Stock Market Falls. Liquor Shares Rally Amid Whisky Reopen
New York June 21 The stock market eased after an attempted rise as liquor shares gained on approval of a temporary whisky reopening and steel demand. Dow Jones 60-stock average fell marginally to 455.6 with 668 of 941 issues down or steady, while Park & Tilford, DuPont, Westinghouse and Dow Chemical weighed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Woorne
Park & Tilford
DuPont
Westinghouse
Dow Chemical
Graham-Paige
Hupp Motor
Willys-Overland Eadh
Chrysler
General Mo's
Packard
Associated Press
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Paraount
International Telephone
Estinghouse
Illinois Central
State
Southern Pacific
Northern Pacific
Delaware & Hudson
Stock Market Quotations in The Spotlight
Sales closing price and net change of the 15 most active stocks today report Hupp Mot up 4, Graham Paige up 2%, Param Pict down 28%, Packard down 6 points as of New York trading.
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New York
Graham Paige
Packard
Markets at a Glance United Press Report
Stocks lower in quiet trading while bonds move irregularly lower. Curb markets show stocks irregularly lower with Chicago listings. Cotton futures rise up to 55 cents per bale. In Chicago grains, wheat futures drop as much as 1.14 dollars per bushel, oats and rye fall modestly, barley declines up to TMpercent per bushel.
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Schenley
National Distillers, Distillers Corp
American Distilling
Hiram Walker
National Biscuit
International Nickel
Consolidated Edison
International Petroleum
Brown-Borman Distillers
St. Regis Paper
Brewster Aero
Carrier Corp
Epublic Aviation
Chicago
United Press
Bond quotes for major US railroads and lines
New York bonds arch top Santa Fe four percents and Illinois Central bonds listed. Notes show Chicago Milwaukee St Paul 4 89s and Penn Railroad 4 48 82, Northern Pacific 6s 2047, St Louis 8 F 4s 78, Southern Pacific 4 49s 68 and other small issue prices.
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Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Enner & Beane
Ystdy
Smelt & Ref
Tel & Tel
Anaconda Oe
Armour & Co
Arch Top & Santa Fe Aviation Corp
Feces Baldwin Locom
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Borden Fieusas
Braniff O
Briges Mf O
Chrysler
Sinclair Oil Eee
Deere Curtis Wright
Lackawanna & Co
Douglas Aircraft
General Electric
General ‘Oods
General Motors
Greyhound Tee
National Can Treees
Yeipeneie Ee Ae
North Am Avia
Ohio Oil
Big Big Packard
Pan Am Airways
Paramount
J Cc Penney
Woolworth
Zenith Oe
NEW York Bonds
Arch Top & Santa Fe
Chi, Mil & St. Paul
Chi. & Northwestern
Illinois Central
Kan
Tex
Northern Pac
Penn Railroad
St. Louis
Southern Pacific
Wheat futures stumble as harvest hopes weigh on markets
Across Chicago Fort Worth and Kansas City, grain prices fell on June 21 as record wheat crops and strong yields for other grains pressured futures. Wheat eased to around 1 percent lower, with July near 1.56 to 1.41 dollars, oats down about 0.74 percent, rye off 1 to 2 percent, and barley down 0.5 to 1 percent amid bearish trade and quiet volume. Prices at Fort Worth showed No. 1 hard wheat around 1.58 to 1.62 dollars, with barley No. 2 at 1.25 to 1.27 and oats No. 2 red at 84 to 86 cents. Kansas City noted wheat mixed to modestly higher then lower, with No. 2 dark hard around 1.52 to 1.545 and July at 1.48 to 1.49. Oats No. 2 white quoted 85 to 87 cents.
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Chicago
Fort Worth
Kansas City
She Plants Carrots And Gets Rabbits
Mrs. M. B. Witt of 2201 Harrison Street battles a bold garden rabbit that raids her patch daily. The rabbit outmaneuvers dogs and even cats, prompting her husband to plan a .22 rifle chase. Meanwhile she jokes about rabbit stew as nasturtiums and lettuce fall prey. Forty-three North Carolina peaks top 6,000 feet, with 82 exceeding 5,000.
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M. B. Witt
Harrison Street
Victory
North Carolina
Choice Fed Steers Steady to Strong and Hog Tops at 13.75
Chicago market notes hogs 23 000 slow steady for good and choice 180 270 lb to 13.75 top with other weights firmer. Cattle 10 000 calves 800 steady to strong with top steers 17.60 and bulk 14.50 17.15 while sheep show scarce spring lambs and weak ewes amid varied bids. Kansas City reports hogs steady to slightly higher with 6 500 salable and cattle activity mixed. Fort Worth extends steady to soft tone across hogs and cattle with notable price ranges for fat calves and beef cows.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Fort Worth
No Extra Gas For Civilians As War Prolongs
The Petroleum Industry War Council says crude output growth in 1944 will not ease civilian gasoline or home heating fuel while the European war lasts. A key aim is tighter control of gasoline coupons to widen legitimate civilian use, with Elk Hills Naval Reserve urged to add about 50 000 barrels daily by year end.
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Washington
United States
Petroleum Industry War Council
PIWC
Petroleum Industry
National War Agency
Committee On Petroleum Economics
Robert EB. Wilson
Elk Hills Naval Reserve
California
William R. Boyd, Jr
Committee On Economics
Cotton futures rally on price control compromise in Senate
Traders pushed cotton futures higher after Senate House conferees backed a price control compromise to raise textile ceilings to parity with raw cotton. July to December contracts posted season highs with July at 21.64 in New York and gains of 45 to 55 cents per bale by late trading. Spot cotton in New Orleans finished 50 cents higher amid steady demand. Receipts totaled 6,178 bales.
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New York
Senate House
New Orleans
Canal Measure Approved After Ferguson Drops Fight
The Senate unanimously approved a $4,107,785,795 War Department appropriation, ending Ferguson of Michigan’s bid to remove funds for the United States financed Canal Oil Development in Canada. He pledged to seek full details on the project once government secrecy lifts and the House will review minor amendments.
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Washington
Senate
War Department
Ferguson
Michigan
Canada
House
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Truman
Oil Cars Derail and Burn Near Crockett Texas
A Missouri Pacific oil train derailed near Lovelady 13 miles south of Crockett, igniting at least ten tank cars and threatening the town’s business district. Fire crews from Crockett and Trinity rushed in as derricks from Palestine and Houston were en route. No injuries reported.
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Palestine
Missouri Pacific
Houston
Crockett
Trinity
Lovelady
Labor Called Rubber Industry Bottleneck
Kansas City reports Edward J. Thomas president of the Good year Company Akron Ohio says synthetic rubber is not the bottleneck labor is the major constraint in the rubber industry. He notes postwar cost reductions may raise crude rubber competition and peacetime tire production could reach about 35 million by late 1944.
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Kansas City
Edward J. Thomas
Goodyear Company
Akron
Ohio
Thomas
Tabby the Cat Rescued From Banana Car Mystery
A cat named Tabby, an assistant watchman at Ryan Fruit Co., wandered into a banana freight car and rode to Billings before a railroad worker contacted the Livingston Enterprise. The paper's appeal led to Tabby returning home with a motorist the next day, ending her AWOL from war work.
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Livingston, Mont
Tabby
Dog’s Life for Him Shaw Field Sergeant and His Dog
Cpl. John Lemmon’s dog followed him to work at Shaw Field and showed a dislike for Lemmon’s sergeant. The sergeant climbed a tree with the dog in pursuit, a humorous clash between man and beast during duties at the base.
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Shaw Field
8. C
John Lemmon
Lemmon
Radio Schedule Highlights A Day of KGNC and KFDA Programming
A detailed hourly rundown lists KGNC and KFDA radio content from early morning to midnight. Programs include Talk by Fred Arisman, Road of Life, The Guiding Lies, and various NBC CBS shows, with multiple music readouts and news bulletins across the schedule.
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Rise
KFDA
the Trading Post
Kfda Daily War Journal
Sammy Herman
Kfda Central Baptist Church
KGNC
Alr
Fred Arisman
NBC
Alice Cornell
Lora Lawton
Sweet River
Blue
Ted Steele
Hollywood Theater of
Sardi's
Judy and
Jane
Gil Martyn
David Harum
KFPDA
Altr
Ted Fio Rito
the Homesteaders
Texaco
CBS
Morton Downey
Ma Perkins
Hollywood Star
Booger Youns
Pamity
KPDA
Appointment With Life
Ethel and
Albert
Stella Dallas
Don Norman
Lorenzo Jones
Kono
Widder Brown
Sony Moe F Rons
Tl Marines
Gina
Tracy
Parmer Wiencos
Grinders
Terry and the Pirates
Blue Mbs
Superman
Hop Morrigan
Tales Music Orchestra
Tim Healy
Jack Armstrong
Jeri Sullavan
MBS News
Volney Hurd
Alvino Rey
Eli Thomas
CBS World News
MBS
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Johnson
Arthur Hale
Blue News
Ick Carter
Aldrich
CBS Bowes
Gabriel Heatter
Bob Burns
Dinah Shore
Alfred Antonini
Camel
Raymond Gram
CBS First Line
U. S. Navy
Henry Gladstone
Suhard Harkna
Henry J. Taylor
Glenn Gray
Ey Papen
Rane Gnc
Orchea
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DOW Jones
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Cities Service
el Bond
Humble Oil Seas
Lone Star Gas
Fort Worth Grain
Kansas City Grains
E Charlie
Dixie Dugan
Penn
Choice Fed
Kansas City Livestock
Fort Worth Livestock
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