Stock Market Slips After Opening Surge On Utilities
New York stocks eased with a first hour slump in utilities, then a broad but modest drift lower. Volume nears 978,240 shares as Consolidated Gas and U S Smelting lead declines, while Eastman rises slightly amid mixed bond activity and steadier cotton.
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Wall Street
New York
U. S
Consolidated Gas
Allied Chemical
American Telephone and Public Service
N. J
Penny
Santa Fe
North American
United Gas Improvement
Standard of
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Celanese
Case
du Pont
National Biscuit
American Smelting
Cerro de Pasco
Howe Sound
Eastman T
Kansas City Livestock Market Summary
Kansas City livestock prices show hogs at 2,000 head uneven and up to 15 higher with top 6.25 for 220 pounds plus, sows 4.75 to 6.00, feeders mixed. Cattle featured 3,000 head with calves 500. steers and heifers 5.65 to 9.50 and 5.25 to 8.25, cows 3.50 to 4.50, vealers 3.00 to 6.00. Sheep and lambs around 1500 head with lambs 7.60 for 81 pounders and ewes 4.75 to 6.25.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Galveston Cotton Market Steady at 12.75
Galveston spot cotton opened steady with middling closing at 12.75 cents per pound. Total sales reported at 150 bales in today’s Market News from Galveston with no change from prior levels.
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Galveston
Liberty bonds close as market reports list prices
U.S. bonds in New York on December 19 show Liberty bonds closing with Fourth 4 1/4s at 101.30 and Treas 4.25s at 47-52-blank, plus Home Owners Loan 4s at 101 and Fed Farm Mortgage 3s and 3 1/4s priced around 49 and 64 respectively.
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New York
Folaas
Serine
Adam
Ind Ray
T&t
Mv Am&forp
Lambert
Am Loco
New
Am Metal
Lorillard
Amrep&l
Mack Tr
Meinpor Ampi&pt
McKet Am Rad St
McLellan Amromm
Midcpet AmSmelt
Mo Pac
AmStiFa
MontWad
Moth Lod
Murray
Arte
Nash
Amwwk
Nat Bis Am Wooln
NatBs
Balk Loco
Nor Pac
B&o Rail
Ohio Oil
Barnsdl
Owlll Gl
Beatric
Pac G&e
Bendix A
Packard
Beth Sti
Park U
Bob Alum
Penny JC
Borden
Penn RR
Buster
Phelps D
Byers Co
Phil Pet
Cal Hee
Pas
C&o Rail
RKO
Cmst
P&p
Ten -Air
Ppft
Rey Tob
Chiri&p
Safeway
Chrysir
Joe
Coco Col
L&sf i
Colgate
Schulte Col G&ee
Seab Air
Seab Oil
Sears R
Com Solv
Shell I
Com&Sour
Soc Vac
CongoNa
Sto G&e Centoid
Ind CornPro
Stacy NJ
Coty
Ste Wrn
Stone
Lac& W
Studbkr
Dia Mat
Tex&Pac
DougadAir
Tex Corp
U Pont
Tex Gul
Fastman
Tex Pce&o PH Autti
Texpltr
Boat
Init. Rt
Gil Rag
Gimbel
US Smelt
Gimhi Pf
TS Steel
Glidden
Sti. Pr
Goldust
Tn Pine
A Goodyer
Util Pa
ttNorPf
Vadeco
Gwsuer
Vanadum
GwWsePt
Warn Pix
Hershey
West. Mary
Trolland
West Union
Homstak
West Air
Howe Snd
Wst
E&m
Sud Mtr
Woolwrt
Xel Fee Bieta
Wie
Ise
U. S. Bonds
Liberty Bonds
Treas
Home Owners Loan
Fed Farm
Chicago Grain Prices Show Mixed December Contracts
Chicago markets record closing prices for grains with December contracts for corn oats and rye, and May and July future bids. Figures include December old and new for corn oats and rye, plus barley and a note on January lard.
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Chicago
Market Summary of Selected Stocks and Utilities
The Associated Press lists closing figures for major stocks and utilities. Notable gains include Gulf Oil Pa at 54 7/8 and Humble Oil at 45 1/2, with Newmont Min at 38 1/4 and Ford Mot Ltd at 8 5/8. Other entries show Am Solar, Am Fyn P War, and Am Maracaibo among varied sector names and prices.
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Associated Press
Alum Co Am
Amn Cyan B
Am G&e
Am Maracaibo
Am Sup Pow
Ark Nat Gas A
Assoc G & EA
Cry Sve
City Sve Ptd
Con Cop Min
Cord Corp
el Bons & Sh
Ford Mot Ltd
Gulf Oil
Hecla Min
Humble Oil
Lib Men & L
Newmont
Nia Hud
Penn Road
Shattuck Dn
Swift & Co
Texan Oil
Trans Cent
New York Cotton Prices Hold Narrow Range
New York on December 19 reported quiet cotton trading with prices moving within a tight band. Near month liquidation and shifts into later deliveries occurred as March fluctuated from 12.53 to 12.57, settling near 12.55 at 2 pm while futures stayed steady overall.
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New York
Wool trade shows quiet demand with bids under asking
Boston December 19 AP US Dept Agr reports wool trading quieter than last week. Bidders persist at lower levels, with several offers rejected. Some movement seen in finer, average to short staple wool. 56s 3/8 blood combing wool remains active, prices 65 to 68 cents per scoured pound.
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Boston
US Dept
Will Rogers Offers Help to New Mexico Legislature
Will Rogers, the noted actor and humorist, told Governor-elect Clyde Tingley he would gladly assist if needed in handling the upcoming New Mexico Legislature. He recalled visiting a prior session, and Tingley invited a return engagement. Rogers replied, tickled to death, that he can handle that legislature and wished a merry Christmas.
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Albuquerque
Will Rogers
Clyde Tingley
Prison terms set in New Mexico murder case
The article records multiple prison sentences and minimum terms by county for a range of offenses. It notes commutations allowing early discharge for many prisoners. It details Benjamin Eddins’s first degree murder case of ranchman Elmer F. Jones near Acme, his self defense claim, trial on November 17, 1931, plea to murder in the second degree, and a 20 to 40 year sentence.
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Juan Moreno
Quay County
E. G. Dyer
Taos County
Lucas Melendez
Grant County
Jesus Romero
Hidalgo County
Antonio Nevares
Dona Ana
Benjamin Eddins
Elmer F. Jones
Acme
Eddins
Jones
Roswell
Roads Good Across Wide Territory In Christmas Travel Report
The local Chamber of Commerce compiled reports from nearby towns on road conditions for travelers. Alamogordo and Vaughn praised good conditions with no snow, Clovis noted very good to good routes, and Amarillo reported fair but open roads. Weather was clear in Clovis Vaughn Carrizozo Alamogordo and Levington early morning.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Alamogordo
Vaughn
Brownfield
Texas
Amarillo
Clovis
Carrizozo
Levington
Ali bills against Chaves county notice to county clerk
Ali bills against Chaves county must be presented to the office of the County Clerk on or before December 24. D. P. Greiner serves as County Clerk and ad appears.
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Ali
Chaves County
D. P. Greiner
Decorated Alameda Ave Block Attracts Christmas Visitors
The West Alameda Avenue block between Kentucky and Lea glows with red and green street and pole lights wrapped in pine boughs. Howard Glover Harold Danenberg and Clyde Fulton organized the display which runs from last night through January 1. Glover’s Flowers furnished the pine boughs. J A Strong 111 North Washington is also decorated and in the Chamber of Commerce residence decoration contest along with Mrs Tom White 201 North Missouri and Mrs Fred Wolfe 511 South Sea. Entries must be registered by noon next Monday with judging on night displays by a secret committee. Prizes total 50 dollars for top decorations.
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West Alameda Avenue
Kentucky
Lea
Howard Glover
Harold Danenberg
Clyde Fulton
Glover
J. A. Strong
North Washington
Strong
Chamber of Commerce
Tom White
North Missouri
Fred Wolfe
South Sea
New Officers of DeMolay Chapter Roswell Chapter Officers Elected
The Roswell Chapter of DeMolay named new officers to serve for three months led by Master Councilor Donald Le Pell and Senior Councilor Vernon Rose. Appointments include Joe Nicholas as Junior Councilor and Hal Cowan as Junior Deacon with a full slate of roles. They will be installed at the next regular meeting on January 7, 1995.
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Roswell
Order of DeMolay
Donald le Pell
Vernon Rose
Joe Nicholas
Rank Young, Jr
Hal Cowan
Jeff Fulbright
Martin Boswell
Bernard Ginsberg
Tommie Fowler
Otis Basham
Jack Deason
Sentinel
Dee Zimmerman
County Schools to Close for Christmas Vacation
Chaves county schools plan over two weeks of Christmas break with Friday closures and January 7 reopening. Roswell schools close Friday and resume January 2. Most county schools stage Christmas programs this week while New Orleans reports spot cotton steady with middling at 12.77.
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Chaves County
Roswell
New Orleans
Madrid strike talks in Santa Fe seek settlement
Representatives of the United Mine Workers and Albuquerque Cerrillos Coal Co met with the Bituminous Coal Labor Board in Santa Fe in new talks to end the Madrid mines strike. Board chair T. S. Hogan expressed hopeful that differences would clear today before further board meetings at 3 pm. The strike, ongoing since December 13, has left about 380 men idle.
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Santa Fe
United Mine Workers of America
Albuquerque Cerrillos Coal Company
Madrid
Bituminous Coal Labor Board
T. S. Hogan
Labor Board
Forries
Oscar Huber
Wiliam Zurek
United Mine Workers
Local Weddings And License Issued In Roswell Area Today
Three couples wed today by J P L L Johnson. Cecil Curtis Head and Ohmia FE McKenzie from Albuquerque share the ceremony. Charles M Brown of Lake Arthur weds Bertha Bryant of Artesia. Jack Clay and Irene Carrell wed, both from Roswell. A marriage license was issued to H C Gentry of Roswell and Frances Holland of Dexter.
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L. L. Johnson
J. P
Cecil Curtis Head
Ohmia FE. McKenzie
Albuquerque
Charles M. Brown
Lake Arthur
Bertha Bryant
Artesia
Jack Clay
Irene Carrell
Roswell
H. C. Gentry
Frances Holland
Dexter
Dole Urges Cash Relief Over Work Relief Plan
In committee deliberations leaders urged adopting a cash relief strategy similar to England as a cheaper, more humane way to aid the jobless rather than continuing the work relief system now in operation. They argued direct relief would be more effective and humane.
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England
Japanese Effort Fails to Date Naval Talks End
London dispatch reports Japan pressed for a resumption date in the tri power naval conversations without success. Tsuneo Matsudaira urged a change in U S stance, but Norman H. Davis stood firm. After two months, the talks ended without a new naval limitation treaty and no date set for next year.
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London
Tsuneo Matsudaira
Norman H. Davis
Davis
Great Britain
United States
Japan
J. Ramsay McDonald
House of Commons
Washington
Roosevelt signals plan for Congress and steel peace
President Roosevelt outlined a forthcoming opening message to Congress on January 3. He will briefly present guiding policies and then deliver separate messages on specific proposals. He hopes for early steel industry peace and indicates a three point plan for industry harmony without a fixed timeline.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Sisto’s Crew to Arrive After Rescue at Sea
The captain of the liner New York reported his crew will reach here at 9 p.m. Thursday after rescuing 16 crew members from the freighter Sisto at sea. Record Want ads wet results.
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New York
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New Mexico
W. G. la Favers
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J. A. Peugh
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Robert Smith
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Valencia County
Jack Ryan
Bernalido
Leonard Bently
Roosevelt County
Manuel Verdugo
McKinley County
Narciso Montoya
Lincoln County
E. C. Collier
Yucca
Alameda Ave
Conference ON Madrid
J. P. Court
Paul Semms
Lake J. Frazier
R. B. McCormick
Hagerman
America
Opean Stationery CO
N. Main
Tion
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Sisto
Just
Purdy’s Furniture Store
Eves
Southwestern Public Service Company
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