Prices of Cattle Jump 50 Cents Over Past Week
SAN ANTONIO FEB 17 AP Cattle and hog markets show mixed moves across regions. Steers and yearlings firm to higher with some steers up 50 cents. calves and stockers stronger. Fort Worth and Chicago reports mirror gains in beef steers, yearlings and calves, while hogs and sheep show varied shifts. Foreign exchange and wool markets also noted in the day’s roundup.
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Stock Market Posts One of Its Largest Advances of Year
The stock market rose on Friday with gains across railways utilities airlines steels and motors. The Associated Press average climbed 0.7 to 73.6 aided by optimism over coal strike settlement and strong earnings from airlines. Trading totaled about 1.94 million shares with rail and industrials leading gains and numerous issues advancing.
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March Wheat Leads Market With Broad Gains on Friday
The March wheat contract led a mostly higher market on the Chicago Board of Trade as corn and oats showed mixed to modest gains. Soybeans and lard strengthened while oats lagged early but finished stronger. weather in the winter wheat belt supported constructive buying for new crop deliveries.
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Cotton futures close higher in New York and New Orleans
Cotton futures rose in New York as buyers covered long positions and export demand supported prices. March to May contracts hit highs around 32.47 cents a pound while nearby prices gained about 65 cents per bale. New Orleans futures also advanced on demand and cover, with spot cotton closing steady near 33.03 cents.
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Ford Widow Seriously Ill After Hospital Fall
Detroit February 17 Mrs Clara Bryant Ford 83 widow of Henry Ford was reported in serious condition after a fall at Henry Ford Hospital where she had been treated for a heart ailment Two weeks earlier Dr S Janney Smith said she had been responding moderately well and could be up part of the time before the Thursday fall worsened her condition
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Galveston Battle Hero John Magruder Dies
On this day in 1879 John B Magruder a famed Civil War figure born in Winchester Virginia died after a career that included leading a Galveston counterattack with cotton bale armor and a 300 man Marine force before serving as a major general on Maximilian's staff and settling in Houston.
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Russia reportedly fields Yak-71 jet at 690 mph
American Aviation Daily cited British sources claiming a Yak-71 jet fighter, near Moscow bases, tops 690 mph at altitudes above 45 000 feet. It supposedly uses an improved Rolls Royce Nene engine and carries four 20 mm cannons, challenging views of Soviet inferiority.
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Largest Chair Lift At Squaw Valley Near Reno
One of the world’s largest chair lifts spans 8200 feet at Squaw Valley near Reno. The enormous lift serves visitors to the famed ski area, connecting slopes and wilderness in the high Sierra Nevada.
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Cotton Spot Prices Rise in Southern Markets
Spot cotton prices firmed across Southern markets on Friday with the average at 32.30 cents a pound, up 85 cents per bale from the previous reading. The 15-16th inch cotton was designated as the 10 market standard, with seasonal averages cited around 31.55 cents for midseason benchmarks.
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Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini Leave Rome Clinic
Actress Ingrid Bergman and her 15 day old son departed Villa Margherita Clinic in Rome with Roberto Rossellini. They reportedly moved to Bergman’s apartment in Parioli. Rossellini registered the child as Renato Roberto Giuseppe Rossellini, while Bergman’s marriage to Dr. Peter Lindstrom remained unresolved. Bergman has Mexican divorce and plans to marry Rossellini after Swedish divorce.
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Bank in Washington Held Up for $30,000
Three men robbed an outlying Hamilton National Bank branch near the District of Columbia Maryland border on Friday and fled with about $30,000. One man waited in a car outside while another guarded the door and a third rounded up the branch manager H R Buckman and two tellers. No one was hurt. Auditors were dispatched to confirm the exact loot.
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California autos bother even ducks report
Spokane dispatch quotes a California patrol radio call describing a car in a duck pen area as ducks rising alarm. The report notes the operator heard a southern California city police car respond to another unit, then confusion in the transmission about a car parked in a duck pen.
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Industry Men Testify On Tax Cuts For Drinks Smokes Chews
Washington February 17 congressional tax drafters heard pleas for cheaper liquor beer wine cigarettes cigars and tobacco products with calls to cut liquor excise from nine dollars a proof gallon to six and to reduce other rates. Industry witnesses urged closing a seventy five million tax loophole by taxing state run liquor businesses and governors pressed to repeal the twenty percent excise on movie tickets to aid local revenue.
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Man Unaware Bullet In Back for Four Hours
T. E. Howell, 20, walked about four hours with a bullet lodged in his back without realizing it. He reported that an argument at a tavern escalated to a pistol fight as he turned his back toward his car. Relatives later saw blood on his shirt. doctors say he is in good condition at the hospital.
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Diphtheria Claims 3rd Victim in Fort Worth
Diphtheria's third victim of the year in Fort Worth is Kendall Ray Early a 4 year old child who died at City County hospital after admission in critical condition. Through Friday 14 people have been treated for diphtheria in the city.
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