Market in Stocks Dull but Gains Seen in Mines
Market in stocks softened with dullness amid rallying efforts by principals. Mining shares showed the best improvement while bonds were listless and slightly firmer. Selected 2 p m prices included Allied Chem 124 1 2 American Can 97 1 2 American Smelters 34 American Tel Tel 109 5 Arch Topeka S Fe 50 Bethlehem Steel 27 Chrysler 33 Consol Gas N Y 285 Corn Products 63 General Electric 18 General Motors 28 Goodyear 2042 Int Harvester 29 Johns Manville 46 Montgomery Ward 26 N J Central 21 Penn Railroad 224 Standard Oil N J 42 Union Pacific 99 U S Steel 32 Woolworth 48
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The
Stock Exchange
Allied Checkcal
American Can
American Smelters
American Tel. & Tel
Arch Topeka & S. Fe
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Consol
Gas
N. Y
General Electric
General Motors
Goodyear
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Montgomery Ward
N. J. Central
Penn Railroad
Stand
Oil of
N. J
Union Pacific
U. S. Steel
Woolworth
Grain quotations from Chicago close dated Oct 2
The Star reports closing grain quotes from Chicago on October 2. Wheat futures show Dec at 99 and 99 3 4 ending. July at 93 34 944. Corn Dec 16 of 17 and May 78 47. Oats Dec 49 and May 48 49. Rye 71. Barley 75. Spot wheat 89 cents and corn 90 cents per bushel with 4 50 per barrel deliverable.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Local Market Prices for Corn Meal and Dairy Goods
A listing of per hundred and per bag prices for corn meal in various sacks, middlings and egg mash, plus country and creamery butter, screenings, and dairy feeds. Also shows small quantities of live hog price and wholesale flour bag prices for short patent and patent brands.
Philadelphia market livestock and poultry prices brief
Philadelphia quotations date Oct 2 show mixed livestock values with calves steady and sheep and lambs at 150 head, hogs and pigs varying by weight. Dressed poultry and live poultry prices inch higher as trade remains quiet across commodities and grades.
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Philadelphia
U. S
Hauptmann to face Jersey jury first
The Bronx prisoner Bruno Hauptmann nears extradition to New Jersey on major charges as District Attorney Foley presses for action. An associate linked to ransom money is sought, and witness accounts place Hauptmann near the Lindbergh home the night of the kidnapping.
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Bronx
New Jersey
Atorney
Samuel J. Foley
Trenton
Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Col
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Alice Murphy
the Cross, Austin and Ireland
Miss Murphy
Investige
William L. Dennis
Dennis
Princeton
N. J
Maine
Washington
Washington Star
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
John
the Star
Rex Collier
Samuel Foley
New York City
The
Insull Goes 10 Trial On Mail Fraud Charges
Samuel Insull Sr a former head of a vast public utility system faced a U S district court trial on mail fraud charges alleging $143 million in investor losses. Jury candidates, mostly younger men, lined up as Judge James H Wilkerson presided in Chicago with number of notable finance figures appearing in the roll call.
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Insull
United States Court House
Chicago
Samuel Insull
United States District Court
Inc
James H. Wilkerson
Court House
Samuel, Jr
Floyd E. Thompson
Insull, Sr
Wilkerson
Thompson
Veniremen
Joseph O'Sullivan
Stanley Field
Marshall Field
Harold Leonard Stuart
Charles J. B Stuart
Halsey Stuart and Co
Tasull
Hera
Middle West
United States
Dwight H. Green
Green
Martin J. Insull
Samuel
Martin Insull
Corporation Securities Company of Chicago
Orillia
Ont
Federal
Mrs Denny to Visit Edinburg Housing Miss Hopewell
Mrs Victor L. Denny departed for Edinburg to be a guest at the home of Miss Lou Hopewell, continuing social duties and hospitality in the period.
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Victor L. Denny
Edinburg
Lou Hopewell
Grand Jury to Probe Escape at Richmond Jail
Richmond Oct 1 a special grand jury is expected to be convened to investigate the jail break by gangsters Mass and Legenza. Judge Don P. Halsey to preside. $1,000 rewards offered for each fugitive. federal state and city officers hunted clues across Virginia and several eastern cities. Mrs Elizabeth Mais denies knowledge of pistols believed hidden in a can given to prisoners.
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Richmond
Robert Mais
Walter Legenza
Richmond City
Don P. Halsey
Lynchburg
Peery
John L. Ingram
Richmond Hastings Court
Mais
Legenza
Virginia
Baltimore
Washington
Philadelphia
Mass
Charles W. Moss
Liberty
Moss
Ingram
Hastings Court
E. M. Huband
Federal Reserve Bank
Youth Accused Of Slaying Girl Is Put On Trial
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on October 2 the Commonwealth opened its case in the murder trial of Bobby Edwards charged with the slaying of Freda McKechnie. Mrs George McKechnie the girl's mother testified about the couple s courtship and Freda s changing mood and relationships before her death.
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Associated Press
Wilkes Barre
the Commonwealth
Bobby Edwards
Freda McKechnie
George McKechnie
Freda
Edwards
Bobby
Mansfield College
George Thomas
Lewis
Young Army Officer Killed In Auto Crash At Fort Hoyle
First Lieutenant Gregg M. Lindsey 33 son of Brig Gen James R Lindsey retired Louisville Ky was killed in an automobile crash at Fort Hoyle last night He had reported for duty in the afternoon after a transfer from Manila
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Baltimore
Gregg M. Lindsey
James R. Lindsey
Louisville
Fort Hoyle
Manila
Frosty Weather Foreseen For Series Opener In Detroit
Detroit on Oct 2 — fair cool conditions expected for tomorrow as the first World Series game between the Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals is set. A light frost was mentioned overnight, with fans hoping for bleacher seats. warmer unsettled weather forecast for Thursday for game two. Mickey Cochrane named Alvin Crowder to start if Dizzy Dean pitches for the Cardinals.
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Detroit
Toetrait Tigers
St. Louis Cardinals
Mickey Cochrane
Alvin Crowder
Tigres
Jerome
Dizzy
Dean
St. Loui Cardinals
Woman Dies of Lockjaw After Porch Fall
Mrs. Rose Sullivan, 28, of Fallston Maryland, died in Baltimore of tetanus traced to a hand scratch from a ten day old fall on her porch. County health authorities investigated the case as a tetanus death.
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Baltimore
Rose Sullivan
Fallston
Rev J P Derrick Re-elected Leader Of Lutheran Group
Rev J P Derrick of Woodstock was re-elected president of the Winchester conference of the Lutheran Synod of Virginia along with all 1934 officers at the two day meeting in Shepherdstown West Virginia. Committees were named for stewardship parish and church school program and reorganization with officers and several reverends named.
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J. P. Derick
Woodstock
Winchester
Lutheran Synod of Virginia
Shepherdstown
W. Va
C. J. Rice
A. R. Shumate
E. B. Cooper
B. Hepner
W. C. Wilkins
John H. Fray
Snyder Alleman
T. Bollinger
E. R. Miley
C. K. Over
L. A
Seastrunk
C. P. Borden
Vanderbilt Heiress Gloria Whitney Custody Case Testimony
Maria Caillot a French maid in Gloria Vanderbilt Paris apartment testified she had seen her mistress drunk but not many times. She testified for Mrs Harry Payne Whitney in the custody fight over Vanderbilt and Whitney seeks custody of Gloria with a $4 000 000 heiress as the subject of the court case in New York.
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New York
Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt
Paris
Herbert C. Smyth
Harry Payne Whitney
Vanderbilt
Gloria
Maria Caillot
Supreme Court
John F. Carew
Caillot
Ickes Seeks More PWA Funds From Congress
Washington, Oct. 2. Secretary Ickes said he would seek another substantial public works appropriation to provide employment until private enterprise can absorb slack. He denied reports of a $1 billion request and said no definite amount had been set.
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Washington
Ickes
Congress
PWA
ABC Store Opens in Berryville With Wine and Spirits
Special to The Star reports Berryville hosts an ABC store opening this afternoon stocked with wines brandies and other liquors George W Levi named manager and Thomas hired as clerk The store sits near town center on North Church Street just off Main Street.
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Berryville
ABC
George W. Levi
Thomas
North Church Street
Main Street
Industry leaders view Roosevelt on war truce plan
San Francisco dispatch reports manufacturers challenge labor to accept an industrial truce while Miss Perkins prepares to address the American Federation of Labor convention. The piece notes the president's plan and the prior coast speech intent, with a counter challenge from industry.
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Cisco
American Federation of Labor
Miss Perkins
San Francisco
Green Warns Dictators and Labor Strongly
San Francisco October 2 William Green president of the American Federation of Labor said the time will come when dictators and tyrants in Europe will answer to the masses. He voiced support for collective bargaining and urged a public commitment to obey decisions of authorities. He also spoke on Austria Nazi persecution and urged solidarity with workers there. In other news a Maryland court case seeks to enforce judgment liens against J W Reese and others involving Titus Nursery Co and Hydraulic Press Mfg Co with notices to a non resident defendant and publication in The Evening Star.
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American Federation of Labor
William Green
A. F. of L
National Association of Manufacturers
Green
San Francisco
Europe
Austria
J. W. Reese
Et Als
Titus Nursery Co
Hydraulic Press Mate
Jacob W. Reese
Hydraulic Press Mfg. Co
J Yuaer
Margaret Hancher
Evening Star
Winchester
Stealing an Obligation and Customs in the Caucasus Tribes
The article surveys Caucasus tribes noting that some consider theft a religious duty. It describes women in one group wearing tight leather underwear lifelong to stay trim, while in another tribe lovers are seen as a heavenly gift and marriage is avoided.
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Russian Caucasus
When Key Wrote The Star Spangled Banner at Fort McHenry
Francis Scott Key, an attorney from Frederick County Maryland, watched the 1814 bombardment of Fort McHenry during the Baltimore attack. From a British ship he observed the fight all night and the morning after the flag still waved, he penned the Star Spangled Banner, which later gained widespread use by the Army and Navy.
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United States
America
Francis Scott Key
Frederick County
Maryland
Baltimore
Key
True
Fort McHenry
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U.S
Grand Jury
J. P. Derrick
Roosevelt
Insull Brothers
Federal Building
J. H. Wilkerson
I Dennis E. ‘Sullivan
Criminal Courts
Dennis E. Sullivan
Circuit Court
County of
Frederick
Go. and Press Mfg. Co
C. Brannon
Clerk
Herbert
Larrick
P. Q
A. Bacon & Co
Old Fort
McHenry
Creliter Sono
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corporation
Route 50
Penna. R. R
Winchester Wholesale Grocery Company
Tequest
Spence and Seldon
V-C
Noble C. Pierce
Iss . Y al
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corp
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