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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1939
Page
4
The Roswell Womans Club and Young Matrons department hosted meetings with plans for a Third District convention banquet and a rummage sale. Other items include a shower for Mrs Middlebrook, a Wednesday Contract Bridge Club gathering, and a Roswell High School Girls Assembly spotlighting women professionals.
Roswell Womans Club hosts the nineteenth annual convention of the Third District New Mexico Federation of Women’s Clubs opening Friday at 1 30 PM at the club house on Kentucky Avenue and Fifth Street. Distinguished speakers include state president Mrs R W Goddard and NM Military Institute superintendent Col D C Pearson with music by Elizabeth Garrett.
Hollywood gossip notes report Humphrey Bogart heading to an Arctic vacation, Robert Taylor planning a fortnight East trip, Judy Garland turning writer for a magazine, Bette Davis dieting at five pounds per month, Barbara Stanwyck in a grey satin coat and Cossack cap, Hedy Lamarr stopping traffic while shopping, Claudette Colbert on Modern Screen January cover in ski costume, and multiple film projects with Joel McCrea Ginger Rogers Dorothy Lamour Tyrone Power Edward Arnold Clark Gable Dick Powell Joan Blondell Charles Grapewin Spencer Tracy's San Francisco appearance notes new Fox and RKO productions and on set strain concerns.
Farmers and landowners may examine erosion conditions and the costs of soil conservation practices after harvest. Reports from Cha ves County show terraces contour furrows grazing and crop covers affecting yields and weights. Observations on Chapman and Littlefield ranches compare treated and untreated land to gauge conservation value.
New York stocks closed amid mixed trading as war headlines and mixed earnings kept gains limited. Notable movers included Douglas Aircraft North American Aviation and Consolidated Aircraft rising briefly before retreating, with transfers totaling 1 155 700 shares.
In Boston, domestic wools moved slowly with scattered closes. Demand centered on small lots of fine territory wools in original bags while French combing lengths fetched about 98 cents to $1.02 scoured. Fleece wools quiet and country offerings of mixed three-eighths and quarter blood fleece weeds quoted 46 to 48 cents grease delivered. dealers showed little interest.
Curbs in New York report mixed commodity futures with notable gains in Ark Nat Gas and Reed Roll Bit while several industrials ease. Chicago produce and grain prices show Butter and eggs steady, with wheat and corn futures drifting in narrow ranges. the session closes with small shifts across several contracts.
Galveston spot cotton held steady at mid dling 9.05 with 402 bales sold as of Oct 19. New York cotton futures closed higher across contracts with Dec 9.00-9.01 and Jan 8.95-8.97, May 8.76, Jul 8.58-8.59, Oct 8.35-8.36. middling spot near 9.28.
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