Coal strike fails to dent market in New York hours
A coal strike impact barely moved prices as trading closed mixed with the Associated Press average near the end of February. Volume was 320000 shares with little net change. few issues rose while many held or fell.
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A Word to Troubled Wives in Married Love
March Reader's Digest on sale presents a condensed Parents Magazine report. It covers a discussion group of women revealing sexual repressions and frigid issues that harm marriages and offers learned causes and solutions.
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Taylor Red Cross Drive Opens Today
Taylor and Feb 28. The annual Red Cross drive in Taylor opens at 9 a m with a coffee at the Brazilmar Hotel for workers to receive final instructions and drive material. Gillis Conoley is city drive chairman and Mrs G L Rowsey leads the women s division. Mrs Ernest Olson serves as secretary with a clearing office in the Lone Star Gas Company offices.
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San Antonio Livestock Market Steady Through Busy Day
Livestock prices held steady to firm in San Antonio with strong receipts of calves and cattle. Hogs and sheep saw modest gains, feeders and stockers in demand, while cows and bulls fluctuated within steady ranges as buyers remained active.
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Quiet Trading Sends Grains Lower Across Markets
Grain trading remained subdued with wheat down about one percent, corn and oats also advancing modestly lower while lard and other fats slipped. Receipts showed varied levels across wheat, corn, and oats, and officials noted government price signals for 1949 crop programs amid a cautious market mood.
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Dogtag Sized Geiger Counter Aids Personal Radiation Detection
UCLA researchers Dr George W Taplin and Clayton Douglas announce a pocket sized Geiger counter using small vials of chloroform and dye that change color with radiation. The device can be worn as dogtags or clipped to clothing and detects gamma and X ray exposure for peacetime and atomic event monitoring.
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HOPPY'S GAL Gifford Early Hopalong Heroine Star
Francis Gifford, known for glamorous roles with Bing Crosby in Riding High, began as an early Hopalong Cassidy heroine and found initial success in sagebrush sagas.
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Cotton Prices Decline then Stabilize as Futures Move
Cotton futures fell on early technical correction amid a recent seasonal high, with nearby March unsettled by transfer notices and liquidity concerns. Prices edged up later as mills and exporters covered positions, while cotton stock and warehouse deliveries influenced the market. wool futures also slipped on profit taking amid soft demand totals.
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Galveston Spot Cotton Prices Drift Lower
Galveston spot cotton closed steady to down with middling grades around 32 to 33 cents, ranges for good ordinary to strict good middling. FOB sales totaled about 1,908 bales. An AP report notes average middling prices in New Orleans on a designated Tuesday.
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Man Dies After Power Plant Arc Injury
Lewis Harris of Corpus Christi died from injuries suffered February 20 in a power plant accident in Brownsville. Harris, 42, worked as an inspector for Columbia Casualty Co. He and two Brownsville workers were burned by a 2,400 volt arc during inspection. the Brownsville men are recovering. Harris is survived by his wife two sons and his parents Mr and Mrs George Horcis of Bixbee.
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Taylor Girl Named State Sweetheart
Lilian Berger of Taylor won the state sweetheart title at the fourth annual distributive education convention in San Angelo, chosen from 78 schools based on a portrait judging.
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Wichita Falls Pioneer Fritz Hendrich Dies
Fritz Hendrich 76, longtime Wichita Falls figure, died Tuesday after a life as a butcher since 13 and work in a grocery. His father August helped build the dam that washed out the Wichita River falls in 1886. His brother Robert, 80, was critically ill. Both bachelors lived together in the oldest house in Wichita County.
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Michigan Cops Take Family Secret Slayer
Prescott Arizona February 28 Officers from Michigan arrived to take custody of Carson W James a 27 year old Marine sergeant who admitted killing his father Stanley James in Clawson Michigan more than two years ago Police chief Clarence Witt and deputy sheriff Elmer L McQuern will escort James back to Clawson after he signed a confession revealing the family secret slaying disclosed by a sister.
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Roy Rogers Sends Courage to Ailing Boy
Seattle February 28 Ailing six year old Russell Rogers has been ill for two years with a mysterious infection. Roy Rogers the cowboy star spoke to him by telephone and encouraged him to keep his chin up. Russell told reporters he will be a cowboy when he grows up after the call.
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San Antonio Walkout Ends After Short Unauthorized Strike
On February 28 the Western Electric workers in San Antonio returned to their jobs after a two hour walkout by 140 union members. CIO Communication Workers Union leaders warned of possible protest walkouts if the company fails to bargain on a new contract.
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Church warns priests against taking state roles in Czechoslovakia
The Roman Catholic Church in Communist Czechoslovakia warned that priests who accept state offices without church approval will be excommunicated. It is the first official directive since the church-state dispute intensified last September.
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