Stock Market Notes Mixed Activity on August Day
The market opened with lingering gains from the prior season but soon steadied. A late uptick brought some substantial advances as investors digested trade signals. Bond activity rose while U S government securities improved and foreign exchanges remained quiet. Bar silver slipped 1/8 cent, and notable movers included Bethlehem Steel and American Sugar Refining among others.
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New York
U. S
Bethlehem Steel
Consolidated Gas
Loew’s Western Union
American Tobacco
Liggett & Myers
Eastman Kodak
Montgomery Ward
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Union Paciicie Central
Southern Railway
Howe Sound
Cerro de Pasco
Cudahy
American Sugar Refining
American Smelting
New York Stocks Close Aug 25 1934 AP Report
NYSE close shows mixed gains and losses across many industrials and rails. Notable names include US Steel, General Electric, Coca Cola, Chrysler, Anaconda, and Westinghouse, with various price changes and an overall market snapshot provided by AP.
Mixed 1920s Market Bond Listings Snapshot
A compact ledger of varied securities and company quotes including New York Carb Alum Co Am 61 1/2 Panama era style figures. Items span energy utilities metals and consumer names such as Gulf Oil Pennroad Swift & Co Sheaffer’s Pen and Texan Oil with range values from 1 3/8 to 71.
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Gulf Oil Pa
Nia Hud- Pow
Pennroad
Siberling Rule
Shattuck Dean
Sheaffer
Swift&Co
Texan Oil
United Gas
Unit & Pow A
Chicago grain prices mixed across wheat corn oats rye barley
Market report lists Sept wheat at 1.04 old and 1.03 7/8 new, Dec near 1.05 1/8 to 1/4, May 1.06 1/2 to 5/8. corn Sept 79 to 79 1/8, Dec 80 5/8 to 7/8, May 83 3/8 to 1/2. oats Sept old 51 7/8, Sept new 51 1/2, Dec 52 to 51 7/8, May 52 3/4 to 7/8. rye Sept old 86 1/8, Sept new 86 1/4, Dec old 87 3/4, Dec new 87 5/8, May 91 1/4 to 3/8. Barley Sept old 83 1/4, Sept new 82, Dec old blank, Dec new 77 7/8, May 78. Prices for tary sa ee Sept 8.92, Oct 9.02, Dec 9.37, Jan 9.590, bellies Sept 13.47, Oct 13.70.
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Sa Ee
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Summary
Kansas City market data shows hogs steady with Friday's averages and up to 7.0 for choice butchers over 300 lb. Cattle and calves volumes around 400 and 150 respectively with weights and classes up. tops for heavy steers near 9.00, medium weights 8.25, yearlings 8.15, stockers and feeders 3.00-4.50. Lambs and sheep week gains. lamb tops around 7.00, natives 6.60, and yearlings 5.35-85 with occasional ewes and other totals noted.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
U. S
Dept.’ Act
Cotton Futures Close Slightly Lower in New Orleans
New Orleans cotton futures closed barely steady with net declines of 12 to 15 points. The spot market finished steady, down 12 points, with sales totaling 1,126 middling cotton at 13 cents.
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New Orleans
Aus
U S Bonds Reported Prices In New York
The AP reports U S Liberty bonds closed with values for Liberty Fourth 4 1/4s at 33-38-103.27, Treas 4 1/2s at 47-52-112.10, and Fed Farm Mortgage 3 1/2s at 64-100.24. Also listed are Fed Farm Mortgage 3 1/49 at 98.19 and Home Owners Loan 46-51-98.25.
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New York
Liberty Bonds
Treas
Fed Farm Mtg
Fed Farm
Cotton Prices Report From Galveston Market
In Galveston on August 25, spot cotton held steady as middling grades sold around 13.30 cents per pound. Total sales reached 250 bales with trade activity moderate.
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Galveston
New York Cotton Falls Narrowly As Market Closes
New York cotton prices slipped on August 25 with the market down 13 to 18 points at session close. Traders weighed export demand, weather signals, and speculative positions as futures wandered toward the settlement.
Second Hand School Books Bought and Sold
Daniel Paint and Glass Co advertises used school books for sale and purchase details in a brief classified notice with a simple transaction offer.
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Daniel Paint & Glass Co
Mullis Urges Tax Exemption for New Mexico Homes
Senator John H. Mullis calls for amending the New Mexico Constitution to exempt homes up to 3,000 dollars from taxation. He argues the home is the bulwark of civilization, outlines economic cases, cites other states’ savings, and urges voters to back the exemption to spur home ownership and reduce tax burdens.
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New Mexico Federation of County Taxpayers’ Associations
John H. Mullis
Roswell
Mullis
New Mexico
Local residents visit and travel updates across New Mexico
Lake Arthur News covers multiple families visiting relatives in Roswell Artesia and Texas, births, travels to Las Cruces Den ver and Chicago, church meetings at Lov ing and Loving, and a Ladies Missionary Society formation. Notables include Dohner trip to agriculture, Nihart at mail carrier convention, and Frazier family visit.
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J. R. Pate
Rupert
Roswell
D. Ohlenbusch
T. F. Schwarz
Henry
Dayton
Lewis Doyle
Charles Doyle
Texas
Alien Doyle
Cap Rock
George Walton
Frank Frazier
Frazier
Baptist Church
State Baptist Association
Loving
Bob Murphy
D. A. Goode
Jerry Williams
L. E. Dohner
Las Cruces
State Agriculture College
Clyde Nihart
Denver
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Kansas
Century of Progress
Chicago
Will Walden
Jewel Flowers
Tularosa Bank du
A. V. Fowers
Tularosa High School
Purnett
M. A
Revise
Baptist Organization
Albuquerque
Burnetts
Ladies Missionary Society
A. V. Flowers
Parker
Mr. Doyle
Missing Co-Ed Found Working in Detroit Restaurant
Janet Bowen White a 21 year old University of Michigan co ed and daughter of a wealthy family who disappeared from Ann Arbor while visiting a friend has been found working in the kitchen of a Detroit restaurant.
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Janet Bowen White
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Mich
Detroit
Stockmen Hear Government Officials In Roswell Meeting
In Roswell officials from the Agricultural Credit Corporation and the emergency crop and feed loans program visited to interview stockmen. George H. Hunker of Santa Fe and G. W. Clayton discussed New Mexico farm support while Chairman Evans said efforts were underway to expedite government sheep buying programs. The afternoon sessions arranged rooms for interviews and attendees praised the beneficial information from the morning gathering.
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Mediate Credit Bank of
Wichita
George H. Hunker
Santa Fe
New Mexico
The
Agricultural Credit Corporation
G. W. Clayton
Roswell
Evans
Record Crowd Attends Hopi Snake Dance
Gallup New Mexico August 25 AP Supt A G Hutton reports 4009 visitors checked through the Reams Canyon reservation making the largest Hopi snake dance crowd at Hotevilla Thirty five states and three foreign countries represented Mrs Harold Ickes wife of the interior secretary among spectators The permit system reduced rowdyism and Hopi priests were pleased though clouds hang over the event The dance pleases the rain god with the snake clans of the second mesa to offer prayers tomorrow at Shipaulavi and Chimopovi
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N. M
A. G. Hutton
Reams Canyon
Arizona
Hotevilla
Harold Ickes
Hutton
Second Mesa
Shipaulavi
Chimopovi
Grant County pioneer George Williams dies at 92
Silver City NM August 25 AP George Williams 92 year old negro pioneer of Grant county died at Central NM today Williams born in Missouri came to New Mexico in 1870 He was a slave before the Civil War and was taken along by Confederate troops as a servant for General Price
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Silver City
N. M
George Williams
Grant County
Central
Williams
Missouri
New Mexico
Price
Apples For Sale From Jones Orchard Near Town
Advertises smooth red Starks Jonathan apples with no worms in truck or car loads. Prices reasonable. Also King David apples for jelly. Later available will be Stark Delicious Stayman Winesap and Black Ben. Located three miles northwest of town at Jones orchard.
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Jonathan
King David
Jones Orchard
Notice of Pendency of Cause in Chaves County NM
State of New Mexico serves Edward Carpenter in Roswell with a divorce suit filed by Edna Carpenter in district court. Case 8767 seeks absolute divorce on abandonment and non support and custody of Maydell Carpenter. Attorney G L Reese, Roswell NM, must answer by October 8, 1934. default judgment may follow. District Clerk D P Greiner. Deputy Louise McConnell.
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State OF
New Mexico
Edward Carpenter
Chaves County
Edna Carpenter
Maydell Carpenter
G. L. Reese
Roswell
D. P. Greiner
Louise McConnell
Evening Visit to Artesia: Business Matters
A brief note records an evening trip to Artesia for business matters. The visit involved local matters and routine engagements with community offices and businesses.
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Artesia
Doupe Seems To Have Eluded The Searchers
Las Vegas New Mexico August 25 AP Willie Doupe a Lubbock Texas jail fugitive and companion of Stanton and Nelson who were returned to Texas yesterday appeared today to have eluded officers Sheriffs of San Miguel and Mora counties said no search was being conducted in this area for Doupe Sheriff Fletcher of Raton who captured Stanton and Nelson Thursday returned to Raton after a patient transfer to the state asylum No word was heard from Santa Fe county officers who were supposed to be hunting Doupe.
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Willie Doupe
Lubbock
Texas
Perchmouth) Stanton
Andrew Nelson
San Miguel
Mora
Coupe
G. R. Fletcher
Raton
Stanton
Nelson
Santa Fe County
Governor Hockenhull Declines Nomination for Office
Las Vegas New Mexico August 25 AP Governor A W Hockenhull told Las Vegas Rotary members he has no aspiration for nomination or aim to be an official beyond serving New Mexico well in his current role He outlined efforts to boost state interests through cooperative actions with the state fair chamber of commerce park system and planning board and urged private employment and less partisan politics for the states good The address followed a review day of the 111th Cavalry and Battery A 158th Field Artillery National Guard units
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N. M
New Mexico
A. W. Hockenhull
Rotary Club
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State Chamber of Commerce
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111Th Cavalry
158Th Field Artillery
New Mexico National Guard
Riots Crushed at Graterford Prison in Pennsylvania
In Collegeville on August 25, state police and guards ended a three hour riot at the Eastern State penitentiary in Graterford after about 200 convicts started fires and wrecked buildings. Forty officers subdued them at noon with no serious injuries or escapes. The prison houses around 1,600 inmates. The kitchen and industrial plant sustained major damage with thousands of dollars in losses.
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Collegeville
Eastern State Penitentiary
Graterford
Pennsylvania
Board of Trustees
Relief workers in New Mexico numbers rise and house rebuilt
Santa Fe reports M H Hunter says on Aug 16 there were 12 333 men on approved relief projects in New Mexico. The relief bulletin notes a project rebuilding a Bernalillo County family home after a cloud burst and flood washed away the first house.
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Santa Fe
M. H. Hunter
Work Division
Federal Relief
New Mexico
Labor Heads Preparing for Big Strike
AP reports widespread strike orders as textile workers nationwide prepare a cotton textile walkout involving about 600000 employees. Clashes occur in Milwaukee and Orlando. peaceful mediation efforts by the National Labor Relations Board ramp up while unions deny claims of a private army at Kohler.
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Associated Press
Atlantic Seaboard
Washington
Supreme Court” of Labor Disputes
United Textile Workers of America
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Jersey
North Carolina
National Labor Relations Board
Cotton Textile Industrial
Paterson
N. J
Williamsport
Kohler Company
Kohler
Wis
Walter J. Kohler
William Brune
Orlando
Fla
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PERA
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Ozaukee County
National Council of Aluminum Workers
Labor Department
Aluminum Company of America
Pittsburgh
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Revival Meeting At Nazarene Church Opens Next Sunday
A revival meeting begins tomorrow at Nazarene Church with Rev Wes as evangelist. Rev Shaw, resident in Roswell for over a year, is a plainspoken preacher. Services will be held outdoors if weather permits. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Wes
Shaw
Roswell
Oil Editor Bignell Visits Roswell On Business
Oil and Gas Journal petroleum engineering editor L G E Bignell of Tulsa was in Roswell on business today for industry discussions.
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L. G. E. Bignell
The
Oil and Gas Journal of Tulsa
Roswell
Business Today
Weather brings scattered storms to New Mexico
Scattered rains and thunderstorms gave slight relief to a parched New Mexico. Las Cruces El Paso and Albuquerque saw 01 inch of rain while Roswell reported .78 inch. Artesia had a good rain, cattlemen noted, and Santa Fe saw a thunderstorm with little moisture. Temperatures cooled across the state due to the storms.
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New Mexico
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el Paso
Roswell
Artesia
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