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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1946
Page
2
Weather forecasts predict rain across the plains, with Delhart and the Panhandle seeing showers. A lively column shares recipes like Simple Simon pudding and lemon pie, then urges readers to vote tomorrow, praising civic duty and Texas and Amarillo needs. The piece references Jaick Lait and a Chicago tale about Chew-Tobacco Charley, concluding with betting on Dewey for governor.
A brief financial note hints at major banks facing strain as markets react to shifting interest rates. Analysts weigh liquidity prospects and potential impacts on lending and consumer access to credit.
A Fort Worth column jests about weather readings as a man tests a shade under a tree with a thermometer and rum while predicting a new Fort Worth Dallas independent bureau. It hints at mayoral race chatter between Jay Taylor and Lawrence Hagy and signals more rain to come. A $10 reward seeks a lost red cocker spaniel named Poppy or Bikini belonging to Budge Swindell.
New York markets failed to sustain gains with a half hearted recovery and drifted late amid lighter turnover. Major names like American Telephone helped, while steel and motor issues lingered near steady to slightly lower. industry notes cite eased tensions and a healthier chart as reasons for dampened enthusiasm. Kansas City and Fort Worth cattle markets showed mixed to firm moves with hogs and calves uneven but overall active. Cotton futures closed steady with modest gains in New Orleans spot prices and middling values edging higher across Southern markets.
While in Amarillo for the THDA convention I misplaced a navy blue coin purse containing about $18 to $19 in a yellow taxicab. The note asks the driver or passenger to return the item. CONTINUED ON PAGE 7
New York August 23 cotton futures moved higher amid active trading. Outside buying, aided by a better European and securities outlook, faced limited selling. Officials forecast a 3 to 4 percent rise in textile ceilings next month, boosting hopes mills will raise prices and buy more futures. Spot demand slackened pending price adjustments, with late-session buying trimming offerings and closing near day highs.
Oklahoma City auction shows cattle and calves active with gains across weights. Cows and cutters up to 1.00 higher, good yearlings around 16.50 to 17.00, steers 14.50 to 16.25, heifers 16.00 to 17.00, hogs firm near 21.00, sows 18.50, stockers steady at 15.00 amid small offerings and fluctuating demand.
In Chicago on August 23 heavy hog marketing and a secretary of agriculture statement boosted expectations for world crops, sparking grain futures sell off. Corn slipped over 2 cents at times, oats tumbled around 4 cents with August delivery closing declines, while cash wheat rose about a cent and No 2 yellow corn traded near 1.98 dollars. Deferred oats weakened, barley mixed, and various cash grain bids showed strength in Wheat and Corn bids at Chicago and Kansas City.
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BAD NAUHEIM Germany Aug 23 Maj Herbert W Bluhm of Chicago was acquitted by a military court of charges that he aided authorized and knowingly permitted cruel and unusual punishment of American prisoners in the U S Army guard house at Lichfield England.
Fort Worth cash grain markets show wheat No 1 hard at 2 70 to 2 0 with bids and near term values, corn prices drifting with No 2 white and yellow bids around 2.20 to 2.35 per 100 lbs, oats weaker. Chicago produce notes firm poultry and butter prices with wholesale beans and potatoes described and wheat and wool futures movements noted including December and March positions. Nebrask a red Warbus touted with regional bean and potato price ranges and New York wool futures fluctuating as December and March contracts move.
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