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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1940
Page
7
Three room furnished apartment at 906 N. H 8t with private bath and Frigidaire. A smaller unit also available at 388 La. St. Includes private bath and Frigidaire. Call 161 or 2385 for details.
Wheat futures closed higher with May at 1.0914, July 1.07 and corn up about 1 to 1.5 cents as funds covered shorts. Open interest shows large positions. government loan expirations near drove some buying amid varied weights for corn, oats, and wheat. Kansas City hogs and cattle markets also reported activity and price shifts across weight classes.
Estimated livestock receipts for tomorrow include cattle 5 000 calves 300 hogs 2 000 and sheep with missing data. Wheat and corn futures quotes from Kansas City and Chicago show mixed movements with May and July contracts and various grades cited. hay prices in Kansas City list multiple grades for No 1 and No 2, while Chicago markets report slight gains and declines in select grains and beans. Potatoes on track and shipments for the week noted.
The report outlines potato prices for Idaho Russet Burbanks and Bliss Triumphs with quality grades and sizes, plus Texas and California long whites. It also lists Kansas City market figures for eggs butterfat poultry hogs and grain with current receipts and price ranges.
New York traders nudged a few leaders higher while many stocks lacked support. Steel and motor shares rose briefly then slipped. shipping and machinery led gains early, with overall advances in fractions and scarce declines. Stronger Allied war news buoyed sentiment despite uncertainty in other sectors.
John L. Lewis expands support for his Non Partisan League by adding the National Negro Congress to his coalition. A. Philip Randolph of New York opposed reaffirming leadership as the congress accepted the invitation. The announcement follows Randolph’s protest and reelection decision.
UPI report from Topeka states Rep. John J. Houston of Wichita was named temporary chairman and keynote speaker for the Kansas Democratic state convention set for June 10 in Salina. The arrangements committee also named Willis H. Shattuck as temporary secretary and recommended assistants Myron Miller and Marion Beatty with E. E. Chaney as sergeant at arms.
Three KU students win scholarships totaling 2400 dollars for excellence in their fields. Eugene Buchanan of Chanute, a senior law student, receives a 1500 dollar Columbia University fellowship starting September 1 for graduate study in law. W J Dodds of Faulkton South Dakota, a graduate student, earns a 5000 dollar Siosson scholarship in science and also teaches in the physics department. John David Ramsey of Kansas City Missouri accepts a three year scholarship with a stipend to Harvard School of Law.
The French liner Ile de France, 34,500 tons, will sail on Wednesday for an undisclosed port. She is expected to carry 23,000 tons of copper to Halifax for shipment to England and France before heading to Australia for troop transport. Idle since September 8, she follows the British Queen Elizabeth and French Normandie in the harbor, with Queen Mary having sailed in March.
More than 1,250,000 workers left WPA relief over the past year while 100,000 quit each month to seek private employment. President Roosevelt proclaims the first week of May as National Employment Week amid concerns over long term unemployment, especially workers over 40. Commissioner Harrington notes nearly half on WPA are in that age group.
Miss Ruth V. Watts, a 25 year old teacher, said a middle aged robber shot and killed Frank Hendrix Lee, 26, on a side road last night after he refused to surrender his wallet. Watts walked a mile and a half to the municipal airport to report the slaying.
Marriage licenses issued at the probate office include William A. Thomas and Cleda Schupp of Tucson Arizona. Ralph Johnson and Helen Schwartz of Topeka. Bennamin Kretz and Landene Barratt of Topeka. Elmer J. Petesch of Perry and Matilda A. Sieve of A Falls. Arthur Ledebaer and Rachel Burton of Salina. The first three couples married by Probate Judge Frank R. Gray. The last couple by Justice of the Peace Robert B. Owler.
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