Market revival as tax news eases and war jitters tone gains
Stocks edged higher after tentative committee approval of a smaller tax rise and war frontier rumors. Commonwealth & Southern and American Car & Foundry preferred led advances, while Eastman Kodak and Westinghouse faced losses as Dow moved up slightly.
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New York
House
Ways and Means
Commonwealth & Southern Common
Socony-Vacuum
International Paper Preferred
Loft
Aviation Corporation
Commonwealth & Southern
Chrysler
General Motors
Kennecott
American
American Car & Foundry
Dow
International Business Machines
Astman Kodak
Westinghouse Bloct
Universal Pictures
International Harvester
Chicago Produce Market Report and Metals Bond Prices
Chicago market notes show poultry and dairy receipts with price movements including colored spring and Plymouth Rock varieties. butter and eggs prices listed by score and class. cheese varieties Twins Daisies Longhorns with quoted ranges. U S metals in New York report copper tin and zinc steady with spot and forward prices. bonds show government issue sales and price readings.
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Chicago
U.P
Plymouth Rock Springs
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Cox
U. S
New York
Fas
N. Y
East St. Louis
Wheat Market Rally Hits Hedging as Prices Stagnate
A wheat market rally faded as hedging and spreading sales rose, limiting gains from the day. Reports on German Russian relations and crop prospects tempered buying, with July and September futures trading around unchanged to higher levels while cash markets showed mixed bids across Chicago Kansas City Fort Worth.
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Chicago
Kansas City Cash Grain
Kansas City
Potatoes, Stocks and Cotton Mixed in U S Markets
U S Department of Agriculture reports June 19 updates on potato arrivals on track shipments and prices for California long whites and Oklahoma Triumphs. New York stocks show mixed leaders and irregular bonds while cotton opens higher with New Orleans buying. Average middling cotton in New Orleans reaches a new high for the season.
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Chicago
U. S
California
Southern
Oklahoma Bliss
Alabama Bliss
Idaho
Russell
Idaho Russel Burbanks U
Boston wool market reports limited activity in June
Inquiries were received on terri be wools with some sales. Staple combing length half blood territory wools sold at 1.000/1.03 on a secured basis. Combing three-eighths blood territory wools moved at 90-0-93 cents scoured. Occasional combing quarter blood at 84-87 cents scoured. Twelve month Texas wools at 1.05-1.10 scoured.
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Boston
U. S. Dept
Territory
Texas
Jingo the military dog earns government medal
Jingo a dog who served three years with the Japanese army received a government medal for distinguished liaison service at Nomonhan. The award highlights the animal’s role in military operations and readiness.
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Jingo
Nomonhan
Amarillo Wheat Markets Report in Quiet Trade
Amarillo markets show nominal bid at 78 cents with receipts of 35 cars wheat reported in rail and country markets. Local elevators note modest activity as buyers hold offers steady and traders await stronger demand signals.
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Amarillo
Cattle Market Movements Across Regions June Report
Livestock price reports from Kansas City Chicago Fort Worth Los Angeles and Oklahoma City show steady to higher hogs and calves while cattle and sheep vary by market. Top hogs about 10.25 dollars, yearlings around 11.25, cows weaker in some areas, lambs up to about 12 dollars in spots, with regional demand and weights driving changes.
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Kansas City
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Fort Worth
U. 8
D. A
Los Angeles
Federal State Market News Service
Oklahoma City Livestock
Oklahoma City
Rushing Work on East Coast Line Accelerated
The Plantation Pipe Line Company moves to finish a 1261 mile pipeline from Baton Rouge to Greensboro to supply seven southeastern states with refined products. The project aims to start pipe deliveries in July and complete by October pending Cole bill authorization.
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New York
U.P
Plantation Pipe Line Company
Baton Rouge
Greensboro
N. C
Meridian
Miss
Negro Hostess Soon for Camp Wolters Service Club
Camp Wolters officials announced a Negro hostess will be chosen to preside over the nearing completion service club for Negro trainees. A guest house with rooms for a dozen guests will be finished about July 1, making the club the recreational center for the Black trainee units.
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Camp Wolters
Ontario's 1939 Silver Production Totaled 629801 Ounces
The report states Ontario produced 629801 ounces of silver in 1939, detailing annual output by the province.
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Ontario
Cotton Alters Course To Rule Out Losses And Close Higher
New York June 19 futures erased early losses to close 13 to 17 points higher as demand from trade and mills boosted activity in the Worth Street market. Spot New Orleans closed steady with gains. low middling 12.67, middling 13.97, good middling 14.42. Port receipts 8,608. stocks 3,327,349. Exports to date 998,886 bales.
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New York
New Orleans
Worth Street
SON
Seers
Imaay
Siseee
Loopin Ee Saeus
Bey Eee
Teeee
Om Tewee
Cottonseed Oil and Feed Prices Steady in New Orleans and Fort Worth
Cottonseed oil ends the day firm with contracts for June 19 at 11.60 for bleachable yellow and 11.89 for July, several months quoted between 11.20 and 11.55. Fort Worth cottonseed feeds list prime loose hulls at 7.00 to 9.00 per ton and prime cracked meal and cake at 32.00 to 33.00 per ton with 43 percent protein.
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New Orleans
Fort Worth
U.P
Western Feeders Supply Company
Texas Mills
Firms Charged With Sheep Price Fixing
A federal grand jury in Chicago indicted 12 entities and individuals for conspiracy to fix sheep prices in the Chicago livestock market. Named defendants include American Meat Institute Armour & Co Swift & Co Wilson & Co plus executives and buyers from Armour Swift Wilson and related committees.
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Chicago
John P. Barnes
American Meat Institute
National Association of Meat Packers
Armour & Co
Swift & Co
Wilson & Co
Joint Marketing Improvement Committee
William F. Monia
Walter A. Metsch
John Holmes
Thomas FE. Wilson
Charles R. Hood
Aubrey Williams
Eastern Packers
Paul C. Smith
Weather and Crime Briefs from the Southwest Region Report
U S Weather Bureau records precipitation for the 24 hours ending 6 30 yesterday in the Southwest corn and wheat region A Bolton England man opened a suitcase found to hold 7200 coins valued at about 10 cents each and bought 720 dollars in National Savings Certificates
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Bolton
England
Barges May Take Gasoline To Ease Coast Shortage
Cincinnati dispatch reports a plan to move oil and gasoline by a fleet of tank barges from Louisiana to the upper Ohio River to relieve Atlantic coast shortages. River carriers would survey available floating equipment while yards build barges and towboats and pipelines or rail connections move product to markets.
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Cincinnati
Louisiana
Ohio River
Atlantic
Allegheny Mountains
Office of Production Management
Defense Emergency Council
Ohio
Mississippi Valleys
Capt
O'Slack Barrett
Mississippi River System Carriers’ Association
Texas
Baton Rouge
Mississippi and
Pittsburgh
Monongahela River
Allegheny
Wheeling
W. Va
Stubenville
Monongahela
West Virginia
Lancaster
William R. Gamble Rites Are Pending
Funeral arrangements for William R. Gamble 64 a Stratford rancher pioneer are pending after his death Wednesday in a local hospital. His body lies in state at Wilson Funeral Home Stratford. Surviving are his wife a daughter two sons and four sisters.
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William R. Gamble
Stratford
Wilson Funeral Home
$750 Duck Dinner For Memphis Home Gains Ducks
In Memphis Tennessee on June 19 the Mary Galloway home for aged women hosted a $750 duck dinner using 13 confiscated ducks. Two hunters were fined $57.46 per duck for illegal shooting. John E Perry, a U S Game Management Agent, delivered the birds to the home.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mary Galloway
U. S
John E. Perry
Another Broker To Pay Fraud Penalty
Federal jurors convict H Dulaney Mitchel of Oklahoma City on eight counts of mail fraud in selling New Mexico oil and gas leases. Tomorrow prosecutors will try seven Los Angeles men named John W Sam A Cecil A Rum ley Harlin Williams Henry and Grant on 34 mail fraud counts. Mitchell had previous Albuquerque conviction reversed on a technicality and was reindicted in March.
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Santa FE
N. M
H. Dulaney Mitchel
Oklahoma City
New Mexico
Los Angeles
John W
Sam A
Cecil A. Rumley
C. G. Harlin
C. ©. Willams
E. M. Henry
J. R. Grant
Mitchell
Albuquerque
Hale County Test Into Granite Well No. 1A Byrd
In Plainview Texas the Humble et al No 1A Byrd hole reached 6760 feet with final 15 feet in granite and drilling paused Tuesday afternoon. Halliburton Jeep testing Wednesday aims to gauge promising formations for possible production. If no pay zone is found the well will be plugged per Railroad Commission rules.
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Plainview
Humble Et al
Byrd
Petersburg
Halliburton
Jeep
Texas Railroad Commission
Filienburger
Akard L Hatcher Funeral Conducted
Final rites for Akard L. Hatcher conducted in the Boxwell Brothers chapel with Dr A D Foreman officiating. Interment in Llano Cemetery. Hatcher a Sedro Woolley Washington druggist died in a local hospital Tuesday night. Survivors include his wife daughter son brother and his parents.
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Akard L. Hatcher
Boxwell Brothers Funeral
A. D. Foreman
First Baptist Church
Llano
Hatcher
Mrs S L Hamilton Civil Funeral In Snyder
Funeral services for Mrs. S L Hamilton aged 89, an early Scurry County settler, were held in Snyder. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Ann Sturdivant, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and brothers Tate Baird of Cloudcroft NM and W F Baird of Canyon. Mr and Mrs W F Baird were at her beside at death. A niece and namesake resides at 1716 Jackson Street.
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Hamilton
Scurry County
Snyder
Ann Sturdivant
Tate Baird
Cloudcroft
N. M
W. F. Baird
Canyon
John McCarty
Jackson Street
Quicksilver Boom Reaches California Mines
Quicksilver production in California surges to meet demand for detonator caps used in shells and bombs as prices rise to new highs since industry began in 1849.
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San Francisco
California
OPM Grants Priority to 60 Freight Car Makers
The Office of Production Management issued blanket priority ratings to 60 manufacturers of railway, industrial and mine freight cars. Director Edward R. Stettinius Jr said the action aims to speed up production amid tightening supplies of freight cars, a step previously given mainly to aircraft and shipbuilders.
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Washington
W.P
Office of Production Management
OPM
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Young yodeler feted then halted with toy pistol
New York coverage notes Olivia Santoro a 12 year old boy yodeler in a cowboy outfit on his way to a radio program. A policeman stops him as he is mobbed by small boys. He now carries the mock gun in his guitar case to the studio.
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New York
Olivia Santoro
Small Poys
Amelo Amarillo Radio Schedule Highlights Friday June 20
Radio programs across KGNC 1440 KE and NBC networks list 6:00 AM to 10:30 PM Friday with morning farm news, breakfast clubs, soap operas, music, and news. Notable items include Governor W. Lee O Daniel program at 1:00 PM and The Lone Ranger and Wayne Rooney? style lineup through the evening with Wings of Destiny and the Three Suns Trio.
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Sky Pilot
Farm News
the Trading Post
Breakfast Club of the Air
NBC
Newa
Modern Melody Trio
Women In the News
Clark Dennis
James L. Gordon
Amarillo
Pepper Young
Lone Journey
David Harum
Sam
Aera
Betty Crocker
Kay Thompson
Okays
Grand Melodies
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W. Lee O'Daniel
Ma Perkins
Widder Brown
Portia Paces
Life
the Twig Is
Bent
Suns
Army Camp
L&c
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Texas Rangers
Howard and
Shelton
Uncle Walter
America
Waring
Sports Review
Byron Dunbar
Hel Saunders
Wpaa-Kgko New Studios, LLC
Abe Lyman
John Metcalf
MBS
Easy Acea
TSN
Our Gal
Edith Adama’ Puture
Helen Holden
Iday
Charlie
Ptvak Orchestra
Royal Hawaiians
el Paso Troubadours
Muse and Music
Willard
Dance Orchestra
Dixie
MB8
Raymond Gram
Dixie Revelera
Johnny Davis
Three Suns
Nbe
Ireene Wicker
Edwin C. Hill
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Cbs Organ Melodies
cbs-Dixile
Paul Douglas
Nbe-Red
Dancing Music Orchestra
Ebs-East
Cbbs-Weat the Lone Ranger
Mbs-East
Russell Bennett
Elmer Davis
Ben Bernie
Gabriel Heatter
Blue
Radio Playhouse
the People’s Playhouse
Abe
Red
Romance & Rhythm Orc
Hollywood
Gues
Raymond Gram Swing
Abe-Red
Abeue
Juan Arvizu
Cbs-East
Cbs-West
Fred Waring
Amos and Andy
C. Saerchinger
Nbc-Blue
Lanny Rosas
Vagabonds’' Trail Musicale
Orch
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