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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1949
Page
5
Fort Worth and Chicago livestock news shows cattle and hogs steady to mixed. Yearlings and butcher cows with varied prices. hogs top around 20.25 to 20.50, sows down. spring lambs stronger, mutton steady. beef cows and vealers quoted with several price ranges across markets.
A late market rally in New York shows mixed gains as rail shares lead a cautious bounce. Foreign currencies including francs and swedish krona move with limited impact while futures edge down slightly.
Advertises a chiropractor with two decades of experience offering modern equipment and diversified gentle painless methods. Mentions convenient parking near 1010 Rio Grande and a contact phone number 2 7354.
Chicago trading opens with losses for wheat and corn in a weak grain market. Prices eased across commodities with small losses in most lard contracts after early selling subsided. Demand remained light, while a fairly sizable United Kingdom import appropriation influenced markets and cash grain receipts were modest.
Dr. Robert S. Broom, renowned South African paleontologist, will address the University of Texas audience Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Geology Building 14. His talk, "South Africa's Contribution to the Origin of Man," accompanies illustrated findings and models from his Swartkrans discoveries, marking a major milestone in four decades of research. The event, open to the public, is sponsored by UT Sigma Xi and the Southwest Geological Society.
Leadville police officer Alvin Nelson, 48, was killed when he was shot twice in the heart by Alvin D. Wurtz during an arrest outside a Delaware Hotel room on the third floor. Wurtz, about 23, was then shot and killed by Officer William Mindenhall.
Luther C. Johnson was elected mayor of Manor on Tuesday. Councilmen chosen were W. T. Tomlinson George Varley and L. G. Weese. Johnson faced W. R. Schroeder and W. A. Boensman and serves as secretary treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce.
Market notes show a 3 1/8 cent drop in prices on 33,893 bales as May contracts weaken. Private advices say demand remains cautious amid profit taking. CCC reports cotton loans this season at 4,993,683 bales with government stocks at 391,477 after repossession allowances.
Mauna Loa erupts again in Hawaii with two lava streams from Mokuaweowee crater base. One flows about a mile northeast across the crater floor while another enters the south pit near the rim. Last January molten lava ran down the mountain’s southern slope.
Turkish civil engineering student M. Gazioglu of the University of Texas spoke at the Central Christian Church fellowship luncheon on Cultural Social and Religious Aspects of Turkey. He described Turkey's powderkeg proximity to the Black Sea region, bordered by Russia Iran and Iraq and noted regional tensions.
Richard Knight reports Gonzales County March of Dimes campaign raised 2935 dollars. Local towns Harwood and Waelder contributed 21 and 107 dollars, while Nixon and Smiley combined for 1257 and Gonzales for 1550. J W Preston of Nixon chaired the drive.
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