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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1944
Page
10
The Associated Press notes livestock markets across Denver Kansas City and Chicago with calibers of hogs cattle and sheep. Hogs show steady to higher prices on light and heavy weights while feeders and sows vary. Cattle show strength in fed steers yearlings and fat cows with some weakness on choice steers. Sheep move steadier to stronger for spring lambs and yearlings, with shorn ewes and bucks quoted at lower ranges.
The Los Angeles market shows cattle salable with ranges for steers cows and calves, hogs with price tiers by weight, and sheep unavailable. Good to choice calves and vealers command 13.00 to 15.00 while hogs 180 to 240 pounds fetch 15.75 and 250 to 300 pounds bring 14.90 to 15.00, with sows 12.00 to 13.00 and pelts steady at 3.25 to 3.60.
Chicago August grain trading shows wheat and rye weakening as forecasts for a smaller spring crop and government price supports influence selling. Oats hold near prior close as cash prices lag ceilings, while rye and oats move modestly lower.
Bernard S. O Hara reports fair support across steels motors and specialties with most sectors muted by summer lassitude. The Dow near the close shows irregular gains as volume improves but speculation flags amid hopes of a swift end to the European war.
A regional price list shows wholesale live and dressed poultry rates for broilers and fryers hens and turkeys. Figures cover producer to consumer prices and weight classes including under and over specified pound ranges for live and dressed turkey categories.
Archangel Province in Russia reports lumber mills turning out standard houses. The move supports housing supply with a steady output program.
The cotton market rose briefly today but slid in late trading as commission houses liquidated. Improved war news and a favorable government weather report spurred offerings. Futures closed 40 to 53 cents lower with nearby contracts at Oct 21.04, Dec 20, March May 20.50, July 20.33. middling spot 21.79 nominal.
Turkish home radio and Berlin broadcasts both confirm Turkey’s severance of ties with Germany. Premier Sukru Saracoglu told the national assembly Britain and the United States support the move and that Turkey will not join the war unless the other side acts first. The break could influence Balkan satellites including Bulgaria toward the Soviet camp.
Reports describe Rokossovsky using artillery and air power near Warsaw while Germans destroy parts of the city. Red pilots report German demolitions inside Warsaw. Cherniakhovsky pushes toward East Prussia seven miles within the Suwalki triangle, with fronts stretching from Kaunas to the western Bug and Siedlce. Kaunas is lightly damaged. 30,000 Jews said killed under occupation. East Prussia drive reaches 53 miles to Insterburg and 105 to Konigsberg.
American forces push through Cherbourg peninsula aiming toward Brest Nantes and St Nazaire while widening a pincer toward Vire as German counterattacks fail to halt the drive. British and American columns push to link with Caen and threaten encirclement of Nazi units northwest of Avranches.
British units advance along highway 69 three miles from Incisa and 13 miles from Florence while Germans hold Monte Masso. Allied air forces target Po valley supply lines in a 1000-sortie campaign. one enemy plane downed, two Allied planes lost. The Bohemia and Moravia protectorate forces moved into northern Italy for security duties.
War department orders promote Alfonso G. Seagraves from first lieutenant to captain in Tucson route 1. Marian B. Melick moves from second to first lieutenant in nurses corps. Clifford R. Crown and Katherine Ann Wofford Darland ordered to active duty as second lieutenants in Phoenix and Tucson.
Police arrested more than 300 on charges from malicious mischief to aggravated assault and carrying concealed weapons as riots broke out after a work stoppage. About 3,000 city and 7,000 auxiliary officers were on duty amid clashes involving teens armed with bricks and bottles, with looting of grocery stores and taps. Reporter William Marquard and photographer Charles Higgins were pursued by a mob and saved by a Negro family and police escort.
The article notes reappointments of ada and Adm. Zengo Yoshida to the supreme war council after recent months on the council. A Domei dispatch was reported by FCC monitors from a transmission to the occupied East Asia press.
The peninsula campaign features seasoned American units alongside many new troops. Their effectiveness against veteran German divisions in the current battle reflects the training they received at home and in Britain before the invasion.
Engineers report dramatic progress on Guam overcoming shortages. Bridges span swollen streams and new roads and widened trails enable heavy military traffic. Jeeps and motor trucks now fill the mountain routes where footpaths once limited movement.
During a two week field trip the 237th Infantry Regiment at Camp Shelby disposed of 15 000 cigarette packs and 44 000 nickel candy bars along with about 4 000 large candy bars as part of routine provisioning.
Churchill recalls the Normandy invasion plan first discussed in Quebec and Tehran. He notes US and British collaboration, over 60 landing craft types, rapid harbor creation, and massive Allied force logistics with Eisenhower and Montgomery leading an unprecedentedly equipped army.
Primaries opened with a tight contest against State Sen. Albert Cole. Democrats renominated seven of nine House members without opposition. Patrick H. Drewry defeated L. L. Bean in the fourth district, while Ralph H. Daughton secured the nomination in the second district for the seat of retiring Rep. Winder R. Harris.
The article notes the spar torpedo as a long ram with a bomb at its end used in Civil War naval combat. It identifies the device as the first torpedo of the era and explains its basic design.
An assorted classified listing offering auto repair services at Sloan Service Sta comprising complete motor and turbo work, radiator service, tire sales and repair. plus items for sale including a baby bed used hot water heater cooler and furniture. Also notices for real estate income property and job ads for nurse and waitress.
A dense page of varied offerings including coolers and repairs, toy shipments, flower plants, clothing and garb, home goods, and multiple service ads. Notables include Electric Service Co addresses, Mesenger and Roger transfer listings, dancing bands, and plant catalog items.
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