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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1943
Page
10
U. S. Department of Agriculture numbers show salable cattle and hogs with steady to higher bids in Kansas City and Chicago. Cattle and calf totals are modest with demand uneven, while hogs see gains and light offers. bulls and sows show mixed strength as supplies move eastward.
Market movement in New York shows dollar volume 15 to 18 percent above 1942 levels with gains over the prior five days. Brisk sales in women's wear and home furnishings amid conservation promotions. fur storage and repair services rise while high value items remain oversupplied. regional retail gains range from 6 to 33 percent with the South and West leading.
The cotton market steadied after firm New Orleans cues with price-fixed activity and covering. Light volume reflected policy uncertainties on ceilings wages and subsidies, with late values up 15 to 20 cents per bale across July October and December contracts.
Chicago reports bullish grain trading with wheat advancing more than a cent at times and oats and rye reaching new season peaks. July oats mark a 23 year high, while September rye breaks the dollar level, spurred by a June crop report showing a substantial decline in production.
New York on June 11 reports late foreign exchange rates. Canadian dollar trades at a discount near 90.06 cents. Great Britain rates show buying at 4.02 dollars and selling at 4.04 dollars. Argentina and Brazil cite official and free rates, with Mexico at 20.65.
Local price sheet lists roasters light live at .29 per pound and dressed hens at 255 per hundredweight with all live poultry included.
Cattle sales listed with 250 head offered including steers and heifers. Medium to low choice steers bring 14.00 to 16.00, cows steady at 9.50 to 11.25, canners and cutters 6.50 to 9.25, no bulls sold. Calves and vealers 13.50 to 15.00 for medium to good light calves.
Denver June 11 cattle salable 50 of 100 calves none offered to establish market odd lots 12.50 nearly absent. Hogs salable 500 of 1800 steady early bulk good and choice 180-300 lbs 13.75-13.85 top 13.55 to all weights 160-180 lbs 13.00-13.80 few 140-160 lbs 12.25-13.00 good sows 13.00-13.15 few light weights 13.25.
Allied air and naval forces reported the capture of Pantelleria after days of intensive bombing and a massive sea air assault. About 37 Axis planes were downed in a two day effort, with six Allied planes lost, as the fortress island’s strategic position for an invasion of Sicily was eliminated. Lampedusa was already blockaded and cut off, while Axis and Japanese reports offered divergent claims of combat results and a failed invasion attempt.
A former Poston camp official told a secret committee session that over 1,000 Japanese inmates planned to aid a U S invasion and hid stolen food for paratroopers. He described daily military drills and a $500 daily theft ring operated via forged passes.
Fire has burned since last Sunday three miles from the base at the ranch with a line established from Mica tower to Manning camp and Taylor ranch. Crews plan a week to ten day mop-up to extinguish smoldering logs and snags to prevent further spread.
Dr. Henry Neumann of the Brooklyn Society of Ethical Culture and University of Arizona summer school staff will launch the series with an 8 p.m. talk Tuesday in the library patio titled Saving the Wolf Children and Other Ventures in Education. He explains wolf children are war orphans. Lectures are weekly and open to the public.
The plan envisions a central committee comprising representatives of the United States Great Britain Russia and China to carry out functions for a postwar council. Initially 32 United Nations and 11 allied nations would participate with potential admission of other governments or authorities later including the French committee of national liberation at Algiers.
Russians report destroying 150 to 160 German planes on the ground across six airfields while Soviet losses reach 21 aircraft. All Soviet planes reportedly returned. German counterattack hit Yaroslavl near Moscow, causing fires as six raiders were shot down. ground clash at Taganrog involved nearly 3,000 enemy troops with tanks.
A busy page of mixed ads lists war related items and services including furniture exchanges and cash for household goods. It contains car services, pet offerings, rental rooms and houses, pet birds and ducks for sale, tutoring, jobs in cleaning and waitressing, lost dog notice, and a home with rental income. It mentions specific addresses and phone numbers for each listing.
Classified rates list per word and minimum charge for Tucson Daily Citizen ads. Includes cash rates and different word counts across days and sizes.
A compilation of ads and notices for nurseries seeds fertilizer painting and decorating services piano tuning and repair roofing lighting and electrical pump service sewing machines vacuum cleaners mattress renovation and related contractors. Names and addresses include Middleton Seed & Feed Co 2701 S Sixth and 941 N Stone Tucson. Desert Seed. Rock and cement work. George W Mack. M Painter and decorating. Clara Michell optometrist. Acme Printing Co. Byron Tucson Roofing. Tiemann Feed & Supply. Glover Clark. Neil's Complete Vacuum Store. Sonora Furniture Co.
London reports that on June 11 the British government recognized General Pedro Ramirez as Argentina's president after the coup. An official said the British ambassador in Buenos Aires would inform the Argentine government of recognition. Italy and Germany had already moved to recognize the new administration.
Grand Canyon national park logged 43,498 visitors in the first five months of 1943, down from 90,686 in the same period last year, according to officials released figures.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt weighed a three page document as he received Eisenhower's Pantelleria message. The statement is seen as a strong bid to persuade Italians to quit the war. It mirrors a previous invitation to Italians tied to Churchill during his White House visit.
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