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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1936
Page
5
New York stock action ends with mixed results across many rails and industrials. Major names include Coca Cola AmTel AmP&L General Electric and US Steel posting fractional gains and losses amid broad trading activity.
AP reports New York market notes showing various bonds and stocks with mixed prices. Listings include Am Coin Amn Cyan, P War, G&E, Ford Mot, Gulf Oil, Hecla Min, Newmont Min, Texan Oil, Penn Road, Unit Pow and others with fractions indicating price levels or changes.
New York cotton trading was quiet with March down from 11.46 to 11.39 and nearby months slipping 3 to 7 points. Futures closed barely steady, down 5 to 9 points. Notable closes were January 11.70, March 11.37-38, May 11.15, July 10.92, October 10.59, December 10.59N. spot middling 12.10.
The brief market item lists Treasury 4 percent, 4s at 115.10 and 115.15, Fed Farm Meeting 3s at 49 and 101.15, another Fed Farm Meeting 34s at 64 and 102.26, and Home Owners 3s at 52 and 101.4, reflecting bond quotes and prices.
New York stock activity stayed firm as Congress convened and the President prepared his annual message. Government bonds showed strength while grains and cotton were uneven. Foreign gold currencies weakened against the dollar. Major gainers included Union Pacific, Santa Fe, Bethlehem, GM, and Owens-Illinois, with losses among U S Smelting and Boeing. Transfers totaled 2,846,410 shares.
Wheat gains led by May and July contracts with May at 1.02 and July 91. Corn rose to 6134 for May and 62 1/2 for July. Oats and rye posted mixed moves with May oats at 28 5/8 and rye at 55 percent. Lard and belly quotes edged higher with lard at 11.55 to 11.80 and belly at 16.00 bid.
AP US Dept of Agriculture figures from Kansas City show hogs at 9.25 to 9.45 for 170 to 270 pounds with heavier weights scarce and sows 7.50 to 8.10. Cattle 1,000 head with most short fed steers 7.50 to 9.35 and good 1197 pound weights near the top. low cutter cows 3.75 to 4.50 and butcher cows 4.75 to 5.75. Vealers up to 10.50 with strongweight sausage bulls to 6.00. Sheep 1,500 head with top fed lambs 11.00 and natives 10.75. yearlings 8.50 for med to good.
The Boston wool market reported strong demand for 64s and finer wools with good French combing graded at 83-85 cents scour ed basas and 64s and finer at 80-82 cents in graded lots. Lower grades showed activity and a strengthening tendency as buyers sought finer territory wools.
Dress ed turkeys hold steady and Butter and Eggs show mixed gains in Chicago AP report. Spot cotton in New Orleans closes steady with 10 point drop, sales 1,622 as middling price 11.85.
World monetary experts watched silver as London prices fell while New York held firm and Bombay outlawed foreign imports. The New York price for imported bar silver remained 493 cents per ounce, London shed 7/8 penny to 21 1/2 pence, Montreal futures slipped about 2 cents after London move, as traders awaited Washington talks with Mexico’s Eduardo Suarez and the treasury policy shift. The Bombay bullion board banned imports, aiming to straighteniks in silver trading and allow forward squareoffs tomorrow.
Silver brokers in New York viewed Bombay ban as a step to curb large stocks and halt arbitrage with London. An authority argued the prohibition could stabilize Indian prices while a London decline might invite profits from buying in London and selling higher in Bombay. Freezing imports would simplify the forward trading muddle, brokers said.
Benton Harbor Mich January AP House of David founder King Benjamin Purnell died December 16 1927. His body lay in the diamond house awaiting resurrection. Cult leaders say immortality belief was exaggerated and resurrection will come in Gods own time.
Miami Springs, Fla Jan 3 AP Leading professionals and amateurs competed in the 12th annual 2500 dollar Miami open golf tournament. Over 140 players faced a tricky wind at the Miami municipal course with 500 dollars prize for the low professional. Tommy Armour defends. his son Johnny Armour, 15, played among amateurs. Schedule spans 18 holes today and tomorrow, cutting to low 69 pros and 10 amateurs for final 36 on Sunday.
A British government order shifts the imperial flag color from red bunting to cheaper dyes. The move aims to cut costs and signals a notable change in a national symbol.
The Commercial Bulletin notes a modest uptick in wool demand and slightly higher prices for fine wools, with stocks tight at about 45 million pounds until new clip time. Mohair remains firm as foreign markets show strength and domestic buyers stay engaged.
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