Five Airmen Die in Barter Island C 47 Crash
FAIRBANKS Alaska Sept 16 Five Air Force crewmen burned to death when a C 47 transport crashed on a fog bound runway at Barter Island off the northern Alaskan coast Larr Field headquarters announced Friday The transport on a routine supply mission to the Arctic outpost Monday crashed into the runway at high speed and burned after ground impact Names of the five crewmen all stationed at Ladd Air Base were withheld pending notification of next of kin.
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Labor news fails to slow stocks on steady New York day
Stocks extended a cautious advance as labor concerns lingered about steel and coal output. Volume surpassed 1 million shares for the fifth straight day, with notable gains in rail and some industrials while several leaders slipped. The AP index rose modestly as traders eyed potential labor disrupts.
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Livestock Show Boost For Week At Texas Markets
Livestock prices rise compared with last Friday across cattle hogs and sheep in San Antonio Fort Worth and Chicago markets. Week top averages include medium grass steers 21.50 cows 16.00 bulls 17.50 calves 23.00 stocker calves 23.00 yearlings 22.00 stocker cows 16.50. Hogs mostly 50 higher with feeders and sows up. lambs steady to higher. goats mixed with Angora and Spanish types noted. Fort Worth and Chicago reports show similar strength in cattle and hogs alongside mixed sheep trends.
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New Water Compact Offices Open in City
Eugene V. Spence named Texas tri state water compact commissioner opens state agency offices at 105 West 14th Street Austin. He resigns as chairman of the State Board of Water Engineers to take office September 1. Headquarters remain in Austin while he travels to monitor boundary watershed conditions with Louisiana Oklahoma and New Mexico.
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Wheat Futures Rally and Profit Taking in Wheat Markets
Wheat futures rose to seasonal highs on cash and export demand but pulled back from peaks. Corn followed with wheat. soybeans strong. oats and rye little changed. Government buying remained a major force, with about 2.8 million bushels purchased Thursday and over 6.8 million for the week. Fort Worth and Kansas City show varied cash grain prices and bids, with No. 2 and No. 3 wheats quoted and multiple price ranges for corn oats and sorghum across markets.
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Fiskville Water Lines Fund Near Half Way Mark
Residents along the Dallas Highway north of Fiskville have passed the halfway mark in a drive to raise 30000 dollars for extending water mains. Six and eight inch mains would run three miles north to Big Walnut Creek connecting to Travis County Water and Control Improvement District No. 2. The plan would feed water to about 100 families once completed.
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Cotton and wool futures drift with mixed close on Friday
Cotton futures ended the session slightly down to up 40 cents, pressured by liquidation of October 1949 contracts while deferred deliveries attracted buying. Spot cotton sales in the South surged to 173,137 bales, mills and textile buyers showing strong demand for October and November shipments as weather hampers the 1949 crop. Wool tops futures were irregular but closed steady to unchanged with limited activity and sales around 115,000 pounds.
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Where Men Are Men star Marshall’s three homes listed
George Marshall directs Bob Hope and Lucille Ball in Paramount's Where Men Are Men. He maintains three residences: year round Toluca Lake, a Palm Springs winter home, and a Balboa summer house.
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