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Newspaper
Daily Capital News
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1942
Page
1
Market notes from Jefferson City quote hens prices and other fowl figures, plus eggs and butter prices, with wheat and corn values. National Stockyards and St. Louis reports show hogs, cattle, sheep, and grain futures with bids, receipts, and top prices across multiple moving markets.
Kansas City wholesale poultry and produce prices listed for June 22 show eggs at 25 to 30 cents per dozen, hens 14 to 18, broilers 16 to 18, springs 20 to 22, roosters 11 to 13, hen turkeys 19 to 22, tom turkeys 14 to 174, putterfat 30 to 33, and butter 34 to 38.
The Chicago market lists live poultry with 27 trucks steady to firm. Hens over 5 lbs at 19, 5 lbs and down at 21, leghorn hens 16, broilers 2 lbs and up at 22, colored varieties at 22, Plymouth Rock 24.15, white rock 22.44, springs 4 lbs up colored at 29, white rock 25, bareback chickens 19 to 21, roosters 13, leghorn roosters 13, ducks 14 to 14.4 colored, white 14.44.
Kansas City livestock prices as of June 22 show hogs at 3500 head, mostly steady with top 14.30 for 190 lb plus. cattle about 9500 present with calves 1100, feeders steady to higher, cows steady, vealers 12 to 14, stockers 10 to 12.25, yearlings 13.15, light calves 13.75 to 14.50, weighty vealers 17.00. Sheep 8000 head with lambs steady to firm, native spring lambs 15.00, clipped lambs 11.2 to 11.75.
Chicago June 22 hog market reports 15 000 head sold steady with good and choice hogs 180 to 330 pounds bringing 14 25 to 45 and top prices noted. Source AP US Department of Agriculture provides the daily market snapshot.
Chicago and Kansas City reports show wheat futures rallying after an initial drop sparked by war news. Prices for No 2 and No 3 grades fluctuated with modest gains by late trading while corn oats and rye quotes also moved, reflecting mixed demand and supply signals.
Six years after taking a managerial role at an American chemical firm on a Dutch West Indian island, Bul Talcott faces suspicion as auditor Halsey and detective MacDowell close in. June Paterson, Bill’s cousin, suspects a dangerous plot while a schooner presses the shore at night, and Talcott’s cold, threatening demeanor heightens the tension.
Wheat futures closed modestly lower than Saturday as limited weekend orders in the harvest belt kept Hedging sales light. Commercial buying from professionals and mills supported a rebound, with other grains tracking the wheat trend. July and September prices varied across grains, soybeans mostly weaker to modestly higher.
New York stock market trims losses after an early decline as investors weigh Tobruk collapse and Russian setbacks. Declines in steels and motors lead the retreat while rails and oils show resilience. AP average drops to 35.1 with 313,000 shares traded, signaling investor reluctance rather than panic.
Santa Fe and General Electric led modest gains amid wider losses in numerous instances. Bonds fell while commodities were mixed. Chicago wheat fell 1 8 to 3 8 per cent a bushel, corn unchanged, hogs steady, cotton rose 40 to 70 cents a bale.
Agricultural experts at the University of New Hampshire report a pepper plant in their greenhouse that is four years old. The plant is moved into the fields in spring, repotted, and brought inside in the fall for continued growth.
The National Safety Council reports rising accident deaths in 23 states for the first five months of 1942. From Jan 1 to June 1, 1942, 3,555 accident deaths occurred, up 12 percent from the same period in 1941, linked to expanded unemployment and faster wartime production.
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The council reported that deaths in May reached 781, up 1 percent from May 1941. Most of the May increase was due to coal mining accident deaths in West Virginia.
Bristol Maine high school seniors collected 400 dollars for a New York graduation trip but voted to cancel the sightseeing tours. They plan to invest the money in defense bonds as a class gift for the war effort.
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