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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1938
Page
10
The stock market opened with a tentative rally but soon tired, with most shares holding modest gains as traders shifted toward the paying side amid expectations of a year end rally. Aviation and steel led speculation, rails and utilities participated, and overall volume totaled about 1,056,000 shares as the day closed with mixed advances.
Classified want ads promise results by placing help wanted notices in the Morning and Evening reader columns. The plan has helped countless people obtain assistance, with success reported after the first appearance of ads.
Harry M Wegman, 56, hired as a yard teaglever, fainted five minutes after starting, struck his head on the sidewalls, ending in a fatal or serious injury scenario as reported in the Rochester clipping. the note lists an assortment of classified sections and community notices surrounding the event.
Advertisement style notice offering Daulee Health Comfort Shoes for women at $2.85 with a phone contact 471-5. Includes assorted livestock and goods listings, general ads for furniture, housing rentals, tools, and sales dates. Mentions Madison, Monroe, Capitol, and Jefferson areas with multiple contact numbers. Administrative notice regarding an estate in Cole County Missouri dated 1938 references Effie Warren with filing deadlines.
Markets report from St Louis and Kansas City with AP data on eggs butter milk and cheese prices, and poultry and meat prices for hens roosters broilers turkeys ducks geese and spring stock. Includes Chicago live poultry sales and butter eggs and potatoes while East St Louis notes hog cattle calves and sheep pricing and movement.
In Juneau Alaska on December 7 AP reports about 100 angry businessmen who warned they would take matters into their own hands unless the labor dispute tying up building projects is settled immediately. They summoned the city council to a mass meeting and sought an anti picketing ordinance. The council met in secret session with no announced result as construction halted due to a dispute between CLO and AFL unions over job discharges.
Illinois report shows record soybean output for the year maintaining the state’s top position at two percent of the nation’s total. The figures come from federal and state agricultural agencies. The text oddly shifts to note under inflated tires raise fuel consumption due to engine strain.
Uproar at Senate Profit Sharing hearing as T M Beavers of Peoples Drug Co likens profit sharing to kissing a wife with government over sight. He notes 20 percent of net earnings go to bonuses while an employee stock plan was abandoned after stock drops sparked ill will. Senator Vandenberg jokes about enforcement.
Washington clergyman Rev. Howard Anderson warned James Roosevelt that omitting church contributions from income tax could make him a symbol of weak spiritual institutions. Roosevelt countered he did donate but often did not claim deductions. Anderson urged respect for charitable giving and warned of broader ethical impact. Separately, Ohio State student Paul Good, 22, became a college auctioneer, while Canada saw about 11,000 aliens naturalize amid European tensions.
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