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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1934
Page
9
Final bonds show Liberty 3%a at 1044, Fourth 4%46 at 103.22, Treasury notes 47-62 at 113.12, and 44-54 issues around 108.28 to 107.4. Fed Farm Materials 3148 64 stands at 102 with Home Owners Loan 61 at 101.10.
Chicago reports steady fresh butter at 93 score with varied figures such as 34 MM and 773 percent alongside several percentages and weights. Cincinnati lists butter prices and grades including No 2 packing stock and butterfat with related egg and grade notes for the day.
Mrs. W. M. Fuqua is ill at her home on 816 Jones Street. Miss Phella McKnight, formerly seriously ill at 301 North Mercer Street, is improving at her home.
Sugar, tobacco and preferred stocks led a hesitant market rise as gains to two points outweighed small losses. Conviction grew on sugar stocks amid favorable Cuban and congressional developments. Several heavyweights posted modest advances while a few core issues slipped, with total volume around six hundred five thousand shares.
New York June 18 reports a quiet start to the week with bond prices holding steady to firm as sentiment remains cheerful. Trading volume totaled 9.064 million dollars versus 11.861 million last Friday, while the Standard Statistics average for 60 domestic corporate issues held at a tenth of a point.
Lancaster Pennsylvania reports cattle with 2311 head, fat cattle slow and weaker, one load of choice local fed averaging 1290 pounds at 7.85. cows bulls stockers steady to firm. calves 813 steady with top vealers at 7.50. Hogs 533 active and steady with choice western retail at 6.00 wholesale 5.75. Sheep 201 lambs active mostly higher with spring lambs at 9.50 to 9.00.
Washington on June 18 reports for June 15 receipts totaling 1 374 864 257.14 dollars and expenditures 527 432 381.81 dollars with a balance of 2 759 605 523.25 dollars. Customs receipts for the month reach 10 991 977.99 dollars. For the fiscal year since July 1 receipts are 2 907 571 068 382 dollars and expenditures 6 609 095 074.71 dollars including 3 769 927 308.67 dollars in emergency outlays, leaving a excess of expenditures 3 761 523 981.39 dollars and gold assets 7 830 570 767.91 dollars.
Live poultry steady with multiple categories listed including chickens roosters turkeys ducks and eggs with varied freight and express prices. Dressed poultry and egg standards show mixed figures and market terms such as firsts seconds mediums and special packs.
New York June 18 curb market closed with slight gains for many active issues after an irregular session. Total transfers about 172000 shares, up from 166000 Friday. Fractional advances seen in Philip Morris American Gas Electric Atlas Gulf Imperial International Niagara Hudson Pioneer Gold. some favorites like Greyhound Humble Oil Bellas Hess Standard Oil Indiana and Consolidated Gas Baltimore slipped marginally.
State Department of Agriculture notes Jersey City market activity for cattle vealers sheep and hogs. Cattle total 2030 with 1160 direct. steers steady bids no sales, cows firm to 25 higher. veals 7.00 8.00, culled lower. Lambs weak to 50 lower, hogs nominal.
Baltimore stock market: cattle volume about 700 with active trading. Slaughter steers mostly 5.50 to 8.00, heifers 4.75 to 5.25, cows 2.75 to 4.50, bulls 3.50 to 4.00. Calves 600 head. hogs 140 to 290 pounds with prices 4.00 to 5.65. Sheep and lambs 3,000 with spring lambs 8.75 to 9.25 and ewes 1.00 to 2.25.
Chicago grain trading rose as reports of severe corn damage from binch bugs pushed corn values higher. Prices closed near the day’s top with corn up about 1 to 1 1/4 cents, wheat modestly higher, oats steady to up, and provisions advancing 12 to 20 cents.
The Rev. J. H. Callier of Bethel A. M. E. Church will preach tonight for the Pastor's Aid club of North Side United Holy church. Bethel senior choir will supply the music and the public is invited.
TheMount Zion Baptist Church hosts a literary program tonight inviting the public. The program includes opening chorus by the Mount Zion senior choir with invocation by the Rev. L Dabney, plus multiple musical numbers readings and remarks by Mrs W O Moore Miss Mary White Miss Mayme White Miss Beatrice Watkins Miss Helen Coates Mrs D M Prillerman Miss Katherine Towns and Miss Nellie Barbour with the Rev L Dabney delivering remarks.
At 200 Wilson Street regular services tonight feature Mrs. Mattie Slaughter of Chicago as principal speaker on What Every Young Woman Ought to Know. All invited, with a special appeal to younger women. Tomorrow night she speaks at Blake's Chapel A M E Zion church with Bishop C. F. Kyle and his congregation attending.
The Rev. P. C. Carter of Jones Street Christian church will preach at Blake Chapel A. M. E. Zion tonight at 8 o clock for the Ever Ready club. The senior choir from the Christian church will provide the singing. Public invited.
The Golden Star club will meet at the home of Mrs. Edith Wooden at 1110 Bland Street tonight at 7:30 PM. A social will follow and all are welcome to attend.
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