Market closes with mixed moves amid European influence
Stocks edged higher for much of the session while wheat rose in Chicago and corn retreated on profit taking. Bonds held steady as foreign exchange markets showed small moves with sterling near 4.91 and the franc around 6.59. Closing prices included Allied Chemical 170, American Can 140 1 2, Chrysler 72 5 8, General Electric 33 3 8, U S Steel 45 3 8, and Woolworth 61 1 2.
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York
Chicago
Stock Exchange
Allied Chemical
American Can
American
American Smelters
American Tel. & Tel
American Woolen
Atch
Topeka & S. Fe
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Consol. Gas of
N. Y
Gorn Products
General Electric
General Motors
Goodyear
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Montgomery Ward
Central
Penn Railroad
Nd Oil of N. J
Futures And Cash Wheat And Other Grain Quotations
Chicago and Baltimore market notes show closing grain prices for Wheat Corn Oats Rye and Barley with Sept Dec and May futures and cash bids. District quotes list No 2 red No 3 mixed yellow corn and mixed grain bids with delivery basis and mill quotations in cents per bushel or dollar per barrel.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Balimore
Winchester
Local Markets Prices and Grain Feed Rates Listed
The Star presents daily wholesale and retail market figures for grains, feeds, and farm staples. Prices include cracked corn 1.95, corn meal 1.95, egg mash 2.30, and butter products around 0.45 to 0.50, with assorted bagged corn meal and flour rates for 12 and 24 pound sacks and various barrel quantities.
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Tha. le Acae
Seeerss
Mower Vas
Dawedoevets
Sateen
Taca Cocees
Zavo Troge
Piichciney
Brest
Vanee
Dia Beswaleen Dairy Fee
Lee Aery
Uae
Livestock And Produce Markets Across Baltimore and Philadelphia
Baltimore market reports show cattle dull with limited high bids, calves steady, hogs mostly steady with a top at 12.40 for 170-210 lb, and sheep and lambs weak though a few good lambs reach 9.75 to 10.25. Philadelphia notes dressed poultry and eggs moving slowly, with varied butter and egg quotations and U.S. standards pricing for weights and grades.
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Baltimore
U. S. Dept. Agric
Philadelphia
U. S
U.S
Apple Market Shipping Point Information For Tuesday
Apple market reports from Winchester Virginia Martinsburg Rochester Benton Harbor and related tonnage. Demand slow with few sales and dull markets. Prices for U S No 1 apples vary by size with cents per bushel and car counts noted. Weather conditions mild clear and warm across locations.
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Winchester
Martinsburg
Rochester
Benton Harbor
Mich
West
U. S
Packing Group For Abolition of Corn Hog Policy
Washington September 27 Meat packers urged the Agricultural Adjustment Administration to abolish corn hog production controls and the processing tax. William Whitfield Woods of Chicago president of the Institute of Meat Packers testified at AAA hearings on next year’s possible corn hog program. Woods said the emergency that spurred the AAA and the adjustment had passed and hog prices no longer diverge from consumer prices. He warned a hog shortage has hurt exports and alienated consumers from pork, fueling protests and complaints about hog products.
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Washington
William Whitfield Woods
Chicago
Institute of Meat Packers
Farm Administration
Woods
AAA
Elderly Woman Found Beaten to Death in House
Officers report Mrs Buxton was struck from behind in her residence. Investigating details describe severe trauma with three fingers on her left hand nearly severed and extensive injuries to the shoulders and left arm. Dr. Buxton, professor of chemistry, earned degrees from Clark University and McGill, and is a member of Sigma Xi.
Miners refuse returns. deputies guard coal movement
Pickets enforce non union coal deliveries in Somerset and Buckhorn regions of Pennsylvania while deputies guard supply to dairies and plants. Four trucks halted and three drivers dumps coal. police report damage at Hillside and Conrad Hochstein mines near Johnstown.
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Somerset County
Buckhorn
Altoona
Clearfield County
Johnstown
Hillside Coal Company
Conrad-Hochstein
Other Woman Tells of Dates With Sherman
Esther Magill 18, the other woman in the Newell P. Sherman murder case, testified of rendezvous with Sherman including highballs and car dates. Prosecutors say Sherman drowned his wife July 20 on Lake Singletary to pursue Magill, who admitted clandestine meetings and declined his divorce offer.
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Worcester
Mass
Newell Paige Sherman
Mas
Newell P. Sherman
Esther Magill
Husky
Sherman
Miss Magill
Lake Single
Missing son of Grover Whalen feared kidnapped
Dobbs Ferry police say Grover A. Whalen Jr. aged 14 vanished from his home while bags were packed. A car waited to take him to a private school. investigators from state troopers and Justice Department agents joined the search amid unconfirmed ransom notes.
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Dobbs Ferry
N. Y
Grover A. Whalen
New York City
Department of Justice
Grover A. Whalen, Jr
Young Whalen
New York
Hawthorne
Patrick Costello
Costello
Yad
Whalen
Italy protests at League adjournment over Ethiopian crisis
Baron Pompeo Aloisi of Italy protests the League of Nations plan to adjourn rather than close the assembly. The council backs dispatching neutral observers to the Italo Ethiopian trouble zone while Italy insists on constitutional limits and warns against pressure on the council.
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Ethiopia
Italy
League of Nations’ Council
Aloisi
Genneva
Baron Pompeo Aloisi
League of Nations
League
League Council
Haile Selassie
Assembly
Council
Handley Judges Set First Game Lineup Tomorrow
Coach Och announced the probable Handley eleven for tomorrow's season opener against Berkeley Springs at Handley stadium. Likely starters include Sutton Grubbs Light Haines or Campbell Boyd Tavenner Kern Clowe Johnson or Thrift Huntsberry Baker with Rosenberger Campbell Perry Clowe and Baker among others to see action. Local fans are urged to attend and cheer the team as they develop through the season.
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Och
Handley Judges
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Handley Stadium
Sutton
1. E
Grubbs
1. T
Light
1. G
J. Haines
Campbell
Boyd
R. G
Ethiopian Mas kal festival rain delays and mobilization fears
In Addis Ababa on September 27 heavy rain interrupted the Mas kal festival ceremonies ending the rainy season. Priests sheltered as crowds faced the prospect of Emperor Haile Selassie signaling nationwide mobilization if peace failed in the League of Nations crisis. Proclamation posters appeared, with Ethiopians expressing readiness to confront Italy's threats.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Italy
League of Nations
Geneva
King of Kings
Children Held By Pirate Band In Chekiang Province
Pirates invaded Peinjiang in southwestern Chekiang and abducted 35 children who are being held for ransom, according to Chinese reports from Hangchow dated September 27.
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Hangchow
China
Peinjiang
Chekiang Province
Tobacco Fete Ends With Final Pageant In South Boston
The three day tobacco festival in South Boston Va concludes with the final display of the pageant on tobacco discovery and use. A dance for negro tobacco workers closed the event as floats parade and Beverley Byrd was crowned Miss Westwood by Gov. George C. Peery. The governor and speakers predicted higher tobacco prices.
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South Boston
Westwood Beverley Byrd
George C. Peery
Virginia Police Demand Chemistry Help Across Commonwealth
The Department of Agriculture and Immigration faces heavy demand for chemical analysis to aid criminal cases. W Catesby Jones requests a $2400 budget item for a full time chemist to assist commonwealths attorneys coroners and health officers with court attendance.
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Department of Agriculture and Immigration
W. Catesby Jones
The
General Assembly
Commonwealth
Winchester Police
Rhea declines to meet with the president in Kentucky
In a reported policy move, Kentucky figures urge support for the Democratic nominating vote while Governor Laffoon backs Chandler and Thomas S. Rhea. Roosevelt’s train pauses in Chillicothe for crew changes as he travels west to speak in Nebraska and at San Diego.
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Kentucky
Chicago
Rhea
Chandler
Laffoon
Middle West
Roosevelt
Pacific
San Diego
Ruby. Laffoon
A. B. Chandler
Thomas S. Rhea
Frankfort
Paul McNutt
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Nebraska
Norris
Fremont
Nebr
Waitkas Awaits Arrival of Wife in Kaunas Plan
Waitkas awaits his wife as he notes plans to fly to Kaunas Lithuania in a second plane. He says his own aircraft needs costly repairs and that the wife travels from the United States.
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Waitkas
Yuletide Gifts Arrive as Passengers Debark in Baltimore
Customs inspectors gained a clear view of Christmas shopping as 83 passengers disembarked from the City of Baltimore. Many carried Christmas presents bought abroad, including an Irish setter.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Mail
City of Baltimore
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APPLE
Packing Group For
Grover Whalen
Pirate
Need Chemistry
Virginia Police
Department of Agriculture
White House
Robert W. Bingham
England
Louisville Times
Courier-Journal
Chillicothe
Parkersburg
President Roosevelt
Chevrolet
TESCO
Ford Coach
America
Guavv
O. K
Shenandoah Motor Co., Inc
Handley School
Winchester Furniture Co
Westinghouse Automatic
Northern Virginia Power CO
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