Mobile Cotton Market Offers Mixed Prices and Declines
Spot cotton eased while futures showed a broad drop as liquidation continued. Prices fell from early highs with Middling uplands around 15.28 at New Orleans and Dec 15.99 seen midmorning, later firming to near 15.70 before closing barely steady. weekly weather data influenced hedging and export totals topped 10,486 bales.
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New Orleans
Atlantic
Acaspian
Southern Statistical Bureau
Weather Bureau
Hign
Cotton Prices Fall Further in Early New York Trade
The cotton market extended its decline on September 6 with a firmer Liverpool showing yet a steady local opening. Prices slipped after the call due to liquidation and Southern selling, with October at 15.60 December 15.67 and January 15.78, down about 12 to 21 points from the call as rumors circulated about preliminary returns.
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New York
Liverpool
Southern
Market opens with record highs across multiple leaders
New York markets opened strong with higher readings for United States stocks and numerous blue chips. Gains included Marine, Inspira tion, Kelly Springfield Tire, Bethlehem Steel, Mexican Petroleum, American Smelting, and United Fruit, while rails remained firm but sluggish. Continuous energy arose from advances in copper and sugar sectors as key leaders reached notable levels.
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New York
United States
Marine Common
Preferred
Inspiration
Kelly- Springfield Tire
Bethlehem Steel
Mexican Petroleum
American Smelting
American Can
American Locomotive
United Fruit
International Paper
Allis-Chalmers
American Car
American Car & Foundry
American Cotton Oil
American Sugar
American Tel. & Tel
American Tobacco
Anaconda Copper
Atchison
Atlantic Coast Line
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chicago
Mil. & St. Paul
Consolidated Gas
Crucible Steel
Erie
General Electric
Great Northern Ptd
Great Northern Ore Ctfs
Illinois Central
Inter. Mer. Mar. Pre. Ctfs
Liggett & Myers
Lorillard ,O
Maxwell Motors
Missouri ,Pacific
National Lead
New York Central
N. Y
N. H. and Hart
Norfolk and Western
Northern Pacific É
Pennsylvania
Reading
Rep. Iron and Steel
Seaboard Air Line
Seaboard Air Line Pfd
Sloss-Shef. Steel and Iron
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Southern Railway Ptd
Judebaker Corporation
Ennessee Copper
Texas Co
Union Pacific
United States Rubber
S$ Smelting & Refin’g
United States Steel
United States Steel Pfd
Virginia Carp. Chem
Va. Iron, Coal & Coke
Wabash Pfd. B
Western Union
Westinghouselectric
Kennecott Copper
Savannah Naval Stores Market Report
Turpentine firm receipts reach 861 casks with Rosin at 2 889 barrels. Prices quoted for turpentine grades range from B at 5.80 to WW at 6.74 and rosin grades from D 5.82 1 2 to M and N 6.35. Market activity centered in Savannah on September 6.
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Savannah
Grain and Provisions Wheat Prices Reported
Grain and provisions report from Chicago on September 6 notes No 2 red wheat at 1.53 1 2 to 1.54 3 4, No 3 red at 1.48 1 2 to 1.52 1 2, and No 2 hard at 1.55 with further trading ranges implied. The brief price table reflects grain market activity for that day.
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Chicago
Alabama Reports 22 114 Automobiles In Use At Start Of September
Alabama's state board of equalization records 22 114 automobiles in operation at September's start. Of these 17 745 are for pleasure and 4 369 for business. The state also lists 1 370 motorcycles. Jefferson leads with 3 420 pleasure cars, 1 101 business machines, 590 motorcycles. Mobile follows. Montgomery ranks third. Choctaw has the fewest with 56 pleasure cars and one motorcycle.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
State Board of Equalization
Jefferson County
Mobile
Choctaw
New Submarine Salvage Vessel Introduced in Zaandam
A double screw steamship designed for submarine salvage was launched in Zaandam on September 5, built to Spanish government orders. The craft combines two separate units and is described in the report as an ingenious salvage device.
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Zaandam
Netherlands
Span
L and N Chief Denies Slush Fund in Campaign
Louisville and Nashville Railroad president Milton H. Smith testified in the Ella Lea case against the Lewisburg and Northern Railroad that his company did not spend money in the slate race. He said campaign contributions had been discontinued though the firm once funded campaigns.
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Nashville, Tenn
Milton H. Smith
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Ella Lea
Lewisburg and Northern Railroad
Louisville and Nashville
Karen sails with Cuban cargo and provisions
The Norwegian steam ship Karen of the Munson line departed for Cuban ports with 22 548 bushels of corn 2468 bushels of oats 4280 barrels of flour 578 pounds of bacon 92872 pounds of hams 831643 pounds of lard 48292 pounds of pork 187000 superficial feet of pitch pine lumbers 928 shipping shooks and 65009 pounds of condensed milk aboard.
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Karen
Munson Line
Dock repairs clear for ships at several ports
The text lists docks and ships including Hieronymus Docks Francis Hyde Cuban ports Pier 2 Norwegian Mobile Liners Newlands Maclay Théne Thyra Menier Bahamas Timber Co Turner Terminal docks and municipal facilities, indicating repair readiness and loading activity in multiple maritime locations.
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Iede Hieronymus
Francis Hyde
Norwegian
Mobile Liners, Inc
Municipal Docks
Newlands
Maclay Théne
Municipal
Thyra Menier
Bahamas Timber Co
Turner-Terminal
Mysterious Submarine Salvage Vessel Described
A vessel six meters deep and broad with an eight meter gap between fore and aft decks forms a twenty meter breadth structure. An integrated hoisting system can lift sunken submarines between halves. Electric windlasses provide 650 tons lifting capacity with a 1000 ton test. Four workshops service sunken craft and a torpedo hold can be submerged in fire. The ship measures 92.12 meters in length.
Newlands Steamship Reaches Harbor for Fumigation Load
The British steamship Newlands arrived in the lower bay Tuesday afternoon and, after fumigating, was released Wednesday morning. It docks with Mobile Liners Inc to load for the Malay Line and will depart for Scotland ports later this week.
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Newlands
Fort Morgan
Lower Bay
Mobile Liners, Inc
Maclay Hne
Scotland
Cramp Schooner Leaves Harbor for Genoa
The American schooner Henry W. Cramp departed Wednesday morning for Genoa Italy with a combined lumber and timber cargo. It cleared several days earlier for the voyage from the harbor.
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Cramp
Genoa
Henry W. Cramp
Italy
Shipping Notes of Various Vessels at New York Docks
A list of ships and cargo actions at New York harbor detailing steamships and schooners from multiple nations loading for distant ports and undergoing repairs. Vessels include Kenna, Carmela, Grace Harvard, Frieda, Else, Joseph P. Cooper, Norstjerne, Wilizabeth T. Doyle, Dora Rio, Bluefields, Norseman, Lady Shea, Barden, Georgia Gilkey, Alice B. Phillips, Sadie Sumner, Mount Vernon, and Avenger, with destinations and dock locations such as Turn er Terminal docks, Pier 6, and Ollinger Bruce Dry Docks.
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Kenna
Munson Line
South America
Carmela
Turner Terminal
Grace Harvard
Genoa
Italy
Hunter-Benn Lumber Company
L. and
Frieda
Russ
East African
Huynter-Benn Lumber Company
Else
Ollinger and
Bruce Dry
Joseph P. Cooper
Caibarien
Cuba
Lamberga
Havana
BR. A. Pierce
Ollinger & Bruce
West Wharf
Eslava
Norstjerne
Nor
Bilbao
Spain
Wilizabeth T. Doyle
Dora Rio
Rio de Janiere
Brazil
Bluefields
Campeche
Mexico
Henry W. Cramp
Rouen
France
Lady Shea
Lading
Barden
Cardenas
Ciba
Ancenis
Gulfport
Miss
Georgia Gilkey
Cuban
Bahamas
Tela
Honduras
Eebah Company
Avenger 'Op
Sea borne lumber and repair ships listed at Caribbean and Atlantic ports
A listing of ships including San Cristobal and Edna V. Pickles bound for lumber cargoes from Cuban and Bahamian ports. Vessels such as Deveron sailing to Rouen for repairs, Avio and Banan noted in Pensacola for repairs, with Bahamas Timber Company and United Fruit Company featured in the sector.
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San Cristobal
Puerto Mexico
Pores
Bahamas Timber Company
Edna V. Pickles
Cuban
Henry
Little
Perceler
Havana
Cuba
Deveron
Rouen
France
J. du Bignon
Pensacola
Vla
Avio
Banan
Ene Nae Tela
Honduras
United Fruit Company
Cotton prices ease in Liverpool spot market
Liverpool reports improved demand for spot cotton with prices easing. Good middling 9.794, middling 9.63, low middling 9.47d. Sales 8,600 bales, including 7,160 bales American. receipts 9,000 bales, of which 3,200 bales American. Futures mostly steady with several forward spreads listed.
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Liverpool
Cotton seed oil market closes firm in New York
The cotton seed oil market closed firm with spot bids and futures quotes across months from September to April. Noted trades totaled 34,006 units.
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New York
Works for US Hungary Professors Exchange
Prof Rudolph Kunfalvi of Budapest State Higher Gymnasium advances an exchange professorship plan between the two nations. He discussed the project with American Ambassador Penfield in Vienna, who views it favorably but grants no immediate prospects due to postwar conditions.
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Associated Press
Budapest
Hungary
Rudolph H. Kunfalin
Princeton
Budapest State
Marederic Courtland Penfield
Vienna
Agnella Brings Bananas to United Fruit Wharf
The Norwegian fruit steamer Agnella arrived Wednesday from the tropics with about 15 000 bunches of bananas for United Fruit Company. She began discharging this morning at the tropical fruit wharf. The Vika, another United Fruit ship, is en route from Bocas del Toro Panama.
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Agnella
Tropics
United Fruit Company
Tropical Fruit Wharf
Vika
Bocas del Toro
Panama
Governor Hatfield Calls Election in Fourth District
Charleston West Virginia Governor Hatfield issues a call for a November 7 special election in the fourth congressional district to fill the vacancy from the death of Representative Hunter Moss.
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Charleston. W. Va
Hatfield
Fourth
Hunter Moss
Employment ads and Army of United States recruitment notices
A collection of classified notices offers U S government employment with promises of high pay and rapid advancement. Also recruitment for the Army of the United States seeks able bodied men. multiple domestic helper and trades jobs are listed with locations in Mobile Alabama and other postings.
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Army OF United
St. Francis Street
Mobile
Ala
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