Wall Street Opens Steady Amid Gains and Declines
News overnight brings mixed moves as California Petroleum and Pan American hold gains while Marine and rails slip on nervousness. Car loadings for the week end Dec 9 show a record rise. Mellon's prosperity outlook supports a broad market, with Mexican Petroleum nearing record highs.
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Wall Street Journal
New York
Doheny
Pan- American
California Petroleum
Marine Preferred
Mellon
Sinclair
Pan-American
California Petrolaerum
Mexican Pete
South America offers opportunities to fliers
New York dispatch reports British aviation official George F K Lukes says foreign engineers and investors may find rich chances in Brazil Argentina Peru and Chile. He notes Latin Americans favor aviation if lines are efficient and planes are modern not surplus war surplus. Argentina seen as best field for commercial air travel with ranchers and wheat growers near Buenos Aires.
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South America
George F. K. Lukes
Board of Aeronautical Commissioners
Royal Aeronautical Society of Glasgow
Scotland
Lukes
Brazil
Argentina
Peru
Chile
Buenos Aires
Curb Market Opens With Gains Led by Oil Stocks
In New York on December 21 the curb market saw renewed activity led by Merritt Oil Mammoth Durant Motors and National Supply. Merritt Oil jumped 1 1 2 points early while Mammoth held above 42 and Durant Motors traded around 73 4 as trading broadened in the second hour with Continental Can and Standard Oil of Indiana also active.
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United Financial New York
Merritt Oil
Mammoth
Durant Motors
National Supply
Standard Oil
Indiana
Operant Motors
Continental Can
Standard Oil Ofndiana
Eternier
Liberty Bonds Gain as Trading Broadens in New York
In New York the bond market opened with fair activity and steady action. Liberties edged higher while other groups held roughly steady with small lot sales. Krier Hill 5s saw active trading with minimal price change.
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United Financial New York
New York
Liberties
Krier Hill
Cotton market opens steady in New York and New Orleans
In New York on December 21 the cotton market opened steady with December at 27.70 down 34, January 25.85 down .07, March 25.88 up 0.10, May 26.00 down .07. New Orleans quotes show declines of 2 to 27 points with January 25.50c, March 25.63c, May 25.08c, July 25.47c. Liverpool reports limited demand and easier prices while futures opened steady.
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United Financial New York
United Financial
New Orleans
Liverpool
Utah Cap
U. Ss. Seeee
Butte Super A
Dome
Seers
Tex. G
Sereeters
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Pet
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Cluett & Sial
Inter
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May
Nat Enamel
Pitts, Coal
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Ar v. S. A. Too
Ly U S Ind Ail
Woolworth Prince
A T and T
Col Gas
Ad Gulf
Am Tob Co
Wholesale dressed beef prices listed by grade
Wholesale selling prices for dressed beef and by grade: No 2 at 15 cents, No 3 at 20 cents, No 3 at 16 cents, 13 cents, 10 cents for trimmed, and 3 90 plates No 2 at 7 cents.
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Dressed Beef & Co
Rbibe
Grain Prices Edge Higher at Chicago Board of Trade
Grain prices were slightly higher at the opening with profit taking checking the advance. The market showed good undertone after a higher Liverpool opening and steady advance until noon. Weather was favorable for winter wheat and Argentina. Chicago receipts: 40 cars of wheat 600 of corn 95 of oats. Winnipeg receipts fell to 364 wheat from 766 a year ago.
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United Financial
Chicago
Board of Trade
Liverpool
Argentina
Winnipeg
Local hay and grain market reports
Local hay prices show loose ter at 17 to 18 dollars with Timothy and mixed hay around 16 to 18 dollars per bale. Corn fresh at 70 to 73 cents, old at 75, oats about 50 dollars per ton. Local mills are paying 1.25 for No 2 red wheat.
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Timothy
Goshen
Cattle Prices Rise 25 Cents at Chicago Market
Chicago stock yards hog prices held steady as receipts reached 45 000, below expectations. Cattle demand opened slowly but closed 25 cents higher amid limited supply. ten leading markets reported 130 400 head versus 155 000 last week. Sheep receipts were 12 000 with prices up 25 cents.
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United Financial Chicago
Chicago
Airplane speed cop makes first arrest in San Jose
In San Jose on December 21 traffic officer Robert Byers in an airplane dropped a speeding summons on a car driven by Dominic Bifiore. The car, reported at forty five miles per hour, slowed and the driver appeared to answer the charge as Byers observed from above.
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San Jose
Cal
Dominic Bifiore
Robert Byers
Byers
Poultry Prices and Fresh Stock Listed
Fresh ees candied Packing stock butter Capons seven pounds up Fowls four and a half pounds up Fowls under four and a half pounds Leghorn poultry twenty five percent discount Cocks and hens Young Tom turks twelve pounds Minto asenden Young hen turks eight pounds up Old Tom turks Ducks four pounds up Geese ten pounds up Squabs eleven pounds to dozen four fifty Young guineas one and one half to two pounds size per each Indianapolis area.
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Saeet Ds Srna
Minto Asenden
Fox farming exhibit showcases world’s finest collection
Toronto reports an exhibition of silver black foxes valued at over 500000 dollars. About 200 foxes, with minimum prices around 28000 dollars and many at 5000 dollars or more, are showcased. Blake Vannetter, from Georgetown Ontario, started with two wild foxes and built the largest Ontario fox ranch.
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Blake Vannetter
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Ont
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Vannetter
Fox Ranchines
Prince Edward Island
Canada
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Michigan
New York State
Married Men Live Longer Says New York Health Chief
Dr. Royal Copeland, New York City health commissioner, reports married men live longer than bachelors or widows based on charts. He cites wife care, stable homes, and fewer deaths among married seniors, noting widows face different stresses. Lifespan in New York averages 53, up from 43 fifty years ago, with over 3,500 Americans over 100.
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New York
Royal S. Copeland
New York City
United States
Free Lances
Copeland
Light receipts push hog prices higher at local yards
Hog prices rose sharply with receipts of 9 000 as lights led gains while heavies slowed. Pigs sold at load price, sows steady, steers in demand up about a quarter, calves and lambs mixed with calves up 1 to 1 1/2 and lambs down 50 cents. Receipts: hogs 700, calves 500, lambs 400.
Farm market prices from Chicago to Cleveland and beyond
Hogs and cattle receipts across Chicago Cleveland Kansas City and East St. Louis show price movements. Hogs top around 3.30 or 8.25 for various weights, cattle and calves with mixed gains, lambs and sheep rising modestly, while buyers and sellers adjust for hefty totals and regional trends.
Family of Six Housed in 8 by 10 Foot Shed
In Cincinnati on December 21 a family of six lived in an 8 by 10 foot shed behind a dwelling. John Gumm, 37, a day laborer, his wife Ethel, 34, and their four children Juanita John Warren and Elmer, ages 11 months to 11, were found by Ohio Humane Society officer Louis W. Drummond and Children’s Home supervisor Carrol H. Lewis. The shed housed the family in one side and five pigs in the other. The children appeared neglected and were taken to the Children’s Home where they will stay until the parents secure a proper home by month’s end. Gumm works regularly. Officials obtained a promise from the father to provide a proper home.
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John Gumm
Ethel
Louis W. Drummond
Ohio Humane Society
Carrol H. Lewis
Juanita
John
Warren
Elmer
Yumm
Ohio Humane Society and Children’s Home
Thief’s Life Story Moves Judge to Tears
Vaughan Harvey of Ft Wayne appealed for another chance after recounting his life of unemployment and escape, tears flowing as he sought leniency in the theft of Mayor John C. Quick’s car. He was granted a week’s respite before Judge Clarence W. Dearth rules on his case. Harvey had earlier escaped from Anderson and Ft Wayne police and was captured near Chicago.
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Vaughan Harvey
Ft. Wayne
John C. Quick
Harvey
Christmas Joy Gone When Baby Smothers
War sa w Indiana report that a Milwood couple found their three month old baby dead in bed with marks indicating smothering. A similar death had occurred to another of their infants a year earlier.
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United Press
Warsaw
Ind
Parker brothers tragedy ends in deadly family reenactment
Loganport Indiana December 21 Victor H Parker 23 died when his brother Louis Parker 21 fired an army revolver at him during a staged Army life scene at home. Louis had bought the pistol and gave the command attention before firing as parents and sisters watched.
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Timea
Logansport
Ind
Victor H. Parker
Louis Parker
Louis
Victor
Goodrich predicts democratic turn in Russia during visit
Ex Governor James P. Goodrich, returning from Russia as a Harding investigator, says peasants are moving toward democracy and expects evolutionary change, not revolution. In Muncie purse snatching activity resurges with Miss Mary Williams losing 420 dollars amid holiday shopping.
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FT. Wayne
Ind
Soviet Russia
James FP. Goodrich
Indianapolis
Russia
Harding
Rotary Club
United Preas
Dying Boy Pleads With Santa for Early Christmas
Four year old Edward Sheehy in Norristown Pa faces a terminal illness after an appendectomy. He asks Santa to allow early Christmas gifts and his father brings out the hidden toys. A bright red wagon a tricycle and other gifts arrive. Edward dies shortly after.
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Norristown
Edward Sheehy
Santa Claus
Edward
Bank Robbers Exit With 5000 In Indiana Heist
In Dyer and nearby towns police pursued three armed men who robbed the First National Bank in Dyer yesterday, escaping with 5000 after a citizen battle. One robber dressed as a woman was wounded and carried to a car by accomplices. In Warsaw a school drill mocked as “struttin” led to brass bell removals from Valentino trousers. In Fort Wayne Henry Hupple was freed after testifying he stole coal to support his family.
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United Press
Dyer
Ind
First National Bank
Warsaw
FT. Wayne
Henry Hupple
Housebreakers ransack patrolman Jack Northrup home
In South Bend a patrolman’s home was robbed while he patrolled his beat hourly. Other items note candlelit Greenfield carolers by sixty schoolchildren, Columbus mayor to feast on a duck, and various local brief items from multiple towns.
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South Bend
Jack Jack Northrup
Family Tragedy Tied to Father’s Violence
A historical report notes a man recalling a seven year old crime when his father George Dollar went mad fatally shooting three family members and himself and wounding George.
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George Dollar
George
Councilman Hull Fined In Park Time Violation
South Bend councilman George F. Hull, author of the park ing ordinance limiting cars to under thirty minutes in the business district, was fined 1 and costs in city court for violating the act. The report also notes other city items from Indiana communities.
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South Bend
George F. Hull
Voss Will Case Set For Trial In Indiana
Four weeks likely for Tarquina L. Voss of Indianapolis versus Smiley N. Chambers executor of Jay Voss will challenge the will. Judge Fremont Miller to preside. Over $300,000 in Marion and Hamilton Counties at stake. Trial begins January 8.
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Times
Franklin
Ind
Tarquina L. Voss
Indianapolis
Smiley N. Chambers
Jay Voss
Fremont Miller
Marion
Hamilton Counties
Recluse Slain by Mistake in Indiana Nightwatchman Incident
In Elkhart Indiana on December 21 William Brown aged 70 a recluse from Edwardsburg Michigan was shot and killed by Reu ben Maston a 55 year old nightwatchman who fired after mistaking Brown for a robber Brown who was partly deaf did not respond when Maston called to him.
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Timea
Elkhart
Ind
William Brown
Edwardsburg
Mich
Reuben Maston
Brown
Maston
Christmas passenger traffic to exceed 200000 rides
Yuletide travel over the weekend will top 200000 riders according to railroad officials. Extra trains and equipment have been pressed into service for the rush. A special east coast college student train passed through on the Pennsylvania line as travel remains unusually heavy. The peak day is expected Saturday with many last minute shoppers coming to Indianapolis from across the state.
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Yuletide
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis
State Kiwanis heads to be installed Jan 3
The Indiana Kiwanis district will install officers January 3 at a Claypool Hotel conference. Walter T. White announced at a Riley Room luncheon that Dr Burton D Meyers of Bloomington will be district Governor, with Ray Weisbroad Richmond Earl Hedrick Tipton Judge W S Reiter Hammond George Lary Bedford as lieutenant governors, Paul Feltus Bloomington district secretary, and Linton Linfield Myers Anderson district treasurer.
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Indiana
Kiwanis Club
Claypool Hotel
Walter T. White
Indianapolis
Riley Room
Burton D. Meyers
Bloomington
Ray Weisbroad
Richmond
Earl Hedrick
Tipton
W. S. Reiter
Hammond
George Lary
Bedford
Paul Feltus
Linton Linfield Myers
Anderson
Mayor issues second warning to motorists on tail light readings
Mayor Shank ordered Captain Michael Glenn to enforce a law requiring tail lights bright enough to illuminate license plate numbers at 100 feet. Two weeks after plans were announced, last night 500 motorists were warned to install the tall light by January 11.
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Shank
Michael Glenn
Jan. Ll
Illuminated cross marks Masontown church display
A large electric cross rises on the Masontown Methodist Episcopal Church spire to advertise faith. The 84 foot high iron cross uses 112 ten watt globes and sends rays seven miles when lit.
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Masontown
W. Va
Masontown Methodist Episcopal Church
Convict Begins Eleventh Sentence at Sing Sing
George Wilson, an infamous career criminal, arrives at Sing Sing to start his eleventh prison term. He confirms a lengthy record including truancy, grand larceny, burglary and forgery since 1886. He receives two years and two months for grand larceny.
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New York
George Wilson
Sing Sing
Wilson
Edward Hickey
Lewis E. Lawes
New York City
Turpentine Barrel Prices Reported In Indianapolis Dealers
Indianapolis dealers list turpentine at 1.64 dollars per gallon in barrel quantities. Local commerce notes steady demand as buyers seek bulk supplies for industrial use.
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Indianapolis
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