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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1944
Page
7
Small house and three sets offered in Warne priced by Bert Sexton Walnut. Fragmentary lines suggest sale or rental context with unclear additional details and names.
Chicago and market desks report wheat futures slipping about one percent to the lowest levels in six months for December and May contracts before a rally trimmed losses. Oats and rye drop more than a cent with oats near 61.10 per bushel. rye around 1.60. Cash grain closes show dark northern spring wheat at 1.63 and corn at 1.13 per bushel.
Hogs sold steady to lower in Chicago trading with top at 13.75 and floor around 11.60 to 12.15 for 86 to 880 pound weights. Receipts totaled about 34,000 with 11,000 sent direct to packs. around 14,000 left unsold. Cattle and sheep showed mixed, with steers 15 to 17 dollars in range and fat cattle and yearlings steady to down slightly. lambs stronger at 15.50 in Nebraska markets.
Closing figures show Am Can at 89 percent and Am T and T at 160 percent, with Am Loco 16 and Avia Corp 3. Major gainers include Crue Stl 830 and Dup De Nem 249 while Gen Elec 36 and US Rub 47 reflect moderate advances.
The listing shows sweet cream at 62 cents, No. 1 cream 51 cents, No. 2 cream 49 cents, eggs extra 29 cents, No. 1 27 cents, No. 2 20 cents, heavy breed hens 20 cents, Leghorn hens 18 cents, old roosters 15 cents.
Washington reports House and Senate conferees agreed to cap the national debt at 260 billion dollars and cut the cabaret tax from 30 to 20 percent. Servicemen in uniform are no longer exempt from the tax as negotiations shift.
Combined hog receipts at 11 packing plants and 19 concentration yards in interior towns and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ending 8:00 am today total 48 000 head, up from last week but below last year. Market tone steady to slow with heavy to good weights quoted, including 160-180 lb at 10.40, 180-270 lb at 13, and 300 lb at 11.18, with sow ranges and larger weights also listed.
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