United States Steel Leads Early Stock Market Rise
The day opened with a sharp rise in leading stocks on the Exchange led by United States Steel gaining over 3 points. General Electric American Can Allied Chemical and American Telephone climbed more than 3 points as other industrial utility and railroad shares advanced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tnited
New York
The
Stock Exchange
United States Steel
General Electric
American Can
Allied Chemical
American Telephone
Radio Corporation
Radio-Keith-Orpheum
Fox
Anaconda
Schulte
Bank Clearings Report From Major Cities
Indianapolis on December 24 shows clearings of 4.326 million with debits at 9.971 million. Chicago reports 122.6 million clearings with 8 million balances. New York totals reach 1.623 billion with a 124 million balance and Federal Reserve credit balance of 15 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Chicago
Aes
New York
United Press
Clearin
House
Federal Serve
Chicago Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Indianapolis Board of Trade
Associated
New York Curb
Market View Teases Stabilization After Steel Chief Warning
The United States Steel spokesman’s outlook hints at slower recovery and cautious business sentiment. Despite inflation in security values, a mild decline in car loadings suggests possible overdiscounting of a general downturn, while the market maintains a strong technical position ready for potential improvement in higher quality stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson & McKinnon
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
Fifield Gets Praise For Administration
Santa Claus M W Pershing of the automobile license department paid tribute to Secretary of State Otto G Fifield at his Christmas party in the secretary of state's office corridor. Employees from all divisions gathered to applaud and gift Fifield with items including books book-ends a desk set and a gun with candy cane from the state police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
M. W. Pershing
Automobile License Department
Secretary of
Otto G. Fifield
Fifield
Secretary of State
Santa
Corporation and Securities Division
International Paper and Power Company dividend notice
Boston Mass December 11 1929 directors declare a quarterly dividend of 1 percent on the 7 percent preferred stock and a regular quarterly dividend of 1 percent on the 6 percent preferred stock payable January 15 1930 to holders of record at close of business December 26 1929 checks mailed transfer books not...
Steel Mergers Signal Stronger Steel Industry Outlook
United Press reports mixed national business conditions with confidence holding, steel operations near a low point but showing improvement. A four firm midwest steel merger worth 350 million dollars and anticipated railroad consolidation signal stronger industry structure and potential 1930 gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
Interstates Commerce Commission
Markets Ban Poultry Prices From Indianapolis Report
A Kingan & Co price list shows wholesale quotes for poultry meats and dairy goods. It lists hens, leghorns, springers, cocks, ducks, and turkeys with varying cents per pound, plus butter, cheese, eggs, potatoes, and lard prices from Chicago and Cleveland markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Kingan & Co
Wisconsin
New York
All United Press
Cleveland
Maine
Green Mountain
Car Crash Injures William Sharp In City Street
An out of control car on West Washington near the street car barns struck William A. Sharp 33 of 1625 East Vermont fracturing his right leg and likely skull. Driver Margaret McLaughlin 21 of 3719 Creston drive was hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Washington Street
William A. Sharp
East
Vermont Street
City Hospital
Margaret McLaughlin
Creston Drive
Hogs Rise at Local Pens. Cattle Steady in Mixed Market
Hogs jumped 15 to 25 cents from Monday with 160 to 300 pound stock at about 10.15. Receipts totaled 6,000 with 205 holdovers. cattle steady, steers strong to higher, wealers flat. Sheep and lambs rose about 25 cents with better grades at 13 to 13.25 for good lambs. Chicago hogs weighed 180 to 260 pounds priced 9.90 to 10.00. smaller hogs 9.50 to 9.90. Cattle 6,000. sheep 7,000. total receipts 2,000 hogs and lambs noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Chicago
Louisville
United Press
Pittsburgh
Renee
United Preas
Cleveland
FT. Wayne
Ind
Livestock Market Reports From Multiple Cities
Hogs and cattle prices move across markets in Louisville Pittsburgh Cleveland East Buffalo and more with receipts and top values. Hogs rise to around 10.50 for 150-200 lb ranges while cattle show higher bids on fat steers and feeders across regions. Sheep and calves also feature steady or improved quotes as year-end trading continues.
Argentina Secures £5 Million Loan From London Firms
Argentina’s government negotiated a loan of £5,000,000 ($24,350,000) with Baring Brothers and Morgan Grenfell in London. The loan bears 5 percent interest, matures December 31, 1930, and will be issued as treasury certificates dated January 1, 1930, discountable at 5 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United Press
Buenos Aires
Baring Brothers
Morgan and Grenfell
Laepoca
Treasury
Miller Held on Weapons Charge in Family Dispute
Paris Miller, 35, of 1905 Arrow Avenue, was held today on charges of drawing a deadly weapon. He allegedly returned home drunk Monday night and drew a pocket knife on his brother Gale Miller, 35, at the same address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Miller
Arrow Avenue
Gale Miller
Carriers Enjoy Christmas Party At Indiana Theater
One thousand two hundred Indianapolis Times carriers attended a Christmas party at the Indiana theater. The event featured the film Half Way to Heaven with Buddy Rogers and Jean Arthur, plus festive crowd reactions. A photo highlights carriers awaiting entry with named youths shown in insets. B. V. Sturdivant arranged the party through theater management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Times
Indiana Theater
Heaven
Buddy Rogers
Jean Arthur
Donald Walters
Lincoln Street
William Sutterfield
R. R
Francis Williams
Tacoma Avenue
Henry Ramey
South Glen Arm Avenue
Indiana
B. V. Sturdivant
Market Trends and Utility Reports Highlight Week in Finance
The week ended Dec 21 saw the fifty most active Chicago stocks hold a market value of 1.86 billion, down 12.8 from the prior week. Department store sales in November rose 7 percent nationally, while American Water Works electric subsidiaries posted 7 percent November output gains and 11 months to Nov up 10 percent. The broader utility earnings are projected near 5.52 billion for the year, with Missouri-Kansas Pipe Line reporting a 28.2 percent jump in natural gas deliveries year over year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indus Alcore
Maronte
Worthington
al Atchison
Woolwo, Co
Atl Coast Line
Eali & Ohio
Tel
Chi@&ETI
Wat
Chi & N Weat
Cal G&e
Crié&Peves
Lehigh Valley
Cal Edison
City South
Él Blue Wid Gas
United Co
Thee
Mo Pac Mek & T
United G & Imtilities Power
Uv Ae
NLY C & St L
H& H
Corp
Nor Pacific
Renne É& West
Gul &Wwi
9 &W
Texas & Pa
Hershey Union Pacific
Grand Union
Maryland
Goodrich
Goodyear
Es Eees Ward
United States
Sumatra
Car & Fdy
Am Steel
Lig & Meyers
R “ Reynolds
Pullman
Westingh Air
Westonay Elec Steels
Am Rol Mills
Bethlehem
Colorado Fuel
Crucible Rose
Salam Steel
Ace
Rep Iron & Stl
Newton
Warren Fd
Youngston
Vanadium Corp
Amn Boschene
Briggs
Brockway
Chrysler Corp
Eaton Axle
Ils Motor Gardner
Packard Sie
Studebaker
Stew Warner
Timken Bear
Willys-Overland
Am Smelt & Mie
Am Metals
My Aly
Granby Corp
Gt Norre On
Inspiration Cop
Howe Jun Eeeee
Int Nickel
Kennecott Co
Magma Cop
Miami Coppe
Nevons
Texas
Joe Sudeee
Us&s
Seee
Otis— Barnsdall (A
Atlantic Big
Freeport-Texas
Houston Oil
Indooe & Gas
Eeesers
Mid Cent
Lago Eee Pan-Am Pet
Phillips
Union of Cal
Prairie Pipe
Royal Date
Lity
Ichfield Ee
Shell Simms Petrol Sasece
Sinclair Oil
Skelly Oil
Tidewater
Texas Corp
Texas C & O
White Eagle
Ady Rumley
Allis Chalmers
Allied Snerical. Ae
Byers
TM Armour A. Aoa
Amer
Borg Warner
Allegheny Corpa
Crosley
Congoleum
Curtiss
I Davidson
Gen Asphal
Kelvinator
Lambert Seeeee
Dlwseeee Radio
Keith Ae
Owens Peure
Wail Real Sik
Rem Rand
Sears Roebu
Union Carbide
Warner Bros UN Air Craft O
Univ
Hoover
Wall Street
Chicago Stock Exchange
Lager& Co
New York
Chicago
Federal Receive Board
American Water Works and Electric Company
Ross
Pyn- Fe On Co
Missouri- Kansas Pipe Line Company
Frank P. Parish
Ex Convict William Berger Killed by Police in Berkeley
William Berger 42, sought in east bay cities for three years, was killed by officer Willard Schmidt as he entered his home in Berkeley's Italian quarter with loot from a robbery. Police found toys and foodstuffs worth about 1000 dollars meant for his wife and two sons for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Berkeley
Cal
William Berger
East Bay
Berger
Willard Schmidt
Wheat Opens Higher on Argentine Export Estimate
Wheat prices rise on opening as Argentine government estimates a limited export surplus of 53.8 million bushels. Corn and oats follow wheat higher while provisions hold steady. Liverpool and Buenos Aires trade show gains as shorts cover and new buying emerge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bu United Preas
Chicago
Board of Trade
Liverpool
Buenos Aires
Bankers Indicted in Embezzlement Conspiracy Case
W Norwell Reynolds and his two sons C Doyle and William R Reynolds, former Quincy bankers, along with Thomas E Battenberg Peter Borman and Patrick A Clarey, indicted in Chicago on charges of embezzlement and conspiracy to defraud. The case centers on Hill State Bond and Mortgage Co funded by bank funds and capital, alleged to siphon about 400000 from city residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Chicago
W. Norwell Reynolds
C. Doyle Reynolds
William R. Reynolds
Quincy, Ill
Thomas E. Battenberg
Rushville
Ill
Peter Borman
Patrick A. Clarey
Hill State Bond and Mortgage Company
Reynolds
Hill State Bank
Christmas Party At Baptist Center Welcomes 200 Children
Two hundred boys and girls attended the annual Christmas party at the Baptist Christian Center on North Blackford Street. The event featured carol singing led by Miss Flora Anderson and performances by the older girls’ club. Donations from Baptist churches and local supporters funded the entertainment and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Christian Center
North Blackford Street
Flora Anderson
Fruit and Produce Prices From Regional Markets Listing
A dense catalog lists prices for apples cranberries grapefruit grains lemons oranges strawberries tangerines and various vegetables by crate, box or hamper. Standout items include Jonathan apples $2.75, Staymen box $2.75, Valencia oranges $4.50, Florida grapefruits $6.50, cucumbers $7 a crate, and cauliflower $3 per crate among many others.
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Choice
Jonathans
Grimes Golden
New York Duchess
Gravenstein
Wolf River
Staymen
Florida
California
Valencia
Michigan
Idaho
Colorado
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Red River
Russell
Southern Lowe
Indiana Jersey
Nancy Halls
Hothouse
Births and Families Record Local Names and Addresses
Birth announcements list numerous families with names and home locations such as 614 North Pratik 1044 Berwyn 3949 Hoyt sure and Clara Willoughey 1136 South Kealing and 404 East Louisiana. Methodist hospital births include William and Fiotsie Blake and Brodie and Lili Gant with multiple pairs.
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Verne
Bertha Scock
Russell
Marjorie Weober
North Pratik
Alice Feretlson
Berwyn
Otis
Edna Sendefur
Hoytsure
Clara Willoughey
Maynard
Mary King
South Kealing
Porter
Rosa Thomas
Louisiana
Cecil
Grady Jones
South Keystone
Wilburn
Clara Avily
Ashland
William
Fiotsie Blake
Methodist Hospital
Death notices list multiple local residents by cause and age
The obituary column records numerous deaths with ages and causes including lobar pneumonia anemia myocarditis arteriosclerosis and meningitis. Names include John Raymond Laird Joyce Kerr Bessie Sarver Berline Bell Augustine Giuffre Patrick Hennig Earl Caldwell Elizabeth Mock Dorothy Watkins Mathew Koerney Patrick J O Connell Olive Stallings Esther Givans Maria Huebner Frank Seckman Edith Emmons Florence Parker Anna Hines Alexandra Doney and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Raymond Laird
Lexington
Joyce Lee Kerr
North Keystone
Bessie Sarver
City Hospital
Berline Bell
Martindale
Augustine Giuffre
Patrick Hennig
South Olive
Earl Caldwell
South Meridian
Mar . Bowers
Maria Huebner
North
Pennsylvania
Frank W. Seckman
Methodist Hospital
Edith Ethel Emmons
Florence Parker
Anna Hines
Drake
Alexandra Doney
South Warman
Guard Against Peril of Overhanging Ice
Firemen and police worked to remove hundreds of pounds of hanging ice in the 200 block North Pennsylvania Street during a thaw. Fred Connell a safety board member designated a danger zone and directed police to keep shoppers safe as they warned late customers to watch for icicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Connell
Safety Board
Pennnsylvania Street
Connell
Richman Company Gifts One Week Pay to Employees
Richman Brothers Company announced a Christmas gift of one week’s pay for all retail store employees, including the Indianapolis store. Factories will receive two weeks’ vacation with full pay, totaling a $150,000 distribution to about 3,800 workers across forty stores and plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richman Company
Richman Brothers Company
Indianapolis
Yuletide Cheer To Prevail In Negro Homes
Three thousand Negro families are to receive Santa Claus visits in a city wide Yuletide program by Goodfellows, supported by the Indianapolis Recorder. Flanner House will hand out 100 baskets, schools and civic leaders donate gifts, and church services mark the holiday with candlelight and music as families prepare for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Goodfellows” Society
Indianapolis Recorder
Citi
Marcus Stewart
The
Recorder
Flanner House Settlement
H. L. Herod
William E. Cheek
Calvin Thompson
Nashville
Tenn
Simpson M. E. Church
M. W. Clair Jr
St. Monica's Guild
Lillian Courtney
Shriver Avenue
Parent-Teacher Association of
Theodore Cable
E. W. Diggs
Della Greer
Pratt University
Sarah B. Howell
Dorothy Whittaker
Veterans’ Hospital
Tuskegee
Als
Henry Dunn
Kokomo
Chicago
Maudeline Bailey
Crawfordsville
Sarah Bailey
Boulevard Place
Ethel C. Logan
Pittsburgh
Charles Perry
St. Louis
Clara
Maud Perry
Blackford Street
Radford Morris
Virgil Williams
Misa Mae Belcher
Dorothea Jamerson
Washington, D. C
Industrial Federation of the
Phyllis Wheatley
Irene Harris
Committee of Management
O. A. Johnson
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Johnson
Alpha Mu Omega
Gladys Doyle
Marthe Horner
Mirzs Helen Broyles
Carolyn Hii
Martha Roney
Ypsilant. Mich
Olivia Mitchell
Jan Priestley
Frisk
Thomas Jefferson
Purdue
Rowena Muckleroy
Jefferson City
Winona Ayers
Detroit
James Holliman
Rosetta Reese
Bishop
Marriage Licenses Listed For Several Couples
Lowell Perry of 975 Division a barber and Vera E. 21 of 1007 South Pershing a seamstress filed for marriage. Voss B. Mueller 24 of Ashland and an unnamed partner 22 of 924 Oriental appear in the notice. Summerfield Magenheimer 40 of 1706 Bellefontaine a clerk wed Esther M. Con idon 26 of 1615 pennant. Winton Sasa oa a clerk and Iola cod i a clerk are also mentioned in the license list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Perry
Division
Betrician
Vera E. A
South Pershing
Voss B. Mueller
Ashland
Melements
Oriental
Summerfield Magenheimer
Bellefontaine
Esther M. Conidon
Pennant ‘Winton
Also Mentioned on This Page
Banks and Exchange
Boston
Mass
R.G. Lavo
T. Treas
James T. Hamill
Continental Bank
Riley
Riiey
Thomson & McKinn
STEEL
Richard L. Gridley
United Press Financial
Alfred P. Sloan Jr
General Motors Corporation
Steel Merger Reported
Bu United Press
All United
Eae
Middlewest
Long Island
Bermuda
Southern
Jersey
Ceese
Young America
Skdlding Auto
Catie
Buffalo
Argentina
Wee Eo
Kiddie Revu
Timez
Electrical World
Ward, Wells & Dreshman
Fifth Avenue
New York City
Borg-Warner Corporation
W. A. Starrett
Starrett Corporation
Japan
Chase Securities Corporation
State of Illinois
Milwaukee County
City of New Haven
Connecticut
Mars
Brodie
Lili
Gant
South
Z ‘Floyd
Isabel Church Methodist Hos
Jerry P. Daniels
John Caldwell
William Gardner
John Lee
Samuel Martin
Fells Hughes
Major Davis
John Daugherty
Joseph Mathews
Q. L. Murphy
Carrie McButts
Mildred Moore
Ruth Gardner
Dorothy Duncan
Witherspoon United Presbyterian Church
North West
Walnut Street
D. F. White
Woman's Missionary Society
Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A
Mae Clements
Clair
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