Hawks Haw? Local notes tease wild tales and office chatter
Readers share offbeat reports from work life and town: vacation grand canyon jokes, pencils worn down at 9 30, production on schedule, fellows back at work from Pat Patterson to E G Minton. Curly Long denies shark rumors, a strange catfish creature arintharinkus and the elusive dragon talk spark curiosity. letters invite informed answers to Hawkshaw at the Record.
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Bob Conley
Grand Canyon
J. E
Pat) Patterson
Fayette
the Claw
Arintharinkus
Paul Zink
William Hunter
J. P. White
Alexander
Bob Fall
Ed _ Scarritt
Hawkshaw
British Warships Leave Honolulu With Silk Cargo
British warships departed Honolulu Friday carrying 140 American passengers and a 3 million dollar silk cargo while radio silence was kept under Tokyo orders. Reports say Hikawa Maru and Nitta Maru delays persist. Shanghai dispatches note increased Japanese troop arrivals at Dairen and tensions on the Manchukuo Siberia front amid rival clashes rumors. American businesses faced picketing and interference in Tsingtao Chefoo Dairen Peiping and Tientsin as relief appeals were telegraphed to the state department.
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Honolulu
Tokyo
Far East
United States
China
San Francisco
Kobe
Japan
Shanghai
Dairen
Manchukuo
U.S.S.R
Siberian
Manchukuo-Siberia
Tsingtao
North China
American Chamber of Commerce
State Department
Chefoo
Peiping
Tientsin
Call for Bids to Paint Courthouse and Jail
County commissioners of Chaves County will receive bids on or before August 20 1941 to paint all outside woodwork and metal and varnish doors courthouse and jail.
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Chaves County
New Orleans Cotton Close Steady With Small Drop
Spot cotton in New Orleans on August 4 closed steady overall but 8 points lower. Sales reached 787 bales with middling priced at 16.55 cents per pound.
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New Orleans
G. W. Fitzgerald Wins Permit for Store Addition
Building officials approved G. W. Fitzgerald for an addition to the store at 313 North Main. Construction value listed at $1,000 with work to expand the commercial frontage and storage capacity.
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G. W. Fitzgerald
North Main
Germans Claim War of Movement in Ukraine Contested
Reports from DNB and Izvestia show opposing views on Hitler’s blitzkrieg and Soviet resistance. Moscow reports growing Red Army vigor, continued Allied air raids, and successful Soviet naval actions near Norway and in the Baltic. The wheat harvest is saved or burned as Germans fail to seize Ukraine’s grain wealth.
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Izvestia
Red Army
Moscow
Berlin
London
France
Germany
England
Arctic Ocean
Norway
Baltic
Black Seas
Varda
Red Navy
Black Sea
Constanta
Russia
Ukraine
Plough Inc Wins Trade Suit Over Penetro Marks
The U S Court of Customs and Patent Appeals ruled in favor of Plough Inc of Memphis granting trade mark registration for Penetron for a liniment and Penetro for a mouth wash. It cancelled the Penetrene registration held by Penetrene Corporation citing a 1897 transfer as abandonment and invalidating Penetrine rights.
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Plough, Inc
Memphis
U. S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Penetrene Corporation
St. Joseph Aspirin
Plough
Gustav H. Frommann
Penetrine
Treasury Bond Rates and Home Owners Loan Notes
New York aug 4 close figures show Treasury issues with 3 1/4s at 101 5/8 and 4 1/4s at 119.19. Other 2 1/2s 108.5 and 2 3/4s 110.24 cited alongside Fed Farm Mtg unquoted and Home Owners Loan 2 1/4s 102.2 and 3s 106.23.
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New York
Treasury
Fed Farm Mtg
Major Boellner to Be Here August 12
Major Arden Boellner on active duty at Fort Huachuca will visit Roswell on August 12 en route to Louisiana for maneuvers. The visit highlights military training movements and local logistics involving Army personnel.
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Boellner
Arden Boellner
Army
Fort Huachuca
Roswell
Louisiana
Dr T E Boggs Optometrist Ad at 309 North Main
An optometrist offers eye exams and glasses fitted in a private lab. Specialists duplicate broken glasses immediately. Phone number provided for appointments.
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T. E. Boggs
N. Main St
Broklexses
Roswell Girls Beat Carlsbad in Softball 19-4
Roswell Recreation Club pitcher Elenteria Lucero fanned 14 and hit a home run as Roswell defeated Carlsbad 19 to 4 in Carlsbad yesterday.
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Roswell
Carlsbad
Elenteria Lucero
Girls Recreation Club of
Too Late To Classify For Rent Ad Notice
Furnished 5 room modern house available at 304 S Michigan with rental details. An applicant leaving for Indiana Sunday can take two. contact 507 W ist for more info. Also seeking room and board in a nice home for a sick lady who needs no nursing or tray service per Chamber of Commerce.
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S. Michigan
Indiana
Nice
Chamber of Commerce
Nice Lot Injuries At Cowboy Reunion
LAS VEGAS NEW MEXICO August 4 The 1941 Cowboy Reunion ended with eight contestants injured enough to require hospital care Fred Moss of Clovis remained hospitalized after a Brahma bull encounter Others suffered three broken wrists three broken ribs an almost lost ear plus cuts and bruises Judges considered refunding a third of entry fees for those severely injured Winners listed Gerald Tully Glencoe 16.3 seconds Troy Fort Livingston NM and Jimmie Olsen Pampa Tex earned day and three day money for calf roping and bulldogging respectively.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Fred Moss
Clovis
Gerald Tully
Glencoe
Troy Fort
Livingston
Jimmie Olsen
Pampa
Tex
Chicago grain near unchanged on Aug 4 Close
Chicago prices show slight gaps with September corn at 77 1/4 cents and December at 80 1/8. Wheat and oats move within narrow ranges for Sep and Dec contracts. Market notes include May positions at 82 3/4 for corn and 75 for oats.
Wall Street Bid-Shy as Stocks Close Mixed on Aug 4
The market gave a cautious performance with leaders faltering to gain ground. Rails failed to resume a rally while motors aircraft oils and scattered specialties held modest strength. Steel eased after an early slip, transfers totaled 626 600 shares, and grain futures led commodities higher on hopes price controls will rise after legislation. prominent movers included Santa Fe Chesapeake & Ohio General Motors Chrysler Willys Overland Standard Oil NJ Union Carbide North American Agitation and Sears Roebuck. TwentyFirst Century Fox Boeing Lockheed and Consolidated Aircraft reached new yearly highs. laggards included U S Steel Goodyear Southern Pacific Air Reduction Allied Chemical Dow Chemical American Smelting Anaconda and General Electric.
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Wall Street
New York
Santa Fe
Chesapeake & Ohio
General Motors
Chrysler
Willys- Overland
Standard Oil
Union Carbide
North American Agitation
Sears Roebuck
Twentieth Century-Fox
Boeing
Lockheed
Consolidated Aircraft
U. S. Steel
Goodyear
Southern Pacific
Air
Allied Chemical
Dow Chemical
American Smelting
Anaconda
General Electric
Boston Wool Market Shows Demand for Graded Wools
In Boston, August 4, a few worsted manufacturers showed interest in graded good French combing length and fine territory wool at secured basis prices of 1.03 to 1.05. Graded combing fine territory wools and fleece wools remained steady with limited activity and prices mostly unchanged. Topmakers bought small lots of originally bagged fine territory wools under a dollar on a scoured basis.
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Boston
USDA
Wool futures close steady amid light New York trading
In New York Aug 4 grease wool futures edged little changed with light turnover. December 93.2 cents, March 92.5. certificated grease wool spot at 95.0. Wool top futures rose 1.4 to 4 cents with October 124.5, December 122.7, March 120.7. certificated spot wool tops 26. Bid and nominal quotes noted.
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New York
Ranchmen Camp Meeting Closes at Indian Divide
The five day Ranchmen’s Camp Meeting near Capitan ended with Rev. Ralph J. Hall of Albuquerque receiving the Doctor of Divinity in a Sunday service. Grove City College of Pennsylvania presented the degree, with Dr. Everett B. King of New York delivering the presentation. A committee led by Hall included Roswell, Capitan, Carrizozo, White Oaks, and Midland, Texas listed members. Phone your classified to No. 11.
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Indian Divide
Capitan
Ralph J. Hall
Albuquerque
Grove City College
Grove City
Everett B. King
New York
Board of National Missions
Joe Lane
Roswell
Rube Clayton
Ancho
W. D. Clayton
Low Merchant
Forrest L. Sherman
Dewey Stokes
Carrizozo
Pat Murphy
White Oaks
M. A. Finley
Sam Sherman
L. A. Whitaker
George Titsworth
Will Ed Harris
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Summary
Hogs salable 3,000 and total 3,000 to 3,200: 180-250 lb good and choice 11.00-11.20. 260-300 lb 10.50-11.00. sows 9.00-9.85. stock pigs 11.00. Cattle salable 12,000. total 32,700. calves 1,500. total 1,600. Killing class moderately active. dealers steady. stockers and feeders strong to 25 higher. Colorado fed heifers 12.50. light and medium fed steers 12.59. grass steers up to 10.85. stockers 8.75-11.25. 600 lb yearlings 41.75. steer calves 14.00. Sheep salable 5,000. total 8,300. bids lower early on natives. best above 10.75 remained steady.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Uusda
Colorado
Chicago Produce Prices And Receipts Report
Aug 4 Chicago market notes show butter receipts at 1,106,746 with various creamery scores. Eggs receipts 10,386 with graded and locals, poultry live prices listed by weight and breed, including Leghorn hens, Plymouth Rock, White Rock, and ducks, geese, and turkeys with multiple weight brackets.
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Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Curb Market and Cotton Report Galveston Aug 4
Market brief notes New York curb market closing with varied quotes for Alum Co of America Bliss E W Carrier Corp and others. Galveston cotton spot steady down 13 points with mid dling at 16.37 and sales totaling 100 bales.
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CURB
New York
Alum Co Am
Bliss E
Carrier Corp
Hecla
Ins Co N Am
Galveston
New York Cotton Futures Close Mixed Downward
New York Aug 4 cotton futures ended 7 to 13 points lower with key contracts at Oct 16 82, Dec 17.09 02, Jan 17.04, Mar 17.15, May 17.15, Jul 17.10, with nearby middlings around 17.47.
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New York
AmAil
HollySu
AmCan
KroGro
Amc&f
LoewsIn
AmLoco
AmMet
NatCash
Amami
NatGyp
AmSmet
NatLead
Amstif
Noamma
At&t
Noamc
AmTob
Penney
AmWeod
Phillips
Anacon
PubSvec
At&sf
RadioCor
AviatCor
RepubSt
BethStr
ReynTo
Boeinga
SafeStr
Bordenc
SearsRo
Briggs M
Sperryc
Chrysler
StdBrds
Cityi&f
Stddle
l&So
Stdoill
ConsAirc
Stdonrd
ConsEdi
TexCorp
ConsOil
TexGulf
ConBair
UnitAirl
ConoOil
UnitAir
Ven CrucSii
Usgyp
CurtWrt
Usindai
DougAir
Uspipe
GenElec
Usrubb
GnFood
Ussmel
Goodch
Ussteel
Goodyr
Wsant
GtWwsSu
WsAib
Wse&m
Greyhc
NEW York Cotton
Jly
Middlinesnot
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Florsheims
Freemans
Ed Williams
Equitable Building & Loan Association
Seossom
Hiram M. Dow
DNB
Huff's Jewelry Store
Terete
TBO
Wenee
Chicago Grain
Vatlidat
Courtney Holston
S. Rich. Res. Pho
Southwestern Typewriter Co
Remington
Royal Underwood
St. B
Ranchmen’s
Elbertas
Gaylord's
Aeraid Refrigerator
Degdorizer
Central Hardware, Inc
Levi's
Levi’s
LEVIS
LEE Rider’s
Peter Lorre
John Wayne
The
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Chaves CO. Abstract & Insurance
T.L. Gardner
Pres
T.L. Gardner Jr
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