Quiet buying lifts market with autumn recovery prospects
New York trading closes on a firm note as buyers return, driving stocks up though overall activity remains light. Wheat and hog futures lead commodities while American Telephone and Western Union advance. list includes Chrysler, DuPont, Goodyear, U S Steel and more with total NYSE volume at 6101200 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Telephone
Western Union
Postal Telegraph
Radio Corp
International Telephone
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
DuPont
Kennecott
U. S. Smelting
Allied Chemical
American Can
Case
Sears
Westinghouse
New York Central
Union Pacific
B-M-T
Commercial Investment Trust
Wilson A. Armour
U. S. Rubber
Goodyear
American Agricultural Chemical and Radio
Uncle Sam Aids Local Farmers To Meet Debts
The East Central Fruit Growers Production Credit Association reports loan activity across several states. Total approved disbursement by the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank amounts to $906,866.07 with $474,960 disbursed to Aug 10. Virginia totals $300,835.40. Pennsylvania $351,497.40. West Virginia $112,933.70. Maryland $94,689.57. Delaware $46,910. The combined figures from Frederick and Clarke counties and related associations total $839,728.40, illustrating broad use of federal credit among farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay E. Lang
Hagerstown
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of
Baltimore
Fast-Central Fruit Growers Production Credit Association
Virginia
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
Federal Land Bank
Frederick and Clarke
Strasburg Production Credit Association
East-Central Association
Uncle Sam
Chicago and Baltimore Grain Market Prices Report
Closing quotations for Chicago and Baltimore wheat show Sept and Dec futures at about 1.01 to 1.06 in Chicago and spot wheat at 96 3/4 in Baltimore. Corn futures stand around 75 1/4 to 82 percent. oats and rye also listed with September and December figures.
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Chicago
Baltimore
The
Star
Associated Press
Rye
Prehistoric Culture Data Found in Eastern Oklahoma
Archaeologists report discovery of high prehistoric culture in eastern Oklahoma with excavations at Indian mounds showing resemblances to Hopewell tradition. Evidence includes mound structures and artifacts suggesting cultural links to distant Hopewell makers.
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Oklahoma
Hopewell Mound
Reman, de Viloy
Detroit detectives deny general roundup in Labatt kidnapping
Chief Frahm of Detroit says investigators are not targeting anyone yet and will not reveal suspects. Toronto reports link to a Michigan racketeer and a possible protection racket against brewers, but Frahm and Canadian officers deny fingerprint or suspect evidence. Massie denies involvement and the Stork Club case remains unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John 8. Labatt
Detroit
Frahm
Toronto
Michigan
Ontario
Labatt
Sarnia
Ont
London
Joe Massie
Pete Licavoli
Milford Jones
Massie
Massey
Stork Club
Weather Drenches Country with Hail and Wind
Rainfall covered the region as a storm brought strong winds and hail yesterday afternoon. Near Clearbrook northward hail damaged corn and apples at Roy R Boyce’s home. A lightning strike damaged the Gulf Refining Company garage along Martinsburg Pike, tearing roofing and boards but causing no fire.
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Clearbrook
Roy R. Boyce
Gulf Refining Company
Martinsburg Pike
Five Long Termers Escape Penitentiary In Daring Break
A bold escape at the state penitentiary saw five long term inmates overpower a guard, flee with a matron as a shield, and take an automobile. Authorities pursued along highways toward Richmond, with two white fugitives identified as Edward Veal and Bill Lynn, each serving fifty years for a bank robbery. The breakout was described as the largest at the facility in two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Spencer
State Farm
Edward Veal
Ewing
Bill Lynn
South
Atlanta
Tennessee
An Elephant Nose Nudges Detail of Trunk
An old article notes the elephant's nostrils stretch to the tip of its trunk, offering a vivid anatomist’s description of its flexible snout and air passages.
Eastern Star and Shriners Plan Big Picnic
Committees organized for an all day basket picnic by the Eastern Star and Winchester Shrine Club. Members of the Masonic fraternity invited to Jordan Springs on Monday August 20. Activities include baseball horseshoe pitching foot races swimming with dinner at 6 o’clock. Delegates listed for rolling pin contest foot race baseball horseshoe pitching swimming and bridge games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of the Eastern Star
Winchester Shrine Club
Masonic Fraternity
Jordan Springs
O. C. Cassell
A. H. Jackson
Claude M. Grim
Scott Atkinson
M. B
Clowe
C. M. Grim
M. B. Clowe
Hail Wipes Out Bulgarian Crops In Devastating Storm
A violent storm near Sofia and the Chocumen region battered several villages with large hail. Homes were roofless, crops and vineyards destroyed, many injured, and numerous cattle killed in the disaster reported by the Associated Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Sofia
Bulgaria
Chocumen
170 Perish As Boat Overturns In Indian Stream
At Darihara near Patna a ferry boat carrying about 200 people capsized in mid river. Drowning of 170 men and women reported as bul locks on board frightened animals caused panic and crowding. Boatmen rescued around 30 survivors.
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Associated Press
Patna
India
Darihara
Local Markets and Wholesale Flour Prices Listing
Local markets publish wholesale and retail prices for flour brands in 98, 48, 24, and 12 pound bags. Also listed are shelled and cracked corn, mixed feed, corn meal, screenings, middlings, dairy feed, butterfat, creamery butter, and related poultry and farm market items with per bag or per hundred weight pricing.
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The
Star
Eee Sens
Livestock And Produce Market Reports From Baltimore And Philadelphia
The market reports show slow trade and lower cattle prices in Baltimore with steers and heifers down about 25 cents, bulls steady, and calves steady with top around 6.50. Hogs rise 15 to 30 cents with various weight ranges listed, and sheep and lambs trading slowly with prices reduced by about 50 cents. Philadelphia reports firm eggs and butter with modest poultry and dressed poultry prices listed.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Plymouth Rocks
U. S. Dept
Diplomat Paul May Taken Home By Pensacola In Rain
In Annapolis the body of Paul May late Belgian ambassador to the United States was placed aboard the cruiser Pensacola in a driving rain. The Pensacola sailed to Antwerp with American ambassador Dave H. Morris and State Department official Richard Southgate aboard to accompany the body to Belgium. Mme May and Mile. Francois May watched from the pier as the flower decked sub chaser moved away. The party will sail from New York on Saturday aboard the Ile De France.
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Associated Press
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Paul May
United States
Pensacola
Antwerp
Dave H. Morris
Belgium
Richard Southgate
State Department
Perfunctory Vienna reception for German envoy
Franz Von Papen presented credentials to President Miklas in a four minute ceremony with Chancellor Schuschnigg and German legation staff. The Austrian government minimized the event as Hitler's envoy arrived with a single company giving military honors at the chancellery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Vienna
Franz von Papen
Germany
Miklas
Kurt Schuschnigg
Hitler
Winchester Golf Club supper and mixed foursome event
Members of the Winchester Golf Club are urged to attend a supper at the club house on Saturday at 7 p m. Reservations should be made by phoning Mrs Coffey. Tickets cost 75 cents and proceeds fund the new swimming pool. A mixed foursome tournament starts at 1 p m in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Golf Club
Jon Lindbergh Celebrates Second Birthday in Secluded Maine Estate
Jon Morrow Lindbergh marked his second birthday at the summer estate of his grandmother Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow in North Haven Maine. He celebrated in isolation without his parents Col and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh who had left the island a few days earlier.
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Associated Press
North Haven
Jon Morrow Lindbergh
Dwight W. Morrow
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Icing technique notes for warmth and setting
The text advises placing the bowl or pan of icing into a larger pan with hot water to help the icing set faster. It mentions when icing begins to harden and before spreading completes.
Byrd Urges Quick Opening of Skyline Drive
Shenandoah Park lands totaling 188000 acres were turned over to the government as Senator Byrd pressed Roosevelt to speed the Skyline Drive opening. Road completion is the main hurdle with contractors on three shifts. permits are cancelled to give freedom to finish work.
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Washington
Shenandoah Park
Blue Ridge Mountain
Virginia
Byrd
Roosevelt
Skyline Drive
Ickes
Interior Department
Panorama
Skyland
A. E. Demarey
Park Service
Carson Deeds
William E. Carson
Virginia Conservation and Development Commission
Carson
Shenandoah National Park
Park
Campaign For Better Movies Wins Approval
The Bible Conference at Massanetta Springs debated The Movies and Our Children with Dr. E. B. Paisley urging balanced view. Delegates backed joining the Legion of Decency in principle but urged church civic action over church mandates.
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Campaign For
Harrisonburg
Massanetta Springs
E. B. Paisley
Assembly
Richmond
Central Council of Jewish Rabbis
Federal Council of Churches
Legion of Decency
Board of Standards
Dr. Paisley
Paisley
Federal Bureau of Contro
Louisiana Fears Hitlerism as Long Pushes Legislation
Baton Rouge Aug 16 The State faces warnings of bloodshed as Huey P Long advances 28 bills aimed at crippling New Orleans city government and challenging Mayor Walmsley. Anti Long Rep Rupert Peyton predicts killings while National Guard troops block deputies at Jackson Barracks and a judge orders arrests for restraining order violations.
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Sence Press
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Huey P. Long
T. Semmes Walmsley
New Orleans
Louisiana “Kingfish
Legisla
Rupert Peyton
Huey P
Kingfish) Long
House
Long
O. K. Allen
National Guard
Jackson Barracks
Raymond H. Fleming
Nat W. Bond
Welfare Island Prisoners Strike Triggers State of Siege
Welfare Island penitentiary faced a siege as 1500 inmates were locked in cells after a strike. Prison staff kept the revolt largely contained while officials led by Commissioner Austin J. McCormack and deputy David Marcus questioned inmates to uncover the causes.
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Associated Press
New York
Welfare Island Penitentiary
Austin J.mccormack
Armstrongs Name To Head Fish Bureau
Richmond August 15 Richard Armstrong of Hampton was re appointed state commissioner of fisheries by Governor George C Peery The commission remains the same except J Davis Reed of Portsmouth is replaced by George Dehardit commonwealths attorney of Gloucester County to ensure oyster ranging area is represented on the commission State Senator George W Layman of Craig and Delegate Wilbur C Hall of Loudoun inland appointees are reappointed Dr W F Kellam of Accomac remains on the commission
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Richmond
Richard Armstrong
Hampton
George C. Peery
J. Davis Reed
Portsmouth
George Dehardit
Commonwealth
Gloucester County
Said
George W. Layman
Craig
Wilbur C. Hall
Loudoun
John Garland Pollard
Peery
W. F. Kellam
Accomac
Textile Workers Stay Away From Georgia Plants
About 2,000 textile workers in Columbus Georgia stayed from machines as the United Textile Workers Union prepared for a possible general strike. The convention adopted a directive for locals to respond to any national strike call and for an election in Minneapolis in the truckers’ dispute. Election date not fixed. Georgia governor urged action to halt mill work pending settlement. A Chicago bus drivers strike began with limited effect.
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Associated Press
Washington
Columbus
United Textile Workers Union of America
Labor Reations Board
Minneapolis
P. A. Donoghue
Donoghue
Francis J. Haas
Lloyd Garrison
Georgia
Chicago
State Attorneys Protest Against Salary Fixing
Richmond August 15 Commonwealth's attorneys from several Northern Virginia counties appeared before E R Combs, chairman of the state compensation board, to protest the recently fixed salary scales. Combs said under the old schedule they would have earned less since the Alcohol Beverage Control Act and repeal of prohibition eliminated former fees in liquor cases, which had provided much of his income.
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Richmond
Commonwealth
Virginia
E. R. Combs
State Compensation Board
Combs
Forest Fires Continue Raging In Northwest
Forest fire conditions in the northwest remained critical as foresters reported 11 minor fires checked and progress toward containment in the Selway National Forest of Idaho. The Nelson Selway fire in British Columbia spread toward the international boundary, with crews unable to halt its advance and largely withdrawn.
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Associated Press
Spokane
Wash
Northwest
Selway National Forest
Idaho
Nelson-Selway
British Columbia
International Boundry
Idaho Man to Direct Mines In Roosevelt Appointment
President Roosevelt named John Welington Finch of Idaho to direct the bureau of mines. Finch has led Idaho's state bureau of mines since 1930 and was dean of the Idaho university school of mines. He succeeds Scott Turner of Lansing Michigan, appointed in 1926.
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Washington
Roosevelt
John Welington Finch
Idaho
Bureau of Mines
Finch
Idaho State Bureau of Mines
Idaho University School of Mines
Scott Turner
Lansing Mich
Coolidge
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New-York Stock Exchange
American Smelters
American Tel. & Tek
Atch
Topeka & S. Fe
Chryder
Consol
N. Y
General Electric
General Motors
Int. Harvester
Johns Mansfield
Montgomery Ward
N. Y. Central
Penn Railroad
Stand. Oil of N. J
UD. S. Steel
Woolworth
East-Central
General Rain
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Brewer
Lon
Don
Hugh Labatt
John Labatt
Jeff
Hugh
Mary
John, Jr
Sarina
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