Kansas City Livestock TradeReport October 15
Cattle 6500 head with calves 1300, slaughter steers and heifers mostly steady, cows steady to weak, stocker and feeder steers down 25 cents. Grained fed heifers 24.00 to 28.50, kills calves 1050 to 12.50, heavy weights 15.25 to 17.25. Hogs 1500 head up 25 to 40 cents, good to choice 190 to 300 pounds 29.00 to 34.00, 160 to 180 pounds 26.75 to 28.75, sows 25.50 to 28.00. Sheep 5250 head. killing classes steady, native lambs 17.50 to 19.50, slaughter ewes 7.50 to 9.50.
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Kansas City
USDA
Chicago Livestock Market Report October 18
Hogs 200 around 25 cents higher good and choice 190-300 pounds $29.50 to $29.75. Cattle 9,000 head calves 800. Slaughter steers and heifers active up 25-50 cents. Good beef cows and vealers steady to firm. Sheep 3,500 slaughter lambs slow, native lambs $21.00, medium to good $18.00-$20.00, ewes weak to 25 cents lower. Stocks steady to mixed across grades.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
USDA
General Motors Raises Wages for 15,000 Workers
In Detroit on October 15 General Motors announced a five cent hourly wage increase for about 15,000 workers in CIO United Auto Workers and CIO United Electrical Workers skilled maintenance classifications. GM vice president Harry W. Anderson cited corrections of inequities created by National War Labor Board directives and said fewer than five percent of factory employees would benefit.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
CIO
United Auto Workers
United Electrical Workers
Harry W. Anderson
National War Labor Board
Anderson
Apple a Day Rule Expanded To Include Dentist
Dr Sumter S Arnim of the University of Texas Dental Branch told pediatrics delegates at Baylor College of Medicine that an apple a day will keep the dentist away. He noted chewing apples helps prevent tooth decay, with celery and raw carrots also aiding oral health.
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Houston
University of Texas
Sumter
Arnim
Baylor University College of Medicine
Subways halt in smoke crisis strands 4000 riders
In New York on October 15, four trains stalled in Clark Street tunnel due to motor trouble, leaving about 4000 Brooklyn to Manhattan passengers in smoky semi dark ness for an hour. Thirteen people treated for shock at Beekman Hospital. Roy Fullem led 75 passengers along a catwalk to safety as smoke and a brief fire caused panic among riders including Annette Simon.
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New York
Brooklyn
Manhattan
East River
Beekman Hospital
Roy Fullem
Board of Transportation
Clark Street
Interborough Rapid Transit
Pullem
Annette Simon
CIO Demands Price Control and Rationing
The CIO at its ninth national convention urged revival of price control and rationing to maintain full employment. The resolution also calls for a federal 75 cent per hour minimum wage, higher tax exemptions for low income groups, liberal unemployment insurance, and a program to ensure fair farm income distribution.
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Boston
U.P
CIO
George C. Marshall
10th Juror Chosen In Trial Of Ross
LAGRANGE October 15 The 10th juror to hear the case of Dr. Lloyd I Ross on trial for the deaths of four York family members was selected near noon today. Martin ey farmer and father of one child was the juror. Schulz was the second man called from a new panel of 50 summoned after the original 104 yielded nine qualified jurors. Ross is charged with the murder of Mrs. Mary York 67, one of the York family slain on a country road early Sunday. The surgeon is also indicted in the deaths of Willard N York 39 investment broker their son Mrs Gertrude York 43 his wife and John York nine their son, all of San Antonio.
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York
New Braunfels
Willard N. York
Gertrude York
John York
San Antonio
Two Are Reported Killed In Colorado Plane Crash
A crashed Army C-47 near Pikes Peak left two dead and three injured, after an Army transport on a Hill Field to Lowry Field run went missing. An injured man said the plane went down on a north slope and that seven men were aboard.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
K. V. Miller
Cascade
Ogden
Utah
Denver
Miller
Pikes Peak
Hill Field
Lowry Field
Denver Municipal Airport
Bodies of 78 World War Dead Arrive Today
Seventy eight bodies of servicemen killed overseas in World War II will arrive this afternoon in San Antonio from San Francisco. Army officials said next of kin wishes would largely determine the delivery date.
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San Antonio
San Francisco
Army
AHS Groups Name Leaders
The Ama rillo High School students elected new officers for the Student Congress and National Honor Society. Student Congress officers are President Billy Mc Spadden Vice-President Clifford Bradley and Secretary-Treasurer Marka Ann Oliver with social studies sponsor Mrs. Thomas Haynie. NHS officers are President Charles Schmidt Vice-President Nancy Puckett Secretary Charlotte Mitchell Treasurer Marcella Hall Sergeant-at-Arms Jack Rodgers with sponsor Louise Russell.
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Student Congress
National Honor Society
Amarillo High School
Billy McSpadden
R. L. McSpadden
Taylor
Clifford Bradley
J. A. Spann
North Johnson
Marka Ann Oliver
O. M. Oliver
Tyler
Thomas Haynie
Charles Schmidt
Harvey Schmidt
Sunset
Nancy Puckett
Cedar Puckett
Hayden
Charlotte Mitchell
V. O. Mitchell
Fairmont
Marcella Hall
Wallie Hall
Fountain
Jack Rodgers
Mabel Rodgers
Harrison
Louise Russell
DeGrassi Reads Globe at Breakfast in Los Angeles
Los Angeles postmaster W D DeGrassi writes that reading the home town paper at breakfast is fine after noting postmasters gather in the city. He mentions TWA delivering hometown papers free of charge and expects similar service in San Francisco Seattle and Salt Lake City.
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Los Angeles
W. D. DeGrassi
Globe
TWA
DeGrassi
San Francisco
Seattle
Salt Lake City
AFL Delegates Rule on Signatures in Taft-Hartley Act
At the convention, Meany and Green are designated as the only officers to sign affidavits for federal local unions to obtain national labor relations board services under Taft-Hartley. The 13 vice presidents will be renamed executive board members and Lewis threatens to quit the AFL executive council.
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AFL
Meany
Lewis
AFL Executive Council
UMW
Green
US Plan Gains Support in UN
Five countries backed Secretary of State Marshall’s plan to overhaul UN peace keeping machinery as Czechoslovakia warned it may destroy the UN foundations. Opposition came from the Soviet bloc with Vishinsky echoing Yugoslavia. Supporters included China Uruguay Turkey and El Salvador while Belg ium’s Fernand Van Langenhove called the idea an experiment worth trying.
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el Salvador
Juraj Slavic
Yugoslavia
Russia
Fernand van Langenhove
Belgium
Reynolds Twins Die Af Local Hospital
Twins a boy and a girl of Mr and Mrs Elzie Reynolds died at 11 this morning in St Anthony s Hospital. Graveside services directed by Boxwell Brothers set for 2 PM Thursday in Llano Cemetery with Dr R C Snodgrass officiating.
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Elzie Reynolds
Jefferson
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Clayton to head State Department post until successor named
Clayton remains in place as acting head of the State Department as a search for a permanent successor proceeds. He joined the department in December 1944 after a career in commerce and finance and has led economic affairs, supervising tariff talks in Geneva and the Paris Marshall Plan conference. Assistant Secretary Willard L. Thorp is mentioned as a possible successor.
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Clayton
State Department
Export-Import Bank
Paris
Europe
Congress
Willard L. Thorp
Brewers Plan Grain Saving Initiative For War Economy
Washington October 15 Representatives of the nation’s brewing industry presented a grain conservation plan to the Citizens Food Committee. The group promised a definite program while Luckman urged substantial reductions in wheat and corn use for beer. The committee meanwhile eased meatless Tuesday rules to allow more by products on Tuesday and other days.
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Washington
Citizens Food Committee
Charles Luckman
Luckman
United States Brewers’ Foundation
Small Brewers Committee
Ocean as Source of Nearly All Earth’s Water
The statement explains that most water on Earth originates from the ocean through evaporation, cloud condensation, and precipitation, emphasizing the hydrologic cycle as the primary water source.
Band Parents Group Gaining Strong Backing
Sandie Band Parents Association will realize its objectives this year with unanimous member support. President R. N. Wilkison reports volunteers have offered help after a slow start. The next meeting is 7 30 pm next Monday in Room 115 at Amarillo High School.
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Sandie Band Parents Association
R. N. Wilkison
Sandie Band
Wilkison
Amarillo High School
Reese on Trial for Forgery Charges in Alabama
James G. Reese, 86, of Alabama, stands trial in 47th District Court on forgery and theft by bailee. He allegedly forged Tiny Fogle’s signature and sold a trombone owned by Tommy Hainze at 3621 Fountain. Indicted over a year ago, Reese was released on $1,000 bond, which was forfeited after he failed to appear for trial last May.
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James G. Reese
Alabama
47Th District Court
Reese
Tiny Fogle
Tommy Hainze
Fountain
Tax notices mailed. Stubblefield first to file in Amarillo
Stubblefield 5 feet tall and 61 years old arrived in Amarillo in 1919 from Fayetteville Tennessee. Receipts went to the bindery today. Tax office manager Inez Sullivan says payments from other citizens expected early next week. Officials rushed Stubblefield’s papers to maintain his record as first. Quebec founded by Samuel de Champlain in 1605.
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Amarillo
Fayetteville
Tenn
Inez Sullivan
Stubblefield
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