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Amarillo Daily News

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1939

Page

2

New York Stocks End Flat In Slow Trading Session

The stock market cooled in a trendless day with fractional declines dominating. The Associated Press average held at 47.3 as transfers totaled 349,470 shares while U S Steel and Bethlehem remained near unchanged and several issues edged up late.

New York Associated Press American Iron and Steel Institute U. S. Steel Bethlehem Youngstown General Motors Chrysler Briggs Manufacturing Co Detroit Motor Group Canton Hercules Motor Corp Wall Street Treasury Hanes House Ways and Means

Favorable Weather Reports Drag Wheat Prices Down

Chicago reports show wheat slipping sharply as favorable weather and strong yields in the Southwest weaken demand. Prices fell to new lows for the period, with declines across July and September futures amid softer corn and oats, signaling a broad shift in grain market sentiment.

Chicago

Cash grain prices in Chicago market report

Cash grain: Wheat 2 yellow hard 7944-79 1/2 cents, Corn 2 mixed 52 cents, several yellow 52-52 1/2 cents and white 57 1/2 cents, oats 2 white 34-35 cents with samples 31-31 1/4, rye no sales.

Chicago

Fort Worth Cash Grain Report Details Prices and Demand

Fort Worth reports moderate grain demand with No 1 hard wheat old crop priced at 864 to 924 cents per bushel by protein and billing. No 2 barley 49 to 51 cents. No 2 yellow milo and white kaffir sorghum around 1.15 to 1.17 dollars per 160 pounds. Corn No 2 white 72 to 73 cents. No 2 red oats 39 to 41 cents.

Fort Worth

Kansas City Cash Grains July 5 Market Update

Wheat futures and cash bids show mixed moves with several grades steady to down a bit. Corn and oats listing new prices and spreads, with July September and December futures noted for several grains.

Market Summary From New York And Chicago Reports

New York stocks show mixed leaders while bonds reach new highs. Copper and tin steady with other metals mixed. curb markets uneven and agricultural futures mostly down or steady. Cattle slow. hogs range up to ten cents higher. Copper electrolytic spot around 10.00 to 10.50, tin near 48.95, lead and zinc steady, quicksilver and platinum quoted, various regional prices listed.

New York U. S Chicago NEW York Metals East St Louis East St. Louis Pennsylvania Buffalo Alabama

Cattle and Hog Prices Fall in Des Moines Market Report

Cattle and hog prices drop as market activity slows to steady or lower levels. Reports show top hogs at 6.40, cattle including vealers and yearlings down 25 to 50 cents, with overall salable stock around 9 000 cattle and 6 000 sheep and lambs reflecting weaker demand and abundant supplies.

Chicago Market Report for Hogs Cattle Sheep

June 5 market notes show salable hogs 10 000 with values 6.80 top for 190 240 lb stock. cattle 16 000 and calves 1 000 with dealer bids 9.00 9.50 for heavy sausage types. sheep 5 090 with light trading and one 90 day shorn lamb around 86 lb at 8.75.

Chicago USDA

Fort Worth Livestock Prices Report June 5

cattle salable 3900 calves 1500 steers and yearlings 7.75 to 9.25 dollars per cwt two loads choice heifers 9.75 dollars per cwt few cows 4.50 to 6.00 bulls 4.50 to 6.00 killing calves 5.00 to 9.00 hogs salable 1100 top 6.30 packer top 6.20 feeders 5.00 down sheep salable 7000 spring lambs 7.50 to 8.25. some good clipped lambs 6.50 midsummer grass lambs 6.90 down 2 year wethers 3.50 to 4.00 aged wethers 2.50 to 3.00 spring feeder lambs 5.00 to 6.00 clipped feeder lambs 4.00 to 5.00

Fort Worth USDA

Oklahoma City Livestock Market Report June 5 192?

Oklahoma City market figures show cattle salable 2 100 calves 1 700 with steer and heifer prices: yearlings and mixed stockers up to 9 25 per cwt. hogs 2 000 with good and choice butchers 6 00-6 30. sheep 1 510 top good and choice 9 25, most sales 8 50 to 9 00.

Oklahoma City USDA

Denver Livestock Prices Report June 5

Denver stockyards show cattle salable 2 800 calves 300 bulls 5.50 to 6.50 vealers 10.00 down loads 618 lb feeding heifers 8.50. Hogs salable 700 good and choice 160-240 lbs 6.40 to 8.50 240-270 lb 6.15 280 lb 6.00 sows 4.75 to 5.00. Sheep salable 14 500 trucked-in springers 9.00 to 10.00 shorn wethers 4.75, ewes 2.25 culls 1.25.

Denver Livestock Denver USDA

Amarillo Market Receipts Report Wheat and Sudan Averages

Amarillo markets show receipts of six ears of wheat and one car of sudan with wheat priced at 0.62 dollars. The report notes common market activity in Amarillo Texas and reflects basic price levels for grain and forage commodities.

Amarillo Texas Sudan

More Luxury for Bathers on Rolling Beach Chairs

Cleveland report notes new luxury rolling beach chairs with large pneumatic tires replacing old solid tires for bathers seeking greater comfort at the seaside.

Cleveland, O

Last Minute Buying Pushes Cotton Prices Higher in Trading

A late rally sent cotton futures to session highs with July touching 9.18, as traders bought against scarce July contracts. Export rumors and Liverpool strength lent support while spot quotations hovered near 9.92 for middling. Port receipts and stocks were reported, and overall market closed modestly down on the day.

New York Southern Spot Liverpool U. S Worth Street

New Orleans Cotton Prices Steady Amid Trade and Foreign Buyout

Cotton futures in New Orleans showed steady prices with net gains as contracts remained scarce. July and October contracts edged higher, while December January March and May closed up modestly amid limited demand and foreign buying.

New Orleans

Galveston Cotton Spot Prices Close Steady

Galveston June 5 spot cotton closed steady with a 14 cent uptick. Price levels ranged from low ordinary at 5.35 to strict good middling at 10.10. Sales spots listed as none.

Galveston

Cotton prices steady in New Orleans market

New Orleans June 5 spot cotton closed dull and unchanged with low a 8.25 middling 9.40 and good middling 9.95. Receipts 99,

New Orleans Low Nee

Average Middling Cotton Prices Rise at Southern Markets

Average price of middling cotton at 10 southern spot markets rose 15 points to 9.57 cents per pound. The 30 day average stands at 9.20 cents, reflecting softer recent tone across the market.

New Orleans

Cottonseed Feed Prices For Texas Mills

Western Feeders Supply Company publishes cottonseed product quotations for Texas mills. Prime loose hulls per ton cost 7.00 to 8.00 dollars, prime cold pressed seed 23.00 to 24.90 dollars, and prime cracked screened meat and cake with 43 percent protein 29.50 to 31.00 dollars per ton.

Fort Worth U.P Western Feeders Supply Company Texas Mills

Chicago Produce Market Report Glimpsed Prices and Receipts

Chicago state market notes show butter receipts 1,530,330 lbs with varied scores and prices ranging from 88 to 93, eggs receipts 34,788 cases with graded prices from 14 to 15 cents, and poultry prices for ducks, geese, hens, spring chickens, roosters, broilers, and turkeys amid steady conditions and defined receipts across multiple transport units.

Chicago Brotlers the Twins

Call to Colors Increases Romancing in Paris

Paris report describes how war fear alters French marriage norms. Bans, birth certificates, parental consent, and civil ceremonies precede church rites with long banquets. A typical weekend features cinema, cafes, dancing, and rural leisure as youths court under military duty.

Paris Mars Cupid France Europe Jean Marianne

Panhandle Oil Output Rises as Stocks Change

The Bureau of Mines reports total domestic and foreign crude stocks at 278.289 million barrels for the week ending May 27, up 1.221 million from the prior week. Domestic stocks fell 1.11 million barrels while foreign crude rose 0.111 million. Weekly output averaged 3.615 million barrels per day, up 0.155 million from the prior week. runs to stills averaged 3.395 million barrels daily.

Washington Bureau of Mines

Deep Oil Pool Found in Young County Texas

A new deep oil pool in Young County near Loving is reported as the sixth deep North Texas pool this year. The wildcat drilled by H M Liedecker and partners began flowing at 15 to 20 barrels per hour from the Marble Falls lime at 4 465 feet after 20 feet of pay was found.

Fort Worth Young County Texas H. M. Liedecker Loving Young J. M. Nall James Pool Marble Falls

Polk Street Methodist School Opens With Large Enrollment

Polk Street Methodist Vacation Church School opened Monday morning with a large enrollment. Sessions run daily for two weeks from 9 to 11 o'clock. Rev. Jordan Grooms, general director, said the opening showed much interest and boded well for a fine school. Supervisors include J. B. Martin beginners, D. A. Parks primary, Grooms juniors, Jordan Grooms intermediates. Travel stories are planned as special features.

Polk Street Methodist Jordan Grooms J. B. Martin D. A. Parks Grooms Jordan Groom

Aged Caretaker Earns Honorary Degree at W and J

Henry L. Coates, a long time caretaker at Washington and Jefferson College, received an honorary diploma during commencement from President Ralph Cooper Hutchison. He attended no classes in 40 years, is believed to be about 80, and declined a pension to continue working.

Washington, Pa Henry L. Coates Washington and Jefferson College Ralph Cooper Hutchison Coates

Dallas Mexicans Leave Texas for Government Colony

Twenty five Mexican families will depart Dallas area in United States trucks on Saturday to join an agricultural colony of the Mexican government located 27 miles south of Brownsville. Mexican counsel Adolfo G. Dominguez in Dallas said the first group from this section would include 125 individuals.

Dallas United States Brownsville Adolfo G. Dominguez

Armstrong Whitworth f n Sign Named World’s Largest Transport

The English airship Armstrong Whitworth f n Sign is described as the world’s largest land transport. Reportedly capable of 200 miles per hour, it carries 40 passengers.

Armstrong Whitworth

Calling All Dogs

Albert Payson Terhune explains differences in leg length between large breeds like Great Danes and small breeds like Scotties or Pekes. He warns that pairing a tiny dog with a large one on walks is cruel and impractical due to pace and endurance disparities.

Albert Payson Terhune

Victory Comes Too Late For OHarrow Oil Dream

El Dorado Texas June 5 Twenty five years after John OHarrow began his search in Schleicher County he finally sees oil in a test well near his home. The 80 year old operator cannot attend the celebration as his funeral is underway during the drilling tests revealing the county's first producer.

Jean Eldorado Tex U.P John O'Harrow Schleicher County O'Harrow

Iron Lung Patient Leaves Shrine at Lourdes

Frederick B. Snite Jr, a 29 year old American paralysis victim from Chicago, left Lourdes in his iron lung after ten days praying at the Grotto. He was wheeled to a trailer and will spend nights in Bordeaux and Tours before reaching Paris and returning to the United States.

Lourdes France Frederick B. Snite, Jr Grotto Snite Bagatelle Bordeaux Tours Paris Atlantic

Amarillo Minister Opens Canyon Revival at Church of Christ

Luther G. Roberts of the Central Church of Christ began a 10 day revival at the Canyon Church of Christ. Services are daily at 10:00 am and 8:30 pm. Troy Cummings of Littlefield preached at the Canyon church on Sunday.

Luther G. Roberts Central Church of Christ Church of Christ Canyon Troy Cummings Church of Christ In Littlefield

Sound Waves for Seasickness Hope From Toledo Engineer

Clyde E. Sweeney, a 34 year old Toledo radio engineer, emits sound vibrations to induce seasickness and seeks a cure by selecting specific waves. He notes electrical vibrations already address milk souring leaks and musical expression, and envisions a wave that prevents nausea during sea and air travel.

Toledo, O Toledo Clyde E. Sweeney Sweeney

Alameda City Clerk Denies Publishing Novels

Alameda city clerk Loreme Beatie said the city would not print a novel for anyone after receiving a letter asking if the municipality could undertake such a publishing project. Beatie advised authors that Alameda lacks authority to publish novels.

Alameda Cal U.P Loreme Beatie Beatie

Tennis Intrigues Deer at Lake Erie College Match

Two Lake Erie College students played tennis on campus courts while an unofficial linesman watched from an adjacent hockey field. A half-grown doe appeared to study their strokes, adding an unusual spectator to the match.

Painesville, O Lake Erie College

Forsook Collins sentenced for 25 cent fraud in Missouri

Ren frew Collins was sentenced to seven years in the Missouri prison after conviction for obtaining 25 cents by fraud. He has served two previous prison terms.

West Plains U.P Renfrew Collins Missouri

Pipeline Officials Hearing Is Set In Sherman

In Sherman a federal court set hearings today for 25 men and a pipeline company charged with filing false reports to the federal oil tender board at Kilgore. Indicted defendants include Gilliland Meadows Trippett Williams Campbell and Gilliland Refining Company. The case covers oil production refinement storage and delivery reports from March 1935 to October 1936.

Tyler Gilliland Meadows Trippett Gilliland Refining Company Gladewater Walker- Harris A. J. Sanders J. H David C. McCaleb W. H. Sparks H. O. Radcliffe C. G. Ponder Frank Jones Eddie Lawson L. Tolbert Joe Vardeman J. F. Shepperd Alias J. F. Sheppard O. L. Scarborough A. M. Pruitt Vance E. Powell George Rhodus Earl Hendrix W. C. Adams Fred H. Connally Harry L. Viser

Texas Old Age Pensions Seeker Surge In Austin

In Austin on June 5 a large group of Texas seniors began registering at county branches for pensions under Gov O Daniel signed law. State pension director W A Little said blanks would be processed in order, with many applications likely weeks away. law could add 50 000 to 100 000 to the rolls.

Austin Texas W. Lee O’daniel State Old Age Pension Organization W. A. Little

Army Officer Arrives For Local Inspection

Colonel C. L. Caphton senior instructor for the 142nd Infantry with Fort Worth headquarters arrived in Amarillo yesterday for a week long visit of instruction and inspection of the Texas National Guard infantry units in Amarillo.

C. L. Caphton 142Nd Infantry Fort Worth Amarillo Texas National Guard Caphton

Britain fears dumping on women's woolen dress goods

London reports Germany plans to boost subsidies for exporters of women's woolen dress goods, prompting alarm among British woolen manufacturers about increased competition and dumping.

London U.P Britain

Urban Nevadas life expectancy favors urban residents

Carson City reports that Nevada’s 1937 death rate shows urban residents live nearly five years longer than rural inhabitants. Dr. John E. Worden state health officer releases the figure, highlighting urban longevity in the state.

Carson City Nev U.P Nevada John E. Worden

Dead Wells in Texas Prompt State Oil Probe

The Texas railroad commission opens an inquiry into dead wells unable to produce oil in allotted amounts. Chairman Lon A. Smith says preliminary findings show several thousand dead wells statewide and the commission aims to resolve the issue, amid past accusations that prorated oil was diverted from live wells.

Austin Railroad Commission Commission Lon A. Smith

Pioneer Oil Man H. V. Foster Dies in California

H V Foster president of Foster Petroleum and pioneer of Oklahoma oil history died in a Los Angeles hospital. He developed the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company and headed it until 1930 when it was sold to Doherty interests. He had lived in Beverly Hills six months.

Bartlesville Oklo H. V. Foster Foster Petroleum Company Southwest Los Angeles Foster Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company Doherty Beverly Hills Calif

Pipeline Divorcement Debate Set by Petroleum Association

Tulsa Oklahoma June 5 a special meeting of the Independent Petroleum Association of America will be held in Dallas on Tuesday to consider pipeline divorcement and the divorcement of marketing from the rest of the oil industry. Charles F Roeser of Fort Worth is president of the association.

Tulsa Okla Independent Petroleum Association of America Dallas Charles F. Roeser Fort Worth

Governors Invited to Oil Proration Hearing in Austin

Governors of Arizona Arkansas Kansas Louisiana New Mexico and Oklahoma invited to Texas state oil proration hearing in Austin June 12. Chairman Lon A. Smith of the railroad commission announced the session will set Texas allowables for a 60 day period based on testimony.

Austin Arizona Arkansas Kansas Louisiana New Mexico Oklahoma Texas Lon A. Smith The Railroad Commission Smith

Lightning Sets Oil Tank Ablaze in Margnolia Pipeline Site

A lightning strike hit a tank and pump station of the Magnolia Pipeline Company during a rainstorm in Corsicana causing a fire. Damage is unofficially estimated at 15000 dollars and the blaze was extinguished around 4 AM.

Corsicana Margnolia Pipeline Company

Whittlers Shine at Matchstick Pinhead Furniture

McDonald Taylor, world champion microscopic whittler, gains national fame after carving tiny chairs from match sticks and mounting them on pin heads. He copied a rival then surpassed him with a spooned plate set and a desert piece carved from colored celluloid. Taylor notes bowls of spoons are one fifth the size of a period in a newspaper and works on a chair with hair-like legs 26 times smaller than a pin head.

Des Moines U.P McDonald Taylor Whittler Taylor

Zoo Adds Hartebeests to St Louis Collection

ST. LOUIS AP The municipal zoo expands its antelope collection with two hartebeests from South Africa. They are among the wildest and swiftest antelopes and are kept penned most of the time due to their wild nature.

ST. Louis U.P South Africa United States

Grand Canyon of the Colorado River Lies in Arizona

The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River is entirely within the state of Arizona.

Grand Canyon Coloorado River State of Arizona

Cystex Kidney Health Claim Ad Sparks Cautionary Chat

An advertisement promotes Cystex as a quick remedy for nervousness swelling backache and kidney strain claiming scientific tests and doctor endorsements. It asserts all ingredients listed on package and offers a money back guarantee with a low 3c per dose price and a test period.

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