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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1940
Page
7
Farmers promote tomato canning stock and basket sales at Clarence Edmonds Food Market 1401 Mass with Alvin Smith farm listing 83c per bushel basket and phone 288 for orders and pickup.
Partialclassified items include help wanted at Roserts Market and assorted sale notices. Listings mention homegrown produce, farm items, used ceiling fans at ten dollars, and used tires with contact phone details.
Fox advertises terrier puppies for sale at $1 each suitable for children and lists contact Harry Denewiler at 186 Walnut. Also promoting a rooming house for sale or rent at 1138 Miss St with mass Clevenger and Chas E Louk as contacts.
Chicago market notes a weak tone as corn futures retreat about a cent per bushel on reports of showery weather easing crop concerns. Wheat and oats hold near recent levels while weekly forecasts call for generally fair skies and above normal temperatures in key U.S. regions. Kansas City hogs and cattle markets show mixed weekly shifts with feeders and vealers tracing gains and losses.
Stock market attempts to rally meet scant success as traders avoid moves pending European war developments and tax plan clarity. U S Steel and Bethlehem slide while GM Chrysler fail to rise. Detroit prices expect 1941 cars up 3 to 6 percent. United Aircraft and Sperry show intermittent gains on arms outlook.
Izvestia asserted colonial possessions could widen the conflict into a world imperial war. It warned of a near future shift to a new and more acute phase as Premier Molotov had told the Duma that the western hemisphere faced war due to imperial appetites in the United States.
Edward Schillings purposed at Beloit for a prelude to a family weekend at Mrs Donnell A Pearson home. Guests included Loren White Joseph Roberts Ken dall Day Jerry Deaton John James cae David Day Charles McEnul Johnny Bob Campbell Bobby MeIty Bobby Grems Jack Campbell Janice Neibarger returned from six weeks in Boulder Colorado.
Oak Ridge residents attended a monthly Farm Bureau gathering hosted by Mrs. Gus Brune and Mrs. F. B. Alford. Guest speaker Mrs. F. R. Yeaae presented three First Aid Wound, Blood Flow, and Carrying the Injured roving pictures and answered questions.
The Petain government orders dissolution of Freemasonry and all secret societies in France. Officials cite threats to morale and Marshal Petain plan. Le Nouveliste from Lyon claims foreign foes would fail if France had not been harmed by secret lodges.
Fragment shows a town listing used cars including a 34 Ford and a near new Chevrolet, with comments on near new tires and a Fyseter 3. Sale ad tone suggests bidding or sale details are incomplete.
Reports from London describe affluent Nazi and Fascist internees assigned to waiter duties as wards push for more staff. They allegedly place standing food and wine orders with caterers, forcing officers to spend time fulfilling their demands amid wartime restrictions.
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