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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1943)
'AuKitnt 26, 1948 HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON PAGE SETEN STOCK MARKET SUFFERS FROM BUYING APATHY By VICTOR EUBANK NEW YOKK, Am. 28 P The stock market again suffered buylnil upnlliy today, Amui'IccI Industrials, ralli, air rrafl and gold mines did fairly well but many leader war at a atnnriiillll or Inclined to retreat, lrrrutiliirly higher tendencies prevailed nt the tnrt and galna of fim-tlon to n point or io wero plentiful near the finish. Trans lira were around 400,000 sharts. ( Chlltls company atocka and bond broke sharply on an nouiK-ement the company had filed a voluntary petition for re organization. In (rout, most of the time, were U. S. Steel, Chrysler, South ern Pacific, Anaconda, Interna tional Nickel, Dome Minei, Sean Roebuck. United Aircraft, Ol iver Farm, Douglas Aircraft, CJIenn Martin and Goodyear. Laggards Included Ou Pont, American Can, Texaa Co., Standard Oil (N. J.), General Motor, Conitolldaled Edlion and Mohtgomery Ward, Bond, with scattered excep tions, were narrow. Cloning quotations: American Can , Am Car & Kdy Am Tel & Tel ,.,..,.., v Anaconda . JOIIf Packing ... 801 .. 351 ,.15Sl ... 281 ,.. Hi Cat Tractor 48s Comm'nw'lth & Sou v I General Electric 381 General Motors .,.!,.,...,....... 811 Cit Nor Ry pfd . 27 lllinola Central 12 Inl Harvester .. ............... 88 Kennecntt ,........ 32 Lockheed 17 Long-Belt "A" 8 Montgomery Ward .. 471 .Nanh-Kelv 12 N Y Central ........ 18 Northern Pacific,,., . 14 Tac Gas & El 29 Packard Motor ................. 31 J C Penney ........... 8I Penna R R 281 Republic Steel .................... IT Richfield Oil . l Sufcway Store - 421 . Seara Roebuck 84 ) Soulhern Pacific 281 Standard Brand ......... 1 Sunshine Mining 81 Trans-America 71 Union Oil Calif 1J Union Pacific ... ......... 7 U S Steel 811 Warner Pictures - 121 HOGS: Salable and total 400;! market active, fully ateady; good to choice 180-228 Ibi. mostly 818.80, negligible lots $18.85; 240-300 lba, 814.80-18.00; 140-170 Ibi. 814.2S.S0: good sows 300-830 lba. largely 812,00; choice feeder pigs 48 lba, 817.80, heavier weighta $14.80-1 8,00. SHEEP; Salable 800; total BOO; lambs ateady; good to choice spring lambs 812.00; medium to good grade $11,00-30, common to medium 10.00-10.80; feeders $10.00-80, thorn feeders at $9.00; medium to good yearlinge 19.00. 10.80; ewe weak, few good grades $4.80, common to me dium $2.00-4.00. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK CHICAGO, Aug. 28 (AP-WFA5 Salable hog 10,000; total 13,800; generally 10c higher on all weights and sows; good and choice 180-270 lbs,, $14.75-19.00; top $18.05 sparingly; 270-330 lbs. $14.88-80; 140-170 lbs., $13.75- 14.88; good and choice 350-530 lb. sow $13.80-14.00; choice lighter weight up to $14.25. Salable cattle 4000; aalable calves 700; active market on most killing classes; best steers and yearlings strong to shade higher, bulk bringing $14.50 18.00; nothing strictly choice here; top $18.80; heifers In lim ited supply, fully steady at $13.80-13.00; best $18.50; de mand for all grade cow broad; cutters $9,25 down; canners $7.25-8.00 and most beef cows $10.00-11,80; only choice heifers type offering bringing $13.00 and better; broader Inquiry for light medium weight bulls In recent decline, bulk such kind $9.85. 12.25; only special classea heavy sausage bulls at $13.75; slock cat tle firm, scarce, vealers fully steady at $15.00-18.00 mostly; all classes well cleaned up on early rounds. Salable sheep 3000; tolal 8500; P LIVESTOCK SO. B. F. LIVESTOCK SO. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28 (AP-WFA) CATTLE: Salable 75. Active, steady; steers ab sent, quoted $14.00; few me dium 750-800 lb. heifer $10.50- 12.00; load good grass 1025 lb. nnrth coast range cow $11.78 odd cutter $7.50, few canners $8.30-7.00. CALVES 50. Weak, packages medium to good 185-250 lb. calves $11.00-13.00, few cull S7.50-8.50. HOGS: Salable 80. Around 10-1 5c lower; packages 200-250 lb. barrows and gilt $13,10; odd good sow $13.00. SHEEP: Salable 800. Steady; two package 85 lb, and 98 lb woolcd lambs $13.00-13.80. Two deck mcdiu mto good 70-74 lb. shorn lamb $11.00-11.80; ewes quotable steady, common to good $3.00-8.50. PORTLAND LIVESTOCK PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 28 (Al'-USDA) CATTLE: Salable 130, total 400, Calves: Salable and total 35; market slow, steady to weak, beef cows around 25c lower, several lots of all classes unsold; few grass steer $10.00-11.50; some held higher, cutter down to $8.50; common to medium heifers $9,00-11.80; canner and cutter cows $4.00. 8.50; fat dairy type to $7.00, load medium to good beef cows sold Bt $10.50 and $11.28; cutter to common bulls $7,00-8.50; good lalablo $10.00-11,00; good veal ers $13.00, common to medium grades $9.00-12.00, CAN'T KEEP GRANDMA IN HER CHAIR She' a Lively ae a Youngster Now har Backache la better Many nltim nllm utttii bk"l flulrkly, mm thay dtaeowr Ibi w Ml uiim of Ihrlr roubt may ba tirad atoms. Thn kidmyt mm Niur'i ehW w el tak' Ins iha irM acMa and waa aufc el tbs iIihkI, Thay hlp moal paopla put aboai pint . flay. .... , , When dieotitar et Miwy fiiMtlim mmMa Itnlaoaoiii mur la nmifi to your Mood, may r aitafl nnsging baokaeti, t bctuuUapUBf, i' iuId', iom pp way- Sl'tuS UP KllliU, mtallllif, puffinm uodw (ha ayaa, fcrarfanhaa unit dltihwaa, Krequmt of acaaty paaaaiM with amarttat end burnloi an ilmaa ahowa than la aorattWii wrons wit your ktdnnya or bladdar. Don't walil Aak your drestjit for Don's Mia, uaad oiwowafully fcy mimosa for.ff in vr 'rhnv mtv hanKV fllaf ftBd Will kalft lha I mllaa ol kMnav tuba (oak mil potaop- Potatoes CHICAGO, Aug. 28 (AP-WFA) Potatoes: Arrivala 50; on track 133; total U. S, shipment 741; supplies rather light; demand light; for Russet Burbank mar ket firm, for other varieties mar ket steady; Idaho Bliss Triumph U, 8. No, 1, $3.05-10; Idaho and Oregon Russet Burbank U. S, No, 1, $3,35-45; Long Whites U, S. No, 1, $3.25; Nebraska Red Warbas, good quality, $3.00-10; Wisconsin Cobblers U. S, No, 1, $2.38. Lamb Slaughter e0 Quota Increased SAN FRANCISCO, Aug, 28 UP) The food distribution ad ministration said today the civil- Ian lamb slaughter quota for September In Oregon, Washing ton and California had been in creased to total approximately 100 per cent of the basic slaugh ter of September of 1941. The announcement followed word from Washington that normally the quota for Septem ber was boosted to about 80 per cent sf the base. Until today authorization, the figure was about 80, Jeep Turns Switch Engine There's apeavently nothing a Jeep can't do. Down In Austraila they've turned the versatile .vehicle Into a switch engine by sub stituting steel wheels for Its regular roller. Merc the switds buggy hooks on to long line of freight cars. opening slow, early bids and sales native spring lambs mostly steady; around $13.25-14.55 on medium to good kinds; best held higher; shot 3 double California spring lambs to packers and shipper $14.80; talking around $11.00-00 on yearlings; sheep strong to 25c higher than Wed nesday; good native ewe early $7,25 down. Planters in Ceylon use snakes to catch rats. WHEAT CHICAGO, Aug. 2 (ft Trade reports of drouth condi tions in many sections of the southwest, with indications point-. ing to a critical feed shortage in that area several months from now, spurred an upturn in grain figures today. The September contract of rye and oat led the advance, but all deliveries exhibited strength after a hesitant open ing. September oats moved to s new seasonal peak. There was a good demand for oats in the cash market. The upturn in rye wa aided by covering by previous shorv sellers. At the close whest was -c higher, September $1,491, oats were up Me, September 731-lc, and rye was ahead I-lle, Sep tember $1.02i-$1.03. Classified Ads Bring Results. HARVEST HELP GALLS SLACKEN N CROP LULL With the haying season about over and grain, the next harvest crop, not quite ripe ai yet, there is at present a lull in calls from local farmers tor help in the fields, it was learned Thursday at the United States employment office. Only farm labor demand now Is for hands to handle bundles. and it is expected fhat this work win m over soon. Local grain is ripening spotty which mean lot of green stalk among the ripe. It is necessary that most of the grain is ri- before cutting begins. Though the grain program is indefinite, it is expected that cutting will start some time between Septem- No call as yet has been re ceived at the local employment office for help on the Tuielake relocation center enlargement project. This, sccotdine In Anw Anderson of the employment of fice, is a good thing as there is! no surplus ol labor here. How ever, Anderson said, should a Quebec Tourist pfc ft J Tiktag imt oat from a recep tion it the Citadel in Quebec, Mrs, Winston Churchill views the taterestbsg scenery pointed out by Canadian Msustic Coo stebte Ens James Gray. . Columbia River Program Approvtd MttSOULA, Hont, Jmg- (n A long-range program develop water resources of tht Columbia river basin has ft general approval of Washingtoa. Oregon, Wyoming, Montana sn Idaho, chief executives of turn of Um states reported slier s t; f ereaca here. Governors C A. Bottolfaen rt Malm snd Sam C. Ford of Man tana issued a joint statement list night announcing that "W ae working in full accord and than is no upjtream-downstretm iti ferenew of opinion. HAWAII A "SAKDWSCH-; , The Hawaiian Islands former ly were known as the Sandwich islands, after James Montagu, the. fourth Earl of Sandmen, The name was changed to ttw present one In the latter part of the J9th century. call for help be registered, the office would do its best to fill the demand. Classiflcd! Ads Bring Results. 1 J, P. Roper PoifififlJ Decorating. Commercial Spraying Phone 4503 2070 Etna Ruth Dickson Announces VERLA McCABE Htm M TM STAR BEAUTY SALON tttomtf WHk SaHaa tttutr Mai MM St. SMaa IW The Story o f Island feX" Isltnii "X" is so imporam Pacific ouipoM-fof Jsps or Americsni. The Nsvy sad Mwioes move in. With them go die Sesbees, Into (he ttopical Jungle. Bulldozers fUcten die hillocks. Skilled hands lay s man -made, iteel mesh ronwtv. With in ten days Americsn nghten sad bombers sre taking off to struck the Jsps. Another potential danger spot hu become a mili'tiiy uset. That's die kind of job the Sesbees sic doing. Thus the kind of job they want YOU to help them da Build and Fight vfth She ollowyour trade in the Navy. Tot men who itch to get in the thick of things, the Seabees offer ACTION. They're a tough, hard-hitting organization of spe cialists who build bases and help hold them, repair battle-dsmsged ships and other Navy equipment, baclt up the combat line with tools and gunsa . Seabees an specialists, and get full credit for their knowledge, la addition to their base pay, ranging from $30 to $126 a month, they get all living and clothing expenses, plus family allowance, plus 20. of base pay for oversew service. Here's adventure, action, satisfy ing war service for red-blooded Americans between 17 and 50 with an unusual appeal to mature men over 38 with a trade. Ask for details of the new voluntary induction plan of enlistment for men between IS and 33. APPLY in person or write to your Navy Recruiting Station; Federal Building, Klamath Falls, Ore., or Apply Elks Ledge, Tfie Navy See ts 1M)I MSCMANWS CMHNMt MICTIICItNl SMOVKOnittOM CIANS ONUTOU SWIHTflM Till WOtKlll nnuTist WHAM ItmfitSt WKM1S isaiii BtYIII MAntMM SWVIYOM Aa'atNaf HMiatMIM U.I.MMYCOSflaflH INIIM affm ilnlla, pprlRttl f m? taa attttctlsii swi, st akfcltt a mnf Arwjr IstrvH IsafMriM, I VI aaW provides vital transportation for the Seabees gets them to and from mainland jobs and embarkation points, carries them on leave, and serves their training centers. For example, when Camp Parks, new Seabee center near Livermore, California, was opened.Greyhound immediately was called upon to provide the service It needed. This is only one of hundreds of military camps served exclusively or partially by Greyhound,This naturally diverts many buses from civilian service, and makes your patriotic cooper ation more vital. 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