Market Volume Drops to Lowest since June
Light but persistent selling pushed the market lower in New York on June 18 as volume fell below 1,000,000 shares for the first time since June 7. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks slipped to 71.2, with 1,047 issues on the tape showing 345 advances and 466 declines. Oil stocks outperformed, while United Air Lines and related air transport issues sank after the June 15 crash.
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New York
Associated Press
United Air Lines
United
American
Eastern
TWA
Douglas
Food Machinery Corp
Westvaco Chemical Corp
Caterpillar Tractor
United Aircraft
American Smelting
Allied Chemical
Pepsi-Cola
Southern Pacific
Standard Oil (Nj
Loew's
Westinghouse Electric
Jersey Central
Great Western
American Maracaibo
Antepec Oil
Claude Neon
Amer St&Tac
Kingston
Amer Maracab
la Land&Expl
Ark
Gasa
Lone Star Gas
Alias Plywood
Natl BellHess
Barry Biscuit
Ning Hud Pwr
Catalin Corp
Northrop Aire
Central &Sw
Pantepec Oj
Cities Service
Pioneer Gold
Cosden Petrol
Ryan Conseil
Solar Aircraft
Electric B&s
Sterling Inc
Humble Oil Superior T&d
Utal Idaho Sg
Kaiser Fraser
Wright Harer
Radio
Maracaibo
Pensi-Cola
Chi M St P&pac
Sinclair Oil
We Richfield Oil
Socony
St. L Can
Nash Kelvin
Plymouth Oil
Air Lines
RAM Ter
Chi M
St. Regis
Am Airlines
Wheat Prices Slip as Harvest Expands Southwest
Wheat futures eased after broad harvest progress in the Southwestern winter wheat area. Receipts at Southwest terminals stayed heavy, with hedging pressure and some profit-taking. Corn and oats briefly rose then pared gains as soybeans moved higher on July contracts.
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Chicago
Wool Tops Futures Steady Amid Trade Support
New York trading shows wool tops futures steady as buy support supports estimated 150000 pounds of sales. Nearby deliveries rise on dealer covering while distant positions ease on hedging. July to July futures varied with small gains and cert spot bids noted.
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New York
Sugar futures in New York rise on June 18 trading
Domestic No 5 sugar futures climbed 3 to 4 points with 210 contracts traded. July at 4.86, September 4.91, December 4.88, March 4.63. World No 4 futures fell 3 to 7 points with 109 contracts. July 3.97, September 3.93. Raw sugar spot at 535. The report notes a goatee tax rule in Massachusetts per The American.
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New York
Markets at a Glance New York June 18 Stocks and Commodities
Markets at a glance report mixed movement across sectors. Stocks were lower with oils resisting the trend while bonds showed a mixed tone as rails improved. In Chicago, wheat eased on hedging pressure, corn closed mixed after early strength, oats firm early but mostly lost gains, hogs ranged unevenly with 50 cent swings to a top of 27.75, and cattle were steady to weak with light steer trading missing.
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Fort Worth
U.P
USDA
US Department of Agriculture
Production and Marketing Administration
Texas
Galveston
New York
Chicago
Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Clovis
W. H. Mundy
Las Cruces
RH. Clifton
Melrose
J. B. Edwards
Arnold Attebury
Stock Market Quotations From Merrill Lynch Listing Dated Market
Stock quotations show numerous named companies including Allegheny, Amer Motors, General Electric, General Motors, United Aircraft, United Airlines, Coca-Cola, Boeing, Chesapeake Ohio, Penn Central, and Dow Jones components. The list includes percent changes and prices across diverse sectors from oil and steel to rail and consumer goods.
Fort Worth Produce Prices and Market Report
Wholesale dealers set egg and poultry prices for producers and truckers in Fort Worth. Eye market steady with Grade A whites large 45 cents, mixed 42, Grade B 38-40, Grade C 33-35. Current receipts mostly 11.10 per case. Live poultry steady with heavy hens 25-27, light 22-24, roosters 12-15, fryers 40-42 locally.
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Lambert Co
Juneau Siti Ae
Allegheny Crp
Libby McN&l
Pianae
Pte Aire
Allietores
Loews Inc
Allis Chalmers
Mack Trucks
Amer Airlines
Glenn Martin
Amer Cable&r
Miami Copper
Amer Car&Fdy
Amer Locomot
Amer
Armour & Co
Natl Dairy Pr
Assoc
Dept
Arch Top&sf
Natl Distillers
Veo Mfg
Republic Avia
Chgo Ri&pac
Carrie Steel
Rexarug
Reynolds Tobb
Cole Fuellron
Bichfield Oil
Columbia G&e
Reeis Papr
Columbia Carb
Safeway Sore
St. JosephLdt
Gaee Sole
Schenley Dist
Seegeet
Sears Roebuck
Comm & South
Consol Edison
Special Ab
Consol Vultee
Continent Oil
Sued Unionou
Crane Co
Sine Ae Crucible Steel
Soecny
Ramer Airlin
Eaton Mfg
Spg
Stewert Warn
Stone &Webs
Electric
Pw&l
Studebaker
Erie Railroad
Ss Oil
Farsworth Ty
Gupray
Guparaee
Gulf Oil
US Pipe&Fdry
Homestake
US Rubber
Hood-Hershey
US_ Steel
House
United Wallop
Howe Sound
Younesta S&t
Younesta
Zontte
Fort Worth
USDA
Ege
Grace
Potato Market Report Mixed Demand in Midwest and West
Chicago reports arrivals of 174 cars of potatoes with total US stock tightening and demand improving. Prices vary by variety and region with California Whites around 4.50 to 5.60, Bliss Triumphs at 4.25 to 4.60, Arizona Triumph around 5.35 to 5.75, Oklahoma around 4.00 to 4.65, and Arkansas and Louisiana listed in the 4.00 to 5.00 range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
California
Bliss Triumphs
Arizona
Triumphey
Oklahoma
Triumph
Arkansas
Louisiana
Cotton slides as traders await Washington policy shifts
Cotton futures drift lower in slow trading as markets await Washington developments. Favorable crop reports spurred scattered liquidation while activity focused on balancing July positions before first notice day. May consumption reported at 785,440 bales vs 807,135 a year ago. first 19 months almost 700,000 bales below year prior.
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New York
Washington
Bureaus of Census
Peace Office on Mediterranean Island Open
Count Folke Bernadotte arrived in Rhodes to begin setting up a basis for a permanent Palestine settlement. Arab and Jewish experts will assist as consultants, with Rhodes as a peace hub and no roundtable talks yet. Cease fire viewed cautiously, while Israel braces for possible extra events.
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Cairo
Folke Bernadotte
Rhodes
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Aegean
Israel
Amman
Trans- Jordan
Trans-Jordan
David Ben-Gurion
Haifa
Cattle and Hogs Mixed Across Markets in Midwest Reports
Oklahoma City and Fort Worth livestock markets report slow trade with cattle slow to steady and feeder shortages. Hogs show mainly steady to slightly higher tones in Chicago and Kansas City while sheep activity remains slow with spring lambs weaker.
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Fort Worth
USDA
Chicago Poultry Report Shows Mixed Prices and Steady Eggs
Chicago market figures list chickens and hens with steady eggs at 30,349 cases and mixed butter and root prices. The report notes brown and white eggs, various scores for meat and carrots, plus poultry extras and up poultry at nine.
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Chicago
Colored Springs
White Rock Springs
Plymouth Rock Springs
Amarillo Radio Programs Highlights and Schedule
A fragmented listing of Amarillo radio programs and time slots includes morning devotionals, farm topics, sunrise shows, music blocks, and variety segments. Named items mention Sunrise Serenade, News Exchange Radio Bible Study, Old Corral Breakfast, Music For You, Sunny Avenue, Teen Timers Club, Campus Capers, Parade imboo ree, and Western Hits with various hosts and features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radio Bible Study
Almanac
Waltz Times
Panhandle
Harry Wismer
Truman
Emil Cote
Mr. Mal
Judy Canova
L. Hampton
Kay Kyser
Chicago
Grand Ole Opry
Chicago Theater
Morton Downey
Les Browns Orch
Ambassador Hotel
Orchana
O'Henry
Texas Hotel
Orch
O’henry
Adrian Rollini
Philhor
Three Suns
Senate OKs 65 Million Loan for UN Headquarters
The Senate approved a sixty five million dollar non interest bearing loan to the United Nations to finance its permanent headquarters in midtown New York. The measure includes a 25 million dollar advance by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to speed construction and could be drawn without a new appropriation. The decision came by unanimous consent and may be completed before adjournment.
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Washington
Senate
House
United Nations
Midtown
New York
Congress
Irving M. Ives
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
Treason Trial Opens for Japanese Prison Camp Guard
The treason case against Tomoya Kawakita, known as Meatball, opens in Federal District Court in Los Angeles. U S Attorney James Carter will present testimony from American captives alleging atrocities at a Honshu POW camp. Kawakita, a Calexico native, returned to Japan in 1939 and reentered the United States in 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Tomoya
Kawakita
U. S
James Carter
Honshu
Calexico
Cal
Japan
University of Tokyo
United States
Carter
William L. Bruce
Oeyama
Bruce
FBI
R C Rodgers Taken by Death
Ranzill Corbin Rodgers aged 70 longtime Panhandle and New Mexico resident died at 9 o clock Friday morning in a Lubbock hospital after a short illness. Funeral services are set for 2 pm Saturday at Polk Street Methodist Chapel with Dr Neal Cannon officiating. Burial will follow in Claude Cemetery under N S Griggs Sons arrangement. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Rodgers came to Armstrong County in 1889 later ranching near Moriarty New Mexico for 19 years. Survivors include his wife two brothers Samuel D Rodgers Amarillo and Edd Rodgers Claude and a sister Mrs Coy Simpson Lawton Oklahoma.
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Ranzill Corbin Rodgers
Panhandle
New Mexico
Lubbock
Post
Rogers
Polk Street Methodist Chapel
Neal Cannon
Claude Cemetery
N. S. Griggs Sons
Rodgers
Armstrong County
Moriarty
Samuel D. Rodgers
Amarillo
Edd Rodgers
Claude
Coy Simpson
Lawton
Okla
Conkling
Charles Elzie Conkling
Bonham
F. R
H. I
Griggs Chapel
Weynand
Theresa Weynand
Ambarger
W. A
George J
Joe Friemel
Rodgers Ranzil Corbin
Samuel D
Polk Street Methodist Church
Tucumcari Project Budget Approved
Final 1948 Interior Department appropriation totals 407,836,774 with 1,293,000 allocated for Tucumcari reclamation projects. Conference committee clerks completed the compromise after a day of work finishing last night.
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Washington
Interior Department
Conference
Tucumcari
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Permanent Rank for Three of The 4 Star Generals Approved
The bill grants four star rank to Gen Omar N Bradley and Gen Carl Spaatz and four star admiral to Adm Raymond A Spruance. The Senate added Spruance to the House approved measure in a June session.
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Washington
Senate
House
Omar N. Bradley
Army
Carl Spaatz
Air Force
Adm
Raymond A. Spruance
Spruance
Telephone Poles Hum Draws Woodpeckers In London
The post office department explains poles hum and woodpeckers peck holes up to five inches deep in sound wood. Lead strips are being used to gag the poles and halt the hum to protect infrastructure.
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London
Post Office Department
Wheat Harvest Gains Momentum Across Panhandle and South Plains
A Texas Employment Commission note reports harvest momentum across the Panhandle and South Plains. Some fields are already ripening and being cut, equipment movement continues, and overall labor and machinery supply is adequate. Completion dates by county range from July 4 to July 15 with various percentages harvested.
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Panhandle
South Plains
Farm Labor Bulletin
Amarillo
Texas Employment Commission
Canadian River
North Panhandle
Caprock
Oklahoma Panhandle
Kansas
Collingsworth
Donley and Hall
Gray, Wheeler, Roberts and Hemphill
Hutchinson
Hansford
Ochiltree
Lipscomb
Sherman
Dallam
Moore
Hartley
Carson
Deaf Smith
Armstrong
Hale
Floyd
Briscoeee
Castro
Oklahoma
Woodward
Harper
S T Whitman Rites Sunday
Final rites for Sylvester Thomas Whitman a Happy stockman and farmer will be held at 4 pm Sunday at Happy Methodist Church. Rev J W Watson and Rev Clyde Smith will officiate with burial in Dreamland Cemetery Canyon. Whitman 76 died Friday in Nebblett Hospital Canyon survived by two sons Otis and Lloyd, a brother Seth Whitman and a sister Mrs J A Edwards.
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Sylvester Thomas Whitman
Happy Stockman
Happy Methodist Church
J. W. Watson
Clyde Smith
Dreamland Cemetery
Canyon
Blackburn-Shaw
Happy
Edgar Patching
Charlie Poff
George Edmonds
John Islbeck
Mon Littlefield
George Yielding
Whitman
Nebblett Hospital
Happy Community
Otis
Lloyd Whitman
Seth Whitman
J. A. Edwards
Field Trip To Museum By Junior Sports Club
Members of the Junior Sports men’s Club sponsored by Pan handle Outdoor Sportsmen’s Club plan a field trip to the Pan handle Plains Historical Society Museum in Canyon Saturday afternoon. The senior club provides transport, leaving the high school at 2 p.m. Floyd Studer will lead the tour and present fossil remains tied to his illustrated lecture. Senior members with cars should notify Charlie Greef at 4222.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club
Panhandle Plains Historical Society
Canyon
Floyd Studer
Plains
Studer
Charlie Greef
Rites for Belt Infant Held Friday af Borger
Morris Dale Beltz one day old son of Mr and Mrs Robert L Beltz of Borger died Thursday morning in North Plains Hospital here Graveside services were held at 10 oclock Friday morning in Highland Park Cemetery with Rev Paul Cullen officiating Burial was under the direction of Poston Simpson Funeral Home Survivors include the parents a sister Carolyn Kay Beltz paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs D C Beltz of Borger and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Oral Morris of Jal NM
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Borger
Morris Dale Beltz
Robert L. Beltz
North Plains Hospital
Highland Park Cemetery
Paul Cullen
First Baptist Church
Poston-Simpson Funeral Home
Carolyn Kay Beltz
D. C. Beltz
Oral Morris
Jal
Infant Death Toll Rises in San Antonio Weekly Totals
City health department reports two infant diarrhea deaths today, lifting the weekly total to six and the yearly total to 107. The figures reflect ongoing public health concerns in San Antonio.
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San Antonio
City Health Department
Worst Seat in the House at the National Convention
Henry McLemore recalls attending the national Republican convention in Philadelphia from a distant seat high in Convention Hall. He mocks keynote speakers and women delegates, laments hearing loss, and jokes about political theatrics while predicting he may skip the event due to age and the expected ordeal.
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Henry McLemore
Philadelphia
Tyler
Purgatory
Earth
Dewey
Stassen
Vandenberg
Warren
da Vinci
Taft
Caesar
Fred Allen
Lincoln
Jeanne d’Arc
Hitler
Sherman Hotel
Dist
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Mexican Boy Slaying in US Sparks Protests at Consulate
Hundreds protest the fatal shooting of 9 year old Jose Inez Estrada in Calexico near the border. Demonstrations remain quiet as Mexicali and Mexico City officials pledge a thorough inquiry with the Los Angeles consulate and US authorities.
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Mexicali
Mex
United States
Jose Inez Estrada
Calexico
Cal
Mexico City
Foreign Ministry
Los Angeles
Earl Warren
California
Carl W. Strom
NAM Official Arrives To Visit This Area
Edmund Haskins assistant regional manager of the National Association of Manufacturers arrived here Thursday to visit manufacturers of this area. He was transferred to the Texas Oklahoma Louisiana region from the New York office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Haskins
National Association of Manufacturers
Haskins
New York
Association
Death notices for Russell Webster and Whitman family
Robert E. Russell World War II casualty husband of Zelda father of Robert E Jr Johnny Ray Thomas E Lenna Darlene son of Mrs S M Russell brother of David and Don services 2 PM Tuesday Blackburn Shaw Chapel Minnie B Webster 75 mother of Robert Scott and Mrs Beulah Pharris services 4 PM Saturday Blackburn Shaw Chapel interment Lane S T Whitman 76 of Happy father of Ochis Lloyd brother of S C and Mrs J A Edwards services 4 PM Sunday Methodist Church in Happy interment Dreamland Cemetery Canyon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Robert E. Russell
Zelda
Robert E. Jr
Johnny Ray
Thomas E
Lenna
Darlene
S. M. Russell
David
Don
Blackburn- Shaw Chapel
Webster Minnie B. Webster
Robert
Scott
Beulah Pharris
Blackburn-Shaw Chapel
Llane
Whitman S. T. Whitman
Happy
Ochis
Lloyd
S.C
J. A. Edwards
Methodist Church
Dreamland Cemetery Canyon
Paramount Best Years of Our Lives Show Times
Local listings show Best Years of Our Lives at Paramount with Fredric March Myrna Loy Hoagy Carmichael and Dana Andrews plus Paramount News. Screenings at 1 09 1 00 4 00 and 7 00 with additional news and features.
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Paramount
Fredric March
Myrna Loy
Hoagy Carmichel
Dana Andrews
Paramount News
Pury
Furnace Creek
Victor Mature
Colleen Gray
Puppecon
Esquire
Robert Young
Maureen O'Hara
Clifton Webb
Capitol
Sonora
Charles Starrett
Smiley Burnette
Rialto
Leon
Prairie Express
Johnny Mack Brown
Leon Errol
Jack Armstrong
Peggy Ann Garner
Lon McCallister
Jack Leonard
Mary Dugan
Liberty
Roy Rogers
Bela Lugosi
Alan Curtis
Ann Savage
Michael Duane
Gloria Henry
The
Robert Lowery
Palo Duro
Annie Oakley
Barbara Stanwyck
Preston Foster
Errol
Brenda Marshall
Claude Ns
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Amarillo Cash Grain
Amarillo Grain Exchange
Texas Common
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Deliyeo
Wool Market
Massachusetts
Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fenner & Beane
NEW York Bonds
Arch Top & Santa Fe
Illinois Cent
Betterereens
Penn RR
St. L
Fenner & Beane
Merrill Lynch
Pierce
Saear
Nes-Globe
New Orleans
Cotton & Bale
Teeters
Mediterranean Island
Oklahoma City Livestock
Clovis Livestock
Chicago Livestock
KAMQ
Farm Journal
Sunky
Joe Barnes
Martin Agronsky
New ‘Gospel Pals News
Lomax
Alan
Benny Benny Bangs
Sandy Sandy
Onas Liocum
Voice of Army
Nora Morales
Lenny Herman
Sone Styles
Vincent Lopez
Crosby
Rusth
Manhat
Twilight
Kgnc FM
Texas Wonder
ISW
Tex
Trading Post
Melody
Archie Andrews
Dinning Sisters
the Meeks
Smilin
Ed M
L. Murray
NBC
Louise Massey
Winstop Duzzitt
Jimmie Dorsey
Natl Farm
Fasco
Rhythms
Ted Gouldy
US Navy Band
Western Theater
Texas Wanderers
Doctors Today
NBC Sports Spotlight
ABC Symphony
Treasury Bands
Lassie
Treasury
US Marine Band
Ernie Felice
NBS
Jimameche
R. C. Rodgers
S. T. Whitman
Java
Blackburn
Shaw Funeral
Grayson Ode Grayson
Dumas
Friemel
Mary Friemel
Memorial Park Cemetery
Lland Cemetery & Mausoleum
Buthker
Taylor
Aviatrix
Carlton Scales
Frances Irvin
Robbie Stevenson
Dick Morton
Avalon
Billy Briggs
XIT Boys
Sunde
Rainbow Gardens
Rip Ramsey
Texas Wanderers Club
Victoria
Danny Shay
Paula Lombardo
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