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Newspaper
Austin American
Location
Austin, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1948
Page
8
At San Antonio and Fort Worth markets on Oct 13 cattle numbers reach about 1,100 head with steady to strong tone for steers and yearlings. hogs rise with good and choice grades 20.50 to 21.50, sows 21.50. Calves steady to higher, feeders mixed, sheep and goats largely steady to weak amid fluctuating bids.
Major General John ODaniel US military attache returned from Stalingrad with Mrs. ODaniel Lieutenant Colonel Peter Urban and Sergeant William Bowles. ODaniel called the trip pleasant and noted he was the first American general to visit the city in many months.
Chicago reports show broad declines as crop data spurred cautious selling. Wheat and oats led losses with weaker prices, while soybeans slipped. lard gained on higher hog costs and ongoing demand. Prices for futures and spot markets fluctuated, with rail and currency notes easing elsewhere.
The market rose on Wednesday with 979 issues active as 597 advanced and 382 declined. Total volume reached 39,008 shares as gains spread across sectors, marking the broadest day in about two weeks.
A US circuit judge told the International Association of Chiefs of Police that comic strips radio and motion pictures are insidious propaganda machines for crime. Judge Alfred P. Murrah of Oklahoma City condemned crime-themed media for promoting murder rape and sexual crimes while impacting youth perception and challenging law enforcement.
Police traced a note signed by Mrs. Bess Fisher directing officers to her Des Moines apartment where they found her body. Coroner A. E. Shaw said the about seventy year old woman apparently hanged herself Monday afternoon. A second note pinned to her dress asked police to unlock the door when they left.
Senator Taft of Ohio will sail from New York on November 4 for a presidentially timed tour of five or six Western European countries. Accompanied by Mrs Taft the trip includes Italy Austria Germany Switzerland France and possibly England with a return set for December 15.
The Western Union Company reported two Europe bound cables were temporarily severed by fishing trawlers off Newfoundland. The breaks caused slight delays in westbound traffic and a repair ship from Halifax was dispatched, with repairs expected soon.
US District Judge George H. Moore in St Louis approves raises for 6000 Missouri Pacific Railroad workers and two subsidiaries in receivership. Dining car conductors gain 24 dollars monthly while other union members receive a 10 cent hourly hike totaling 1 533 108 dollars per year for the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors.
In Farmer City Illinois on October 13 Billy Woodward Jr left a nickel on the drug store counter after buying an ice cream cone and gum. A clerk reminded him the nickel wouldn’t buy anything but Billy replied that it wouldn’t buy anything anyway.
Detroit October 13. Private detective Jack Sorenson testified that the Society of Good Neighbors hired him to snoop on its employees. The defense argued over the implications of the surveillance in the ongoing trial.
Carl R. Miller representing eight major corn products firms accused the Federal Trade Commission of misleading Congress and the public in its bid to bar manufacturers from absorbing freight costs in selling prices. He urged dropping the complaint and argued the push would hide pricing changes from Senate scrutiny and force use of net mill prices instead of freight absorption.
Insects rely on a tracheal tube network for respiration with air entering through spiracles and moving directly to tissues. This system supports efficient gas exchange across small body sizes and varies among species.
Representative John Rankin charges a conspiracy in cotton manipulations and calls for an immediate investigation. He says large cotton factors on the New York Exchange and big spinners aim to hold prices below the cost of production, costing farmers millions. he asks for cotton to fetch 60 to 65 cents a pound and cottonseed 120 dollars a ton.
John Bert Graham elder of Central Presbyterian Church of Waxahachie was elected to lead the Presbyterian Church USA Synod of a Texas meeting in Amarillo. About 200 attendees include Dr. Jasper Manton of Dallas who serves as state clerk and treasurer of the Synod of Texas.
Cortez reports that Aztec people used metal in their crayons, a finding that reshapes understanding of Mesoamerican art supplies. The detail suggests advanced pigment and tool use, highlighting historic innovation.
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