Texas Rail Commission Abolishes Motor Cars on Rock Island Line
The Texas Railroad Commission authorizes discontinuing motor car trains Nos 551 and 552 between Amarillo and Hitchland. A mixed train will replace motor cars with a May 23 hearing. Patrons oppose the change citing mail and passenger service concerns as listed schedules show late-night runs to Liberal and Hitchland.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commission
Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway Company
Amarillo
Hitchland
Rock Island
C. F. Peter
The
Liberal
Kan
Mayer
Masterson
Wilston
Greenough
Wilhelm
Deal
Fritch
Sanford
Antelope
Oil City
Stinnett
Pringle
Morse Jet
Morse
Cator
Gruver
Bernstein
Hardesty
Adams
Baker
Wheat Advances Fail to Hold But Close Steady
Chicago June 2 Associated Press market editor reports wheat gains boosted by securities but unable to hold as spring crop growth and looming winter harvests in Oklahoma limit buying. Wheat closes steady with slight declines, corn and oats slide modestly, provisions rise on hogs. Kansas City cash grain shows mixed wheat and corn values with January trading noted.
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Chicago
Oklahoma
Washington
Fort Worth cash grain prices steady on June market
Fort Worth wheat and barley show No 1 hard 80 824 percent. No 2 barley 40 41 cents. sorghums Nos 2 and 3 quoted around 95 to 101 dollars per hundred. corn No 2 mixed 58 14 to 59 44 cents. white and yellow No 2 corn around 61 to 62 and 59 to 60 cents. oats No 2 red 92 14, No 3 red 31 1 percent.
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Chicago
U.P
D. S
Kansas City
Fort Worth
Texas
Gulf Ports
Kelvinator
Kennecott Cop
Yeeres
Ford
Louis G & BA
Ludlum
Ontiec Mack Tweer
Magma
Maracaibo Olsess
Alkeeee
Meeeaport T Ses
Miami
Lly i Midland Sti
Mo Pac
Eeee Mont Ward Seeaee
Murray Corp .Sens
Nash
Mot
Bis
Asace Eae
NY NH & H
I Jor & Tees
Nor Am . Nor Paes
Ohio
Pac G & Bi
Penney Aoe
Plymouth Oil
Oor & Wheel Prairie Pipe le «Ss
Roems Ik
Pub Sve NJ
Pullman Co AD
Sateen
RKO
Ding ‘Co
Repub
Roy Dut
Seeeene
Stls Safeway
Eeeneae
Stewart Warner
Stone & Web
Studebaker
Telauto Ea
Texas Car
Union O Cal
Unit Corp
Hl AO
Svetawee Ee
Colden Eearete Tees Bond & Re
T Ford Ltd
Gulf Pa
Humble
Ohle Co
Aawe
St Seaee
Etree
Amarillo Grain Market Report Details Carload Deliveries
The Amarillo market lists grain receipts and carloads by source points with Wheat and Milo among others. Prices for No 2 White and No 1 Hard Wheat are shown, alongside poultry and egg figures from Swift & Co and various regional destinations.
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Texas
Kaffir
Milo
Sudan
Cers Caviecs
Chicago Produce Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago market report shows unsettled egg prices with receipts 90,324 cases and various grade details. butter prices unsettled with 18,487 tabs receipts. poultry weak with multiple line items and regional prices. cheese noted for Twins and longhorns. potatoes on track with shipments 768 and regional prices for red whites and russets across states.
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Chicago
Etundaras
Stags
Wisconsin
Idaho
Texas
Alabama
Louisiana
Steers and Yearlings Prices Steady Across Markets
Receipts at 11 markets were light with fed steers and yearlings mostly steady. Prices ranged from 6.50 to 6.75 for 450–1,454 lb steers, and Chicago top weighty beeves at 7.86. Hogs and lambs showed small hikes. Kansas City and Fort Worth reports varied with stockers and feeders steady to higher. Los Angeles notes steady feeds and fluctuating calf prices.
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Midwestern Livestock Review
Kansas
Chicago
Aeaf
Wichita livestock prices steady as cattle hogs and sheep rise
Wichita on June 2 reports cattle 600 head including 100 calves and hogs 2,800 head with gains 10 cents. Cattle range 4.16 to 4.85 for dogie steers, cows 3.00 to 3.75, heifers 4.00 to 5.00. Hogs 180 to 830 pounds 4.45 to 4.60, packing sows 3.35 to 4.10. Sheep 400 head with lambs 25 cents higher, natives 7.86 and 6.75 to 7.35 for better grades.
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Wichita Livestock
Wichita
Allegheny Corp
Auburn Auto Wets
Barnsall Oil Wees
Als Bendix
Beth Stlee
Bohn al
Borden Hesedoss We Ih
Briggs Mia Vee
Bulova Watch al
Burr Ad Mechane
Butte C & Zebede Lil
CRI & P
Coty
Curtis. Wright
D & RG W
Drug Inc
Stetewete
du Pont Bet
G&ea
Gillette Razor
Goodrich Tire
Goodyear Tire
Graham Paige
Eapere
Grigs Grunle
Hudson
Nick
Oklahoma City Livestock Market Report Summary
Oklahoma City cattle numbers reach 800 head with calves 200. prices steady to mixed across classes. Hogs total 9,200 with gains of 10 cents. top price $4.70 and bulk near $4.85. Sheep counted at 900 head with general market activity noted.
Denver Livestock Market Report June 2
Cattle numbers near 100 head with steadier prices across beef steers at 4.00 to 6.25, cows and heifers 2.00 to 5.80, calves 4.00 to 7.00, and stockers 3.00 to 6.00. Hog run about 1,700, steady to 15 cents higher, top 4.75, bulk 4.60 to 4.70, sows 3.95 to 4.26, pigs 3.76 to 4.00. Sheep about 1,500, market steady to higher, fat lambs 6.00 to 7.40, yearlings 5.00 to 5.50, fat ewes 1.00 to 2.50.
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Fort Worth
Denver
Boston Wool Prices Mixed on Medium Quality Fleece
Boston June 2 prices on medium quality fleece wools slight gains. Recent sales closed readily at 32 33 in grease for Ohio combing and bright fleeces 56 6 48 50s. Offerings at 31 restricted. Demand steady on 64 3 and finer wools with a strengthening tendency.
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Boston
Ohio
Wool market buoyant amid steady prices says bulletin
The Commercial Bulletin reports wool prices firm with limited spot supplies. Western prices edge above eastern parity by about a cent in grease on average. Mohair remains very firm. quotations include Texas fine 12 months 65-68c, short 12 months 62-64c, 8 months 60-67c, Mohair Texas spring 26-27c, Texas kid 40-41c.
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Wool Bulletin
Boston
Commercial Bulletin
Seaboard
Texas
New Buying Rush Drives Stock Market Jump
The Associated Press reports a sharp buying surge on June 2 as stocks outpaced commodities, boosted by credit expansion from the Federal Reserve and strong retail signals. Leaders gained 1 to 10 points with volume around 6.86 million. the Dow-like index rose, while bonds and metals held steady and debt concerns loomed over a possible German moratorium.
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John L. Cooley
Associated Press
New York
Wall Street
Theederal Reserve System
Irregular New York Cotton Advances on June1 Trade
Cotton markets across New York and New Orleans showed uneven gains as July and other active months moved up modestly amid buying and covering. New Orleans spot and futures fluctuated with late day rallies offset by profit taking, while December in New York traded around 9.53 and new highs faded on selling.
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New York
Weliere
New Orleans
Wallace
Liverpool
Port Atock
Galveston
Houston
Metals Market Summary From New York Trading Roundup
Copper remains steady with spot around 41.26 and near-term 41.60, notes show firming. Iron, lead, zinc hold steady or unchanged with East St. Louis activity around 4.80 to 35 and quicksilver quoted at 57.50 to 58.00. Antimony sits at 6.50 spot.
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New York
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Markets in Brief
Markets in brief from New York and Chicago describe a utilities led rally with strong bands and buoyant secondary issues. Cotton gains on active commission house buying. foreign exchange steady with sterling firm. wheat steady in Chicago with eastern buying. corn down on favorable weather. hogs higher with ongoing brisk demand.
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New York
Chicago
Tom
Foreign exchanges report mixed gains and losses in New York
Foreign exchange rates in New York show small movements with England up to 3.99 and France down to 0.466. Other currencies including Italy Belgium Germany Czechoslovakia Holland Spain Sweden Norway Denmark Japan Mexico fluctuate within tight ranges as of June 2.
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England
Canada
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Bwitzerland
Eto
Holland
Spain
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Japan
Mexico
Upward Trend in Trade Seen in Dun & Bradstreet Review
Dun and Bradstreet reports continued industrial expansion with rising employment and wages. It notes gains in farm prices boosting purchasing power, broad support for administration recovery plans, and improved credit practices fueling trade growth.
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DUN & Bradstreet Report
New York
Dun & Bradstreet Weekly Review
Shamrock District Attorney vows action on 3.2 beer law violators
Shamrock District Attorney Lewis M. Goodrich announced he will prosecute anyone transporting or selling 3.2 beer under the Dean act. The move follows the arrest of Bob Abernethy of Shamrock for a truck laden with 34 cases of Coors beer. Abernethy posted a $1,000 bond and was released.
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Boovsal
Shamrock
Lewis M. Goodrich
Dean
Bob Abernethy
Abernethy
John Cox
Virgil Carver
Lee McBee
Wheeler
Charlies Sandifer
Liberty
Magnolia Unveils Silent Mobilgas at 11000 Stations
Magnolia Petroleum introduces Silent Mobilgas with a purple tint and no price premium. Developed in Magnolia laboratories for high compression motors, it promises quicker starts, instant pickup, knockless performance, and longer mileage after extensive road testing by Magnolia test cars.
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Nova Dallas
Mobilgas
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Magnolia
Southwest
Magnolia Laboratories
Magnolia Teat Cars
E. P. Angus
Lewis named on committee for Scottish Rite reunion in Dallas
Royce C. Lewis is named to the committee on princely and fraternal courtesy for the Scottish Rite reunion to be held in Dallas June 5. Grand Master Wallace Hughston of McKinney chairs the committee.
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Shamrock
Royce C. Lewis
Dallas
Wallace Hughston of
McKinney
Lewis
New York Money Rates Steady Across Markets
Call money remains at 1 percent for the day in New York. Time loans steady with 69 to 90 days at 1 percent, 4 months at 1 percent, and 6 to 6 ½ months at 1 4 percent. Prime commercial paper at 1 4 percent. Bankers' acceptances unchanged.
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New York
Sugar futures rise with new screen highs in New York
Raw sugar firmed with new top screen records at duty free sales. July and subsequent month contracts reached higher levels while the refined market held steady at 4.50.
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New York
Department Stores See Strong Sales Ahead of 1942 Levels
Retail review notes large department stores report volume fully 10 percent ahead of the 1942 level with further gains anticipated.
State orders 933 foot spacing for Tom Ball oilfield wells
The State Railroad Commission prepared an order to keep wells in the Tom Ball oilfield 933 feet apart to prevent possible damage from cratering. The measure targets spacing in the new field and was set to be issued this afternoon.
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Austin
State Railroad Commission
Tom Ball
Modern Etiquette Q&A on Lunch Invitations and Signatures
A vintage etiquette column answers three questions. It says a man should not invite a female employee to lunch, regardless of his marital status, signatures should reflect relationship or intimacy, and all guests must be presented at a dinner honoring a distinguished person.
Woman's Council of West Amarillo meets at Lindsay home
The Executive Board will meet this afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of Mrs. L. D. Lindsay 112 Wayside Drive in West Amarillo.
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Woman's Council of
West Amarillo Christian Church
L. D. Lindsay
Wayside Drive
Crude Runs Rise as Imports Increase in New York Report
New York on June 2 reports refinery operations at 64.8 percent capacity with daily crude runs of 9.288 million barrels and cracked gasoline output of 473 thousand barrels. Weekly imports at major US ports total 621 thousand barrels, up from 501 thousand. May 27 figures show crude oil averages around 2.49 million barrels daily and gasoline production near 415 thousand barrels.
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New York
United States Porta
B. of M. Baris
Stiller
State files suit for 131 555 94 against Mid Kansas Oil
Pecos County and the state of Texas sue Mid-Kansas Oil Co of Ohio in federal court in El Paso for 131 555 94 plus penalties and interest. The petition seeks foreclosure of tax liens on 32 000 acres of oil lands including parts of the Yates pool and an order of sale.
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FL Paso
Texas
Pecos County
Mid-Kansas Oil and Gas Co
Ohio
Yates Pool
Oil
Aays
Oil overproduction figures for East Texas field reported
Austin June 2 Figures from the State Railroad Commission show East Texas field oil production May 20 to May 30 averaged 31 300 barrels daily. Overproduced volumes averaged 65 219 barrels daily, while 23 910 was back allowable. For the period total overproduction reached 671 088 barrels with 266 010 barrels considered legal back allowable production.
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Austin
East Texas
State Railroad Commission
Federal funds to finish Collingsworth highway gap
Federal funds will be available by July 1 to complete the remaining gap in highway 4 across the county. The Woolington area bridge work is nearly done with grading complete to the Childress line. Paving proceeds as water enables quicker concrete setting.
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Wellington
C. L. Haale
Salt Fork River
Wheeler
Childress
F. P. Sexton
Highway Department
Salt Fork
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