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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1950
Page
8
Cotton futures reached new seasonal highs amid aggressive demand and short covering. Nearby contracts topped at 31.28 cents per pound as spot prices stayed firm across major markets including Galveston and New Orleans.
Livestock trading across Fort Worth and Chicago stalls with cattle and calves slow to brisk, prices moving unevenly. Cattle and calves show higher asking prices delaying slaughter trades. hogs and sheep mix of steady and lower bids. stockers and feeders apply varied values amid uneven demand.
Inspect the sheet for uniform yarn thickness and even weave with straight vertical and horizontal threads. Look for weak spots knots and slubs that wear out first to ensure durability.
Wall Street steadies on news of a proposed corporate tax increase and rate cuts. Industrials slip and rise with mixed close across steels autos coal and motors while volume sits around 1.34 million shares.
A youth charged with stealing a car in Amarillo Texas and driving it to Stillwater Oklahoma was ordered to a federal reformatory James Douglas Catt 18 will return to Englewood Colorado to serve 11 months in an earlier car theft case He was on parole from that case when the new charge arose Federal Judge Stephen Chandler placed him on three years probation and revoked the parole saying it was not his policy to tack sentences together.
A damaged note advises reheating a limp veil by placing it between two sheets of waxed paper and pressing with a warm iron to restore stiffness.
Grain prices ended modestly higher after an uneven session. Wheat rose and corn edged up while soybeans and rye showed fractional gains. persistent weak trend in oats and rye earlier gave way to a late rally driven by demand cues including Spain seeking 500 000 metric tons of cereals.
Soak the wool in cold water for about two hours then spread it out to dry without stretching. This method aims to shrink fibers prewash to fit the item.
An Agriculture Department spokesman says eggs should average eight to ten cents cheaper per dozen in 1949 to boost consumption and curb government purchases of dried eggs. Roy Lennartson testified that consumer-friendly prices depend on dryer cooperation and market conditions amid Senate inquiries into producer and consumer price spreads.
Betty Hutton and Ted Briskin reportedly part for the third time with divorce seen as likely. Briskin says he will grant Betty a divorce and custody of their two daughters if she allows him unrestricted visiting rights.
Los Angeles police responded to a traffic accident call and found a drunk. Before leaving, another drunken driver crashed into their patrol car and was booked on drunk driving charges.
Soldier Chadd, 22, of Valley Park Missouri, was convicted of stabbing Private First Class Charles E. Everson of Titusville Pennsylvania in a quarrel inside a Japanese house in Kokura last December.
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