davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
W. Grant Sales
Climb 9 Per Cent

W. T. Grant Company showed
October sales of 1892, IT'S, COM
pared with $7,122,539 in October,
1888, an increase Of 9.8 per cent.
In September, saels were 81 per
cent above the 1888 month.
Cumulative sales for the ten
months ended October 81
amounted to $63,055, 985, against
$50, 297,9 in the corresponding
period last year, gain of 81
per cent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
Failures Increase
For Second Week

Slightly increased number Of
business failures in the week ended
November l is reported by Dun &
Bradstreet, Inc. The total was
233, compared with 225 the week
before and PA two weeks ago.
Defaults numbered 294 in the
same week of 1888.
Failures involving liabilities of
$4,000 or more numbered al,
against 1877 the preceding week
and 1855 a year ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
Pennsylvania Oil
Prices Reduced
High Low 1900

OIL CITY, Pa, Nov. 7 Q.N.SO
Marking the first price change
since last May, all grades of Penn
sylvania crude oil were reduced IS
cents barrel yesterday.
The price drop, lowering the
former $2.55 figure to $3.50 in the
Bradford-Allegany field, was be-
ueved due to the seasonal decline
in demand, accentuated by the re-
cent gasoline price war.
New prices are Bradford-A1le-
gany, $3.50; Penn1oil, $2.22-$2.17;
Crew Levck, 1922; Southwest,
$1.97; Eureka, 1892; Buckeye,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
RAILS, UTILITIES
RISE ON BOND
MARKET
By SAUL LEHRER

NEW YORK, Nov. 7 qN.So.
A generally firm tone character
lied the trading on the bond mar
ket today. With few exceptions
the obligations of industrial, rail
and utility corporations showed a
strong tone.
United States Government bonds
were in fair demand. Home Own
ers Loan Corporation As and Treas
ury 31ss we're higher, while the
Treasury ANS and 314s were down
slightly and the Treasury IS OF 1948
were unchanged.
High-grade and investment obli-
cations were generally steady dur
ing the early trading. Northern
Pacific IS gained a small fraction
while the Goodyear SIS were un-
changed, as we're the Dodge
Brothers IS.
Second grade rails were heavy
with the Rock Island convertibleS
down /, while the st. Paul SIS were
unchanged.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
Green and Roosevelt to Talk
On Unemployment Insurance

Labor regards the conference
as most significant. coming as it
does so soon after the Fedora
ton convention in San Fran
cisco, where various recommends
tions were made for suggestion
to the Government. These con-
cerned unemployment insurance,
old age pensions, old age Sc
curity, sick benefits and unem-
ployment.
The personnel Of the presi'
Dental committee on economic
security and its accompanying
technical board gives labor
reasonable expectation for q "for-
ward looking" report the San
Francisco convention decided.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
TRADERS SHOW
MORE INTEREST
ON CURB
BY THEODORE KOSLOW

NEW YORK, Nov. Z QN.S0.
The most significant feature of
today's generally improved curb
session was the broad expansion
in trading volume. indicative Of
a wider public participation than
has been evidenced for some time.
Although few gains along the line
were Of imposing proportions, the
conclusion Of the election cam
paign with its overwhelming in
dorSement Of the New Deal. ap-
parently caused SPECTATORS to
come out of their Side-line shell
and take a fresh interest in the
proceedings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
Melville Shoe Net
Sales Up in Month

Melville Shoe Corporation re-
ports a 26 per cent increase in
sales for the four weeks ended
October 81, the eleventh success
Sive rise this year. Sales aggre-
gated $2,305 ,298, compared with
$1,829, 453 in the same 1888
weeks, and brought the total for
the A weeks ended October 81
to $21,967 ,406, as against $751;
904,498 in the same period last
year, a gain of 1913 per cent.
In the four weeks ended Sep
TENDER 20, sales were 25.6 per
cent above the year before, while
in the period ended September
/ last, were only Al per cent
higher than the 1888 weeks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
New York Phone
Stations Mount
By International News Service

New York Telephone Company,
principal subsidiary of American
Telephone & Telegraph Company,
reports a gain of 1902 stations in
October compared with an in
crease Of 1899 in the same 1888
month and a loss Of 1889 in
October, 1892.
For the first 10 months Of this
year the company gained 1876
stations against a loss of 115,375
in the same 1888 periods and a
loss of 214,336 in the correspond
ing period two years ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
Ceilings RejOins
Standard OilCO,

L. v. Ceilings has resigned as
secretary of the American Iron
and Steel Institute to accept a
position in the legal department
Of the Standa1d-Vacuum Oil Co.,
26 Broadway.
He has been associated with the
institute since January of this
year. He formerly practiced cor.
poration law in New York and for
a period of years previously was
connected with the Standard Oil
Company of New York stationed
in China.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
State Engineering
Awards Increase

State and municipal engineer
ing awards totaled $17,212,000
this week, the highest since July
26, according to Engineering News
Record.
Federal awards at $2,516,000
and private at $2,897,000 were
enough lower, however, to bring
the total awards for the week
down to $22,625,000, a decrease
Of 10 per cent from the previous
week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
Sales
Hold for Month

Retail hardware sales are hold
ing strong, with October totals
promising to exceed the consist
emily fair volume Of the past six
months, Hardware Age will say
tomorrow in it's market summary.
A sharp contrast remains be-
tween the totals Of wholesale
and retail operations and the per-
sisting inactivity among manu-
facturers. Backlogs of inventory
in the hands of large buyers, the
magazine states, have lasted
longer than was anticipated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
WASHINGTON STOCKS
SALES

Potomac Electric 51as pr, 100
1921.
Washington Railway and Elec-
trio pf, 2@1003s.
Lanston Monotype, 10@48R, 10
@48R, 10@4812, 10@481a, 100
48h, 2@4812.
AFTER CALL
Washington Railway and Elec-
trio As, $1,0O0@99h.
Capital Transit, 10@2634, 100
265s, 1O@261a, 10@261a, 10@26h.
Capital Traction IS. 500@91b,
100000,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
OHIO OIL DIVIDEND
BY International News Service
Nhin Oil Toronanv has dnc1aT'

By International News Service
Ohio Oil Company has declared
a dividend Of Is cents on the
common stock, the same as paid
in the two previous quarters, pay
able December is to stock Of
record December 3.
The board Of directors during
1885, it was stated by the COM
pany, will consider the payment
Of common dividends semian-
nuaTly instead Of quarterly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
Spiegel May Sales
Climb for October

Spiegel May Stern Company
October sales amounted to $3,572,-
AL, compared with $2,305,95S in
October, 1888, an increase Of $40
per cent. Sales for September
showed an improvement Of TOP
per cent over the year before.
Ten months sales totaled S19,-
636, 1886, against $9,375, 905 in the
same period last year, a gain Of
1894 per cent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
COTTON GOODS

NEW YORK, Nov. .s).-Busi-
ness in the coarse yarn cloths market
continued slow today. although
steadier undertone was shown in lead
ing constructions on reports of the
market pickup in sales of finished
goods products over election day, par
ticularly in department stores of the
m metropolitan area. There was little
doubt that it will take the trade
some days to simmer down to actual
business after analyzing the election. 8
probable effects on trade generally.
One of the points which will interest
many will be the extent to which
Federal relief payments and other
Governmental disbursements will con-
tinue, now that election has gone.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
PRODUCE MARKETS

okra-supplies light demand light
market steady. Florida. express re-
ceipts. buShel hamperR small size,
S2;2s32.SO: large size g. IT.,
supplies light. demand slow. market
Gs.5O; spotted. Il.
squash.Express receipts light. sup
Steady. Florida, bushsI hampers,
white. wrapped, t1.75; few higher
ucumbers-supp'ies very light, de-
Florida, bushe' haskets. U. s. No. /,
$2.75.
Peppers-supplies light, demand light:
G %sFsst stsndyi Fi So
Tomatoes-one California arrived. Ono
broken and 4 unbroken cars on track.
Supplies light; demand light; market
steady. California, lug boxes, ripes and
turning, wrapped. SKIS and larger, S2.25
@2.5O; Florida. lug boxes. ripes and
turning, wrapped, SKIS and larger, $50
o.: poorer lower.
spinac h-supplies light; demand
light; market weak. Bushel baskets.
Maryland. 759s5c.
Cauliflower-No carIot arrivals. One
broken and ] unbroken car on track.
demand light; market steady. Long
crates, Sl.IDVE.
Broccoli-Pennsylvani no supplies on
the market.
Carrots-No carlot arrivals. One
broken car on track. California, n
bushel crates, $1.25 @1.SO; Western let
tuce crates, S2.60@2.90; bushel baskets
topped: Pennsylvania, 75c.; New York,
60G65c.
Turnips-Pennsylvani punched, 2hc
per bunch.
Kale-Maryland, bushel baskets, 40c.
Avocados-Florida, boxes, 75c@&1.25.
Cranberries-Msssach usetts, h-barrel
boxes, 1925. few higher.
OranEes-No carlot arrivals; 1 broken
car on track. Florida, boxes, $3@3.5O.
according to grade and size: California,
boxes, No. ., $4.5O@5, as to size.
Grapefruit-One Florida arrived; 1 un-
broken car on track. Florida, boxes
$2@2.50, according to grade and size !;
truck receipts. bushel hampers, $1@125:
sacks, S5cGS1.
Honey Dews - California, standard
crates, 8s-12s. $2@2.25.
Pears-No carlot arrivals; broken
car on track. New York, IN -bushel
boxes. D'Anjous, truck receipts, $1.75@2
Observation-Disclosures, 7@7hc per pound.
Broccoli-One California arrived; 1
broken and / unbroken cars on track.
Florida-264 crates avocRdos; 20 bushel
baskets cucumbers, 10 crates lines; IS
bushel baskets okra; 4S bushel baskets
Quash.
New York state-1O crates brussels
Pennsylvania-175 s-pound baskets
mushrooms.
Tennessee-1O y bushel baskets okrs.
South Carolina-36 bushel baskets
snap beans
Mixed Vegetables-34 crates.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
NEW YORK WOOL

NEW YORK, Nov. N.S.).-wool
steady. Domestic fleece unwashed. Ohio
and Penn. 22@3O: domestic pulled
secured basis, 5O@SO: domestic Texas
clean basis. 5s075: domestic territory
clean basis, IS @7Is
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
CHICAGO
PITTSBURGH

PITTSBURGH, Nov. S.).-Hogs:
Receipts, 500. Active-steady; heavies,
$500 $50; medium. S5.9O@6; light,
$5.25 as; light lights. s4.75@5.25: pack
ing sows, $425@5; pigs, $S.75@4.5o.
Cattle-Receipts, so. Governments, 3S:
nominal Quotations based on grassers
except top steers): steers (sO0-1.1OO
pounds). good, $4.75 q $50: heifers (550-
$50 pounds), good. $375@450; cows,
good, SSQ8.5o: bulls, good beef, ss93.5O.
Calves-Receipts, 100. Steady; veal
ers good and choice, $7@7.5O.
Sheep-Receipts 500. Steady; lambs
go pounds DOWN, good and choice. $3.50
1850; yearling wetherE. good and
choice, $4.5065; aged wethers. medium
good, $2.25 Q3.25; ewes, good and choice,
$3.25 @250.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
NAVAL STORES

NEW YORK, Nov. s.).-Pe-
troleum steady; crude Penn, $2.17@2.55.
Linseed oil, per h., ST. CARROTS. Turpen-
tine quiet. SO. Rosin easy, common, 1925.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
LIVESTOCK MARKETS
CLEVELAND

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 2 G.N.s).
Hogs-Receipts, 1900. Hog trade active,
mostly 1oc lower; tops $3.50; paid for
all good 200 300-pound pigs and roughs.
Cattle-Receipts, $50. Slow trade on
all grades; sales on good times steady;
cows selling slow.
Ca1ves-Receipts 400. Calf trade slow;
steady to soc lower; decline on medium
grades; top $3.50 on few choice veal
ers; most good kind. 81 and under.
Sheep-Receipts, $500. Fat lamb trade
slow; 10 15c lower; best kind, $3.50 and
under. Top, 1915 for few choice lambs.
CHICAGO
CHICAGO. Nov. 7 GN.s).-Hogs-
2s. 900; 1Oc lower. Top, $500; bulk,
&5.4o@s.75; heavy. $5.4O05sO; medium,
S5.5O@5.9O; light, $5.25@575; light
lights, $4.35@5.35; packing sows, $50
5.65; pigs. $3@450. Holdovers, 5000.
Cattle-13O 300; steady. Calves, 1900.
Steady. Beef steers; good and choice,
5000; common and medium, &4Qs;
yearlings $7@9. Butcher cattle; heifers,
$4@S26; cows, $2.50Q5; bulls, S2.50@4;
calves, $4@7; feeder steers, $4Q5.5O;
stocker steers. $S95; stocker cows and
heifers, S2.75@4.5O.
Sheep-10.O00; steady. Lambs, S6.25
@675; common. $4.50@5.5O; yearlings.
&45O@5.75; feeders. $5@6; ewes, $3.50
M275.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Nov. SD.-Butter
q days)-Receipts. 1855 tubs; market
unsettled: old cars. "a new, S. Extras.
csc; standards. &c; extra firsts. 27@
csc: firsts. 241a @ 26c; seconds, Fac; spe-
Gals. 2S14 o CSC.
Eggs e days)-Receipts, 1855 cases;
market easy; old cars, 2; new. /. Cur
rem, 20 y tresh extra taTsts less
less than cars CSC; cars, &c; dirties, is
@2Oc; checks. 15@1912c.
Cheese - Twins, 13@13ac; single
daisies, 1919 014c; 1onghorns, 14css O
1870.
Live Poultry-Turkeys. 15c: toms. 10
614c; hens, 9G16c roosters, 1Oc: ducks
9@17c; geese, 7@11c.
Potatoes-73 cars; on track, 239; U. 8.
shipments, $50; Wisconsin, round white
7715 @S0c; commercial. 75c; Idaho rus
sets, $3.50 91.67h; Colorado. McClures,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-07
NEW YORK

NEW YORK. Nov. .S.).-Butter
quiet and steady; creamery higher scor.
ing, 29A @31A; creamery extras, 29@
S0K: creamery firsts, 26@30.
Cheese quiet: State whole milk flats
specials 1000; average run, 1914 @171a !:
Wisconsin, whole milk fancy Young
Americans, Is.
Eggs firm; nearby white specials, 81
@4Sk: standards, S3 35; mediums, 80 %
3S nearby brown specials, 3O@42: mixed
specials, 81 S9; standards. so: firsts.
coast white, fancy packs, 4S1a Gas:
standards, 39@431z; mediums. 31@34A
The wholesale price is $245 per 100
pounds No. fluid milk within the 2O1-
21O-mile zone
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21
FRIDAY. DECEMBER d 1894.
A SHAMEFUL RECORD

7 Asst year 131 persons in Marion County
l. lost their lives IN traffic accidents. This
year. many days before the year is ended, 12S
persons have died in traffic accidents.
That Is a horrible record for the residents
OF Marion County and Indianapolis to admit.
It means that within year there has been
no effort on the part Of the citizens Of this
community TO alleviate a situation which is
growing worse annually 1t means that de-
spite educational and prevention methods
autoists and pedestrians Of this county and
city still pay no heed to the value of lives.
Surely II nothing else can be done about
the condition, the coming session of the Legis-
lature might place on its calendar the fol-
loving notation
Automobile Casualties-Too High. A
Remedy Must Be Found"
With the laV-makIng authority, members
OF the 1888 State Legislature should be able
to find a way. In the first place they can,
with full authority Of the populace they repre-
sent, make the traffic laws so severe that a few
instances in violation Will be a lesson not to
one but to thousands.
The Times recommends that the General
Assembly give the traffic violation laws of the
State of Indiana a thorough going over and
adopt a procedure which will cure some of
those who find the punishment for traffic law
violation one which is easy to sidestep.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21

in with a federally fostered decentralization of
industry
The use Of our streams would be even more
stringently regulated. Detailed studies of the
possibilities inherent in water power, naviga-
ton, and food control projects for nearly every
stable river basin in the Nation would be
made
Everything affecting river, from construc-
ton Of big hydro-electric plants to prevention
Of pollution that kills fish. would be directed
from Washington.
Control Of mineral resources is also urged.
This apparently, would call for combined &C
ton by the national Government the states,
and the industries themselves. with each in
dustry compelled to adjust its policies to the
interests of consumers, wage-earners, and the
national conservation program
The items mentioned here constitute but
small part Of the stupendous program which
has been suggested. They constitute an official
recognition of the fact that the good old days
the days when mines and forests and streams
and farmlands were held the natural prizes of
those who could get there hrSt-are over and
done with.
We have grown up, apparently. We can no
longer afford the carefree spirit of the pioneer.
That, whether the program be adopted or
not, is the significant thing about the report.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21
FASTER TRAINS

The shade of Casey Jones will cheer news
- of the American railmen's answer to the
speed challenge from the airways.
The Southern Pacific announces plans for
a 4O-hour rail service between Chicago and
San Francisco. The new train will be
streamlined affair, modelled after the Union
Pacific's Diesel-motored thunderbolt the
M-1OOO1, that recently dashed from Los An
geles to New York City in Sc hours and SIS
minutes. The Southern Pacific flyer will cut
a third off the present 60-hour service on the
Overland Route between Chicago and the
Golden Gate.
The New York Central soon will test its
streamlined steam engine. named the Com
modore Vanderbilt after the roads founder 1t
is capable of making between 70 and 80 miles
an hour.
Thus, by Diesel, steam and electric power
the railroads are stepping on it, and pre-
pairing un6reamed-of schedules over their net
work of steel They can not out-speed the
great airliners, but they can give the travelling
public what it has lacked in cheap, fast and
comfortable rail service.
incidentally, by streamlining their engines
and cars, and driving them by electricity and
Diesel motors, the railroads will save large
sums in fuel now consumed by the slower coal
and oil burners.
The coming of faster trains opens many
vistas. The Government, the states and car
riers will spend millions of dollars to elm
mate the 2OO0OG-odd dangerous grade cross
ingS. made extra hazardous by the speedier
trains.
undermining Of equipment will stimulate
the heavy industries and provide new employ
ment. And just as fast auto travel created
a world of new wants so faster rail travel may
whet cultured appetites and raise the level
Of living.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21
GETTING A LITTLE TOO HOT!

THERE is a disquieting report from Wash
Il ington to the effect that the Senate NUM-
tons investigators may be compelled to pull
in their horns, on the ground that they are
on the verge of bespattering certain gentle
men who are too highly placed for the COM
fort of high administration officials
One hopes that this report is not true. But
if the second part OF 1t be true-if the sena-
tors are actually on a trail that leads to high
places-that is all the more reason why the
investigation should continue.
This munitions investigation is of very great
Importance; potentially, it is of vast benefit
to the whole country. If the cards are about
to fall in such a manner as to embarrass some
one close to the inner chamber-well, that is
just too bad. but the people are entitled to
know about it.
To try to bush things up would be to make
a very great mistake.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21
BACK TO THE INDIANS

TOR good many years the gag about giving
the country back to the Indians has been
a good joke-except that it had certain grim
overtone in the depression, which made it a
trifle shivery.
Now, however, it develops that Indian
Commissioner John Collier is in favor of eX-
actly such program.
He points out that such submarginal land
in the west is to be retired from agriculture.
Why, he asks, should such land not be given
to the Indians? They are experts at using
land in such a way as to conserve forest and
grass.
Any reforestation or on-control plan
would fit their way of living. Land that can
not support American farmers properly would
be ideally designed for Indian use
The idea sounds attractive. The Indian
would gain for in the end he would be able to
support himself and work out his own saliva
ton; meanwhile, the white mans land-control
program would be helped.
Why not on a modest scale, give little
of the country back to the red men?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21
ECONOMICAL RELIEF

DESPITE the assertions of many readers Of
- The Indianapolis Times that relief in
Marion County and Indiana is a costly affair
which does not result in the best service to
those on the relief rolls a recent series of
stories by The Times proves otherwise.
This series pointed out, without Towering
Of facts but with stiff formality of figures, that
the people of Indiana and this county today
are receiving relief on an economical basis.
1t showed that money was not being wasted
but was being spent as wisely as possible
among the thousands who are confronted with
the problem of providing for themselves when
there are no jobs to aid them in this task.
A great deal of the credit for a job we'll
done must go to Wayne Coy, former secretary
of the Governor, who has taken over the
enormous task Mr.. Coy. since he took the
post, has had his fingers on every pulsebeat
of a state overcome with depression. His
administration has shown no signs of waver
ing from its goal and probably won't as long
as Mr.. Coy is leading the campaign.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-21
PIONEER SPIRIT PASSES

WHETHER Uncle Sam ever will do any,
w thing with the gigantic blue print laid
on his desk by the National Resources Board
may be open to question. 1t is as least GER
tain. however, that the whole thing is a neat
If somewhat elaborate marker for the end OF
a long era in American history.
For the interesting thing about this pro-
gram laid down by the Presidents advisers is
the fact that it SHIPS of time-honored Ameri-
can policies and customs in a dozen places
In other words. it is a final definite adj
miss. that the pioneering days are gone for
gooc No longer do the infinite resources of the
land lie waiting the grasping hands Of some
valiant frSt-comer.
The -rogram says bluntly that a man can
not do as he pleaseS with his own any longer;
he must use what he possesses Of forest stream,
and soil with at least one eye on the needs of
his fellows and his descendants.
Thus We get an elaborate plan for the use
OF land. Something like 100000 acres of
submarginal land would be retired from use
Indian reservations. national and state parks,
game refugees and forest preserves would be
tremendously enlarged.
Homestead laws woulsl be replaced. laws
governing tenant farming would be revised
and subsistence housing projects would be tiep