Livestock market report Chicago July hogs cattle and sheep prices
Hogs totaled 16,000 with steady to 15 cent declines. Good to choice hogs 180 to 270 pounds bring 138.75 to 139.50 per hundredweight. lighter 270 to 330 pounds 136.00 to 138.00. 140 to 180 pounds 120.00 to 137.50. Sows 350 to 550 pounds 126.50 to 131.00. some lightweights up to 132.50. Cattle 3,500. calves 700. Fed steers and yearlings scarce. best yearlings 1615, heifer yearlings 1500, feeders 1550. Sheep 1,000. lambs 14.00 to 15.25. yard traders paid up to 15.50 for a few. Yearling wethers 14.25. shorn slaughter ewes 7.00 to 7.75. Estimated: hogs 12,000. cattle 1,000. sheep 1,000.
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Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Steady in Unchanged Prices
Chicago July 15 market news shows no change in produce prices with receipts totaling 11 047 cases and extra firsts at 39.5 while current receipts stand at 35.9. Poultry receipts include 21 trucks and 3 cars, with a steady market.
Chicago Cash Grain and Wheat Market Report
Chicago July 15 Open High Low Close tables show mixed oats and several wheat contracts. Prices move with July and September futures posting small gains amid active trading. rye futures slip slightly with seasonal demand noted.
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Chicago
Allied Air Attacks Hit French Targets and Sicily Invasion Support
Heavy weather delayed continuing operations but large formations bombed Le Bourg et, a field near Panis, and Amiens in occupied France. Northwest African Air Force bombers joined Liberators from the Middle East to strike Messina as part of Sicily invasion support, while further sorties targeted German air plants and bases.
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Panis
Amiens
Sicily
Northwest African Air Force
Middle East Command
Messina
Repair Crews in Australia Keeping Planes Airborne
Maj. James A. Culbertson, commander of a Darwin repair squadron, reports crews work around the clock to salvage wrecked planes. They scour jungle up to 11,000 miles from bases to recover parts and return aircraft to combat, becoming unsung heroes of wartime effort.
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Air Service
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Darwin
Australia
McClellan Field
Army
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Iowa Farm Labor Problem Nears Critical Stage
Iowa’s farm labor shortage threatens a seed season as 500 Mexican workers miss transport from Mexico City and prison labor plans expand across several counties. Detasseling covers about 40 000 acres in 50 Iowa counties while war prisoner labor faces high costs and strict travel and pay rules. Local volunteers may be sought from Council Bluffs as fleets of officers and guards accompany prisoners to fields in Missouri camps.
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Weingarten
West Liberty
Marengo
Shenandoah
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Iowa
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Iowa Farm Labor Committee
Missouri
Cement and bricks crumble from calcium silicate weakness
A historical note explains that calcium ortho silicate in cements and fire-bricks crumbles into dust at normal temperatures, despite existing in a solid form at the high temperatures used to produce these materials.
Detasseling Work Begins on Friday
The article notes detasseling work starting Friday and mentions tomato harvest for the Brigh ton canning factory beginning after mid August. The harvest will last several weeks.
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Tory
Brighton
Europe holds tiny phosphate deposits sparse across several nations
Insignificant phosphate deposits are scattered in Belgium France Poland and Spain but remain unfarmed. Before the war North African phosphates and some from Florida supplied most of Europe.
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Belgium
France
Poland
Spain
Florida
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