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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1934
Page
5
Wall Street closes with only minor gains as speculators cash in yesterday's rally. Turnover reaches 3,477,550 shares amid a slower pace, while grains and cotton shift. the dollar rises against sterling and bonds stay strong. In Kansas City, hogs, cattle, and sheep markets show activity with mixed steady to weak prices across weights and categories.
A compact recap of Standard Statistics Co. data from January 1934 showing stock average figures for several indices and categories. The snippet lists miscellaneous numbers including daily and perhaps moving averages across multiple assets, reflecting market mood and benchmarking during the period.
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United States bonds quoted in New York on January 16 show Liberty bonds at 4 1 4 percent with ranges 33 to 38, price 100.29, and Treasury bonds at 4 1 4 percent with ranges 47 to 52, price 106.
New Orleans spot cotton held steady to open the week with middling grade at 11.26 cents per pound. Sales totaled 2,854 bales as buyers watched futures, while mills assessed current demand in light trading conditions.
Chicago grain prices show WHEAT for May at 904 and July at 3 5 8, September at 89 7 8. CORN prices list May 53 1 4, July 55 1 8, and September 56 1 4. Market AP report filed January 16.
A Senate special committee report on the 1932 Louisiana primary condemned campaign practices as vicious and abhorrent. It cited coercive fundraising from city employees and the inability to trace donors to expenditures, though Overton’s election was unchallenged. The document aimed to aid possible Senate actions on contests and remedial laws.
Nervous and irregular fluctuations in cotton today were followed by covering and trade buying. Spot steady at middling 11.60.
A German specialist's remedy Narito promises rapid relief from rheumatism neuritis neuralgia sciatica and lumbago without opiates or narcotics. Safe for children it guarantees refund if the first three doses fail to ease pain. Available now in local drug stores.
Miss Bobbie Young appears with Sally Rand style fan dance at Yucca Theatre for one day only Friday January 19. She calls the fan dance an art and notes few are talented enough to please patrons. The program includes Don Pablo’s Vic The Century of Progress Revue with a matinee and two evening shows.
George B. Jewett of the Eastern New Mexico Area Boy Scout Council announced Roswell’s annual campaign had about 1500 raised so far, aiming for 1800 as the goal. He urged continued solicitor effort and public support to fund Scouting’s character building program. John P. Nelson filed a district court suit against Carl W. Nelson et al seeking foreclosure on a note for 2000.
New York dispatch reports a looming finance clash between the United States and Britain. President Roosevelt proposed a $2 billion fund to stabilize dollar value against the pound and steady U S government bonds. Inflationists favor a weaker dollar, with rates once near $7 per pound and past levels between $3 and $5.50. London bankers recall pound stability around $3.50 as a feasible ceiling.
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