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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1940
Page
6
The note claims Roosevelt trades warships for land and then shifts to a humorous bid about wheel sizes. It also mentions Carl Johnson and a council meeting postponement from tonight to next Monday night.
The column records local figures and notes from Roswell. Bob Chewning denies knowing anyone named Leland Keller. Dave Calderon visits. Georgia Martin breaks par at the golf course with a 62 nine. Dave Witten absent, Dick Blackmar busy at the fort. Sam Hameed travels to Lubbock. Willie Merritt reacts to a pending conscription bill. Local dealers display 1941 Studebakers and Buicks with improvements. Judge Grier touts Plymouths for the new season.
Market snapshot shows AmAir 57, AmCan 98, AmC&F 26, and AmF&P gains. Industrials like Boeing A, Gen Elec, and US Steel trade near session highs while telecoms such as AT&T and Phillips move modestly. Broad indices weaken as investors weigh steel, oil, and consumer goods counts.
A meeting is set for 7 30 PM at the Miles For Governor headquarters on Richardson between Third and Fourth Streets to form a Miles For Governor Club. All Miles supporters are invited. STATE OIL AND GAS LEASE SALE SEPT. 10. SANTA FE N M Sept 6 Oil and gas leases on 15 tracts totaling about 5300 acres will be offered at the state land office monthly auction on September 10, land commissioner Frank Worden announced.
In Rushville Willkie voices support for a selective service approach within a broader emergency power frame. He backs government seizure only under strict rules, not arbitrary action, aligning with current debate on the Burke-Wadsworth draft bill and its proposed 400000 volunteer call.
Newspaper classified items include tents trailers radios and furniture for sale rents and wanted ads with prices and contact details. A separate crime note reports a roughly dressed man brandishing a shotgun attempting to stop a traveler on a highway three miles south of Pine Bluff Arkansas prompting county and state police searches in nearby swampland.
U S bonds in New York on September six show list prices with bid and asked figures for various issues. Treasury issues range from 3 1/4s to 2 3/4s with trading levels cited. Federal Farm Mortgage and Home Own Loan notes appear with respective price data. New York City Bond is listed as unquoted.
Kansas City market data shows hogs mostly steady to 5 lower with tops around 7.05 for 180 to 270 pounds. Cattle kill classes steady in cleanup trade. stockers and feeders unchanged. calves and yearlings sorted for open market. Sheep and lambs steady with native spring lambs trucking to 9.00. grazed Texas yearlings at 7.25.
New York wool futures closed narrowly mixed with Oct at 94.0? and Dec near 90.7?, March 88.2?, as initial selling eased and commission houses along with traders pushed prices higher. Spot standard tops unchanged at 103.0, with bid activity noted.
In Boston on September 6 sales were slow with bids around 85 to 87 cents scour for good French combing length wools in original bags. Holders kept asks at 87 to 89 cents scour. Grease and territory wools were quiet, yet quotations held at recently raised levels.
Chicago grain quotes show wheat with Sep at 75 3/8, Dec 77 7/8, May 77 5/8. Corn edges at Sep 63 1/8, Dec 56 7/8, May 57 5/8. Oats register Sep 29 1/2, Dec 29 1/2, May 30 1/2 as trading ends for the session.
Chicago on September 6 reports poultry live at 36 trucks steady with market unchanged. Butter receipts 920 202 and creamery butter scores range 27 1/2 to 28 with earlier prices 92 27, 88 25 1/2. Eggs receipts 8 203 steady. storage packaged extras at 22 1/4. Other prices unchanged.
Sept 6 market snapshot lists alum companies and major stocks with fractional quotes, plus New York cotton futures closing four to seven points lower. Notes include LASL and middling spot at 9.92, with futures for Oct through July varying around 9.14 to 9.38.
Spot cotton held steady with a four cent decline. Mid Dling priced at 9.43 cents per pound as sales reached 120 bales in Galveston on September 6.
New Orleans spot cotton closed quiet with a nine point decline. Sales reached 1,720 bales while prices showed low middling at 8.56 cents, middling 9.36, and good middling 10.01. Receipts totaled 4,957 with stock at 515,756 bales.
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