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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1931
Page
7
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Notices announce annual stockholders meetings for several Lawrence institutions. Lone Star State Bank of Lone Star Kansas calls Jan 7 directors election at 10 to 3. Douglas County Building and Loan Association sets Jan 13 meeting at 10. Lawrence National Bank calls Jan 23 meeting from 10 to 3. Kansas State Bank of Lawrence schedules the Jan 31 noon deadline. Citations indicate multiple Lawrence Daily Journal World notices in December 1930 and January 1931.
Chicago traders priced grain lower as the Wickersham prohibition report favored keeping laws. U S visible supplies rose by 1 155 000 bushels of wheat and 869 000 of corn. Wheat closed irregular, 2 cents lower to 4 cents higher. corn and oats declined. provisions stayed firm near 17 cents. Larger wheat receipts at primary centers weighed on the market with arrivals totaling 1 522 000 bushels, up from last week and a year ago. Moisture affected winter grain regions.
Livestock prices show strength in cattle and veal while hogs and sheep soften. Corn and oats follow wheat downturns as supply constraints waver, with Nebraska reports of feed use and limited corn in sight. Chicago and Kansas City ranges soften versus Friday. direct cattle and hog sales remain active in parts of the market.
The report covers cattle hogs and sheep prices with mixed movement in Kansas City and Chicago markets. It notes dairy and calf classifications, butters and eggs, hay and grain prices, and a Wall Street start with modest gains amid packers decree adjustments and silver price decline.
Douglas county officers yesterday located three stolen automobiles abandoned by thieves. A 1927 Cadillac sedan belonging to B. M. Richmond was found on Stall Road near Big Springs and brought to Lawrence. A 1926 Packard sedan found two miles east of Eudora was pulled into Eudora. its owner is George Lechell Jr. The third car, a black 192, Ford Model A sport coupe stolen from Dr. A. B. Mulvaney, Kansas City, Mo., was recovered near the Santa Fe depot after being abandoned near 1541 Tennessee Street.
Two men, George Wuthrick and Harry Martin, are held by Hodgeman and Edwards county authorities in Kansas. Officers believe they were implicated in a past Netawaka bank robbery. Wuthrick from Kinsley and Martin from Jetmore, arrested in a Jetmore hotel by Sheriff Haun and Sheriff Wire. Both say they escaped from state facilities.
The weather forecast predicts mild conditions for two more days with highs near 40s and lows around 20s. The U S Weather Bureau, via meteorologist Flora, says no severe winter temperatures are expected in the northwest Kansas area while tomorrow may reach 45 to 50 degrees and tonight dip to about 20. In a separate incident, eight year old James Burton was bitten by a small dog while playing on New York Street. the dog was taken to Dr E G Harbour for observation.
A monoplane test flight near Rosecrans airport in Missouri ended in a fatal dive killing pilot Winston Hyatt and two other men as investigators from the Commerce Department inspect torn wing fabric. In Texas a fog bound crash near Overton claimed three more lives, including Horace F. Clark and Tom Holcombe. The day also saw auto theft arrests and cooperative society notes from Cairo and Colombo.
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