Stock Market Edges Down on Moderate Volume
New York June market declined with moderate volume as selling pressure late in the day pushed many stocks to lows. Industrials and rails fell while chemicals and aircraft rose. Du Pont and Allied Chemical led gains, Standard Oil and Bethlehem Steel lagged. Volume reached 2,180,000 shares with the Associated Press average down 40 cents.
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New York
Associated Press
du Pont
Allied Chemical
General Dynamics and
Stromberg- Carlson
Grain futures mixed as wheat and oats hold gains
Chicago Board of Trade session shows wheat and oats modestly higher while distant deliveries meet resistance. Soybeans and rye display varied quotes with nearby and deferred months listed. cash grain nil reported.
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Chicago
Sae É Board of Trade
Jy Ooh
I Am the Nation on July Fourth 1955
A reflective patriotic tribute recounts America’s symbols and heroes from Independence Hall to the Brooklyn Bridge and from Ben Franklin to Babe Ruth. It proclaims the nation as a living entity of 165 million souls and 169000 schools while pledging freedom and strength.
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Nathan Hale
Paul Revere
Lexington
Washington
Jefferson
Patrick Henry
John Paul Jones
Green Mountain Boys
Davy Crockett
Lee
Grant
Abe Lincoln
Alamo
Maine
Pearl Harbor
Freedom
Flanders Fields
Corregidor
Korea
Brooklyn Bridge
Wheat
Kansas
Vermont
Virginias
Pennsylvania
West
Golden Gate
Grand Canyon
Independence Hall
The
Monitor
Merrimac
Atlantic
Pacific
Ben Franklin
Philadelphia
Betsy Ross
Babe Ruth
Eli Whitney
Stephen Foster
Tom Edison
Albert Einstein
Billy Graham
Horace Greeley
Will Rogers
Wright Brothers
George Washington Carver
Daniel Webster
Jonas Salk
Treasury Receipts and Gold Details
Treasury receipts show a figure of 821 0 percent with includes 504 306 008 80 dollars noted as detail not subject to maturity time.
Baltimore Grain Prices and Receipts Report
Grain market notices show receipts for wheat rye and oats at Baltimore with figures for shipments and stocks. Wheat receipts 8,812 bushels with totals 173,418 bushels. oats and barley also listed with stock levels. No. 1 steel prices cited at 14.00 per ton.
Sight Unseen Eating Woodcock Feeds by Sensing Earthworms
A woodcock forages unseen, its three inch bill diving into mud to locate earthworms with a highly sensitive tip. The bird’s feeding method relies on tactile sensing rather than sight.
Grain price listings for Richmond and surrounding areas
The page shows grain quotes for No. 2 yellow corn and No. 2 white corn, with stations including Richmond Ashland Providence Forge Pulaski Roanoke Rapidan and Norfolk. Prices per bushel vary by grade and location, e.g., No. 2 yellow shelled edging around 1.00 to 1.90 with several towns cited, plus test weights and barley listings. The scattered figures indicate regional market activity in early June.
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Ee Co
Norfolk
Pulacki
Rapidan
Roanoke
Richmond Ashlandan
Providence Forge
Lemaarey
Deane
Weasates Co
Beltirmore
Richmond
Ashland
Dilerson
Pulaski
Repiden
Augusta Co
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Standard 611
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
International Harvester
Zenith
General Electric
New York Central
Electric
Ofin Mathieson
Eastern Air Lines
Callahan Zinc
White Sewing Machine
United Park City
U. S S. Treasury
Ramsey Paint Co
Raleigh St. Bluefield, W. Ve
Chicago Grain
Wee Bate
Chrys Kern
Col
Kern Clan
Wits
Armour Advances Ee
Totel
Dune
Baltimore Livestock
Baltimore
USDA
Oneraily
Berrows
Blackwall
America
H.D
Can
Case
A.S
Carton
Norfolk and Western
Radway
Westinghouse—Crosley
Philco & TV
Baltimore Grain
Richmond Grain
Karl H. Frye
Roanoke ST
Bluefield, W. VA
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