Bankers Head Plea to Aid Recovery Efforts
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS W Va Oct 31 The American Bankers Association ended its annual convention with an appeal from Ralph Crane its newly elected president for cooperation with government recovery efforts Crane vice president of Harriman and Co Inc New York announced plans to appoint a compact committee to offer the association services to aid recovery.
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White Sulphur Springs
IW. Va
Ingest Bankers’ Association
Ralph Ty
Crane
Harriman and Co. Inc
New York
Vote Purging Suit Dismissed
The State Supreme Court dismissed a suit seeking to purge 24 000 allegedly illegal registrations in Los Angeles County. The decision blocks a single suit affecting many voters and leaves room for action on individual registrations. The report cites SAM FRANCISCO October 31 19 Cal. date.
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Los Angeles
State Supreme Court
Sam Francisco
Cal
Weirton Mills Trade Unionists Demand Closed Shop
Weirton Steel Company counsel defeated the government effort to bar testimony about unionists demanding a closed shop at Weirton Mills in West Virginia and Ohio.
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Wilmington
Del
Weirton Steel Company
Weirton Mills
West Virginia
Ohio
Hanger Marchers Halted By Police At Bridge Standoff
A column of about 100 demonstrators tried to enter the city and was halted at the Rensselaer Albany bridge over the Hudson River. Police last night used night sticks to repel 210 hunger marchers attempting to cross.
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Rensselaer-Albany
Hudson River
Naming Wall Street origin linked to Peter Stuyvesant
The article notes Wall Street’s name derives from Peter Stuyvesant who as governor of New Amsterdam ordered a protective palisade in 1652. The palisade last stood until 1609, after which both sides of the street were rapidly developed.
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Wall Street
Peter Stuyvesant
New Amsterdam
Mrs Roosevelt Hosts Youth Talk On Birth Control in NYC
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt joins a Youth Today Conference in New York City where young men and women debate the economic feasibility of birth control. The gathering includes Dr. Harry Overstreet, Newton D. Baker, and leaders from Camp Fire Girls and the YWCA.
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Mrs. Roosevelt
New York City
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Overstreet
Newton D. Bakes
Kingsford Smith Calls Pacific Flight Too Tough
Captain P G Taylor navigator with Kingsford Smith described the 3100 mile ocean crossing in the Lady Southern Cross as too tough while recounting the mission and its endurance test for the crew.
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Kingsford-Smith
P. G. Taylor
Lady Southern Cross
Our Yesterdays Fun in the Gay Nineties on Rides and Rowboats
Nostalgic look at past pleasures in the Gay Nineties. The piece recalls buggy rides, river outings, and rowboat parties near New York and Coney Island, where young women helped with the oars and riverbank revelry defined leisure before modern nightlife.
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Aple
New York City
Coney Island
Claims a Right To Advertise As They Deem Fit
OLD POINT COMFORT VA Oct 31 J Wesley Gardner general manager of the New Chamberlain Hotel says hotels should not be denied adverting that they cater to a Christian clientele while others may advertise Kosher or dietary laws. He answers Rabbi Mendoza protesting the Chamberlain policy urging fair-minded approach and asking Jewish friends to consider same rights in their own institutions.
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Old Point Comfort
J. Wesley Gardner
New Chamberlain Hotel
United States
Carter Glass
Harry F. Byrd
Louis D. Mendoza
Norfolk
Chamberlain
Byrd
Glass
Mendoza
Gardner
Two Waitresses Reported Abducted in Topeka Case
Topeka police asked Iowa authorities to search for Addie Geiber 26 and Artie Roff 30 two Topeka waitresses reported abducted yesterday by two men. They supposedly stopped at a Griswold gas station Indiana last night with the two men.
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Topeka
Kas
Iowa
Addie Geiber
Artie Roff
Griswold
Gasoline Price Cut At Capital
Standard Oil of New Jersey lowered Washington gasoline price by 4 4 cents per gallon to new retail rate of 9 cents a gallon exclusive of taxes, announced today in New York.
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New York
P— Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Washington, D. C
Seven Nights Tale of Evergreens and Night Owls Legend
An old Indian legend explains why evergreens stay green. Creatures were told to stay awake seven nights. most slept, leaving only the owl and the panther among animals awake by the seventh night. A few plants also remained awake, the cedars and select evergreens, giving them perpetual green. The Earth is credited with this attribution.
Tri-State Gang Ties Showed in Hagerstown Bank Robbery
Police link the Tri-State gang led by Robert Mais and Walter Legenza to a Hagerstown bank robbery after fingerprints matched those taken in a Richmond jail escape and a kidnapping case. A suspect in custody admitted gang involvement and a rendezvous in the area is suspected.
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Tri-State
Hagerstown
Walter Legenza
N Tri
Russell Bennett
St. James
Bennett
Washington
Richmond
Legenza
Emmett
Hudson Terraplane Ruggedness Run Tests Car Across Route
A 2033 mile Hudson Terraplane circuit travels through Maryland West Virginia Virginia the District of Columbia and parts of Ohio and North Carolina. The car from Norfolk contractor Fred A Haycox has 16205 miles and will endure another year of hard running over two weeks starting October 9 to prove durability. Eighteen similar runs nationwide use privately owned cars with over 10000 miles driven by nonprofessional drivers.
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Maryland
West Virginia
Virginia
District of Columbia
Ohio
North Carolina
Fred A. Haycox
Norfolk
Hudson Terraplane
States
Market Dull Yet Mixed With Some Stocks Strong
Trading was quiet with selective buying lifting a few issues. Call money held at 1 percent as wheat eased, corn rose, cotton steady, and U S Government securities slipped slightly. Oil stocks showed firmness on optimism over the gasoline war ending and higher fuel prices in parts of the country. Roosevelt said a five percent government salary cut would be restored in the next budget due to cost of living, but markets remained mildly bullish and debt payments were not significantly affected. 2 p m price list includes Allied Chemical 12 84, American Can 1 00, American Smelters 34 54, Arch Topeka 5 12, Bethlehem Steel 25, Chrysler 33, Consol Gas 26, Corn Products 63 42, GE 17, GM 28, Goodyear 20 42, Int Harvester 32, Johns Manville 48, Montgomery Ward 26, NY Central 21, Penn Railroad 22, Standard Oil NJ 40, Union Pacific 101, 0 8 Steele 31, Woolworth 50.
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U. S
Roosevelt
Stock Exchange
Allied Chemical
American Can
American Smelters
American Tel & Tel
Arch Topeka & Sfe
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Consol Gas of
Corn Products
General Electric
General Motors
Goodyear
Int Harvester
Johns Manville
Montgomery Ward
NY ¥ Central
Grain price report from Chicago and several markets
Closing grain and grain related prices reported from Chicago and other markets. Wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley and fat products listed with various futures and cash prices for Dec May July contracts and spot quotations from Baltimore and Winchester markets.
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Chicago
the Star
Associated Press
Baltimore
Winchester
Quotations in Apple Market Steady Demand Displays Mixed Grades
Market for apples remained moderate with steady demand and assorted carload quotations. Plain pack and oil paper pack fetch about 5 dollars per bushel premium, U S No 1 grades range from 3.00 to 3.45 per barrel, with various varieties and pack sizes listed, including 24 percent minimums and min 2 inch or 24 inch baskets. Cold Storage fruit listed at 1.45 per bushel.
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Martinsburg
Yorks
U. S
S. No. 1, 3 In. Min. Few $3.45, 24% In. Min. Car $3.25, Gaines, U. S
Black Twigs
Delicious
Baltimore Market Report Shows Livestock Prices Mixed
Livestock and produce data from Baltimore dated Oct 31 shows cattle steady with varied ranges for slaughter steers heifers cows and bulls. Hog prices rise across weight classes while calves lambs and sheep show selective gains and steady to firm egg and poultry quotes in Philadelphia markets.
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Baltimore
Philadelphia
Local Markets Prices and Available Agricultural Goods
Local markets list a variety of feed, grain, and dairy products with prices and bag sizes. Items include patent and short patent brands for 98, 48, 24 and 12 pound bags, shelled corn, corn meal, bran, middlings, and scratch feed. Also noted are dairy feeds, egg mash, live hogs, butter varieties, cows, dressed pork, and screenings with per bag or per hundred weight pricing.
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Sescoscsees
Frroiler
Rags Cok Ccdiasceccocskas Das
S.e
Vesscoce
Wife’s sewing tip aids satin and silk stitching
Mrs. George Martin advises placing a newspaper under satin or thin silk while stitching to prevent drawing or puckering. After sewing, tearing away the paper leaves the fabric smooth and unwrinkled.
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George Martin
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