Market advances on mixed signals with thin breadth
Trading was brisk with 1,750,000 shares changing hands as the market opened higher and inched up through morning, then steadied into late trading. The Associated Press 60-stock average rose 0.6 to 78.4 with 644 advances and 207 declines among 1,095 issues, led by industrials and a mix of rails and utilities.
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Associated Press
Wall Street
Westinghouse Electric
Radio Corp
Socony-Vacuum
Gimbel Bros
Prospects of Larger Piggish Demand Lift Grain Prices
Chicago trade highlights bullish signals as pig crop forecasts rise and pig numbers surge. Corn gains supported by exports to Austria and limited new supplies, while wheat edges higher and oats retreat amid selling pressure.
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Agriculture Department
Economic Cooperative Administration
Ireland
Austria
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Texas Common Points
Texas Gulf Ports
Conscience Causes Hangover Says Researcher
New York June 21. A researcher argues hangovers come from conscience rather than alcohol. James Poling notes Yale Clinic tests support this, explaining that as alcohol leaves the blood the central nervous system weakens and emotions overwhelm us. He advises stopping worry over occasional sprees.
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New York
James Poling
Argosy Magazine
Yale Clinic
Westexan Electrocuted While Repairing Line
Amarillo dispatch reports Leroy Simonson 26 was electrocuted Tuesday night while repairing a break in a downed wire during a two hour rainstorm. Simonson worked for the Panhandle Housing Company. The storm dumped a half inch of rain with 50 mph winds.
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Amarillo
Leroy Simonson
Simonson
Panhandle Housing Company
Felix Lewis Dies Calmly in Electric Chair
Felix Lewis was executed in the electric chair in Huntsville at 12:08 am after being convicted of raping a 16 year old girl in Live Oak County on May 20, 1949. Before death he commented that the strap felt loose to a guard who tightened it.
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Huntsville
Felix Lewis
Lewis
Live Oak County
British show folk dismiss American strip-tease ships
London observers say American burlesque plans to send strip-teasers to Britain are unexciting. Britons note local venues like the Windmill Theater and Latin Quarter Revue already led the way, while British acts have long been ahead in nudity tropes.
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London
Folk
Show World
British Isles
Walnut trees display extensive root systems
The article notes that walnut trees possess large root systems, highlighting their extensive underground growth and potential influence on surrounding soil and structures.
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