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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1937
Page
11
A dense list of stocks and percentages for numerous companies including Curtiss Wright, Gillette, Allis Chalmers, Amoco, Boeing, Chrysler, Ford, General Electric, General Mills, Kellogg, Packard, Pennw Dix, Shell, Westinghouse, and others. It shows prices, dividends, and percentage figures, with many entries and scattered figures across industries.
Cotton prices opened with May at 12.90 bid, July 13.07, October 12.90, December 12.98, January 12.99, and March 13.01, trading nine to eleven points under prior close as New Orleans markets began the day.
New York April 26 cotton futures opened barely steady with declines of 9 to 11 points amid disappointing Liverpool cables and selling by commission houses and foreigners. May at 13.04, July 13.16, December 12.88, January 12.00. Market showed limited price movement through the hour as traders assessed demand.
Luther Burbank, famed horticulturist, secured his initial major success with the Burbank potato. The achievement marks a milestone in plant breed development and showcases his enduring influence in agriculture.
Judge J P Kitchin appointed George Pennell an Asheville attorney as permanent receiver for the North Carolina Bond Company. Pennell planned to file a preliminary report on the firm assets today or tomorrow.
Greensboro officials announce a citywide opening schedule starting May 10 with shops to open at 9 AM and close at 5 30 PM on weekdays and 7 PM Saturdays unless more stores join the plan. The Merchants association reports continued efforts to secure cooperation from remaining variety stores.
In Raleigh, April 28, acting state employment head R Mayne Albright warned that insufficient workers in Eastern North Carolina could waste thousands of dollars of strawberries. Temporary offices opened in Chadbourn, Wallace and Rose Hill as the state sought pickers. berry prices across nine markets held firm at 2.60 to 2.85 per crate.
The White House announces President Roosevelt signed a $500 million naval appropriation bill for the 1938 fiscal year before departing early for a fishing cruise in Southern waters.
New York April 28 Cot futures closed steady with May at 13.04, July 13.16 to 13.17, October 12.92, and nearby middling prices reported around 13.55. The market shows limited movement with prices holding after a day of variation.
Renewed selling hit the stock market in New York as Wall Street digested Washington moves on price controls. Top steel shares slipped sharply despite favorable quarterly results as anti trust measures and anti inflation actions prompted profit taking. Traders noted heavy volume and a delayed ticker as the market extended a corrective downtrend after years of rise.
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