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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1944
Page
8
Los Angeles reports steady to higher cattle and hog prices with strong demand for beef cattle and calves. Kansas City notes slower hogs but steady to higher beef cattle. Denver shows steady cattle with higher sheep and varied hog activity. Chicago hogs and cattle mix, with overall weaker cattle demand and firmer hogs.
Grain by Tom Williams reports continued milling purchases of wheat futures but unable to hold prices. Commission houses liquidated as the bumper winter wheat crop moves to market. Congestion appears at southwestern markets with heavy receipts of new crop wheat on Monday as yields surpass expectations.
Buyers boosted prices for a few industrial specialties while major shares held steady. Turnover fell to 558,110 shares with penny stocks trading in blocks as leaders like Philco Bosch Armour Wilson Cer American Woolen showed mixed, sidewise movement under renewed liquidation pressure.
OPA ceiling prices read for June 5 to June 26 show producer to consumer rates for eggs and poultry. Figures cover wholesale and dressed turkey and chicken weights with tiers for under and over specified poundages. Blasphemy statement appears as unrelated note in the text.
New York on June 24 reports Argentina at 249.02 cents, Brazil at 5.20N, and Mexico at 20.65N per dollar in foreign exchange terms. The briefing notes British laws and other currencies in use.
New York cotton markets show futures easing early on June 4 with scattered liquidation. Prices turn steady toward close as week-end covering and milling resume. Futures end 5 to 40 cents higher or lower per bale. last positions noted for July and later contracts.
The article contemplates Hitler’s likely endurance and Germany’s military near collapse. It notes the Allies’ captured prisoners reveal widespread weakness, and predicts the German army may fragment into defeated pockets as Allied forces advance through France and Poland.
A joint meeting of the mayor city council and planning commission will discuss rear yard setbacks in B-3 downtown business zones on Thursday night June 29. The issue arose after a board of adjustment decision allowed a small shop at the rear of a North Stone avenue property citing dense downtown development. Setbacks aim to permit loading and unloading without blocking street traffic.
Capt Waldo D Butler son of Dr and Mrs B S Butler 1838 Fast Drachman street has been promoted from lieutenant to captain with the intelligence division of the Army Air Corps in England. He has been overseas two years and recently wrote that since the invasion he has done little but work eat and sleep. A University of Arizona graduate Butler edited the Wildcat and worked for the Associated Press in New York before enlisting.
The weekly community sing at Armory Park tomorrow features ventriloquist Seth Spalding and 15 year old singer Theresa Prentiss. Spalding, a radio ventriloquist with CBS credits and a Warner Bros Worlds Fair Junior short, will perform with his wooden companion. Edwardo Caso returns as host with pianist Avonelle Johnson.
A full day panel session at Mt Lemmon prison camp reviewed selective service classifications for inmates. Some men may travel to Phoenix for preinduction physicals. Panel members included Monte Mansfield chairman Carl Varnardal vice chairman and W E Barnum.
Word reached here of the death of W A Gus Faurot in Los Angeles. He worked for Pete Howell at the Modern Barbershop in Tucson from 1907 to 1918, then in Nogales for years. He and his family had lived in Los Angeles since 1925, with funeral services held there.
Dr. D. G. Leach a retired physician formerly of Sullivan Indiana and Craig Colorado died after a short illness at St Marys hospital. He lived in Tucson since 1923 and was a past master of the Masonic lodge in Craig and a member of the Arizona chapter No 2 Order of Eastern Star. Surviving are his widow two sisters and two brothers. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Brings funeral home.
The Disabled American Veterans auxiliary gathered yesterday at Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Huff's home for a chicken fry hosted by Mrs. Huff. Attendees included Loretta Morrow Elizabeth Husser Clara Harris Ada Offley Myrtle Dillender Grace R Weil Betty M Mack Alice D Few Ruth F Adams and Florence Adams Vallee V Taylor Judith Peters Rose Carlisle Mildred Craig Perle Desporte and Harriet Jackson. Marion Huff wife of Lt. John S. Huff and her mother Sophia Knudsen joined as special guests. IA Huff serves in Italy with a cavalry reconnaissance squadron.
A dense collection of small ads and notices offering household goods car services radiators insulation and repairs moving services building plots and plants. It lists businesses such as Krifty Furnt Exchange Hubbard's Greenhouses Electric Service Co Limonizing and Oscar's Service with contact phone numbers and partial product details.
A dense mix of ads and notices shows vehicles for sale including a 1939 Ford, a Buick convertible, and a 1933 Plymouth, along with household items such as stoves and beds. Also listed are rentals, room shares, ride offers, gigs, and service ads from Cooper, Apex Seed, Lyric Auto Laundry, and Electric Service Co., with contact phone numbers and addresses.
Henry Shattuck and Francis C. Gray petition to admit the Last Will and Testament of Ralph W. Gray deceased to probate in Suffolk County Massachusetts. Hearing set for Wednesday July 5, 1944 at 9 a.m. in Tucson Arizona.
Four top mechanics led by Albert Gradillas with over four years at the shop form a skilled team. Tony Gradillas brings Chrysler expertise, while Clarence and Carl offer GM Pontiac Chevrolet know how. A strong Pontiac parts stock backs service at the Pennington entrance near the Telephone building opposite Sears. Dressmaking alterations offered nearby with phone reference.
A compiled page of business directory entries including Roselenf Beauty offering hot permanents, Martin Drug, Corner Stone and So 6th Ave shop hours, and Marzie Lillie. Also listings for Good Store Gazines, Book Nook, and 14 Broadway. Various services include carpentry, floors, exter mination, fumigation, termite inspection, electric service, and local schools Cox Commercial College and Gatlin's Commercial School with phone numbers.
An ad page highlights insulation services by Eagle Home Insulation and Daily Roofing Co plus multiple local jewelers offering repair work and watch services. Lost and found notices include an alligator billfold, a gray doe rabbit, and a tan leather bag with rewards offered. A reader is asked to return items to named contacts with no questions.
A column of mixed advertisements lists The Master Clairvoyant and Palmist offering guidance and a studio at 1623 South Sixth Ave. South, plus a long sequence of help wanted postings for various occupations including insurance salesman, service station attendants, hotel staff, cooks, salesmen, bakers, grocery workers, waiters, handymen, milker, mechanics, butcher, dishwashers, clerks, and other positions with locations primarily on Stone Avenue, Broadway, and nearby Tucson addresses.
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