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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1939
Page
6
New York stocks mixed as a cleanup trade shows cattle steady with calves and stockers slow amid a week’s decline. Dealers hold moderate supply. Lew leads medium light-weight steers selling 7.58 to 8.25. Fat cows 5.25 to 6.00, canners 3.75 to 4.75, good to choice dealers 8.00 to 9.50. Sheep: 1,000 head salable, lambs 10 to 25 lower, top fed lambs about 8.50 with fed lots down from 8.40.
In New York trading, aviation and select stocks led a cautious advance while many issues edged lower. Transfers reached 700200 shares as Douglas Aircraft United Aircraft Glenn Martin Eastern Airlines Pan American Bethlehem Steel Chrysler Westinghouse American Smelting and General Electric led gains. Sears Roebuck Montgomery Ward Western Union Cerro De Pasco and American Telephone trended down. Bonds were mixed and foreign markets showed no clear trend.
Chicago report lists butter at 714,024, steady. creamery 90 score at 27 3/4. central car lots 28 to 28 1/4. eggs at 5,794, steady. poultry live movement described. ducks 4 1/2 lbs up. colored fowl 11, white 11. geese 12 lbs and down 13. young tom tur keys 18 lbs and up 14 1/2. capons 7 lbs up 17. under 7 lbs 15. other prices unchanged.
The Boston wool market moved slowly with buyers and sellers waiting for news on prices American buyers will face for Australian wools. Domestic wools stayed unchanged vs earlier sales, while rumors and dispatches hint at forthcoming price guidance.
Kansas City livestock figures show hogs totaling 800 head with slow, uneven demand and prices 5-15 cents lower. top 5.25 for 160-240 lb pigs, 4.75-5.10 for 250-310 lb, sows 4.00-4.40. Cattle salable 150, total 300, calves 100, light-weight steers slow and nearly steady, other killing classes noted at Thursday's softer close.
A summary of late trading shows Am Gen 4 and Humble Oil rising, with mixed moves across utilities and mining shares. Chicago grain futures edged lower for corn and wheat while bond quotes faded. Treasury and Fed notes listed with base prices.
Nazi warships clash with Atlantic escorts off the Island of Sylt and Borkum as German fire combines with air strikes in a North Sea battle. Ships Graf Spee, Deutschland, and Scheer are the focus of Allied patrols near Capetown and Rio de la Plata amid ongoing wartime losses. Snead leads a Miami Open round as Nelson and Picard contend for year-end trophies.
Carlsbad high Cavemen fell 29-14 to El Paso High in El Paso Texas as part of a west Texas tour. Earlier they lost to Austin High El Paso 37-19 and beat Las Cruces High 18-16 in a photo finish. Adolfo Julianno and Mario Palafox led El Paso with 10 and nine points. Carlsbad’s Miller and Fernandez had four each. The team closes the trip with Ysleta tonight.
A warship landed survivors today. The Swedish steamer Algol sank after striking a mine between Denmark and Sweden. The 7 3l-ton Belgian steamer Yvonne escaped damage when attacked Lec. 5 by a German plane. The 4 158-ton British steamer Stanwood was reported to have sunk Sunday in Falmouth harbor while a fire was being fought in her hold.
A 1940 vegetable program discussion will be held Tuesday at 9 30 am by Chaves county vegetable growers at the Chamber of Commerce. The county farm planning board vegetable committee chaired by Dr A D Crile R L Malone and Guy Rowe arranged the meeting. Speakers include R L Malone Fabian Garcia Leonard Appelton Elmer B Johnson outlining crops marketing news and related issues. All prospective vegetable producers urged to attend.
Irkutsk dispatches report a civilian plane diverted twice to deliver triplets born to a woman in a remote settlement with no medical aid. After the first landing in a forest glade the two newborns were clothed by the crew, and a second landing near a village brought the third baby into the world.
Alber Helmberg and former Fort Smith resident Miss Nixon were wed in Kingman Arizona after a sequence of telegrams and flights. Helmberg first planned Las Vegas nuptials, but Miss Nixon redirected to Kingman where the couple married. They returned home afterward.
Hollywood notes Chico De Verdi a violinist who once played inspirational music on silent movie sets for Douglas Fairbanks Sr was to perform at the actor's private funeral today Douglas Fairbanks Jr asked the violinist to play the elder Fairbanks favorite melodies who died Tuesday
Miss Margaret Neal of Santa Fe attorney and “the belle” wed G L Huestis of Hobbs in Lovington on Sunday. Mrs. Huestis is daughter of Tom Neal of Santa Fe and sister of Caswell and Melvin Neal, with ties to Carlsbad and Hobbs. Separately, governors of Utah, Colorado and Arizona backed a four-state monument project at a site common to all four, while Governor Blood urged prudence. Governor Miles prepared a speech in Farmington for a Democratic rally tonight.
Lea and Eddy counties figure in the last legislature session with Huestis identified as a state official in the supply company sector.
Albuquerque reports a renewed winter front brief from forest service and weather observers. No snow on the ground at Sandia mountains, Gallinas canyon, and Tesuque canyon winter sport areas. Hundreds of ski fans face at least another weekend without snow as waxed equipment sits idle awaiting conditions.
State Senator A K Montgomery of Santa Fe said he is considering a Democratic primary bid against George Armijo the former speaker who announced his senate candidacy. Montgomery noted it is early and he has not decided yet.
In Santa Fe New Mexico on December 15, 1944, reports from the statehouse hint at political maneuvering and shifting alliances. The brief notices describe legislative chatter, potential votes, and the behind the scenes timing shaping upcoming decisions.
Jim Gabaldon of Santa Fe placed two dead rattlesnakes between the capitol building and the annex, startling capitol employees. He killed the snakes in a cave at Canyon Blanca, about miles from Santa Fe on a local route.
Western Republican leaders predicted that debate over reciprocal trade agreements would influence the 1940 elections. Representative Horton of Wyoming warned the opposition is strong on trade and the agricultural program, saying the New Deal could be blamed in his state. Republican confidence followed at a two day state regional conference in Salt Lake City.
Twenty five years ago today December 15, 1914, Belgrade was taken by the Serbian army. The Associated Press notes the capture as a significant early World War I milestone with strategic implications for the Balkan front.
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