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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1939
Page
7
Wheat prices eased as weather reports of better conditions in the U S and Canada dampened demand. Prices closed 14-14 lower with declines in September and December futures. Kansas City hog markets showed uneven gains with higher weights leading, top at 6.20 and varied weekly receipts.
A South American map puzzle lists horizontal and vertical clues with many items such as pig, wed, tear, and sun deity. The grid includes entries for capitals, currencies, animals, and common words, featuring varied lengths and some garbled phrases.
Hogs unchanged. Cattle steady to 25 lower on grain fed steers with few gains for grass. Vealers steady. Stockers and feeders generally steady. Sheep spring lambs slow though some trucked natives hold. Estimated receipts: cattle 60000, calves 900, hogs 3900, sheep 4000.
Wheat trades show mixed bids with No. 2 dark hard and No. 2 hard quoted and Sept and Dec futures listed. Corn and oats prices vary by grade with No. 2 white and No. 3 offerings noted and nearby futures futures indicated. Milo maize price listed at 1.08 to 1.12 per bushel.
Commodity prices for Kaffir rye barley and various wheats with futures quotes for September December and May contracts. Includes hard soft red and white grains with price deltas and market lag figures for corn soybeans and rye futures.
Chicago and Kansas City market notes show potato prices with Idaho Oregon and Missouri entries. Idaho Russets and Bliss Triumphs cited with U S No 1 lots and under ice conditions. Kansas City prices list butter poultry eggs hogs and grain values with varied weights and grades.
Treasury bonds closed at 120 44s with changes noted. U S government bonds and listed corporate issues including American Cyanamid, American Can, American Smelting and Refining, American Telephone and Telegraph, Bethlehem Steel and other major issues were reported for the day in New York markets.
Stocks ended lower overall after a day of small losses and gradual declines. U.S. Steel Chrysler General Motors Montgomery Ward Sears and other big names showed mixed performance as traders eyed potential European trouble and a cooling July rally.
Garner and Veoa Ousdahl hosted guests in Lawrence. Jefferson 4-H youths attended a county camp at Tonganoxie Lake with nature studies safety demos and swimming. Ed Anderson and George Franklin held a farm sale near Wellman. A Nortonville rally featured Miss Margaret Reynolds and church leaders. Milk truck accident near Eberhard farm caused no injuries. Beulah Hill stayed with grandparents at Pleasant Grove.
The column lists brief items from Illinois and Michigan references Governor Dickinson’s hometown Charlottes Michigan and a British official R. Hudson who discussed a loan to Germany. It mentions a snow avalanche at Mount Baker and a Reverend Goldner as minister at Mogadore. A two cent debt is cited as the core argument.
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