Wall Street Sees Market Drop On War News Then Rebound
May 28 Wall Street traders dumped stocks amid war fear after Belgium capitulated to Germany but recovered later as losses narrowed. The session featured large blocks traded and delayed debut of key issues in steels, aircrafts, and motors. Transfers reached 1,249,000 shares with U S Steel and Chrysler among leaders. Commodities steadied after a morning slide.
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New York
Belgium
Germany
Churchill
House of Commons
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
General Motors
Douglas Aircraft
Glenn
Kansas City Livestock Market Report May 28
Kansas City hogs total 5,000. Late sales 25-35 lower. top 5.30. feeders 8.75-10.25. sows 4.15-5.50. calves weak. Cattle mixed. bulls 25 lower. vealers steady to weak. stockers slow. Sheep 5,500 total. lambs steady to strong. natives above 11.25. feeders 8.25-9.65. CURB MARKET New York and bond bids listed. Wool demand sparse in Boston. Chicago grains show mixed wheat near 83. Chester produce steady. poultry prices unchanged.
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Kansas City
USDA
New York
Adams
Alaska
Aviat Corp
Bendix
Boeing Airp
Borg Warn
Bulova Watch
iCalir
Calum & Hec
Wyant
Case
Cerro de Pas
Chrysler Corp
City Ice & Fuel
City i & Ffi
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Colgate Palm PiCol Fuel & Iron
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Coty Inc
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Eaton Mfg
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See
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Goodrich
Goodyear T & R
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Lorillard (P
Magma
Miami
Mont Ward
North Am Co
Northern Pac
Ohio Oil
Owens Ill Giliss
Pac
Park Utah
Penney
J C
Penn R
Phelps Dodge
Phillips Pet
Radio Corp of Am
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Cal Ltd
India
Stewart Warn
Studebaker Corp
Swift
Air Lee
Corp Set Ee
Indus Alco
Us&s
R &M
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Warner Bros Pic Ae
West UN Tel
West Air Br Fe
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West el & Mice
Ae Ee
Woolworth
Worthington P & M
Youngst
Sh & T
Studying Habits Of Otero County Mice
Alamogordo New Mexico May 28 A University of Michigan scientist Dr Frank Blair and his wife studied Otero county mice for three months to learn how range habits affect protective coloration. They trapped over 500 mice on 35 acres and documented diet family relations and movement up to three quarters of a mile per night. Dr Blair plans further tests in Michigan before publishing.
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N. M
Otero County
Frank Blair
University of Michigan
Blair
White Sands
Malpais
Alamogordo
Lee R. Dice
New Mexico
Midwest
Mrs. Blair
Michigan
North Woods
Ann Arbor
Surrender Of King Continues As Allies Fight On
The article reports that Premier Reynaud vows the Anglo French army of the north will keep fighting and Belgium’s government will try to raise another army despite Leopold’s withdrawal. German forces press the sack of Flanders as Paris reports French lines hold from Abbeville to the Somme and toward the Maginot Line, prompting a readjustment of Allied plans.
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Leopold
Flanders
Hitler
Nazifuehrer
Abbeville
Somme
Maginot
Paris
Peronne
France
Umberto
Ardennes Forest
Norway
Germany
England
Hubert Pierlot
Belgium
Germany Drives to Bruges As Belgium Surrenders
German forces advanced within six miles of Bruges and crossed the Scheldt canal west of Valenciennes. Belgian king Leopold capitulated leaving 700,000 Allied troops trapped. Nazi air and sea attacks intensified as the fight narrowed around Flanders and Artois with Allied resistance stiffening. Britain prepared a supreme effort to break the ring around its expeditionary force and considered withdrawing via channel ports under naval and air protection.
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Orchies
Douai
Lille
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Artois
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Adolf Hitler
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Merville
High Command
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Ostend
Dunkerque
Britain
London
Belgium
Churchill
Ten Downing Street
Navy
Royal Air Force
France
Somme
Luftwaffe
High Commando
New York Cotton Futures Close Lower On May 28
Cotton futures finished 6 19 lower with old and new contract quotes for July, October, December and January. Spot middling at 10.39 cents per pound, nominal for classifications.
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NEW York Cotton
New York
Jly
New York wool futures fall on active selling
Wool top futures declined 22 to 28 points as European war developments spurred selling by Boston firms and commissions. Prices slid from session highs after a 36 point drop, then recovered slightly on commission buying and local covering. July 85.5, October 83.7, December 83.4B. Spot tops 93.0. Bid.
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New York
Boston
Commission House
Jly
Allies To Fight On Mexico Expels Trotsky Aims
Mexican nationalist group and the national youth confederation demand the government expel Leon Trotsky and all communist elements, calling his presence a constant danger. In Berlin, Leopold faces renewed pressure after a surrender deemed prudent by German observers, triggering speculation about his throne and possible expansion of Belgium into Holland.
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Mexico City
Nationalist Association
National Youth Confederation
Leon Trotsky
Mexico
Russia
Deaths and sheriff appointment in New Mexico notes
In Gallup on May 23 a coroner's jury ruled the Blythe California man Jim Bob Smith died by his own action after being hit by a Santa Fe train near here. In Aztec on May 28 San Juan County commissioners named J. C. McKenzie to replace Sheriff John Graves who died May 15.
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Gallup
N. M
Jim Bob Smith
Blythe
Calif
Nere
Aztec
San Juan County
J. C. McKenzie
John Graves
Belgian surrender looms amid Allied rally and Nazi gains
Across reports from Galveston to Mexico City and Tulsa the day’s wire summaries detail steady cotton markets, Mexico’s expropriation program, U S oil production dips, and a globe-spanning scramble as King Leopold surrenders and Churchill vows to ignore the move while German forces surge on in Flanders.
Boy dragged to death by frightened horse near Taos
In Taos New Mexico on May 28 a 12 year old boy Edward Martinez of Arroyo Hondo died after the lead rope around his waist was caught when the horse he led bolted frighteningly. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Reyes Martinez.
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Taos, N. M
Edward Martinez
Arroyo Hondo
Reyes Martinez
Clovis Woman Appointed to New Mexico Cosmetology Board
Clauda Elliott of Clovis has been appointed to the state board of cosmetology by Governor Miles, succeeding Mrs. Enid Cope of Roswell whose term expired.
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Santa FE
N. M
Clauda Elliott
Clovis
State Board of Cosmetology
Miles
Enid Cope
Roswell
Chama River fishing opens below El Vado dam
In New Mexico on May 28 about 2000 feet of the Chama river below El Vado dam was opened to fishing by the state game commission. The stretch had been closed since the dam's construction to compensate for three miles recently posted by Tierra Amarilla grant landowners led by Kenneth A. Heron and others.
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Santa FE
N. M
Chama
el Vado Dam
State Game Commission
Elliott Barker
Kenneth A. Heron
Lafayettes Comment on Invasion Fears Abroad
The Lafayettes continuing from page one argue that fear of a foreign invasion is unfounded unless Americans provoke it by quarreling and meddling in foreign affairs, urging restraint amid international tensions.
New Orleans cotton closes quiet with 8 point drop
In New Orleans on May 28, spot cotton closed quiet and fell 8 points. Sales reached 578 bales with middling price at 10.40.
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New Orleans
Politician with Fishing Boat Photo Questioned
A reader comments on politics and hypocrisy, mocking a candidate’s image in boats and native headgear. The piece quips about Nazi salutes and German returnees, notes Mexico building a highway, and jokes about mean sun temperatures and cooling drinks.
German reply to US protest on submarine policy given
May 28 1915 The German government sent an evasive reply to the United States protest over submarine policy. In Callander Ontario the Dionne Quintuplets marked their seventh birthday with attendance at their first mass signaling a new phase in their religious education and schooling progression.
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Associated Press
United States
Callander
Dionne
Ontario
White House notes sorrow over Leopold surrender
White House press secretary Stephen Early quoted President Roosevelt saying these are sad days. He commented on King Leopold's surrender to Germany, noting the sadness refers to the news rather than the action.
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Washington
Stephen Early
White House
Roosevelt
Leopold
Germany
Early
Arizona Indians grow population shows census rise
Phoenix report states that Arizona Indians numbered 51,730 in 1940 up from 39,497 in 1930. Census chief D Kelly Turner noted Navajo and Hopi as the largest growing tribes with a combined 32,910, while Yavapai remain the smallest at under 100.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Union man acquitted in beating case in Philadelphia
John Murray, business agent for the national maritime union, was acquitted today by Judge Eugene V. Alessandroni of charges that he hired two men to beat an oil company official last May in a union dispute. Robert Wade, 19, of Raton, New Mexico, testified that he and another man attacked the official on Murray’s instructions. Wade has pleaded guilty to assault.
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Philadelphia
John Murray
National Maritime Union
Eugene V. Alessandroni
Robert Wade
Raton
N. M
The
Commonwealth
Murray
Wade
Umpire McGrath Fined for Assault After Bisbee Game
Bisbee Arizona May 28 An Arizona-Texas league umpire Eugene McGrath was fined 50 dollars in justice of the peace court for assault and battery after striking a fan, Harry Walters, with a baseball mask following the Bisbee vs El Paso game Saturday night.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Eugene McGrath
Justice of the Peace Court
Harry Walters
McGrath
Sheepherder Held on Murder Charge in Montoya Slaying
Antonio Casaus, 38, of Governador, New Mexico, was detained in Pagosa Springs for first degree murder in the shooting death of Polito Montoya, 30. District attorney James W. Noland said Montoya appeared to be shot by a rifle round aimed at Anastacio Duran, in a feud over Duran's wife. Montoya was killed as he walked toward Casaus' camp in the dark.
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Pagosa Springs
Colo
Antonio Casaus
Governador
N. M
Polito Montoya
James WN. Noland
Durango
Montoya
Anastacio Duran
Casaus
Duran
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