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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1933
Page
11
Chicago markets report feverish buying drives wheat up to peak gains of 7 to 8 cents, barley leading with an 8 cent rise. Prices hit highs unseen since 1980 amid heavy profit taking and anticipated showers, with corn and oats also advancing and provisions rising.
Grain receipts show Wheat 65 cars with No 1 hard pricing around 0.82 to 0.86 per bushel. Barley priced at 0.82, poultry items listed by Swift & Co include colored hens at 0.08 to 0.06 per pound and capons, ducks, geese, and leghorn broilers with varied per pound rates. Eggs noted at 0.40 per dozen.
Readable parts show an epee reference with potential counts or scores. The fragment mentions an Asian participant and a numeric value around 148 and 116, but details are unclear. No full names, places, or dates can be confirmed from the text.
New York June 27 bar silver futures show a 4 per cent premium with a 36 percent level cited. Trading notes indicate a 144 point rise for the day, reflecting renewed demand and market optimism amid fluctuating supply conditions.
Midwest livestock review notes steady to 15 higher prices for fed steers and yearlings across major midwestern markets with some sales up 25. A Kansas City report shows limited stocker demand and a broad spread, while totals across 11 markets reach 87,300 receipts versus last week and last year. Hog prices steady to 10c higher with top around 4.35. lambs weaker. Chicago and Fort Worth listings reflect mixed gains and losses across hogs cattle and sheep.
Cattle ranges in Wichita with 800 head and calves steady to higher. hogs up to 4.30 in Wichita. Oklahoma City reports 1,100 cattle and 2,400 hogs with modest gains. Omaha shows steady cattle at 5.00 to 6.00, hogs 4.25 top. Denver receipts 3,200 sheep lower, fat lambs 6.00 to 6.90. Amarillo note on butcher hogs top 3.80.
Chicago market notes firm prices for eggs butter and poultry with varied receipts. Eggs up 45 cents with 12 761 cases received and current receipts 1244c dirties 1044. Butter firm with multiple price lines and large tub receipts. Poultry steady with current arrivals including broilers leghorns ducks and turkeys. Potatoes on track with 238 cars. shipments 597. market dull to steady with regional price ranges listed for several varieties.
Stock market moves contrasted with grains as wheat and corn surged on strong demand while shares paused. National Distillers rose notably, rails and motors held, and total volume reached 5,667,225 shares amid mixed gains and profit-taking. Curb traders lifted many industrials and oils with gains, while copper and tin held firm and coffee futures posted modest advances.
New York and New Orleans cotton markets moved with mixed gains and losses as futures fluctuated. July and December futures rose then cooled. cash activity showed outside buying while China buying plans and acreage reduction contracts drew attention amid variable spot prices across New Orleans and Galveston markets.
Markets firm across sectors with grains leading gains and bonds and rails showing strength. Commodities mixed with cotton fragile, sugar steady, coffee rising on speculative demand. Chicago wheat up on persistent buying, corn bid up amid concerns over crops. Cattle and hogs rose with tight supplies and higher quotes, hogs topping 4.55.
New York June 27 raw sugar rose with prices advancing 10 points to 3.60 for spots. Refined prices held at 4.60 for fine granulated, while market activity remained notably brisk.
Boston wool market report notes strong quotations for Eastern grown fleece wools. Fine Ohio Delaine remains slow yet firm at 20 to 80 in grease. Combing grades like S68 with blood Ohio fleece fetch 4 in grease. some sales at this price, while several houses report limited supply, not more than 33.
Foreign exchange firm reports New York rates on June 27 with gains in several currencies. England at 4.2414, Canada 0.90, France 0.0496, Belgium 0.1750, Germany 0.2965, Switzerland 0.2402, Holland 4.975, Sweden 0.2185, Norway 2.135, Japan 0.2669, Mexico 0.2788 with mixed small changes across currencies.
A report notes that over 9,400 insured persons are employed in Great Britain highlighting employment levels and labor statistics within the country.
June 27 New Orleans report shows firmer cotton seed oil futures with prime summer yellow oil at 5.46 6.55 and prime crude at 4.60 4.62 4c. July 8.52 August 5.55 September 6.66 October 6.70 November 5.75 December 6.82. Futures closed very steady among modest gains.
Spot business limited with prices up 27 points. Quotations show American strict good middling 7.34 and other grades from good ordinary 5.74 to strict good middling 7.04. Futures closed steady with July 6.44 and other months listed around 6.3 to 6.84.
Nicholas Roosevelt former minister to Hungary will discuss Eastern Europe on a special WJZ NBC program at 4 o clock tomorrow afternoon. The Guggenheim award presentation to Juan de la Cierva inventor of the Autogyro will be broadcast by WJZ NBC at 9 30 A M.
Crude petroleum in the United States stayed steady last week with a daily average of 2,738,020 barrels. Oklahoma rose to 556,265 barrels daily while Texas fell to 1,310,040. Midcontinent markets remained steady and wholesale gasoline quotas held at four to five cents per gallon for high octane.
Borger June 27 Special to The News Members of the Men's Bible Class of the Baptist Church led by Rev A F Johnston plan a large fish fry Friday at the 6666 ranch south of Borger. Ball games and other events precede an 8 o'clock dinner with each member invited to bring two guests. Rev Johnson teaches the class and Roy Moreland serves as president. A 20 minute program of talks will follow the meal.
In Fort Worth on June 27 an eight pound infant named Emmett Edward Lewis was born in an automobile, startling a nearby man who fled in fright and prompting a newsboy to seek help. Maurice Jordan, 16, ran for aid as the birth occurred, returning to find the dramatic scene.
Weaf NBC and CBS stations feature Mischa Levitzki at 8 30 p m with Moonlight Sonata on WEAF NBC. Saint-Saëns works performed by Barlow Symphony at 8 45 p m with Lucien Kirsch cello. Millikan and Compton discuss Piccard flight on WJZ NBC at 8 30 p m. Bob Taplinger hosts Meet the Artist at 4 p m with Gertrude Niesen on WABC CBS. Hartford concert at 4 45 with John Pierce tenor at 6 30 Donald Nevis final program at 7 15 Wm Hard from London at 10 05 Ben Bernie orchestra on WABC CBS 3 and Fred Berrens orchestra. Mildred Bailey at 6 00, Curtain Calls at 6 15, Burns and Allen at 7 30, Waring’s Pennsylvanians at 8, Happy Days in Dixie at 1 30, Three X Sisters at 4 30, Black’s String Symphony at 5 30, Goldman Band Concert at 7 30, Phantom Gypsy violin at 9 30. Morton Downey to sing from London on WABC CBS at 5 p m. Judge Eugene O Sykes to be interviewed on WABC CBS at 9 15 p m. Frank Westphal’s orchestra with ten man chorus to begin biweekly Chicago series on WABC CBS Thursday and Tuesday nights.
A special committee of the Texas Independent Refiners Association met in Dallas on June 27 to draft a code of ethics. The plan combines portions of the Chicago adopted code under the American Petroleum Association with provisions tailored to Texas refiners.
Allen S. Johnson of Amarillo once Potter County constable pleaded not guilty in U S district court to a federal charge under the National Prohibition Act alleging sale and possession of whisky. The 1932 case, filed August 22 by W E F Wood of Dallas, claims the offense occurred August 14. Johnson posted a 400 bond, surrendered to Deputy J D Gamble, and awaits a September term hearing.
Austin June 27 The Sun and Yount Lee pipe line companies reduced their carrying rates by 25 percent aligning with earlier cuts by Sinclair and Shell. The Sun rate from Grissom to Bun station dropped from 20 cents to 15 cents. Yount Lee cuts matched for all Grissom to Spindle Top. Supplemental tariff filed with the State Railroad Commission lists the new figures.
Producers, retailers and milk suppliers in the Amarillo territory met in the courthouse on Tuesday afternoon with feed men and were told that futures costs on feed have risen 50 to 75 percent. County Commissioner Joe Gray noted the report suggests prices must rise or dairymen may quit business, though no action was taken.
Doug Fairbanks Jr spent a comfortable night and seemed somewhat improved this morning, at his mother’s home. He is ill with lobar pneumonia at Doctors Hospital. Miss Olive Dixon, a graduate nurse, returned home to 1616 Jackson Street from Clayton New Mexico where she had been since the year’s start.
Mr and Mrs Dallas George and Mrs D I Barnett visited Amarillo on Tuesday with their daughter Velva Barnett, sharing a brief travel stop and social greeting in the city.
Miss Freda D Coffee daughter of Mr and Mrs D M Coffee of 1612 Jackson Street is in Canyon this week visiting relatives and calling on friends.
New York report indicates price hikes across regions. Standard Oil New York raised gasoline 1 2 cents per gallon in New York and New England. California unit boosted crude prices 2 to 15 cents per barrel with gasoline up 1 cent. South Penn Oil raised Penn grade crude by 10 cents per barrel. Tide Water Pipe Line and Stoll Oil Refining lifted prices in specific fields and Kentucky crude respectively.
On June 27 the Daracuzett school board accepted the resignation of Fred Mullings who has coached and taught history for two years and had signed a contract to teach again. He plans to finish his degree at Texas Technological College next term.
Only three days remain to pay the second half of county state and school split tax assessments. Penalties of 10 percent interest of six percent per year and costs will be added on July 1. The county and school tax offices in the courthouse will stay open until midnight Friday to assist taxpayers.
New York reports Lever Brothers launches the Prosperity Builders campaign to spur business recovery. A gold button on lapels signals participation as the effort runs from June 5 to July 20. Officials say the program has restored public confidence and energized commerce nationwide.
Herman Allen, a black man, was acquitted by a Potter County jury of aggravated assault after being charged with knifing another man. Willie Holman and Mr and Mrs Joni Copp with daughter Mary Alice returned home Monday from Chicago, where they visited the World's Fair at 1112 Pierce Street.
County judge J. A. Mead and his son Clyde spent Tuesday in Amarillo for official business and personal travel, according to local records.
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