Rapid and Severe Decline Hits New York Cotton Market
The New York cotton market opened with a swift and violent drop as covering power faded. July fell to 25.20 and October to 24.75, down 105 to 121 points from the prior close amid heavy selling by Liverpool Wall Street and Southern interests. War news and poor weather outlook blamed for liquidation pressures.
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Wallaset
Southern
R Star
Cotton market declines on heavy early sell-off in New Orleans
In New Orleans on April 27 the cotton market opened with heavy selling. Long cotton liquidations and bearish trader offerings driven by overnight war news pushed early active months down 108 to 109 points and left cotton closing with a 134 to 171 point decline.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Spot Cotton Report April 27 1947
Spot cotton in New Orleans was nominal and unchanged with late arrivals of 200 bales. Prices showed 28.50 for low middling, 30.50 for middling, and 31.75 for good middling.
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New Orleans
Corn market slips as stocks and cotton drag prices
Chicago on April 27 saw corn weaken due to sympathy with stock and cotton setbacks. Opening prices ranged from unchanged to half a cent lower with May at 1231-2 and July 1521-2 to 7-8, then declined further. Net losses followed, while higher hog quotes kept provisions firm.
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Chicago
Market Results Chicago Hogs Cattle and Sheep Receipts
Chicago market table shows hog receipts strong with prices from 16.00 to 17.75, cattle receipts 1,000 with native steers 17.35 to 19.10, stockers and feeders 8.25 to 12.15, cows and heifers 8.75 to 13.80, calves 7.50 to 13.50, and sheep receipts 3,000 with sheep 123.00 to 17.15 and lambs 16.00 to 21.49.
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Chicago
Wall Street Stocks End Heavy In Brief Session
New York April 27 investment stocks and many speculative issues fell one to two points as unfavorable foreign news spurred liquidation and short selling. High grade rails and war group issues were sensitive to pressure, closing with heavy losses though some gains by leading stocks. About 200000 shares traded with Liberty issues, Copper, Reading and General Electric among notable names listed in bid and price ranges.
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New York
Liberty
Daylight Saving a boon to motorists and industry
A prominent Oldsmobile dealer praises the nationwide daylight saving plan noting its smooth adoption and industrial conservation benefits. He says motorists gain 60 minutes of evening recreation, enabling longer rides in spring, summer, and fall.
Local Market Prices Roundup For Wholesale Goods
The list shows scarce items and varied prices for butter spring and grown chickens, dressed meat, Irish potatoes and seed potatoes, N C hams and shoulders, cabbage, hides, wool, bees wax, tallow, onions, peanuts in several regional varieties, apples Winesap and oranges with fluctuating quotes across the market.
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Zoo N. C
Busmel
Esoe
N. C
Virginia
Gasoline Shortage in Spain Not Seen Here
A Valencia dispatch reports Spain facing a gasoline shortage as government controls curb supply even for doctors. Alcohol substitutes, costly and less efficient, stall engines without oil in the mix. US supply remains ample with pipelines and imports, and authorities downplay any domestic shortage.
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Valencia
Spain
J. L. Byrne
Byrne
American Motors
England
France
Italy
United States
Washington
New York Spot Cotton Quiet at 26.90 Middling
Cotton spot in New York on April 27 was quiet with middling grade at 26.90 cents per pound.
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New York
Family drives become healthful recreation in extra hour
Prices for spirits and tar are noted while rosin and crude show little demand. The piece argues that the extra hour now offers ample time for a fine, exhilarating ride, making a family outing more appealing than in the old time.
British Knight to Speak on The Checkerboard of Europe
Sir John Foster Fraser a leading British journalist and war lecturer will discuss The Checkerboard of Europe on the Chautauqua program. He traveled across France and Flanders with the army and visited munition works by permission of Lloyd George.
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John Foster Fraser
National War Lectures Committee
Great Britain
England
France
Flanders
Russia
Balkans
Lloyd-George
Scotland
Sir John
Edinburgh
George
Buckingham Palace
Hupp Motor Car appoints Dickinson assistant sales manager
Frederick Dickinson is named assistant sales manager at Penn The Hupp Motor Car Corporation to replace Harry E. Westerdale who leaves to join McCord Manufacturing in Detroit. Dickinson will also handle advertising as advertising manager, a role he has held for three years. He previously worked in newspapers in Chicago Denver Indianapolis and Louisville.
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Frederick Dickinson
Harry E. Westerdale
Hupmobile
McCord Manufacturing Company
Detroit
Dickinson
Hupp
Chicago Evening Post
Chicago Herald
Denver
Indianapolis
Louisville
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Kennecott Copper
Louisville and Nashville
Maxwell Motors
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Midvale Steel
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New York Central
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LDS Northern Pacific
Ohio Cities Gas
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Iron and Steel
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Southern Pacific
Studebaker Corporation
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