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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1944
Page
10
AP dispatch from Chicago and Western markets reports salable cattle and calves around 4 to 8 thousand head with slow trade and scattered gains for fed steers and yearlings, hogs steady to higher on lighter weights, and lambs steady. regional quotes include 180-270 lb hogs at 13.75 and steers near 17.60 for top lots.
The market showed a steady tone near the close with steels rubbers motors and other leaders of the peace boomlet retreating slightly on profit taking. Buying shifted to sugars air transports and gold mines while Motors Westinghouse and Du Pont held firm. Rail issues rallied after early losses with United American and Eastern Air Lines alongside Dome Mines Homestake National Cash Register and Illinois Central advancing in the late dealings.
Chicago traders faced a quiet session marked by yesterday's short covering diminishing buying power. Western reports of black rust in West Texas pressured futures, with Minneapolis July wheat leading a slight liquidation. Rye and oats followed the weaker trend as wheat influenced nearby prices.
Report on foreign exchange in New York dated June 14. Canadian dollar trades at 97-16 per cent discount or 90.56 U.S. cents, down 0.14 of a cent. Great Britain official buying 4.02, selling 4.04. Argentina at 24.88, down 0.01 of a cent. Brazil 5.20, Mexico 20.65. N-Nominal.
New York June 14 cotton futures moved irregularly then rallied in the final hour amid trade buying after news the House rejected a measure to guarantee parity prices. Day values fell more than a dollar per bale on the rejection, with futures closing 20 to 25 cents higher. July at 21.42, 11 July 20.68-49, Dec 20.43, Mar 20.17, May 19.93-94, middling spot 22.39.
The report ties Lt. Col. Wyman to contracts with firms tied to Rohl before and during Hawaii duty. It alleges misused awards including 125 million in December 1940 for aircraft warning systems on Oshu and Kausi islands, a schedule not met, and notes wild drinking parties with Rohl aboard his yacht.
Geelvink of the Philippines suffered heavy losses as 46 ships and 214 planes were destroyed or damaged in the Marianas raids. Japanese forces reportedly lost seven vessels and possibly eight in Geelvink bay during an attack led by Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Southwest Pacific Liberators pounded the Carolines and Palau for four days, while Seventh Army Air Force planes returned to Truk to conclude the 69th land based assault by Central and Southwest Pacific fliers on the enemy base.
A wartime dispatch notes guerrilla activity within 15 minutes by car of Vichy as divisions along the Atlantic wall near Normandy remain on edge. Vichy officials reportedly vanished in the rising tension.
Italy announced British destroyers engaged four German E-boats off the Dalmatian coast during the night of June 11 and sank one boat with a few survivors. British light naval forces shelled the Adriatic harbor of Lussinpiccolo on June 10. enemy return fire was ineffective.
Groggy morning reports a sharp tank battle as British spearheads clash with Tiger tanks and antitank guns outside a township. Despite the German charge, officers say the enemy is largely handicapped and unable to predict Allied moves.
De Gaulle after arriving in London opposes French officers in Eisenhower commands. He reverses stance, restricts missions, then yields to allow twenty officers aboard. Roosevelt to meet him hoping for closer French cooperation with Allied high command amid fears of a pro committee bloc. Officials say recognition of the liberation committee by exiled governments raises tensions with small states.
American troops driven from the Cerisy forest moved southwest several miles toward St Lo, a key German communications hub. German broadcasts reported Allied advances in the area as they attempted to encircle the town, with St Lo described as a mass of rubble from air bombardment.
The German command faced a major strategic choice between striking at what actually existed or delaying to address dangerous potentialities elsewhere. The speaker argues this simplification underplays the full problem.
An assistant sergeant at arms arrived to open the stadium office and finalize crowd policing for the Republican convention. Chicago police will handle stadium crowds except delegates with over 400 officers daily. Nineteen Republican congressmen named acting sergeants at arms to record delegates votes and assist parliamentary procedure. The piece notes a third of a million safety patrol members guard schoolchildren at crossings.
A jumble of old notices lists car wash and Simonizing services, moving and delivery firms, flower and home site ads, tools and electric repairs, and war bond promotions. Reads like a midcentury classified page with phone numbers and small business entries.
A cluttered vintage ad page lists plants, wall panels, toys, cookware, furniture, clothing, and services. It mentions AZ Sash Door & Glass, Santa Rita Beauty Shop, Electric Service Co, and various personal ads, housing, and vehicles with brief offers and contact hints.
A newspaper collage lists various local services in Tucson including a palmistry and astrology booth at Studio 1623 South Sixth Ave and a Drale inn meals, nursery school, corsets, a private investigator and a warning not to extend credit in the name of Lenore E. McDonald.
Help wanted ads list openings in various trades and services including piano lessons, insurance sales, dishwashers, janitors, sporting goods sales, pharmacists, piano tuning, auto mechanics, painters, steam plant operators, bellman, cooks, butchers, ice plant workers, shoe salesmen, and gardeners. Many entries specify locations and contact methods such as Mr Sayer at Stein f eld's, Westward Motors, 121 S. 4th Ave, and 257 North Stone with multiple job duties and wage notes.
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