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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1949
Page
12
Omaha and Chicago livestock quotations reveal hogs 25 to 60 cents lower with varied drops by weight class. Cattle trade slow and mostly dull, with many sections down 50 to 100 cents and feeders steady to lower. Sheep listings show spring lambs and slaughter ewes near steady to lower depending on grade.
Receipts today estimated at 26 000, down from 27 500 a week ago and 30 000 year ago. Includes unloads at two Minnesota packing plants and twelve Iowa plants plus 30 concentration yards and out of state stations. Barrows and gilts steady to firm with prices by weight tiers, sows mostly lower, cattle and horse notes omitted.
A safety advisory urges pedestrians to walk against the traffic on an open highway to better see approaching vehicles and reduce collision risk. It emphasizes using sidewalks, crosswalks, and designated pedestrian paths where available.
The board of trade shows wheat tumbling more than 3 cents a bushel with soybeans lard and other grains also down in a weak market. Selling by leading commission houses hedges against new crop cash wheat while clear southwest skies accelerate the harvest. July quotes include wheat at about 1.94 and corn near 1.31, soybeans around 2.26, and lard near 11.20 per hundred pounds.
Chicago cash grain quotes show corn at 1.58 for No 1 and No 2 yellow with various readings for other grades. Oats and barley prices vary by grade and quality with hefty differentials. Soybeans listed as No 1 yellow at 92.30 percent and No 2 at 2.30 with notes for track country stations in Illinois and Indiana.
Red Oak V. F. W. defeats Atlantic based B. H. Motors 6-5 after a late rally in the sixth and seventh innings. Bob Pigsley held Red Oak to one hit in five frames while James fanned four for Atlantic. Hoegh homered twice for Atlantic with Fischer adding a triple and Swanson and Williams contributing key hits to narrow the gap.
Frame and after B. and H. went scoreless in the seventh Red Oak finished the game with two runs in the final inning. A single a fielding choice and Morrison’s doubled capped the late rally to seal the victory.
Lincoln moves into a third place tie with Sioux City after beating Pueblo Dodgers 4-3 in 11 innings as Omaha overpower Des Moines 9-1 and Denver crushes Sioux City 15-3. Pueblo led 3-2 in eighth before Lincoln tied in ninth on errors by Les Barnes. Lincoln clinched in the 11th with two runs.
Congress approved a bill granting President Truman sweeping authority to streamline the executive branch. The Senate backed the compromise version by voice vote with no opposition after a committee settlement reached yesterday.
The house approved the bill after a month of wrangling, sending it to the White House. President Truman pledged to proceed with reorgan ization plans once Congress completed the legislation. The notice warns drivers to slow on curves and stay safe tomorrow.
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