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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1942
Page
6
It's not too late to bring your best girl to the Permanent Wave Shop at 108 E. 4th for Mother's Day styling. A promotion highlights extra Victory hair cuts and invites customers to get theirs now, with contact via phone 254 5-813c.
Classifieds list multiple short notes including two room cottages with yard and various items for sale or rent. Names and addresses appear as 896W 104W 1870 extension and 324 E Seventh. A correction clarifies a misaddressed rent ad for a 3 room downstairs furnished apartment at 410 South Penn.
Funeral services for Mrs Sarah Jane Clark wife of B M Clark will be held Saturday afternoon at two o'clock at the Talmage Memorial Chapel Rev Mack D Abbott of the Pentecostal Church will preside Music from the church choir Interment will be at South Park She lived in Roswell seven years coming from Oklahoma and is survived by her husband five daughters two sons and one brother Record Want Ads Get Results
Allied and Japanese reports paint a widening clash off the Solomon Islands and Coral Sea. Britain denies Warspite losses while Tokyo claims US battleships and carriers sunk or damaged. Curtin warns Australia of potential invasion implications as Carrera battles extend across vast Pacific waters.
New York stocks end mixed with notable gains and losses among major names. Industrials and utilities show strength while transportation and oil shares drift. Key closings include AmAirl at 29 3/4 and BoeingA around 15, reflecting uneven sentiment in a volatile session.
Chicago grain round up shows wheat trading May 1.22 1/8 and July 1.25 1/8 1/4 with September 1.27 1/4 and December 1.30 1/2. Corn listed May 386 3/4 and July 83 1/2 5/8 with September 9 5/8 3/4 and December Ya 1/4.
On May 8 in Boston the demand for domestic wools was slow with quarter-blood combing bright fleeces selling at 52-53 cents grease. Three-eighths blood combing bright wood class at 52 cents grease. Semi-bright fleeces quiet and territory wools slow. Fine Australian topmaking wools brought 1.06-1.08 dollars scoured, duty paid.
New York May 8 grease wool futures closed up 3 to .7 of a cent with May at 101.5, July 102.0, December 101.0. Certificated grease wool spot at 102.0 N. Wool top futures rose 2 to .6 of a cent, July 126.0, October 1395, December 150.4. Certificated spot wool tops at 127.0 N. B bid and N nominal.
New York cotton futures closed higher with May at 19.34 cents per pound and July at 19.64. October at 26.04-05, January at 20.08, and March 12.18. Middling spot prices quoted at 21.15. Market labeled nominal amid shaping week.
Selected industrial stocks advanced early but buying slowed as session ended. Top gains for Chrysler, Goodyear, and Goodrich shuffled lower. Transfers totaled 307,800 shares with mixed highs and lows for the year. bonds rose and commodities showed uneven moves including corn steady and cotton up.
The Commercial Bulletin notes slow wool trading along Summer Street with growers keeping wools at or above ceilings. Manufacturing activity is quiet as mills and topmakers bid lower, while rumors of a 250 million yard lend lease for low wools circulate with some footing in reality. Foreign markets remain unchanged and Argentine dealers have recalled renewal letters of credit proposals.
Cent interest charges on wool shipments delayed ninety days as Ship Ping remains the problem at the River Plate. Mohair remains extremely Guil and barely firm with prices unchanged from the first week.
In Kansas City markets, hogs sold slow to steady with some declines. top hogs at 13.95 with light sparing. Cattle sales steady to slightly lower in cleanup trade. vealers weak, stockers little changed. Calves and cows mixed, good to choice vealers 12.00-14.00. Sheep and lambs liquored with fed lambs up to 25. native lambs 14.35 for best weights. Colorado wooled lambs 14.25, others 14.00. Clipped lambs No 1 skins 13.00. large lots 92-101 lb averages, No 2 skins 12.65-75.
Bonds close in New York with Treasury and Federal Farm Mortgage unchanged. Home Owners Loan bonds 2 1/4s at 44 42, 100.9. 3s at 392 44, 104.2.
In Chicago on May 8 butter receipts total 962590 with creamery 93 score around 38 1/2 to 39 92. Eggs receipts 38666 with current receipts 28 3/4 and checks 26 2 4. Poultry live stocks show small hens Plymouth Rock broilers easier, hens mostly down. broilers 2 1/2 down. colored Plymouth White Rock price ranges from 24 to 28 1/2 depending on weight. Ducks geese and turkeys listed with varied prices by weight and type.
Dr T E Boggs offers eye examinations and glasses fitting at 309 N Main St. Lenses are ground in house by expert technicians with immediate duplication for broken lenses. Phone 21 for appointment.
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