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The Montana Standard

Location

Butte, Montana, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1944

Page

6

Stock market soars as turnover hits year high

Bloom of buying interest drives a 0.5 point rise in the 69 stock average to 54.8, with 3.817 million shares traded the heaviest in over a year. Gains spread across steels motors rubbers aircrafts rails oils copper and industrials as news from Europe and Normandy fuels optimism. A broad market with 1,009 issues changing hands versus 924 prior day.

Bernard O'Hara New York Associated Press Yawate Normandy

Butte Livestock Market Report At Butte Stockyards

Hog prices rise 25 to 35 cents for choice butchers with weights 180 to 270 lbs, top hogs $12.85, sows up to $8.50 per hundred. Beef cattle show wide ranges from $9 to $15 per cwt for steers and $9 to $10.25 for cows, feeders $11.50 to $12.75 for good steers, stock cattle steady to strong. Lambs and sheep light receipts with shorn lambs $10.50 to $11.75, ewes 15.25 to 8 per cwt, general market activity described as light off season.

Butte

Market Report From South St. Paul Livestock Sale

South St. Paul report shows calves and cattle steady with pricing for steers heifers and cows in mixed demand. Hogs are strong with bulk demand for 180 to 270 pound range and feeders steady. sheep trade limited with ewes and pelts noted and prices listed.

Wool Tops Futures Shrug Off Trade Slump To New Highs

Wool tops futures eased slightly as trade cover nudged prices to new seasonal highs. The ceiling fell a penny on war risk insurance adjustments while sales reached about 305000 pounds. Grease wool futures held firm with May at 84.0 cents. spot tops around 134.0 cents.

New York

Trading in Grain Dull Friday

Chicago report notes a dull grain market with a nervous undertone and frequent price changes. Futures settled lower on concerns over the OPA price control extension bill and parity price provisions, with wheat down about 4 to 1/2 cents and oats and barley mostly steady or down slightly.

Tom Williams Chicago Senate House Committee House

Foreign Exchange Rates Move in New York Market

New York on June 16 reports Canadian dollar at 9 13/16 per cent discount or 90 1/84 U. S. cents. Great Britain official rate shows buying at 4.02 dollars and selling at 4.04 dollars.

New York U. S Great Britain

Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues

Crossword clues list with across and down items covering fogs dwelling not out external old woman piercee torrid female sheep shade of color distinct washed mimicked covered with ivy each lairs vindicate relating to titles cleaning implement strange resort put forth effort perfect cuttlefish doctor s birds 47 Parts of Saturn s rings 48 Web footed LA oh many set of boxes jap tax large cask made strong prophi bib oust west e state river scotti Gaelic marry box French compa wager hail metal enclosure unit of work color as cloth shunning sum up small quantities flat topped hill farm animals stimulates withered mountain defile toward the lee narrow inlet owing

Sioux City Stock Market Roundup Trade Reported

Cattle salable total 1 000 calves 30 dull to 25 lower with carryover, feeders active. hogs 8 500 salable slow then steady with top weights 185 270 lb at 13 45, 280 330 lb 11 50, sows 400 lb down 10 10 Heavy butcher and feeder grades described with limited action in sheep, 1 400 head total including Texas feeders and clipped lambs, no early action.

South ST. Paul Sioux City USDA Texas

Salt Lake Mines Bid Asked

Salt Lake City report from United Press notes a bid is asked for a mining project. No further details are available in the readable text.

Salt Lake Mines United Press Salt Lake City

Wheat receipts and cash grain prices at Minneapolis market

Minneapolis grain notes June 16 report wheat receipts for previous year at 522. Trading tone weaker with cash prices for No 1 heavy dark northern at 1.60 to 1.60, No 2 at 1.59, No 3 1.57 to 1.58, hard Montana 1.61 to 1.64, amber durum 1.55 to 1.61, red durum 1.56, other grades unchanged.

Minneapolis Montana

Chicago Produce Market Steady Amid Receipts

Chicago June 16 butter receipts 44 141 dollars and eggs receipts 13 881 dollars indicate a market unchanged. S specials 36 to 38 cents, U S extras 34 to 36 cents, U S standards 32 to 34 cents. current receipts 31 to 32 cents. Market remains steady.

Chicago

Flour Unchanged as Shipments Reported in Minneapolis

Minneapolis reports flour prices steady with shipments totaling 19 840 units. No other market changes noted for June.

Minneapolis

Wilcox Appointed Western Chief of Fruit and Veg Marketing

War Food Administration announces Donald E. Wilcox as western regional chief of the fruit and vegetable division marketing His jurisdiction includes Montana Wyoming Utah Arizona Nevada Idaho Washington Oregon and California.

San Francisco War Food Administration Office of Distribution Donald E. Wilcox Montana Wyoming Utah Arizona Nevada Idaho Washington Oregon California

Demand Good in Wool Buying

The Commercial Bulletin reports Boston wool markets showing buying demand fairly good this week in finer domestic grades and medium types. Imported wools are slow, civilian production tight, and procurement orders unseen to spark broad buying. Pulled and medium wools draw interest, while blood wools and graded jets see weaker demand.

Boston Commercial Bulletin

Moderate Gains Scored by Curb Stocks

New York reports moderate gains in curb stock trading led by Phoenix securities hitting a yearly high on a fractional rise. The liquidation plan for a corporation is expected to be adopted at the adjourned annual meeting June 21 as several industrials show small gains. Aluminum Company of America Breeze Corporation Cuban Atlantic Sugar rise slightly while Cities Services firms and Creole Petroleum move opposite. American Gas and Electric American Light and Traction and Puget Sound Power and Light post minor gains.

New York Phoenix Securities Aluminum Company of America Breeze Corporation Cuban Atlantic Sugar Creole Petroleum American Gas and Electric American Light and Traction Puget Sound Power and Light

New York Quotes On Brokerage Firm and Bank Stocks

The report shows Montana Power stock bids at 1086 with 110% asked, J. A. Hogle and Company quotes, First Bank stock bids 15% asks 16% and e Bank at 18% bid. The figures reflect daily stock activity in New York markets.

J. A. Hogle and Company Montana Power First Bank E Bank

Rose on the battlefield amid mechanized ruin

An observer describes a Normandy valley scene where dead British and German soldiers lie near ruined villages, tanks, and burning towns. The narrator notes the advance of British armor and German panzer divisions clashing as the landscape becomes a charnel house.

France Tommy Valhalla 21St Panzers Afrika Corps Belgium Africa Sicily

Gas rationing to stay unchanged for third quarter

Washington reports no expansion of civilian gasoline allotments for the near future. The Office of Price Administration said Friday that automobile fuel rations will remain at present levels for the third quarter of the year.

Washington Office of Price Administration

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