Stock Market Holds Narrow Range Amid War Parley Talks
New York June 21 The stock market moved in a narrow range as traders waited for more details on German French armistice proposals. Negotiations at Compiègne kept activity low and political uncertainties restrained buying. Trading totaled 333 320 shares, with 587 issues: 197 up 181 down 159 unchanged. The Associated Press average rose 0.1 point to 41.1.
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New York
Wall Street
Compeigne
Associated Press
Douglas Aircraft
United Aircraft
Allied Chemical
Dunhill International
Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit
U. S. Steel
Youngstown
Krysler
Woolworth
DuPont
Eastaman Kodak
Johns-Manville
Consolidated Edison
Kennecott
N. Y. Central
Great Northern
J. C. Penney
American Telephone
Bethlehem Steel
Anaconda
Sperry
General Electric
Silence of the Tomb Falls on Wheat Pit Prices Close Steady
Wheat market in Chicago quiet as dealers curb activity awaiting European developments. Prices fluctuated with small gains and closes near unchanged. July around 71 4 to 78 14 cents, Sept about 78 3/4. Cash grain also listed for Chicago Fort Worth and Kansas City with assorted clines and bids.
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Chicago
Tony
Kansas City
Texas
Tim HU
Credit Capital Boost Okayed
The Senate passed today and sent to the House a bill authorizing an increase in the capital of the Commodity Credit Corporation from 900 million to 1.4 billion dollars. Senator Byrnes said the rise was necessary since the corporation had only about 20 million available for cotton, wheat and corn loans that might be needed due to curtailed agricultural exports.
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Washington
Senate
House
Commodity Credit Corporation
Byrnes
South Carolina
Closing New York Stocks Mixed As Rails Rise
New York stocks drift with leaders narrow gains while bonds firm and rails rise in slow trade. Foreign exchange steady as sterling improves. Cotton steady amid short covering and buying. Sugar firm with trade and speculative buying. Metals steady. Pittsburgh steel scrap price up. Wool tops lower on local selling. Chicago: wheat firm, corn firm, cattle strong. Hogs up 5 to 15 cents, top 85.25.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Cattle Market Steady Across Regions With Mixed Livestock
Kansas City trade shows cattle and hogs largely steady with selective gains. Chicago and Fort Worth report active hog and lamb movements, with top hog prices near 5.25 and spring lambs around 9.75 to 10.00. Oklahoma City notes strong vealers and feeder lambs, while cattle and calves vary by class and weight.
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Kansas City
Westock
Texas
Chicago
Idaho
Texas Wethern
Fort Worth
Denver
Wellers
Oklahoma City
U.1
D. A
Cotton Market Closes Higher to Lower as Demand Dwindles
New York reports demand dwindling as cotton futures show volatility with prices mixed across contracts. July delivery steadies with shorts covering. Port receipts show 6,570 bales and stocks reach 2,512,612 while exports total 6,011 bales on Thursday. Spot markets in New Orleans and Galveston close dull to steady with varying middling levels and a reported average southern middling at 10.67 cents. Cottonseed feeds in Fort Worth list prime hulls at 11.00–12.00 per ton and other products priced up to 33.00 per ton.
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al Chem & Dye Allis
M&fdy
T&r
At&t
Zinc L&s
Atch_ T&SF
Aviation Corp
Sim Bendix Aviat
Eth Steel Wee
Orden Co Teenee
Onae
t—Callahan
Calumet & HC
New York
Chrysler Corp
Col & South
Np Colum G&el
Sons
Bklyn Man T
Comwith & Son
Ita
U. 5. Steel
Consol Oil
Pap & P
Alaska
Beth Steel
Woolworth
Republic Steel
East Air Lines
Douglas Aircraft
Shattuck, F. G
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Curtiss-Wright
Nor Am Ayiat
Freeport Sylph
Bellanca Aire
Gen Foods
Gen Motors
Crocker Whelm
Sta Goodrich
Eagle Pitch
Goodyear
el Bond
Gt Nor Ry Pf
Gulf Oj
Lone Star Gas
Houd-Hershey
Houston Oil
Okla Nat Gas
Howe Sound
Todd
Hudson_ Motor
Hupp
Lt&Pow
Associated Press
Johns Manville
Alriday
Kennecott Oe
Lockheed Airc
Loew's Inc An
Lorillard P
Marshall Field
Montgom Ward
Ash Kely
Nat P& L O
North Amer Co
North Pacific
Anc
Ohio
Pac Gas & Elec
Packard
Penne
Pan Am Airways
Dodge
Phillips Perth
Plymon
Pullman
Radio Corp Am
Treasury
Repub Sil
Southern
Fenner & Beane
Brantear
Cal Ace
Ind
Stewart Warn
Stone & Webster
Bu Studebaker Corp
NEW York Metals Ta
Texas Co
Tex Gulf
Tex Pac
East Trans & West Air
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Union Carbide A
Union Oil Car Pews
Chicago
United Corp Bees
United Dru
United Gas
Plymouth Rock Springs
Orn
Warner Brosse
Utter
Market West Tee
West el & Mfg
Footworth
Ark Nat Gas A
Belges
Shorts
Worth Street
New Orleans
Fort Worth
Western Feeders Supply Company
Texas Mills
WISC Radio Students To Appear on KGNC
West Texas State College summer radio class presents the melodrama Curse You Jack Dalton from KGNC Amarillo Monday night at 5 30 o clock in the first broadcast of the semester. Director Frederick Schmutz guides student producer Leota Lightfoot and assistant Mildred Merchant with cast members Lynette Cain Canyon L W Davidson Kelton Wendell Cain Canyon Doris Kirksey Canyon Marguerite Cleghorn Amarillo and Fred Beeman Amarillo.
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Canyon
West Texas State College
Jack Dalton
KGNC
Amarillo
Frederick Schmutz
Hollywood
Leota Lightfoot
Kirkland
Mildred Merchant
Lynette Cain
L. W. Davidson
Kelton
Wendell Cain
Doris Kirksey
Marguerite Cleghorn
Fred Beeman
Pioneer of Hale County Buried
James W. Anderson 82, longtime Hale County resident, died Thursday after a two day illness from pneumonia. Funeral held Friday at First Baptist Church, Plainview. burial in Plainview Cemetery. Survived by widow Ella. sons Iver of California and Lester of Plainview. daughter Mrs. C. S. Silcott of Olton. stepsons Roy O Mallor of San Antonio and Mrs. J. S. Hord of Alpine.
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Plainview
James W. Anderson
Hale
First Baptist Church
Plainview Cemetery
Roy G. Wood
Ella Anderson
Iver Anderson
California
Lester Anderson
C. S. Silcott
Olton
Roy O'Mallor
San Antonio
J. 8, Hord
Alpine
Stratford SCS Office Closes for Transfers and Reorganization
Stratford Soil Conservation Service project office will close June 30. Alex Wertheim will transfer to Perryton and T. W. Weaver to Dalhart. Project operations will be overseen by Claude Lovett of the Moore County wind erosion district.
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Stratford
Stratford Soil Conservation Service Project
Alex Wertheim
Perryton
T. W. Weaver
Dalhart
Claude Lovett
Moore County
Mexico Runs $10,000 Ad Fund to Boost Tourism
Mexico City reports the government has appropriated ten thousand dollars for an advertising fund to promote tourism. The Mexican Tourist Association says travel in the country is safe and expects the largest tourist turnout in years.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Mexican Tourist Association
Carol Creates One Party State in Romania Decree
In Bucharest on June 21 King Carol merged all Romanian factions into a single totalitarian Party of the Nation. He dissolved the National Renaissance Front, establishing a royal decree that the new party would be the only legal group under his supreme direction. The move signals a one party state with the king as dictator.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Wwr
Carol
National Renaissance Front
Romania
Caraw
Iron Guard
White Deer Reports First Wheat Harvest
White Deer June 21 Special The first load of 1940 wheat was delivered to the Farmers Elevator by M C Dess seven miles southeast of town. Dess estimates average about 15 bushels per acre with community averages between 15 and 20 bushels. Wheat is ripening rapidly and harvest is expected to begin in fall, sway next week.
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White Deer
M. C. Dess
Ben Golding In Fort Worth Hospital Report
Amarillo theater man and farm owner Ben Golding remains in the same condition after being brought back to Fort Worth hospital. His son Jim Golding says physicians plan an operation today or tomorrow. He had just returned home from Fort Worth when his condition worsened.
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Amarillo
Fort Worth
Jim Golding
Fort ‘Worth
Golding
Washington Reaches Home With 1787 Refugees Aboard
NEw YORK June 11 U P The Washington returned to American shores with 1787 passengers including 259 children after a near torpedo attack off the Portuguese coast. Captain Harry Manning commended his crew and described the brief dawn crisis as pitiful, while Berlin later labeled the submarine action a case of mistaken identity. The ship then proceeded to Galway.
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U.P
Ireland
United States
Washington
Europe
Portugal
Harry Manning
Nwanentnen Wennennane Annes
Draper
Lisbon
Galway
Manning
Berlin
Roosevelt Outlines Pan American Economic Plan
President Roosevelt presented a Pan American economic cooperation program noted as economic defense to support the hemispheric peace and protect economies from global instability. He discussed potential inter American corporations, pooled staple crops, and joint marketing with emphasis on broad participation and quick action through existing agencies.
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N. Y
Roosevelt
Washington
Canada
Alf M. Landon
Landon
Pines
United States
Argentina
Uruguay
Brazil
James Forrestal
Forrestal
Dillon, Read and Company
New York
White House
The
Windsor Duchess Plan Madrid Visit Amid Spain Trip
The Duke of Windsor said plans for the future were unsettled and he and Wallis Simpson were not yet considering a trip to the United States. They travel to Madrid after Barcelona last night and will remain there briefly before contacting their government. A web of notable travelers and officials was in Spain, including Baron Eugene de Rothschild and Edouard Daladier, with various others reported en route or already there. In separate news, a Paducah man admitted to a double slaying in Angelina County to obtain a car, after being named in an armed robbery warrant. The suspect, 36, also wounded a taxi driver in Paducah during a prior holdup.
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Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield Simpson
United States
Madrid
Junquera
Port Boy
Baron Eugene de Rothschild
Katherine Wolf
Philadelphia
San Sebastian
Lisbon
Portugal
Edouard Daladier
Hubert Pierrot
Belgium
Georges Bonnet
Spain
David Well
California
Empresas Zita
Austria
Archduke Otto
Grand Duchess
Luxembourg
Leopold
Stanislaw Neilieski
Argentina
Jean Tyzipier
England
Add
Paducah
Kelly Franklin
Angelina County
Tex
Franklin
W. Alexander
Earl Burnois
Soviet Bushes Consolidation Reported in Baltic and Europe
Soviet dispatches say Lithuania rounded up reactionary spies and wardens while showing sympathy for the Soviet cause. A 15,000 strong Kaunas meeting celebrated political prisoners and Stalin. Finland’s Society for Peace with the USSR held its first meeting in Helsinki with thousands approving friendship. A Soviet Bulgarian society formed near Sofia.
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U.P
Tass
Lithuania
Baltic States
Kaunas
Soviet Union
Josef Stalin
Finland
Society For Peace
Helsinki
Vratisa
Bulgaria
Sofia
Tucumcari Church To Be Dedicated
Special services Sunday will dedicate the completed Trinity Baptist Church in Tucumcari. Rev. O L Dennis pastors the church, with an all day consecration program woven through usual services. The white jadobe building houses the sanctuary upstairs and basement rooms. A mural decorates the baptismal font wall painted by Mrs Nora Wood.
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Tucumcari
Trinity Baptist Church
O. L. Dennis
Nora Woodall
Roosevelt outlines economic program amid shifting trade ties
In a statement on the economic program he said it is not designed to replace reciprocal trade agreements. He noted the program is being undertaken by the American republics and possibly others in response to new but temporary developments in international relations. He expressed hope to stay through Sunday by the Hudson River.
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Hudson River
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Creates Special Bureau of Ships in Navy
President Roosevelt signed a reorganization bill forming a special Bureau of Ships in the Navy Department and creating the post of undersecretary. Admiral Samuel L. Robinson was named for chief of the new bureau, with Norfolk Navy Yard to build a 26,000 ton aircraft carrier costing about $60 million carrying some 100 planes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Navy Department
Navy
Samuel L. Robinson
Senate
Lewis Compton
Norfolk, Va. Navy Yard
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Bureau of Engineering
Bureau of Ships
David Walsh
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Frank Knox
Charles Edison
Girl Scout Office Offers Camp Details and Registration Help
The Girl Scout office will open from 1 to 5 PM to handle last minute registration problems and provide information on Camp Kiwanis. Miss Td McClure, local camp director, announced changes with tomorrow being Change Day at Camp Kiwanis as a new NOW group of girls begins the second term.
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Kiwanis
Td McClure
Migs McChire
Radio Station KGNC Saturday Schedule Picked NBC Programs
The KGNC schedule lists daytime and NBC programs from 6:00 AM to 1:00 AM, including The Airy Pilot Homes on the Land Breakfast Club of the Air Morning Melodies Lincoln Highway News and more. The long line of offerings features orchestras, talk shows, farm extensions, and traffic and news updates across a full day’s broadcasts.
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KGNC
Kce
Rise
Marketa
Lew White
Redding
Newa
NBC
McNeill Beacon
Stata Pan Farm
Hare
H. V. Kaltenborn
TSN
Sandy Hallingsworth
TBN
Monitor News
Morning Melodies
First Offenders
MBS
Sam's Club of the Air
h—Newn
Claen Will Tell
Krugar
Orch
MBBA
Don Arrea
Mab
Chermogy
Hollywood
Danen
Leighton Noble
Manhatter
Hbob
Sylvester
Newcastle
Popular Music
Hugo Monace
Novelty Group
Newn
Shngmaster
Children
Gee
W. Keeling
Dude Vance
Wythe Williams
Red Croan Appeal Fund
TSM
Hollywood Reporter
Sky
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Wings In the Wind
Nat
del Courtney
Everett Hosgland
Blue Barron
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