Big slump in business nears end
Depression era analysis notes easing credit and price declines. demand revives slowly with print cloth, hides, woolens, and silks moving better. Inflation remains a drag, unemployment fears persist, and November insolvencies set a new record. Wheat and cotton markets show tentative improvement while broader debt remains high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Hilal
Iron Trade Review
University Economic Search Bureau
St. Louis
Bradstreet
Bradstreet's Optimistic on Trade Conditions Amid Holiday Buying
Bradstreet's weekly notes some improvement in trade conditions as holiday buying influences ease. Retail districts show efforts to recover but struggles persist in parts of the nation while wholesale buying remains moderate and collections stay slow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradstreet
Altho
Read Tre
West Central
Seattle to Be Hub of Siberian Work
Washington D Vanderlip announces Seattle will serve as the Pacific coast headquarters for a large Siberian development syndicate. Vanderlip, a leader in the Kamchatka project, has returned from a visit to the proposed operations site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Pacific Coast
Kamchatka Peninsula
New York
Washington D
Vanderlip
Lee Anbanker
Power and Light Bonds Grow Popular Nationwide
Power and light company bonds are rising in popularity as investors seek stable earnings. Market stability and sound repayment records are cited by bankers as key virtues supporting this trend across the country.
Whitcomb to Head European Relief Drive in Seattle
David Whitcomb president of the Arcade Building and Realty Co. accepted headship of the committee organizing a two weeks drive in Seattle and King county beginning December 19 to aid starving children of Europe. The article notes unrelated fashion mentions about dressmakers and beauty specialists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Whitcomb
Arcade Building & Realty Co
European Relief Work
Seattle
King County
Europe
Ship News Tides in Seattle
Tide readings for Seattle show first low tide at 12 08 am with 6 ft prediction and first high tide at 06 00 am with 19 4 ft. Second low tide at 01 05 pm with 8 ft and second high tide at 04 30 pm with 8 ft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Portland Storm Heads Inland After Coastal Winds
Portland and the north Pacific coast endured a severe wind and rain storm Sunday afternoon and evening. By BE L. Wella the meteorologist says the winds have moved inland and the severe wind is over though Western Oregon will see more rain. Southwest wind warnings were downgraded as the front passed inland. The peak gust reached 60 mph at North Head Saturday noon, easing to 48 mph by 6 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
North Pacific Coast
L. Wella
Oregon
North Pacific Coast Pointe
North Head
Todd Arrives in Seattle for Scout Cruiser Omaha Launch
William H. Todd of Todd Shipbuilding arrives in Seattle with a party to attend the launching ceremony of the scout cruiser Omaha at Tacoma on Tuesday morning. The group stays as guests at the New Washington hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Tacoma
William H. Todd
Todd Shipbuilding Corporation
Seattle
New Washington Hotel
Hawaii Maru Arrives from Orient With 6000 Ton Freight
The Hawaii Maru of Osaka Shosen Kaisha arrives at Pier 6 with 6000 tons of freight and a fair line of passengers. The liner reports a fair passage across the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oeaka Shosen
Dutch Ship Endures Fierce Pacific Storms
Capt. Geo. Co. Herbschie commander of the Dutch steamship Hoerdyk says the heavy Pacific storms exceeded those of the North Sea. The Moerdyk, part of the Holland-America line, arrived Saturday after battling two terrors since leaving San Francisco in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
North Sea
Geo. Co. Herbschie
Hoerdyk
Holland-American Line
Moerdyk
San Francisco
Governor Delays Southbound Trip for Repairs
The steamship Governor of the Pacific Steamship Co. will not leave for the South again until December 24. The previously scheduled Sunday call was cancelled after an annual inspection revealed the need for more extensive repairs than anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Pacific Steamship Co
South
Longshoreman Injured by Falling Weight in Seattle
Longshoreman Cart P. Oliver of Winslow was hospitalized in Seattle General with head injuries after a weight fell on him while helping unload at Smith Cove on Saturday. Weather Bureau reports from Tatoosh Island and Port Angeles describe mist, rain, and variable winds, with multiple ships passing and arriving in coastal areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cart P. Oliver
Winslow
Seattle General Hospital
Arrivals and Departures at Western Ports December 12
Maritime list shows ships arriving from Hong Kong to Victoria and Seattle area with times from 1:30 p to 6:45 a. m. plus departures including Mantia Maru bound for Hong Kong and Norwood for Tacoma. Alaska vessels Valdez-Malled list notes North western westbound and Jefferson northbound at 2:40 p. m.
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Valdez
Mtr Northwestern
Petersburg
Jefferson
Vessels in Other Ports and Movements Listed
Honolulu Salted December 12 str Weet Jena for Beattie. San Diego-Helled December 12: Mtr Everett for Puget Bound. Porte Salted December 1: Str Sudbury for Heattle via routes. San Pedro-Arrived December 12: Str Admiral Behrey from Heattle via ports, str Phyllis from Tacoma. Hailed December 12: Btr President for Beattie via San Francisco, Sailed December 11: Btr Steel Voyager for ig via Francinco, tr Capt F A Laveae towing bae No. 93 for ee str Vaides for Puget Sound Franciaco-Arrived December 12: Str Georgina Rolph from Tacoma at 7 pm. Admiral Dewey from Seattie at 5 pm. Balled December 12: Str Yo sermite for Puget Sound porte at 10 am. Arrived December 11: Strome City from Beattie via porte at 9 pm. San Pedro-Arrived December 11: str Forest X. Haxter from Beattie, str President from Meattie via San Francisco. Port Townsend-Passed in December 13, Str Wheatlend Mont, for Seattle at 9:20 am. Tacoma-Latted December 1%: Str Fulton for British Columbian ports via Seattle. Point Wells-Arrived December 1%: tr Latouche from Southwestern via Southeastern Alaskan ports, and proceeded for Beattie.
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Honolulu
Str
Weet Jena
Beattie
San Diego
Mtr Everett
Puget Bound
Porte
Sudbury
Heattle
Rts
San Pedro
Admiral Behrey
Phyllis
Tacoma
Btr President
San Francisco
Btr Steel Voyager
Francinco
F. A. Laveae
Eee
Vaides
Puget Sotmd
Franciaco
Georgina Rolph
Admiral Dewey
Seattie
At & P.m
Yosermite
Puget Sound
Strome City
Maritime Radio Report From Wireless Canadian Service
Wireless Canadian Government report details vessels moving north and south along Queen Charlotte Coast. Entries note Ketchikan anchored at Union Hay and City of Heattle bound for Queen Charlotte with times in December and traffic near Admiral Redman and Victoria Bay.
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Htz Ketchikan
Union Hay
Ate City
New York Stock Market Slumps as Industrials Take Hit
In a reactionary session on December 13 in New York, industrials led broad losses on the stock exchange. United States Steel and Crucible Steel fell as market bears drove prices to new lows, with Mexican Petroleum and Studebaker among others also sliding before a late rally attempt.
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New York
United States Steely
United States Steel Tay
Crucible Steel
Baldwin
American Locomotive
Mexican Petroleum
Pan-American
Texan Pacific Coal & Oustm
Brudebaker
United States Rubber
Southern Pacific
Central Leather
General Motora
Anaconda
Tobacco
Stock Exchange
Crucible
Paldwin
Studebaker
Royal Dutch ST
Lehigh Valley
Nethlehem
Canadian Pacific
Off & Texas Company
Republic Steel
Reading
Atchison
Caldwin
Atlantic Gulf
United States Steel
Sinclair
Pan-American Petroleum
Federal Reserve Bank
American Woolen
Texas Pacific Coal & of
Forme
N. Y. Stock Exchange
Manning & Co
Second Avenue
Lew Cleese
Atehitoen
Oar & Peary
Maltimore
Thio
Paettters Iit
Amr
Lackawanna Leae
Mestean Petroleum
Missouri Peettic Ca
New Haven i
Northers Pactfic
Par-Amer Petroleum
Pierre Arrow
Peoneyivents Kh
Iepwttne i. As
Eee
Mociaie
Os Wu
Pion Pawitie
United Retail Mores
United Retail Mores, Aan Ss Ty Vw B ® Raber Orm Tyemur
Utah
Wabech Ms
Weetinghoure Willye- Overland
Reek Napid Traneit
Alaska
Juneau
Eubestl
Liberty
Roriem High Clase
Grains Strong in New Sales on Chicago Board
Grains were strong at the Chicago Board of Trade with wheat futures recovering after a weak start as commission houses bought on the dip. December wheat opened around 1.423% and later rose. corn and oats followed wheat's strength while provisions held steady amid fluctuating price moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Veruttal
Etmenee & Co
Second Avenue
Local Market Prices Paid for Vegetables and Poultry
Wholesale prices listed for vegetables including artichokes lettuce onions peppers cabbage and squash with per ton or per bunch rates. Poultry meat and veal prices paid to wholesalers and shippers appear with unit quotes though text is garbled and partial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odep Leeal
Tee Carumbers
Foreign Exchange Opens With Slight Demand Drift
New York foreign exchange opened with dull demand and mixed yields. The dollar traded around 84.44 yen, 6.830 francs, 3.470 lire, and 1.230 marks with Canadian dollars near 86.37 as markets closed steady to dull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreign Exchange
New York
Dee
France
Money on Call and Ocean Freight Afloat in Seattle Bay
Money on call rates at 7 percent for six months with mercantile paper quoted. Various vessels report positions off Seattle and San Francisco with several ships and coal bunkers listed. Port activity includes ships at Smith Cove terminal and Puget Sound works, amid a listing of vessels and moorings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mercantile Paper
London
Portland Market Status Report Shows Steady to Weak Prices
Portland market notes list 124 cattle at 1431 head and 1 9687 head pigs with mixed prices. Beef cattle around 11.50 per 100 weight and heavy hogs at 18 cents per pound. Sheep receipts indicate steady to weak demand with prices near previous levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Dee
Public Markets Queen City stalls list prices and goods
A dense OCR list depicts Queen City public market stalls with varied grocery items and prices. Entries cover fresh milk, corn, butter, eggs, sardines, canned goods, meats, produce, and household staples across multiple stalls, reflecting a bustling market scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen City
Janey Gill
Beet Sugar Drops 25 Cents in Day
The wholesale bank price of beet sugar fell 25 cents today in the territory. A 100 pound bag now costs 4.55 dollars, down from 4.80 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Shipload of Truck Brings Fresh Produce to Western Ave
A steamer delivered a wide variety of fruits and vegetables including pineapples persimmons and peppers to Western Ave curb distribution. Pineapples quoted 4.50 per box versimmona 4.75 box roots 16 to 1? cents per pound green peppers 12 to 20 cents per pound walla walla cucumbers 4.50 per dozen sweet potatoes 4 and 5 cents per pound Yakima gem market reported easier rutters dropped 2 cents per pound to 3 to 3.62.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walla Walla
Yakima
Rutter
Trade Corporation to Aid Seattle in Edge Act Plans
M. B. McIntosh of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce says organizing a $100,000,000 Edge Act foreign trade financing corporation will greatly aid Seattle. The large entity is to be formed by the foreign trade financing committee which met in Chicago on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
M. B. Mclintosh
Foreign Trade Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Foreign Trade Financing Committee
Chicago
Women Publish Book of Tried Recipes
Kansas City report notes the Women's City club published a cook book compiled from members recipes. Profits from sale fund civic work and community projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Woman's City Club
First White Woman Bravely Explores New Hebrides Inland
Fourteen months isolated with Cannibal tribesmen and tropical jungles of Borneo reveal life’s futility in cities to Mrs. Oma Johnson. The Independence Kansas native, age 24, becomes the first white woman to ascend the 459 mile river to Mallicola in the New Hebrides. She longs to return to Borneo and run barefoot, preferring a one piece suit over city life as natives study her hair and skin while she is treated like a goddess by Mallicola women.
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New York
Borneo
Oma Johnson
Mallicola
New Hebrides
Independence
Kan
Johnson
Antipodes
Mrs. Johnson
Martin Johnson
Nellie the Egyptian mummy moves from museum balcony to home
Nellie the Egyptian mummy, famed for vamping Mark Antony with Cleopatra, has left the rotten balcony of the state museum on the university campus and is back at home in Seattle. She arrived after workmen lowered her in a makeshift elevator. Nellie has lived in the local school since 1906 and is now aging, with no immediate plans to graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie
Fayum
Egypt
M. F. Backus
Cleopatra
Mark Antony
Drunken Women in London See Rising Public Drunkenness
In London the Thames court heard a magistrate note a marked rise in women charged with drunkenness in public places. He called the trend very disgraceful and improper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Thames Court
Denver Live Stock Market Drift in Cattle and Sheep
Denver December 13 cattle receipts 2700 head up 25 to 85 cents with steers 6 to 9.50 dairy cows and heifers 8 to 6.60 stockers and feeders 7 to 7.75 calves 7. Receipts 1900 head down 1 to 2.60 with top at 9.75. Sheep receipts 9900 head higher with lambs 9.60 to 10.50 ewes 2 to 5 feeders 9 to 9.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wales
Nattora
Denver
Letter to Congress Opposes Income Tax Raise
A Washington letter urges Secretary Houston to vote against raising taxes on incomes under 5000 dollars and to address fairness. The writer condemns higher income surtaxes as unjust and calls for maintaining current exemptions of 1000 for singles and 2000 for married individuals while stressing the burden on small incomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Houston
Water Still Tale From Washington Told With Copper Ambition
A fragment tells of a copper water still displayed at a McDonald era headquarters amid prohibition debates. An elderly man finds the water unfit for drinking, procures a still, but never uses it, while an agent retrieves it after the man grows ill and discovers a fresh spring. The piece hints the still and its copper craft may later serve a wider purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDonald
Kentucky
Agehie Moore
Washington
Janitor Wins Big Fortune in Unclear Legacy
Boston news notes a janitor William R. Hanson set to receive a large share from an uncle's will. A crowded market scene marked his surprise fortune, with Hanson planning Malden residence and continuing work to keep his dog Buff cared for. He mentions giving his legacy to a street urchin in exchange for youth.
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Boston
Bob Fitz
William R. Hanson
Liggett
Square
Patrick Brothers
Pearl St
Verse Rubber Company
Hanson
Malden
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Credit Clearing House
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Congress
Rock Bottom
Spokane
Todd
Atend
Orient
Weather Bureau
Tatoosh Island
Port Angeles
Rufus KB. Wood
Hartland
Atr
Ban Diego
Latouche
Alaskan
Point Welle
Pesweos
Tecoma
Bowait Maru
Hongkong
Vie Porte
Victoria
Admiral Watson
Houthwestern
Alaskanporte
Ste Bakersfield
Baltimore
Han Franeier
Manila Mary
Etre Weet Hartsend
Norfolk
Balboa
Ete Victoria
Comex
Fanta Plavia
Sir Admiral Pvane
San Franciero
Rotterdam
San Franciso
Norwood
Prince George
Prince Rupert
BM. C
Porta
Aibverian Eruine
Lillico No. 26
Hongkeme
Perte
B. C
Neon
Princes Fupert
B.C
Wireless Canadian Governent
N. Y
Benton
Franciacco
Rutter Matras
Veertabien
Pratt
Irs
Tereim
Virginia Kerstone
Naval Communications
Matte Luckenbach
Cape Blance
Queen
Bop. mi
Onnaaumsick
Smith Cove
Ater
Weat
Weetward Ho
Dora
Hawai Maru
T Meather
Etr
Evans
Governor Pacific Coast Coal Bunkere
Youemite Pacific Comatee Rees
Nile
Ate
Lconium
Jassup
Himrod Todd Drydocke
Bchr Columbia
Atr Spokane
Ate Bidridge
Puget Sound Bridge
Mtr Patterson
Hull Rainbow
Lake Union
Halle Abula
Aby~ Dos
Addison
Allenhurst
Then
Bayden
Nortran
Amon
Bineaya
Black Wolf
Irad
Celwin
Houghton
Pescta
Puyallup
Cagacen
Capraria
Cerdin
Cenin Charus
Cheaterfeld
Chalets
Cinea Cinyras
Corus
Coztan
Cola
Clone
Viiasa
Electra
Madymion
Fort Marricon
Fort Jackson
Fort Branwisz
Fort Union
Imuska
Leeti
Kitan
Atr Oregon
Ames
Roosevelt Heffernan
Bantaslavia
Briagway
Pike Place Mtalle
Kingaford
Atalle
Etalia
Frank Cochran
Wate
Fortun
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