Stocks Fall on Saturday Trading Amid Market Lull
Stocks declined modestly in quiet New York trading as traders awaited near term monetary signals. Chrysler led the declines after briefly eclipsing its 1933 high, while General Motors edged lower and then eased. Rail shares held up amid steady activity as dividends resumed, with many big names unchanged.
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New York
Chrysler
General Motors
Nash
Studebaker
Supp
Hudson
Wall Street
Congress
Roosevelt
Allied Chemical
du Pont
American Telephone
U. S. Steel
American Can
General Electric
Case
Trans America
Public Forum Urges Radical Statehouse Proposals
The piece attributes a series of provocative suggestions to a speaker named James A. Basham, urging drastic reforms in the state legislature. Items include switching the capitol heating, fines for delegates over parking, selling deceased politicians as souvenirs, sweeping salary refunds, private funding of schools, forcing local officials to fund deputies, repurposing tax collection duties, opposing police expansion, selling gold from the capitol dome, and critiquing Prohibition repeal impacts. The tone blends satire with urgent calls for action and references to public figures and institutions.
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Senate
Hall of Fame
Ay Dill
Hyam
Genteman Shingleton
Charleston
U.S. Treasury
Ship of State
Will Rogers
California
Hollywood
James A. Basham
Garner urges senators to aid citizens amid state’s dilemma
James A. Basham calls for Republican critics to accept remedies for state woes. He argues the party’s long hold on power caused the predicament. The text notes a sheriff’s bid and a two year redemption period before final sale by the school land commissioner.
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Republican Party
James A. Basham
Ing
School Land Commissioner
Property Redeemed Before Sale In Raleigh County
Delinquent Raleigh county tax notice shows 1,161 tracts redeemed before the sale. Forty-eight tracts were sold to individuals and the remainder were distributed among bidders as the tax sale proceeded.
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Raleigh County
Dr Johnson Bounces Back After Leg Break
Dr G W Johnson, McAlpin physician and Raleigh County education board member, is confined at home recovering from a leg fracture after slipping on icy steps while making a professional call in Hot Coal on Tuesday evening. A separate note mentions a 504 B C coin in D E Decker of Salem Oregon’s collection.
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G. W. Johnson
McAlpin
Raleigh County
D. E. Decker
Salem, Ore
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John N. Garner
Ernest Gibson
Vermont
Carl A. Hatch
New Mexico
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyoming
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Beckley
West Virginia
United States
Gates
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Banking House
Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank
U. S
U. S. Treasur
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Raleigh
T. F. Lucas
F. Lucas
Correst
G. Foster
W. EF. Griffiths
D. C. Meadows
IL Meador
Notary Public
the Credit Bureau
Raleigh County Bank
Credit Bureau
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