Week’s business failures by industry and region
The week saw 313 total failures with 50 in 1947 and 313 in 1939, liabilities above 5000 at 152 down from 175. Construction failures rose to 18. retail casualties topped 90 and regional totals reached a postwar high of 52 in the Pacific. declines occurred in the Middle Atlantic, East North Central and East South Central regions.
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Pacific Region
Middle Atlantic States
East North Central States
East South Central States
Poultry prices and pecan spraying notice from Austin
Prices for chickens ducks and turkeys listed by type with weights and price per pound or per item. Also notes on pecan spray timing to control the pecan nut casebearer and advice for growers in Travis County.
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Dave Shanks
Austin American Agricultural
Austin Poultry Prices
Pecan Tree Spraying Guidelines and Local Agriculture Notes
Spray per minute at 400 to 600 psi is best for large trees. A bearing pecan tree needs 40 to 80 gallons for thorough wetting. In Austin area use three 50 percent wettable DDT powder, six pounds wettable sulfur, and 100 gallons water. Mites and aphids may rise after DDT. sulfur helps. DDT-treated orchards safer for grazing livestock than lead arsenate. The Travis County cotton program for grasshoppers and insects is supported by a large 7-step committee and the Austin Chamber of Commerce assisting the Extension Service. The 7-step committee lists members from Dry Creek to New Sweden, and the Chamber committee includes Ernest Best and others. Butcher cattle prices rise at Capitol Live Stock Auction Company. receipts 700 head. Slaughter calves $23-$27.50. medium calves $18-$23. cows $14-$20. bulls $16-$20. Hogs top $17.50-$18. sheep and lambs $19.50-$24.50 per pair. Representative sales: A. W. Watterson of Creedmoor, 345-pound calf $24.10, 1,054-...
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Elmo Cook
Travis County
Austin
Walter Jones
Garfield
Bob Johnson
Manchaca
L. F. Ballerstedt
Littig
Jim Glass
Hornsby Bend
Ernest Acklin
Manor
Sidney Munson
Schiller
Willie Meurey
Lund
Lawrence Nelson
Carlson
Raymond Hess
Cele
Charles Meuller
Dessau
Otto Pfluger
Pflugerville
Clarence Munson
Decker
Herbert Schroeder
Capitol Livestock Auction Company
A. W. Watterson
Creedmoor
Local Livestock Auction Prices Ledger
A detailed listing shows multiple buyers from Georgetown Bastrop Manor Lockhart Austin Bartlett Oakalla Kyle Round Rock Del Valle and Florence purchasing cattle calves steers cows heifers and hogs with weights from 185 to 870 pounds and prices ranging roughly from 10.10 to 28.10 per hundred pounds reflecting a bustling regional sale.
Folk Leaving Cliff Menace
Tacoma April 19. Families with children and those on state relief will be moved from Salmon Beach after a quake caused a rock slide. Charles Bryant said about half of the 300 residents could be affected as another slide risks engulfing the homes. Red Cross workers noted many residents reluctant to leave.
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Tacoma
Salmon Beach
Charles Bryant
Langlie
Olympia
Twins Again for 5th Time in Wareham Family
In Tobey Hospital Massachusetts on Tuesday a 28 year old man Joseph Lopes collapsed after learning his wife gave birth to twins. The babies weighed 5 pounds 15 ounces and 3 pounds 1 ounce, increasing the Lopes family to 13 children.
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Wareham
Mass
INS
Joseph Lopes
Tobey Hospital
Lopes
Hood Platoon Sets for Louisiana Road Work
A platoon from the 73rd Engineer Combat Battalion of the Hell on Wheels Division left Camp Hood for Camp Polk Louisiana on a motor march. Commanded by Captain Glenn A. Ellis the two officers and 51 enlisted men will perform on the job training in building roads and bridges and other rehabilitation tasks. They expect to reach Camp Polk about April 21 and return around July 1.
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Camp Hood
Spl
73Rd Engineer Combat Battalion
Hell On Wheels
Second Armored Division
Camp Polk
Glenn A. Ellis
Half Man Bull A Minotaur Myth Explained
An ancient myth presents the minotaur as a creature with human and bull traits, a staple of Greek legend and labyrinth lore.
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Bull
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Dan and
Bradstreet
L. East Produce Company
Alice Carlton
Alfred Leardon
Georgetown
J. R. Allen
Bastrop
Walter Fuchs
Route 3
Philip Homan
Lockhart
J. W. Shaw
Roue
Bartlett
Buck Smith
Oakalla
Jersey
Walter Learson
Kyle
Tow Ward
Round Rock
A. C. Swafford
Andy Alexander
del Valle
D. E. Guy
Liberty Hill
D. A. Gore
Florence
Texas
Post City Mills
Post, Texas
Texas Pottery Co
Houston
Alamo Iron
San Antonio
Red Cross
F. M. Ed
Ohio
Hood
Louisiana
D! Scholls
Peent
Smithville Metal Products Corp
Smithville
Turner Specialty Co
George White Studios
Dallas
American Statesman
Scarbrough & Sons
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