Shortages of corn spark farmer morale crisis in Missouri
In St. Charles county floods cut corn supplies and pushed farmers to sell livestock. Farm Agent Robert A. Langenbacher warned a 30 percent drop in Midwest food output without action. Farmers work 18 hours daily, truck feed troubles persist, and a county-wide appeal to city residents is planned to help fill dinner tables.
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ST. Charles
Midwest
Robert A. Langenbacher
St. Charles County
Iowa
Langenbacher
Missouri
Herbert Eime
St. Louis County
Markets roundup echoes rail and steel gains
Markets New York on June 22 show stocks mixed with steel and rail sectors finding support while bonds hold steady. Cotton quiet with spot buying and liquidation. Chicago wheat rises on short covering. corn steady at ceiling bids. hogs 15 to 20 cents lower to a top of 13.95. cattle mostly steady to weak with steers up to 17.25 amid larger receipts.
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New York
Chicago
Salaries of Scotland Yard Chiefs Seen Too Low
Scotland Yard's eight top investigators earn small pay, with a chief inspector starting at 1800 dollars a year and rising to 2156. They receive rent and badger allowances, while many subordinates earn far more on leave. The drive to boost chief pay cites a tradition of underpay.
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London
Scotland Yard
Criminal Investigation Department
River Stage Readings Report Flood Levels at Stations
Flood stage updates for Mississippi Arkansas Ohio Tennessee and other stations show rises and falls. Notable readings include Mississippi rising at Maemspis and Natched with 0.9 to 65.1 shifts, Baton Rouge tracking fall, Shreveport and Little Rock both falling, and Tennessee Cumberland River trends showing mixed changes.
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Arkansas City
Baton Rouge
Ouachita Se
Ohio
Cieces
Tennessee Chattanooga
Cumberland
Little Rock
Shreveport
Alexandria
Wasey
Cotton futures end steady in New Orleans trade
New Orleans traders pushed July and October contracts higher by small margins while December rose modestly. Spot cotton closed steady with sales totaling 1,201 bales, low middling at 16 cents and middling around 20.80 cents. receipts 1,639 and stocks 195,200. In New York, futures finished mixed as late day hedging and improved crop outlook tempered demand.
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New Orleans
New York
Norninal
New York Stocks Tumble as Market Fails to Rebound
The New York stock market showed only faint recoveries with prices retreating by midday. Turnover ran around 700,000 shares and bonds held steady as mixed results left investors cautious. the report notes broad activity across major names and sectors with limited gains. A separate obituary mentions Mr. Hardie and his daughter, Mrs. Paul Willis, linking Monroe relatives and a funeral in Metaire cemetery, New Orleans, noting his prominence in local church and business circles.
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Hardie
Paul Willis
Monroe
Metaire Cemetery
New Orleans
First Presbyterian Church
Chicago grain values show mixed futures moves
Markets closed on July 4 with uneven commodity readings. Prices fluctuated across grains as traders weighed supply data and weather signals. Despite modest gains in some contracts, others edged lower amid thin liquidity and holiday market conditions.
Hog and cattle market summary from Chicago sale day
Salable hogs 18 000 to 25 000 head with good and choice lots 180 250 pounds priced 13 80 to 13 95, sparingly 13 95. 250 360 pounds 13 60 13 85. sows 15 20 lower. Salable cattle 7 500 with calves 200. Fed steers and yearlings 14 25 16 50, top 17 25 on about 1 275 pounds. Colorado long yearlings 16 75, stockers 14 50 15 00, best 15 50 for stockers 700 pounds.
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Chicago
USDA
Butter And Eggs Chicago June 22 Market Report
Butter receipts 1,355,928 steady prices unchanged per Chicago price current. Eggs receipts 25,894 firm with fresh graded extra firsts local 39 1/4, cars 39 1/2. Firsts local 38 3/4, cars 39 1/4. Current receipts 37 3/5, dirties 35 1/2, checks 35.
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Chicago
Potatoes Arrivals and Shipments Reported Across States
Chicago on June 22 reports potato arrivals totaling 97 with track 263 and U S shipments reaching 754. California long whites are U S No 1 4 05 to 4 10 commercial 5 85 to 5 90 Arkansas Bliss Triumphs Victory grade 3 00 to 3 50 Oklahoma Bliss Triumphs Victory grade 3 00 to 3 25 North Carolina Cobblers U S No 1 3 60.
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Chicago
USDA
U. S
California
Arkansas Bliss
Oklahoma Bliss
North Carolina Cobblers
Poultry Prices Steady in Chicago Trade on June 22
Chicago June 22 live poultry market reports 19 trucks recorded by a firm with prices unchanged at ceiling. The brief note confirms steady prices amid routine trading and no shifts in market ceiling.
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Chicago
Air field telegram hints at airman Robert Burns Brown Jr
A telegram received by Captain R B Brown assistant director of training mentions Captain Robert Knox and a PX arrival of a single engine monoplane with wing loading 8 lbs 10 1 2 oz and mission completed with EWT 074. The note adds it is airman es and references Concord New Hampshire regarding a Robert Burns Brown Jr.
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Stuttgart Army Air Field
Ark
R. B. Brown
Robert Knox
Robert Burns Brown, Jr
Concord
N. H
Summer Begins Two Hours Late In New Orleans
United States Weather Bureau officials said summer starts officially at 2 13 a m Tuesday in New Orleans after a warm spring. The sun reaches its northernmost point for the year at that hour, marking the seasonal change. Usually the date is June 21, but this year the schedule shifts by two hours.
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New Orleans
United States Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Lloyds Welcome Son Born at Riverside Sanitarium
Mr and Mrs L E Lloyd announce the birth of a son on June 18 at Riverside sanitarium. The couple resides at 2921 1-2 South Grand Street.
Four hundred German soldiers drown as Birka sinks off Trondheim
Reports from Norway say the 3,000-ton German ship Birka sank off the Norwegian coast near Trondheim on June 10. About 400 German soldiers were drowned and 400 were saved. The cause of the sinking and cargo remain unknown.
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Stockholm
Trondheim
Norway
N J C Library Commended for War Information Center Efforts
Clifford W. Patton of the OPA praised Northeast Junior College Library for cooperation with price administration programs. He noted the library under Miss Mary Clay’s direction provides a war information center created in 1941 and recognized by the U S Office in January 1942 for defense and war topic materials.
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Clifford W. Patton
OPA
Northeast Junior College Library
Patton
Educational Service Division
Mary Clay
War Information Center
United States Office
French Warned to Be Ready for Invasion
London dispatch reports the BBC told the French to be ready for invasion after promising eight months earlier that Allies would warn them in time. The inter Allied high command broadcast urged central French resistance forces to stay prepared to act at any moment hence forth, repeating the warning Be ready.
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London
BBC
France
inter-Allied High Command
Infant Graff Deaths and Funeral Services
Funeral services for the infant child of Sergeant and Mrs. Fredy N. Graff will be held at Mulhearn Funeral Home in Laredo at 10 a.m. Wednesday, with Rev. R. T. Watson of the First Christian church officiating. Burial will be in Hasley Cemetery. body arriving by train Tuesday night. In Baton Rouge Palmer Hardie, long-time resident of Monroe, died June 10 at 1037 May Street after a heart illness, leaving wife Ann Smith.
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Fredy N. Graff
Laredo
Tex
Mulhearn
Rev
R. T. Watson
First Christian Church
Hasley Cemetery
Monroe
Baton Rouge
Palmer Hardie
May Street
Mrs Lula Bills 62 dies in Alsatia Mississippi
Mrs Lula Nancy Bills aged 62 of Alsatia died in a local hospital Monday morning. The Dixie Funeral Home will transport the body from Monroe to Lexington Yazoo County Mississippi. The funeral is planned for Wednesday in Lexington. She leaves two sons William McCurdy of Martel Tennessee and R L McCurdy of Mobile Alabama and four daughters Mrs Rudolph Kuhn of Alsatia Louisiana Mrs Walter Kuhn of Eden Mississippi Mrs Shelton Greer of Sondheimer Louisiana and Mrs Lawrence Morris of Alsatia Louisiana.
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Lula Nancy Bills
Alsatia
Monroe
Lexington
Yazoo County
Miss
Dixie Funeral Home
Bills
William McCurdy
Martel
Tern
R. L. McCurdy
Mobile
Ala
Rudolph Kuhn
Walter Kuhn
Eden
Funeral held for Ralph Salinas in Monroe after auto crash
Ralph Salinas, 56, of 191 Coolidge Street Monroe died in a local hospital after injuries from a Columbia Road auto accident on June 12. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. at St. Matthew's Catholic Church with Monsignor Vandergaer officiating. burial in the Catholic Cemetery. He leaves three sons Frank in New Orleans Gus and Joe in Monroe. two daughters Julia Villaneuva and Concepcion Salinas. parents Trinidad and Mrs Salinas of Piedras Negras Mexico. 14 grandchildren. four brothers Charles Trinidad Oscar and Nestor all of Mexico. and a sister Clotilde San Miguel of Temple Texas.
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Ralph Salinas
Coolidge Street
Monroe
Columbia Road
Mulhearn Funeral Home
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
N. F. Vandegaer
Mr. Salinas
Frank Salinas
New Orleans
Gus Salinas
Joe Salinas
Julia Villaneuva
Miss Concepcion Salinas
Trinidad Salinas
Piedraz Negras
Mexico
Charles Salinas
Trinidad Salinas, Jr
Oscar Salinas
Nestor Salinas
Clotilde San Miguel
Temple
Tex
War Information Center Aids Northeast Louisiana Education
Education in Washington serves as an official war information center for northeast Louisiana in collaboration with Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge. It answers reference questions, prepares yearbooks and bibliographies, and provides materials to residents, soldiers from Selman Field, and the college community. The May 11 issue of Louisiana highlights its globe maps visual aids and its role with the Victory Speakers Bureau.
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Education
Washington
Northeast Louisiana
Louisiana State University At
Baton Rouge
Selman Field
War Information Center
Victory
Louisiana
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