Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 21, 1945, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday aph1l 21, Page Twenty week s Export bus. Grain Exchange Wynn pics april Small Export business in Canadian wheat flour today estimated to total probably bus Liels closed an week in the Export Trade in trains with close to Canadian _ bushels of wheat and coarse Grain disposed of. Today s Small transactions included a Small lot of wheat for the United kingdom and a modest parcel of flour for slip ment under Mutual Aid. There was no evidence of completion of the British requirements for Cana Dian Oats us to a late hour. The Export business involved nearly bushels of wheat mostly to the United kingdom while close to bushels of Oats were sold a Ludmir bushels to the United states and about bushels to Belgium. Kyc prices irregular Winnipeg Rye prices were irregular in a rather Dull session in the Winnipeg May july oct. Open 145% High 1417ab 141h-z 126vs-b 125% Low a futures at ceiling prices of 51 Viz cents futures a ceiling prices of 64% cents a april 21, 11 . Or last i ear 145% 125 v4 a Chicago open May july sept. Dec. May 160% 155% 156 155% 131 july ept. Coarse Grain futures Market. Values moved up for Small gains earlier in the Trade on modest buying and Light offerings with upturns in Chicago Rye encouraging the and Vance. Local Selling and profit taking appeared later and prices showed considerable hesitation and when taken at 11 . Were lower to unchanged. . Eye Export details of recent Export sales of Rve through the United states commodity credit corporation for . Became available today. Total sales in the period March 17 20 were around bushels of which the belgian government took bushels and . 000 bushels. Terminal stocks stocks of Strain at terminal Eleva tors at fort i Ilburn and port Ai thur recorded another Sharp decline in the past week dropping More than 9500.00 bushels to 69.435.000 bushels. Terminal holdings however arc still some bushels tender for stokers sealed tenders addressee to the chair Man of the building committee will be inc lived at the okie of the undersigned up to 5.00 . On May 4th. 1945. For the installation several underfed stokers in Winnipeg school buildings. Specifications and tender forms May be obtained at the office of the chief opera tag in Ineer. School Board offices. William Avenue and Ellen Street Winnipeg. A the lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. F. A. , Secretary treasurer school District of Winnipeg no. T. Wanted the executors under the will of Maurice Dave Adilman. Late nes Manisa. Deceased Are desirous of locating Abraham commonly town As Eddil . A son the said deceased. Information concerning be communicate dec. May july sept. Dec. May july sept dec. Vlay july kept. Dec. 119% 63% 54% High 172-a 16uii 156% 156 -131% 128% 120 a 63% 57% 54% 54% Low 172 is 160% 155 155 i 131 129% 113% 110% u0% 108% 108% 105% 99 99 94 99% 100 "94% 119v4 63% 57 54% 112% 109% 108 i 106% 99 99 "s4 11 . 172% 1g1 156 v4 155% 131% 128 119% 119% 63% 57 is 54% 54% 113 109% 103% 106% 99% Prev. Close 172% 160 155% 155% 130% 127 119 63% 57% 54% 108% 1.06% May july open 163% 159 Viz Minneapolis High Low 11 . 168% 159% 94b 94b Prev. Close 159% in store against bushels held in the previous week. Crop reports overnight weather and crop re Sharp decline in wheat visible visible stocks of Canadian wheat was limited to Snow m Mani a Toba and Northern Saskatchewan. Hallway coincidence _ Grain inspections today provided a mathematical coincidence which attracted some interest in the Trade. Some 700 to 1.100 cars of Gram have been going through the inspection department daily. On in Day some 915 cars were inspected originating from a vast area in the Prairies on Canadian National Canadian Pacific and the Northern Alberta railways. By a strange co incidence exactly the same num Ber of cars namely 4ob. Were in he major. . His hereabouts the barrister at Lxvi. Curry build Init. Xit Oba spec Ted from each of the major. Railroads with the three cars proving the transportation crisis in the foreign Field. Brookhaus Cable to the free press from the Argentine told of a transportation crisis in that country due a shortage of fuel. Reports indicated that railways were unable to the Grain movement satisfy Atoui and As a result most Export Grain offers had been withdrawn especially flax which is used for fuel except for More Distant shipment Argentine authorities were hopeful that negotiations would be continue to de Cline with sup plies off More than cattle prices in narrow Range Ottawa april 21. Prices fluctuated within a narrow Range on Canadian livestock markets this week while calves hogs and lambs generally held steady the agriculture department reported t0weighty steers at Toronto had a top of Butcher steers and few Choice Montreal Loo d duality steers some tops Good Butcher cows up to and s10 top steers in the maritime to Slaughter steers Odd Stacker and feeders for suitable qual Ity Calgary up to and s12.2o on Best steers Edmonton 511-75, Odd ?12 Prince Albert Moose jaw Saskatoon Regma s12 Vancouver the latter for Only medium Quality. N Toronto sold Best Veals at Montreal with few Winnipeg up to Calgary Edmonton Prince Al Bert Moose Taw Saskatoon and Regina Toronto paid for Grade by hogs Montreal Winnipeg s16.40-s1s.60. Calgary de Moton Prince Albert. Moose jaw and Regina Saskatoon Vancouver Moncton Toronto placed some Spring lambs at s21-s22 each. Montreal up to each. Winnipeg top Cal Gary. Edmonton Moose jaw Saskatoon livestock quotations steers Grain led up to Choice car loadings total higher with the mines Ottawa april 21. Mus us v 14 increased to cars 797 for the previous week and 037 for the corresponding week last year the Dominion Bureau of Statis tics reported today. Eastern division loadings increased from cars in 1944 to 478 and in the Western division declined from to the car loadings Index was 149.3 for the week ended april 14, last year. The previous week and 143.5 for the corresponding week. Diamond feet drilling con bushels week 11.50 12.00 for the ending Good medium common n steers cram fed Over 1.050 april 12, As Corn pared with the previous week s total. Approximately in 000.000 bushels than the for the week but last year much larger quantities of Ca wheat on Aid not appear in the country hold million bus. While Over 000.000 bushels vere in Lakehead terminals. Choice Good common heifers medium Din Mon fed calves Choice Good Good medium canners and cutters bulls Good common. Stocker and feeder steers Good look 11.50 8.50 9.50 12.25 12.50 11.50 12.00 10.00 11.30 8.50 9.50 11.00 11.25 10.75 9.73 8.50 12.25 12.50 11.25 12.00 10.00 11.00 8.75 7.00 4.50 s.75 s.75 7.50 profit margin lower for . Montreal april moderate upward trend of sales by Canadian industries continued during George w. Huggett president told shareholders at the annual meeting held in Montreal april 19 wartime taxation was a major Factor in the reduction of earnings per common share from in 1939 to for 1944 but in addition the expanded volume of business yielded a lower margin of profit. Referring to its wartime subsidiary defence industries s limited Kir Huggett said changes in the character and volume of military emand had brought a decline in Otal output. Two Small Ilion plants and a tool works operated by . Ceased operations and another Small a mum Ion works will close shortly. Production by the end of 1944 had cached a total of the financial reports of the com Pany were approved and the Board f directors was re elected without Hange for the ensuing year. At a subsequent meeting of the Oard George w. Huggett was re elected president and managing director h. Gre vide Smith was re elected first vice president r. W. Sharwood was re appointed Nice preside it and treasurer and her Ert h. Lank vice president. The following officers of the company vere re appointed Secretary. Rus Ell Smith assistant treasurer. R. C. Douche qty assistant Secretary b. Ogilvie. Brol of veld or. Drilling operations on the Dobraska Gold mines property in Louv court township of9quebec, is scheduled to Start Early this week. Carrying out development plans recently announced Halden red Lake reports that c. F Gill pro. Formerly of dome who has been appointed Field manager for Hal Den has gathered a Crew of men and supplies and equipment at Kenora ont., awaiting the Spring break up. At the earliest possible moment he will secure transportation to the Halden red Lake pro Perly which Adjoint the South Sast Boundary of the producing Madsen red gunflint mines is shortly to embark on an extensive exploration and Diamond drilling programme its no. 2 property in the she Gold Creek area of Stock heifers Stock cows sit til use of shipping tonnage to the fullest extent. Argentine shipments bushels to estate Dollar property management Ime building for Possession july 1st one Storey warehouse just West of sher8rooke on notre Dame. Floor area 40 x 200 feet with full basement. Par tial second floor 40 x 80-feet. Office accommodation steam heat . Shipping facilities at Side and rear. No trackage. Price other countries. Some Bush Els o " Corn were exported to the United kingdom but there were no linseed shipments. Vessel shipments. Eight vessels carrying bushels of wheat and coarse grains cleared the Lakehead up to mid night Friday. Of this total 000 bushels were wheat. The Canadian movement included 000 bushels of wheat for Prescott As Well As bushels of Oats. Bay ports were the destination for 112 000 bushels of wheat and bushels of. Rye Grain Lor american ports involved 390000 bushels of wheat 270.000 bushels of Oats and bushels of flax for Buffalo bushels of Oats 37.000 bushels of Barley and 43 000 bushels of Rye went to Duluth. Twenty six vessels were reported at the Lakehead for cargoes while a number of others were arriving belatedly on account of recent heavy gales. May top record while there was some falling off in vessel shipments from the Lake head in the past week As com pared with the previous week due to various factors such As unfavourable loading weather and vessel delays on account of storms preliminary estimates show that the very sizeable total of around 12 500.000 bushels of Grain were cleared in the seven Day period ending Friday. This included approximately 7.400.000 bushels of wheat and Over bushels of coarse grains. This brought total vessel shipments since navigation was opened this season to nearly bushels. With More than a week to go it would appear that the vessel movement in april would exceed shipments in april a year ago. When slightly More than bushels were cleared in the first month of a record navigation season. Country marketing Friday last or. Wheat coarse grains cars loaded wheat 769 arse grains 314 Grain inspection Friday s ejected 5 so. 2 Garnet s. To ugh Garnet 2 am. Durum 3, 3 am. Durum 2, Tough 1, 3 . I 3 . I 1 feed 73. 2 feed. 13, veal Good and Choice common Ana medium grasses milkers and springers 6.00 7.50 6.50 8.00 6.50 7.00 6.00 12.50 6.50 7.50 8.50 7.50 14.00 12.00 5.00 80.00 120.00 36.80 17.0u 16.40 16.60 i do heavies extra heavies second extra heavies sows no. 1 sows no. 2 thin lights Ridge tines Stags Good Handy weight common Bucks Good heavies Good Handy weights common 15.15 15.15 14.90 14.90 14.0 14.00 14.00 14.00 14.00 14.01 j4.00 14.00 14.00 14.90 14.9i 11.50 11.5 7.50 7.5 Market Valu 12.00 13.5 13.00 1 5.00 10.00 1 3.00 4.50 1.5u .0 6.0 2. I valour Road legion holds dinner dance Bandoian Ontario under the direction of or g. H. Wright geologist according to a recent company announcement. The plans and details of this programme Are now Well in hand and preliminary Steps already taken to ensure. That the work will commence without any delay and that adequate supplies and Crews Are available. Previous surface exploration of the gunflint property was productive in finding Many interesting showings in addition to the Dis covery of High Grade Hematite Iron which was intersected in Diamond drilling last year surface Prospect ing and exploration disclosed Man important showings of Gold at Vari Ert 1 canned fish now controlled Ottawa april 21. Fish eries department yesterday announced that by a recent order in Council All canned fish produced in Canada has been brought under allocation control so the Dominion May meet her obligations respect ing allocations of canned fish sup plied by the combined food Board after May 1, no person May operate As a canner assembler or exporter of canned fish unless he is registered As such with the fish eries minister the department said. Registrations May be made at the department s divisional offices at Halifax and Vancouver. Under the order a Council the fisheries minister May direct what kinds and quantities canned fish including canned shellfish May be marketed for consumption within Canada and the kinds and Quanti ties which May be exported. No such exports May be made without a permit and after May 1 these permits will be issued to registered exporters Only . T. S. Pc Bethlehem steel Chrysler corp. Cons. Edison by Douglas aircraft upon eld m. Gen. Electric Gen. Foods corp. Gen. Motors Goodyear tire Lont. Ward Security markets new in a few individual issues of the Railroad liquor and steel sections Satur Day featured a firm quiet Stock Market session. Railroads had Cains ranging to two Points in Pere Marquette which along with its preferred made a new Nign Selkirk town Council plans for be Day april ments Are completed by the Selkirk town Council the Selkirk and District ministerial association and other local organizations for be Day. On receiving the news the Are Siren will sound and Church Bells will be the news is heard Between 6 -. And 9 ., Church services will be held at 11 and if the news is heard be tween 9 . And 6 ., Church services will be held at 8 . Later a Community service will be held. All business places in town Are expected to close when the news is received and to remain closed until the religious services Are Over. It is not expected that any Public Cele bration will be held other than the religious services. Mrs. Paul Barnson Selkirk. Man., has received word that her Daugh Ter mrs. Colin Hart has arrived safely in Glasgow Scotland where she is joining her husband sgt. Hart of the . William Fidler. Old England Man., accompanied by his daughter mrs. Helen Stuart of Vancouver . Arrived Friday evening. Or. Fidler has spent the past two Ous Points on the property tentative Chip samples taken by the company Engineer across one such assayed and to old in a report and record Menda Uon made by or. Who the states that he considers the Pio Perty s geological features most favourable and he emphasizes that the presence of Gold returning interesting values in scattered places on the property is most significant and worthy of considerable further exploration. F Island Lake mines limited anticipates that if War conditions permit and the necessary help and equipment is available consider Able exploration work will be carried out during the coming summer. This suggestion made Over the signature of h. R. of the company in the annual report just made available. The president reports that since the last annual meeting there has been no material change in ;