Steer Classes Mostly Steady In San Antonio Market
San Antonio cattle show May 19 with 400 cattle 200 calves and all classes mostly steady while beef cows weak. Prices span common to medium steers 1900 2150 dollars common medium and good cows 1650 1875 dollars canners and cutters 11 50 16 50 dollars hogs steady with good and choice 180 270 pound butchers 18 50 dollars per hundredweight and sows 14 50 15 00 dollars sheep and goats mixed with lambs dull and goats firm. Fort Worth and Chicago markets report mixed cattle hog and sheep activity with varied price ranges.
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San Antonio
Emall
Fort Worth
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Colorado
Nebraska
Stock Market Slump Narrow Gains Amid Broad Declines
The market slipped with most losses under a point though some issues fell more. Industrial and rail stocks led declines while American Woolen rose briefly on a dividend note, and overall volume barely rose as demand waned in the CIO era.
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The
CIO
Associated Press
Gome
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Republic Steel
Beth Steel
Republic
Amereda Petroleum
Alled Chemical
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BOS
US Steel
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Chiveler
Studebeker Sante Fe
Southern Percific
Frisco
Firestone
Montgomery Ward
Lockheed
Consolidated Frison
Anaconda Coomer
NJ Vince
Psytheon Manufacturing
American Gas
Cities Service
Humble Oj
Kaicer-Frazer
Lone Star Gas International Titi Ittes
Midwest Corporation
Cotton Futures Trading Slow in Irregular Session
New York May 19 AP Prices for cotton futures moved unevenly in slow trading as reports of cut textile production and weak demand spurred hedge selling. Mills cancel contracts for spot cotton while traders eye cheaper new crop stocks and light export activity. Goodyear plans a 90 percent cut at its Georgia textile mill amid reduced orders and high cotton prices.
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New York
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Georgia
Brisbane
Quiet Day in Grain Markets Across Chicago and Fort Worth
The May 19 1949 market drifted through a quiet session with May wheat nearly steady and other grains showing varied changes. Reports from Chicago Fort Worth and New York detail steady cash wheat prices no grade yet for Duluth wheat and mixed futures in soybeans and hogs amid modest demand and distant elevator speculation.
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Duluth
Lord
Fort Worth
Grain and Cotton Exchange
Texas Common
Texas Gulf Ports
Texas Fourth In Farm Income
Texas reported March farm income of 103 million dollars, ranking fourth nationally. For the first quarter, Texas had 312.8 million dollars in farm income, with Iowa leading the nation. Illinois and California followed in scale, at 138.1 and 122.7 million for March, and 413.8 and 388.0 million for the quarter, respectively.
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Washington
Texas
Agriculture Department
Iowa
Illinois
California
Southwest Texas State Professor Solo With Albuquerque Symphony
Ira Renny Bowles associate professor of music at Southwest Texas State College will appear as vocal soloist with the Albuquerque Symphony in Albuquerque on Sunday. He will perform the Manzoni Requiem by Verdi under conductor Frederick Kurt with the 100 piece orchestra. The ensemble has drawn national attention in recent years.
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San Marcos
Ira Renny Bowles
Southwest Texas State College
Albuquerque Symphony Orchestra
Albuquerque
Bowles
Frederick Kurt
Cotton prices hold steady in Gulf markets
In Galveston the spot cotton closed steady with various grades quoted from good ordinary to strict middling. New Orleans reports an average middling price of 32.75 cents per pound for 15-16 inch cotton, up 20 cents from the prior reading, with a 30 market day average of 33.03 cents.
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Foreign Exchange
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Italy
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Switzerland
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Brazil
Mexico
New Orleans
Galveston
Houston
Savannah Charleston
Boston
Memphis
Augusta
Little Rock
Montgomery
Roy
F.O
Rockdale Begins Sewer Project After Bond Approval
Rockdale starts its new sewer system funded by a 120000 dollar bond. Work runs through the eastern Negro section including homes and the school. The disposal plant moves one mile south and a new electric pumped well is drilled with plans for a second. Each well aims to supply 500 gallons per minute.
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Rockdale
N. E. Alford
Lockhart Chamber Members Attend Community Rally
About 250 members and guests of the Lockhart Chamber of Commerce attended the monthly meeting at the Brownsboro-Sea Willow community club house six miles south of town. Brownsboro-Sea Willow will enter the rural community progress contest for the ensuing year.
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Lockhart
Lockhart Chamber of Commerce
Brownsboro-Sea Willow
Taylor Americanism Essay Awards Given
Awards in three high schools and one junior high were announced this week for Americanism essays. The Graham D. Luhn Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary sponsored the contest. From Taylor Junior-Senior High School 150 entries were entered. Elaine Hammack and Marvin Kuehner won in the junior high, Bobby Landrum and Charlotte Booth in the senior high, Rita Jean Naivar and Betty Ann Kasper in S and J Mary’s, Sara Christine Walker and Florence L Dixson at U S Price School.
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Rita Jean Naivar
Betty Ann Kasper
U. S. Price School
Sara Christine Walker
Florence L. Dixson
Giddings Chamber Plans Informational Booklet
A Giddings Chamber of Commerce committee led by Dick Toler works on a pamphlet to acquaint inquirers with Giddings and Lee County. The folder will include maps, location details, and photos of local buildings and sites, with completion not expected for at least 90 days.
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Giddings
Spl
Kelly
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