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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1930
Page
3
A late morning rally in the utility sector boosted the stock market with modest turnover. United States Steel and several anchors held support as rails and oils wavered. Cotton and grain recovered after early declines while Safeway and Transamerica slipped before trimming losses.
Indianapolis reports Tuesday clearings at 3,172,000 with 5,725,000 debits. Chicago totals show 92,400,000 clearings and balances near 7,300,000. New York balances 183,000,000 with reserve credit of 125,000.00.
United Press reports in Washington on July 7 that the Treasury net balance on July 26 was 31 278 575.79 dollars. Expenditures for the same date were 290 715.98 dollars and customs receipts for the month to that day were 22 037 476.27 dollars.
In New York July 29 Thomson McKinnon notes retaliatory pressure from Canada on the tariff act but cites US safeguards for flexibility. No signs of improved trade news yet as major US firms cover midyear dividends amid severe trade depression. The column advises buying better grade stocks on market dips.
New York July 28 closing prices and net changes for principal stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange are listed. The report outlines the day’s market movement and notable variances across major sectors.
Mutual Insurance Association lunch at the Columbia Club Kiwanis Club luncheon at Clas hotel Lions Club luncheon at Lincoln Purdue Alumni Association luncheon at Severin Timi Club luncheon at Board of Trade Federated Patriotic Societies annual picnic all day at Brookside park Eddie Brackett to speak at Kiwanis All Entertainment Day at the Claypool League of Home-Owned Industries holds mass meeting at Rhodius park at 7 30 pm with speakers on league issues
The report lists Kingan & Co No 1 top quality poultry prices in Indianapolis with hens ducks and geese, then moves to New York Cleveland and Chicago price quotes for butter eggs poultry and cheese, noting firmness and ranges for fowls leghorns springers and other poultry types.
Marion Ohio July 29 Edward Yoder of Marion argued with John Fairfield Monday night. Fairfield refused to fight and Yoder struck him. Fairfield’s wife then seized an iron bar and beat Yoder severely, sending him to a hospital. Yoder charged with disorderly conduct.
A long list records births of girls with multiple couples named at St Vincent's hospital City hospital Methodist hospital and other local facilities. Entries include Bernard Webb Josephine Gullian Tobin Jackson Riehl Hedges Andrews Mackey Alexander Piper Manfreda and many more with street addresses and partner names. The fragment ends with the note girls.
New York Life Insurance Company reports record half year 1930 in United States and Canada with 187,758 policies issued totaling 538,079,800 dollars and 164,366 policies for 511,074,600 dollars in 1929. The firm declined 11,908 cases valued at over 49,000,000 dollars.
A brief readable fragment mentions a person or group with the term wasan in a local context. No clear events, dates, or outcomes are specified. The text reads as a partial OCR passage with limited identifiable entities. Further text would be needed to form a concrete news item.
A list of patients with various ailments and ages appears, including Gallie Riner aged 41 at Gentral Indiana hospital with pulmonary tuberculosis and William Carey aged 35 at 826 Arbor with pulmonary tuberculosis. Additional entries cover cerebral hemorrhage, toxemia, ulcers, nephritis, pneumonia and chronic myocarditis across several city hospitals.
Hog trading showed strength with 10 to 20 cent gains in many weights. Chicago futures listed 160-220 lb hogs at 9.50 to 9.60 with top 9.65, while 200-250 lb cattle traded around 9.70 to 10.75 for various classes. receipts ranged from 1,600 to 17,000 across several outlets including Wayne Indiana Toledo and Pittsburgh bureaus.
Dow Jones notes a drop in U S crude oil output for the week ended July 26 by 34 373 barrels daily while New York and London markets show varied activity. Reports detail earnings and dividends for major American firms including International Nickel Westinghouse Pacific Light and several rail and manufacturing companies with six month and quarterly figures.
A long list of assorted produce with prices per crate box bushel and basket is shown. Items include Winesap apples Ben Davis melons cantaloupes and many regional specialties with prices ranging from about 1.25 to 8.00 per unit or crate. Some entries specify crate sizes and regional origins such as California Georgia Michigan and Ohio.
Hogs receipts 600 with market steady. 225 lb hogs at 8.85. 185-225 lb at 9.45. 130-165 lb at 0.65. 130 lb down at 6.95. roughs 6.35. stags 5.75. Cattle receipts 100. market steady. prime heavy steers 8.9. heavy shipping steers 92.8. medium and plain 5.50-6.50. fat heifers 4.50-8.50. good to choice cows 45.50. medium to good cows 3.50-4. cutters 2.3. bulls 3.50-5.50. feeders 6-7.50. stockers 5-6. calves 300 market 50c lower. choice 6.50-7. medium 5.50-6.50. common to medium 3-5. Sheep receipts 1,000. market steady. ewe and wether lambs 8. clip lambs 6-5.65.
On July 29 in Chicago corn futures climbed while wheat fell to new lows as hedge selling persisted and a weak export market limited activity. Weather turned cooler with no rain forecast, boosting corn despite scattered profit taking and light cash demand.
Passenger destinations and routes listed by flight type and origin at Mars Hill Airport. Names include P. S. McConnell Birchwood. S. T. Trassening Anderson. H. S. Lucas Emerson Avenue. C. A. Duhr Evanston. P. J. Case Chicago. Charles S. Hickey Wilmette. Dr. E. C. Latta Indianapolis. Milt Campbell L. G. Russell R. E. Coan Cincinnati. Bob Shank Hoosier Airport. Clarence Cornish Fort Wayne. Ralph Sturm Seymour. E. B. Martin Colorado Springs. Lloyd Deacon Albion. D. Eikenberry Flora.
Forest O'Brine and Dale Jackson piloted an endurance monoplane as radio stations and agencies urged more funds to keep the flight aloft. Reporters said the fliers would land unless money was raised, while St. Louis announcers urged support to help them break the present duration record. The Greater St. Louis craft had been in the air 195 hours at 9 10 a m.
Negotiations for a combined airplane dirigible service linking Berlin Seville and South America are understood closed. Inauguration may be expected soon, the United States commerce commission was advised today.
Louis Reichers and Robert Black completed 208 consecutive hours aloft by 10 34 a m at Roosevelt Field Long Island. The crew of the refueling plane observed cooler weather. fliers switched from shorts to trousers and jackets as conditions cooled.
Merle N. Sidener was named to a school board seat to succeed Lewis E. Iteman who resigned. Sidener begins his term after being elected last fall for a four year term starting Jan 1 1932 and will fill the unexpired term of Whiteman who resigned after a drunken driving arrest.
Hollis Thurston of Brooklyn, veteran right hander, pitched two hits allowed in a 4-0 win over the Cardinals in six days, his second shutout in that span. Thurston has allowed five hits in eighteen innings and hasn’t allowed a run. Only twenty eight batters faced him Monday. He was moved from the bullpen to a starter role after Dodgers manager Robinson noted his strong recent performance.
Sioux City heavyweight Tuffy Griffith entered as a 3 to 1 favorite over New Zealand challenger Tom Heeney in a ten round national match at Queensboro stadium tonight.
Eugene Trace of the Peoria Three-I League club was granted his request for release last week after telling officials that sight baseball was too dangerous for a pitcher. Trace cited several narrow escapes from line drives as his reason to quit. Pinky Silverberg, New York featherweight, lost to Eddie Burl of Jacksonville in a ten round bout.
Nisse Ramm aged 185 from Sweden defeated Joe Miller 187 from Chicago in ten rounds. Don Warden of Chicago knocked out Pat Dillon of Little Rock in four rounds. In Rochester Abe Lichenstein of Rochester stopped Farmer Joe Cooper of Terre Haute in ten rounds.
MINNEAPOLIS July 29 Del Lundgren right handed pitcher with the Millers has been sold to New Orleans of the Southern Association. Lundgren who came here from Nashville failed to round into form this season. NEW YORK July 29 John R De Witt captain of the Princeton football team in 1903 and all American guard died of heart disease on a club car en route from his Greenfield Connecticut home.
New York fighter Frankie Genaro is declared world flyweight champion by the National Boxing Association after a ten round decision over Dave Alderman of Philadelphia at Dexter Monday night.
Outfielder Bruno Haas of the St. Paul Saints, sidelined a month with a knee injury, is practicing with the team and expects to return within a few weeks.
Did you know that Onnie Mack, troubled by pitching and hitting, now says his boys will win out. Connie Mack notes they are beginning to click. He praises Earnshaw's pitching in the last World Series despite a loss. John McGraw seeks a Jewish player to boost his squad, sending scout Dick Kinsella to find one, resulting in Harry Rosenberg joining the Bronx practice hits.
Sir Oliver Lodge, 80, in a wireless Sunday address from York argues America will ultimately police the world. He says the time is not ripe yet but international weapons will be largely dispensed with and disputes settled by civilized methods.
Gene Durham, 30, of Kokomo, Ind., is charged with serine and facing heavy debt. He will go on trial in Howard circuit court on Thursday after driving a locally rented automobile to Kansas City, Missouri.
George Lawson aged 81 and Civil War veteran died in Anderson Indiana after a fall from a chair caused a hip fracture. The incident occurred in the city and led to his death on July 29.
Indianapolis faces the highest motor accident death rate among northern cities with 125 deaths in the year ending July 12, rate 32.8 per 100000. The piece notes factors like driver exams and uniform traffic standards as steps to reduce fatalities.
The marriage notices record Ernest E. Fleming and Bernice M. Holtzman both of 933 North Temple, Ivanhoe L. Patterson and Hazel A. Hardesty of 1639 and 1633 Park, Clarence Robertson Jr. and Thelma A. Moore of 829 South Randolph and 1124 College, Lee D. Church and Madge V. Breedlove of 2239 College and 2824 North Gale, Alvin K. Havens and Inez I. Crosby of Marion and 2720 East New York, William Lee and Florence Daniels of Bloomington and R. KR. 14 Box 144, Dempsey Allman and Maye Wilson of 220 North Senate and of sum, Joseph E. Hooks and Pauline Crenshaw of 1177 West Twenty-seventh and 2215 North Dearborn.
Obituaries and funeral notices for Carey Dennis McCaslin Elizabeth McCaslin and others list addresses at 926 Arbor Ave 2402 Kenwood Ave and 253 N Arsenal Ave with services at Holy Cross church and burial at Holy Cross cemetery. Additional notices include storage charges and business listings for The Banner Storage on Wabash St with related names Perkins Johnson Piersdith and repository details.
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