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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1940

Page

9

Market News Wheat Prices Rally After Session Low

Wheat slid early in Chicago trade but recovered to end 53 7/8 cents higher than Saturday with September at 75 3/4, on government flour buys and grain stocks. Oklahoma Texas and Kansas terminals received 3 434 cars, while mils hedging for flour sales supported futures. corn and oats also rose. Kansas City hogs and cattle saw gains, with top hogs at 5.65 and beef steers near 10.65, in active trade amid mixed livestock receipts and forecasts of rain in spring wheat regions.

Chicago Oklahoma Texas Kansas Kansas City Livestock Kansas City USDA

Market notes and prices from Missouri to California and Wall Street

Demand for Missouri Cobblers and Bliss Triumphs varies by quality across states. U S No 1 long white priced at 2.20 in California, Bliss Triumphs at 2.25, Arkansas Bliss Triumphs good quality 1.60 65, Oklahoma 1.50 55, Missouri Cobblers fair quality 1.00 25, Missouri Bliss Triumphs 1.10 15. Government bonds close: Treasury 4s 113.24, 4s 119.19, 3s 110.12. Wall Street drifted lower with light volume around 275,000 shares. mixed signals from war, politics, and the Roosevelt tax plan. Naval awards buoyed some industrials. steel shares lagged. various sectors fluctuated amid global tensions. Rain halts wheat harvest in Goodland Kansas with heavy showers noted.

Missouri California U. S California Bliss Arkansas Bliss Oklahoma Bliss Missouri Cobblers Missouri Bliss Wall Street New York Willkie Stah Romania Congress Electric Boat N. Y Altho U. S. Steel General Motors Douglas Aircraft United Aircraft Westinghouse Texas Corporation Phelps Dodge American Smelting Consolidated Edison Eastman Kodak

Dashing Rain Briefly Halts Harvest at Garden City

A heavy rainstorm in Garden City Kansas brings the area its first moisture since early June. The downpour halts the barley harvest and slows early wheat fields while the main wheat harvest is not yet underway.

Garden City Kan

Death Toll Nine in Texas Floods

Nine perished in Texas floods as rescue workers in Hallettsville and surrounding areas searched mud battered river bank homes. Mayor Traxler put damage at 1 million dollars while Red Cross aid aided hundreds left homeless. Local officials warned of contaminated water but improved. deaths included John Swab and Agnes Stanzel.

Hallettsville Tex Texas J. G. Traxler Red Cross la Grange Columbus Victoria Colorado River Guadalupe John Sercek Christina Joseph Branzel Madison Stevens Buckner Creek Colorado John Swab Joseph Stanzel Agnes Earl Marks Little River Temple Harvey Renger

Showers in Prospect for Kansas Weather Relief

Thunder showers and cooler air move into Kansas from the west easing near 100 degree heat. Western towns report rainfall totals including Goodland 2.03 inches and St Francis 0.25 inch while Phillipsburg and Tribune saw lighter amounts. Highs reach the 90s, then fall to 88 to 92 with lows 55 to 74 as a southwest low pressure system brings rain tonight and tomorrow.

Topeka Kansas S. D. Flora Goodland St. Francis Tribune Phillipsburg Texas Panhandle Flora Yuma Ariz

Professor enjoys fishing in Missoula Montana mountains

A Montana visit by Don Dixon of the department of speech and dramatic art describes trout streams wider and calmer than Colorado's. He, with his 9-year-old daughter Patty, notes ample Montana University summer enrollment and warns of bears and wildlife while noting mining activity near town.

K.A Montana Don Dixon Department of Speech and Dramatic Art Colorado Dixon Patty Missoula Mont Montana University

J E Dixon Chronicles Work Ethic In Rural District

Dixon writes that J E spends most days hunting fishing or idle unless he needs town goods then he works his claim. The note portrays a frontier routine and J E's reliance on seasonal labor to obtain essentials.

J.e Dixon

Japs Conquer Lungchow as Border Sealed

Shanghai dispatch reports Lungchow a walled city on the China Indo-China border captured by Japanese forces. Japanese sources say the seizure seals the entire border preventing entry of munitions to Chiang Kai-shek's forces from Indo-China and marks the last Chinese stronghold in the frontier area.

Shanghai Lungchow Chiang Kai-Shek China Chiang

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U. S. Representative Chris Matteson Douglas Jefferson George K. Melvin Avener Robert C. Rankin Richard B. Stevens George P. Spears Lou Griffith Douglas County Ed Johnson Earl T. Black J. M. Sanderson James F. Brass Charles ‘D. Stough CLERK T. R. Gerhart Charles E. Banning Henry B. Collins Roy Flory Office of Register of Deeds Harold A. Bee the Dist Court Beal John Callahan Harold C. Fischer Butler Coal Co Schleifer Bros Miller's Bar Mass St. Wonder Shop A. W. Cunningham Rutter J. R. Bechtel M.D L. Stout N. H. Inquire New Hampshire North Lawrence Hobbs North 2Nd St Glenn Moody Journal-World Frank E BANKS First National Bank H. W. Stone Thomas Bros Shiropragtors H. W. Craig D. C J. R. Holmes Inn, CO. Sales, Rentala Management 7Th St Lawrence ‘Roofing Co Rhode Island St Carl Graeber North Ist S. J. Hunter Journal- World Idea N. H Rhode Island R. I. St Lawrence Bradbury Agency Garnett Country Club McGrew-Peck Inv. Co Moody Journal World City Library Vermont Maud Maffet Haskell Ave Kentucky Mra Beaty Serope Insurance Consult J. Hunter Bargain Furn Dickinson Miller Furniture,Co Rotarex John Deere Green Bros Holt N.L.N. Greeley Madl Implement Co Baldwin John Deere Harrow Park R. H. Rogers Wea Columbus Foods Corp East 10Th Hird Corner Paul Nehrbaas Miles Northwest Country Club Sibley Oscar Te. York Derby Derby Grain Co John Geere Rumely Steel Thresher American Flyer Bicycle Salvation Army Fritz Co Axminster Wilton Ohio Cline Mattress Co Meyer Eudora Dews Wrecking Co. Res Montgomery Ward Lawrence, Kan Mildred Burgess P.O Hudora Ee High School Michigan Guernsey Jack Fritzel West N. 6Th St C. M. Jones Call Grand Plano Arker Ave Grant Fritzel's Furn F.H.A Hinshaw J. J. Lavery Harry Campbell Daniell Electric Rock Road Chas E. Louk Eudora Oil Co H.p Barker The Dick Tracy Chester Gould Qaseaswaile Mamma Maams LITTLE_FELLER Little Orphan Annie— Typhoon Harold Gray Cash Grain Springs Kansas City Hay Market Hay Ap-Usda Government Treasury Goodland Goodland Can — Am Tel & Tel Atch T& SF Beth Steelwessense TAT Cerro de Pasco Chrysler Corp Solvaa Con Oil General E General Motors Bews Kennecott Montgomery Wi North Am Lo Me ‘Penney J Phillips Pet Sears, Roebuck Standard Oil Ind Union_ Pacific Impovensase US Steel Whaeese West el & Mig Fly Cities Service Cutter N. H. St Lawrence Lawrence Rendering Works Indo-China Frigidaire Hanna Truck Bargains Ford S.W.B G.M.C Roberts Phone Chevrolet Ford Studebaker Plymouth Reusch Otor CO Hunsinger’s Dodge Olds Pontiac & Radio Lafayette P.B International D.S L.W.B Winter Chevrolet Co Vygallagher
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