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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1940
Page
6
Front News reports a slow stock session with about 225000 shares traded in two hours. Paris reports Nazi advances near Paris while Allied Somme front optimism wanes. brokers cite domestic business as key influence and note mixed moves among major industrials and munition interests.
In New York the British pound swung sharply as England restricts payments. It fell about 18 cents, then settled with a net loss near 11 cents amid volatile bids. French franc also fell. Canadian dollar slipped from a recent low. Official settlement rules for pre restriction contracts unclear while spot and cable rates showed wide variation.
Local notice lists annual Sahel event with a junior prom in June at Morayia school auditorium on a Friday in August, inviting student attendance and confirmation of details.
Complete closing stock market quotations show mixed activity with notable figures Woodward Iron 2254 shares and Woolworth 5055. Sales-Active stocks total 197,700 with 121 actives. Year to date and two years ago figures appear alongside weekly and yearly totals.
Chicago market notes show not enough cattle and hogs to test demand with prices steady to lower across breeds. Hog receipts 300 head, top around 5.40. cattle and calves mostly 15 to 40 cents lower with light steers and yearlings down, vealers around 10 to 11 dollars, sheep and lambs weaker as Texas California orders influence values.
Green beans eased in Syracuse wholesale quotes at 1.75 to 2.50 per hamper, down from yesterday. South Carolina wrinkled beans listed at 2.75 to 3.00 per hundredweight. Regional market shows asparagus up to 1.00 1.25, lettuce around 1.25 to 1.50, and Boston lettuce dropping to 0.35 0.45 per head. Live poultry rates mixed. fowls and turkeys vary, with market steady on tallow and potatoes lower. New York market reports add activity in asparagus celery cantaloupe peaches and strawberries with small per-quart strawberry sales observed.
New York metals report shows copper at 11.50 in New York and Connecticut Valley export bids. tin steady at 54.75 spot and 53.00 forward. lead steady with New York at 5.00 to 5.05 and East St. Louis at 4.25. zinc steady at East St. Louis spot and forward 6.25. Other metals including pig iron aluminum antimony quicksilver platinum Chinese wolframite and domestic scheelitte unchanged.
Treasury data show receipts 18,104,141 with expenditures 28,771,558.02 leaving a net balance of 1,999,734,765.34 and a working balance of 1,273,165,813.86. Customs receipts for the month were 5,457,457.87. year receipts 5,232,854,590.55 with expenditures 8,731,337,577.42 and a deficit of 3,499,482,986.87. Gold assets stand at 19,303,951,083.68. The June 18 notice covers a CAC choir picnic at Lewis Point with dinner at 6 PM.
Market roundup shows Butte creamery tubs at 27 to 92 score with steady overall tone. Egg and butter markets mixed with steady to firm trends. various regional and product prices listed, including potatoes, flour, rye, barley, wheat, corn, and feed markets with No 1 100 lb sacks and futures near term readings.
The Gouverneur Dairy Board kept cheese prices unchanged at its weekly meeting in the St. Lawrence Inn. Quotations remained 13 cents per pound for wash cards and 1344 cents per pound for State brand, figures held for ten weeks. Sales rose to 1,352 boxes for a total of 7,174, up from 5,822 last week. Fifteen salesmen and four buyers attended.
Five witnesses testified at an inquest into the death of Frank Crouse 53 of Newark an employee of the State Department of Public Works who drowned Friday at the Clyde River Mays Point. Coroner Dr Duane B Walker reserved decision after hearing from Dr C M Smith and Trooper Richard Voigt about the circumstances.
Ithaca couple James Stark and Mary Moalisenski of Ithaca were married at Meridian by Rev Cory. Attendants included Mr. and Mrs. Robert Palmer.
Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Belle Chilton 62 wife of Otto Chilton will be held Monday at 10 30 am from the name with Rev William Ruier of Stone Malls Methodist Church officiating Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery Herkimer She was born February 9 1878 in Wisconsin died after a year long illness in Chaumont survived by her husband a daughter Mrs Luella Millar of Mohawk four sons Clinton Cold Brook Harold Fort Herkimer August and Walter Chaumont a brother Henry Harrington LaFargeville and a sister Mrs Nancy Holliday of Rosiere
The Potsdam State Normal School will house Charles N. Lanphere’s ancient musical instruments in a dedicated memorial room. The collection spans 770 items, some dating to Biblical times, and will be displayed with cabinets and planned lighting. Lanphere, a late piano instructor in the Crane Department, requested the exhibit before his death.
Earlville June 8 Miss Phyllis Harmon daughter of Mr and Mrs Edwin Harmon was named one of two principal appoints at honor day exercises Cortland Normal School She a member of the senior class This honor the highest award by the school The second appointment was given to George Anderson of Buffalo
June 8 report lists Rober Meyers of Whitelaw as principal of Chittenango Station School for the coming year. Meyers, an Ohio Northern University and Oswego Normal School graduate, has taught at Whitelaw School the last two years and will lead seventh and eighth grades. He succeeds L. V. Shan, who resigns after nine years as principal.
Mrs Townsend of Massena will be installed Monday night as deputy president of the second district of Amaranth. She was appointed head of this district at the Grand Court Amaranth session in New York. A covered dish supper at 6 o'clock will precede the 8 o'clock installation during the regular Massena Court 70 meeting.
Tupper Lake High School honored intramural and school sports achievers in a Thursday assembly. Leonard L. Perry directed the awards with coaches Joseph Donovan Tom Christian Fred B and teachers Alyce Connor Evelyn Ditton assisting as trophies and letters were distributed.
June Oswego reports a marriage ceremony for Kary Gabeile of 415 20th Avenue and another spouse at a local venue. Details are limited due to fragmented OCR text.
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