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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1949

Page

3

Steady cattle and sheep market reports at Fort Worth and New York

Cattle prices at Fort Worth market held steady with broad ranges for steers cows and bulls across weight classes. Livestock volumes included many loads and variations in calves yearlings and stockers while sheep goats and lambs saw steady demand with few price shifts. In New York wool and currency notes show minor declines in wool tops and futures with mixed spot and certificated prices and unchanged exchange rates.

Port Worth Aus Saues New York Commission House Wacscete

Stock Market Ends Third Day Of Decline With Slight Gain

After a three day slide, stocks rose marginally as investors showed buying interest. The Associated Press average fell briefly but closed with a small gain as several blue chips, including American Telephone and Garrett, posted gains while many others held steady or slipped. Turnover totaled about 720 thousand shares.

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Dumas Youth Drowned in Buffalo Lake Search Continues

In Amarillo on August 24 authorities said Breck Gorman a 17 year old from Dumas remains missing after drowning in Buffalo Lake south of the city. He reportedly went to aid a friend in cramps and drowned Thursday his parents are Mr and Mrs Horace Gorman of Dumas.

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Dallas Osteopath Fined For Resisting Officers

Dallas osteopath D. S. Harris paid a $15 fine in corporation court on charges of resisting arrest after claiming police manhandled him. He also faced a $25 fine for failing to cut weeds on a vacant lot, while officers denied failing to identify themselves. The fire department presented evidence it had notified Harris about weed cutting.

Dallas Aug Corporation Court D. S. Harris Harris

Kelly Plane Flies 4 Iron Lungs to West

SAN ANTONIO Aug 24 A Kelly Air Force Base C47 flew four iron lungs to Los Angeles to aid polio patients. It marked the third mercy mission this month from the base after earlier flights to Little Rock Arkansas and Columbus Ohio using respirators from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis pool.

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Late Buying Pushes Grain Prices Upward On Chicago Board

A late buying surge lifted the grain market on the Chicago Board of Trade with most items posting gains. Wheat and corn rose while soybeans faced selling pressure. oats and rye moved higher, and beans fell modestly. The CCC was said to have offered more cash wheat, though official figures lagged. Local cash demand remained brisk in a day of mixed price action.

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Ex Nazi Field Marshal Manstein Titled Willing Tool

A British war crimes tribunal described former German Field Marshal Erich Von Manstein as a willing tool of Hitler in the mass extermination of Nazi victims. He faces a 243 count indictment alleging about 500000 Poles and Russians were killed by troops under his command during World War II, including during the Crimean campaign.

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