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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1919
Page
9
Heavy liquidation pulled prices lower as rails lagged while motors, rubbers and oils stayed active. The decline hit most groups with industrials leading, and concerns over the president's health labor talks and coal markets fueling losses. Baldwin and Union Oil movements stood out amid wide market volatility and renewed trading pressure.
The article notes renewed interest in air plane stocks with Curtiss Aeroplane showing a balance sheet shift to healthier metrics. Morgan Bank backs movies and a wave of bankers eye moving picture theatres while war millioneires in New York fuel a speculative boom.
A nationwide campaign for the League of Nations opened at the Mansion House with speeches by Lord Marshall Asquith Cecil Curzon Bonar Law and Premier Venizelos among others. Lloyd George and King George sent messages urging support for international order. Canada celebrated Thanksgiving in Montreal as a dominion holiday.
Oil market data shows on City Pennsylvania for October balances at 4.25 credit, runs 167.47 average with shipments totaling 121,153 and an average 35.833.
The Italian ministry of foreign affairs suppressed its propaganda department. A Crimean veteran, R Gambell, aged 4, won the old buffer's race at Bowral New South Wales in fine style. A $50,000 bounty is offered for discovery of commercial oil in Australia. Copper ore near Nullagine Western Australia noted. German financiers bought land for German colonies in Paraguay. A fire destroyed Gibraltar exchange buildings, with valuable historic pictures and books lost. King Ferdinand of Bulgaria bought an estate at Mergenheim Württemberg and plans residence there. Passport difficulties between Mexico and Great Britain have been adjusted. Mexican consuls ordered to visit British residents in Mexico who are absent and wish to return. A bomb was thrown at the Brussels house of the president of the League for the Propagation of the French Language, causing damage but injuring no one. Chilean Paraguayan Uruguayan Argentine and Brazilian governments met to discuss joint restrictions on European migration to South America. Maj. Wyers extradition demanded by Lille court martial for shooting five British soldiers at Le Catelet. Eighty thousand people spend evenings in 400 dancing saloons in Berlin. Dresden sale of state Saxon collection photographs and books drew large bids, with Danish and Dutch dealers leading.
A notice offering a loan secured by a first deed of trust on real estate. Names appearing include Joseph I. Weber and an address referencing building location at 9th and F northwest. Details mention presiling interest amount and trust terms.
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