Stock Markets Tread Lower Amid Dull Trading
May 23 AP markets drift to weaker levels in thin activity. Steelmakers posted further declines on production drops while a few specialties held steady. Wheat rose about two cents from a drought driven low but faded late due to profit taking. U S Steel and Bethlehem Steel hit new year lows. American Telephone fell after Illinois Bell cut its quarterly dividend.
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American Telephone
Illinois Bell Company
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Allied Chemical
Western Union
Continental Can
Chrysler
General Motors
Celanese
Montgomery Ward
Consolidated Gas
Santa Fe
Howe Sound
Cerro de Pasco
Sears Roebuck
U. S
Grain futures prices for May 23 in Chicago market
Chicago grain and livestock quotes show May 23 close with Wheat at 90 3/8 for May, 89 1/8 July, 89 7/8 Sept. Corn 49 3/8 May, 51 3/4 July, 53 3/8 Sept. Oats 35 1/8 May, 36 1/8 July, 36 5/8 Sept. Rye 55 5/8 May, 67 July, 58 3/4 Sept. Barley 43 3/4 May, 45 1/8 July, 46 1/2 Sept. Lard 6.07 May, 6.10 July, 6.32 Sept. Bellies 8.30 May, 8.37 July.
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Chicago
Market Report Hogs Cattle Sheep From Kansas City and Boston
Kansas City report shows hogs steady to mostly 5 lower with top 3.30 on choice 196-250 lb. cattle 5500, calves 1000, light weights and yearlings mixed. milk-fed vealers 3.50-6.00. sheep 10,000 with lambs and springers steady and bids varied. Boston woodlands note little business on western grown wools with few buyers and prices mostly firm, small lots of middling stock moved at 30 cents grease delivered east.
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Kansas City
US Dept
Boaton
US Dept Aer
Boston
Cotton market steady after morning selling in New York
In New York on May 23, cotton prices steadied after an 8 to 10 point drop during morning trading. Buyers and coverers drove modest gains as the wheat complex firmed. May 11.28, July 21.84-85, October 11.54, December 11.87, January 11.72, March 12.83. Spot middling 11.50.
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New York
Stock Averages May 23 1934 Report
Stock averages for May 23 show mixed results with indices around the in 58 industries over 24 hours. Pro day figures indicate gains in multiple sectors while some indicators lag, reflecting uneven market activity on the period.
U S Bonds Prices In New York Markets
Liberty bonds closed with Fourth 4 1/4s at 103.25 and 33-38 103.25. Treas 4 1/45 at 111.27. Federal Farm Mtg 3 1/4g at 101.16. Home Owners Loan 4s at 100.29. Bond prices listed for the market session with multiple issues and yields.
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New York
Liberty Bonds
Treas
Fed Farm
Home Owners Loan
New York Market Summary From Curb by The Associated Press
A bulleted stock tabulation lists closing figures for multiple issues across industries. Entries include Am Alum Co 63 32/8, Amer Ford War 5, Humble Oil -42 5/8, Detroit Air 3/8, Penn Road 2 3/4, and Unit Gas 2 5/8, with various gains and losses noted in a terse AP-curb format.
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Associated Press
Alum Co Am
Am Cyan
Amer G
Ford Ltd
Gul
Hiedla Mining
Humble Oil
Lib
Ning Hud Pow
Penn Road
Shatt Denn
Shaafer
Sound
Swift & Coll
Texan
Unit. Gas
Unit Verde
Nit P & L
Noted bandit Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker shot dead
Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, labeled the southwest's No 1 outlaw and his gunwoman partner, were killed by a Texas deputy squad near Black Lake La after months on the run. The pair were said to have robbed banks and killed numerous victims across more than a dozen crimes with a car full of firearms found at the scene.
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Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Arcadia
Mt. Lebanon
Sherif Jordan
Bienville Parish
First National Bank of Arcadia
Texas
Jordan
Benton
Gibsland
Paul M. Oakley
Shreveport
Clyde Barrow
Black Lake
Frank Hamer
Texas Rangers
Sales
Parker
Hamer
Herderson Jordan
Gune
Buckshot
Barrows
Iere
B. C. Gault
Ted Hinton
Bob Alcorn
Dallas
Clyde
Bonnie
R. A. Sehmid
Gipson
Hinton
Gibson
Clyde Champion Barrow
Southwest
Ross Sterling
Claude
Marvin
Dexter
Iowa
Associated Press
Plack Lake
Desperado
St. Paul
Evelyn Frechette
John Dillinger
Clayton May
Chicago
James Lacey
Benjamin Wolram
Emanuel Philip Adler
Davenport
Tragic Truck Wreck Kills Thorne Near Hagerman
The 1934 Chevrolet tanker driven by DEETS THORNE and owned by L. H. Bass overturned after brakes locked while descending a grade. Thorne died before ambulance arrival. a tourist applied cold cream at the scene. Funeral services held in Hagerman. inquest verdict ruled accidental truck wreck.
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Phelps Stansell
Mr. Thorne
Mr. Stansell
Sam McCue
Perry Bean
Thorne
Roswell
Armstrong
L. H. Bass
Hagerman
C.G. Maeson
Cotton Prices Steady In Galveston Market
In Galveston on May 23 the spot cotton market held steady with middling grade at 11.45 cents. Sales reached 640 bales as buyers and sellers paused on price movement.
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Galveston
Cotton Prices Quiet in New Orleans Market
New Orleans May 23 spot cotton eased two points with sales totaling 287 bales. Middling grade priced at 11.48 cents per pound.
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