Market ends firm after late rally on Wall Street
May 2 AP report notes heavy afternoon buying lifts stocks, with several issues advance 0.5 to 1 point and turnover near 2.89 million shares. Rails gain on Western carrier load data, while oils weaken as Socony-Vacuum omits dividend. Gold stocks rise and dollar exchange concerns temper early hesitancy as Sterling and francs move modestly.
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Dollar Exchange
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Southern Pacific
Consolidated Gas
Woolworth
Corn Products
American Telephone
U. S
Allied Chemical
New Jersey
California
Socony-Vacuum
Standard of New York
Vacuum Oil
New York Stocks May Day Close On Exchange
New York stock market reports mixed gains and losses on May 2 with gains in Gulf Oil and Ford and declines in several rail and industrial issues. Curb market listings show Ark Nat Gace A and City Sve variants trading lower while others like Texan and Unit Verde edge higher.
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Ind
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Unit Verde
Chicago Grain Market Prices May Trading Session
Chicago grain prices show May figures with oats around 24 and 24 1 2 cents. Corn futures rise to 32 cents, soybeans mixed. Rye futures near 49 cents, lard and belly fat prices listed for May and July contracts.
Kansas City Livestock Prices Report May 2 AP
U S Dept of Agriculture cattle 4500 head and calves 500 with killing classes active up to 25c higher. Medium to good steers 4.50 to 5.75, yearling heifers 4.50, butcher cows 2.75 to 3.25, medium bulls 2.0. Vealers steady to strong, better calves 5.00 to 6.00. Hogs 6000 head very slow, top 3.75 on 180-220 lb, sows 3.15 to 3.35, stock pigs 3.00 to 3.25. Sheep 10000 native lambs 6.25 early, clipped lambs 5.40 to 5.50. Texas 5.75.
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Kansas City
U. S
Texas
New York Cotton Dips Then Rallies In Trading Day
In New York on May 2 the cotton market opened with a 14 to 18 point drop on realizing, then rallied. July rose to 8.27 from 8.03, December to 8.65 from 8.40, net advances about 7 points. Afternoon trading stayed barely steady, then late-day strength returned on stock market gains and buying. May 8.10, July 8.23-25, Oct 8.46-8.48, Dec 8.62-8.63, Jan 8.70, Mar 8.85-87. Spot 8.25.
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New York
Boston Wool Market Slow as Supplies Diminish
In Boston on May 2, the wool market showed slower activity than last week due to dwindling supplies, notably greasy combing wools. Mills asked generally for worsted types but did not rush to cover en masse, with asking prices held firm at or just above recent sale levels.
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Boston
Galveston Cotton Prices Steady at 7.90 Middling
Spot cotton in Galveston on May 2 remained steady at 7.90 per middling. Sales totaled 296 bales as the AP report notes.
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Galveston
New Orleans Cotton Closes Steady Up Eight Points
New Orleans May 2 spot cotton closed steady eight points higher. Sales totaled 1,479 bales with middling at 8.07 cents.
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New Orleans
Stock Averages and Industry Totals May Day Report
Stock averages for May 2 show 50 industrials 20 railroads 20 rails with 99 ti. Today’s figures list 70.3 86.5 82.3 and an X67.2 reading. Prey day 70.9 34.0 80.9 67.0 X-New 19338 High.
Deaths Last Night Across Three Continents
In Dresden a French Consul-General Deberne Lagarde died in an automobile streetcar collision. In New York Hugo Hirsh aged 84, lawyer author and philanthropist died of heart disease. In North Branford Ridgely Hunt 45 Yale librarian was killed when his car crashed into a railroad trestle abutment.
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Germany
Deberne Lagarde
New York
Hugo Hirsh
North Branford, Conn
Ridgely Hunt
Lineman and Brothers Library
Yale University
Wood, 96, Michigan alumnus and railroad pioneer
Arthur P. Wood of Omaha Nebraska, aged 96, was the university of michigan alumnus and influential civil engineer who aided in constructing the union pacific railroad, a notable figure in regional engineering history.
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Arthur P. Wood
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Carlsbad News and Community Notes Update
Roswell visits by Mr Harris of Potash Company of America and others. Church trustees meet. grade school graduation list. Rotary district trip report from Albuquerque. Birthday events for Eddy County Hospital fund. Women’s Federation banquet in Carlsbad with plans and speeches. Marriages include Hugh Hall and Margaret Laisure. Lucille Mayer and Peter Fleming. retirement news for W. O. McCollum.
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Louise Ares
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Texas
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Carlsbad Rotary Club
Albuquerque
Charles L. Mills
Francis Knapp
Mary B. Hardin
Robert Thompson
Carl Bohannon
Patty Lou Brown
Richard Cunningham
Linn Marquess
Cecil Ginanni
Ruth Wylie
Mary McBee
Eugenia van Orman
Blanche Badgelt
Bess Wheeler
T. J. Carlton
Slyn Evans
Joe Lunsford
Homer King
Edwin Dunagan
Ruth Boring
Wynelle
Lewis
Catherine Donahue
Dorothy Sue Wright
S. E. Schnaubert
June Connell
Evelyn Adams
Ollie Marie Evrage
Irene Beach
Louise Denny
Junior Burks
Robye McKinney
Virginia Cox
Lester Nelson
John Mae Campbell
Margaret Minter
Ruth Courson
Donna Faye Campbell
Arnold Smith
Dwayne Davis
Madine Keach
Florine Muncy
Leda Maer Heston
Ruth Lewis
Bobbie Fitzsimmons
Claude McDaniels
S. P. Page
Sisters’ Hospital
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Lucille Pond
Mr. Galt
Capitan
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Margaret Laisure
James Wallace
Concha Annon
Wichita
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McCollum
Lucille Mayer
Peter M. Fleming
St. Edwards Church
Mabel Vowell
C.A. Pierce
N. Halagueno Street
Hagerman News Roundup Highlights Local Visitations and Debates
Hagerman residents host visitors from Roswell Dexter Artesia Carlsbad and Artesia while the town welcomes back mayor Tolley West. Local groups plan a Monday Lions Club dinner, and mission societies meet to discuss topics and lessons. The Hagerman debate team, led by Steve Mason and I Verne Campbell, beat Hobbs on a tax revenue motion. The Lion’s Club elects Frank McCarthy president and organizes weekly dinners. Various church groups share lessons, zone meetings, and social gatherings. 4 H club notes and next meeting dates are listed.
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Verne Campbell
Hobbs
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Business Men’s Club
Frank McCarthy
Methodist Missionary Society
McCarthy
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Girls’ Guild
T. D. Devenport
Schaubel
L. J. Burch
Carl Hanson Jr
J. W. Kerwen
John McAllister
Alvin Downes
Wayne Graham
A. Crippen
K. C. Preston
Arthur Lawing
R. B. Miller
Artesia
Stafford Brown
Carshad
Estelle Rogers
E. S. Bible
J. Hartley
Devonport
Lake Arthur
Thelma Robinson
Hope
Carlsbad
Roswell
Robinson
Sunshine Girls
Grace Wade
Doris Key
Ernest Langegeneggar
Doris
Maxne Key
Ida Langeneggar
Ruth Wate
Vada Burrell
Bombings Rock Chicago Union War Amid May Day Attacks
In Chicago many bombs, six in 24 hours, target union offices as gangsters fight to control the teamsters. Arthur Metzger’s Lake Forest home is bombed during a meeting of his local association. Police blame outlaw union leaders, while court actions and kidnappings ripple through labor circles.
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Lake Forest
Murray Humphreys
Willie
Three Fingered Jack
Fred Sass
Morris Goldberg
Bratton Rumor and Senate Prospects for Court Seat
The piece discusses Senator Bratton and a possible U S circuit court of appeals judgeship for him. It notes Democratic opposition to Gov Seligman holding the seat, hints the President could appoint Bratton, and references Indiana beer control laws and a ruling by Judge Baker that may require a beer license refund.
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Frank P. Baker
Marion Criminal Court
Indianapolis
Indiana
al Capone
Chicago
Wichita cafe owner jailed over 3.2 beer test case
J. J. O'Brien of Wichita invited deputy sheriffs to arrest him on selling 3.2 beer as a test case in dry Kansas. Police raided his cafe, seizing 56 bottles. In court he was fined 100 dollars and sentenced to 30 days in jail on each of two counts, possession and maintaining a nuisance. he appealed.
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Wichita
Kansas
O’brien
Woman killed by Santa Fe train near Melrose
Mrs. Letha Holley, 29, a former inpatient at the State Hospital, died when a westbound Santa Fe passenger train ran over her about five miles east of Melrose New Mexico. Investigators said she may have lain across the tracks. She had been returned to the state hospital at Las Vegas but was not admitted. Survived by husband, three children, and her parents.
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Bowman
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Richmond
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New Mexico Federation
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Anna Thompson
Albuquerque
Mary Bassett
Silver City
Elizabeth Board
Mildred Beal
Tucumcari
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Ann Porter
la’ Caverna Hotel
Elizabeth Garret
Roswell
Allen
Annie V. Morrison
Rubye Morton
Caverns
Thomas Boles
Carlsbad Caverns
Elizabeth Garrett
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Oh Fair New Mexico
Clovis
N. M
Letha Holley
State Hospital
Melrose
Virgil Dunn
Curry County
Storey Resigns as Santa Fe President. Bledsoe Named
New York May 2 AP William B Storey resigned today as president of the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway. Samuel T Bledsoe general counsel and chairman of the executive committee was named his successor. Storey a railroader for over fifty years affiliated with Santa Fe since 19 60 and president for thirteen years submitted his resignation at today’s regular directors meeting. Bledsoe has been with Santa Fe for 35 years.
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William B. Storey
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Samuel T. Bledsoe
Storey
Santa Fe
Bledsoe
Voorhees Pioneer Attorney Dies in Raten New Mexico
A. C. Voorhees, prominent early settler and father of District Attorney Fred Voorhees, died in Raten, New Mexico, after living in the area for about 50 years.
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Raten
N. M
A. C. Voorhees
Fred Voorhees
New Mexico
Legion Dance Postponed to Date To Be Announced
The American Legion dance at The Woman's Club, scheduled for Thursday, has been postponed. A new date will be announced later.
Council Meets Tonight Brings Regular Meeting Agenda
The city council holds its regular meeting tonight to consider a number of important matters on the agenda.
Cutting Sees Congress Backing Public Works Bill
Senator Bronson Cutting wired the Governor that he believed Congress would pass a pending public works bill. He has fought for construction projects to relieve unemployment and keep money circulating.
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Santa Fe
Bronson Cutting
Congress
Cutting
New Mexico Night Weather Outlook Shifts Toward Showers
Unsettled conditions linger tonight and Wednesday across New Mexico with likely showers in the north central and northwest regions. Temperatures rise in the southeast, bringing warmer conditions there.
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New Mexico
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