14 Jun 1949
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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1949
Page
1
Joe Campbell, a Rio Grande Valley farmer and county commissioner court member, was named sheriff of El Paso County on Monday. He will replace Sheriff Allan G. Falby, who resigned, with Falby becoming general manager of the Sun Carnival, the El Paso water event, on July 15.
Sherman dispatch reports Grayson County's first polio case a 6 year old girl Janie Lane McDaniel of Tioga was hospitalized at Parkland Hospital Dallas for treatment after exposure on Monday.
An adult can take in almost four gallons of air in a single deep breath according to an old health note.
New York reports irregular cotton futures as liquidation in nearby July contracts before first notice day triggers moderate pressure. Short covering later offsets losses, with final prices 40 cents to 50 cents per bale net lower.
Oklahoma farmers faced grasshopper swarms adding to floods hail and tornadoes. In the southwest region the current hopper crop is described as the worst in ten years.
The New York stock market fell to a year low on June 13 with the overall value of listed stocks down by more than a billion dollars. Many issues dropped to postwar lows while trading volume surged to 1.34 million shares, a high for the year. The decline matched the 1945 low as prices slid from the opening bell and remained near the bottom at close.
Farmers are said to produce about 70 percent of the food they require, reflecting a strong self sufficiency in local agriculture.
Former students of the Corsicana State Orphans Home elected Mack Dumas of Fort Worth as president during their annual reunion in Corsicana.
An article notes that coffee is not native to South America and is believed to have been discovered in Abyssinia. It discusses the origin of coffee and its early spread.
This Seagram Distillers Corporation ad in the Chrysler Building New York urges men to live up to fatherly duties in 1969. It argues a father's devotion makes him a hero to his child and promises a lifelong yes if he fulfills his responsibilities, or a definitive no if he fails.
Across San Antonio Fort Worth Chicago markets the cattle complex shows lower undertones with calves and steers easing while cows and bulls range steady to lower. Hog and sheep trade uneven, with hogs mix of steady to lower and lambs softening amid lighter early activity.
Grain trading paused amid thin demand as losses dominated the session. Wheat bucked the trend with a firm start, while corn oats rye soybeans and lard fell. Oklahoma and Kansas rains weighed on harvest prospects and the government crop outlook tempered optimism. Kansas City cash prices drifted lower as traders awaited the next reading from markets abroad.
Sulphur Mountain just east of Soda Springs Idaho is described as a hill formed almost entirely of pure sulphur.
A compilation of case filings across several district and justice courts including damages and divorces. Names such as Tom Pleasant C T Young Thel Powell and multiple Smyth family entries appear along with numerous divorce petitions and a long list of marriage licenses issued listing dozens of couples and vehicle and company names.
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