Market Quotations from Baltimore and Philadelphia
Baltimore and Philadelphia markets show dull produce and livestock activity. Gravensteins and Williams Reds in baskets fetch 0.90 to 1.00 per box in Maryland and nearby regions, with assorted apples, potatoes, and poultry listed alongside butter and eggs price ranges.
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Baltimore
Froduce
Marylnd
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Shel Baskets
U.S
Williams
U. S
Ghana
New Jersey
Florida
Philadelphia
Plymouth Y Rocks
Ancy
Plymouth Rocks
Long Island
Chicago Livestock Chicago
Stock Market Report Slips as Traders Hesitate on War Outlook
New York July 31 The stock market failed to rally and eased to near the day’s lows with light activity about 600 000 shares traded. Bonds were mixed and European markets struggled to set a trend while grain and cotton futures rose. Major issues listed show modest shifts as investors weigh Congress actions and potential wartime outcomes.
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New York
Wall Street
Congress
Alner Saties
Wheat futures slide amid Winnipeg pullback and steady Chicago tone
In Chicago on July 31 a rally from Winnipeg faded, prompting minor liquidation in US wheat. Prices closed with modest losses but trading showed a steady undertone as earlier gains extended over six sessions. Cash grain quotes and nearby futures for wheat corn oats soybeans and lard and bellies from Chicago and Baltimore reflect mixed demand and regional pricing shifts.
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Chicago
Winnipeg
Board of Trade
Chicago Cash Grain
Illinois
Baltimore Grain
Baltimore
Winchester
Republicans press to trim Export-Import Bank funds in senate bid
In Washington on July 31, Republicans pushed to reduce the Export-Import Bank authorization from 100 million to 25 million as the Senate neared a final vote on a 1.64 billion lending bill. Taft led the amendment citing Jones who said 125 million would suffice. Supporters include Vandenberg Danaher and Tydings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Jesse H. Jones
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Danaher
R-Conn
Tydings
Jones
Bankhead
Congress
Socialites Beat the Heat Head to Cooler Retreats in Clarke County
Berryville Virginia notes a seasonal exodus of society figures to cooler spots this week and next. Families and guests disperse to Virginia Hot Springs Centre Harbor New England and New York while others plan stays near Wakefield Rhode Island and White Plains. The column also lists visitors and hosts in Clarke County including local mayors and naval officers. In a separate Q A, the question asks if most U S wars began in April and the answer states five of six major wars began in April.
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Berryville
Clarke County
Association
Walter West
Virginia Hot Springs
William Travers Lewis
Centre Harbor
N. H
Squam Lake
Murray M. McGuire
Richmond
Anne Cabell Moore
Washington
Minnie Lippitt
Rose Ball
Peggy Stalnaker
New England States
New York
Anne Williams
John B. Neill
William MacDonald Neill
White Plains
N. Y
Graham Dougherty
Mary Dougherty
Woodley
Wakefield
R. I
Pierce Naylor MacDonald
Montgomery
Ala
Robert Browne
Edward L. MacDonald
Harriet MacDonald
Lexington
Mauretania
England
Aquitania
United States
Birthday greetings for Fred Snite Jr in iron lung
Chicago reports Fred Snite Jr turning 29 while continuing three years and four months in an iron lung. Friends and well wishers nationwide send messages as an informal River Forest party plans mark his birthday amid his infantile paralysis battle. He was stricken in Peiping during a world tour.
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Chicago
Fred Snite, Jr
River Forest
Snite
Peiping
China
Bandit Shootout Saves Payroll On Illinois Central Train
Illinois Central guards repelled three robbers near Delrey saving a 56000 payroll for the army air field at Rantoul. One robber wounded captured and hospitalized. two accomplices fled in a black sedan along Route 45. A mail clerk was beaten during the clash. a suspect was taken to Champaign hospital.
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Champaign
Delrey
Army Air Field
Rantoul
Route 45
Onarga
Iroquois County
C. E. Richards
Illinois
Richards
Reports Woman Held A Prisoner In Dachau Case
Paris reports that the United States embassy sought Berlin's help to verify claims a young American woman, Lili Harrison born 1914 in New Orleans, has been interned at Dachau. Franz Lem, who says he escaped Dachau, asserts his wife was detained for anti Nazi propaganda after arriving from New York.
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Paris
United States
Berlin
Dachau
Germany
Franz Lem
Lili Harrison
New Orleans
Lem
State Department
Washington
New York
Hamburg
Great Financial Tangle Is Ended
A $41,000,000 check from the Federal Reserve Bank to Philadelphia ended a yearlong financial tangle. In exchange the city council pledged 18 years of annual gas works rents from municipally owned gas facilities.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphias Federal Reserve Bank
Woburn Mayor Orders Silent Police on Official Business
Mayor William E. Kane, who once proposed a lions cage for drunks and removed beds from the fire house, decreed that Woburn police must be dumb except on official department business. He said the order curbs chatter to improve departmental efficiency.
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Woburn
Mass
William E. Kane
Kane
Aged Pet Dog Rags Dies of J Howard Cather Jr
Rags, the pet dog of young J. Howard Cather Jr., has died. The familiar neighborhood dog was said to be between 19 and 20 years old, a ripe age for a dog, and was part shepherd and terrier.
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Rags
J. Howard Cather, Jr
Police Court Handles Multiple Drunkenness Offenses
Judge Donald L. Weems disposed of cases including Gilbert McKee for drunk on Route 2 Winchester and others: J W Overholt 608 South Kent street drinking in public. Sumption 435 North Main illegal liquor possession and in public. Jenny Rhyon Stephenson drunk and disorderly. Ash North Market street assault and concealed weapon. Stayton 1203 South Main drunk. Shanholtz R F D 3 drunk. Fred Taylor Winchester drunk. Davie Jackson Millwood drunk. Myrion Perry Morning side drunk. Herbert Jones Winchester public drinking. Luttrell 18 West Clifford reckless. Zuckerman 322 National speeding and reckless driving. Leonard Homer Gore drunk.
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Donald L. Weems
Gilbert McKee
Winchester
J. W. Overholt
South Kent Street
J. W. Sumption
North Main Street
Jenny Rhyon
Stephenson
John Ash
North Market Street
William Stayton
South Main Street
James Shanholtz
Fred Taylor
Davie Jackson
Millwood
Myrion Perry
Morningside
Herbert Jones
William Chester Luttrell
West Clifford Street
Irvin Zuckerman
National Avenue
Leonard Homer
Gore
Clarence Whitmire
Doctor William Mayo Dies at 78 Co-Founder of Mayo Clinic
World mourns the death of Dr. William James Mayo, 78, co founder of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota. In failing health for over a year he survived his younger brother and partner by two months and two days.
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World of
Science
William James Mayo
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minn
Will
Himelright Wins Pershing Medal At Fort Meade Camp
James H. Himelright of this city was judged the outstanding man in the C. M. T. C. camp at Fort George Meade where 3 400 student soldiers trained. He received the Gen. John J. Pershing medal in exercises before about 2 000 guests led by Gov. James H. Price. Col. Allen Hart made the award. Charles S. Tinsley of Marshall was among 34 men earning medals from the Military Training Camps Association.
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James H. Himelright
Fort George Meade
James H. Price
Himelright
John J. Pershing
Col. Allen Hart
Charles S. Tinsley
Marshall
Military Training Camps Association
Typhus Diseases Spreading Inland In U S
Berkeley, July 31. Epidemiologists told the Pacific Science Congress that typhus is expanding its reach in the United States and beyond. Dr. R E Dyer of the Public Health Service said inland spread from the coasts, especially from the Gulf of Mexico, is increasing annual case numbers.
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Berkeley
Calif
United Sta
South America
Orient
Pacific Islands
Pacific Science Congress
R. E. Dyer
United States Public Health Service
Gulf of Mexico
United States
Castleman's Ferry Bridge Collapses Amid Traffic
A bridge over Castleman's Ferry collapsed after drivers reported the east end trembled. One man, Joseph Forth, crossed minutes earlier and escaped injury. Beahm and others received superficial cuts and were treated. Rough damage to a truck and cargo estimated at $500. a temporary span could be built in about a week with traffic detours via Route 50 at Aldie.
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Frank E. Tappan
Berryville
Beahm
West End
Joseph Forth
The
Star
John William Moreland
Castleman’s Ferry
Laurence Castleman
W. C. Poston
Aldie 40
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O. of N. J
Texas Corp
Union Pac
Stock Market Report
M. Ward
Natl. Dairy
Packard
Penney (Jc
Penn. R. R
Republic Steel
Southern R
H. B. Harris
Brooke Harris
Morton Mumma
Annapolis
Mas
Joel D. Griffing
Mumma
Margaret North
Tappan
Blue Ridge
Francis Beverley Whiteing
Dorsey Potter
Clarksburg
W. Va
Aoe Potter
Wilmington
Fred Snite
the Star
Cather
William J. Mayo
MR. T. Russell Cather
Mr. Cather
Notary Public
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