Orientals Crowd Out Americans on U S Shipping Docks
White seamen along the New York waterfront report scarce berths as Chinese laborers are hired by private ship operators for U S vessels. Officials say ships seek American crews, but Chinese workers are brought from abroad to fill vacancies, sparking tension among unionists and nonunion workers over job competition and discrimination.
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United States
Steward’s Department of Shipping Board
Mner Keystone
Smith's Cove
Silver State
Department of the Key Be State
Tion
The
Star
Shipping Board
Sea Serve
China
Steamship Company
Public Market stalls and prices in 1929 Oklahoma sale notes
Oklahoma records show 116000 Indians earning 39000000 dollars in the year ending June 20 1929. The long list mentions stalls with varied goods including sugar soap rice flour butter cheese peanuts and other groceries with prices such as 16 25 and 40 cents. The entry notes market activity at Pike Place and Westlake and references Campbell’s soup and other familiar brands.
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Borden
Stalle
Lée
Oklahoma
Ship News Tides in Seattle
Seattle harbor reports buoyant activity as cargo ships and tugs navigate busy channels. Freight movements rise, with several vessels loading at Elliott Bay and nearby terminals under calm, steady winds.
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Seattle
Big freighter Canadian Exporter a total wreck at Willapa Harbor
Captain John C. Reed reports the stranded freighter Canadian Exporter is a total wreck off Willapa Harbor. The hulls lie a hundred feet apart, both badly broken. The crew and cat were evacuated by the Canadian tug Algerine and the cutter Snohomish.
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Astoria
Ore
John CG. Reed
Willapa Harbor
Reed
Algerine
Snohomish
Penn State Honors On Vessel Keystone State Night
A Penn State alumni gathering at Pier B features a message from Gov. Sproul presented by A. F. Haines and a Pennsylvania alumni banner by Fred B. Stephen. The event includes a reading by Mrs Florence Mig non Nordby of Seattle, songs by alumni, dancing, and jazz music. Weather notes follow for several ports with vessel movements and arrivals listed.
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Keystone State
Florence Mignon Nordby
Seattle
W. C. Sproul
Pennsylvania
Pier B
A. F. Haines
Fred B. Stephen
Shipping Schedule Fragments from Skagway Juneau and Ketchikan
Readable lines show August schedules for ships sailing from Skagway Juneau and Ketchikan. Vague vessel names like Admiral Watson and Admiral northbound indicate mixed north south routes with times around 4:30 p m 9 p m and 30 p m. The garbled OCR preserves port and schedule intent but exact vessel spellings are unclear.
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Skagway
Salled
Str
North
Western
Jefferson
Juneau
Halled
Jefefreon
Alameda
Admiral Watson
Ketchikan
Vessels in Other Ports Partial July August Log
Shipping notices show vessels at multiple ports with arrivals and departures. Entries include Manila, Shanghai, New York, San Pedro, San Francisco and Astoria with ships such as Ro tarian Eather Dollar Stel Exporter Ever Texan Ohioan Henry T. Scott and Beattie listed as origin or destination. The records note August dates for arrivals and departures and indicate Seattle Beattie Beattie connections.
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Manila
Ste Wheatland Montana
Seattle
Buenos Aires
Beattie
Shanghai
New York
San Pedro
Everett
San Francisco
Ohioan
A. m. Astoria
Henry T. Scott
P. m. Ae
Naval vessel movements and port entries near Seattle and San Francisco
A radiated ship traffic update lists vessels arriving at Seattle Smith Cove and Great Northern Terminal along with in port ships and moorings at various docks. It also notes ships in transit near Race Rocks and Unimak Pass, with routes between Seattle Portland Yokohama San Francisco and other west coast ports.
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U. S. Naval Radice
West Nilus
Seattle
Portland
Race Rocks
Kinderdijk
Beattie
Tatoosh
More
Heattie
Yokohama
Latouche
St. Michael
False Pass
Unimak Pass
Queen
San Francisco
P. m
Rainier
Mierra
Bellingham
Fred Raster
Puget Sound
San Pedro
Vancouver
Lyman Stewart
Smith Cove
Mandaam Maru
Keystone State
Great Northern
Fchr Oregon
Jonea
Wakena
Fulton
City
Davenport
Eldorado
Union Pacific
Derblay
U. & Shipping Board
Eastern Glen
Delrosa
Iconium
Westward Ho
Anna B Morse
West Hartland
Wickaburg
Weet
Jensup
Seattle Flour Mills
Rosalia Mahoney
Spokane Street
Relef
Anniston City
Duthie Yard
John C. Kirkpatrick
Todd Ddy Doecks
Birth Forest Dream
Etr
Wenatchee
Atr
Eldridge
Chillicothe
Ames Yard
Roosevelt
Standard Roiler Works
Patterson
Heffernan
Motorship
Culburra
Valdes
Nettleton Mill Dock
Sehr
Bainbridge
Stimson Mill
Sechr Rosamond
Unclear balance figures and unclaimed goods estimate
The report notes balances of 548,562.00 and 97,788.00 with a vague reference to an estimated 20,000,000 worth of unclaimed goods from America at Buenos Aires.
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America
Buenos Aires
Motors Feature of Opening on Market
New York Aug 4 Motors led early trading with Studebaker higher on opening and gaining further. Chandler rose about percent with mixed results elsewhere as steel and breakeven shares fell. General Electric and Royal Dutch showed small moves while General Motors climbed modestly and Pennsylvania and United States Steel eased.
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New York
Motors
Studebaker
Sreck
Chandler
United States Steel
Bethlehem
Mexican Petroleum
Texas Company
Kalle
General Electric
Grain Prices Take a Plunge on Chicago market
Grain prices fell on the Chicago Board of Trade as longs retrenched amid oversold conditions. Receipts of crop reports favorable to the trade contributed to the decline with provisions and wheat easing. Wheat closed lower around 1.23 to 1.26, corn and oats also off their prior values as the market retrenched.
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Citicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Longs
Cash Wheat and Cattle Prices in Chicago Market Report
Chicago cash grain and livestock prices show wheat easing with receipts at 14 000 and top bid near 11.96 while cattle market runs stronger with choice and prime noted up to 10.15 and veal calves around 8.25. Lambs steady and sheep receipts at 17 000 accompany sugar and coffee futures and spot quotes across commodities.
Market Report Shows Mixed Livestock Prices
Cattle and heifers valued from 1.98 to 56.50 with top cattle at 16.45 and receipts around 1,700. Sheep market steady with lambs and ewes priced, stockers and feeders and calves listed with various bids. Market overall down about 2 percent amid mixed demand and measurements show bulk figures around 90 dollars for total cattle value.
Market Receipts and Steady Prices Report
Market receipts show cattle and stockers with mixed quality. Nominal steer prices range to about 4.75 to 6.15 per hundredweight, with steers fair to good at 546.25 and choice cows and heifers near 565.50. canners at 81 7502.50. Calves bring around 5.50 to 11.00. market remains steady with little change. Hog and other livestock receipts listed with various weights and pricing. California flats premium prices quoted at 34 cents per pound for fancy and Zie per pound for firete.
Foreign Exchange Moves Sharply With Dated Rates
New York August 4 reports foreign exchange markets showing sterling at 3.75 percent and the franc at 2.58, with lire at 0.0439 and marks at 0.0123. The update notes strong overall demand and price shifts across currencies.
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Foreign Exchange
New York
Pforeign Exchange
France
Harding Denies Charges Against Federal Reserve Board
Gov. Harding of the Federal Reserve Board testified before a joint congressional committee denying claims that the fiscal system discriminates against farmers in favor of Wall Street speculators. He outlined how the system operates noting it did not create a central bank but can mobilize credits and marshal reserve banks to extend credit to member banks.
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Washington
Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Joint
Congressional Agricultural Committee
Wall Sr
John Skelton Williams
Congress
Federal Reserve System
Harding Aims to Directly Set Terms on Foreign Loan Repayment
President Harding would be made directly responsible for arranging repayment terms on ten billion dollars in foreign loans under an amendment to the refunding bill proposed by Senator Simmons of North Carolina.
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Harding
Washington
Simmons
North Carolina
Senate Rejects Loans For Foreign Farm Purchases
The Senate today struck from the administration farm credits bill a provision that would have allowed loans to foreign governments to buy surplus American farm products. An English clergyman’s remark about King Solomon’s temple is noted, claiming it cost 4 billion dollars and that it must have been built by the Democrats.
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Washington
Senate
King Solomon's Temple
Seedless Grapes and Fresh Fruit Report for Local Market
A half car of Thompson seedless grapes arrived with price at $3 per crate due to scarcity. California peaches follow at unchanged prices, and the first Wapato cantaloupe car starts Saturday. Strawberries frequent at $4 a crate, with overripe berries selling around $3. Local corn receipts remain light though quality is good. eastern Washington corn brings $2 to $3.25 per crate. Lettuce stays firm at $2.50 to $2.75 per crate. butter steady.
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Washington
Beattie living costs shift with mixed changes
Figures from the University of Washington College of Business Administration show living costs in Beattie rising for fuel by 6.7 percent while clothing, furniture, food, and miscellaneous items drop by 6.91 percent 34.2 percent 23 percent and rent by 3.2 percent since May 1920.
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Beattie
College of Business Administration
University of Washington
Packing Plant Burns With $100,000 Loss
The Libby, McNeill and Lib by packing plant at Kenai Alaska was destroyed by fire on July 21. Captain Charles Glasscock, master of the steamer Admiral Watson, wired Beattie headquarters Wednesday.
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Libby, McNeill & Libby
Kenal
Alaska
Charles Glasscock
Admiral Watson
Beattie
Still Black Sox Verdict Sparks Coast League Stand
William H. McCarthy, Pacific Coast league president, denounces the White Sox acquittals as moral guilt in baseball. He says players implicated will not be allowed in the Coast league and cites state laws against conspiring to throw games.
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San Francisco
Black Sox
William H. McCarthy
Pacific Coast League
White Sox
Chicago
Themaecvens
McCarthy
Landis
California
Washington
Oregon
Frisco Strike Halts Building Across San Francisco Bay District
Building work stopped across the San Francisco bay area as a general strike of all building trades began at midnight. The rank and file committee led the strike after leaders abandoned the original walkout, with plans to extend to all union men if employers push the open shop plan. The San Francisco Central Labor council refused sanction.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay District
Building Trades Council
Building Trades
San Francisco Central Labor Council
State highway bonds appeal to Ford and Rockefeller
Aug. 4. Hank Denver reports the Colorado State Treasury failed to receive bids for $2,000,000 in state highway bonds. Treasurer Stong requested Henry Ford to purchase some bonds, arguing better roads would boost auto use and noting Colorado’s majority vehicle fleet are Fords. An appeal was also extended to John D Rockefeller.
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Denver
Stong
Henry Ford
Colorado
John D. Rockefeller
Oregon Guardsmen to Be Quite Natty
Salem Ore August 4 Commissions in the Oregon National Guard will be at a premium and officers who let their figures run to seed may rely on the corneliers trade for Sam Browne belts. The belt is now authorized for the Oregon National Guard per Adjutant General White.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon National Guard
Sam Browne
White
Star
the Star
The
Woodson Sues for Divorce Over Wife's Absence
William G. Woodson filed for divorce Wednesday from Mabel Woodson, alleging that after their 1911 Seattle marriage she chose to live in Superior, Wisconsin, and has refused to return, leaving him unable to reconcile.
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William G. Woodson
Mabel Woodson
Seattle
Superior
Win
US to Hit Back in World Trade Disputes
Washington officials say the United States may be forced to retaliate against trade discrimination by other nations. Abrogation of treaties and barriers to American resources are cited as possible steps, with actions by the Shipping Board under consideration for early move.
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Washington
United States
Com Department and Shipping Board
Co the Shipping Board
Ter
Cording
Officala
Auction Sale Report From Thursday
A launch sold Thursday to a high bidder identified as E M low for 270 dollars. Auctioneer W Theodore and chief deputy U S shal oversaw the sale.
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E. M. Low
W. Theodore
U. & Shal
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U. S. Shipping Board
Morrell
South End
Westlake
Camp Lewis
Penn State
Weather Bureau
Tatoogh Island
Anvil
Port Angeles
Tamker
Mukilteo
Bkth Theos
P. Emigh
Hoobgana
Tacoma
Ater Davenport
Forest King
Bkth
Forest Dream
Edir Balobridge
Eagie Marber
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Prince Rua
Eagie Boat
Eideradoe
Havana
Newroe Balboa
San Crua
Apex
Port Walter
New Orleans
Balboa
Eagle Boat No
Prince George
Prince Rupert
Porta
Pleiades
Motership Boobyalla
Ewnership
Southeastern
Eter
Weet Canon
B.C
Horace X Haster
Eagle Harold
Dkto
Phyllis Comyn
Port Pinkeley
Ate Kinderdijk
Mamburg
Baltda
Liverpool
London
Copenhagen
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Tee
Spokane
N. Y
Santos
Chicago Board of Tract
Milan
Clowes
Ineo An.u5
Oet Peneee
Ieee
Denver Live Stock
Federal Reserve
N. Y. Stock Exchange
L. 1
ine @ Co
Lew Close Alodumon
Internatio American Bumatra
Nethichem Steel
Canadian Pacific Tee
Central Leather
General Hoodrich Motors
Great Northern Tees
Inspiration
Kennecott
Teeeem
Lackawanna
Missouri Pacific
Northern Pacific
Pan-Amer. Petroleum
Bon Re
Arrow Se Benees
Penneylvania
Keadin Teeeeem
Republic Tron
Smelair OF
Rock Leland
Southern Partiic
As Ae
Southern
Stromberg Eeee Meh
Mtudebaker, Ote
Ste
Saute Ince
Liberty
Hy Fh Manning & Co
Sotcesees
Keane -Loval
Lecal
Crete
Lee Hethouse
Viant
Uravenstein
Sree
Annes
Leeal
Engtland
Thorspenn Erediogs
Piartiott
Stern
Orvie Seeerwer
Peamate
Virginia ‘Cotes
Whelessie
Decke—Litve
Lee Oo
Seeesseres
Kolied
Ake
Seenenews Arm
Rene
Frisco
Hank
Oregon Guardsmen
U.S
Beret
Tacoma Safty
Victoria Fc
Victoria
San Juan Island
Bellingham - Anacortt
Port Townsend
Conniema
PORT
Hood Canal
Neah Bay
WAY
Seattle Star
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