Grains Rally After Erratic Trade Amid Cargo Movements
Grains show choppy trading with mixed daily results as wheat, corn, and soybeans edge into higher and lower closes. Rising activity at New Orleans grain elevators and a possible easing of rail embargoes spark cautious strength while private and government forecasts float divergent production estimates.
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Stock Market Ends Mixed With Narrow Moves On Wall Street
The stock market opened and closed with little change as gains and losses balanced. Turnover was 910000 shares amid activity in utilities and gold stocks such as Homestake, Howe Sound and Alaska Juneau offered small moves while others like Bethlehem Steel and General Electric rose.
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Cotton futures firm in quiet dealings in New York
Cotton futures rose 30 to 60 cents a bale amid quiet trade. Traders eyed acreage quotas for 1950 with forecasts showing production modestly above last year. Government and private crop outlooks varied, while exchange activity showed selective gains in futures and bonds.
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Aue
New York Cotton Exchaner
Mississippi
Louisiana
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Tennessee
False Alarm Scares Foley's Customers
Houston August 4 1950s fire alarm at Foley's department store triggered by sprinkler leak. Three fire trucks responded as hundreds of customers evacuated downtown Houston. No damage reported beyond shaken nerves.
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Foley's
British cycle makers hit 1.5 million annual output
The article notes that in normal times British cycle manufacturers produce about 1.5 million bicycles per year, reflecting strong industry capacity and likely export activity amid domestic demand.
Livestock Markets Report Cattle Hogs Sheep Across Regions
San Antonio shed notes cattle 100 lots calves 200 slow steady to weak top calves stocker cows and common cows down to 8 15.50. hogs active steady butchers 21 50 to 18. sheep and goats mixed with spring lambs 21 common 18 50. Chicago and Fort Worth markets show varied prices for hogs cattle calves and sheep with top loads and stocker activity.
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USDA
Fort Worth
Escapee Retaken Two Hours After Break
Sugarland authorities recaptured 20 year old Rafael Saena two hours after his escape from Harlem Prison Camp No 1 near Sugarland. He is serving five years for burglary from El Paso County.
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Harlem
Here
Rafael Saena
el Paso
Kress Plans Finest Store for Houston
Houston will see a four story Kress store replacing the present shop. The $2 million project labels the new outlet as the finest Kress store in the United States and will be the four story flagship in Houston.
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Houston
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