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Indianapolis Times

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jan 08, 1929

Page

3

Early trading gains stock better tone in mixed market

Stocks opened irregular with quiet trading. High grade issues faced pressure while American Can and Studebaker attracted buying. Studebaker rose to 83% and American Can gained briefly on a dividend surprise, as Chrysler and GM slipped and overall sentiment remained unsettled.

Elmer C. Walzer United Press New York United States Steel New York Central Anaconda American Can Studebaker Schulte Montgomery Ward Sinclair Wright Aero Warner Brothers Pictures New Haven Victor Talking Machine Nash Hupp Kennecott Chrysler General Motors

Bank and Treasury Reports Show Early January Totals

Indianapolis reports debits of 4 523 000 and credits 7 984 000 for Tuesday. New York notes bank clearings to January 8 at 3 000 000 with clearing house balance 170 000 000 and Fed balance 17 000 000. Treasury says net expenditure for January 5 stands at 59 03 938 and customs receipts through the 5th total 5 796 13.

Indianapolis Indianapolis Bank New York Federal Reserve Bank Treasury United Press Washington Jan

Market pricing on butter cheese and poultry items

Wholesale butter No. 1 51 52 cents, LA on butterfat 491 50c per lb, cheese varieties listed with Wisconsin prime cream 27c and New York Jim buying prices. Hens, Leghorn hens around 21-26c, springers 2+ lbs about 23-26c. fat standards 47c. Poultry receipts 3 cars with springs 20-29c, turkeys up to 28c. Cheese Young Americas 24 5c, market steady with arrivals 81. Idaho and Wisconsin sacked russet prices shown.

America Wisconsin Daley New York United Press Gt GO Jen Idaho

Reddish Heads Swine Breeders Association Leaders

O R Reddish of Waveland elected president of the Indiana Swine Breeders Association at the fifty third annual meeting in Claypool Monday night. Fred L Obenchain Bainbridge named vice president and Levi P Moore Rochester secretary treasurer. R M Jenkins Orleans re elected director of the Indiana Livestock Breeders Association and O C Edwards Crawfordsville named director to fill the unexpired term of E W Moore Thorntown. Breeders of Duroc Jerseys Poland China Chester Whites and Berkshires held separate meetings today.

O. R. Reddish Waveland Indiana Swine Breeders Association Claypool Fred L. Obenchain Bainbridge Levi P. Moore Rochester R. M. Jenkins Orleans Indiana Livestock Breeders Association O. C. Edwards Crawfordsville E. W. Moore Thorntown E. J. Barker Chester

Lawyer's will names religious groups and gifts

John T. Lecklider died January 2 and left an $85,000 estate with $9,000 in gifts to religious groups. Fletcher Savings and Trust Company is named executor. Beneficiaries include First Presbyterian Church $1,000 YMCA $300 YWCA $300 Wheeler City Mission $100 National Missions of the Christian Church New York $4,000 and the Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United States $4,000.

John T. Lecklider Lecklider Fletcher Savings and Trust Company First Presbyterian Church Wheeler City National Missions of the Christian New York Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church United States

Prisoner Escapes From Train After Guarded Transit

Postoria Ohio January 8 A 17 year old prisoner named Jess James Crawford escaped from a Big Four train car while handcuffed and under guard. He leaped through a window, jumped into an automobile, and vanished. Authorities issued a lookout for Crawford.

Postoria. O Jess James Crawford

Market factors shift as monetary conditions take center stage

Prosperity recedes as a market factor and monetary conditions gain seriousness in New York reporting. High call rates are expected to persist into spring with potential rediscount rate advances. An unnamed leading banker offers annual thoughts from a new angle, which could influence markets. A further price correction seems possible.

Thomson & MacKinnon New York Ng Y‘ankers

Porkers Drop 15 Cents at Logal Yards Market

Hogs opened at Union Stockyards 15 cents lower with 150-300 lb cattle mostly at 9.30. Receipts 13,000. holdovers about 613. Vealers up 50 cents to 18 19. lambs 16 17. culls 10 14.50. Chicago hogs steady to weak. receipts 48,000 with 5,000 directs. Hog prices by weight ranges and cattle, calves, and sheep receipts listed.

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Chicago Market Receipts and Prices Report

Chicago and Buffalo market reports show hogs cattle calves and sheep receipts for January 8 with mixed demand. Prices range from hogs 7.65 to 10.00 per cwt and cattle 7.50 to 15.75, with fat cows and cutters quoted alongside lambs and sheep market levels.

Fruit and vegetable market prices for retailers

A listing of wholesale prices for apples grapes lemons and pears including Jonathan Delicious Grimes Winter bananas and other fruits. Vegetables priced for artichokes cauliflower lettuce onions cabbage kale tomatoes and potatoes with assorted regional sources and bag or crate sizes.

Jonathan Grimes Bahamas Almeria California Jamaica Oran Alifornia Valencia Anjou Texas Wisconsin Virginia Michigan Ohio Idaho Indiana Jersey

Field Bunches In Race For Speaker and Senate Leader

Legislators mingle in hotel lobbies awaiting party caucus votes for Speaker of the House and president pro tem of the Senate. Seven seek the speakership, two vie for the Senate leadership as Governor Elect Harry G. Leslie may stay silent unless a deadlock forms.

House Senate Harry G. Leslie Leslie James J. Nejdl Whiting Denver C. Harlan Richmond House of Representatives Claypool al G. Snyder State Printing Board Douglas Whitlock Terre Haute Leland K. Fishback

Poultry and Pet Stock Show Comes to Tomlinson Hall

The show features chickens cats pigeons rabbits turkeys and pheasants open Friday to Sunday with judging starting at 9 a m on Friday. Theo Hewes acts as secretary and manager with hours from 9 a m to 10 p m Friday and Saturday and 8 30 a m to 7 p m Sunday. Largest poultry entry expected Rhode Island Reds white New Zealands lead rabbits and a record number of turkeys this year. Rabbits up to sixteen pounds will be shown as a special attraction includes pea fowl and pheasants in full plumage.

Tomlinson Hall Theo Hewes Poultry Department Rhode Island Reds Hewes New

Traffic Club to Name Officers at Dinner

The Indianapolis Traffic Club will elect officers January 24 after a 6:30 dinner at the Severin. Two candidate tickets are named with W. F. Benning for president, H. A. Koch for second vice president, and FR. C. Johnston for secretary-treasurer on both. Additional nominees appear for first vice president, third vice president, and director positions on each ticket.

Indianapolis W. P. Basch H. B. McNeely C A. Wazner E. C. Lipp Harold Prange M. G. Chenoweth G. H. Evans H. T. Grimes

C of C to Study Oil Freight Rates

The Indiana State Chamber of Commerce freight and traffic committee will study the Interstate Commerce Commission examiners report on petroleum rail rates Friday. R B Coapstick announced a bill of exception to equalize Indianapolis and Indiana rates with Chicago and Illinois, due before Feb 12. The report favors a one half cent per 100 pounds rate cut from southwestern oil fields, but Indianapolis remains disadvantaged at 41 cents versus about 38 cents to Chicago despite closer proximity to production.

Interstate Commerce Commission Indiana State Chamber of Commerce R. B. Coapstick Chamber Indianapolis Indiana Chicago Illinois Coapstick

Beaux Stratagem Actor Wallace Eddinger Dies in Pittsburgh

Wallace Eddinger aged 43, member of the Players Club of New York, died in Presbyterian hospital Pittsburgh from lobar pneumonia. He was in the city last week acting in The Beaux Stratagem at a local theater and was found in his hotel room Saturday.

United Press Pittsburgh Wallace Eddinger Players Club of New York Presbyterian Hospital Peasee Ee

Indiana State College for Teachers proposed by legislature

The Indiana State Normal at Terre Haute would become Indiana State College for Teachers and the Indiana State Normal eastern division at Muncie would become Ball Teachers College. Trustees of the institutions met at the Columbia Club to discuss the change and approve plans for a new teacher training building at Terre Haute.

Indiana State Normal School Terre Haute Indiana State College For Teachers Indiana State Normal Muncie Ball Teachers College Columbia Club

Grain futures gain firmness in pit opening

Higher outside markets pushed wheat prices higher at the open while corn showed firmness and oats were unchanged. Provisions were steady. The Canadian pool resisted export sales and sentiment shifted toward the long side as rumors of bigger export demand supported offers at the seaboard.

United Preas Chicago Tony Seaboard

Chicago Grain Table Incomplete Agency Report

Special ICAGO notes grain prices with carrots not listed. Wheat 34 cents per unit corn 546 oats 63 rye 8 in the January 8 record.

ICAGO

Cotton Market notes slight decline in New York

In New York on January 8 cotton eased enough to keep bears confident. The late rally showed a sold out appearance and a further drop seemed unlikely unless other markets worsen. Early trading hinted at possible price improvement elsewhere.

Thomson & McKinnon New York Cotton Bears

Marriage Licenses Listed For Several Couples

A batch of marriage licenses shows Leonard Du Pont 23 of 3005 West Washington bus driver wed Hazel La Mar 29 of 2030 North LaSalle. Layton Smith 26 of Columbus Ohio shoe rebuilder weds Dorothy Hatfield 18 of 309 North Capitol. Tom Johnson 33 of 1042 North Traub foundry worker weds Florida Bell 33 of 952 North Traub housekeeper. Eve Barber 24 of 1803 North New Jersey tailor weds Phyllis Blessing 24 of 2016 Central stenographer. Louis Wagner 30 of Pittsville Wisconsin cheese maker weds Mildred Bowman 19 of 1732 South Randolph assistant cashier. Guy Kitchen 34 of Danville Illinois advertising salesman weds Andene Hendrix 25 of 4619 Broadway stenographer. Arlo Kilpatrick 22 of 1214 Oliver salesman weds Mary Ewing 20 of 1329 Oliver.

Leonard du Pont West Washington Hazel la Mar North LaSalle Layton Smith Columbus Dorothy Hatfield North Capitol Tom Johnson North Traub Florida Bell Eve Barber North New Jersey Phyllis Blessing Central Louis Wagner Pittsville Wis Mildred Bowman South Randolph Guy Kitchen Danville Ill Andene Hendrix Broadway Arlo Kilpatrick Oliver Mary Ewing

Multiple Deaths Reported From Bronchial Pneumonia and Cardiac Conditions

A string of death notices lists numerous individuals with causes including bronchopneumonia, myocarditis, endocarditis, pulmonary tuberculosis, and vascular complications. Names, ages, and addresses appear for residents such as Mike Rhe 41, John M Feilly 67, Sarah Elizabeth Robinson 37, and William G Williams 74, among others, with hospitals including St. Vincent's and Central Indiana. The notices indicate chronic and acute cardiac issues, respiratory diseases, and infections, reflecting a broad pattern of illness and mortality in the community.

Mike Rhe Haugh John M. Feilly Humphrey Mes Forshe City Mitland Codhae Ronthe Witla Schumaker City Hospital Robert L. Mediey North Fourth Jerusha Ann Kabbe Delaware L. Wilford Rich A. St. Vincent's Hospital Juanita Pillinger Sanders Finley Carcinent Iiam A. Reddie East Drive Woodruff Place Ary Broden St. Vincent's Hospital Johanna Lynch North Arsenal Heon Amelia Pondolier Churchman Bila ‘Bruce N. Ritter Rad Brackman Union Frank Dugan Central Indiana Hos Piel Harles D. Davis Fletcher George Vootten A. Kent Chester Dam Fussner S. Talbott Ames Wesley Branham a @ Holt Agene Erie Hillside Emily Quick N. Tibbs Orence Campbell Meredith William G. Williams St. Vincent Hospital Sarah Elizabeth Robinson Eugene

Births Report From Various Hospitals and Homes

A list of birth announcements across multiple addresses and hospitals. Names include Tom and Francis Tshofski. Geoergetta Evans. Aliie Camden. Orpha Bless. Alberta Morris. Jape Frasier. Shaees and Hiltroud. Wendell and Alita Wright. Mi and Madeline Dell. Mary Zeunik. Asa and Evelyn Smith. John and Edith McCrea. Bruno and Irene ell. Eugene and Ruth Holdeway. and others, with numerous street addresses and institutions noted.

Tom Francis Tshofski North Holmes Son Geoergetta Evans East Tentathas Aliie Camden South Melvin Orpha Bless North Pine Osborne Alberta Morris Northwere Jape Frasier Colamay Ru Hospital Shaees and Hiltroud Gal Jeman Has- Wendell Alita Wright Coleman Hos- Mi Madeline Dell Christian Hoswa Mary Zeunik Christian Hos- Asa Evelyn Smith Wert John Edith McCrea Ly Bruno Irene Ell Bradary Eugene Ruth Holdeway West Ognene Pearl Crosbey Hewpites Margaret Bradford Methos Cecil Hattieith Sheldon Phenard & d Mildred Shapmen Colemand Pred Virginia Hadley Coleman Hosp Calvin

Building Permits Reported for City Additions

Captiol Ice Company seeks addition work. Janoee H Lie reroof 418 Harvard Place. Jacquart proposes addition 4619 East Tenth. M Pats Spabely plans addition 2081 North Dear Seats garage 360. East excavation 3592 Salem.

Capitol Ice Company East Wes SF Janoee H. Lie Harvard Place Jacquart East Tenth M. Pats Spabely North Dearseats Salem

European Writers to Be Heard Friday Night in Caleb Mills Hall

Two European leaders will lecture at 8 p m Friday in Caleb Mills hall under the Indiana Council on International Relations. M Pierre de Laaux and Wolf Von Dewall will discuss France and Germanys diplomacy and peaceful dispute settlement.

Caleb Mills France Germany Indiana Council On International Relations M. Pierre de Laaux Wolf von Dewall Frankfurter Zeitung

Rites Set for Sister Mary Prudence of St. Francis

Sister Mary Prudence 38 of the order of St. Francis at Oldenburg dies Monday at St. Vincent's hospital. Burial at Oldenburg convent cemetery Thursday. Funeral at Holy Rosary church Wednesday 9 a.m. She had been a member eighteen years. Born in Cincinnati to Philip and Mrs. Keller. Survived by parents three sisters and six brothers including Albert Keller of St. Louis and Anthony Charles Louis Frank and Leo Keller of Cincinnati.

Mary Prudence Order of St. Francis Oldenburg Holy Rosary Catholic Church St. Vincent’s Hospital Holy Rosary Church Prudence Order Cincinnati Philip Keller Cephas Our Holy Angels St. Bernard, O Catherine Siena Covington Doloretta St. John’s School Middletown J. A. Billings Pennsylvania Alfred Grosser Catherine Keller Albert Keller St. Louis Anthony Charles Louis Frank Leo Keller

Plea, new trial sought in Ada Le Boeuf case

In Franklin Louisiana a bid for a new trial and an insanity defense offered hope to Ada Bonner Le Boeuf and Dr Thomas E Dreher condemned for murder. They were granted a one week reprieve from execution as defense plans argue jury intimidation and mental illness as grounds for reversal.

United Preas

Fire Claims Life Of Roy Berry In Kokomo Home

Roy Berry age 26 perished when flames gutted his father’s Kokomo Indiana house. He slept in a second floor room as the fire consumed the building.

Kokomo Ind Roy Berry

City in Brief: Stock Increase and Local Notes

Preferred stock for L. S. Ayres & Co rose by 1.5 million dollars, bringing total capitalization to 4.5 million as the eleven story addition was finalized. Bible workers discussed Evangelism at First Baptist church after a Service Club dinner with speakers Purves Duden and Jacquart. Cardaris vehicle damaged by a railroad engine at Kentucky avenue crossing. lights disputed by police. Gideons have placed 444 Bibles of 700 purchased, with sites including the Y M C A Williams hotel Huntington hotel Young hotel and Indiana state reformatory Pendleton. Former secretary Schortemeier to address Sheet Metal and Warm Air Heating Contractors at Chamber dinner Jan 11. state convention planned for Jan 22-24.

L. S. Ayres & Co Bible Workers First Baptist Church Service Club George T. Purves Margaret Duden C. G. Jacquart The Gideons Williams Hotel Huntington Hotel Huntington Young Hotel North Manchester Indiana State Reformatory Pendleton Frederick E. Schortemeier Sheet Metal and Warm Air Heating Contractors’ Association Chamber of Commerce

First day as president judge ends with security scene

In Philadelphia on January 8 Judge Leopold C. Glass took office as president judge of municipal courts amid a police and fire department security show. Glass claimed lawful election while six of ten judges favored predecessor Charles I Brown. Glass locked his office door and was guarded by a sheriff and three deputies amid photographers flashes and a brief fire company response.

United Press Philadelphia Leopold C. Glass Philadelphia Charles I. Brown Glass

Humane Society picks slate in Indianapolis election

Harley W. Rhodehamel will continue as president of the Indianapolis Humane Society for another year after Monday night’s vote. Elected officers include William N. Hastey as first vice president, W. S. Hughes as second vice president, William P. Hargon as secretary, and H. N. Tebay as treasurer.

Harley W. Rhodehamel The Indianapolis Humane Society William N. Hastey W. Hughes William P. Hargon H. N. Tebay

Seiberling Rubber Chief Elected RAA President

New York January 8 1929 F A Seiberling of the Seiberling Rubber Company Akron Ohio has been elected president of the Rubber Association of America for 1929.

United Press New York F. A. Seiberling The Seiberling Rubber Company Akron, O Rubber Association of America

Indianapolis Boy Recovers From Rheumatism Say Mother

Mrs. Catherine McNeely of 230 Northeastern Avenue Indianapolis reports her son Robert O. McNeely’s six year struggle with rheumatism ends after using Dr Vermilya’s Vermillio prescription. She praises the remedy as a miracle and urges others to seek the VerWilko specialist at Goldsmith’s East Washington and Alabama Street Store and at Goldsmith’s Drug Stores.

Catherine McNeely Robert O. McNeely Northeastern Avenue Indianapolis Indiana Robert Vermilya VerWilke VerWilKo Middle West Goldsmith East Washington Alabama Street Goldsmith's

Hoover's Long Latin Tour Deepened U S Ties

Foreign Editor William Philip Simms notes Hoover traveled 18 221 miles from Washington back to Washington visiting ten Latin American nations and meeting officials aboard the Maryland. The journey reshaped Pan American views of the United States and laid groundwork for future cooperation amid new hope and cautious optimism.

William Philip Simms Ecient Revised Washington Herbert Hoover Central South America Maryland Rio Grande White House

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