New York Stocks Mixed as Speculative Steals Lead Gains
Trading at midweek was uneven with specialties showing the most activity. Retail store issues charged higher on optimism for recapitalizations while old line leaders drifted. Turnover totaled 997,250 shares as grains and cotton offered only muted moves and bonds and currencies remained largely steady.
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New York
Bankhead
Wilson & Co., A
United States A
McLellan
McCrory
Radio
Wilson
Market Report Hogs Cattle Veal Sheep Steady Lower
Kansas City market summary with hogs weighed 210 pounds and up down to 6.00 on choice 230 pounds and up. Packers 275 to 500 pounds fetch 4.75 to 5.75. Cattle receipts 2,500. calves 800. Fed steers steady to 15 higher. Veal slow. Heifers 4.75 to 7.65. Cows 3.40 to 4.00. Vealers milk fed 5.50 to 7.00. Sheep 4,000. lambs 15 to 25 lower. top fed lambs 6.85. Yearling wethers 4.25 to 5.75. Ewes 2.25 to 3.00.
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Kansas City
U. S. Dept
Grain Prices Mixed Across Wheat Corn and Oats
Chicago grain prices show mixed results with wheat fading to a Dec old at 1.60 1/4 and Dec new at 1.90 1/4 while May stands at 1.01. Corn dips for Dec at 91 2/8 and May at 88 3/8 with Ny at 85 3/4. Oats rise for old and fall for May with rye steady and barley around 0.79 1/4. Lard opens Dee at 1155 and Jan at 1140 with May near 11.77 while bellies drift around 14.75 to 14.80.
Liberty bonds close with mixed quotes in New York
In New York on December 13, Liberty bonds showed mixed results with the fourth 4 1/4s quoted at 33 to 38 and other issues trading around 101.30. The old Treas 4 1/4s ranged 47 to 52, while Home Owners Loan 4s moved near 51 to 101. Fed Tarm Mtg 3s traded around 49 to 99, and Fed Tarm Mtg 3 1/4s hovered 64 to 101 1/2.
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New York
Nec
Liberty
Bonds
New York Cotton Prices Edge Down on Profits and Hedging
New York AP report notes slight decline in cotton prices amid southern hedging and modest liquidation. Trade buys aimed to steady mills, with futures slipping after morning gains. March around 12.55 at 2 pm, with most active months down 4 to 7 points. Spot market quiet at middling 12.75.
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New York
Sly
Western grown wools move freely in Boston market
The finer western grown wools moved readily in Boston trading. Original bag lines of bulk French combing 643 and finer territory wools sold mostly 67 to 70 cents per scoured pound, while short French combing and clothing staple ranged 63 to 65 cents. Ordinary twelve month Texas wools sold around 65 to 70 cents scoured.
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Boston
U.S. Dept Agr
Territory
Texas
Cotton Prices Steady in New Orleans Close
New Orleans spot cotton closes steady with a slight dip of three points. Sales reach 1,296 bales while middling grade stands at 12.76 cents per pound, according to AP reports from December 13.
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New Orleans
Wood Charges On Mrs Myers Dismissed
Santa Fe December 13 AP Charges by Brig Gen Osborne C Wood alleging disorderly behavior against Mrs Alice C Myers were dismissed in police court yesterday on motion by her attorney J Q Seth. Seth argued the complaint and warrant sworn by Wood were insufficient. Former Judge Reed Holloman, representing Mood, said he agreed with counsel for the other side.
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Santa’ “Fe
Osborne C. Wood
Alice C. Myers
Myers
J. QO. Seth
Seth
Wood
Reed Holloman
Mood
Duetra Wins Miami Biltmore Open After Bridge Crash
Olin Duetra National Open champion returns from a bridge crash that dumped spectators into water to card a birdie four on the last hole and win the Miami Biltmore Open worth 12,500. He finishes with 292, earning 1,200. Mike Turnesa takes second with 204 to win 1,000 and Orville White places third with 295 for 900.
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Olin Dutra
Mike Turnesa
Elmsford
N. Y
Orville
Weather Turns Bitter Again as East Sweats
The eastern half of the nation enjoys a milder spell but a new cold wave looms for much of the area tonight and tomorrow. Lower Great Lakes Ohio Valley and north Atlantic states face cold, with similar shots expected in the middle Atlantic Tennessee and parts of the South Atlantic. More than twenty people have died from the cold. Upper New York reported minus four. Florida citrus damage tops the reports. Atlantic coast shipping hampered by bad weather. The Pan Atlantic freighter, bound for Jacksonville, had a fire in its hold and no passengers aboard. Crew numbers about 35. In Chicago slush covers streets after a recent blizzard. A rescue plane saved four men and a woman marooned for nine days in a cabin 150 miles from Anchorage after their plane was forced down by a blizzard.
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Belleville Police Chief Kidnapped In Kansas
Art Calkins, Belleville chief, was abducted in Herrington Kansas after questioning a man about shell purchases. A dark blue Nash sedan fled with him, a car later wrecked after striking a hay rack. Suspects possibly include Tom Limerick and Maurice Denning of Council Bluffs Iowa, linked to a $7,929 Superior Bank robbery. one participant killed, identity pending. Authorities searched for the missing chief and vehicle, with police in nearby cities alerted.
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Peter Jorgensen
Here
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Maurice Denning
Council Bluff
Herrington
Kas
Art Calkins
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Knuth
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Topeka
Bombing Probe Targets New York Based Group
Captain Stephen J. Flaherty of the Boston police pursued a professional gang blamed for bombings at four theaters in Boston Lynn and Pawtucket with suspected ties to New York. Authorities cited payoffs from 250 to 1000 dollars for the attacks and threats to other venues aimed at pressuring theater bosses.
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Stephen J. Flaherty
Boston Police Department
Boston
Lynn
Mass
Pawtucket
J. Flaherty
Detective Bureau
Fawtucket R. 1
New York City
James R Claflin
Majestic
Tremont
Claffin
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South Pole may have hosted mild humid climate
A Byrd Expedition geological party led by Quin Blackburn reports coal and fossil discoveries 182 nautical miles from the South Pole at Thorne Glacier head in the Queen Maud range. The find suggests the South Pole region may once have had a mild, humid climate, according to AP via MacKay Radio.
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Antarctica
MacKay Radio
South Polar
Quin Blackburn
South Pole
Thorne ‘Glacier
Queen Maud Range
Roosevelt defend move to shield senate inquiry
In Roosevelt's day, munitions committee members felt the President's action aimed to curb the inquiry. Senator Nye called it amazing to try to halt the committee's work while Baruch urged continued investigation. Dern planned to confer with committee members as four of seven senators supported proceeding into war department procurement.
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D-Mo
Many Millionaires Continued from Page One
The list names three Astors two Binghams four Dodges six Du Ponts two Fords three Harknesses one Mellon two Morgans three Rockefellers two Vanderbilts and two Whitneys. Vincent Astor earned a million dollars or more annually from 1915 to 1919. A C Hiss presented figures showing earnings of U S Steel in 1917 and 1918 and the Du Pont powder company financed war activity through advances from warring nations.
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Death toll in Kerns Hotel fire near 100 uncertain
Lansing, Mich. Dec. 13 AP state police report 26 known dead with 23 bodies recovered and 16 identified from the Kerns Hotel blaze. Eleven skeletonized remains pulled from debris, and Knox Hanna a Tuscola county legislator died. Several lawmakers were among guests as the lame duck session faced a recount petition.
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Tuscola County
Rain and Snow Across Much of New Mexico State
The AP reports widespread rain and snow across much of the state with snow in Santa Fe and rain in Albuquerque. Clovis and Roswell see partly cloudy to cloudy skies, with a mix of temperatures. Forecasts call for unsettled weather tonight, possible snow in the northwest, and varying precipitation totals across Gallup Las Cruces and surrounding areas.
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Las Cruces
Court Denies 11 Hauptmann Defense Requests in Lindbergh Case
In Flemington New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Thomas W Trenchard denied eleven defense requests for particulars on the murder indictment of Bruno Richard Hauptmann The judge ordered the state to provide as much as possible about its theory of how Charles A Lindbergh Jr died He refused to force the state to choose between premeditated murder or death during a felony nor to say whether Hauptmann acted alone or with a gang He kept open the possibility that ransom note handwriting might be examined upon state access and noted the indictments specify the March 1 1982 death in East Amwell Hunterdon County The ruling also dismisses questions about the location and time of death as sufficiently answered by the indictments
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Neblett Sets Trial Date for Major Shepard
Federal Judge Colin Neblett of New Mexico announced a January 28 trial date in Topeka Kansas for Major Charles A Shepard a former Denver army officer charged with poisoning his second wife The December 13 Santa Fe AP report notes the scheduling decision and the charges involved.
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Santa Fe
Colin Neblett
New Mexico
Topeka
Kan
Map
Charles A. Shepard
Denver
Moses Named U. S. Commissioner in Albuquerque
Donald B. Moses, 23, a University of Colorado Law School graduate, was appointed U S Commissioner for Albuquerque succeeding Joseph N. Gill Jr who resigned to enter a Washington D C law school. Moses has practiced with Mechem and Hannett and is son of Horace Moses of Gallup. He will take office Monday.
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Donald B. Moses
U. S
Joseph N. Gill, Jr
Washington, D. C
Moses
University of Colorado Law School
Mechem and Hannett
Horace Moses
Gallup
Asa Long Crowned World Checker Champion
Asa A. Long of Toledo defeated Newell J. W. Banks of Detroit 7 to 3 with 27 draws to win the 40 game world championship match that began on December 1 in Detroit. Long secured the title at the end of the lengthy contest.
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Checker
Detroit
Asa A. Long
Toledo
Newell JW. Banks
Long
Britain eyed in US Japan talks on naval accord
London reports say the United States and Japan seek a responsible bilateral naval cord with Britain as the three powers near adjournment. Tokyo insists on tonnage equality, warning no change in stance. Separate accords with Washington or Tokyo may follow if no general treaty. Official notice of ending the Washington treaty expected in Washington by December 20 or 21.
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Missing Doctor Sought After Boston Health Official
Massachusetts police search widely for Dr. George H. Bigelow director of Massachusetts General Hospital and former state health commissioner who vanished under mysterious circumstances amid fears of foul play or amnesia.
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Massachusetts
Humble Oil Officials Fly to Santa Fe Meeting
Mr and Mrs John R Suman and W H Hubbard of Houston officials of Humble Oil and Refining Co landed at the local airport around noon en route to Santa Fe for an allocation meeting. They traveled from Roswell by automobile due to bad weather and their plane would follow later in a Humble plane piloted by Harry Howze.
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W. H. Hubbard
Houston
Texas
Santa Fe
Harry Howze
Suman
Mr. Hubbard
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Roswlel
Spot cotton holds steady in Galveston market
Galveston December 13 AP spot cotton prices were steady with middling grades down 5 points at 12.70 cents per pound. Market activity totaled 1,966 bales sold.
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