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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1940
Page
9
Several rental listings include two furnished rooms with private bath for $28 on Ramsey St and a three room garage apartment nearby. Other ads note co furnished six room houses, hot water heat on Frederick St, and various phone contacts. a Kas ey Wilson Co. line and stock quotations follow.
A series of property transactions are recorded including transfers in Bluefield and surrounding areas. Notable deeds involve Lill Land Co. selling parcels to A. J. Lucado, Hearn and others conveying parts of lots in Bluefield, and multiple parcels on Camp Creek changing hands for small sums. Immediate parties include Jeanette M., F. FE, Wm. Stone, H. M. Mitchell, Dave Shrader, and Virgie Scott with varying acreages from 1.4 to 133.3 and prices from $1 to $950.
G. and Miller appoints president and Attest: Gladys impeon firey as secretary in an official corporate record.
The Hong Kong dollar slipped to 23.79 U.S. cents and the Shanghai unit to 6.07 U.S. cents after reports of U.S. financial help to China. The Canadian dollar fell to 86 3-16 U.S. cents. Other figures include Great Britain at 4.04 selling, Japan at 23.48, and Germany at 40.05.
The usual Monday quietness prevailed in the gray goods market with prices unchanged. Occasional sales of spun rayon cloth and pigment taffetas occurred along with some attention to novelty numbers. Silk piece goods were quiet with limited Christmas retail purchases, while large woolen orders appeared for men spring and summer cloths.
Operating under license of State of West Virginia under jurisdiction rules and of the Federal Securities and Exchange Commission. Altocal stocks and bonds bought sold and quoted on commission, or bought outright. Correspondence solicited.
Broader demand for hogs lifted trade 5 to 10 cents on Chicago cash receipts in hogs 23 000 salable 28 500 top at 6 30. Cattle 13 000 salable and calves 2 000 steady to 25 cents lower. heifers, beef cows, and bulls mixed with declines. Sheep 9 000 salable slow, fat lambs uneven with most down 10 to 25 cents. good western lambs 9.25 9.40 and shorn lambs 7.90 8.10').
Chicago on December 9 reports cash wheat prices with No 1 hard at around 91 92 and No 2 at 89 ¼. Corn futures show No 1 yellow around 64 with older No 1 yellow at 65 and No 2 yellow 62 63. Oats range across No 1 mixed 37 ¼ to 38 ½ with white grades near 38 39. Barley and seed values also listed with nominal figures for timothy, alsike, red clover, and sweet clover.
New York, Dec. 9. U S government obligations and select corporates rose in today's bond market but overall prices changed little. Traders started buying government issues but sellers held out for strong premiums over Saturday’s quotations as markets awaited any Washington action on the money market. Corporate changes were modest with transfers totaling 8.9 million dollars versus 9.1 million the prior Friday.
Pittsburgh December 9 report from U S and Pa Dept of Agriculture shows moderate demand for produce. Apples sold in 10 car lots with varying grades and prices including staymans 1.40 per basket, cortlands 1.10, McIntosh 1.25, Rome beauties 1.25, Jonathans 90, and several regional varieties. Potatoes in 17 car lots steady with Maine chippewas 1.35, Idaho russet Burbanks .85, Long Island chippewas 1.35, and Maine greens 21 23. Butter and eggs firm with price levels listed for various grades.
Toledo grain prices list No. 2 red wheat at 90 to 91 cents per bushel. Corn No. 2 yellow 62 to 63 cents, No. 3 60 to 62, No. 4 57 to 60. Oats No. 2 white 38 to 39 cents. Grain in store shows slight above track quotes for wheat and corn and oats. Hay prices per ton delivered at mill Timoth y No. 1 8.00, clover No. 1 8.00, baled alfalfa first cut 8.00 second cut 10.00 third cut 11.00. Wheat or oat straw 5.00.
Washington December 9 Treasury reports list receipts at 25 861 500 75 expenditures 48 196 62 24 net balance 1 727 206 35 07 working balance 988 210 639 64 customs for month 85 864 133 16 receipts for fiscal year 2 320 137 633 26 expenditures 4 199 214 884 14 excess of expenditures 1 879 077 250 87 gross debt 44 282 612 154 87 daily increase 1 676 521 12 gold assets 21 831 306 198 18 roads in the 21 American republics total 3 618 818 miles
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