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Newspaper

Indianapolis Times

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1928

Page

6

Railroad stock features mart in list opening

New York June 26 United Press activity in railroad stocks led the opening trade on the Exchange. Delaware & Hudson jumped to 189 up 4 points as Texas & Pacific slipped after Monday. Atchison rose to 188 with others like Missouri Pacific and Missouri-Kansas-Texas active.

United Press New York Stock Exchange Texas & Pacific Delaware & Hudson Atchison Missouri Pacific St. Louis Southwestern Missouri-Kansas-Texas U. S. Steel General Motors Radio Rose Victor Talking Machine Pan American B Wall Street Journal Financial Review Today

Stock advances push copper shares higher after dividend news

Advances in trading push prices up 1 to 2 points as heavy buying hits Anaconda after it declares a 100th dividend at 4 annual basis. Copper shares rise with the sector. General Motors gains about 4 points, Radio gains 2 and United States Steel rises to about 134.74.

Anaconda General Motors Radio 2 United States Steel

Banking and Exchange Reports From Major Cities

Indianapolis bank clearings reached 3 907 000 with 7 422 000 debits. New York clearings stood at 1 270 000 000 with a 109 000 000 balance. Chicago reported 111 900 000 clearings and a 6 200 000 balance. Foreign exchange opened lower with various rates. Liberty bonds showed values around 100 for 31 and 4s near 101.25.

Indianapolis New York United Press Clearing House Chicago Liberty Bonds Liberty

Stock Market Faces Severe Weaker Turn Amid Adjustments

The piece notes the stock market undergoing a harsh test after broker loans, gold exports, and peak speculation. It cites income tax effects and upcoming mid year interest and dividend needs as factors shaping adjustments, with a future signal expected in the money market.

Thomson & McKi New York

Citizens’ naturalization papers secured in vault plan

Antonio Lagrotte, new American citizen, recovered his lost naturalization certificate and stored it in a vault after a restoration by district naturalization director W A Kiefer. Final hearings are set for September 27 at the Federal Building.

Antonio Lagrotte Noble St Lagrotte W. A. Kiefer Kiefer

New York Stocks Briefs From June Market Notes

The June report from New York stocks notes trading activity across major exchanges. Institutional observers cite Thomson and McKinnon analysis and daily price movements for all main indices.

Market Words in Hog Cattle and Sheep Prices Across Cities

Cleveland Buffalo Cincinnati Pittsburgh AYNE details hog receipts and prices by weight with decreases noted. cattle and calves receipts and prices shown as steady or up. sheep receipts and top and bulk lamb and ewe prices listed for each center. Names include city markets and weight brackets.

Local hog market falls as receipts rise at livestock exchange

Hog top slips 20 cents to 11.05 amid a general market decline. Receipts total 27 000 hogs with 500 directs. 190 300 pound weights sold mostly 10.90 to 11.05. light weights down to 10.25 to 11. Lambs steady to 50 cents lower. beef prices mixed with steers 13.50 to 14.65 and cows 8.50 to 10.50.

Close Atchison West Lehigh Valley NY WN & H Nor Pacific Norfolk & West Pere Marquette Noun Lyania Southern Ry St Paul Fd Lé&sill Texas & Pac Ape Union Pacific Wabas Maryland Goodrich Goodyear Kelly-Spat United States Am Car & Fdy, Nee Wee Am Steel F. Vee St NY Air Bra Westingh Air Vanadium Corp Motors— Am Bosch Mag Chandler Chrysler Corp . Oe Cent! Motors Illyria - Dodge Bros Gabriel Sablers General Motors Hudson Bate Jordan Ack Tr artin-Parry My Moon Nas Packard Studker Cor Stromber Carbone Timken Willys-Oyerland Smit & Rig Ariz Cerro de Pasco Chile Greene Inspiration Kennecott Miami Texas Gulf Sul Cal Petrol Atlantic Gig Freeport-Tex Houston Phillips Petrol Fatewes Sinclair Skelly Oil Texas Corp Allis Chalmers Allied Chemical Armour Curtis Davison Harvester Lambert Lowes Kelvenator Montgom Pittsburgh Co Owens Bottle Adio Orpee Rem Rand Sears-Roebuck Union Carbide Indus Alco Wright Woolworth Utilities Am Tel & Tel Interboro Not Power Nor Am Co Std Gas & el Ay Utilities Power Union Tel Guew United Fruit Feods Austin Jewel Jones Bros Natl Biscuit Nat Dairy Post Co Ward Sumatra Meyers Sis Cigar Pu United Areas Cleveland Aleady Preas Buffalo Caesa Cebeaiaie United Press Cincinnati Pittsburgh Chicago Bulk

Two Hurt In Crashes Involving Parked Car And Horse Carriage

A parked car rolled down a garage incline and struck Joseph Brown at 621 West Thirtieth Street near the Leventhal garage at 22 North Capitol Avenue injuring Mrs Brown slightly. Separately Elihue Jeffries at 121 West Twenty Sixth Street was hit by an automobile driven by Kenneth Davis 36 of Elwood Indiana after his horse carriage ran away leaving Jeffries on the pavement. he was treated at city hospital.

Joseph Brown Thirtieth St Leventhal N. Capitol Ave Brown Elihue Jeffries W. Twenty- Sixth St

Citizen soldiers hear payroll sounds at camp parade

Citizen soldiers at the C M T C at F& Harrison received their first payroll today. Camp officers arranged transportation money for men en route to camp. A regimental parade occurred Monday night in rain with fewer spectators from Indianapolis. Parades planned Thursday and Friday and battalion reviews in July. Seymour Stewart and Robert L Pond promoted to sergeants in Company E.

F& Harrison Indianapolis Seymour Stewart N. East St Robert L. Pond Central Ave

Heating Hearing Set on Discontinuing Service in Indianapolis

Protesters challenge Indianapolis Light and Power Company plan to abandon its Alabama and Sixteenth Street heating plant. A public hearing before Public Service Commissioner Howell Ellis is scheduled for Wednesday. A cross petition seeks an audit of the company’s books an appraisal of the plant and an engineer’s check.

Indianapolis Light and Power Company Alabama Public Service Howell Ellis

Wholesale and market prices for butter, cheese, poultry and more

Butter and butterfat prices listed for No 1 and No 2 grades. Cheese wholesale prices by variety with regional notes. Fresh poultry buying prices for hens leghorns and roosters with weights. Regional price quotes for potatoes, hay, flour pork lard and sugars. New York and Cleveland price updates cover eggs, poultry, cheese and baked goods.

Wisconsin New Legorn Bu United Press New York Midwest Rio Santos Long Island Lée Brothers Maine Bermuda Jersey Pacific Coast

Expulsion of NYSE member Edwin H. Stern

Edwin H. Stern, a NYSE member since 1910, is expelled for conduct inconsistent with trade standards. The charge cites a May 3 1928 incident where he sold 400 shares to the broker who placed an order, then bought the balance for his own account and later sold 1,000 shares to that same broker at a higher price without disclosure.

United Aress New York Edwin H. Stern New York Stock Exchange Stern

Variety of Produce Prices From Commission Row Goods

A long list of fruits and vegetables with assorted prices per crate, hamper, or dozen. Items include apples, apricots, cantaloupes, cherries, grapefruit, lemons, limes, oranges, peaches, pineapple, raspberries, strawberries, asparagus, beans, beets, carrots, cauliflowers, cucumbers, lettuce, mangoes, mustard, onions, parsley, peas, peppers, rhubarb, tomatoes, and more. Prices largely reflect California, Florida, Louisiana, Kentucky, and other regions with multiple unit measurements and vendor notes.

California Jamaica Craete H. G Rae Sorin Texas Kentucky Florida Epa Idaho Carolina Alabama

Local Wheat Prices and Sugar Futures Movement

Local elevators offer 1.55 for No red wheat with other grades bought on merit. Sugar futures opened higher with nearby 2.44 and 2.59 for Sept and Dec contracts, rising about 0.04 to 0.02.

Births in City Hospital Residents List Record

A fragmented list of newborn girls and their parents from city hospital records. Names include Emmi, Irene Wallace, Austin Paff, Geneva Sinnett, Pearl Betts, and multiple entries tied to city hospital care. The text lists pairs and households across several streets and includes several repeats and misreads.

Mike Art Margaret Rajko W. Pearl Emmi Irene Wallace Anna Myrtle Means Chas Eee Zella Weathers X. Ox Gorge Grace Walter E. Levot Walter Gertrude Davidson Austin Geneva Paff City William and Iola King Ezell and Lela Marrs Eleanor Sinnett Virgil Pearl Betts Sanford Helen Baste She Katherine”. Pierre N. Moran Crawford Pearl Pitcher City Hospital Alfred and Adrere City Hospital Henry Hattie Brown Nellie Watkins Hostige Cerilda Hopkins City Hos

List of Deaths and Causes from Local Obituary Column

List of deceased with ages and causes including Rebecca Klingensmith 84 at 966 WN Sheffield acute liver atrophy Lindley Pierce 80 234 N Delaware cerebral hemorrhage Rachel Atkins 83 1228 Herbert bronchopneumonia Clarence Baker 67 Central Indiana Hospital chronic myocarditis Ona Ross 26 Flower Mission Hospital pulmonary tuberculosis James McMannis 36 1519 Kennington lobar pneumonia Charles B eem 60 859 W Thirtieth cerebral hemorrhage Alonzo Rabb 58 Long Hospital carcinoma Charles H Wiese 56 4345 College acute dilatation of heart Fred J Koepke 57 525 S Alabama pulmonary tuberculosis Lillie L Sawyer 35 city hospital myopathic? Alberti Charles Metcalf 69 1929 N Pennsylvania uremia Pauline Palmore 18 522 Drover pulmonary tuberculosis Alonzo James 65 Central Indiana Hospital arteriosclerosis Irr Staite 49 Methodist Hospital hypothyroidism Penistles F Hemiston 10 2100 W Washington fractured skull accidental Vennie Hines 51 city hospital myopathy Anna E Brown 46 2636 Bellfontaine Swanke 13 Camp Gridley

Rebecca E. Klingensmith WN. Sheffield Lindley M. Pierce N. Delaware Rachel Atkins Herbert Clarence Baker Central Indiana Hospital Ona Ross Flower Mission Hospital James McMannis Kennington Charles 8. Beem W. Thirtieth Alonzo Rabb Long Hospital Charles H. Wiese College Fred J. Koepke S. Alabama Aise L. Sawyer City Hospital Alberti Charles Metcalf N. Pennsylvania

Predictions of clear weather push wheat price down

New predictions of clear weather in the northwest and southwest sent wheat slightly lower at the opening on the Board of Trade. Corn and oats were slightly higher and provisions rose modestly. Weather across the plains showed clearing in key wheat regions but continued moisture in the middle section with below normal temperatures. Five inches of hail reported at Sydney Nebraska. Liverpool markets weaker than expected.

United Press Chicago Board of Trade Today Sydney Neb Liverpool Corn Belt

Cotton Futures Rise Amid Market Uncertainty

New York June 26 Cotton futures firma Lyrae trading noted after morning notices. July at 2.50 down .04 while October 21.82 up .05 December 21.72 up .09 January 21.52 up .07 March 21.37 up .08 May 21.32 up .08.

United Press New York Apne Spe United Prensa New York Cotton Futures Lyrae

City in Brief list of local luncheons and events

The item catalogs numerous local club gatherings and events including Purdue Alumni Association, Kiwanis, Lions, Chamber of Commerce, and Round Table luncheons. It notes other items such as a memorial commission letter, a Maine bridge dedication invitation, a safety conference, a Broad Ripple Park outing fundraiser, and police activity incidents. It also mentions visitors, a touring Swiss prison official, and personnel changes in the patrol ranks.

Purdue Alumni Association SeXiwanis Club Lwan Ub Clan Lions Club Lincol Junior Chamber of Commerce Chamber of Commerce Round Table Chi Alpha Board of Jadeee Plasterers’ Association Jundh- Severin Alpha Eta Pi LingoIn Wa Beta Phi Severin

Anaconda Copper Declares Century Dividend Milestone

Directors of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company celebrate the 100th dividend by issuing common stock on a $4 annual basis, up from $3. A quarterly dividend of $1 is declared payable Aug. 20 to stockholders of record Aug. 14.

New York Anaconda Copper Mining Company

Metal Roofs Shield Humans From Lightning Says Indiana Scientist

Bloomington June 26 Dr Mason C Hufford of Indiana University physics dept says a metal roof offers the best protection against lightning for humans. He notes that any metal container blocks strikes and advises staying in such a structure while highlighting trees as dangerous during storms.

United Press Bloomington Ind Mason C. Hufford Indiana University Physics Department Hufford Dr. Hufford Earth

Senators named to attend Gooding funeral

United Press reports a committee of senators from Indiana Idaho Montana California Wyoming Oregon Iowa and others will attend the funeral of the late Senator Gooding who died at his home in Gooding Idaho. The announcement was made Sunday.

United Press Washington Watson Indiana Borah Idaho Walsh Montana Johnson California Kendrick Wyoming McNary Oregon Shortridge Wheeler Stiewer Iowa Senator Gooding Gooding Helen Batte Nashville Tenn Chicago Celestine Smith

Mantell Near Death in New Jersey Country Home

Atlantic Highlands New Jersey June 26 The physician Dr John Boyd reports little hope for the recovery of veteran actor Robert B Mantell who is weakened further from a general breakdown while at his Brucewood country home The Times Special from Peru Indiana notes a pioneer chest used for flour and pea storage donated to the Miami County museum by Hal C Phelps The seven by two by two foot poplar chest said to be made by Dr Benjamin Henton who settled in 1836 is described in the report.

Atlantic Highlands N. J Robert B. Mantell John Boyd Boyd Mantell Peru Ind Miami County Hal C. Phelps Benjamin Henton Prena ST. Louis Roberto Dominguez Carillo Mexico Carillo Mexico City New York Los Angeles Cal University of Illinois National University of Mexico Dwight P. Morrow Bu Times Lebanon Indianapolis John W. Hornaday Boone Circuit Court Charles R. Sowders Sowders Phyllis Richard Bowers Columbus L. A. Lewis John A. Patton Dora Atkins Idlewild Mich James H. Waters W. Twenty-Sixth St Edgemont Ave Everett White E. A. White C. K. Bedford Royal Undertaking Company Huntsville Ala Henry J. Richardson Mesdames Octavia Hammond Beulah Wiggins Alleghany Mountains William Goodwin Nettie Walker Fredonia Bundy Ohio

Abolition Push Targets Indiana Tax Board At Assembly

Muncie Indiana June 26 A motion at the Indiana Association of Park Departments convention urges abolishing the Indiana State board of tax commissioners as a centralizing influence on city government. Richard Eibel of South Bend introduced the resolution which was adopted. Gary was chosen as the 1929 convention site with officers and committees named across city and park departments.

Muncie Ind Indiana State Board of Tax Commissioners General Assembly Indiana Association of Park Departments Richard Eibel South Bend Gary W. P. Gleason C. Y. Andrews Peru Adolph Emhardt Indianapolis Allan J. Wylie Bloomington Frank Borman Karl T. Brown Obra D. N._ Foster Frarne Louis Glueck Beard Fire Karl T. Owa EG Roub Jr Indianapo Walter Jarvis Wood Posey Terre Haute Ward L. Mack W.P. Gleason Harry Milligan Terre la Georg Morgan Adolph Saneicke Frayne Ray Stubbs East Chicago Earl Brooke

Rules for Scooter Derby Entrants Announced by The Times

The Indianapolis Times Capitol Diaries announces scooter derby rules with class structure for ages 5 to under 12, vehicle specs including wheel base and handlebar width, required instructor certification, parent approvals, and prize breakdown totaling 500 dollars across three classes plus semi final and special awards.

Indianapolis Times - Capitol Dairies, Inc Times Office

Graduates of Negro Schools Here Succeed

Rating of Indianapolis Negro school principals and teachers places second to none. Notable alumni include Noble Sissle, William E. Scott, and Leonard Franklin. Crispus Attucks High School’s 1927 opening boosted local teacher numbers. 217 staff serve about 35 000 pupils in Marion County with Negro population around 60 000.

Indianapolis Noble Sissle Europe William E. Scott Leonard Franklin Indianapolis Teachers Crispus Attucks High School Butler Indiana Marion County

Death notices Klingensmit and McCarthy

Rebecca Klingensmit mother Mettie Ahmidt age 84 died Sunday evening at 7 35 p m at 966 Sheffield Ave funeral Tuesday June 26 10 38 a m daylight saving burial Crown Hill private services McCarthy Frank E age 52 husband of Margaret and father of Margaret Francis and Mrs John M Kelly died Monday funeral Thursday June at 9 a m at residence 2530 N Tierville Avenue and Paul C4 ih

Klingensmit Rebecca FE Mettie Ahmidt Neval Rvice Sheffield, Ave Crown Hill McCarthy Margaret McCarthy Margaret Francis John M. Kelly N. Tiervites Anton and Paul

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