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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1935
Page
4
New York stock and commodity reports detail mixed gains with grain futures rising while rail stocks faced caution amid ongoing financial tension in Europe. Flood of details covers specific quotes for dozens of securities and sector performance.
Mills Talmage files final report as administrator of the estate of J C Benge deceased. Probate Judge C G Hill sets April 22 1935 at 10:00 AM in Roswell NM for hearing objections and determining heirs and distribution rights. Attorney for administrator Askren Watson Hanny Roswell NM listed.
AP dispatch notes Artapanese quantities of finer western wool in original bags. Prices for finer lines and combing grades estimated around 63 to 65 cents. Spot selections show 58 to 62 cents for various staple counts.
Galveston market report notes spot cotton steady at 11.35 for middling with activity modest, about 200 bales sold. The update reflects the day’s trading in Galveston with AP dispatch from March 27.
New Orleans spot cotton closed steady at unchanged quotations as sales reached 534 bales. Middling grade quoted at 11.34 cents per pound with activity described as steady in the market on March 27.
The New York curb market shows mixed movement with Amn Cyan B at 16, Maracaibo at 3/8, Am Sup Pow 1 Assoc G&E at 3/8, Guy Soc ps City Soe Pid at 9 1/2, Cons Cop Win 2, Cord Corp 2 172, Cusi Mex at 1 3/4, El Bons & Share at 5 1/2, Ford Met Ltd at 7 1/2, Gulf Oil Pa at 2, Hecla Min at 6 7/8, Humble Oil at 46 7/8, Lib McN & Lib at 6 3/4, Newmont Min at 37, Nia Hud aed at 3 1/4, Penn Road I at 1/4, Swift & Co at 15 7/8, Texan Oil at 6, Unit & Pow A at 7/8, Unit Verde at 2 7/8.
New York cotton trading closed with gains after a morning dip. May and July months rose about 9 to 11 points from prior close while December and January edged up. Middling prices hovered near 11.35, with other futures around 10.7 to 11.0. Bond quotes from Associated Press show various 4s and 3s yields in the market.
Washington reports Dr. F E Townsend author of the Townsend old age pension plan said he would not run for president under any circumstances citing mental and physical unfitness. He commented on Captain Hawks statement that he might lead a third party in 1936 with Senator William Borah as a potential running mate for vice president.
Washington reports through March 5 total outlays since July 1 at 5,006,456,143 with emergency expenditures 2,573,490,002 and general government costs 2,431,966,140. Deficit sits at 2,179,290,883, notably below last year’s 2,428,241,684 as receipts rise.
Governor Tingley spent last night in the area after speaking to stockmen and departed this morning. His secretary W W McMains handed over a note upon leaving a local aegsema.
The New Mexico Tax Commission will hold a meeting in Santa Fe on Monday led by Chief Commissioner Byron C. Beall. Reports that A M Fernandez would be named special tax attorney were not confirmed.
Attorneys for former Representative Dennis Chavez ask a postponement of the Saturday hearing on Senator Cutting’s motion to dismiss contest proceedings. Chairman George will decide after conferring with Chavez. Cutting’s counsel want to proceed now. Chavez welcomes a potential extension to allow more time for preparation.
FERA administrator Dudley Frank says a transient camp at Hot Springs could house labor for a proposed hospital for crippled children. He and the governor, engineers, and state officials visited sites as plans remain preliminary for quaters that could become hospital facilities after construction.
Fresh word from Washington says high officials oppose splitting the Omnibus Banking Bill and leaving controversial parts for later sessions. President Roosevelt reportedly supports strengthening federal control over banking in a proposed legislative program agreed with Senate Democratic Leader Robinson before his fishing trip.
Washington March 27 Representative Dempsey proposes a bill authorizing the Interior Secretary to convey certain federal property to the city of Hot Springs for a recreational site and a municipal golf course.
President Roosevelt heads toward the Bahamas for a relaxation fishing voyage aboard Vincent Astor’s Nourmahal after leaving Jacksonville. He plans to fish off the Atlantic coast with staff establishing headquarters in Miami while seeking old clothes and fishing rods.
Fred C. Rodgers state compliance officer of the NRA announces the right to display the Blue Eagle has been withdrawn from the Hotel Clovis the Hotel Clovis Coffee Shop and the Laguna Bar and Cafe in Santa Fe for violations of maximum hours and minimum wage codes.
In Santa Fe on March 27 AP reports Democratic state chairman John Miles announced plans for Thomas Jefferson Day celebrations across all counties on April 18. Banquets and speeches are planned with Young Democrats and state Democratic groups participating to form programs.
Senator Hatch of New Mexico urged an extensive federal program to control wind and other soil erosion at a conference with H. H. Bennett director of the soil erosion service. He proposed government seed for emergency planting and provision of fuel and equipment to aid contouring land to conserve moisture, based on a plan approved at a recent Dalhart Texas meeting.
The state highway commission is in session in Santa Fe today to consider routine matters. It will decide the next meeting date and which projects to include, with the likely setting in the first week of April.
In Vienna on March 27 AP reports a demand to restore a conscript army in Austria voiced by Josef Reither minister of agriculture. Reither representing peasants criticized Tyrol gatherings and blunt remarks at Innsbruck created an embarrassing rift within the cabinet amid tensions between the fascist Heimwehr and Catholic peasant elements.
The Texas third court of civil appeals affirmed a Travis county district court ruling granting the state title to about 3,600 acres in the Pecos oil field. Douglas Oil Co. challenged the state over land patented as vacant school land to Ira B. Yates. Heirs of H. R. Whitesides argued vacancy did not exist. The state permanent school fund holds a mineral interest valued at $20,000,000.
State Supreme Court reversed the district court of Grant county for refusing to admit the will of Mina F. Riedlinger to probate. Justice John C. Watson authored a unanimous opinion.
Santa Fe March 27 AP Collection from the new franchise tax to date totals 12 000 though corporations have until May 1 to pay Some corporations are sending in checks with reports The commission has not yet determined a uniform method for assessing foreign corporations
Senate bill by Senator Hatch would provide immediate relief to Mrs. Sutton, widow of Ray Sutton, a prohibition agent missing since August 28, 1930 near Raton New Mexico. Sutton vanished while investigating liquor runners. his body has never been found. The bill also allows treasury to issue salary and expense checks owed to Sutton before his disappearance.
Kaunas March 27 The Lithuanian war office cancels all leaves for Memel district and border police to keep troops ready to quell possible German demonstrations. A military court yesterday ordered four Nazis executed for a murder tied to a plot to restore Memel to Germany, a move seen as heightening regional tensions in Lithuania's 2.5 million population.
In San Francisco on March 27 the ailing former champion Helen Wills Moody indicated she may return to the sport after a weakened back caused her to forfeit the 1933 National singles title to Helen Jacobs. She suggested potential comeback under tournament pressure.
The Pan American Clipper, a 19 ton flying boat, departed Miami at 9:15 a.m. on a 3000 mile air route to San Diego via the Gulf of Mexico and Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Captain Edwin Musick led the ship, with an estimated 10 hours to Acapulco for an overnight stay before continuing toward the Pacific.
Pan American Airways plans an experimental Trans-Pacific flight between Hawaii and California around April 198 under a Post Office notice. The carrier will handle mail both ways for $1 one way and $2 round trip, with mail due at San Francisco by 5 p.m. Pacific time on April 8.
Amelia Earhart, the transoceanic flier, arrived in El Paso at 2 05 p m mountain standard time after a Dallas to El Paso flight hindered by heavy dust clouds sweeping along the ground from her plane.
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