Stock Averages Report From Merrill Lynch Quoted
The closing New York stock quotations show numbers across many firms including Air Reduction Allied Stores Am Airlines Glen Martin Bethlehem Steel and Sears Roebuck among others. The list includes fluctuating prices with gains for some and declines for others as of the latest session.
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Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner and Beane
New York
Amarilo
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Beene
KC Southern
Alaska
Juneau
Pommecots Co Alieny
Nee Era
Libby McNa
Allied Stores
Allis Chalmers
Amer Airlines
Cong Bell
Amer Chain&c
Souisy & Nash
Amer Locomot
Mack Trucks
Amer Power &Ls
Glen Smartin
Amer
Me — Ae
Iseui Anaconda
Armour &Co
Assoc
Dairy Pr
Arch Topésf
Natl Distillers
Avco Miz
Natl Gypsum
Baldwin Loco
Natl Supply
Baltimore
Newport Indy
Barnedall
NY Cent RR
Bendix Aviam
North Am Ll
Best Foods
North NatGas
Bethlehem
Sti
North Pac RR
Blaw-Knox
Ohio
Oliver Corp
E W
Bills Co
Packard Motor
Boeing Airpin
Pan Am Airw O
Bohn Alumnin
Panhead P&r
Borden
Paramount Pe
Biymouth
Canadian Pac
Poor & Co
Carrier Corp
Case Co
Celotex Corp
Reo Motors
Republic Avia
Chesap
Republic Steel
Chicago Corp
Rexall Druge
Paul
Consol Vultee
Sheil Union Oil
Simmons Co
Sinclair Oil
Socony Vacm
Crane Co
Porto Rico
Crucible Steel
South Pac
Cuban AmSug
Southern Ry
Curtis Wright
Sparks
Curtis, Spiegel Inc
Deer & Oe
Sete Square D Co
1 & Hudson
Stand Brands
Istillers Corp
Stend Gaspid
Doehler Jarvis
Dome Mines
Alif
Dupont
Stand Oil Ind
Eagle Picher
Eastern Airlin
Eaton Mfe
Stewart Warn
Swift
General Tirer
Sidewater Aso
Gillette Safety
United Gasim
Gulf Ov
Steel and Hershey
Uniteq Wall “ Ouston
Howe Souna
Walmer' Co
Hudson Motor
Warren Petro
App Corp
Central R
Interlake Iron
Entice Tie Goss
Internat
Harv
White Motors
Nternat
Nick
Wilys Overland
Conternat
Pan
Wilson & Internat
T&t
Garen
Olias Manvil
Woolworth
Ones &Laueh
Youngstn
S&t
CURB
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Summary
Kansas City stockyards report Aug 24 with USDA data. Calves 1100 sold. slaughter steers 25c lower. heifers easier. cows uneven but mostly steady. Bulls up to 50c higher. vealers weak. Good fed steers 32.00 to 36.50. medium grass steers 24.00 to 28.00. cows 18.75 to 21.00. canners 16.00 to 18.50. Hog trade slow 1800 head. 25-75c lower. top 30.00. sows 22.50 to 27.00. Sheep 3500 head, 500 total. spring lambs sharply lower early, sizes steady. shipments moderate.
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Kansas City
USDA
Chicago
Eavier
Chicago Livestock Prices Slide Amid Mixed Hogs and Cattle
Chicago livestock market reports hogs under 250 pounds steady to 50 cents lower with top hog price $29.75. feeders scarce, sows lighter. cattle steady to lower with steers 30s range and top beef cow bids around $41.25. Sheep and lambs show steady to steadying values. calves and vealers mostly steady to weak. Also notes a Financial Industrial Fund liquidating with offering at $2.06.
Eire to Bring Yeats Body Back From France in September
Dublin reports the Eire government will return the body of Irish poet William Butler Yeats from France in September. Yeats died in the South of France in 1939 and was buried there due to wartime conditions, though he had wished to be interred at Drumcliffe cemetery in County Sligo.
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Dublin
Eire
William Butler Yeats
France
Yeats
Drumcliffe
County
Sligo
Brazil anticipates 1948 sugar crop to fill 24 million bags
Brazil projects its 1948 sugar harvest will yield about 24,000,000 bags. The forecast reflects expectations for continued strong production in the cane industry and steady demand for sweeteners.
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Brazil
Amarillo Hearing Opens in Armstrong Case
The Amarillo hearing on Jack Armstrong began March 23 with evidence collected at the heaving used by NLRB board members in their Tuesday decision. A letter dated Oct 30, 1947 warned workers union activity would not jeopardize jobs. bus company owners include the Nussbaums and Leonard Nussbaum. Other Texas cities with local union branches listed.
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Jack Armstrong
NLRB
Aber
Bus Company
Company Bulletin Board
George Nussbaum
C. A. Nussbaum
M. P. Nussbaum
W. F. Nussbaum
Leonard Nussbaum
Cecals
Wichita Falls
Dallas
Austin
el Paso
San Antonio
Beaumont Texarkana
Port Arthur
Galveston
Rites Set for Sgt Foster in San Antonio
Funeral services for Sgt Homer Jackson Foster grandson of Mrs Emily C Foster 831 Parker will be held in San Antonio with burial in National Cemetery. Foster 23 was killed in action June 1 1944 serving in Italy after deployments in North Africa Sicily and Italy He earned the Purple Heart Survivors include two brothers Leonard and Leon of Joplin Missouri The piece notes a separate local venereal disease control unit led by Dr David M Marcley and inspector James Harrison to manage infection tracing treatment and reporting in Amarillo and the Panhandle with state funding and penicillin provided.
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Homer Jackson Foster
Emily C. Foster
Parker
San Antonio
National Cemetery
Sergeant Foster
Italy
Amarillo
North Africa
Sicily
Leonard
Leon
Joplin, Mo
Panhandle
David M. Marcley
City Health Department
Texas Department of Health
Marcley
James Harrison
Harrison
Austin
Albuquerque
United States Public Health Service
Four Power Talks In Moscow Hint Public Statement Soon
In Moscow discussions continued with calm, possible public communique anticipated within days. Stalin held a lengthy Kremlin meeting with foreign envoys, then a three three power session with Smith and Chataigneau. Western observers expect progress on Berlin and German issues toward a potential settlement.
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Kremlin
Stalin
Smith
Roberts
Chataigneau
Berlin
Thompson-Ambush Case Ties To Notorious Prison Breaks
Thompson and Day received 99 year sentences in Texas for Savage’s slaying after commandeering a car with a Amarillo woman and two Black workers and forcing them to drive into New Mexico. They were in Texas prison for kidnapping when the Alcatraz break occurred.
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Amarillo
New Mexico
Thompson
Day
Texas
Savage
Alcatraz
City Promotes Sam James To Head Food Inspector
Sam James formerly assistant city food and drug inspector was promoted to head inspector on Tuesday. Jack Wyatt, city chemist, reports to James who succeeds Charles Ea, who resigned to teach in public schools. Carl Lewis, formerly environment sanitation inspector, is promoted to James' old job.
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Sam James
City Food and Drug
Jack Wyatt
James
Charles Ea
Carl Lewis
Environment Sanitation
Amarillo Bus Dispute Focuses NLRB Election Action
The NLRB will decide if Amarillo bus workers want union representation with the Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America as the exclusive bargaining agent. Four board members support jurisdiction citing interstate commerce concerns. J Copeland Gray dissents warning no disruption to commerce. The case follows a 1943 transit precedent and involves Taft Hartley act expanded powers.
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North Polk Bus
American Federation of Labor
Aber
Amarillo
Third International
Detroit
NLRB
Baltimore
J. Copeland Gray
Comerce
Gray
Met Opera Plans 1948 49 Season After Wage Accord
The Metropolitan Opera Association will proceed with a 1948-49 season after reaching a four point wage agreement with a joint labor committee representing 12 unions. The deal includes no wage increase and steps to bring workers under the Social Security system along with pursuing additional benefits from sponsors and broadcasters and extending unemployment insurance to employees after the coming season.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera Association
George A. Sloan
Charles M. Spofford
Labor Committee
New York State
Contributions to Children's Home Fund Grow
The fund for a new Children's Home climbs with $1,838 in latest gifts. Contributors include Victorian Class, Presbyterian Sunday School, Joe B. Dooley, and others. Deer-O Western Paints will supply paint for one cottage as three cottages plus an administration building are planned near Thirty-fourth and Bowie with construction set to begin September 1.
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Presbyterian Sunday School
Joe B. Dooley
B. C. D. Bynum
E. J. Broderlin
P. L. Reppert
John N. Maynard
Minnie E. Elliott
Vernon
McLean Presbyterian Church
T. L. Koontz
Saunders
Deer-O Western Paints, Inc
1701
West Seventh
Thirty-fourth
Bowie
Plane Victims Rites Pending After Fatal Crash
Funeral arrangements are pending for George T. McDonald and Ira Jones killed in a Piper plane crash near Adrian. McDonald, 34, of Plainview, and Jones, about 50, of Tucumcari, were found dead in the wreckage after taking off from Tucumcari airport despite night flight warnings. McDonald’s body rests at N. S. Griggs & Sons Funeral Home. Jones’s body is at Doughty Funeral Home in Tucumcari. Survivors include McDonald’s two children, mother, and siblings.
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Adrian
George T. McDonald
Plainview
Ira Jones
Tucumcari
McDonald
R. L. McDonald
Los Angeles
Cedric
Seattle
Wash
C. M. Konko
Hazel Morely
Pasadena
Cal
Jones
Doughty Funeral Home
Amarillo Chamber to Draft Dam Feasibility Brief for Hutchinson County
Mayor Hagg has urged the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce to assemble data and draft a feasibility brief on a dam for Hutchinson County. Gene Klein and Jack Cunningham agreed to accept the commission with Rex Baxter saying an expert will draft the report if feasible. Attendees included Ed Hardin Dave Britain H C Vincent Tom Craig Frank DeWolf and Wes Izzard of The Globe-News.
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Sioner
Hutchinson
Hagg
Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
Gene Klein
Chamber
Jack Cunningham
Natural Resources Committee
Southwestern Public Service Company
Rex Baxter
Chamber of Commerce
Ed Hardin
Sid Stinnett
General Goethals
Panhandle
Dave Britain
H. C. Vincent
The
Santa Fe
Tom Craig
Phillips Petroleum Company
Frank DeWolf
Thenhandle Water Conservation Committee
Wes Izzard
Globe-News
Motorist Fined for Highway Violation and License Suspension
Albert Wilkins of 101 East Third pleaded guilty in Potter County court to driving with a suspended license. He was fined 50 dollars plus costs after magistrates noted the suspension arose from a January drunken driving conviction. He was arrested by highway patrol officers.
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Albert Wilkins
East Third
Potter County
Highway Patrol
Hereford Mayor Talks DDT Fly Control Plans
Mayor W. E. Cameron of Hereford met Amarillo health officials Tuesday to discuss the effectiveness of DDT spraying as a fly control measure.
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Hereford
W. E. Cameron
Amarilo
City Health Department
Prowlers Ransack Office of Local Credit Firm
Prowlers entered the American Credit Company office on the Blackburn Building third floor at Seventh and Polk through a half transom over the weekend. Amarillo police were notified Monday. nothing was reported missing as no money was kept in the office.
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American Credit Company
Blackburn
Seventh
Polk
Amarillo
Police Hold Suspect in Stabbing Case
A Negro suspect is held by police for investigation after a stabbing incident reported late Sunday night. Margie Nell Darn, resident of 2212 Ong servant's quarters, is treated at Northwest Texas Hospital for a back stab wound.
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Margie Nell Darn
Servant's Quarters
Ong
Northwest
Texas
Negro Sentenced for Burglary of Residence
D. L. Spriggs was sentenced Tuesday afternoon to five years in the penitentiary after conviction on burglary charges. He burglarized the H. H. Elam residence at 2619 Hayden on April 27.
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D. L. Spriggs
Spriggs
H. H. Elam
Hayden
NAM Names Barron to Industry Leaders Program Director
James E. Barron who led an industry leaders conference in Amarillo last January was named director of the industry leaders program at the National Association of Manufacturers.
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NAM
Barron James E. Barron
Amarillo
National Association of Manufacturers
Garland candy hat gains national attention in August
Harry Rolnick and Joe Franklin Myers unveil a resistor candy hat at the Garland plant. The Myer-Rolnick Hat Company sets up national hat eating headquarters as taste tests offer six fruit flavored candy hats. Rolnick favors felt not to be eaten and presents a playful betting twist.
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Garland
Tex
Harry Rolnick
Rolnick
Joe Franklin Myers
Myer-Rolnick Hat Company
Lions State Ladies Night Speaker at South Amarillo Club
The South Amarillo Lions Club will host a Ladies Night Thursday with guest speaker Bob Wear of Hereford. Wear is Zone 2, Region 1 chairman and a minister at Hereford Church of Christ. His Amarillo visit follows a district convention appearance as model luncheon speaker.
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Amarillo
Lions Club
Bob Wear
Hereford
Wear
Lions Clubs
Hereford Church of Christ
Lions
Office Open Tonight For Absentee Balloting
Absentee balloting for the run off primary proceeds with 572 ballots cast by closing Monday night. County Clerk Loren Jones said the office will stay open for absentee voting until midnight Tuesday, the deadline, with totals higher than the prior July and run off counts.
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Loren Jones
Felony Theft Case In Hands of Jury
The fate of two men who pled guilty to felony theft rested with a jury in 47th District Court. O. J. McGowan of 1413 North Fairfield and Joe Thompson of 3704 Chicago were accused of stealing 750 pounds of copper wire from Burrus Elevators on June 30. Attorney R. A. Defee represented them.
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47Th District Court
O. J. McGowan
North Fairfield
Joe Thompson
Chicago
Burrus
R. A. Defee
Amarillo
Streets Closed for Repairs in Amarillo Sections
Three Amarillo streets were closed Tuesday for maintenance. Georgia at the Rock Island Railroad intersection received new track work. West Third in the 100 block and West Tenth from Van Buren to Harrison were also closed for street repairs as workers dug across the road.
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Amarillo
Georgia
Rock Island Railroad
West Third
West Tenth
van Buren
Harrison
Stolen 1937 Chevrolet Belongs to local resident
Amarillo police hunted a 1937 Chevrolet sedan stolen from near the McCully residence in the 4001 East Twelfth area. The theft occurred Monday night, with Tuesday morning pursuit underway.
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Amarillo
W. C. McCully
East Twelfth
McCully
Chinese Infiltration Foe Killed In Malaya
A British Gurkha patrol killed two Chinese insurgents at the border with Siam. The incident provides the first documentary evidence of Chinese Communist infiltration from Siam into rebellious Malaya amid heightened regional tensions.
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Singapore
Siam
Malaya
Potter County Judge Sets Criminal Docket For Trial
Judge E. O. Northcutt presided Tuesday morning as the criminal docket was called in Potter County court. Cases were being set for trial.
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E. O. Northcutt
Potter County Court
Four US Fliers Die On Berlin Air Run
Four US fliers die when two C 47s collide near a village 14 miles northeast of Frankfurt as they return to Wiesbaden from Berlin. Flames hindered body recovery and rescuers could see only one body amid wreckage.
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Berlin
Frankfurt
Wiesbaden
US Air Force
European Air Transport Service
Tempelhof
60Th
Air Force
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Sokolovsky
Christian Democrats
Liberal Democrats
Patrolmen Meet for Ama rillo District Monthly Meeting
Highway patrolmen of the Amarillo district gathered Tuesday at the Potter County courthouse for their regular monthly district meeting.
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Amarillo
Potter County
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