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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1925
Page
4
Market update from St. Louis shows May and July corn bids at 1.03 and 1.09 percent with September futures at 1.09 percent. Foreign exchange values include May through September dollar figures at 1.65, 1.4954, and 1.43 percent.
New York markets show stocks strong and bonds firm with foreign exchanges higher. Cotton is easy while sugar falls and coffee rises. In Chicago trading wheat advances, corn holds steady, cattle slide and hogs stay quiet. New York cotton spot remains quiet at middling 23.95.
Washington April 4 The Smithsonian secretary Dr Charles D Walcott issues a reply to Orville Wright charge about the Langley aeroplane tests. He defends Smithsonian handling of the Langley machine and recalls 1903 and 1914 trials with Curtiss and Zahm while noting his long affiliation with aeronautics groups.
Washington May 4 The Grain Marketing Company official G F Marcy cites huge speculator holdings and misread public sentiment as key causes of the price collapse after a rise earlier. He argues US prices diverged from world levels, harming American farmers while Australian and Argentine producers benefited.
New York price range for cotton shown May 4 lists May at 23.77 to 28.78, July 23.90 to 23.91, Oct 23.08 to 23.09, Dec 28.15 to 23.18, and Jam 23.19, reflecting steady trading activity across contracts.
Four negro convicts attacked a Richmond county chain gang guard and escaped. They took the guard s gun but did not injure him. The incident occurred in Augusta Georgia on May 4 as reported by The Associated Press.
Van A. Bittner of the United Mine Workers warned miners at Fairmont that the union will press the fight into Logan McDowell Mercer counties and every non union mine in the state. He attacked the American plan, contrasted wage scales, and asserted no gunmen exist on union rolls while pledging to continue picketing within the law.
In Albany Georgia on May 4 Green L. Sheppard Ordinary of Dougherty County was reported dying after a sudden illness in his office Saturday.
Washington May 4 The United States and Estonia are holding talks on a debt landing agreement. Treasury and legation officials are conducting negotiations to settle the terms.
Basil M. Manley charges the Justice Department did not initiate proper criminal proceedings against General Electric to probe potential unlawful monopoly in electric light bulb manufacture and distribution. He cites influence from Dwight Morrow of J. P. Morgan and Company and GE as a factor in the case.
The article cites efforts to suppress charges against the so called electric trust led by General Electric. It quotes Samuel Untermyer urging investigation to expose alleged monopoly abuses and to press for prosecutions. Letters to Owen Young challenge کے court vindication claims and accuse government evasion of suit.
Lev Woodbury, 92, president of the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Company, died in Washington D C on May 4, according to reports from The Associated Press.
New York May 4 John J Mc Graw manager of the New York Giants is confined to his home with a slight cold it was learned today.
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