Wall Street News Speeds Down Amid War Demand Fears
Wall Street notes May 1 1940 as shares including U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler Montgomery Ward and General Electric slipped with trading under 800000 shares. Greenbacks bonds and commodities fell while Norway campaign fears weighed on the market. In Kansas City hogs cattle and lambs showed varied moves with settlements near midweek levels in USDA reports.
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New York
Norway
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Montgomery Ward
Case
Caterpillar
Douglas
United Aircraft
Martin
American Airlines
American Smelting
International Nickel
General Electric
DuPont
Union Carbide
Johns Manville
Loft
Western Auto Supply
Chicago
London
Paris
Amsterdam
Great Britain
Europe
Mediterranean
Spot cotton steady in Galveston sales
In Galveston on May 1 the spot cotton market held steady with middling grade at 10.60 cents per pound and total sales recorded at 200 bales.
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Galveston
Treasury Bond Prices and Loan Rates Reported
U S bonds quotations from New York on May 1 show 2 1/4s at 110.17 2 1/2s listed for 48 110.20 and 46 110.17 with 2 1/2s 53 49 at 106.12 and 52 50 at 106.80. The 2 3/4s 59 56 sits at 107.12 and Home Owners Loan 3s at 107.28. Fed Farm Meeting unquoted.
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U. S. Bonds
New York
Treasury
Fed Farm
Prices Rise for Country Bales of Bright Fleece Wool
Boston reports show country packed lots of three eighths and one quarter blood bright fleece wools strengthening. Wools from Boston houses sold at 36 cents grease delivered to mills with moderate quantities of fine western wools selling occasionally. French combing length territory wool in original bags brought 83 to 84 cents scoured, while 12 month Texas wools brought 82 to 85 cents scoured delivered to users.
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Boston
USDA
Texas
Cotton futures close mixed with variedNearby quotes
New York on May 1 reports cotton futures ending with gains and declines across months. Old contract notes May 10.81, July 10.53 54, new May 10.92, July 10.69, October 10.17, December 19.04, January 9.99. Mech 9.88. Middling spot 10.96 Nominal.
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New York
Wool futures slip on hedge selling in New York market
New York May 1 wool futures edged lower as hedge selling and liquidation weighed on May through trade houses. Declines were cushioned by steady demand and lower trade interest. Final bids closed 4 to 7 points down with May at 95.1B, July 94.2B, October 94.1B and spot tops 98.5 B.
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New York
Jly
WPA May Need Continued From Page One
McNutt reported unemployment benefit payments by states for March 1940 with changes from the prior month. Those with increases include New Mexico and Colorado, while decreases are shown for Texas and Arizona with dollar totals and percentage declines.
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WPA
Arizona
Colorado
New Mexico
McNutt
Texas
Tornado Outbreak Leaves Fatalities Across Multiple States
Tornadoes struck southeastern Missouri killing Lew Campbell, 66, on a farm near Sikeston and a small son of Bertrand residents. A Scott county farmer perished milking a cow. Hail damaged strawberry crops in the Ozarks of northwest Arkansas. Winds uprooted trees in Rogers apple and peach orchards. Louisiana saw damaging windstorms, an elderly Black man killed, and floods on highways. Over 100 houses were wrecked near Bordelonville.
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Missouri
Lewis Campbell
Sikeston
Brownie Pettes
Bertrand
Scott County
Ozarks
Arkansas
Rogers
Louisiana
Bordelonville
Balance Work and Leisure with Budweiser as Host
A vintage-style appeal argues for moderation between work and leisure, claiming Rome’s fall from excess, and suggests Budweiser accompanies relaxation. It highlights reading perspective, rest, humor, and temperate recreation as keys to harmony with progress and family moments.
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Rome
Chicago Produce Prices Steady On Butter Eggs And Poultry
Chicago May 1 report shows butter 593,933 steady, eggs 47,973 easy with storage pack extras 18 1/4, firsts 18, checks 14. Poultry live at 25 trucks steady to firm, Leghorn hens 15, White Rock broilers 23, springs 4 lbs up colored 23, Plymouth Rock 26 1/2, White Rock 27, under 4 lbs Plymouth Rock 22 1/2, White Rock 23 1/2, other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
White Rock
Plymouth Rock
Chicago grain and curb market prices page
Grain quotes from Chicago show May July and September futures for wheat corn and oats with small changes. Curb market listings in New York include several industrials utilities and energy stocks with mixed bid prices and notable tickers such as Am Gen Bal Pf Ford Met Ltd Humble Oil and Cities Service.
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CURB
New York
A. Alum Co Am
Ark Nat Gas
Ark P & L Pf
Bliss
E W
Carrier Corp
Cities Service
Con G & E Bal Pf B
el Bond & Sh
Fairchild Av
Ford Met Ltd
Hecla Min
Humble Oil
Ning Hud
Seib Rub
Texan Oil & L
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Smelt & R
Ewe
T& SF
Barnsdal
Bendix
Beth Steel Sesavoen Vetv
Boeing Airp
Cerro de Pas
Chrysler Corp Ec A
City Ice & Fuel Ok
City I & F Pf
Colgate Palm
Fuel & Iron
Colum G & E
Consol Oil
Coty Inc
Crosley Corp
Crucible Steel
Curtiss Wright Ee
Wees
Douglas Aire Sea
Dow Chemo
du Pont de N
Eastman Kodak Aa
Goodrich (Bf
Goodyear T & R
Gt West
Holly
Houston Oil
Howe Sound
Indust
Interlake
Nick
Johns Manv
Kennecott Cop
Lee
Krog Groc
Lorillard
Magma
Miami
Ai Saba
Aed
Ea Ea
North Am
Northern Pac
Ohio Oiles
Owens Il Glass
Pac G & E
Park Utah
Penney Tj
Penn RR
Peoples Drug New
Phelps Dodge
Phillips Pet
Pub
Soc
Pure Oil
Il Radio Corp of Am
Reming Rand
Repub Steel
Reynolds Tob B
Safeway
Sears Rock Shell UN Oil
Silver King Coal
Simmons Co
Socony
Sperry Corp
Oil Ind
Stewart Warn
Stone & Webster
Studebaker Corp
Swift & Co
Tex Corp Ee Ee
U S Rub Ovreweeevr
U S Steel
Vanadium Corp
Warner Bros Pic
West An Telie
Aa Orea
Westgh Air Br “Sen Enee
West el & Mfg
Ewe Ee Eee
Woolworth
Worthington P & M
Yellow Tr & Coach
Youngst Sh & T
Wall Street
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Chaves County
State OF New Mexico
Joseph A. Millican
Emmett Patton
Adv
State OF New Mesxco
Effie C. McAnally
R. W. McAnally
Effie C. McNally
O. O. Askren
Roswell
New Mexico Military Institute
Col
D. C. Pearson
Board of Regents
R. W. Vorhees
Frank M. Standhardt
Board of
Regents
Hiram M. Dow
R. R. Hinkle
New York Wool
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Budweiser and Beverage
Jmidiliin
Chicago Grain
triverTs
Wrlinbra i
West Second Street
Grocery & Market
West Second St
Goodyear
Goodyear Tires
Roswell, New Mexico
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