Stock Market Faces Global Pressures on May Day
On May 31 New York stock dealings showed buying mood amid foreign and domestic strains. Grain and cotton rallies brightened speculation while gold markets softened and sterling climbed against the dollar. Bonds were dull but certain utilities and metals rose. Major issues traded with fractional gains across American Telephone, U S Steel, Bethlehem, U S Smelting and others. Total volume reached 1,125,070 shares.
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New York
Washington
American Telephone
Commonwealth & Southern Preferred
Public Service of New Jersey
U.S. Smelting
Howe Sound
McIntyre Porcupine
Dome
Standard Oils of
New Jersey
California
American Crystal Sugar
Macy
National Distillers
American Can
Allied Chemical
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
American Woolen
Toll of Colorado Springs flood riles city leaders
Police estimate on the disaster remains uncertain as the wall of water 20 feet high swept through Colorado Springs. Houses toppled, people clung to upper floors, and rescue squads led by Gordon Mace evacuated scores. Looting followed, a semi martial law was imposed, and rail lines and bridges were ruined in the flood caused by multiple cloudbursts along Fountain River.
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Gordon Mace
Denver
Colorado College
Fountain River
Colorado Springs
Toney
Colorando
Manitou
Ute Pass
Monument Valley
Sandy Creek
Husted
E. L. Mosley
Dorchester Parks
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Antlers Park
Rock Island Lines
Monument
Fountain Creeks
Bijou Street
Monument Creek
Grain futures end May 31 near mixed gains
Chicago notes grain closes with May wheat 82 5/8, July 84 1/8, September 85 1/8, December 87 1/4. Corn May 83 5/8, July 78 3/4, September 72, December 61 1/2. Oats May 36, July 34 1/2, September 33 1/8, December 34 3/4. Rye May 48, July 49 1/4, September 50 1/2, December 53 3/4. Barley May 50, July 45, September 47 1/2. Lard May 13.27, July 13.22, September 13.30. Bellies May 17.56, July 16.95.
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New York
York Stock Exchange
Lehvairr
Alaska J
Lorillard
Macker
Amr
Metapor
AmCr &Y
McKet
Amcmaie
McLellan
AmcCrySg
Midcpet
Amcryspt
Forr MentoCh
Am Loco
MorntWd
Am Metal
P&l
Murry Cc Ampi&pt
Nash Mot
NatBis
AmRadSt
Na Aviat AmWooln
NorAmr
AmWinPf
NorAmPf
AmWmBn
An Cap
Nor Pac
Arm
Ohio Oil
B&o Rail
Ill G Barnsdl
Pac
G&e
Bendix A Bh
Packard
Beth Sti Park AC
Bob Alum
Penny JC
Borden
Phil Pet
Bulovia Phelps D
Burad Ma
Penny
Byers O
Pulman
Case J
C&o Rail K
Comst P&p
RemRand
Cmsstp
Chryssler
ReyTob
Colgate
Safeway
ComsInvtr StroLead
ComSolv
Schul
Curt Wrt
Sou Pac
Dlac& W
StaBrds
Dia Mat
pougAir
Cal
du Pont
Stoilind
Fastmn
Sta O NJ
Eaton
Stearn
Stone& W
el Studbkr
Elec Pel Tex Corp
Erie R
Tex Gul
Foste
Texpc&o
Fox FA
Texpitr
FrepTex
Timken
Trans Am
Elec
GenFood
Air
Genrsizg
GilRaz
Corp
Gimbel B
Glidden
Toldust
Goodyear
US Steel
West Mary
West Union
T&t
West Air
H&m
Kelvina
Kencott
Pump
Kroge Groc
Texas
Arizona
New Mexican
Oregon
Turkey
New York Cotton Falls After Roosevelt NRA Hint
New York May 31 cotton markets eroded after midday gains as reports quoted President Roosevelt signaling potential strict implications for the NRA and possible abandonment of the agriculture program. Futures closed easy with July at 10.97 and October at 10.68. Spot middling 11.30.
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New York
Roosevelt
NRA
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
New York Curbs Market Quotes From AP Wire
A compact AP market ledger lists varied stock and bond quotes such as Alum Co Am 52 1/2 Amn Cyan B 18 5/8 Am Fen P War 2 Amn G&E 27 3/8 and Gulf O Pa 65 1/2, with several miners and utilities including Newmont Min 47 Hecla Min 10 Humble Oil 57 1/2 and Swift Co 15 7/8.
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New York
Associated Press
Alum Co Am
Amn Cyan
Amn G&e
Cens Cop
EK Bons & Share
Ford Mot Ltd
Gulf O Pa
Hecla
Humble Oil
Lib McN
Lib
Newmont
Nia Hud
Penn Road
Swift& Co
Trans Cent Air
Unit & Pow al
Unit Verde
ASK LEVINSON CALLED TO GALLUP GRAND JURY PROBE
Attorney General Frank Patton wired David Levinson in New York to appear before the Gallup grand jury on June 10 as an inquiry opens into the kidnapping case involving Levinson, counsel for the International Labor Defense, and Communist writer Robert Minor.
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Santa Fe
Frank Patton
David Levinson
New York
Gallup Grand Jury
Levinson
International Labor Defense
Robert Minor
U S Bond Prices and Rates Listed in Brief
Treasury 4 1/4s for 1947 to 1952 quoted at 116.6. Home Owners 48 51 at 100.7. Fed Farm 3s 49 at 101.20. Fed Farm Meeting 3 1/4s at 51, 108.18.
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U. S. Bonds
Associated Press
Treas
Home Owners
Fed Farm
Spot cotton steady as sales hit region total
In Galveston on May 31 the AP notes spot cotton was steady with middling at 11.35 and sales reaching 120. In Pueblo Colorado high waters on Fountain River caused property damage estimated at half a million dollars in the Pueblo district.
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Galveston
Pueblo
Colo
Fountain River
Pueblo District
Roswell Couples Tie Knot as Clergy Officiates
Grant C Barnes and Lanora Gaston both of Roswell wed yesterday in a ceremony conducted by Rev C C Hill. A marriage license was issued Thursday to John H Wyly and Evelyn Brown, both of Roswell.
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Grant C. Barnes
Lanora Gaston
Roswell
C. C. Hill
John H. Wyly
Evelyn Brown
Wool market quiet in Boston as prices ease slightly
Boston reports a generally quieter wool market with unsettled price trends. Many houses still quote the extreme prices from their last sale, while some offerings, though limited, appear at prices a bit lower than the recent peak.
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Boston
U. S. Dept. Agr
Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds 1920 football schedule announced
Portales New Mexico May 31 Nine games and one open date comprise the Eastern New Mexico Junior College Greyhounds football schedule for the 1920 season. Coach Tiny Fev ed announces opener against State College Farmers in Las Cruces with dates set for Clovis Amarillo Portales Roswell Plainview Altus Oklahoma and Las Cruces venues.
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N. M. JX
College Portales
N. M
Eastern New
Reed
State College
Las Cruces
Clovis
West Texas State Teachers College
New Mexico Univ. Fresh
Portales
N.M.M.I
Roswell
Wayland
Plainview
Altus
Okla
Relief Demonstration At Albuquerque Today
Alphabetized by city, Albuquerque residents gathered before the courthouse as liga obrera and unemployed council committees pressed for higher relief budgets and protested alleged relief discrimination. A. B. Retz and Major Moss of FERA argued budgets of 47 to 157 dollars were impossible nationwide.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Liga Obrera and Unemployed Council
A. B. Retz
Bernalillo County
FERA
Ted L. Moys
Fera Legal Department
Moss
United States
Wool price quotations in last week report
Boston May 31 AP The Commercial Bulletin notes a NRA Supreme Court ruling keeps wool business in suspense with prices nominally unchanged. Western operations dwindle while seaboard sales hold. mohair remains firm. Detailed regional scoured and pulled basis quotes follow for several states and territories.
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Boston
N.R.A. Supreme Court
West
Seaboard
Texas
Bulletin
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Delaine
Michigan
New York
Wisconsin
Missouri
Indiana
New England
Governor Tingley urges no wage hour changes
Santa Fe May 31 AP Gov Clyde Tingley says outlawing the NRA by the supreme court was regrettable and asks New Mexico businesses to keep voluntary NRA code compliance. He notes many small businesses benefited from NRA and stresses not cutting wages or lengthening hours. City police were stationed through the crowd.
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Santa Fe
Supreme Court
Clyde Tingley
New Mexico
State Police Stationed In Local District Arrival Of Two Officers
Two state police, T. E. Jackson and J. W. Hardin, assigned to Chaves and Lincoln counties, arrive to establish headquarters at the Chaves county sheriff's office. They will enforce state laws with focus on quarterly brake and light inspections and issue 48 hour warnings for missing windshield inspection stickers. They will patrol on motorcycles. Jackson hails from Tucumcari and plans to move here with his family. Hardin comes from Santa Rita. The district has been without state police for some time.
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T. E. Jackson
J.W. Hardin
Chaves
Lincoln Counties
Chaves County
Jackson
Tucumcari
Hardin
Santa Rita
Tragedy on Fountain Creek Claims Two Holiday Visitors
A crowd along Fountain Creek in Colorado Springs watched as a man named Orville Neil and a woman identified as Helen Carver, visiting Pueblo for Memorial Day, were swept away by the flood. Rescue crews, including seven fire units, fought futilely against the raging waters as the couple vanished.
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Colorado Springs
Fountain Creek
Helen Carver
Orville Neil
Beta Dents
Pueblo
Flood Threat Reaches Sterling As Debris Wave Advances
Sterling faces a six mph debris laden water mass three miles wide bearing down this afternoon. Warnings urge residents to seek high ground. Colorado Springs reports flood damage near 1.215 million dollars, with Elbert nearly wiped out and Kiowa buildings destroyed.
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Sterling
Cole
Colorado Springs
Elbert
Kiowa
Meeting on Labor Conditions at Chamber of Commerce
A chamber of commerce meeting is set for next Wednesday at eight p.m. for employers of labor including farm labor. J C Mitchell, Department of Labor farm placement director, will attend to discuss balancing labor supply and demand and reducing the influx of transient workers.
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Chamber of Commerce
J. C. Mitchell
Department of Labor
Hoover refuses talk of national matters at Mines graduation
Golden Colorado May 31 AP ex-President Herbert Hoover addressed the Colorado State School of Mines graduates saying this is a time of great confusion in public thought. He received an honorary Doctor of Engineering and declined to comment on national affairs, calling the degree a distinction from a school devoted to his profession. He urged faith and warned mining work offers little room for dishonesty.
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Golden
Colo
Herbert Hoover
Colorado State School of Mines
Police link Karpis gang to Tacoma as Weyerhaeuser search widens
Reports from Tacoma on May 31 tie members of the Alvin Karpis kidnap gang to the city as authorities press the search for missing 12 year old George Weyerhaeuser who vanished almost a week ago.
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Associated Press
Tacoma
Wash
Alvin Karpis
George Weyerhaeuser
Water tor rents kill six in Kiowa and Elbert towns
Six people died in Elbert and Kiowa as torrents demolished homes and stores. Rescue teams aid survivors while food shortages mount amid efforts to restore power, water, and supplies in the two Colorado towns.
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Kiowa, Colu
Elbert
Kiowa
Meeting to discuss labor supply for farmers and re employment
The federal re employment service seeks suggestions from all employers to improve labor supply for farmers. A meeting planned for next Wednesday night between T W Plunkett and Chamber of Commerce officials will address ongoing labor shortages and ways to attract workers.
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Federal
T. W. Plunkett
New Mexico
Federal Re-Employment Service
Chamber of Commerce
Democrats Seek Form Move Against Roosevelt in 1936
Two Democratic figures Judge Pattangall of Maine and Bainbridge Colby seek to form a Republican Democratic coalition to oppose the New Deal. Pattangall plans to retire July 16 after 75th birthday and promote orderly government. Colby, Wilson era secretary of state, proposes a meeting in a southern city to discuss cross party action.
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Washington
William R. Pattangal
Maine
Bainbridge Colby
Pattangall
Washington Post
Richmond
Roosevelt
Pattangali
Maine Supreme Court
Gov. Brawn
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Gallup
Vance Wilkins
A. F. Tuggle
Tuggles Gardens
N. M. Normal
Amarillo J. C
Por
Texas Tech
Sunrise Market & Grocery
Campbell’s
Uncle William
Howard Hanna
Betz
Social Service
Northern
Middle County
Southern
Montana
Tulsa
Roya
Ler
Blue Barrel
Hills Blue
Clardy’s Products
caeAia
AP News
Earl J. Mosley
Hoover
Rusty Hendrix and
Moseley’s Garden Orchestra
Doc’s
Moseley’s Beer Garden
Ford
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