Bullish Stock Opening Drives Broad Market Higher
New York buyers start the year in a bullish mood as motors leadership returns with Packard Chrysler and General Motors leading gains. General Electric hits new highs while Bethlehem Steel and copper issues demand strong levels amid profit taking and tightened money rates.
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New York
Wall Street
Motors
Packard
Chrysler
General Motors
General Electric
Bethlehem Steel
Twiggs
Nevada
Sears Roebuck
National Biscuit
Remingtonland
Anaconda
Kefinecott
Steel
Banks and Exchange Indianapolis Clearings Report
New York report shows bank clearings at 3,054,000,000 with a clearing house balance of 236,000 and a federal reserve bank credit balance of 227,000,000. Treasury balance for December 29 stands at 274,403,005.58 with customs receipts through December 20 totaling 43,372,393.40.
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New York
United Press
Federal Reserve Bank
Treasury
Washington
Brisbane Sees Optimism Amid Market Cares On Year Start
Arthur Brisbane in a stock market column says bears face disaster but notes general optimism as the new year begins. He urges conservative optimism and mentions Secretary Mellon’s positive outlook. A cable reports Germany now on a stable basis and likely to pay reparations.
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Thomson & McKinnon
New York
Arthur Brisbane
Mellon
Gilbert
Germany
Radiation research aid opens with 25000 dollars available
A National Research Council panel offers 25 000 dollars plus a 40 000 dollar radium loan and other facilities for studies on X rays and radium effects on living organisms. Qualified researchers with relevant problems should contact the division of biology and agriculture in Washington DC.
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Science Service
Washington
National Research Council
W. C. Curtis
University of Missouri
Agency of Science Service
Division of Biology and Agriculture
Twentyfirst
B Streets
Washington, D. Cc
Memory Returns as Johnson Family Reunites
David Johnson is home with his mother and sister in Jackson Ohio after wandering across the country due to shell shock and memory loss. The family says he has returned safely and is being cared for locally.
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Inster Presa Jackson
David Johnson
High Hat Temperature Test Demonstrates Silk Topper Warmth
A United Press report notes in early January that hat tests reached 103 degrees under a silk top hat at high altitude versus 98 degrees under a black derby. The playful comparison highlights heat retention in different hat styles.
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United Preas
Ten Years For Fifty Cents Theft
Cleveland report states John Brown received a ten year sentence in the Ohio state penitentiary after his second theft offense involving fifty cents.
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United Press
Cleveland
John Brown
Ohio State Penitentiary
Hogs and cattle steady at unions with steady prices
Chicago and other markets report hog receipts around 33 000 with strong prices. hogs 250 to 350 pounds 8.60 to 9.10. 180 to 200 pounds 9.20. cattle receipts 12 000 with steers 12.25 to 15. vealers around 15.50. lambs 15.50 top. Chicago reports mixed prices across weight classes and regions with steady to firm trends.
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Union
Chicago
United Press
Buffalo
Steeay
Ouisville
Henke
Stags
Ste
Nee
le i Rt
Cincinnati
Indianapolis Stocks Rise on Van Camp Bid 10 Shares
Indianapolis markets report a first bid by Van Camp for ten shares, signaling cautious optimism in local trading. Investors eye small lot activity as confidence edges higher amid limited buy orders.
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van Camp Ist
A Comedy of Errors Delays Post Office Letter
Springfield Mass January 2 A Cape style missent missive causes a flurry at the local post office as a letter addressed to William Shakespeare Stratford on Avon England is returned unread and puzzled over.
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Springfield
Mass
William Shakespeare
Stratford-on-Avon
England
Indianapolis
Sue Artis
Fayette Street
L. le Mon
Claudine Smith
Phyllis Wheatly
Oeron
Sarah Olive
Jessie Keys
Iva D. Davis
Lillian Hadley
Bernice Copeland
Davis
West Twenty-sixth Street
Miss Copeland
Baltimore Athenians
William 8. Harris
Wholesale Produce Prices and Varieties Listed
A Chicago despatch provides a dense listing of fruits and vegetables with varied pricing by crate, basket, dozen, and bushel. Entries mention lemons, oranges, tomatoes, peppers, artichokes, cauliflowers, kale, onions, and apples among others, with several regional price cues and unit distinctions. The fragmented OCR notes specific prices like apples at 5 to 6.50 per barrel and assorted greens and root vegetables priced per crate or basket.
Market Prices and Receipts for Dairy Poultry and Potatoes
United Press Chicago report lists wholesale butter categories and prices with 51 52c butterfat at 53c, cheese line prices per pound, and various brands. Poultry prices show hens Leghorn and duck ranges with 19 20c to 24 25c, plus old and young classifications. Butter receipts total 16 249 tabs with multiple quality grades. cheese prices at 24 25c. potatoes arrive at 6 car track, 166 in transit, 940 no barges due to cold weather.
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Wisconsin
New York
Disnapolis
Duchee Ae Martes
Bu United Press
Chicago
Phosphate Boom From Nauru Attracts Australian Labor
Phosphate cargoes surpass 250000 tons annually from Nauru, a small equatorial island. The ore is shipped to Australia New Zealand and Japan. Thousands of Kanaka and Chinese laborers work under 100 to 120 European supervisors recruited mainly in Australia. Workers serve two year hitches, living in a tropical bachelors’ club environment.
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Science Service
Sydney
Australia
Nauru
Equator
New Zealand
Japan
Tropics
Beecham Suspends Modern Music Over Suspenders
In Leeds a music festival ended with Sir Thomas Beecham halting ultra modern pieces to save his suspenders. The elastic finally gave way on the sixth day as collars wilted and Beecham remained composed, unbuttoned but undeterred.
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Py United Press
Leeds
England
Thomas Beechman
Sir Beecham
Wheat Market Bears as Receipts Look Light on Trade
Chicago January 2 Wheat shows a weak tone on the Board of Trade with light receipts expected. Corn gains on opening, oats steady, provisions unchanged. Bulls see demand and a shrinking visible supply offset by large North American and Argentina surpluses. Zero weather may boost movements as farmers hold grain amid cash demand.
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United Press
Chicago
Board of Trade
South America
United Kingdom
Births Twins and Multiple Families Listed in City Notices
A long list of births records numerous families with names and addresses from hospitals and homes. The entries name twin births including William and Fannie Richardson and many other newborns linked to Methodist Hospital and various streets such as Washington Tustin Centen mieaby and Davidson. The report reads like a community roll of newborns across multiple households.
Deaths from City Hospitals and Homes Prominent Local Names
A long list of deceased individuals with ages and causes from city hospitals and public homes. Entries include V Nave 56 uremia at Methodist hospital. Victoria Losen 2 months broncho pneumonia at city hospital. Ralph Eugene Stone 8 months influenza. Christinia Louise Bakemeier 72 lobar pneumonia. and many others across addresses and conditions such as chronic myocarditis, endocarditis, nephritis, tuberculosis, and influenza.
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Pris V. Nave
Methodist Hospital
Victoria Losen
City Hospital
Mary Wagnefeld
East
Iowa
Ralph Eugene Stone
South East
Christinia Louise Bakemeier
North Beville
William W. Nicholson
Reisner
A Eates Toomey
South Delaware
George van
Broadway
John M. Rhodes
North
Standley Cliff Edwards
Sheffield
John Bower
Delaware
Edward Griffith
Agnes
George Sent
Hess
Roosevelt
Pneumoni
Richard Brown
Missouri
Oper Inconia
Smith
Albert Marie Ilorgan
William King Eldridge
Pennsylvania
Ee W. Loehr
Park
Pneu
Mary Addie Willingham
Blake
Oseph
Allen
Bright
Lobartsland
Temple
Tacoma
Curmorris
Wayne Gibson
Draper
Noble Trout
Long Hospital
S Wysong
Washburn
Ogden
Jackson
Lexy
Willison
Stead
Hudson
Deefeard Wood
Wafield
City
Cut Down U. S. Experiments in Rubber Field
Washington dispatch reports major cuts to U. S. rubber research funded by the pending appropriation bill. Tropical and subtropical sites in Panama and the Philippines face reductions while guayule work in Salinas Valley California continues on a four year crop basis. Hevea trees in Florida show growth but are not yet tappable.
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Science Service
Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
House
United States
Panama
Philippines
Salinas
California
William A. Taylor
Bureau of Plant Industry
Florida
Taylor
Pasture Income Surpasses Crops in New York Study
Dr. E G Misner of Cornell told AAAS scientists that pasture land yields higher net income than crops. He noted pastures offer cheap cattle feed and that feeding a cow on pasture costs only 25 percent of winter costs. Five year dairy records show winter milk value failed to cover feed and costs, while summer milk covered costs but not winter losses.
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Science Service
New York
E. G. Misner
Cornell University
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Misner
Curbs on Greyhound Races Signal Short-Lived Sport
London January 2 The ruling authorities move to close greyhound racing for two months across England Scotland and Wales in a bid to save the sport. The activity began two years ago drawing strong investment though the new season faces a forced pause.
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Times
London
Influenza and Diphtheria Close Cayuga Schools
The town of Cayuga Indiana is isolated by epidemics of influenza and diphtheria. Schools are closed and no public gatherings are permitted by health authorities.
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Cayuga
Ind
Purdue to Observe Week
Purdue University will observe a national agricultural conference in Lafayette Indiana. The event runs from January 17 and involves university officials and attendees from the agricultural sector.
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Purdue
United Press Lafayette
Ind
Purdue University
Public bond issue authorized for Osgood Water Plant rehab
Public service commissioners approve a $20,000 bond by the Osgood Water Company for rehabilitating its plant. The company took over the municipal plant to finance the work, and city indebtedness limits would have been reached if repairs were not financed. The Indiana Duroc Swine Breeders meet at Sev erin next Tuesday with Colonel H L Igelheart and R L McAlister as principal speakers.
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Public Service Commissioners
Osgood Water Company
Osgood
Indiana Duroc Swine Breeders’ Association
The
Severin
H. L. Igelheart
Elizabethtown
R. L. McAlister
Joe Brown
R. C. Jenkins
Harry T. Gooling
Fight to Save Life of Envoy Herrick
Physicians battle to save 74 year old Myron T. Herrick United States ambassador to France at Emergency Clinic hospital. He has been ill two weeks with bronchitis and suffered a severe suffocation attack. The envoy plans to sail to Paris on Jan 15 with his son Parmely Jr after recent visits including Lindbergh in Cleveland.
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United Press
Cleveland
Myron T. Herrick
United States
France
Herrick Hunting Valley
Herrick
Paris
Parmely
Parmely Jr
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Chicago
Butcher Granted Divorce After Losing Weight
In Kansas City, Harry Mitchell, a Black man, was granted a circuit court divorce from Mrs. Mitchell after he claimed to have gained forty pounds since leaving his wife and stopping running from a butcher knife incident. He said she threatened him with a knife and that he was punctual with meals and kept the house warm, noting he lost weight from her cooking.
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Butcher
Times Special
Kansas City
Harry Mitchell
Willard P. Hall
Mitchell
Franklin Institute backs ice cream soda invention claim
SHILADELPHIA January 2 The Franklin Institute announced the ice cream soda as one of its inventions. Dr Howard McClenahan secretary of the society said the popular fountain drink was concocted by savants for the Centennial exposition in 1876.
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Society
Franklin Institute
Howard McClenahan
New York Clears Record Over Three Billion in Bank Transactions
Checks cleared by the New York clearing house totaled 3.034 billion dollars, the first time above three billion. The record surpassed the prior high set on December 1 by 513 million, driven by year end interest and dividend disbursements amid a forex exchange period.
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United Press
New York
New York Clearing House
Foi Te ‘Esac
Open House and Community Events At Local Y M C A
Open house held at the Negro Y M C A with programs, games, dorm tours, and a Christmas dinner. Chicago leaders including Lillian Lemen and Maud Roberts George attend board meetings of the National Association of Negro Musicians. Several musical events and club gatherings noted around the city with local hosts and venues.
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Chicago
National Association of Negro Musicians
Camille Nickerson
Howard University
Alice Carter Simmons
Booker T. Washington
Oberlin University
Grace Wills
Cleveland
Ohio
George Hutchinson
Clara E. Hutchinson
Maud+ Roberts George
Martha P. Mitchell
Leeda McCurdy
Goldie Guy Martin
Appomattox Club
J. Wesley Jones
Regal Theater
Martin B. Mitchell
Maude Roberts George
Vincennes Hotel
Assembly Club
George
Judge George
National Association
Chicago Music Association
Pilgrim Baptist Church
George Garner
Rust College Concert Company
Holly Springs
Miss
Simpson Chapel
A. M. E. Church
Eleventh
Missouri Streets
Samuel Martin
E. A. White
Old Settler’s Social and Civic Club
Willis
North West Street
Ella Covington
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