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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.), 09 May 1947. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn78002169/1947-05-09/ed-1/seq-7/>

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RAILROAD LIENS
HIT ANOTHER LOW
Losses For The Day Run
From Fractions To
Around Two Points
NEW YORK. May 8 — (/P) _
The rail section of the bond mar
ket slipped into new low price ter
ritory for the year again today.
In scanty trace • iosses of inac
tions t° around 'wo pointy pre
dominated among the carries. A
handful of industrials backed 'up
a notch or two while utilities held
uip fairly well.
Volume of $2,940,000 compared
with $2,890,000 Wednesday, which
Was a one-month low in turnover
The stock market, bogged down
in sluggish trade, again offered
little guidance to bond dealers.
The wary attitude that has chai
acterized so many sessions thi
year continued to prevail an inves
tors ignored most current business
development and turned a skepti
cal eye pn the future.
The new security market, whici
has digested ■ hundreds of million;
of dollars of issues thus far ir.
the month, took a breathing speli
with only a few small sales re
ported.
Corporates closing lower includ
yiouA/dluM/
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BEANS with PORK
We Remain Open
AH Day On Wednesdays
NATIVE FULLY DRESSED .
FRYERS, lb.55c
TOPPING’S PURE
PORK SAUSAGE, lb... 55c
01E0, lb...- 42c
BALLARD’S SELF RISING
HOUR, 10 lbs.99c
TORCH’S
BUTTER BEANS, No. 2 can 31c
CLOVERNOOK - 28 oz Jar.
IEM0N PIE fILL1N0 ... 39c
pet or carnation
HUB, tail can.13c
PURE LARD, lb..29c
DUZ, small. 13 c; lae.. 32c
VET, lane.32c
AJAX, 2 lor.25c
32c
WIDE VARIETY OF
FROZEN FOODS
NOW AVAILABLE
_ & ______
Stock Market Quotations
By THE ASSOCIATED PBESS
Pre- Yes
vious terdaj
Close Close
Alleghany . 3% 3%
Alis Chal Mfg .. 32% 32%
Am Can - 01% 9iyR
Am Car Fdy- 43 42%
Am Roll Mill . 29% 29 y4
Am Smelt and Ref . 53 52%
A T and T —. 16o7/s -165%
Am Tob B .. 66% 66%
Anaconda _ 36% 36
Arm 111 _ 11% 11%
ACL _ 48% 46%
A T L Ref... 35 34%
Aviat Corp _ 5% 5V*
Baldwin _ 19% 19%
B and O .. _ 10% 10%
ed A T 4 T new 2 3-4s at 114 1-8,
B & O stamped convertibles ai
40, Alton 3s at 371-2,St. Paul in
comes at 77 3-4, Rock Island re
funding 4s at 46 1-2, Missouri Pa
cific general 4S at 42 1-2, National
Steel 3s at 105 5-8. N. Y. Central
consolidated 4s at 65 7-8, New Ha
ven coliaterial 6S at 63, Frisco 4
l-2s at 44 3-4, and Seaboard in
comes at 63 3-4.
In the overseas section several
Uruguayan issues imported frac
tionally.
U. S. Governments moved nar
rowly in the over-the-counter mar
ket, the Victory Loan 2 l-2s of
Dec. 1967-'73 adding 1-32 at 103 8-32
bid.
BOND AVERAGES
Compiled by The Associated Press
MAY 8—
20 10 10 10 10
Rails Indus Util Fgn Low Yld
Net change D.2 C.l Unch Unch Unch
Thurs 92.5 103 6 106.4 74.4 116.0
Prev day 92.7 103 7 105.4 74.4 118.0
Week ago 93.1 103.8 105.7 74.2 116 3
Month ago 94.2 104.1 105.3 75 5 118.2
Year ago 103.0 103.6 107.5 78.7 118.5
1947 High 97.1 104.2 105.7 76.6 116.5
1947 Low 92.7 103.3 104.0 74.2 115.3
1948 High 106.9 105.2 109.5 79.0 120 2
1946 Low 92.0 102.7 103.3 74.4 114.3
GRAIN
CHICAGO GRAIN
CHICAGO, May 8 — (A>)—An
nouncement of supplemental grain
allocations to foreign countries
for May and June created buy
ing in cereals on the Board of
Trade today.
Wheat closed l:4-ly4 higher, May
$2.66%-%, corn was %-2% high
er May $1.69%-7/s, and oats were
%-% higher, May 93%-%. The
range:
Open High Low Close
WHEAT—
May 2.66% 2.66% 2.65 2.66%
Jly 2.25% 2.27% 2.24% 2.25%
Sep 2.18% 2.21 2.18% 2.19%
Dec 2.16% 3.18% 2.15% 2.16%
CORN—
May 1.68% 1.71% 1.68 1.697/a
Jly 1.60% 1.63% 1.60% 1.62%
Sep 1.53 1.54 1.52 1.53%
Dec 1.42% 1.43% 1.41% 1.42%
OATS—
May 93% 94% 93% 93%
Jly 82% 83% 82% 82%
Sep 76% 76% 76% 76%
Dec 74% 74% 74% 74%
BARLEY—
May - - - 1.36
LARD—
Jly 20.07 20.10 19.62 19.62
Sep 20.12 20.15 19.95 19.95
Oct - 19.00
Noy 18.00 18.05 18.00 18.05
LOCAL QUOTATIONS
BID ASKED
(Furnished by Allen C. Ewing & Co.)
American Optical 2.30c 44 1-2 45 1-2
ACL of Conn 4.00a 56 1-2 56 3-4
Boston F 2.32b ex div 16c 19.34 21.03
Caro Ins 1.40a 31 33
DeVilbiss 1.00a 18 19 -
Gp Sec RR Equip .22b 4.14 4.50
McBee .40a 7 1-4 7 3-4
Mass Inv Trust 1.86b 24.15 26.11
Nat Transit .75a 14 1-4 14 3-4
Peo Sav B & T 3.00c 80 —
Red Rock Bot (Inc./Ga.) 10 1-2 11 1-2
Security Nat Bank .80c 28 —
S Stok 3.00c ex div 50c 22 1-2 24 1-2
T W P C ex div 15c 8 3-8 8 7-8
Wil Sav & Trust 2.00c 49. —
a. Indicated annual dividend rate.
b. Income and profits dividends paid
in past 12 months.
c. Paid in 1946.
(The above quotations are nominal
and are believed to be indications of
the price at which the securities may
be purchased or sold).
CHICAGO BUTTER
CHICAGO, May 8—(#)— (USDA)
—Butter firmer: AA93 score 61.5;
A 92 — 60.5; B 90 — 59.75. Eggs
steady to firm: Large No. 1 and
2 extras 43.5-45; medium extras
40.41; standards 40-40.5; current
receipts 39-3S.5; dirties and checks
37.5-38.
TREND OF STAPLE PRICES
NEW YORK, May 8—The As
sociated Press weighted wholesale
price index of 35 commodities to
day declined to 170.92.
Previous day 171.24. week ago
170.61, month ago 179.56, year ago
117.15.
1947 1946 1945 1944
High , 84.32 169.72 112.81 108.73
Low 164.05 112.02 107.90 106.03
(1926 average equals 100).
Biological warfare research
brought such peacetime benefits
as vaccines against the cattle
plague, rinderpest; two highly
fata] poultry maladies, Newcas
tle disease and fowl plague, psit
tacosis and tularemia: and an
improved toxoid to fight botu
linus poisoning in food.
ADDITIONAL MARKETS
ON PAGE ENGHT
!
Barnsdall _ 24% 23%
Bendix Aviat _ 31% 31%
Beth Steel .- 84% 64
Boeing Airp_17 17%
3orden _ 43 41%
3udd M£g Co _ 10% 10%
Burl Mills _ 16% 16
Bur Add Mach_ 13% 13%
Cannon Mills _ 59% -
Case J I__ 34% 33%
Caterpil Trac _ 54 53%
Ches and O_ 45 44%
Chrysler _ 101% 100%
Coca Cola _ 150 -
Coml Credit_ 39 39 %
Coml Solv.- 23% 23%
Comwlth and Sou 3 3
Consol Edis _ ?-% 26%
Cons Vultee . 13% 13%
Cont Can ... 37% 37%
Corn Prod_ 69% 69%
Curt Wright . 4% 4%
Curt Wright A. 17 16%
Doug Aire _ 62% 61%
Dow Chem _ 158% .157
Du Pont _ 180% 178%
Eastman Kod _ 238 235%
Firestone _ 51% 51
Gen Elec . 34% 34%
Gen Foods _ 41% 48%
Gen Mot_ 58 56%
Goodrich _ 54% 54%
Goodyear _ 49% 48%
Gt Nor Ry Pf_ 39% 39%
Int Harvest ..— Wz *>■*
Int and T___ 12 11%
Johns Man _—118% 118%
Kennecott - 44% 44%
Loews _ 21% 21%
Lockheed _ 13% 13%
Mont Ward . 53% 53%
Nash Kelv- 16% 15%
Nat Bis_1. 28% 28
Nat Cash Reg. 39% 38%
Nat Dist.. 19% 19%
N Y Cent _ 14% 14%
No m Avia- 8% 8%
Nor Pac . 16% 15%
Packard _ 6 8
Param Pic _ 24% 24%
Penney J C _ 40% 40%
Penn R R . 19% 19%
Pepsi Cola _ 27% 27%
Phill Pet -.- 53% 54%
Pitt S and B_ 7% 7%
Pullman ___ 55% 55%
Pure Oil_— 2414 24%
Radio - 8% 8%
Radio K O . 13 12%
Rem Rand - 30% 30%
Repub Stl -;- 25 24%
Reynolds B - 37% 38%
Sears _ 33 32%
Socony _ 15% 15%
Sou Pac __ 38 37%
Sou Ry .- 34 33%
Std Brands -.- 31 30
Std Oil N J __ 69% 70%
Stewart War ..- 15% 16
Swift _ 33 33%
Tex Co .— 60% 61
Un Carbide - 98% 98%
Unit Airlines _ 24% 24%
Unit Aircraft _ 19% 19%
Unit Corp - 3 3
Unit Drug_ 8% -
Unit Fruit . 49 49%
Unit Gas Imp - 23 23
U S Rubber _ 47 47
U S Smelt and Ref 44 43%
U S Steel . 68% 67%
Vanadium._ 16 -
Warner Pic _1_ 15% 15%
West Un A _.— 18% 18%
West El _ 25% 24%
Woolworth _ 44% 44%
BOND QUOTATIONS
A T and SF 4s 95- 131%
ACL 4%s 64.- 108%
Can Pac 4s Perp_101%
CB and Q ,4%s 77 . 119%
C and El Inc 97... 29%
C GW 4s 88 __ 85
CRI and P R 4s 34 _40%
Hud C 5s 62A .. 82%
H and M 5s 57 ..517's
Ills-Cent 4%s 66 .. 78
N Y C R 5s 2013 _ 81
Nor Pac 4%s 2047 .. 95%
Penn RR G 4%s 65.108
Sou Ry Gen 6s 66 _ 111%
Sou Ry Cn 5s 94 _ 125%
West Md 4s 52 _ 104
FOREIGN BONDS
Aust 5s 55 __ 107%
Aust 3%s 56 _ 100%
Rio Gr Do Sul 6s 68_35%
FAST
WHILE
YOU
WAIT
SHOE
REPAIR
SERVICE
5 Minute
Service On
All Heels
Shoe Repair Dept•
H. L. Green Co.
5c to $1.00 STOKE
258 N. Front St.
( SAY -MO-KAN”)
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PINT $1.70
NO OTHER COFFEE GIVES YOU...
MORE FLAVOR
AND
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garden fresh 2 LB'
1 GREEN BEANS, 2 lb. 25c
1 T D
I MEDIUM RIPE
f TOMATOES, lb. 35c
SOUTH CAROLINA MAMMOTH BE. 4
ASPARAGUS, bn. 49c
SI sIH
GRAPEFRUIT, 5 lor 23c
-4 LB.
RED bliss
POTATOES, 4 lb. 30c
■ T_r>r' 2 DOZ.
FLORIDA RIPE
ORANGES, 2 doz. ... 65c
i fresh yellow 2 LB
[ SQUASH, 2 lb.25c
f fancy green TOPPED
'l CARROTS 2 bn. 15c
CALIF. LONG WHITE
POTATOES
5 lbs.29c
JUICY FRESH
lemons
lb.10c
_ . __ -AJ
Morrell’s
Pride
PICNICS
lb... 49c
Morrell’s
Tenderized
HAMS
lb... 59c
PRIME BONED AND ROLLED
TIB ROAST, lb.65c
PRIME CENTER CUT
CHUCK ROAST, lb. ..45c
EXTRA LEAN FANCY
i SHORT RIBS, lb.... 25c
* .
I LEAN FANCY BEEF
SROUND BEEF, lb... 39c
? YOUNG TENDER
1 HEN TURKEYS, lb. .. 69c
1 FRESH CAUGHT GREEN
I SHRIMP, lb.69c
j FILLETS OF
tfED PERCH, lb.29c
SWIFT JEWEL. S 33c
FLOUR SgffiS .#5c
TREET Armour's _ _ . _______ Can 3TC
APRICOTS S, ..23c
SPAGHETTI SS 15c
WHEATIES ..-.p£ I2e
TOMATO SAUCE Hunts ....2 Cans I5c
FISH FLAKES _ Pollock-- - - Can I9c
NECTAR TEA BAGS .“ 13c
PEANUT BUTTER &n. 33c |
SALAD DRESSING .... Sultana ja*r 35c |
SPAGHETTI Prepared •••••••••• 2 Glass 25c \
SPARKLE .. .3 Pkg, 20c :
BEANS ... In Tom.^Sauce3with Pork 2 Can* 2DC
VINEGAR. . • • Sultana Bot. 17c
WHITEHOUSE EVAP.
MILK 3s 35>
CHEESE ... - 49c
APPLE JUICE jks & 23c
PRUNES ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ci„ 23c
|D P A A| O Reliable No. 2 \ Cp
Cut or Wax String ■ ■ ■ ■ Can A
IONA PEAS s 2 2™ 25c
APPLE SAUCE - - 15c
TOMATO JUICE 12c
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