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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1943
Page
10
A market report notes rail stocks pushing higher on Saturday with investors watching shifts in transportation sectors. Analysts Foster and Adams cite rising demand and pricing trends as catalysts for gains in rail equities.
New York price notes show flour steady with different grades. spring patents at 3.75 and best winter straights at 3.50 to 3.65 per 100 pounds. Rye flour steady with fancy patents around 2.65 to 2.75. cornmeal steady with various grades near 3.43 to 3.44. Butter firm around 2.545 to 2.56 per pound with creamery at higher scores. cheese nominal with no quotes. Eggs irregular at 17,669, with mixed color and grade listings. whites and browns at multiple standards and prices.
A 1944 market note lists scallions at 25 bunches for $1.00 and rhubarb per dozen bunches with varied rates. Asparagus lettuce and beans show slight changes, with wholesale strawberries near $5 per crate. Numerous produce items and stock quotes follow, reflecting a busy market page.
The day saw only 500 head offered, market testing weak with sparse demand. Top quotes near 14.75, steer trade uneven with large packer bearishness. prices drifted lower, buffalo meat and cattle varieties showed mixed movement, scarce heavy weight steers and yearlings supported by modest demand while cows and heifers softened.
Broadcast listing from WHAL and ten other stations shows a dense schedule of music news and entertainment from early morning to late night. Programs include Morning Melodies, The Lone Ranger, Mystery Hall, Treasury Star Parade, and Farm Program. Several named acts such as Roy Porter, Vincent Lopez, and Gracie Fields appear alongside news and religious slots across multiple stations.
The item lists diverse market figures for multiple stocks and commodities with varied percentages and prices, followed by a dense, sprawling radio program timetable detailing syndicated shows, news, and music across morning to midnight hours. The brokerage figures include Am Dyn, Imperial Oil, Technicolor, United Gas, and others with scattered percentages and prices.
The chronology recounts major World War II events in North Africa from June to May, detailing Italy and Axis actions in Ethiopia and Libya, British advances and capitulations, Allied landings at French North Africa, and pivotal battles around Tobruk, El Alamein, Tunis, Bizerte, and Dakar with key dates and outcomes. Notable figures include Haile Selassie, Rommel, Giraud, and Allied commands.
Saturday trading showed a partial recovery with rails and steels leading gains while many pivots lagged. Volume reached 1,063,210 shares as a broad list of issues moved with better activity from finance houses and optimism over North African developments influencing liquidity and sentiment.
Fragmented OCR shows a daily radio timetable with time slots and program names such as Morning Melodies Timekeeper Breakfast Club and Texas Rangers. Several lines include names like Charles John Stevenson Brian Moses Matinet Morton Rowse and notes like To Be Announced.
The Presbyterian Guild in Stillwater held a covered dish supper at Miss Janet Bradley’s home. Acting president Mrs. Leslie Ransome led the meeting with reports from the secretary and treasurer. An umbrella gift was presented to Mrs. Edmund Tomkinson who moves to Moravia. The group discussed a future food sale and planned calendar duties, with Mrs. Oscar Bartlett as chair. a $25 church donation and a cross and eagle for church flags were authorized. A summer picnic is planned at the Hamilton home on Battlefield. Also noted: a smallpox vaccination clinic announced by Health Officer Dr Georges A. Wilson for Stillwater High School attendees, with Misa Katherine L. Mezera assisting. In sports, high school catcher Dick Tanner suffered a compound fracture of the first finger during a moonlit practice game and was taken to Dr. Wilson’s office before returning home.
Schaghticoke tea served at Mrs Mary Van Buren home as visiting ladies from Melrose join their niece Mrs 8 B Vaneria in New York. Schaghticoke 4H Scampers plan two monthly meetings. Nimble Needle Club hosted by Mrs Percy Campbell and Mrs Millard Campbell with prizes. Next meeting set for May 18 at Mrs Arthur Petersons with games by Mrs Francis Williams.
Pleasantdale Home Bureau schedules a meeting with Miss Mabel Milson on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs. C. J. Rasmussen’s home with a weaving lesson exhibit and discussion. The YWCA hosts sewing machine school Thursday at 10 a.m. A cushion revamping class will be at Mrs. E. M. Der Jr’s residence on May 17 at 10 a.m. Miss Lucille Brewer leads a soy bean demonstration at St John’s Church on May 26 at 2 p.m.
Two separate foreclosures are set for May 1943 in Troy. The first sale by John H. Spain, Referee, follows a mortgage judgment against Clara A. Rafferty and others for a Lot 206 front 33 feet in Lansingburgh, with fixtures and riparian rights, subject to taxes. The second sale, by Thomas J. Mohan, Referee, concerns Poestenkill Building and Supply Co. against Charles J. Kappler et al for a tract west of a 50 foot railway, with restrictive covenants and a specific deeds reference, in Troy County Court House proceedings.
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