's hospital in critical condition for an appendictis operation. He was hospitalized after the election day.
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United Press
Hammond
Ind
Whiting
Francis McNamara
St. Margaret's Hospital
Eagle-Picher to form subsidiary to manage mining ops
Stockholders will be asked to ratify the creation of a $7 000 000 subsidiary to run Eagle Picher Lead Company mining and smelting assets including Consolidated Lead and Zinc Co and holdings in Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma. The plan aims to consolidate control of several mining interests under one entity.
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United Press
Cincinnati
Eagle-Picher Lead Company
Consolidated Lead and Zinc Co
St. Louis
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Kiwanis to Install Indiana Governor at Mid Winter Meet
Indiana Kiwanis will install John J. Early of Greenfield as governor at the mid winter conference in the Indianapolis Athletic Club on January 8. A pre conference school for lieutenant governors and district chairmen begins January 7 with Early naming chairmen for twenty six committees across agriculture transport publicity athletic awards attendance auditing and more.
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Indiana Kiwanians
John J. Early
Greenfield
Indiana Kiwanis
Indianapolis Athletic Club
Oren A. Miller
John W. Quill
James
Lafayette
Hubert Tanner
Plymouth
Robert A. Carpenter
Elwood
Burton D. Myers
Bloomington
J. W. Bosee
Valparaiso
Frank J. Sheehan
Gary
O. R. Bangs
Bluffton
Weather Report: Light Snow and Cold Conditions in Air
At 9:30 a m a northwest wind eight mph, pressure 29.83 inches, temperature 10, ceiling 1 500 feet, visibility two miles with light snow. Field frozen with about two inches of snow.
Grains Fall on Weak Foreign Cables and Holidays Outlook
Wheat prices plunged on the Board of Trade as weak foreign cables and expectations of muted exports after the holidays weighed on the market. Corn and oats followed lower with mixed shifts, while provisions opened firm and Liverpool moved down overall. Weather disruptions in the winter wheat belt kept supplies tight, with high open interest despite limited stock.
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Burnited
Chicago
Board of Trade
Liverpool
Buenos Aires
Local wagon wheat prices posted for No 1 and No 2
Wheat elevators offer $1.15 for No 1 hard wheat and $1.10 for No 2 hard wheat as reported by local grain dealers. Price differences reflect grade and market demand among area buyers.
City in Brief notices from December events
Dr H E Barnard will speak at First Friends church at 7 p m Friday introduced by Dr William F King. South Side Turners hold Christmas party at 8 15 p m Sunday 306 Prospect St. McGuffeyites Christmas party Friday at Denison hotel with gift exchange. R R Harris re elected president of the Grand Chapter Veterans Association Big Four at Claypool rally. Tra C Dawes to address Exchange Club Friday luncheon at Lincoln. Ross F Lockridge to speak to North M E Church Men’s Club, thirty eighth and Meridian streets, tonight. Male quartet to perform.
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H. E. Barnard
White House
First Friends Church
Alabama
Thirteenth Streets
William F. King
State Board of Health
South Side Turners
Prospect Street
McGuffeyites
Denison Hotel
Tra C. Dawes
Exchange Club
Lincoln
Ross F Lockridge
North M. E. Chuuch Men’s Club
Thirty-eighth
Meridian Streets
Local Man Harris Re-elected Grand President of Veterans Group
R R Harris of Indianapolis was re-elected grand president of the Veterans Association Big Four railroad at the Claypool meeting Wednesday. Officers named include James Thompson Cincinnati first vice president R H Allison Cincinnati second vice president C W Buchanan Bellefontaine O third vice president C H Smith Anderson and William Koch Cincinnati re-elected executive secretary treasurer. More than 2850 employees with over fifteen years of service are members. The grand chapter plans organizing ladies auxiliaries.
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R. R. Harris
Indianapolis
The
Veterans’ Association
Big Four Railroad
Claypool
James Thompson
Cincinnati
R. H. Allison
C. W. Buchanan
Bellefontaine
C. H. Smith
Anderson
William Koch
Unusual 1930 license plates reveal personal ties and jinx cases
Secretary of State Otto G Fifield reports a flood of requests for special license numbers led by Bert A Boyd who keeps plate 13 since 1913 and applies on October 13. Other notable plates include No 1 to Governor Harry G Leslie No 2 to Fred C Gardner and No 3 to John C Ruckelhaus. The sales tallied over 93 thousand dollars with first day records as advance requests began October 1.
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Otto G. Fifield
Bert A. Boyd
Board of Trade Building
Boyd
Harry G. Leslie
Fred C. Gardner
John C. Ruckelhaus
Ralph A. Lemcke
Tive
Secretary of State
Stolen Automobiles Reported by Lincoln and Ford Dealers
Police are informed of stolen cars from the Lincoln Cab Company at Illinois and Fourteenth streets and from Ford taxi No. 59 license 8-059 at Sixteenth and Rural. The owners include Herbert Meister of 1124 North Oak land avenue and John J. Flanigan of 128 West Twenty-sixth street with Ford tudor models 85-689 and 712-225 from Tenth and Locke and New York and Meridian streets.
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Lincoln Cab Company
Illinois
Fourteenth Streets
Ford Taxi
Sixteenth
Herbert Meister
Oakland Avenue
Ford Tudor
Tenth
Locke Streets
John J. Flanigan
Twenty-sixth Street
New York
Meridian Streets
Stolen Cars Recovered With Owners Named
Police recovered two stolen vehicles belonging to Mrs. Harry Wilson of 617 North Davidson Street and George Huffman of 1208 Bellefon taine Street. A Ford sedan was found at Massachusetts and Davidson streets, while a Nash touring was located in an alley north of Thirteenth Street between Capitol and Senate avenues.
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Harry Wilson
Davidson Street
Massachusetts
Davidson Streets
George Huffman
Bellefontaine Street
Thirteenth Street
Capitol
Senate Avenues
Marriage Licenses Listed For Fred Baker Alma Baker Wilbur Davis Le Vonne Hoadley Reed Stone Dannie Baugh Carl Creed Sarah Johnston
Fred W. Baker 23 of 1249 West Ray a butcher and Alma O. Baker 19 of 835 South Sheffield. Wilbur W. Davis 21 of 708 North New Jersey chauffeur and Le Vonne Hoadley 19 of 618 East Pratt. Reed Stone 21 of 210 Trowbridge or Dannie Baugh 21 of 222 North Walcott. Carl W. Creed 26 of 255 Trowbridge mechanic and Sarah L. Johnston 20 of 629 North Hamilton.
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Fred W. Baker
West Ray
Alma O. Baker
Sheffield
Wilbur W. Davis
North New Jersey
le Vonne Hoadley
East Pratt
Reed Stone
Trowbridge
Clerk
Dannie Baugh
North Walcott
Carl W. Creed
Mechanic
Sarah L. Johnston
North Hamilton
Building Permits Issued for Roofs and Dwellings
Permits completed for reroofing at 2165 South New ace Scanlon Gomipeny. remodeling at 1401 West Washington Temodeling. dwelling at 1418 Tabor E Rosberg. excavating at 2522 East St Clair. total value listed as 250 dollars.
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Fone Merrick
South Newace
Scanlon Gomipeny
Washington
E. Rosberg
Tabor
Smi
East St. Clair
U S crops rise in value to 1929 total of 8.58 billion
The Agriculture Department reports fifteen principal U S crops for 1929 total 8 5805 million dollars up about one percent from 1928 The report lists corn oats wheat cotton tobacco rice flaxseed sugar beets and other crops with per unit prices and total crop values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foote Brothers Gear and Machine Company
Coavis
United Preas
Washington
United States
United States Agriculture Department
Plea for Daudet in Paris Exile May End
Dec 19 exiled French writer Leon Daudet may be pardoned soon as Premier Andre Tardieu asks Justice Ministry to prepare a favorable report. Daudet, a noted literary figure, has lived in Brussels in exile for writings against the government. Writers Edouard Herriot Daladier Mandel and others urged a pardon on Jan 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atique
Paris
Leon Daudet
Andre Tardieu
Ministry of Justice
Daudet
France
Brussels
Edouard Herriot
Edouard Daladier
Georges Mandel
Bus and train Crash Kills Twenty Near Gelida
Twenty people died and ten were injured when an express train struck an omnibus carrying thirty passengers near Gelida eighteen miles from Barcelona. The bus was shattered and victims lay along the right of way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prean
Barcelona
Spain
Gelida
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