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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 27, 1924

Page

6

Investment bond market steadies with high grade demand

New York Oct 27 investment values held firm as insurance funds bought high grade issues keeping prices buoyant. Bonds yielding 5 to 514 percent were in demand. Colorado and Southern 4 2s tied yearly highs, American Smelting and Refining sold well, Liberty and Treasury 1 43 remained steady, and some railroad issues improved. Foreign bonds eased, Kingdom of Sweden bonds sold, and Brooklyn Edison offering awaited.

San Antonio Light New York Colorado Southern Liberty’s Treasury Norfolk Southern St. Paul St Louis Missouri Pacific General Missouri Pacific Chicago Eastern Illinois United Kingdom Kingdom of Sweden Warner Sugar Brooklyn Edison

Market prices quoted by producers and distributors

A San Antonio market report lists daily producer and distributor prices for fruits, vegetables, and other goods. It includes beets, carrots, corn, lettuce, cabbage, cucumbers, beans, peppers, celery, onions, potatoes, eggs, butter, poultry, milo, corn, and imported items with varied prices per dozen, per bushel, per cwt, or per pound, plus a New York sugar note.

Pruit Commission Company California Idaho Ports Celery Colorado

Everyman's Investments by George P. Hughes

George P. Hughes cautions against over optimism and over pessimism in investing. He warns that no investment is absolutely safe and that diversification by savings banks reduces risk but cannot eliminate it. He notes industry changes and corporate adaptability, citing motor car growth from wagon making, and says his eighty-ninth article will appear next Wednesday.

Consol Press Assn New York America Savings Bank Dr. Hughes

Lard prices hit hog market with broad declines

Chicago market notes lard remains a key factor while hogs, cattle, and sheep trade slow. Receipts reach 37 000 cattle 56 009 hogs 6 000 calves. hogs mostly down 10 to 25 cents with light weights off more. Prime heavy hogs top around 14 40 while calves hold, and lambs soften 25 to 50 cents.

Se Antonio Chicago Kansas City Omaha

East St Louis Livestock Market Report

East St Louis stockyard notes show fat light yearlings at steady prices and usual cow and bull lots. Bulls and heifers move with values around 10.50 for top weights while lighter ranges fetch 14.14 for 190 to 200 pounds and 7 to 9 dollars for packing stock. Sheep receipts total 7506 with unsold items and favorable bidding patterns.

Louis Coler Danny Hiddin Ewea

Kansas cattle and hogs mixed market report shows uneven pricing

Kansas City market receipts include 3 900 calves with yearlings around 11.50 per cwt and higher for some loads, hogs 10 600 with mostly steady prices near 9.25 to 9.90, cattle in Oklahoma City receipts 2000 with steady to higher bids, and London copper futures and Chicago poultry prices noted among other small market items.

Kansas City Oklahoma City

Cattlemen face losses in Richmond and oil, grain trends

Cattlemen in Virginia report losses of four to six million dollars as low prices and weak buyer activity curb sales. Other notes show California olive crop expected at 36 percent of normal, Argentina buying Ford cars, Georgia apples shipped widely with strong prices, and rising oil production in Louisiana and Arkansas.

Richmond Cattte RLSCO George W. Homner San Francisco California Shreveport Louisiana Arkansas Emackover

Jack Dempsey and Estelle Taylor End Engagement

Universal Service reports Jack Dempsey and Estelle Taylor have ended their engagement for good citing nerves. The couple, once publicly announced, faced on again off again tensions amid rumors of other romantic ties and past engagements.

Jack Estelle Universal Service New York Get Oftagela Jack Dempsey Taylor Erienés Kenneth Malcolm Peacock Philadelphia Age Pennington Lawford Davieson Patelie

Pipes for Street Markers Arrive for City Posts

The first carload of pipe to be used as posts for new street markers arrived Monday. Street department crews will start work at once, and markers are expected in a few weeks to be placed on the posts.

Tobin Reviews Incinerator Site For City Plant

Mayor John W. Tobin and manufacturers representatives visit the Alazan creek site two blocks north of West Commerce street as negotiations for a new garbage disposal plant near completion and property is secured.

John W. Tobin Alazan Creek West Commerce Street

Wallace Honored at Military Posts

Fringes at all army posts near San Antonio were flown to half staff Sunday and will remain so until the burial of Secretary Wallrep of the Agricultural Department.

San Antonio Wallrep Agricultural Department

Weather Synopsis For San Antonio And Nearby Areas

Weather report summarizes fair and warmer conditions for Monday night and Tuesday for San Antonio and vicinity. West coast unsettled areas may see changes. Temperatures range from lows around 0 to 68 in various cities with light winds.

San Antonio Texas

Wall Street Sees Mixed Signals From Key Firms

The Mallingon Company reports a likely weak year with October results unseen by market, though insiders see stock value below current prices and no bank loans boosting strength. Baldwin Locomotive faces slim earnings recovery after poor nine months, while International Cement expects year 1924 to show improvements with per share profits around seven dollars. Cotton markets open the week steady in New York with slight gains in some fiber notes.

P Malulinson San Antonio Light Mallingon Company Imin Malingon Tt ix Trom Baldwin Baldwin Locomotive Renr

Robbery at YWCA Cafeteria Safe Loot Reported

Thieves broke into the YWCA Cafeteria at 221 Losoya Street, moved a small safe to the basement, tore it open, and stole between 400 and 500 dollars. The crime mirrors a June robbery at the same cafe, suggesting a related gang. Investigators note the safe was removed after hours, with ground traversed via storerooms and a window in the masonry. Detectives think the theft occurred Saturday night or Sunday morning.

YW. U. A Losoya Street Eunice Jones Chris Jensen Miss Jones

Advanced Flying Students Tested at Kelly Field

Students in the Advanced Tying Seton at Kelly Field undergo a stage after their first solo, with some to receive further instruction while others may be washed out. Those passing the three test pilots will begin advanced work in basic training, performing maneuvers like steep spirals, stalls, wing-overs, and 10 000 foot climbs in 60 minutes. Test pilots monitor progress to filter unsuitable fliers. None of the current class has been eliminated.

Seton Kelly Field

Flying students to make solo hops at Brooksfield

About 100 students in the Primary Flying School at Brooksfield have begun solo flying. Most others will make their first solo hop this week. Of 280 who once read the school, only eighteen have been relieved, largely at their own request.

Brooksfield Reqnet

Charters Granted in Oct. List Features Texas Firms

A roundup of charter grants across Texas includes Southwest Finance Corp of Mercedes with $30,000 capital, and multiple incorporators. Other entries cover New Gadile Motor Co in New Castle, Utney Securities in Dallas, Civile Federation in Dallas, and Gulf Coast Child Pricing Bureau in Houston. Additional entries rename theaters, oil and gas firms, and educational and charitable groups with varied capital stocks and incorporators.

Austix Southwest Finance Corporation Mercedes Copital PL W. Perkins H. Collier John Co. Jones Cracksboro Crushed Stone Company Jackaboro Capital Stock I, I. Lively W. W. Hyde Hal Moseley New Gadile Motor Company New Castle Young County Capital C. W. Tune Gus Neilon J. M. Sibiey Utney Segurities Company Dalles Wiliam M. Jones Carleton Gage Edward J. Jarrison Civile Federation Dallas No Capital J. KK Kexter J. Be. Cockrell Wimner Scott Paryoso Foster Ciic Mic Gulf Coast Child Pricing Bureau Houston Herbert A. Kipp Tames Houstoun Benjamin Clayton Pu Pose Infanta St. Paul Normal and Industrial Institute of Texas Mexia Nu Cuplta Etock Incor W. W. Carter LM. Caster D. J. Fiactis Maren Oil and Gas Company Maryshall E&, Ivey Sr W. L. Martin BL H. Manila Exide Battery Company Dalip Tow Pursell Snow Flake Smith Benjamin A. Denny Federal Mortgage Company Dalia Kaufman Drymoods Company San Antonio Decor Power and Tea Company Pecos Credit Union Seaoye

High Class Vaudeville and Films at Theaters

San Antonio theaters feature a week of entertainment with Sunshine Mary Anderson giving curtain talks at Royal shows. The Majestic headlines James J. Corbett while the Palace screens a youth comedy. Marion Davies returns in Little Old New York at the Hale. Princess features a death ray plot with two nations contending. Empire displays Three Waves with an all star cast including Cornelis Vanderbilt and John Jacob Astor, plus a Hoboken forger fight scene. Fox Movietone and Pathé reviews run on the same bill. Bowing as musical feature, the Rainbow Serenaders seven piece band performs through the week.

San Antonio Mary Anderson the Royal Empire Ving Cornelis Vanderbilt John Jacob Astor

Gentleman Jim Headlines Bill at Majestic Theater

San Antonio crowds flock to the Majestic for James J. Corbett in a vaudeville bill with Jack Norton. The act, Daking the Air, showcases Corbett’s classic punches with light humor, joined by Anger, Fair, VaVara, Duncan, Walter and Dyer, Carson and Cane, and other acts in a varied program along with the feature Excitement.

Jim Bill Majestic Theater James J. Corbett San Antoninns Jack Norton Rrell Adalon Anger Eddie Mary Fair Dorris Duncan Walter Dyer Carsot Carson Cane

Follies of Modern Flapper At Palace Picture

Tacoqueline Logan stars as a modern jazz flapper in House of Youth at the Palace. The plot centers on a midnight drinking party halted by the law, sparking self realization and family shame. Supporting cast includes Marcolin McGregor Vernon Steele Gloria Grey and Richard Vravers with Catherine Pittman dance novelties and Felice orchestra jazz band. Verdi quartet from Rigoletti opens the program.

Tacoqueline Logan House of Youth Palace Mapper Marcolin McGregor Vernon Steele Gloria Grey Richard Vravers Catherine Pittman Dane Felice Verdi Rigoletti

Three Women and Desert Blues at Empire Theater

Three actresses Pauline Frederick May MacAvoy and Marie Prevost headline the Lubitsch drama Three Women at the Empire Theater with Lew Cons Pierre Gendron Mary Carr and Willard Tonis in key roles. Splendid photography striking settings and fashionable costumes highlighted by Verdi overture and Don Pavippini score accompany Desert Blues comedy and other program features. Ann Galey plays the organ.

Pauline Frederick May MacAvoy Marie Prevost Ernest Lubitsch Empire Theater Lew Cons Pierre Gendron Mary Carr Willard Tonis Don Philippini Giuseope Verdi Don Pavippini Empire Pathe News Ernest Torrence

Marion Davies Film Delight at Rialto in San Antonio

Marion Davies stars in Little Old New York at the Rialto theater, pairing pathos and comedy as she impersonates her dead brother to claim an inheritance. Harrison Ford co stars. the plot weaves Robert Fulton and Washington into a light historical backdrop.

New York Miss Marion Davies Harrison Ford Rialto Theater San’ Antonio Miss Davies America Robert “Patton Umcle Hattigen Dori Marion Tatricia O'Uars Harrison Ford Robert Fulton Washington

Sunshine Mary at the Royal in The Wildness of Youth

Mary Anderson known as Sunshine Mary appears in person at the Royal this week promoting her film The Wildness of Youth. She speaks on movie news, public interest, and hidden moral transparency, with the cast including Harry L. Morey Virginia Pearson Thurstan Hall Madeline LeVare and Julia Swain Gordon. The program also features Chronicles of America by University Press and the Royal News.

Mary Anderson Sunshine Mary the Royal

Morenn and Ayrfs in Radio Film at Princess Theater

A Story Without a Name opens at the Princess this week with Antonia Mo Tengo and Agnes Ayres as star lovers in a tale built on a mysterious radio ray that could wipe out a division. Tyrone Power and a capable cast appear in a plot of international intrigue, with a supporting comedy and Princess News.

Antonia Mo Tengo Agnes Ayres Photoplay Navy Tyrone Power Dagmar Godowsky Maurice Costello Zack Bohn Lovis Wolheim Ivan Linlow The Princess News Tort Hill

Four Escaped Death In Car Crash On Randers Road

Deputy Sheriff Sam Tomes rushed four occupants to Robert B. Green Hospital after their car rolled over on Randers road ten miles from the city. The wounded were driver Felipe Cerda of 107 Sun Street and passengers Benita Ruiz Felleiino Guajarde and Concepcion Ruiz of St Chihuskva Street. All suffered minor bruises and scratches.

Randers Robert B. Green Sam Tomes Felipe Cerda Sun Street Benita Ruiz Felleiino Guajarde

Mrs Schreiner rewards firemen for aid at hotel fire

Mrs. Gus Schreiner, an invalid, sent Fire Chief J. G. Sarrac a $100 check in appreciation for the fire department after a recent blaze at the Menger Hotel. She says the firemen probably saved her life and the donation will go to the fire and police pension fund.

Menger Hotel Gus Schreiner J. G. Sarrac

Haze Awaiting Winds Clearing Over Southwest Texas

Forecasters say southerly winds in the coming days will lift smoke haze from nearby forest fires in East Texas and Arkansas. The haze, present for almost two weeks, reduced visibility to about two to three miles Sunday as meteorologist J. H. Jarboc noted light northerly and easterly winds recently. A wind shift is expected to clear the air.

Texas Ozarke Arkansas J. H. Jarboc

Navy Day Celebrations Mark Roosevelt Birthday Across Nation

The Navy held open shops at war plants and stations on Navy Day and Roosevelt's birthday. Naval ceremonies occurred nationwide with speeches by officials, aerial flyovers, and wreaths for naval heroes. In Washington plans were scaled back due to Secretary’s death, but commemorations continued at key sites including Paul Jones statue.

Washington D.C Navy Thore Roosevelt Naval Paul Jones

Navy Day Observance Marks San Pedro Fleet Open House

East Coast fleet arrives for Navy Day at San Pedro with the new Unit of the United States battle fleet. The U S S California and other ships open their decks to visitors as a celebratory display. Guards and merchants prepare to aid in the event with lights and ceremonial sets.

San Pedro Cal Sup West Virginia Uni States Port U. S. S. California

Samoa Residents Celebrate Day in Samoa Island Festivities

Samoa marked Nal Dax with ceremonies as four festivities unfolded. Schools held patriotic activities and a field day, giving the celebration an American atmosphere. Buildings wore decorations and American flags flew profusely across the isle.

Samoa Isle of Samoa

Americans in Japan Observe Navy Day

In Tokyo on November 27 Jefferson Carte, counsellor at the American embassy, with Lieut Commander H. R. Hein naval attache and other naval officers, led a Navy Day ceremony at Yasukuni Shrine. Captain T. Fujita and Admiral Takayabe's aide attended, representing the Japanese navy.

Tokio Jefferson Carte United States H. R. Hein T. Fujita Takayabe

Trade Extension Work Aids San Antonio Merchants

Trade extension efforts by the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce aim to teach smaller towns how to showcase more merchandise at lower holding costs. Trained representatives visit stores to instruct on arranging goods, conducting sales, and boosting shelf turnover, with several houses adopting the program on a smaller scale.

Trade Exision Department San Anton

Aliens Rounded Up Across District In Police Sweep

Immigration inspectors report near four dozen illegal entrants in the district. Captain W. M. Hanso confirms seizures after smuggling attempts from the Rio Grande by coyotes. Italians seized below Lareli near Pinto Pass, three Germans detained, and a last member of a four man crossing captured near Huron. Sheriff Haynes identifies the man who leaped from a train during the roundup. Ganions of San Augustine area faces action for assaulting a woman.

United States W. M. Hanso Rio Grande Lareli Pinto Pass Eagle Pay Ste Huron J Rastely H. Haynes

Street Paving Contract Signed By City Official

Commissioner Paul Steffi signed a three year contract with paving contractors for Guadalupe Street from Brazos to Zarzamon. A one inch asphalt surface will be laid over a gravel base as part of the maintenance plan.

Pavin Street Paul Steffi Glazier Fox Guadalupe Street Fro Brazos Zarzamon Streets

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