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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1938
Page
7
AP brief from June 13 lists dairy and poultry figures for Kansas City area. Eggs butter creamery 2514 packing 10 butterfat 17 19. Poultry hens 1234 15 roosters 814 1043 springs 18 17 broilers 15 16.
Chicago and Kansas City prices show grain futures slipping as profit taking and softer Liverpool market cues weigh on wheat. Corn and oats decline while export chatter and Kansas crop estimates push updates on hogs cattle and sheep futures and livestock receipts.
Wheat price activity at Kansas City shows mixed moves in 73 cars of grain with No 2 dark hard around 90 47 and No 2 hard nom 6149 1.02. Oats and corn also listed with various No 2 white and yellow corn figures, while futures quotes for July and September show modest gains and declines in key contracts.
Hogs unchanged and cattle values mixed with steers and yearlings mostly steady to 25 cents lower. Nebraska and Colorado cattle hold or rise modestly with strongweight steers up. Texas grass fed plots show varied prices. Lambs soften with Springs around 50 lower. sheep steady. grain and dairy quotes listed including wheat 70 and corn around 51 to 53 cents.
The day on June 13 saw a broad market drop with many leaders falling as industrials yielded roughly two points and turnover neared 350000 shares. Motors, steels, aircrafts and related sectors showed weak demand while gold stocks rose modestly and several big names led the retreat.
Alfred P. Sloan Jr GM chairman warns of fading employment and possible drop in auto distributions to 1932 lows amid weak rail and carrier bonds. The remarks temper recovery hopes as industry prospects darken.
Local notes record Earl Shaffer at KU summer school and teaching in Salina, Pauline Smith returning to Kansas City, many visits to and from Baldwins, Desoto, Ottawa, and Wellsville, with events from a bridal shower to California plans and a Wellsville funeral. Army air activity noted at Gardner lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Haas of Weslaco Texas visited Mr. and Mrs. L C Baker Saturday forenoon. Mr. and Mrs Elmer Athey and family Mr. and Mrs Jess Athey and family and Frank Athey of Lakeview were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs Harve Athey. Mrs House and children of Em
Poria and Mrs. Ford Winters were Tuesday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Fisher. Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Cook and family visited Wednesday evening at the J. F. Cunningham home to help celebrate Mrs. Cunningham's birthday with ice cream and a decorated cake.
Vivian Lecompton and Margaret Goodrich joined Mr. and Mrs. George Lasswell for dinner on Sunday in Kansas. Dora Worley hosted an all day quilting bee with a covered dish luncheon attended by Mary Boydston Grace Smith Margaret Crady Lee Joyce Mertie Wingfield W C McClanahan Opie Cole Rose Smith Billy Jo Vi Rose Florence Wingfield August Epenend H Paslay M Paslay Sarah Shick Zola Cones Schreider and daughter Mary Schauer Carnerio Kan Harpers Alice Mae Walters Kopeks Bill Wingfield Arthur Shaffer Frederick Smith.
In Longview Washington evolving ad stunt, Shonengar J Molin, a druggist, mixed advertised perfume with ink in large newspaper ads. The result boosted perfume sales by up to 800 percent the next period.
A transcription of test answers lists items including Harold L. Yekes, an instrument for heat intensity, the Appalachians, palm readers, tobacco percent per gallon, the Philippines, Joe Cronin, and a hygrometer, with years and institutions referenced. It reads like a student answer key with scattered proper nouns and numeric hints.
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