Wall Street Shows Profit Taking After Rally Slide
New York stocks eased after five rising sessions as investors cashed in before the weekend. Markets softened at open and midday, recovering briefly, with steels, motors and other leaders down 1 to 3 points. Bond and commodity activity was spotty while wheat and cotton moved lower. overall offerings limited by brighter home outlook. Kansas City hogs, cattle, and sheep prices were mixed with highs around 6.80 for hogs and vealers steady to strong in a larger, uneven market.
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Dover and London Hit as War Fires Across Channel Escalate
German coast batteries pounded Dover as RAF fighters and anti aircraft fire answered back. London endured a 45 minute alert with bombs striking a movie theater and residential areas while Greek and Argentine affairs also moved in wartime shadows.
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London
England
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President forecasts delays in defense program amid wartime debate
President compares U S defense readiness to Notre Dame teams and argues stronger squads deter invasion. Senate sides with Burke Wadsworth bill while Maloney seeks January 1 deferral for voluntary enlistments. Glass joins conscription camp as debate stalls, with leaders aiming to resolve minor changes before a final vote this week.
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Boston Wool Market Sees Increased Buying After Defense Orders
The Boston wool market showed rising activity as reports of large government orders for defense spurred mill buyers and topmakers to seek available quantities and price options. Limited wool was solid, yet buyers pursued options on sizeable lots.
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New York Cotton Futures Decline As Markets Close
New York cotton futures closed 7 8 points lower with Oct at 9.16 and Dec 9.15 while spot middling at 9.86. Curb market quotes show mixed industrials and utilities with Alum Co, Am Carrier, Cities Service, and Fairchild among listed names.
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Curb Market
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Carrier Corp
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Chicago Produce Market Rates Aug 23
Poultry live. 39 trucks hens steady chickens easy broilers 2 1/2 lbs and down colored 16 1/2 springs 4 lbs up colored 17 Plymouth Rock 18 1/2 White Rock 18 under 4 lbs colored 16 Plymouth Rock 17 White Rock 17 other prices unchanged. Butter receipts 979 918 steady market unchanged. Eggs receipts 6 967 unsettled storage packed firsts 17 3/4 other.
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Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Wool futures rise on Britain plan to buy South African clip
New York wool markets moved higher as Great Britain planned to purchase the entire South African wool clip. Final prices showed modest gains with October at 93.2, December 90.4, Bent 88.8, and spot standard tops up to 101.5. Market activity included several industry names such as Ford Met and Humble Oil among others.
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Great Britain
Fire department called to fence fire on Missouri address
The fire department was dispatched this afternoon to 510 North Missouri Street where a fence caught from burning trash. Contact classified number 11 for details.
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Missouri
Big Bill Dwyer quits pro football for coaching
Big Bill Dwyer, New Mexico University star halfback and Border Conference standout, is hunting a coaching job after being released by the Chicago Cardinals. He says his pro football fling is over and that he could not beat tackles in a 100 yard dash, and he hopes to forget football altogether while seeking a coaching position.
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Galveston Cotton Report Shows Steady Spot Prices
Galveston on August 23 reports spot cotton steady with eight down and mid dl ing class at 9.26 cents per pound and 12 bales sold.
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Engineer H C Neuffer Dies in Albuquerque at 49
H C Neuffer, 49, prominent Albuquerque consulting engineer, died suddenly today at Veterans Hospital after a two day illness. He designed Coolidge Dam in Arizona and served as chief irrigation engineer for the United Pueblo Agency before joining Holway and Neuffer in 1936. He was a national American Legion executive committeeman from New Mexico and former commander of Hugh A Carlisle post and past department vice commander of New Mexico. He is survived by his widow, a son Bruce, and a daughter Virginia. Bruce attends New Mexico Military Institute and Virginia is a high school junior.
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Virginia
New Mexico Military Institute
Purity Bakery keeps title hopes alive in bowling league
Purity Bakery won two of three last night to remain in the running for the Bowling Commercial League title. Woody Hollingshead top scored with 513, Doyle Hollingshead had the high game at 192, and Roswell Auto and Purity Bakery both chase The Record for the championship as fall leagues near completion.
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Montgomery Ward
Hollingshead Brothers
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KGFL
New Orleans Cotton Market Closes Quiet
In New Orleans on August 23, spot cotton closed quiet with 10 point decline. No sales reported and middling grade priced at 9.70 cents per pound.
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New Orleans
Baseball scores from yesterday by the AP
National League games included New York 5 to 0 over Pittsburgh and Philadelphia 0 to 9 against St Louis while Brooklyn was shut out by Chicago 0 to 5. Boston defeated Cincinnati 3 to 2. In the American League Cleveland beat New York 15 to 2 and Detroit won 9 to 8 over Boston. Chicago plays Washington and St Louis topped Philadelphia 8 to 4.
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Arizona Texas El Paso 6 Tucson 5 clash outcome
A close game saw Arizona and Texas El Paso edge Tucson with a 6 to 5 score. Weather interruptions arose as Albuquerque hosted Bisbee with rain impacting play.
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Scores from West Texas and Southern Association games
West Texas New Mexico games: Pampa 4 Midland 5, Borger 4 Odessa 5, Clovis 4 Lamesa 8, Amarillo 1 Lubbock 3. Southern Association results: Nashville 8 Knoxville 4, New Orleans 6 Birmingham 5.
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Texas League Scores Turn On Delicate Kicks
Texas League results show San Antonio beat Oklahoma City 3-2, Houston edged Fort Worth 5-4, Beaumont lost 1-3 to Dallas 0-2, and Tulsa triumphed 2-1 while Shreveport fell 1-6.
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Baseball scores from American Association games
In St Paul, the St Paul 1 beat Toledo. Columbus topped Minneapolis 7 to 5. Minneapolis 4 Louisville 3 for 11 innings. Kansas City 2 Milwaukee 4. Indianapolis 0 Milwaukee 10. Milwaukee 10, Louisville 9, in 11 innings.
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Pacific Coast League scores show Hollywood overpower Oakland 3 0
Hollywood blanked Oakland 3 to 0 while San Diego rolled past Portland 8 to 4 in Pacific Coast League action. The doubleheader results highlight Hollywood and San Diego generating decisive wins with strong pitching and timely hitting.
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Major League Leaders in American League Stats
Radcliff leads batting with 357 for St Louis while Appling is 348 for Chicago. Williams has 102 runs for Boston. McCosky 94 for Detroit. Greenberg drives in 106 for Detroit. DiMaggio 103 for New York. Cramer 162 hits for Boston. Radcliff 157. Greenberg and Boudreau top doubles with 42 and 41. McCosky 15 triples. Finney and Keller tied 13. Foxx 33 homers. DiMaggio 26. Case 27 steals. Walker 18. Newsom 15-2, Feller 22-6, Rowe 11-3 in pitching.
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Baseball leaders list with Rowell Mize and McCormick
Rowell Boston 332 in batting along with Mize St Louis and Danning New York. Frey Cincinnati 88 and Mize 87 in runs. Mize St Louis and F McCormick Cincinnati 95 RBIs. F McCormick Cincinnati 34 and Hack Chicago 32 hits. Ross Boston 12 triples with Mize St Louis and Slaughter St Louis 10. Mize St Louis 36 home runs with Rizzo Philadelphia and Nicholson Chicago 19. Reese Brooklyn 15 and Frey Cincinnati 13 stolen bases. Fitzsimmons Brooklyn 12 2 and Sewell Pittsburgh 11 2 in pitching.
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Pittsburgh
Swimming Classes For Boy Scouts At Cahoon Park
Benny Jordan will conduct swimming classes for Boy Scouts at the Cahoon Park city pool starting next Monday from 9:00 to 11:00 am. There is no charge beyond the pool swimming fee. Scouts may pass any of their swimming or Red Cross tests. Jordan is a qualified American Red Cross instructor and examiner.
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Weather outlook for four states with scattered storms
New Mexico expected showers and thunderstorms in the north and higher elevations of the south tonight into Saturday with warmer conditions in the north on Saturday. Colorado and Wyoming see partly cloudy skies with scattered thunder showers tonight and Saturday and little temperature change. Arizona remains fair in the extreme southwest with scattered conditions elsewhere.
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Yankees Smash Indians 15-2 in brutal game
The Yankees routed the Cleveland Indians 15-2 as Joe DiMaggio belted a grand slam in the nine-run second inning. New York moved to within 4 1/2 games of Detroit while Fred Hutchinson’s relief work spurred Detroit’s 9-8 win over Boston. National League highlights include the Cardinals’ 9-0 shutout of Philadelphia and Werber’s ninth-inning homer for Cincinnati.
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Judge Landis targets betting as clubs wary in bleachers
New York sources say Judge Landis is warning Southern Association magnates to end open betting in the bleachers. The piece speculates on possible future stars including Nile Kinnick and Bonnie Banks McFadden as Clemson’s standout.
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Doggone delay costs a homer as doghouse decides game
A Minnesota amateur league game produced a quirky finish when a long drive rolled into a dog house. The dog barked and the fielder stood by as the batter sprinted home for the winning run.
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Prospective Big Ten ticket sales rise and coach picks
Prosperity note shows Big Ten ticket sales up ten percent with Illinois placing a record order of 367 for the Notre Dame game. Billy Southworth has the Cardinals at .642 hitting pace since his tenure. Frank Kimbrough, Hardin-Simmons coach, predicts the Texas Aggies as SWC repeat champions, saying his brothers Jarrin John and Jack are not the reason.
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The National League Home Run Race Tale
James E. Doyle of the Cleveland Plain Dealer profiles the National League home run chase with a focus on the elusive leader and the critics who say strength and luck go hand in hand. The piece hints at the drama of pursuit and the crowd’s fevered interest in the season’s peak slugging duel.
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James E. Doyle
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Dodgers versus Pirates game set for September 29
Passes indicate Doc Sutherland will start for the Dodgers in a near sell out game against Pittsburgh on September 29. The report notes Jack Dempsey promoting Roosevelt, and Bob Smith the horse trainer, recently ill at Saratoga, is due to discharge soon. Patty Berg is giving a golf clinic lecture in Denver this week.
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Dayton Featherweight Triumph Over Spider Armstrong
Joe Marinelli of Dayton defeated Spider Armstrong of New York by decision in a featherweight bout last night in Dayton. The 10 round contest showcased Marinelli's precise punching and footwork to secure the victory.
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Weather Outlook for West Texas Turns Scattered Storms
Afternoon and evening thunder storms tonight and Saturday with little temperature change. West Texas mostly partly cloudy at night Friday, Saturday sees fair conditions except after noon clouds in the southwest and scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms in the north. Temperature remains steady.
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North South All Star Gridiron Game Sets Star Lineups
Raton and Roswell supply major starters as New Mexico high school north south all star game nears in Albuquerque. South leans on Roswell power, Jal back Bill Zahn, while north features Bert Malcolm and Bob Romero of Raton and Chet Clemens of Santa Fe. Coaches Corn of the south and Anderson of the north name most starters and several alternates from Clovis Hobbs Albuquerque Portales and Santa Fe with a guard on changes before kickoff.
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Tennis Upset in Doubles at National Tourney
In Brookline Massachusetts on August 23 unseeded semifinalists upset favorites in the national doubles tennis tourney second round at Longwood. Russell Bobbitt of Atlanta and Frank Guernsey of Orlando defeated the second seeded Bobby Riggs of Chicago and Welby Van Horn of Los Angeles 6 2, 7 5, 3 6, 8 6. Mrs John Van Ryn of Austin and Dorothy Bundy of Santa Monica beat Margaret Osborne of San Francisco and Pauline Betz of Beverly Hills. Bobbitt and Guernsey next faced Gardnar Mulloy of Coral Gables and Henry Prusoff of Seattle.
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Balay's Builders Fall In State Softball Tourney
In Albuquerque on August 3 Balay's Builders, two time state champions, lost 3-1 to Albuquerque Gas and Electric in the quarterfinals. The upset-filled evening also saw Gamerco defeat Katsons 9-4 and Barelas center beat theater employees 5-1 in the opening game.
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