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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1933
Page
8
The article describes a volatile stock market amid banking stresses and weak demand. It notes trading dips, widespread selloffs, and calls for cautious outlook as financial institutions tighten credit. Key names and places referenced include New York, New Jersey, and American Telegraphs.
A garbled market report lists vegetables and fruits with prices at Produce Row. Entries mention apples, onions, garlic, beans, lettuce, grapefruits, avocados, celery, lime, peas, and other staples with varied per unit and per crate pricing. Local traders like Snyder and others are noted amid the unsettled quotes and mixed demand.
A fragmented report notes cattlemen gathering to elect officers and adopt measures at a Texas meeting. Names and exact groups are unclear due to the damaged OCR but the event centers on leadership selection and policy affirmaTION.
A garbled livestock market snippet lists cattle and goats with varied prices and lots, naming multiple buyers and vendors. Key terms include yearlings, steer, and heifer categories, with prices ranging to several hundred dollars, noting mixed quality and weights.
In a brisk trading day across Chicago and Fort Worth markets, various poultry, meat, and produce items moved with mixed momentum. The reports name buyers, sellers, and price ranges in a dense ledger of commodity activity, including frozen items and livestock movements, with a later obituary noting Wilbur Frazier’s rescue by his dog Frazier after a Thompson River boat accident.
The report aggregates receipts and prices from New York Kansas City and Kansas City Missouri markets. It lists varied livestock values including steers cows vealers and feeders with ranges from 2.63 to 8.25 per hundredweight and notes shipments of fiber and other commodities with mixed conditions and old and new quotations.
Grain market prices fluctuate with Antonio and Minneapolis reports showing bids for corn and wheat, mixed quotes per bushel, and May July futures. Prices include white and other forms with cents per unit, while London and Liverpool exchanges note futures and shipments figures.
E G Dominguez vice consul at Laredo will be transferred to the Mex Lin consulate here in the same capacity. Tomas Mor let remains as vice consul there. Ignacio Ramiro of Chicago will succeed Dominguez at Laredo. Consul General Fernando Pesqueira, vacationing in Mexico City for a month, is due back Thursday night.
Directors of the Cameron County Producers' Association accepted the resignation of G. W. Hill of San Benito as chairman and elected Br. V. O. Swartwout of Rio Hondo to the place. Also mentions Spain Cuba hop plan and Ohio debt study and San Marcos school head re election.
Liverpool cotton market shows 17 000 bales sold with steady to lower prices. Spot figures list American and other grades with good middling around 6.62 and 6.84 pence, futures steady for March to December with slight declines.
Eight planes of the Eighty eighth Observation squadron departed Brooksfield Wednesday morning under the command of Capt. C. Giffin for Bayside Beach to begin the annual field exercises and gunnery practice of the Twelfth Observation group. The squadron will cover the week and be followed in succession by the other squadrons in the group.
Miss Cynthia Orrell superintendent of Physicians and Surgeons hospital Mrs Elizabeth Baylor Henderson superintendent of Baylor hospital and Mrs Marthe P B Roberson superintendent of Medical and Surgical hospital will leave Thursday for Dallas to attend the state convention of the Texas Hospital Association beginning Friday. Money to loan ads appear in Light Classified.
London market notes show copper and metal prices with futures quotes and spot values. Copper futures at £28 per unit, spot around £? 14 latest figures odd. Mention of London metals desk and miscellaneous price abbreviations.
An epidemic of counterfeiting is rising in the country, mainly among unemployed youths. Edward Tyrell, head of the secret service, told Federal Judge R. J. McMillan on Wednesday as two boys pled guilty in an unemployment counterfeiting case. Judge McMillan deferred sentence for Clarence Sawyer and Alfred Rehm, 22 and 19, pending further investigation. Tyrrell was asked to aid. Reed Cozart, probation officer, was told to obtain information from the boys homes in Asheville, N. C., and Los Angeles.
A complaint charging murder against Julio Gonzales of 128 Panaro street was filed before Justice John F. Onton on Wednesday. The victim, Sanches, was killed by a shotgun blast as he slept in his bed. Deputy Sheriff Frank Matthews and Alberta Mungary of 1615 West Poplar street listed as witnesses.
Directors of the New Orleans cotton exchange were called to meet today to work out a plan for resuming spot and future trading tomorrow coincident with reopening of the New York cotton exchange. An exchange committee will handle details governing resumption given continued restricted banking facilities under extension of the strict bank holiday through next Saturday.
Los Angeles Heights Elementary adopts Benjamin Franklin Elementary after student body vote. Principal G B Meeks cites prior name as confusing and lengthy. civics classes proposed the new name with a student assembly confirming the change.
Army Y M C A announces an open house and appeal program Thursday at 7 p.m. in the second floor headquarters of the Germen building at 211 North Alamo Street, per executive secretary John R. Conabay. ENVOY SAILS APRIT. 5. PARIS: Andre Lefebre de la Boulaye to assume new post April 5 as French ambassador to the United States.
New York March 14 report on sugar and coffee markets shows renewed trading activity, with March contracts opening around 88 cents and fluctuating as buyers and sellers intersect. Prices slipped midday but many futures held steady, while nearby contracts showed no decisive shifts and overall sentiment remained cautious.
The annual homecoming observance by Gold Bug Short Story Club took place in the Brackenridge Center School music room. Felice Sloan Doris Rhodas Bennie Perry Betty Kleyboucher and Allee Patterson led the program in charge.
Gonzales oil mill resumed operations Monday after a weeks long shutdown. The plant now runs full time with a complete crew as it restarts production at Gonzales.
City event listing announces a dance night at Security Hall, 132 E Crockell. Entry is 50 cents for men and 10 cents for ladies, with advance notice advertised.
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