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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1944
Page
12
Market notes from Kansas City and related notes show cattle salable around 3500 with calves and 400 total, hogs slow and uneven with good and choice 180-274 pounds at 73.75-14.00, light to medium weights 9.75-14.25, and sheep steady with spring lambs around 14.50-15.50. Also local poultry egg price ceilings shown for June 6 to 28.
By TOM WILLIAMS CHICAGO June 19 reports that genate and house conferees had reached no decision on Pace parity dampened demand for wheat and rye futures. Wheat prices were easy and rye futures mixed as traders waited for final action amid market nerves and fears oats prices may fall.
Trading ended with mixed bonds and notable gains in rails rubbers utilities motors and industrial shares. U S Steel U S Rubber Harvester Du Eastman Kodak American Airlines Union Pacific led the final hour while Pullman and International Telephone showed price variability.
New York opening rates show the Canadian dollar at 9% discount or 90.25 in cents. Latin American quotes list a 24.94 rate and 5.20N for other currencies amid wide market fluctuations.
The world’s largest and coldest thermos bottle holds 297 degrees below zero and is used in an American shipyard to supply acetylene and oxygen for burners welders and rod operators.
New York June 19 traders awaited final action on price control amendments affecting cotton. Markets showed scattered liquidation and hedge selling with prices moving lower. Late afternoon quotes fell 10 to 30 cents per bale, with July at 21.49 and December at 20.79, down 5 cents per bale.
Bricker remains a leading candidate in the race for the Republican nomination with campaign manager Roy D. Moore predicting victory on the sixth or seventh ballot at Chicago. Oklahoma Senator Moore announced support for Bricker, while Lew Wentz cited a majority of Oklahoma Republicans backing Dewey. A West Virginia delegate suggested Bricker would win a large first ballot plurality.
American airpower dominated Saipan as U S planes supported ground forces and moved unopposed over the island. The 3600 foot runway near Garapan forms a key objective while Japanese armor faced a potential pivotal battle amid sturdy stone houses and a pre war population over ten thousand.
Normandy reports describe a hard battle to seize Cherbourg with heavy fortifications guarding the port approaches. Allied forecasts warn the fight will be long as German defenses stiffen and a possible northern landing on the peninsula is speculated. Transocean notes heavy Allied shipping at sea not unloading at secured beaches. The German hurricane raid disrupted Wehrmacht operations but no new break through has occurred.
Churchill says 000 men may fight on both sides in Normandy and vows to fight to the end with the Allies. He notes a tactical surprise on D-Day and that the enemy had no idea where or when the blows would come.
Gazette de Lausanne reports underground guerrilla bands. St Suisse says patriots control Abondane valley with resistance centers from Jura to Vosges. Maquis clash with German troops in Haute Savoie with about 10,000 armed patriots. fighting also alleged in Epinal Remiremont Saint Die Raon Le Sappe regions. Swiss papers note strikes against Nazi garrisons and railway lines at Marignier and near Thonon.
Pravda cites Finnish losses as Moscow triumphs in the winter war. Finnish dispatches describe fierce fighting across the Karelian front with the Summa area near Koivisto, Russian advances of over 30 miles in 48 hours, and Finnish troops abandoning equipment as Soviet forces storm the Mannerheim line and breach anti tank defenses.
More than 1,300 American heavy bombers struck Hamburg area refineries and three northwest German airfields while 250 others hit Pas de Calais. German rocket bombs hit southern England as the air war becomes a three sided conflict with Allied fighters sweeping France and raids into central France.
British 8th Army overran Assisi and moved toward Perugia after heavy fighting near Perugia and Citta Della Pierre. American forces advanced five miles along the Tyrrhenian coast, reaching 10 miles north of Grosseto and seizing Camp Massico from German defenses. The German line sought to delay the Allied push while Nazi reserves formed a new front in the Pisa Florence Rimini sector.
Absentee and sick ballots received today by County Recorder Anna Sulinger and are ready to vote. Sick voters must phone request with physician name to issue a certificate. deputies will call to vote the ailing person. A large number of ballots expected from armed services and war industry workers.
A jumble of old ads lists services and goods including messenger service, moving, free campaign pamphlets, cut flowers, greenhouse sites with and without down payments, radios and electric repairs, war bonds, and a federal savings note. Names, addresses, and phone numbers appear with various offerings.
A flood of short notices offers services and goods including coolers motors and electrical work, furniture repairs, carpentry, pest control, piano lessons, real estate lots, vehicles, kitchenware, and employment ads. Readers are invited to contact pages listing phone numbers and addresses across downtown Tucson listings.
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