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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1941
Page
7
Public listings show ads for Abstracts of Title Insurance and household goods sales. Market data include wheat, corn, soybeans with futures and cash prices, and livestock reports from Kansas City and Chicago, noting changes, open interest, and local auction results.
Market activity slowed mid session as demand slackened after a sharp grain futures rally. Wheat futures gained up to 1.5 cents and soybeans jumped 4.5 cents, but prices closed only modestly above prior levels amid uncertainty over pending price control legislation.
Agricultural market wire reports soybeans rye lard and grains, with prices in Dec May and July contracts. Hay market in Kansas City shows higher prices for alfalfa grades and assorted No 1 to No 3 leafy grades, while Chicago potato market notes steady demand and Idaho Russets slight shifts. Produce prices in Kansas City and local grain and butterfat data accompany egg and poultry figures and hog prices.
Government bonds closed with Treasury bills at 52 47 116.6 and Treasury 3s at 55 51 110.24 as of December 16 in New York.
The stock market opened with a defensive armament rating leading a tentative recovery but most gains faded by close. Gains in steels copper aircraft oils and specialties narrowed or turned to declines while motors mail orders rubbers and other leaders dragged the broad market down. Large blocks of low priced issues boosted the total volume.
The market posted another strong session with 1,200,000 shares traded and transfers exceeding a million. International Telephone sold 26,400 shares at a new-year price. sentiment noted risks from Java and Asia amid war news, while Cotton in Inter trades fell six cents.
Marriage licenses issued by Probate Judge Frank R. Gray include Herbert H. Humphries of Lawrence and Barbara Is of Sanderson Minneapolis Minnesota, and Mark W. Hollin of Osawatomie and Emma Smith of Osawatomie. The Hollin Smith couple were married this morning by Judge Gray.
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