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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1943
Page
8
Kansas City market notes show hogs salable 200 head, steady to higher with most 180 lb hogs 13.45 to 13.65. Cattle salable 300, calves 150. steers 13.00 to 15.00, heifers 12.00 to 13.50, cows 9.50 to 11.25, vealers steady. Sheep salable 1,000 with steady trade. lambs 14.75, best shorn lambs 14.25, ewes 7.50 to 7.75.
New York traders moved little in a slow session with most stocks edging lower. Volume hovered near 700000 shares as investors awaited European war developments and Washington price control and anti inflation moves. Declines were broad near the close with notable blocks and several names showing weakness.
New York June 18 late foreign exchange rates show Canadian dollar at 90.12 U S cents, Great Britain buying 4.02 selling 4.04 dollars per pound, Argentina official 29.77 free 25.20, Brazil official 6.05N free 5.20N, Mexico 20.65N. Rates in spot cables unless noted.
Local live poultry wholesale quotes show broilers and fryers at .29 dressed 35.5 cents. Light live ax toasters at .29 and dressed. Hens overall at 255. The figures reflect market bids for live and dressed poultry items.
A compilation of dated bond quotes lists Am T T 3s and 4s across multiple issues, plus Arm Del 4s and AT SF 4s. It covers C G West 4s, CM SP & P 5s, C&NW 4s, CRI&P issues, Hud Coal 5s, McK & R 332s, MKT 4s, NYC Fig 5s 2013, Pa Ry gen 5s, Rep Sel 4s, Sou Pac 4s and 5s, West Un 5s, with price and yield readings.
At Chicago the USDA market report notes salable hogs 8000 with most trades steady to slightly lower, top 14.00 and 180-360 lb at 13.75-14.00. Cattle and calves mark a draggy, uneven day with beef cows weak 11.00-13.00 and bulls 14.50. Sheep limited with good native lambs at 14.00 to 15.25 and ewes around 8.00-8.25.
Los Angeles market summary shows cattle fully steady with steers 13.00 to 15.50, cows 9.00 to 11.75, canners 6.50 to 8.75, calves 14.00 to 16.00. Hogs 150 head, weights 190 to 365 pounds, 14.25 to 25, top 15.25. sows 13.50 to 15.75, feeder pigs 17.00 to 19.00. Sheep 100 head, lambs 15.50 to 13.50, ewes 6.50.
US Department of Agriculture notes salable cattle 25 of 100, calves 15, variety of grades with steady tone. Hogs total 1,550 with 300 salable. prices $13.35-$13.60 for 180- lopounds, 12.65-$13.40 for 160-180 pounds, sow prices 12.50-12.85. Sheep total 500, trucked in, spring lambs 15.00-15.40, ewes 6.00-7.50 early.
Trading in cotton futures was restricted by confusion over the domestic subsidy question. Late afternoon quotes show July at 20.24, Oct at 19.85, Dec at 19.62, with last prices near 19. or 19.65. Middling spot was 21.81, down 7 points.
Major Robert Hoover of Dallas credits Spitfire cover for the lack of enemy opposition during the attack on Comiso. He observed two Messerschmitt 109s lingering nearby before retreating upon seeing the Spitfires.
The California legislature has elevated tire stealing to grand larceny, up from petty theft, with prison penalties replacing county jail terms. The change redefines tire theft as a more serious offense statewide.
The committee outlines funds for 36 000 bombers 38 000 fighters 12 000 transports and 9 000 other planes, upkeep for 900 air fields, and training for 302 000 technicians 80 000 pilots 12 000 bombardiers and 18 000 navigators. It notes some estimates are liberal but supports department needs, highlights travel cuts, and lists total bill costs across pay subsistence clothing medical ordnance and lend-lease.
The article reports Senator Wirin urging investigation into coast organizations he says inflamed race prejudice to justify Japanese exclusion. He cites the American Legion and vegetable growers, claims Lt. Gen. DeWitt's evacuation order stemmed from prejudice, while Brig. Gen. Brown defends Army guards at vital war installations.
A Dallas woman assumes a male job title as a sales man in an exclusive men’s store, reflecting social norms and employment opportunities for women in the era.
The report claims Mussolini is purging fascist leaders and reshaping Italy with mass military moves while Allied pressure and bombings deplete troops. Mussolini reportedly plans broader control over the economy amid mounting internal unrest and aging leadership.
Europeans elude American troops as crowds help carry mail. Americans rescue two men trapped in a basement. A London area bomb damages houses and injures children. Three people die and others are hurt after low flying German planes attack two south coast sites. Night raids follow British daylight strikes off the Dutch coast and over Belgium and Holland, with nine enemy fighters destroyed and three British fighters lost.
A cluttered classified page lists cut flowers and nursery notes from Hubbard's Greenhouses and Warskow Nursery, plus household trades. It includes furniture wanted for the army, car cleaning services, seafood and produce, room and board ads, and rental offers. Other entries seek a furnished apartment, maids or cooks, and a private home for a roomer.
Navy communique No 416 details June 16 air raids against Balale and Guadalcanal. It notes one US bomber missing, six US planes lost with one pilot rescued, 25 US killed, 29 wounded, 22 missing. In North Pacific three more Japanese soldiers captured at Attu, total 24 prisoners.
Sgt. William Benton, stationed at Davis-Monthan Field, wins eviction case against Charles H. Phininzy over rent payments at 78 West Kennedy. Judge Eva de Concini rules Benton may remain in quarters, after Benton’s claim that rent was paid to authorized renter Josephine Edwards. Court sessions since October 1942 noted.
Arizona Daily Star Tucson Daily Citizen outline rates for classified ads with 18 cent per word, 4 line minimum, and all ads published in both papers on weekdays. Insertion counts one publication in Star and Citizen same day, Sundays in Star only. late ads shown under Too Late to Classify. Claims of errors must be within twelve hours after first insertion.
A compact classified page lists battery service beauty shops beauty parlors drugstores plumbing cesspools septic tanks and educational institutes with phone numbers and brief service notes including repairs repairs and dressmaking and watch repairs. The scattered entries name Willard Battery Vogue Beauty Priser's Book Nook Frank W Ganz Cox Commercial College and GATLIN private business school among others.
An assortment of Tucson directory items lists jewelers a watch repair shop painters roofers seed suppliers and sewing machine repairers. It includes service ads for mattress renovating furniture maintenance painting and upholstery along with equipment repairs electronics radio and pump services. Lost notices for valuables and a few help wanted ads fill the page.
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