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Newspaper

Roswell Daily Record

Location

Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1935

Page

5

Wall Street Stocks Tread Water In Tepid Session

May 11 New York AP brief stock market session sees demand for preferred utilities and sugar shares with scattered specialties. Most groups listless and some gainers retreated on profit taking. Close about steady. transfers around 634,660 shares.

Wall Street New York Jones RFC U. S Public Service of New Jersey Electric Power & Light American Power & Light Peoples Gas American Crystal Sugar American Telephone Consolidated Gas General Motors

New York curb rates from Associated Press listing diverse stock figures

AAP stock page shows closing quotes across sectors with company names such as Amn G & E, Gulf Oil, Hecla Min, Newmont Min, Humble Oil, Texan Oil, Un Light & Power, and Trans Cent Air. Prices range from fractional to multi-digit gains and losses, reflecting market activity at 1 1/2 to 59 point levels.

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Chicago Grain Market Summary May 11 Grain futures closes

Chicago May 11 grain quotations list May wheat at 93 1/8 July 94 7/8. Corn May 87 3/8 July 80 3/8. Oats May 46 1/4 July 37 1/4. Rye May 54 5/8 July 54 5/8. Soybeans May 16.70 July 16.67. Prices shown in cents per bushel or bushel equivalents.

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New York Cotton Prices Drift After Resistance Seen

Cotton held near 12 cents for July and nearby contracts, then backed and filled over 5 to 8 points. Commission houses and foreigners sold while trade, local and government agencies bought. Market closed steady with net losses of 1 to 5 points. May 11.95. October 11.81. December 11.86. March 11.96. spot middling 12.35.

New York Commission House

Galveston Cotton Prices Steady on May Market

Galveston Texas May 11 AP spot cotton holds steady on an easy market. Middling grade reported around 42.40 to 42.60 cents, with daily sales figures noted.

Galveston Texas

Boston Wool Prices Rise in Active Boston Market

Trading in wool was very active in the Boston market over the past week with prices firmer. Combing Ohio and similar fleeces sold at 26-27 cents in grease for 64s and finer, 27 cents for 58s 60s 1/2 blood, 26 for 36s 3/8 blood, and 23-23.5 for 48s 50s 1/4 blood. Fair sales closed on the last two grades as moderate to large lots moved across most territory wools with generally firmer prices and occasional increases.

Boston US Dept Agr Ohio

New Orleans Spot Cotton Closes Steady

New Orleans spot cotton finished steady with unchanged quotations as sales reached 1130 bales. Middling price held at 12.40 cents, with market activity described as light to moderate. Analysts noted stable demand amid mixed futures guidance.

New Orleans

Kansas City Livestock Market Report May 11

Hogs six hundred, cattle eleven hundred, calves four hundred. Week's top prices: heavy steers thirteen dollars, heifers 10.40, yealers eight fifty, stockers eight fifty, light feeders nine twenty-five. Sheep three hundred, top shorn lambs seven eighty-five, late bulk seven sixty to seven eighty-five, top natives nine twenty-five, best Arizonas eight seventy-five, natives eight twenty-five to eight eighty-five, shorn ewes largely three twenty-five to three seventy-five.

Kansas City

U S Bonds Market Briefs From Associated Press

U S Bond market quotes show Home Owners 4s trading around 100.28 with a 51 yield and Fed Farm Mtg 3 1/4s around 103.21. Prices reflect ongoing shifts in government and mortgage-backed securities markets.

U. S. Bonds The Associated Press Fed Farm

NM Conference tennis finals set at Institute courts

McKay of NM M I and Wertz of the New Mexico School of Mines meet at 3 30 this afternoon for the singles title as the Mines duo Head and Saville Rackmil and Wertz reach the doubles final after opening round and semi final wins.

McKay Wertz New Mexico School of Mines New Mexico Institute Barker Newton School of Mines Head Saville Rackmil N. M. Normal University Kemp Holcomb Rackmi Sullivan

Democrats Back Patman Bill For Bonus Payment

Washington sources report Senator Long says most Democratic leaders favor paying the veteran bonus through the Patman Dill measure. President Roosevelt heads to a Blue Ridge fishing trip as lawmakers weigh a veto message with input from Jesse Jones, Marriner Eccles, and other leaders. Chavez named to fill Senator Cutting's New Mexico seat amid push to advance the bill.

Washington Senator Long D-La Patman Dill Jesse Jones Marriner Eccles Roosevelt Blue Ridge Mountains Maryland Garner Burns Finance Committee Patman Senate House Ers Jones Reconstruction Corporation White House Eccles Federal Reserve Board Long Democratic Party Chavez Dennis Chavez Senator Cutting New Mexico

Three killed in prison fight and escapes in Dallas area

A pursuit of three convicts ended with Peddy shot dead as he left trees after a conflict over a murder sentence. Sam Grant, R. C. Tipton, and Harry Lutlow, all serving long terms, seized guards’ weapons during a Trinity river chase. At the prison, Ernest Young was stabbed to death in a gang fight involving about 100 inmates after a previous dice game dispute. Several others were bruised.

Peddy Sam Grant R. C. Tipton Harry Lutlow Trinity River Ernest Young

Mae West Divorce Notified By James Timoney

James Timoney, Mae West's business manager, informed her attorney that she had been divorced. The report notes the divorce was advised as having occurred, reflecting a change in West's personal status.

James Timoney The Star

Federal Probe Fatal Wreck of TWA Liner

A weeping witness temporarily halted a federal probe into a fatal TWA airliner crash near Macon Missouri as Bland Gentner described the wreckage. Dr G C Lyda testified about talking to a passenger and learning the co-pilot warned to tighten seat belts before impact. Weather was described as misty and clouds very low as the hearing opened.

TWA Macon Here Bland Gentner Dennis Mulligan Mulligan Gentner G. C. Lida Atlanta Charles Bledsoe Lyda Dora Metzger Bledsoe Schroeder Secretary of Commerce Paramount Pictues Paramount Picture Group

Four Drowned After Car Plunge Into Vallecitas River New Mexico

Santa Fe reports reach AP of four youths drowned when their car plunged through a bridge into the Vallecitas River yesterday afternoon. Names include De Vargas, Medina, and two Dominguez sisters. Three bodies recovered. search for the fourth ongoing.

Santa Fe Vallecitas de Vargas Medina Romanxita Dominguez Dominguez Espanola

Preliminary Border Track Meet Qualifiers at Albuquerque

Border conference athletes qualified for finals in Albuquerque as New Mexico University sprinter Bill Dennard edged Arizona U rival Carl Raisen in a 9.9 100 yard dash that tied the conference record. Several NMU and Arizona U athletes earned spots in the final rounds across sprints hurdles and field events.

Albuquerque N. M Bill Dennard Stavy New Mexico University Carl Raisen Arizona U Wiley Arizona Cunningham N. M. Aggies Lister Wallace Ada Barrows Bob Ayers Ashby Lohse Mariano Montoya Jarrett Fowler Davey Sexton Tempe Dennard Byers Bowyer Keasier New Mexico Univ Lowrey C. Cowan Texas Tech Anderson Anderson and Farry

City Beautiful Contest Awards Are Announced

The City Beautiful contest lists numerous prize winners for best bouquets, beds, lawns, and decorative garden features. Local businesses like Purdy's Furniture Store MecNally Hall Motor Co and Yucca Princess Theatres sponsor $5 trades and cash awards for top displays of dahlias, roses, gladiolas, annuals, and ornamental iron arrangements.

MecNally-Hall Motor Co Yucca-Princess Theatres Equitable Building and Loan Association Big Jo Lumber Co Gross-Miller Grocery Co Anderson's Gardens Price & Co Pecos Valley Trading Co Huff’s American Beauty Roswell Morning Dispatch Kemp Lumber Co Bailey's Cleaning Works Glover’s Flowers Central Hardware Company First National Bank Pecos Valley Lumber Co Roswell Auto Co Wilson Furniture Roswell Seed. Co Safeway Store Ow! Sign Company Mabie-Lowrey Hardware Co Roswell Daily Record Bermuda Sunset Creamery Roswell Laundry Co Southwestern Public Service Company Pier Rubber Co Hall-Poorbaugh Purity Baking Co Kipling’s Confectionery Roswell Floral Company Daniel Paint and Glass Company Mountain States Telephone Co Allison Floral Co Chaves County Building & Loan Association Elmore and Pratt Spring & Forging Company Zumwalt & Danenberg

Governor's Day at Carlsbad Caverns Draws 2000 Students

Over 2,000 students from about 70 New Mexico schools visit Carlsbad Caverns for Governor Clyde Tingley led Governor's Day. Under 35 guides the groups tour caves at 9:50 and 10:30 AM, then lunch and hear a brief address in the Bic Room before the Rock of Ages ceremony. A spring football game between Carlsbad and Artesia high schools follows at the lighted field. Tingley arrives with Adj. Gen. R.2 Chariton and others, and the group will stay through Sunday morning.

Carlsbad Caverns Carlsbad N. M Clyde Tingley Governor Tingley Carlsbad High School Artesia’ High School Adj Chariton W. H Rodgers Tingley

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