Labor Blocks Plan to Erect Steel Houses in Britain
London readers report Labour leaders and unions oppose a government scheme to build steel cottages from Wear and Company at low cost. The Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers argues the Weir houses will fail after 35 years, though manufacturers claim durable 60 year life and comfort with asbestos lined plates. Prices start at 375 pounds with potential cuts as orders rise.
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Hail O'Flaherty
Pocatello Tribune
Chicago Daily News
London
Britain
Wear and Company
Amal Mated Union of Building Trade Workers
Weir
Lancashire
Senate Passes Small Increase in Postal Bill Amid Protests
The senate worked late to advance an interior postal bill totaling 238.8 million dollars with only a small increase over the house version. Proposals include 500 thousand for the Spanish Springs Nevada project previously cut by the house. Senate hearings on the Cramton prohibition bill resumed as industrial firms oppose the measure. Rivers and harbors plans face cuts and protests from affected communities, with final decisions deferred to await Weeks and Coolidge input.
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House
Senate
Muscle Shoals
Spanish Springs
Nevada
Congress
Cramton
Treasury Department
Michigan
War Department
Gulf of Mexico
Los Angeles
Calif
Newport News
Jamaica Bay
N. Y
Weeks
Coolidge
Gem State Poultry Show Opens with 250 Birds Entered
Caldwell January 7 250 birds entered on opening day of the Gem State Poultry Show fourth annual affair. Entries came from southern and eastern Idaho including Pocatello Jerome Glenns Ferry New Plymouth Meridian Nampa and Boise. About 75 turkeys and 200 [henge] cockers and pullets on display under good housing as show progresses. Leslie L Long supervises the event with Mr Brewster in charge of judging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
Gem State
Idaho
Pocatello
Jerome
Glenns Ferry
New Plymouth
Meridian
Hagle
Boise
Nampa
Leslie L. Long
Mr. Brewster
Land
New Service Station Opens Near Corner of South and Bonneville
A new service station is under construction at the corner of South and Bonneville streets opposite Seers. The foundation work is progressing with concrete and framing details visible as crews advance toward completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Bonneville Streets
Seers
Spee
Hares
Market News: Stocks Jump on Opening Trading
New York market opens with a broad price rise as bullish trading lifts leading industrial and railroad shares. U S Cast Iron Pipe, General Electric and Adams Express gain 2 to 3 points, while Baldwin climbs four. Public utilities rise on Federal Light and Brooklyn Edison.
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New York
U. S
General Electric
Adams Express
Lehigh Valley
Reading
Baldwin
Crucible Steel
Punta Alegre
Federal Light and Traction
Brooklyn Edison
Southern Pacific
Union Railway
Louisville and Nashville
Radio Corporation
Co Express
Fisher Body
Kresge
Atlantic Refining
Iron Products
Westinghouse Airbrake
Brown Shoe
Call Money
Determination of Country’s Health Through Prompt Bill Payments
The text argues a country’s strength lies in prompt bill payments, not the amount of buying. Generous purchasing is healthy only if money exists to cover costs, while panic and fear spread when public buying slows. A brief slowdown in good buying yields three benefits, starting with checking over-expansion and prompting broader business study.
Livestock Market Summaries for Missouri and Midwest
Livestock receipts in St. Joseph show hogs at 14 090, cattle at 2 500 and sheep at 4 000 with varied demand. hogs mostly lower on lighter weights, bulk and top prices noted. Chicago reports hog receipts 56 000, demand uneven with weight classes moving. cattle receipts 15 000 with steady to weak undertone. Kansas City also lists cattle and hog trends with mixed selling and price ranges.
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St, Joseph St. Jeeenh Mo
Chicago
Top Iv.co
Belogun
Omaha
Kansas City
Raw sugar steadies as futures ease in early trading
New York traders report raw sugar steady at 4.59 for Cuban duty paid with no sales. The futures market dips one to two points as trade and commission house selling persists. Refined sugar softens with prices unchanged to 85 points lower, from 6.25 to 6.50 for fine granulated. most refiners accept the lower level. Refined futures remain nominal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Commission House
Exchange Rates Steady in New York Trading Day
Foreign exchange in New York shows steady quotes in cents with Britain at 4.76% demand and 4.77% cables, France 5.40, Germany 23.81, Belgium 4.98, Spain 14.10, and other nations listed for buying or selling, including Argentina 40.25 and Tokio 38.0 in Montreal 99.
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New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Switsersland
Spain
Greece
Poland
Czecho-Slovakia
Jugo-Slavia
Austria
Rumania
Argentina
Brasilees Tokio
Montreal
Insights on Prosperity From Credit and Sales Repayment
A historical fragment explains that overproduction is avoided by normal buying patterns. It argues genuine prosperity shows through ready credit repayment rather than measured by shop staff or bargain offers, urging consultation with a reliable credit man to gauge how promptly people pay their bills.
Railroad stocks and bonds in shifting investor outlook
A historical view notes railroad securities held high regard for safety and income, then faced costs and war pressures. It warns stock investments carry risk, bonds offer comfort during downturns, and future offerings may attract buyers despite volatility. Investors should weigh risk before subscribing to new railroad stock.
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SUN
Boas
Wheat Buying Starts a Lead on Strong Early Trading
Wheat prices jumped in early trading with gains led by a reading commission house. Market chatter suggested bullish views on world supply and demand from a prominent ex porter. May and July contracts swung from mixed to higher as corn and oats followed the grain rally. Provisions rose with the grain lift.
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Chicago
Reading Commission
Grain and stock quotes from Chicago and New York
Grain prices list No. 3 wheat No. 3 corn oats and rye with various numbers and seeds. New York stock table shows numerous listed companies with closing prices and percent gains or losses including Allied Chemical American Can American Car American Locomotive Bethlehem Steel and many others.
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Chicago
New York
Allied Chemical & Dye
American Can
American Car & Foundry
American Locomotive
American Smelt
American Sugar
American Tel
American Tobacco American Waterworks
American Woolen Iea
Atchison
Ee Atlantic Coast Line
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio
Sapte Bethlehem Steel
California Petroleum
Canadian Pacific
Central Leather
Pfa
Cerro de Pasco Riseeiitib Ibn Chandler Motor
Chesapeake & Ohio
Davison Chemical A du Pont de
Invincible Oil
Kelly-Springfield
Kennecott Copper
Lehigh Aeatin
Louisville & Nashville
Csomoceees
Marland Oil
Wee
Maxwell Motors “A
Mexican Seaboard Oil
Missouri, Kaan
Panerican Petroleum
Ivania
Phila
Reading
Phillips
Republic Iron & Steel
Reynolds Tobacco
St. Louis & San Fran
Searboard Air Line
Sears Roé
Buck
Sinclair Con
Insitecty
Sloss-Sheffield E Nerencvs
Southern Pacific
Southern Railw
Standard Oil
Standard
Stewart Warner
Studebaker
Texas Co
Texas & Pacific
Dairy Prices and Receipts Report From New York Market
Butter steady amid decline with 12 764 receipts and creamery extras ranging 42 to 48. Eggs irregular with 16 637 receipts and fresh extras at 60 to 62, firsts 67 59, seconds 54 56. Pacific coast whites extras 44 66, firsts 62 64. Cheese firm with 193 333 receipts.
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New York
Hennery
Pacific Coast
Potatoes Market Slows as Receipts Rise In Chicago
Early trading on potatoes in Chicago shows a weak market with receipts of 3 cars. S S & S shipments total 8238. Wisconsin round whites priced 1.00 to 1.15, fancy shade higher. bulk round whites at 1.65 to 1.16. Minnesota sack round whites 1.05. Idaho sacked sets 2.26 to 2.35.
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Chicago
L. S&s
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Idaho
Silver Prices Reported in London Trade
London metal market notes Silver at 31 15 164 per ounce with activity in early trading.
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London
Bannock Indians to Meet to Elect Tyhee's Successor
Bannock members mourn Chief Tyhee and will hold a council on the reservation below Blackfoot to elect a worthy successor. The two tribally voiced tributes praise Tyhee's leadership and his ties with both whites and Indians. The tribe hopes a successor will confer with the reservation superintendent. Mr. Donner is noted as a longtime ally. The chief is survived by his widow, two sisters, and a nephew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyhee
Blackfoot
Bannock
Tribune
Nanas Teton
Charlie Perehie
Donner
Mr. Donner
Stoy
Pocatello
Paris Finance Ministers Open Allied Talks on Reparations
The allied finance ministers began a session at the French foreign office with Kellogg, Logan, and Herrick among the early arrivals. Clementel welcomed delegates saying solutions will be found and noting Germany's reparations payments as the next major issue amid distribution uncertainties.
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Paris
Foreign Office
Frank
Kellogg
England
James A. Logan, Jr
Reparations Commission
Myron T. Herrick
France
Clementel
London
Germany
AG withholds consent to sugar firm merger tweak
Attorney General Stone announced he would withhold consent to American Sugar Refining's proposed modification of the court decree. The move blocks acquisition of National Sugar Refining Company of New Jersey. He found no change in competitive conditions since 1922 and noted the decree reserves court-supervised modification upon showing altered conditions.
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Washington
Stone
American Sugar Refining Company
National Sugar Refining Company of
New Jersey
United States District Courts
Bond prices in New York steady on Liberty bends
Liberty bends closes with 3s at 101.18 for first, 101.21 for first 4s, and 100.31 for second 4s. Third 4s at 101.9, fourth 4s at 101.30. U S government 44s quoted at 105.10.
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New York
Liberty Bends
U. S. Government
Oil quota closing quotes at 2:15 p m
New York early trading reports show Prairie Pipe Line at 1.07, Standard of Indiana 63, Standard of New York 44, New Brad 4, Mutual 12, Salt Creek percent as quotes near the closing.
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New York
Standard of Indiana
Standard of
N. Y
New Brad
Mutual
Salt Creek
Metals Markets Report New York January
Copper up 15 percent with spot and futures rallying. Tin holds around 60.25 to 60.27. Iron shows no change while lead remains firm between 10.00 and 10.50. Zinc steady at East St. Louis 7.02 with futures near 7.80. Antimony trades at 18.00 spot.
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New York
Priges
East St. Louis
Money Market Report: Call Money Edges Higher
New York money rates show call money easier with high 3 and low 2 percent, ruling at 3 percent. Time loans ease with mixed collateral 60 to 99 days at 3 percent and 4 to 6 months at 2 percent, prime commercial paper at 3 percent.
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New York
Stocks on Jump Pushes to Eight-Year Highs
New York stock prices rose again with more than twenty issues above 1924 highs and the general railroad average at an eight year peak. Indian Refining preferred gained 16 points while Commercial Solvents B 8 percent and Brooklyn Edison rose 7 and others advanced four to six points as volume neared two million shares.
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New York
Indian Refining
Brooklyn Edison
Wheat hits postwar high as cash prices surge
Minneapolis reports cash wheat reaching a new postwar high at 2.27 1/4 dollars per bushel, premium 51 cents over May. A No 1 dark northern wheat with 16 percent protein led the sale. Cash durum also rose to 2.13 dollars per bushel with No 2 amber durum.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Safety razor blades bring profit to a major American firm
A well known American company reports profits exceeding 5 million dollars annually from safety razor blades. The figure highlights strong demand and steady sales in grooming products nationally.
Airplane Strikes Ground Vehicle in Wright Field Tragedy
In Dayton Ohio two Wright field workers Leon Harness and Paul Long died when a truck was hit and demolished by an airplane over the speed course. Lieutenant E C Barksdale piloted the ship with an observer aboard both aviators uninjured. Authorities call it possibly the first such ground to air collision on record.
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Dayton, O
Wilbur Wright
Here
Leon C. Harness
Paul Long
E. C. Barksdale
McCookfield
Sportsmen's Meeting Tomorrow Evening
The Bannock Sportsmen's Association will meet tomorrow evening at the Chamber of Commerce rooms opposite the post office. They will discuss proposed new game laws, legislative matters, and elect officers. Full attendance is urged as one of the year's most important meetings will include talks on the proposed legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bannock Sportsmen’s Association
Chamber of Commerce
Secretary Weeks Warns Army Air Service Underfunded
Secretary Weeks told a House committee that the army air service lacks funds to build an adequate air force. He cited a proposed $16 million for next year as the largest yet but insufficient, praising General Patrick and noting international progress in aviation. He urged expanding commercial aviation, even with subsidies, and opposed unification of army and navy air services due to wartime risks.
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Washington
Weeks
House
Army Air Service
Army
Patrick
Said
Navy
New Oil Conservation Board Subcommittee Meets
A sub committee of President Coolidge's oil conservation board met today with Secretary Work outlining aims to conserve oil and gas resources. Leaders of the oil industry will be invited to confer early in February as the inquiry decides its own future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW Oil
Washington
Jan
Coolidge
New Oil Conservation Board
Work
Mussolini Justified as Revolutionary Leader by Fascist Chief
Rome January 7. A leading Fascist told the Associated Press that Premier Mussolini has the right to defend his regime by any means to prevent overthrow. He noted Mussolini’s public statements stressing his claim to power came through a revolution that was bloodless due to the king's timely intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Mussolini
Associated Press
Italy
Peter
Dial Flayed by Partyite Over Senate Speech Withdrawal
In Washington on January 7, Senator Dial of South Carolina faced sharp criticism from Democratic leaders after moving to withdraw remarks from a Senate record. Dial argued the speech reflected party trend but admitted parts might offend some. colleagues pressed to strip the entire address as an affront to fellow senators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Dial
South Carolina
Democrats Congress
Senaior Dial
Senat. Smith
Democratic Party
Seator Robinson
Robins
Robinson
So Carolina
Smith
National Party
Congress
T! Party
Senat
T Party
Heflin
Alabama
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Gem State Poultry Show
Ceoriman
Everyman’s Investment
George T. Hughes
The
Lord
Hib. Tan
Nellices
Bannock Indians
Redmen
Medium Tribune
Wright Flying Field
Hotel of Distinction
Maia
J. E. Camron, MD
Carlson
Consumers’ Coal Company
Hone
Lynn Brothers Hospital Clinical Laboratory
Julius Henry Hartman
Vienna
King Coal
Es Coal
T. B. Smith
Willard Lund
Mgr
M. Boyenger
E. M. Boyenger
Sonnenkilb
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