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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1933
Page
6
New York markets show stocks firm with light volume while bonds remain firm and rails solid. Curb market firm as specialties improve. Foreign exchanges stay heavy with sterling down. Cotton climbs on unfavorable weather amid firm stock and grain markets.
The New York market showed low activity with prices closing steady or firm. Mining issues led gains with Homestake and a group including U S Smelting, Dome, Mcintyre Porcupine, Chrysler, General Motors, and DuPont posting modest advances while C S Steel steadied near yesterday's close.
The report lists cattle calves bulls and cows at Oklahoma City with prices from 2.25 to 6.00 and sheep and hogs near 4.00 to 7.25. Kansas City shows hogs at 3.00 to 4.25 and cattle trades with steers heifers and cows across multiple weight ranges and price points.
Butter prices show a mixed, unsettled tone in Chicago on July 26 with UP quotes at 9.767 for general butter and creamery specials at 23 to 23 1 2 for 93 score, extra firsts at 21 1 2 to 22, while Egees at 8.545 remain unchanged.
Chicago reports live poultry prices with 45 trucks offering hens from 10.5 to 11.5 cents per pound, leghorns 8.5, roosters 7.5, turkeys 10 to 11, spring ducks 7 to 10, old stock 7 to 8, spring cheese 9, rock fryers 12.5 to 14, colored birds 12, and rock springs 16.5 to 17 cents.
July 26 Chicago market report lists grain shipments steady with few cobbler prices. Kansas Missouri cobblers trade around 2.60 to 2.70 while New Jersey No. 1 sells 3.00 to 3.15 and Idaho triumphs at 3.50. Maryland Virginia bbl cobblers bring 6.10 to 6.15 with slight decay at 4.90 to 5.00 on limited sales.
After emergency restrictions, prices rose as distress liquidation appeared to ease. The market faced renewed optimism with sharper advances noted today.
Wheat and grains surged as traders reacted to a trade estimate predicting Canadian harvests in the current season would total about 250 million bushels or less, far below last year's crop of 408 million bushels, amid ongoing damage.
Wheat rose to the day’s high with at least five cents a bushel gain. Closing quotes show wheat 5 1-4 to 6 cents above yesterday, while corn gained 23 3-9 to 5 cents and oats advanced 3 7 to 4 1 8.
Wheat and corn quotes list various grades and price ranges. No. 2 red wheat moves 83 to 93 and 3-4, No. 1 hard 95 to 94, No. 1 mixed at 2 1-2 dollars. Corn No. 2 mixed 50 1-2, No. 1 yellow 51 2-4 to 53, No. 2 white 52 1-2 to 3-4. Oats ranges show No. 2 white 37 3-4 to 38 1-4, No. 3 white 26 1-2 to 37 1-2.
New York reports a quiet steady session with moderate demand and covering by buyers. December futures rallied from earlier losses to around 10.88 amid late-day strength in wheat and stocks, settling 10 to 18 points higher.
New Orleans July 26 Spot cotton closed steady with a 20 point rise. Sales reached 230 bales as low mid dling moved to 10.03, middling 10.63, good middling 11.03. Receipts were 1,804 and the stock stood at 753,756 bales.
New York and New Orleans markets reported steady cotton futures with gains of 17 to 20 points. Futures in New York showed Oct and Mar notes rising to around 10.7 to 11.2, while New Orleans pricing moved similarly with monthly contracts near 10.7 to 11.2 and spot middling around 16.65.
S R Sanders 72 died at his home 516 West Fourteenth Thursday morning at 5 45. Funeral services were held at Criswell Funeral Home chapel Thursday afternoon at 2 30. Burial in Stonewall cemetery. He is survived by several children.
Mrs Nancy Francis Watson age 8&8 died at her Stratford home Wednesday night at 9. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Corinth Ark with burial in Corinth cemetery. Criswell Funeral Home in charge. She is survived by three daughters Mrs Crawford Stratford Oklahoma and Sherman and six sons J T Watson Oklahoma City D M Watson Francis C R Watson Ada J H Watson Texarkana W S Watson Buenavista and T W Watson Sherman Texas.
Maccie Pauline Cunningham died at the family home four miles west of Ada on Wednesday evening at 6 45. Funeral services were held Thursday at 3 pm at Keith Funeral Home chapel with Rev. George Hays officiating. Burial was in Rose Dale cemetery. Survived by her parents three sisters and three brothers.
Mrs Maggie E Gardner wife of J S Gardner dies at home west of Stratford Saturday morning at 12 30 funeral services held at Holiness church Stratford Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock Rev E M Roberts of Ada officiating burial in McGee cemetery Keith Funeral Chapel in charge she is survived by her husband five daughters and three sons
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Pr G Hannan 515 West Seventeenth died at their home Friday morning at 915. Burial will be in Center cemetery Saturday morning at 1030. Survived by father mother and two small sisters.
Pauline Gertrude McClung 17, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed MecClune Stratford, died at a local hospital Sunday morning. Funeral services held at the Baptist church in Stratford Monday at 3 with Rev Paul Carlton officiating. Burial in McGee cemetery. Keith Funeral Chapel in charge. She is survived by her parents a sister Maurine.
McClung and three brothers named Chester of Oklahoma City Monroe of Stratford and Donald of Gladewater Texas are cited in the report.
Robert H Bradley 77 died at home in Hickory Sunday night at 9. Funeral services were held Monday at 3 from the Methodist church in Hickory led by Rev C B Holland of Roff. Burial was in East Hill cemetery at Roff with Keith Funeral Chapel in charge. He is survived by his widow Lena, daughters Viola Jinks of Scullin and Ella Cauthern of Sherman Texas, a son R B Bradley of Hickory, and several grandchildren.
Mrs Letha Lunesford died Sunday afternoon at 3 in a local hospital. Funeral services were held Monday at 2 from Criswell Funeral Home chapel with Rev C C Morris officiating. Interment followed in Abilene Texas. She is survived by her husband Mark Lunesford and several brothers and sisters.
Lewis Wayne Campbell son of Mr and Mrs L C Campbell of Stratford died in a local hospital Monday morning at 9 o clock Funeral services will be held from the home in Stratford Tuesday afternoon Interment in McGee cemetery Criswell Funeral Home in charge He is survived by his parents and two sisters Gloria and Syble
Grover Webb of 203 E Third died Monday afternoon at home. Services will be held Tuesday at 1 PM at the home with Criswell Funeral Home in charge. Burial will follow in Rosedale Cemetery.
Billie Jene Clinton infant daughter of Mr and Mrs M D Clinton Byars dies Monday at 10 05 am Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 pm from the home Burial in Byars cemetery Criswell Funeral Home in Charse
W H Auten died this morning at 11 at his son's home in Ada after three months of illness. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 PM at Criswell Funeral Home chapel with Dr C C Morris officiating. burial in Rosedale cemetery. Survived by six daughters and two sons, including Mary Smith Texhoma and Charley H Auten Ada. Born March 4 1852 in Tennessee he lived in Illinois Texas and Oklahoma since 1870 as a pioneer resident.
President Roosevelt ordered $25 million to relieve congestion in industrial centers under the National Recovery Act. Secretary Ickes may purchase or rent land to move unemployed dwellers back to farming with a revolving loan fund. Also $20 million from the public works pool was shifted to the War Department to acquire forest lands for conservation work in national forests, sustaining about 300000 workers on reforestation projects.
A Yale professor argues beer contributes to fattening and broader waistlines. The remark suggests beer drinkers may be identified by odor and notably by increased breadth.
Fort Smith Ark July 26 Vincent M Miles named regional advisor in the public works organization by President Roosevelt. He will maintain offices in Kansas City for Colorado Kansas Oklahoma Missouri and Arkansas. Miles a Virginia native and World War veteran studied law at Washington and Lee University and has a long Arkansas career including city attorney and Democratic national committeeman roles. The article notes his enlistment as a captain in World War I and credits him as a key federal figure in 1934.
Oregon becomes the 20th state to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment with a wide yes vote. Multnomah County favors repeal about three to one while other counties show a strong wet trend. The election also discarded remaining state constitutional prohibition statutes and reflected slow ballot counting across the state.
R W Simpson received a certificate of appointment as a Pontotoc county excise board member and took the oath of office alongside T O Dandridge. Simpson was appointed by district judge J F McKeel. a third member will be named by the county commissioners. They begin plans for tentative county needs and warrant issuance, while state tax laws and valuations await final action. The piece also notes rising crime and abductions in Morrison Tennessee and a Boston brewery extortion case.
Federal agencies push to curb kidnapping with a proposed super relief force. Governors from multiple states urge cooperation with Washington, while cases in Milwaukee and St Louis spur calls for drastic anti kidnapping laws. Public safety officials push for local Minute Men to organize vigilance nationwide.
Secretary Swanson and Navy admirals open bids for 21 war vessels to meet London treaty limits. Sixteen are from the 32 ship program funded by Roosevelt public works money, with bids showing flat and adjustable prices under labor cost rules. Swanson says costs may rise but will be covered. ships include two aircraft carriers, a heavy cruiser, a light cruiser, eight destroyers, seven destroyers, and two submarines.
July 17 marked the start of a new term with excitement and bustle. Two new teachers joined the faculty: Miss Dolly Ables covering third and fourth grades, and Miss Geraldine Medlock, pri-
Wyandotte Oklahoma July 22 UP drought damaged Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma Ozarks crops. Grapes largely intact though clusters slowed. early apples damaged about 80 percent. later varieties less affected. Berry beds harmed by drought. new beds holding up with rains. Tomato acreage down may curb canneries. late corn may still mature.
Elliott Roosevelt, son of the president, wed Ruth Josephine Googins of Fort Worth, Texas, atop a bluff along the Mississippi in Burlington Iowa. The report notes a digressive incident of a job hunter interrupting a dentist during a senator’s tooth extraction, urging influence for employment.
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