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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1944
Page
7
A collage of classified ads listing items for sale such as a never used crys tak fishet set, a Hudson 1335 sedan, a studio divan, farm equipment, and various cars. Also ads seeking rental housing, camping space, and services like repair for clocks and appliances. Several phone numbers and local names appear among the scattered notes.
Walter F. Wilson owner will auction real estate at 940 Indiana Street in Lawrence on Tuesday June 20 starting 1 p m. Property includes lots 15 16 17 block 12 Lane's second addition with 13 rooms 3 baths sleeping porch full basement one 3 room apartment three 2 room apartments and 1 room apartment plus 5 white porcelain sinks five first floor rooms for owner. Possession in 30 days or less with deposit at sale. Also furniture items listed including beds mattresses kitchen range dining set piano and bench sewing machine tools radios and more. Co D Thomas auctioneer and E Howard Longanecker clerk.
Stocks rise to new peaks while wheat futures rally but hold a nervous under tone due to price control talks. Cotton and rye move lower. cattle and sheep show mixed trends with higher slaughter values for steers and yearlings and softer lambs. Kansas City and Chicago reports show price levels, open interest, and weekly totals.
The day’s market listings show graded eggs at 30.5 and 62.2 under ceiling on current receipts, butter around 47 to 44.22, poultry base prices including hens at 24.7 and Leghorn hens at 19, turkeys and roosters with mixed figures, and corn at 1.04 per unit plus fat content notes.
Washington June 17 Lt Robert G Winter in a letter to Representative Winter Kan urges camps for veterans returning from the Southwest Pacific to curb tropical diseases including malaria fungus hookworm and ringworm. He notes jungle troops carry sicknesses but medicine helps keep them well and advocates government camps for all returning veterans.
Representative Winter said he would push legislation to set up camps for wounded veterans after consulting his son and the surgeon general. The report also notes motor car stamps are selling at the post office with about 175 to 200 stamps sold since they went on sale a week ago and all cars must display them by July 1.
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