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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1941
Page
7
Classified snippets show room and meal requests, a private family offer, a modern home with garage and outbuilding, painting and wallpaper cleaning services, and several farm and market entries. Includes livestock listings, grain and market prices, and Kansas City produce data.
Market overview shows lower stocks and dull trading in bonds. Grain futures rallied late on Washington developments with wheat and corn reversing part of the week’s gains. Kansas City hogs and cattle trade mixed with modest gains in select classes and steady to higher week totals.
Wheat prices for 186 cars range from No. 2 dark hard 1.06 to 1.08 with various grades quoted. corn shows 7 cars unchanged with No. 2 white at 15 76. oats at 37 39 for No. 2 white. milo maize nominal 1.19 to 1.25. rye and barley listed in nominal ranges. several over September price differentials noted for hard and red wheat varieties.
Stocks fell with firm anti bull sentiment as taxes and war concerns weigh on the market. Transfers reached about 350000 shares, and the Dow industrials slipped for an eleventh straight session with few recoveries. Leading issues retreated with U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler and other majors finishing lower. Cotton futures dropped over a dollar per bale amid a broad market retreat.
Moscow reports Russian bombing of Berlin will continue with the objective of shattering German morale. Official spokesman S A Lozovsky noted the bombing's terrific impact already and predicted it will have a lasting effect on German resolve.
BBC broadcast via NBC stated the Japanese cargo ship Kajima Maru, which reached Sydney yesterday, would be the last vessel to depart Australia for Japan as the Japanese colony prepares to evacuate.
The Association of Communication equipment workers urged a strike poll in 13 cities after announcing breakdowns in contract talks with Western Electric. About 8,000 members in the Western Electric installation department may halt work on Bell System military and government projects nationwide.
Producing over 15 million cubic feet daily, the well is located three miles north of McLouth on the Fred McLeod farm, the best yet in the Leavenworth Jefferson county field. A & B pipeline opens Tonganoxie office to feed the Cities Service main across 16 inches with fifteen wells now tied in. A third consecutive oil well was drilled Saturday in Leavenworth county, forming a triangle north of the county line. Another gasser was tapped Thursday at Kate Sherman farm five miles east.
O. M. Ballard of Topeka has closed a deal to test the Leon hard farm two miles south of Oskaloosa with a Star steam rig moved onto the site. The well has reached seven feet in the sand and tests show 14 million feet of gas potential.
Belleville notes announce the arrival of Marjorie Ann Scheepflin on July 31. Local families share visits, farms transport to fairs, and relatives gather for birthdays and dinners across Lawrence, Kan., Waunita, Neb., and surrounding towns. Several trips to Illinois and California are mentioned.
Weekend visits highlight Reno area families with Albert Hutton Jr and family from Kansas City staying with relatives at Forest Park camp. Friends church events in Tonganoxie honor Mrs Brady and feature a shower for Mrs Davison. Ed Korb paints Reno school interior while memorial and travel news include Urban Hess transfer to the Philippines and Leonard Turpin visiting from Los Angeles.
The Douglas A-20A attack bomber is pictured in production for the U S Air Corps. An export version named the DB-7 is sent to Britain where Havoc aircraft are used as night fighters to counter Nazi raids. The craft features a plastic nose bombardier position, tricycle landing gear, and long engine nacelles housing Wright or Pratt & Whitney engines.
Fairview residents hosted visits and gatherings with kin from Lawrence Kansas City and Topeka. Edna Koehler and family relocated to Lawrence after 32 years nearby while Jim and Mary Denham hosted and welcomed guests. Community events included Epworth League meetings and a birthday gathering at Fairview church with 23 attendees.
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