Market Movement in New York Reflects Shift From Stocks to Commodities
May 1 reports show commodities leading while stocks faltered. Rubber cocoa wool hides and sugar rise on renewed demand amid transport fears. Major stock leaders hover near gains as trading slows to about 300 000 shares with war worries and tax and price control concerns affecting sentiment. Market leaders include McKesson Robbins Santa Fe Chesapeake & Ohio and Standard Oil of New Jersey.
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New York
McKesson & Robbins Preferred
Santa Fe
Chesapeake & Ohio
Loft
Standard Oil
N. J
Canadian dollar slips after steady gains in New York trading
In New York on May 1 the Canadian dollar fell a quarter of a cent against the U S dollar after several days of small gains. Open market rate shows 11% discount or 88.1214 U S cents per Canadian, with various international rates listed for Great Britain Germany Finland and other nations.
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New York
U. S
Great Britain
Bankers Foreign Exchange Committee
Germany
Finland
Greece
Hungary
Italy
Portugal
Sweden
Switzerland
Yugoslavia
Argentine
Brazil
Mexico
Japan
Hongkong
Shanghai
Boston Wool Market Mixed Demand in May Sales
Scattered moderate-volume sales closed in Boston with both foreign and domestic wools. Twelve-month Texas wools sold at 1.03 to 1.07 dollars scoured. Combing quarter blood territory wools fetched 82 to 85 cents scoured, with a few French combing fine terri tory wools at 1.00 to 1.03 dollars scoured. Combing three eighths and one quarter blood bright fleece wools moved slowly at 44 to 46 cents grease per grade.
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Boston
U. S
Cotton futures rise to four-year highs on loan rate hopes
Cotton futures climbed to near four year highs as traders cited potential higher crop loan rates and ongoing textile strength. May, July, October and December contracts closed 2 to 13 points higher with May at 11.49, July 11.55 to 11.57, October 11.64, December 11.64 to 11.65, January 11.60 and March 11.62. Middling spot at 11.37. N-Nominal.
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New York
Washington
Jly
Local Live Poultry Prices Displayed for Various Carcass Weights
A poultry listing shows prices for multiple items including Leghorns, broilers, squabs, rabbits, and hens. Prices range from 17 to 55 cents per pound, with distinctions by weight and product type such as soft breasted roasters and colored hens in several weight categories.
Livestock Prices Report From Kansas City Market
U S Dept of Agriculture notes Hogs salable 4 000 total with demand fair to active top 8 85 per cwt. calves and cattle mixed with steady to weak movement, vealers steady to 50, fed steers 9 65 10 75, heifers 10 75, cows 6 75 7 50. Sheep and lambs active with gains 15 to 25. top lambs 11 50, wool lambs 11 00, ewes 5 25. Stock is scarce across hogs cattle and sheep sectors with varied weights and classifications.
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Kansas City
U. S. Dept. Agr
Arizona
Chicago hog and cattle market report with varied prices
Salable hogs 8 000 to total 13 000. weights 250 lbs and up showed strong price gains, sows scarcer but 15 25 higher. top hog price 8.80. Cattle and calves: 2 500 salable. trade steady to firm with best light steers around 12.00 and heifers up to 11.00. Lambs and wooled westerns active, clippers 9.00, native ewes scarce at 7.99.
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U. S
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Denver
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Price Report from Denver Auction
Denver reports mixed livestock trading with cattle and hogs showing steady to higher tones. Salable numbers: cattle 250 head, hogs 1 100, sheep 4 600, with vealers and bulls quoted, spring lambs around 11.00 and ewes near 5.25, freight paid not clearly stated.
Livestock Prices and Supplies Report From Los Angeles
Federal State Market News Service notes hogs and cattle market activity with mixed price moves. Hogs selling 150 head supply steady to higher with weights 181 193 pounds and top at 9.85, sows around 7.0, butchers at 8.00. Cattle salable 350, steady with steers 8.50 9.50, cows 5.0 6.5, calves 13.50, sheep limited with holdover lambs around 9.75 to 10.50.
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Los Angeles
Wheat market treads up and down on private crop report
Chicago wheat traded mildly amid nervous anticipation of private crop reports due tomorrow. Bearish expectations for the latest estimates of a 616,000,000 bushel crop weighed on prices, which closed near yesterday's level with small gains for some contracts while most grains edged lower or unchanged.
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Chicago
Metals News Report From New York May First
Copper steady in New York spot and export markets with FAS NY around 11.00 to 12.09. Tin remains steady with spot near 52.19 and forward around 51.50. Lead steady at New York 5.85 to 5.90 and East St. Louis 5.70. Zinc steady spot and forward at East St. Louis 7.25. Pig iron aluminum antimony quick silver platinum Chinese wolframite and domestic scheelite unchanged.
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New York
Am Gas & el
T Dow Jones & Co
E. F
Hutton & Co
New York Stock Exchange
Indus
Auburn CenMfg
Babcock & Wil
Carib Lyn
Carter Corp
Cities Service
Combche& Sw
Cosden Petro
K Crocker
EIM
Wecraeseee
Kresge SS
al Chem & Dye
Lambert
Glen Alden Coal
Allied Stre
Gtb Atl & P Nv
Ahis Ch Mfg
Eccesecessus
Lehman Corp
Gulf Oil
Amerada
Tib O F
Hecla Min
Am Airlines
Imp Oil Ltd
Seeeenee
Lockheed Airc
Ind Pipe L
Alco
Loews Inc
Lake Shore
Nat Bellas H
M & Met
Louise & Nash
Ning Hud
Pow & St
P&l
Pennroad Am Rad & St S
Am Smelt & R
Martin (Gl) Cé
Sunray Oil Eveeceeeee
Sug Ref
Technicolor
Tel & Tel
Masonite Corp
McKess & Rob
MckKess&Rob Pf
Zine L & S
Mengel Cocnecapeccese
Ce ‘Iass &L
Elec 4
Minn-Hon
Armour del Pf
Can Pac
Arm Ill
Cities
Armstrong Cork
Mission Corp
Arch T& SF
Cit SP
Atl Refn
New Cal E
Atlas Corp
Murray Corp Oenere
Aviation Corp
G&e
Nash Kelv
Baldwin
Barker Bros
Nat Dairy Pr
W Newsp UN
Barnsdall Oil
Nat Distill
Bendix Aviat Ererve
Nat Leadenneeesveve
Rus 6S
Nat Pow & Lt
Beth
Sensvencesgece
Black & Deck Access
Nat Supply Coseces
Boeing Airpl
Newport Indorecce
Borden Co
Y Central Orcosece
Borg Warner
Bridgeport Br
Jo Am Aviat Serece
Briggs Mfg
North Amerio
Brklyn Man T Northern Pacecense
Bucyrus Erie Cenees
Ohio Oil
Oliver F Equip
Omnibus*Corp
Otis Elevator
Calif Pack
Chrysler Pewncedewenuet
Param Pictnet
Climax Molyb
Park Utah C M
Cluett Peabody
Il Coca Cola
Pathe Film
Penney J Corseeeee
Penn BR
Colgate Palm P
Teen Col Fuel & Ir
Philip Morrig
Colum G & el
Phillips Petseetewee
Colum Carb
Pitt Scr & Bee
Coml Investor
Procter & Gam
Comwlith & Son
Pullman
Com & South Pf
Consol Cigar Veces
Pune Gilledn Oc
Con Edis
E Container Corp
Radio Gorp* Am
Cudahy Packereeee
Richfield Qil
Curtis Pub i
Curtiss Wright
Seaboard Air
Socony Vac
Bankers Or Earth of NY
Dist Corp Seag Ecvses
Sou
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Bklyn Trwee
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Eastman Kod
South Ry Pf
Bk & Tr
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Sparks
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Irving Tr
Foster Wheeler
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Steone & Web
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Walworth
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Swift & Co
Warner B
T Wess O& S
Gen Ry Sig
Tex & Pac Ry
Westingh Air Br
Texas Corp
West el & M
Tex Gulf Suleoceee
T & Rub
Gillette Saf
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Wilson & Coeencee
Gimbel Bros
Thermoid Co
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Glidden Co
Tide-Wat A Oil
Gobel (Adolf
Goodrich (Bf
Transamerica
Yale & Towne
Trans&West Air
Yell Trk & C
Goodyear T & R
Tri Cont Co
Graham Paige M
Truax Traer C
Youngst Sh & T
Granby Con M
Grant WT
Zenith Radio
Gt Norkore Et
Greyhound Corp
UN Carbide Steeseee
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Houston
Howe Sound
Hud Bay M & S
Gate
Sc.ng
Hudson
Illinois
U S
Interlake Ir
Pipe & Fdy
U S Real & Im
Butte Cap & Zinc
Cerro de Pasco
Steel Pfeeereeee
Ecla Minngi
Int Pap & Pow
Int Pap&p Pf
Kennecott
Miami Arden
SEA
New. York
T&t
AT & SF
B&o
Cmsp Pac
Gri&p
Cuba
Liggett M
Mo Pac
Nat Dairy
Natl Steel
Nyc
Ug Pac G & E
Pen P<
Utah
Warner Bros
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Ger
Govt
Ger Govt
Tok
Valley
FAS
East St. Louis
Produce Exchange Receipts Report For Los Angeles
The Los Angeles produce exchange records show butter 81 000 pounds valued at 27 800 dollars, eggs 600 cases. Butter in bulk 35. Farm eggs by size: large 28, medium 2514, small 21.
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Los Angeles
Plas-Tex Correction on Declared Dividend
The column yesterday reported Plas-Tex Corporation declared a dividend of 35 cents per share payable May 1. The correct amount is three and one half cents per share.
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Plas-Tex Corporation
Goodrich Q1 1941 Sales Top Prior Year For Quarter
Dollar volume of sales of the B. F. Goodrich Co. in the first quarter of 1941 rose substantially from the same period a year earlier and, seasonally adjusted, matched the best half of 1940. Direct quarterly comparison is limited by semi annual reporting.
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B. F. Goodrich Co
Goodrich
Record car and truck sales hit peak for period since 1929
Retail sales of new cars and trucks through the first 20 days of this month ran at the highest levels for the period in industry history except for 1929. The 1929 record would likely have fallen if Ford dealers could have supplied their usual 20 to 25 percent share of total demand.
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Ford Motor Co
Estimates of U S Steel quarterly profit near 37 million
Estimates place United States Steel Corp net profit for the quarter ended March 31 at about 37 million dollars, roughly 3.50 per common share. The figure would be more than double the income reported for the same period a year ago.
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United States Steel Corp
Montgomery Ward Q1 earnings fall short of last year
Montgomery Ward & Co Inc reports 1940 first quarter profit of 88 cents per share, below last year's level. If the quarter bore last year’s tax burden, earnings would be 73 cents. Higher costs, lower merchandising profit, increased sales promotion expenses, bad debts provision, and West Coast labor troubles drive the decline.
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Montgomery Ward & Co. Inc
Commercial Credit Co Reports March Quarter Net Profit
Commercial Credit Co. posts a Q1 1941 net profit of 2,237,341 dollars or 1.09 dollars per common share including scrip. This compares with 1,990,654 dollars or 1.01 dollars per share in the March quarter of 1940.
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Commercial Credit Co
Coal production cost drop to offset higher wages
The bituminous division said soft coal production costs fell on average 18 cents per ton from 1937 to 1940, a change expected to balance against higher mine wages in setting new minimum prices. Preliminary figures on weighted costs were released as hearings on minimum rates approach, noting regional cost declines including Colorado New Mexico and Arizona from 2.7389 to 2.5166.
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Washington
Bituminous Coal Division
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Bar silver price unchanged in New York market
In Silver New York on May 1 bar silver at 34 percent purity held steady with no change in value.
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New York
Radio Highlights on the Dial Across Major Stations
A listing of radio stations and times across Phoenix Los Angeles Denver San Francisco Dallas and Tucson. Guests include Pat OBrien and Mischa Auer. Senate speeches and a town meeting on textbook safety are scheduled with multiple stations airing contemporary history and general news segments.
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Pat O'Brien
Josephine Tuminin
Bing Crosby
KVOA
Tommy Riggs
Betty Lou
Mischa Auer
KFI
C. Wayland Brooks
Illinois
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
KGO
James Marshall
New York City School Board
Ralph W. Robey
National Association of Manufacturers
KTUC
Afternoon Radio Schedule With Notable Listings Tied to KTUC and KVOA
Broadcast lineup for today features Aunt Jenny Burl Ives Club Matinee and multiple programs on KTUC and KVOA from 12:15 to 5:35 PM. Notable segments include Portia Faces Life, Scattergood Baines, and Opera Guild plus news, concerts, and a Girls' Trio.
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Aunt Jenny
KTUC
Burl Ives
KVOA
Dean Holt
CBS
Radio Schedule Highlights Amos and Andy Listings Across Networks
A dense rundown of radio programming and host segments across KNX KVOA KECA KFRC KGO KTUC and other outlets. The guide lists show names like Bing Crosby Major Bowes Xavier Cugat Rudy Vallee and Easy Aces with time slots from 6:00 p m to after midnight, plus news and drama segments and musical performances.
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Amos N Andy
KNX
KVOA
Eliz. Russell
KECA
KFRC
Lanny Reese
KNY
Bing Crosby
Major Bowes
KTUC
Xavier Cugat
Rudy Vallee
KGO
Glenn Miller
U. S. Chamber of Com
KFI
Elmer Davis
Bob Garred
ITM
Wwr
Aldrich
Easy Aces
Standard Symphony
City Desk
KNX Fe
Tom Riggs
Betty Lou
KFT
the Bartons
KOA
Bill Henry
Bill Sabransky
Daily Crossword Across and Down Clues
Cryptogram style puzzle text lists across and down clues with hints and a quoted Plato maxim about knowledge justice and cunning. Includes a cryptogram puzzle line and a note about yesterday's answer.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
Radio Schedule Fragments From Local Stations
List of afternoon through evening programs on KVOA KTUC and related stations. Shows include Jay Curtis AP News World Today Sermon in Song and Sunset Riders with a mix of music, talks, and news segments across multiple time slots.
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Burl Ives
KTUC
KVOA
Jay Curtis
Portia
Columbia Concert Orchestra
Charles Don
Scattergood Raines
Wayne van Dyne
Dr. Malone
Yoycee Jordan
World Today
Biltmore Orchestra
News of the World
Ken Stevens
Sones
Sunset Riders
Elmer Davis
Importation of Vegetables Soars At Nogales Crossing
Mexican grown vegetables crossed the Nogales border in May totaling 5 002 cars, with 54 cars mainly tomatoes sent to Chicago and Toronto. A year earlier 1 738 cars moved, and brokers expect the season to end by mid next month. Warm weather and water shortages caused hundreds of cars to be destroyed in Sonora and Sinaloa. The last peak was 8 000 cars in 1931.
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Nogales
Ariz
Chicago
Toronto
Canada
Sonora
Sinaloa
Florida
Dean of Railroad Heads Quits Post
Daniel Willard aged 80 resigns as president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Roy Barton White aged 57 of Western Union Telegraph Co is named successor. Willard is named chairman of the board in the newly created post.
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New York
Daniel Willard
Ree
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Roy Barton White
Western Union Telegraph Company
Willard
Arno Cammerer Dies Former NPS Leader at 57
Arno B. Cammerer, 57, former director of the National Park Service and later head of its Region One, died of heart disease at his Cherrydale Virginia home. He had fallen ill in Norfolk last week, according to park service officials.
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Washington
Arno B. Cammerer
National Park Service
Cherrydale
Cammerer
Norfolk
Park Service
Repairing bicycles and lawn mowers for pickup delivery
Repairing bicycles and lawn mowers with pickup and delivery available in Ingham and Ingham areas. Also offers cash for old furniture, car washing, simonizing, and trades at local shops with listed phone numbers. Includes multiple nearby businesses and contact details.
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Ingham & Ingham
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