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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1948
Page
9
Market rundowns show cattle and calves firm to higher at Fort Worth with steers and heifers improving, hogs up to a dollar, and sows advancing. Chicago and New York reports note uneven hog demand, cattle steady to higher, and lambs mostly steady with some gains. varied weights and classes drive price spreads across big buyers.
Market briefs from Chicago on October 11 describe wheat trading steady to down amid fluctuating volumes. Corn and oats show modest gains while prices for white wheat and futures drift. futures range and spot wool values also appear in the notes.
Raleigh bulletin notes seven new polio cases in North Carolina on Monday, increasing the year’s total to 2,293. Deaths held at 122.
Trading was muted with 510000 shares changing hands, the day’s lowest volume since August 16. The market drifted lower as declines outweighed advances, while the industrial and utilities sections showed mixed moves and a weak overall tone. Foreign exchange rates in New York opened with minor changes across major currencies.
Molly O'Daniel White, daughter of US Senator W Lee O'Daniel, faces a divorce trial in Waxahachie. A jury was seated and twelve witnesses sworn as testimony opened. She seeks divorce from Henry Ford White of Midlothian, alleging cruelty, restoration of her maiden name Molly O'Daniel Wrather, and custody of her year-old son Henry rd White Jr.
Palm Springs California reports a quiet Sunday night wedding of Pati Behrs 20th Century Fox actress and actor John Derek. They are honeymooning Monday in Palm Springs following the ceremony.
The Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company announced price cuts on about 20 meat items ranging from 2 to 6 cents per pound. The action was disclosed Monday in New York by the retailer chain, affecting several commonly sold cuts and likely impacting shoppers across its stores.
The Galveston market reports spot cotton with categories including strict good middling and middling ranges from 25 to 31.40 per bale, listing various grades such as good middle and middling fair. The date shown is Tuesday October 12.
Paris reports that France is willing to recognize the Viet Nam Government once the Indochina colony population shows a wish for independence. High Commissioner Emile Bollaert, returning from Saigon, cautioned that a majority may not want independence and that a sovereign state there might not be able to defend itself.
In Jacksonville Florida on Monday police found a 12 year old girl named Winell Sybil Etheridge and her 17 year old escort Lorenzo Darby stabbed to death at a sandlot baseball field. A bloody knife lay nearby and a puddle of blood stained sand near third base. Etheridge was stabbed in the throat and Darby had his throat cut while leaning against her back.
Directors of Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company announced a regular quarterly dividend of 75 cents per common share, payable December 15 to holders of record November 26. They also declared a one half share of Hugoton Production Company stock for each Panhandle Eastern common share, payable November 17 to holders of record October 29.
Three year old Mickey O Connor missing for three days in meager clothing in northern Sundance Wyoming area as temperatures plummet. Searchers fear he did not survive the below freezing nights after he wandered from his ranch Friday.
Seventeen people were killed and 21 injured when a train wreck happened Sunday near Anapoima in Colombia.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas reported no new poliomyelitis cases in 16 days. The region had seen the nation’s first severe outbreak this year.
United States Navy Band will give two concerts on the Hardin-Simmons University campus in Abilene on October 19, officials announced. The events mark a campus musical engagement by a federal unit.
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