Stocks Hold Cautious Gains on Mixed News and New Highs
New York market opened mixed as investors weighed complex factors and domestic business signals. Gains in mining and specialty shares lifted trading while several issues like Packard showed livelier activity and several new highs appeared. bonds drifted up and the French franc firmed on overseas political moves.
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Packard
Chamber of Deputies
International Nickel
Cerro
Se Pasco
Howe Sound
Ameren Smeleig
A. O. Smith
National «Cash
Register
Montgomery Ward
New York and Liverpool Cotton Markets Mixed in Day of Trading
In New York on December 6 early gains of 1 to 6 points gave way to liquidation and southern selling. March dipped to 11.56 while nearby contracts finished near yesterday's close as cotton futures remain steady with modest gains. Spot middling at 12.20. In Liverpool 33,000 bales traded with American share 29,900. futures closed steady with values around 6.47 to 6.16 for various months.
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New York
Dee
Liverpool
Turpentine and Rosin Market Figures in Savannah
Turpentine firm reports 43 percent sales 79 receipts 234 no shipments stock 49 546. Rosin firm shows sales 970 receipts 1 181 no shipments stock 110 290. Quotes list grades from B to WG with varied price ranges and futures like WW and X at 5 60.
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Savannah
Chicago Livestock Prices Fall on Quiet Market
Chicago livestock totals show 13 000 hogs with prices 10 to 15 cents lower than Thursday. Early top 9.90, bulk 180 300 lbs 9 75 86, several 310 350 lbs 9 60 70, better 140 170 lbs 9 45 80, best sows 9 50. Cattle about 2 000, steer values drifting under 10 00 as market slows. Heifers and cows weak to steady. vealers unchanged at 11 00. stockers and feeders mostly steady.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Foreign exchange rates and call money report
The New York market shows irregular foreign exchange with Britain at 4.92% for both demand and cables and Italy at 8.00% on demand, 8.09% on cables. Montreal in New York at 98.87% and New York in Montreal at 101.121%. Call money steady at percent and time loans steady at six months percent. Rediscount rate held at 4.5 percent.
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Great Britain
France
Italy
Montreal
Newark
N. Y. Reserve Bank
New Orleans Cotton Seed Oil Quotes Decline
New Orleans market reports steady close for cotton seed oil with prices for prime summer yellow 10.35 to 10.55 and prime crude 9.30 to 9.37. Futures listed as Dec 10.45, Jan 10.428, March 10.45, May 146, July 10.48 with a bid status B-Bid.
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New Orleans
New York Cotton Seed Oil Futures Close Steady
Bleachable cotton seed futures in New York closed steady with Dec at 10.78 dollars per cwt and Jan 10.77, March 10.86, May 10.83, July 10.86. The session included 51 contracts with 10 switches.
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New York
Governor Talmadge Assails Roosevelt in Georgia Address
New York dispatch outlines Governor Eugene Talmadge denouncing Roosevelt and the New Deal as a mix of communism and socialism. He claims the federal program arc and social security harm workers and foreclose homes daily, urging voters to reject the President.
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Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Roosevelt
Grass Roots Meeting Planned by Governor Talmadge
Georgia Governor Talmadge announced a formal call for a Democratic grass roots convention to be issued within ten days. He and John Henry Kirby will hold the meeting in Atlanta in January with Kirby chairing the Southern Committee to Uphold the Constitution, a group he says has 100000 members in 17 states. The governor criticized federal taxes and relief, urged tax reform, and said patronage should not dominate the 1936 conventions.
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Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
John Henry Kirby
Houston
Tex
Atlanta
Talmadgé
Kirby
Talmadge
Talmadoe
Anonymous letter fuels new Hauptmann innocence probe
New York reports an anonymous letter suggesting Hauptmann may be innocent in the Lindbergh baby case. Investigators consider the note, sparked by Governor Hoffman's prison visit, noting a theory the child died later than March 1, 1932. The letter hints a wire-tap plot and toys, but officials view most of it as demented raving.
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The
New York Daily News
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Charles
A. Lindbergh
Gon
Harold G. Hoffman
New Jersey
Hauptmann
Death House
Ellis Parker
Burlington County
N. J
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Buffalo
Trenton
Linberg
Lindbergh
Hopewell
Elizabeth
Georgia Governor in national radio address on Georgia's answer
Mayor James L. Key questions funding for Talmadge's New York broadcast and calls for transparency on financing. Mentions Chagos exports and budget talk, including federal note and bond financing, soldiers bonus, and tax cuts amid national debate.
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Georgia
New Moves to Save Convicted Man in
The article reports ongoing efforts and police procedures in the Berlin case involving Bruno Hauptmann. Authorities claim no investigation was blocked and note revived public pressure and new evidence rumors. Parker was unavailable for questioning on Barnegat Bay as officials hold to the belief Hauptmann is the guilty man.
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Hauptmann
Wood in kidnaping mystery lingers as inquiry widens
New Jersey officials hint a renewed probe into the Lindbergh case. Only one ladder piece outside the child’s window traces to Bruno Richard Hauptmann. others remain untraced. Expert Arthur Koehler notes varying wood types and limited proof of purchase or theft.
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New Jersey
Lindbergh
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Arthur Koehler
Wisconsin
Koehler
Hauptmann
Teuton
Justice Department
Rain of Death From Sky Tolls Heavy Losses in War
War reportage notes Ethiopia under Haile Selassie faces Italian terms and possible capitulation. Rome sources say Tigre and Ogaden regions may fall to Italy if sanctions end, while Laval’s government presses a peace drive. Italy quiets tropical disease front with 30 hospital units aiding conquered territory. Standard Oil defends neutrality stance, cutting oil supplies to Italy.
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Croix de Feu
Somaliland
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
SAR
Shiv
United States
Haile Selassie’s Palace Hit as Italian Air Raid Strikes Dessye
In Dessye Ethiopie on December 6, Italian bombers dropped over 1,000 bombs hitting the emperor’s palace and an American hospital. About 12 killed and 200 wounded as Haile Selassie fired back with a machine gun while not in the palace. One ward and the hospital office were wrecked and a correspondent was wounded. Grady Orr farms a spiral plow method on a Alabama field.
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Red Cross
Confession Offer Made to Lindbergh Kidnapping Suspect
The Journal reports New Jersey officials offered Hauptmann $10,000 for a full confession before a visit in the Trenton death house. Hauptmann reportedly again proclaimed his innocence, with the offer presented by a state official, not the governor.
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The
New York Journal
Harold G. Hoffman
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
New Jersey
Hauptmann
Trenton
Statewide manhunt for Ohio Roober gang in gunfire chase
Ohio authorities pressed a state wide search for two robbers, one wounded, fleeing from western to eastern Ohio after stealing 2000 from Franklin National Bank and leaving a dead companion found with women’s clothing. A middle aged electrician stalled their car, aiding police.
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Jimmy
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Wiliam E. Graham
Virgil Groves
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Graham
Bertha Burdge
Miamisburg
Edna Bowlin
Hurdge
Morelli
Laval wins confidence vote boosts French franc surge
Paris reports the French franc leaped after Premier Laval secured a 351 to 217 confidence win in the chamber. He sought approval to dissolve armed political leagues, with government bonds and stocks rising on the bourse amid expectations Laval stays in power and an anti inflation cabinet forms.
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Paris
France
United States
Chamber of Deputies
Laval
North China crisis tentative deal reported amid tensions
The North China dispute nears a tentative compromise between central government leaders and regional authorities. A North China commission with broad self governing powers is proposed, while North China would be exempt from Nanking's silver nationalization plan. Japanese forces warned off as tensions rise over autonomy.
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Peiping
Rengo
Hayao Tada
Ho Ying-Ching
Asiao Cheng-Ying
Sung Cheh-Yuan
Hopeh
Chahar
North China Commission
Pieping
Autonomy Movement
Greensboro police wrestle with city ordinances in drunken driving arrest
Greensboro officers long accustomed to arresting drunken motorists had to pore over city ordinances for guidance when they arrested a man. The incident highlights the challenges of enforcing local liquor laws in the city.
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Greensboro
Mayfield suspended from Atlanta fire after murder trial verdict
Captain John Mayfield, central figure in his wife’s murder trial where she was acquitted, is suspended from the Atlanta Fire Department amid an investigation into conduct with Lucille Dixon. Hearing set for December 23 as the jury freed Mrs. Mayfield.
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John Mayfield
Atlanta Fire Department
J. O. Parker
Mayfield
Lucille Dixon
Captain Mayfield
Governor Johnston Defies Supreme Court Ruling in Stormy Coup
In Orangeburg a National Guard company stood by as Governor Johnston ousted the state highway commission. Troops seized offices, Chief Commissioner Sawyer and Chairman Heaton refused reentry, and Johnston ordered troops to take charge of the highway department while the court enjoined the commission. Roads counsel warned the federal bureau would not recognize any Johnston setup, tying funding to the legally constituted commission. Police reported a traffic incident involving a drunken rider on two wheels.
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Dave Sholtz
Florida
Talmadge
Dave
Orangeburg National Guard
Ben M.sawyer
Charles O. Heaton
Supreme Court
Frank H. Barnwell
Florence
Highway Department
Johnston Board
Sawyer
Roas A. Powell
Johnston
Barnwell
Joe Bates
Machine
Joe Calus
Spartanburg
Public Roads Bureau
South Carolina
Olin D. Johnston
Ll. E. Boykins
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