Grain-Livestock-Stocks-Bonds Market Roundup
Grain prices on the Winnipeg exchange show 7 000 bushels of top grade Canadian wheat traded while the US CCC bought 480,000 bushels of low grades. Oats purchases reached 150,000 bushels by US interests. Rye futures dipped with July at 1.09 to 1.10, and Chicago prices fell as hedge selling rose. Wheat July 1.57 1/4, oats July 0.77 3/4, rye July 1.10 5, barley July 1.26 4. Market activity centered on price declines due to local selling and commission-house liquidation.
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Winnipeg grain exchange
United States Commodity Credit Corporation
United States
Chicago
C.W
Commission house
commission houses
Batley
Calgary and Winnipeg Livestock Prices Reflect Mixed Quality
Calgary market receipts total 955 cattle hogs and sheep with steady butcher cattle. Prices show ranges for steers calves cows and veal with hogs last at 16.35 and lambs up to 12.00. Winnipeg run described as unattractive with medium grassers. cattle calves hogs and veal listed with prices and weights across quality grades.
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Calgary
A’s. Winnipeg
WINNIPEG
CHICAGO
Winnipeg grain quotations and livestock market notes
Winnipeg grain quotations to 11.75 with cattle 14,000 head including calves 1,200 best fed heifers 17.00 bulk 13.50 to 1850 most beet cows 8.25 to 10.50 underweight bulls 7.00 to 8.00 Sheep 7,500 with good and choice native springers 1425 to 14.75. A few medium and good springers 12.00 to 13.50, light cut kinds salable to 900 and below, lots shorn native ewes 3.75 to 5.75.
Dow Jones closes lower with mixed industrials and rails
The Dow Jones Industrial Averages finish at 149.27, down 1.22. Railroads slide heavily to 42.10, down 3.60. Utilities stand at 23.92, down 0.29. Market broadly weaker with declines across sectors.
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Dow Jones
Toronto markets close with mixed industrials and oils
Industrial index at 126.65 down 0.60 while Golds at 112.19 rise 0.22 and Base Metals 75.41 fall 0.65. Western Oils slips to 29.12, down 0.12. The note recalls the Monitor ship built in 100 days.
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TORONTO
Japanese Break Through to Hengyang Amid Rail Junction Drive
Japanese forces report a new breakthrough into Hengyang in Hunan, a beleaguered Canton-Hankow rail city. Chinese defenders held the city but suffered encirclement strains as Japanese units pressed the southern suburb attack. In Guangdong, a right wing northward advance bulged from Tseng shing toward Yintak, narrowing the gap between Hunan and Kwangtung forces.
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Canton - Hankow
Hengyang
Hunan
high command
Kwangtung province
Tsengshing
Canton
Yintak
Kwangtung
Canton-Hankow
Navy casualty list reports three names in latest release
Ottawa wartime notice lists Killed In Action Lawrence James Jodoin Edmonton mother Mrs Mary Jodoin next of kin. Died Carl William Wiseman electrical artificer Halifax. Leo Daniel McDowell stoker P.O. shore branch Hamilton.
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OTTAWA
Royal Canadian Navy
Jodoin
Lawrence James
Mary Jodoin
Edmonton
Wiseman
Carl William
Halifax
McDowell
Leo Daniel
stoker
shore
Hamilton
Canadian Pacific earnings rise in week ended July 14
Montreal July 17. Canadian Pacific Railway reports earnings of 6,042,000 for the week ended July 14, up 119,000 or 2 percent from 5,923,000 in the same period last year. The improvement reflects stronger receipts across operations.
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C.P.R
MONTREAL
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Market Trends Across Major Exchanges
New York stocks slid as a broad correction took hold with steels and motors among the weak leaders. Toronto trading remained dull with all four indices down and volume reduced. Montreal prices drifted in a narrow range through the final hour on the stock and curb market.
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NEW YORK
TORONTO
Toronto exchange
MONTREAL
stock exchange
Roper accuses Alberta oil deal of private gains
Elmer E. Roper, provincial leader of the CCF, charged the Social Credit government with quibbling over oil lands in Alberta. He said lands are leased to private firms and that Turner Valley may soon be depleted, with residents owning empty titles. He urged a CCF government to stop private exploitation and redirect profits to public services and tax relief. He spoke at a nomination convention naming Harold Anderson as CCF candidate for Stony Plain for the August 8 election.
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SEBA
BEACH
Alta
Elmer E. Roper
C.C.F
Social Credit
Alberta
Turner Valley
Roper
Harold Anderson
Winterburn
Stony Plain
Neill criticizes proof readers over Hansard error
Ottawa July 17 A W Neill Independent Comox Alberni blasts government printing bureau proof readers for misquoting him stating that the error is the bureau's fault not reporters or editors. He urges the minister in charge to have readers pay more attention.
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OTTAWA
Hansard
A. W. Neill
Ind
Comox-Alberni
Neill
Tokyo Claim 1460 Planes Bagged in June
New York dispatch reports a Japanese announcement claiming in June 1,460 planes were destroyed or damaged, including 11 B-29 Superfortresses, while Japanese losses totaled 369 craft.
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Tokyo
NEW YORK
Tropical storm veers out to sea offshore of Cape Hatteras
A tropical storm of hurricane intensity veered out to sea and moved northeastward away from the mainland. Miami observers reported the center about 225 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, suggesting the threat to land had lessened.
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WILMINGTON
N. C
weather bureau
Miami
Cape Hatteras
Allies Face Question Mark Once They Break Into Interior France
Canadian Press dispatch from London notes that while Allied forces far from Normandy have yet to break into France’s interior, the key depends on German reactions and Allied pressure. Analysts highlight a shifting westward line, with one-third of German strength in Normandy, and discuss implications for Eisenhower and Montgomery as the campaign moves beyond the bridgehead.
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Interior
France
CHARLES BRUCE
LONDON
C.P
Normandy
Alles
Cherbourg
Mrs W J Dick Dies in Edmonton
Edmonton July 17 Prominent war worker and leading civic cultural and social figure Mrs W J Dick wife of Alberta regional ofl controller died suddenly Sunday night Survived by husband son Donald David Edmonton and two daughters Mrs Wilfred Hutton Edmonton and Mrs J McCutcheon Halifax
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EDMONTON
W.J. Dick
Alberta
ofl
Donald David
Wilfred Hutton
J. ©. McCutcheon
Halifax
Voting rights for Japanese tied to prewar franchise
Ottawa July 17 The government proposed an amendment to the Election Act letting Japanese who were eligible to vote in 1938 vote in the next election, while excluding those who could not vote then. Debate noted the move as racially discriminatory and questioned by opposition, with calls to correct the error.
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Mackenzie King
George Cruickshank
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Italy
Stanley Knowles
Winnipeg Centre
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Wilfrid Laurier
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King
Gordon Graydon
Skills Learned In Armed Forces May Answer Post War Questions
Ottawa July 17 The Commons banking committee hears from Gilbert Jackson Toronto economist consulting to the Canadian Retail Federation on postwar labor shifts. He notes 1 500 000 demobilized workers may enter capital goods or housing with savings, while agriculture could absorb farm labor if markets reopen. McGeer warns of nationalism and farm program failings. Jackson stresses budget balance and cautious welfare.
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C.P
Gilbert Jackson
Toronto
commons banking committee
Canadian Retail Federation
Jackson
G. G. McGeer
Vancouver Burrard
McGeer
Amitea Kingdom
Canada
Control peat fire near Richmond threatens homes
One hundred volunteer firefighters in the Richmond district gained control of a creeping peat fire that had threatened several houses near the Seer end. The blaze, which destroyed a farm house a week ago, spread over five square miles and moved toward the Westminster highway where a small community lies. Richmond lies adjacent to Vancouver.
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RICHMOND
Westminster highway
Vancouver
Expenditure Debate Asks Speedy Committee Report
MPs press for a quick committee report on a taxation bill as W H Moore warns of extended debates. McGeer hints he can finish his exam elsewhere if cut off. Arthur Slaght presents figures on private bank loans, showing Canada held 962 million of 1 159 billion total in April 1944, with 197 million abroad.
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W. H. Moore
Ontario
Meph
McGeer
Arthur Slaght
Parry Sound
Canada
Canadian bomber group overseas names new senior intelligence officer
London July 17 Wing Cmdr T S MacKay of Vancouver appointed senior intelligence officer for the Canadian bomber group overseas by the RCAF. He succeeds Wing Cmdr C N Ashlin of Toronto who has returned to Canada. MacKay, noted in Western Canadian mining circles, was previously senior intelligence officer at RCA P overseas headquarters.
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LONDON
C.P. Cable
T. 5
MacKay
Vancouver
R.C.AF
C. N. Ashlin
Toronto
Canada
Cmdr
Western Canada
R.C.A.P
Three Killed In Train Car Crash Near Ferintosh
At a level crossing near Ferintosh three people died and two were injured when a car was struck by a train Sunday night. Victims were Herbert Carlson 25 his wife Delma 23 and their two year old daughter Carol all from Meeting Creek district. Injured Morris Nelson and Iris Lesester of Meeting Creek. The collision occurred about 8 14 miles south of Ferintosh and R C M P investigate. Ferintosh is 69 miles southeast of Edmonton and Meeting Creek 20 miles east of Ferintosh.
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EDMONTON
Ferintosh
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Herbert Carlson
Meeting Creek
Delma
Carol
Morris Nelson
R.C.M.P
Three Nazi POWs Escape From Ontario Timber Camp
Three German prisoners of war in uniform escaped Saturday from a timber camp at Long Lac Ontario and remain at large. Identified as Wille Aneweller 24 Heinz Kluenker 23 and Gerhard Hoffman 27 Royal Canadian Mounted Police said they walked off and did not return.
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PORT ARTHUR
Long Lac
Ont
Wille Aneweller
Heinz Kluenker
Gerhard Hoffman
Stork Aboard CPR Train Delivers Vancouver Girl
Vancouver on July 17 an army nurse N. S. J. Brusenell and CPR Conductor A. McFadyen helped a baby girl be born aboard an eastbound CPR train near Golden. Both mother Mrs. G. Harris and newborn were taken off the train at Golden. Brusenell was en route to Fortage La Prairie and McFadyen to Kamloops.
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VANCOUVER
Canadian Pacific Railway
C.P.R
Golden
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