Market Advances on Buyer Interest as Utilities Lead Gains
Stocks rose as buyer interest lifted prices with utilities among the leaders. Electric Power and other utilities surged to new yearly highs after a Supreme Court stay affecting an irrigation plan. overall activity showed modest losses and a 132,500 shares traded in New York.
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Biewest
Electric Power & Ht Imsuet
Supreme Court of the United States
Gengine
Utilities Aiding Company Act
Commonwealth & Southern
Bieh
New York
Sontines
Hogs Steady as Active Trade Across Markets
San Antonio and Fort Worth report hogs fairly active and steady with mixed cattle and calf advances. Cattle and calves show varied demand with top steers around 27.75, large stocker runs steady to higher, and hogs quotes at 14 to 18.25 for various weights while sheep and goats see steady to higher levels.
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San Antonio
Little Dome
Sumicago
Fort Worth
Worth
Eisler Escape Not Planned By Gubitchev
Val entin A. Gubitchev, Russian engineer charged in a spy conspiracy case, denies plans to flee bail like Gerhart Eisler. Judge Kaufman delayed the trial to May 23. Gubitchev and Judith Coplon face conspiracy charges. Coplon faces separate Washington documents case.
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Eisler
Gubitchev
New York
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Gerhart Eisler
Samuel Kaufman
Judith Coplon
Washington
Cotton futures drift in narrow range amid slow trading
May 16 New York cotton futures edged little as spot sales limited demand for nearby deliveries. Traders cited hedging against possible sales cancellations to China and futures liquidation against raw cotton releases. Mill buying was light and uptake scarce while analysts awaited the April census consumption report due midweek. Prices closed slightly higher on several contracts with middling spot at 33.82 cents.
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New York
Hin Leeam
China
Bureau of Census
New York Cotton Exuchance Service
Grain futures fall as beans and lard slump on Chicago board
mixed results on May grain trades with corn and oats easing while wheat and soybeans show slight shifts. May wheat hit its highest since January before retreating, while lard fell 5 to 12 cents per hundred pounds as market activity cooled. In Fort Worth cash grain, demand stayed light with receipts of wheat, oats, sorghums, barley, and corn and prices quoted for No. 1 hard wheat and No. 2 yellow corn amid bid and sale data.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Commission House
Pric
Fort Worth
Grain and Cotton Exchange
Texas Common Points
Texas Gulf Ports
Hood Control Projects Put At 712 Billion
Army Engineers chief Major General Lewis A. Pick told the House public works committee that the national flood control program lists nearly 1,000 projects with an estimated cost of 7.503 billion dollars and is the largest construction program in the world. He noted 256 projects completed, 30 more to finish this year, and that the program spans 45 states plus Alaska and Hawaii.
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Washington
Chief of Army Engineers
Lewis A. Pick
Pick
House Public Works Committee
Congress
Ohio
Missouri
States
Alaska
Hawaii
Kaiser Travelers
Kaiser
Willow Run
Michigan
Average spot cotton price in Southern markets rises
The average middling 15-16 inch cotton price across 10 Southern spot markets on Monday rose five cents per bale to 32.92 cents a pound. The 30 day average is 33.04 cents, with middling %ths inch at 30.94 cents.
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New York
Am Airlines
Am Tel & Tel 2Am Am
Atch Ta&Sr Ancaronda Cop
Arco Mis —_ Beth Stee
A Braniff Airw
Chrysler Cory
Eee
Goodrich (Pf
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Aviation
Ohio Oil
Seine Herd Motor
Mn Am Airware
Panhandie Par
Penney JC
Phillipe Pet
Plymouth Oi
Pure Off
Raedio Corr of
Republic Steebis
Sonia Barburer
Rinclair
Boceny
Southern Pacific
Texas Co
C&o
TS Rubber
TS Steel
Woolworth Fw
AT & SF
Penn Rr
Bt Tours
Souc
AR Tex Corp
Western Union S
Ccurb Ark
Cities
New Orleans
Tarrant Monument Dedication Slated
Fort Worth sets 2:30 p.m. Wednesday for unveiling a monument to General Edward H. Tarrant, the county namesake, with Major General Roger Ramey of the Eighth Air Force delivering the dedication remarks.
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Fort Worth
Edward H. Tarrant
Tarrant County
Roger Ramey
Eighth Air Force
Oil Operator Dies In Dallas Hospital
Alex Mc Cutchin 52, independent oil operator and owner of the Alex Mc Cutchin Oil Company, died Monday in a Dallas hospital. He was president of a drilling company of the same name and held large holdings in East and West Texas.
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Dallas
Alex McCutchin
East
West
Texas
Comedian Joe E Brown Leaves Toledo Hospital
Joe E Brown stage and screen star left Toledo hospital Monday to fly to Buffalo to open as the lead in Harvey Monday night. He aggravated an old back injury during a pantomime after his final Harvey performance here Saturday night and was admitted Sunday for X rays and observation.
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Toledo
Joe E. Brown
Buffalo
N. Y
Harvey
Brown
Elmer the Great
Steel production seen drop to 95.6 percent capacity
The American Iron and Steel Institute reports steel production this week at 95.6 percent of capacity, the fifth decline in a row, totaling about 1,762,400 net tons. Last week ran at 96.2 percent with 1,773,500 tons produced.
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New York
American Iron and Steel Institute
Civil Service Exams Slated Saturday
Sixty stenographers are to take Civil Service exams for federal appointments in Texas Saturday at 8:30 a.m. at Nixon-Clay College. Twenty six typists will test at 1:30 p.m. Instructors in synthetic flight, air navigation, and meteorology are also listed with jobs in Texas federal agencies. Additional tests include construction superintendents in San Antonio and X‑ray dental techs at Fort Bliss.
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Civil Service
Texas
Nixon-Clay College
A. E. Davis
Commission
Davis
San Antonio
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Austin Post Office
Court Records and Notices From Local District Court
A mixed record lists divorce actions in S8th District Court including Velma Taylor vs W H Taylor and Nelma Carter vs John O Carter. estate matters in County Court with Lil Ye Brownae and Clyde Smith. probate nominees Pearl Benavides and Walter Welker fined for offenses. various forgeries burglaries and beverages violations in Justice Court. multiple marriage licenses issued. new car registrations and owners listed, featuring Elmer H worsen abner estate, and named administrators and officials.
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Johnson
Elmer H. Worsen
Abner
Lil Ye Brownae & i
Clyde Smith Lebron Smith
Cruz Benavides
Narcisa Benavides
Pearl Benavides
Growing Accumulation of Grain Denounced
Fort Worth reports G. E. Blewett of the Texas Grain and Feed Dealers Association warns that current policy to produce more and store it risks a flood of grain. He calls for reduced production or increased consumption as bumper wheat crops approach, noting government exports without reimbursement have worsened the surplus.
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Fort Worth
United States
G. E. Blewett
Texas Grain and Feed Dealers Association
Blewett
US Department of Agriculture
Sheridan Leads 25000 Yankees Toward Texas After Civil War End
The 1865 note recalls General Philip H. Sheridan commanding 25 000 troops to Texas after the war as U S forces moved toward the Rio Grande. Fort Brown was occupied and Mexican ports remained closed to Mexicans and other embarkers due to Maximilian s regime and Civil War era tensions.
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Texas
Philip H. Sheridan
Fort Brown
Rio Grande
Maximilian
Louisiana
Mexico
United States
Lee
Sheridan
Truman Names Clay As Full Grade General
President Truman nominated General Lucius D. Clay for retirement with the full grade of general. The move follows his return from Germany where he served as commander in chief and military governor in the American Zone. Clay has been a temporary four star general, but his permanent rank was major general. He would receive $6,600 a year in retirement.
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Washington
Truman
Lucius D. Clay
Senate
Clay
Germany
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