Market closes with selective rally and waning power
New York traders sought a specialty rally but most leaders showed weak momentum. Transfers reached 627,700 shares as Loft, Studebaker, and American Hawaiian Steamship hit new 1939 40 peaks. Major names including General Motors, Douglas Aircraft, Westinghouse, Du Pont and Eastman Kodak faded toward the close.
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New York
Loft
Studebaker
General Motors
Douglas Aircraft
Yellow Truck
Anaconda
Phelps Dodge
Westinghouse
American Can
Johns Manville
Eastman Kodak
Texas Corp
New York Central
Pennsylvania
U. S. Rubber
Adams
Alaska
Juneau
Allegheny
al Chem & Dye
Allis
Mrgo
Airlines
Oo &S
Smelt & R
Atch
T& SF Ee
Atl Refining
Aviation Corp
Bald Loco Ct
Barnsdall Oil
Bendix Aviat
Beth Steel
Seeeewes
Borg Warner
Calumet
Ag Br
Campbell Wyant Ee
Wwe
Edison Ee
Consol Oil
Curtiss Wright
Ah Ab Ae A
Dow
Sere
Firestone T & R
Setee
Gen Motors
Gillette Saf
Gimbel Bros
Silataise
Glidden
Goodrich
Goodyear T&r
West Sug
Holly Sugar
Houston
Kennecott
Kroger
Libby, McN & L
Miami Copper “S
Montgom Ward
Murray Corp
Nat Biscuit
Nat Cash
Nat Distillers Os
Nat Pow & St
Nat
Am Aviation
North Ameria
North Pacific
Ohio Oil
de St Glia
Eeeseee Ee Ennee
Radio Corp of Am
Ss Ee
Silver King Coalit
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Skelly Oi Eoenwne
Socony Vacuum Hk
Cal Edison
Sperry Corp Ee
Stewart Warn Oie
Stone & Webster
Studebaker Corp
Swift & Co
Tex & Pacific Ry “_s
Tex Gulf Sylph Seeesseeeves
Tex Pac C &O Os Ae
Thatcher Mfg
Trans America
Trans & West Air
Fox F
Ewe Ee
Union Carbide
Union Oil Car
Warner Bros
West Union Tel
Westingh Air Bree
Woolworth (Fw
Worthington P & M
Yellow Tr & Coach
Youngst Sh & T
Dilling Harpist Tarpley Wolfe Rites N M M I
Mildred Dilling harpist to be presented Friday night January twelfth in Junior High auditorium. Roswell Cooperative Concert Association notes her Indiana roots and past New York recital at Town Hall with Rousseau variations and Ravels introduction. Tarpley Wolfe marriage and NMMI Alumni Banquet details follow.
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Mildred Dilling
Roswell Cooperative Concert Association
Indiana
New York Times
America
New York
Town Hall
Frances Blaisdell
Alexander Williams
Elio
Samuel Alexandre Rousseau
Ravel
Miss Dilling
Tarpley-Wolfe
Lee Tarpley
Vaughn
Virginia Lee Tarpley
Irl Roy Wolfe
Carol Wolfe
Roswell
Irl R. Wolfe
Clovis
H. C. Hoy
First Methodist Church
Vaughn High School
el Rita Normal
Montgomery Ward and Company
Trl Wolfe
Roswell High School
New Mexico Military Institute
Wolfe
N.M.M.I
D. C. Pearson
Board of Regents
Mmes
Hiram M. Dow
Rolla R. Hinkle
Robert E. Daughtry
J. C. Compton
Portales
Institute
R. L. Bates
J. Ross Thomas
Jimmy Durant
G. V. Clayton
Tularosa
Fred F. Bowser
Picacho
S. F. Gray
Hobbs
Board of
Community events and society notes in Roswell area
Mark Howell PTA meets at 3 30 PM with Mrs. Martens speaking on the Coronado Duarto Centennial. South Hill pupils will perform songs and dances. Roswell WP Club hosts January dinner at Nickson Hotel with Major James R. Kelly as speaker. Phi Mu Alpha Delta Theta merger dinner set for January tenth at 6 30 PM at the Nickson Hotel. Pearl Hinkle and Mack Johnson wed January 4 at First Methodist parsonage. Friends of Art show Birth of a Nation at Roswell Museum tonight at 7 30 with free admission. Judge and Mrs Brice return from Kansas City after Mrs Brice’s improving condition. Mr and Mrs Allen Richardson and Iva Armstrong of Carlsbad visiting Mrs Richardson’s mother.
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Mark Howell
Roswell Business and Professional Womens Club
Nickson Hotel
James R. Kelly
Phi Mu
Alpha Delta Theta
H. H. Lewis
Miss Pearl Hinkle
Mack Johnson
Thomas W. Brabham
First Methodist Church
George Shoemaker
Huey Turner
Friends of Art
Roswell Museum
Federal Art Center
Telephone Dick Gayle obituary and local notices
Obituary note says Dick Gayle died yesterday morning. Mrs. Lynn Root of Robinson Illinois sister of Mrs. Keene. Rafferty visiting Rafferty family. Root married to Robinson mayor en route to California. Catholic Daughters of America set meeting Tuesday at 7 30 PM Parish Hall. Ida Tate very ill with severe heart attack unchanged. Charles M Laney Bottomless Lakes State Park manager ill since Christmas improved.
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Lynn Root
Robinson
Illinois
Keene
Rafferty
Root
California
Ida Tate
Charles M. Laney
Dissension Continues Over War Minister's Prestige
Comments suggest social mixing may occur and acknowledge factors shaping prejudice toward the war minister. The continued discussion notes underlying resentment tied to his role and public perception as the page one debate extends.
Lost sister sought to claim $25,000 inheritance in El Paso
Los Angeles man George Allen searched El Paso for his sister Almira missing since 1915. He believes she may be alive and could inherit about 25 000 from their grandmother. Deputy Rokahr will trace her through marriage records and city directory gaps.
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EL Paso
Tex
Los Angeles
Sheriff's Office
George Allen
Sheriff’s Office
Russell Rokahar
Almira
Mr. Allen
Rokahr
California
Plan for Joint Merit System Board Discussed
Governor Miles to meet today with state welfare director Mrs. Jen nie Kirby health director Dr. E. B. Godfrey and unemployment commission chair Roy Cook to explore a joint merit system board for welfare health and unemployment. The plan would be separate from the civil service commission under a 1939 law, with federal aid standards guiding merit systems. The welfare board supports a joint board while the health board prefers a separate entity. unemployment has operated under civil service in recent years.
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Santa FE
N. M
Miles
Jennie Kirby
E. B. Godfrey
Roy Cook
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Civil Service Commission
Health, Welfare
State Welfare Board
Joint Merit System Commission
Health Board
Unemployment Commission
Civil Service
Ice Man Husband Divorce Bid Gets Injunction
Mrs. Anna Erhardt, 26, seeks divorce from ice man Ernest. He pleads to rekindle, pursues her at home and on the street car, shouting affections. Judge Rudolph Desart grants an injunction restraining the husband from repeating the conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Anna Erhardt
Ernest
Coronado Cuarto Centennial Celebration At Dexter
Dexter hosts the first Coronado Cuarto Centennial event in New Mexico with the Chaves County Council of Parents and Teachers. The program includes the Kneeling Nun legend, Indian lore, dances, religious dramas, cowboy songs, and Mexican customs leading to the statewide May celebration. Members are urged to wear Coronado costumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter
Chaves
L. Parker
Dexter Parent Teachers Association
Mmes
Mary Marshall
Hal Bogle
Loman Wiley
Council
U S Board Names Places in New Official List
The U S Board on Geographic Names released another batch of official name designations and changes. Arsenic Bank Florida Bay shoal joins Beaulieu Georgia village on Vernon River, Bedloe's Island replaces Bedloe and Bedlow for Liberty statue location, Big Brushy Creek becomes Little Brushy Creek in Missouri, and Cow Heaven Mountain is the 3025 foot peak in Brewster County Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Board On Geographic Names
Texas
Florida Bay
Monroe County
Fla
Arsenic Bank
Horseneck Shoal
Vernon River
Beaulieu
Beulah
Bewlie
Bedloe’s Island
Bedloe
Bedlow
Missouri
Wayne County
Big Brushy Creek
Brushy Creek
Arizona
Brewster County
Tex
Russian youths urged to take up skiing for military use
Moscow dispatch reports Red Sport urges youths to pursue skiing citing military importance. The State Department confirms Charles White Eagle of Salt Lake City was shot dead by a highwayman on the Pan American Highway in Mexico near Tamaulipas, about 18 miles south of Linares. The Codrington Court, a 5160 ton steamer, sank ten minutes after an explosion off the English southeast coast. crew of 34 was saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Red Sport Today
Washington
Charles White Eagle
Salt Lake City
Mexico
State Department
Tamaulipas
Linares
London
Codrington Court
Gehrig Returns to Rochester for Mayo Clinic Consultation
Lou Gehrig, former New York Yankee slugger, arrived in Rochester Minnesota today to confer with Mayo Clinic physicians who previously diagnosed and treated the illness that sidelined him from baseball last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Minn
Lou Gehrig
New York Yankee
Mayo Clinic
Slayer and would-be death by own action still alive
Santa Fe New Mexico January 8 a former Tererro mine worker Lewis Walton wounded after firing on Frances Lyon then turning the pistol on himself remains alive in hospital doctors calling his condition remarkable. Funeral services were held for 21 year old Frances Lyon. The coroner ruled Walton killed Lyon and then shot himself and he showed brief consciousness after admission despite a critical brain wound.
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Santa FE
N. M
Lewis Walton
Frances Lyon
Walton
Tererro
Lyon
Kenneth Crawford Nominated for Guild Presidency in 192? In New York
Kenneth Crawford Washington correspondent for The Nation and the New York Post emerged as the sole nominee for the American Newspaper Guild presidency. The post was vacated by Haywood Broun’s death, and officials said a single ballot by the national secretary treasurer would secure his election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kenneth Crawford
Washington
the Nation
New York Post
American Newspaper Guild
Haywood Broun
Guild
Mad killer hunted after aunt slain in San Francisco
Raymond Mugford, 35, described by police as an insane killer, is sought across California for the murder of his elderly aunt, Mrs. Louise Brewer, 67, who was killed with a baseball bat and butcher knife in her home Saturday night. The crime was reported by her 13-year-old grandson, Clarence Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Raymond Mugford
California
Charles Dullea
Louise Brewer
Clarence Taylor
Mugford
Beesemyer Paroled From San Quentin After Embezzling Millions
Gilbert H Beesemyer, a 54 year old former Hollywood financier, walked out of San Quentin on parole with 55 dollars and 48 cents. He was convict for allegedly looting the Guaranty Building and Loan Association of about eight million dollars, after serving nine years of a 40 year sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Quentin
Calif
Gilbert H. Beesemyer
San Quentin Prison
Chicago
Hollywood
Guaranty Building and Loan Association
Wheeler says Roosevelt backs Hull for 1940 Democratic nomination
Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana told reporters in Denver that President Roosevelt is grooming Secretary of State Cordell Hull for the Democratic nomination with Robert Jackson as a potential vice president. Wheeler spoke after arriving to address a Jackson Day dinner where Jackson is named as attorney general designate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dent Roosevelt
Hull
Washington
Robert Jackson
Wheeler
Jackson
Hollywood Stars and Industry News Roundup
Hollywood figures announce public appearances and travel plans. May Robson hosts New Year open house for technical staff. O'Brien resumes work after flu. Joe E Brown leaves hospital, will stay home recovering from injuries. Hedy Lamarr travels to Palm Springs for two week vacation. Gene Autry gains new fame as Tioga Texas birthplace renamed Autry Springs. Mary Martin to co star with Bing Crosby in Ghost Music. French British war relief dinner dance at Cocoanut Grove on Jan 17 led by Ronald Comlan, Charles Boyer, Alan Mowbray with over 1000 attendees. Selznick to produce Joan of Arc starring Ingrid Bergman. Joe E Brown back home but back injuries linger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Robson
O’brien
Joe E. Brown
Hedy Lamarr
Palm Springs
Gene Autry
Tioga
Texas
Autry Springs
Mary Martin
Bing Crosby
Cocoanut Grove
Ronald Comlan
Charles Boyer
Alan Mowbray
Selznick
Ingrid Bergman
Much of U S Now Under Snow Today
United States faced a major winter storm with widespread snow from the Atlantic coast to the plains. Reported accumulations included 24 inches in Clinton Missouri and 18 inches in Fort Smith Arkansas, with frigid temperatures and disrupted transport across several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
United States
Atlantic Coast
New England
Bangor
New Haven
Conn
Clinton
Fort Smith
Ark
Maryland
Washington
Monongahela
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Kentucky
Ohio
Louisville
Texas
Gulf
Port Arthur
Houston
Dallas
Paris
Fayetteville
Arkansas
Kansas
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
California
New York Stocks and Chicago Produce Markets Briefly
Market notes show butter prices firm with creameries at 30 3/4 to 31 1/4 and eggs steady from 14 to 20 cents for various grades. Poultry prices mix by weight and breed, curb market quotes list assorted industrials and utilities, and Treasuries hold steady while call money remains at 1 percent. Chicago grain closes with May wheat about 1.03 a bushel and corn around 59 cents, oats near 40 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Rock
Umder
Capons
Galveston Cotton Prices Steady In Spot Market
In Galveston Jan 8 spot cotton held steady with 3 up, mid-dling at 11.14 cents per pound. Sales reached 499 bales as trading remained modest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Summary
Kansas City livestock market notes hogs 4000 salable active around 230 lb, prices up to 5.60 top. cattle 10000 salable, calves 1500, opening steady but market not fully established as buyers press weak to lower bids. stockers and feeders form majority receipts with steady tone. sheep 5000 salable, bids on slaughter lambs steady with best fed lambs above 8.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
USDA
Colorado
New Orleans Cotton Market Closes Steady Up Ten Points
New Orleans spot cotton closed steady ten points higher on January 8. Sales reached 736 bales with middling price at 11.45 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jly
New Orleans
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Tarpley—Wolfe
N. M.M
Manuel Otero
Albuquerque
Mr. Otero
Ball Studio
Mrs. Lee Tarpley
Charles R. Brice
Allen Richardson
Iva Armstrong
Carlsbad
Richardson
G. B. Armstrong
Dick Gayle
Catholic Daughters of America
Little Caesar
King of the Dynamiters
Bob Watson
Ruth Hussen
Gene Lockhart
Cagney
Lane
Umphrey Bogart
Gladys George
Jeffrey Lynn Brash Metegh
Past Kelly
Raoul Walsh
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U. S. Board
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Burton K. Wheeler
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U. S
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Ark Nat Gas
Bliss
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Carrier Corp
Cities Service
Duro Test
Duval Tex Sul
Bond & Sh
Pairchild Av
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Ford Met Ltd
Hecla Min
Humble Oil
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U. Ss. Bonds
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Fed Farm Mtg
Boston Wool
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