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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1941
Page
6
In Shamrock land an old man nearly met his end over cashing checks. A priest saved him, and the man later joked he feared meeting the other gentleman rather than the Lord. Also contains assorted local ads and humorous notices from Roswell and Anderson's Gardens.
Everybody's Cash Store announces a $10 weekly prize for the best 25 word or less letter on improving a city business. Each week features a different firm. letters must reach Everybody's by midnight April 3 posted, judged for originality and constructiveness. W A Vandewart calls the contest a constructive effort for Roswell.
Funeral services for Miss Josephina Flores eighteen daughter of Mr and Mrs Mariano Flores who died at the family home will be held tomorrow at ten o'clock at St Johns Catholic Church. Interment at South Park. She was noted as a respected Roswell Spanish American young lady with wins in 1937 and 1938. Survived by five brothers and six sisters. Mortuary in charge.
Seventeen bills cleared the senate including a 70000 annual grant to the interstate streams commission and appointing the state engineer as secretary. The house killed a GOP measure to loosen license plate numbers and blocked several liquor related proposals, while independents voting rights in primaries were deferred for study.
Spot cotton in Galveston steadier at 15 cents per pound with mid andling 10.75. Trade saw 900 bales sold in today’s market with prices holding firm.
Weather in southeastern New Mexico today varied from cloudy to clear with no rain reported. Reports to the telephone company showed cloudy and warm conditions at Clovis and Vaughn, sun at Carrizozo, Lovington and Carlsbad, and clear conditions at Alamogordo, Hobbs, and Albuquerque.
N Jennings filed a building permit for an addition to a residence at 1620 North Missouri. Permit value listed as 300 dollars. In New Orleans on March 28, spot cotton closed steady with a rise of 18. sales reached 3,077 with middling at 11.12.
March 28 report shows mixed advances and declines across major names with AmAil AmCan AmC&F AmLoco and other tickers in close trading. Industrials and rails move as traders price earnings and macro signals. grain futures near steady as Chicago bids for May wheat and corn trade within narrow bands.
Kansas City notes March 28 showing hogs salable 1,000 with top 7.90 and varied weights steady to Thursday's averages. cattle salable 200 and total 225 with slaughter classes steady and stockers unchanged. vealers 9.50-11.50 and fat cows 6.25-7.50. Sheep limited, fed lambs 10.50-10.75, slaughter ewes down from 6.75.
Boston buyers showed limited activity with slow domestic wool trading. Demand for fine territory wool was weak due to scarce immediate delivery offerings, forward buying quiet, and little interest in fleece wools. Scattered sales occurred for finer grades of foreign wools.
Chicago March 28 Chicago market reports receipts for butter 872,627 with no change in price, eggs 32,297 with fresh graded extra firsts, local 20, car prices unchanged. Poultry live 23 trucks, hens 5 lbs and under 20, broilers 2 1/2 lbs and under. Plymouth Rock and White Rock hens under 4 lbs listed at 23 to 24 1/2 with variations. other prices unchanged.
CURB MARKET NEW YORK MARCH 28 list shows Alum Co Am 135 Alum Goods 13 Ark N Gas Pf 7 1/4 Bliss EF W 15 3/4 Carrier Corp 8 3/8 Cities Service 4 3/8 Con G E Bal Pf B 117 1/2 El Bond Sh 2 5/8 Fairchild Av 8 3/4 Humble Oil 54 with BULK TURNIP GREENS noted at Andersons Gardens.
Dr T E Boggs offers eye exams and glasses fitting at 309 North Main Street with in house lens grinding. Broken lenses duplicated immediately. call for appointment at phone 21.
On March 28 Wall Street faded after an early rally with many bidders turning to selling. Major names like U S Steel Bethlehem General Motors and Dow components slipped to new lows or near lows while Union Pacific hit a new year's low. Trading volume around 437,300 shares, with Paramount Pictures showing a move up amid mixed results. In Boston wool markets, worsted wools were dull though foreign and half-blood wools showed interest. scoured wools steadier with modest West Texas prices.
The market shows 1 7/8 cents per bushel for corn, with an advance of 7/8 to 1 1/8. Cotton futures gain 1 to 1.20 dollars per bale in late trading, indicating rising prices across major commodities.
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