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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 29, 1949

Page

5

Steel row clips rising stock mart New York

New York stock market surges amid steel negotiations deadlock with a potential midnight strike threat. Trading activity shows gains in most issues while steel and aircraft shares rise on reports of progress, then slip as negotiations falter and buying momentum fades.

New York CIO Rey Wpe United Biases Corporation Tn Seeels Medoni Steels Cook Gomand Wings Array

Mary Garden Returns To U S for Lectures

Mary Garden, 72, returned to the United States from Scotland, where she had lived 15 years after retiring from opera in 1931. She announced a lecture tour sponsored by the National Arts Foundation, starting October 2 in Washington.

Hoboken N. J Mary Garden United States Miss Garden Scotland National Arts Foundation Washington

Cotton declines under hedge selling pressure in New York

Cotton futures eased 5 to 30 cents as hedge selling weighed on the market in New York. Trading was narrow with modest demand and reports said ginnings were near, shifting some contracts to later months as transfers remained unsettled. The government ECA authorized purchases for German dealers as news from the House-Senate talks suggested funding support.

ECA Germany

Port Movement and Cotton and Wool Market Updates

Port movement data show New Orleans spot cotton steady with a 25 cent bale drop at 29.68 cents per pound, with receipts 5 530 and stock 318 636. New Orleans Sept 29 average spot prices drop to 29.68 cents per pound, 30 market days average 30.15, middling 7 8 inches at 28.20. New York wool markets rise on short covering and foreign buying, with Australian bids and Russia noted. futures gain 1.0 to 43 cents higher. Wool tops futures close mixed with several contracts advancing and others easing.

New York Great Britain Britain Italy Sweden Switzerland Latin America Argentina Brazil Mexico New Orleans NEW Orleane Orlean Boston Sydney Czechoslovakia Russia Melbourne

Theft of Gas Stymies Fire Trucks

Highlands New Jersey. The fire department ladder truck failed to respond to two alarms in three months after someone stole the entire 30 gallon gasoline supply in each case. Borough Councilman Herbert Hartsgrove said the setup near the police headquarters raises questions about how such thefts occurred.

Highlands N. J Herbert Hartsgrove Hartsgrove

Livestock prices steady to weak across Texas and Chicago auctions

Texas San Antonio and Fort Worth reports show calves 800 and 1000 head with slow to steady demand and some weakness in cows and calves. Hogs and sheep mixed with steadier sows and feeder pigs, goats and lambs varying by weight. Chicago stockyard bids up 25 cents on cattle and 50 cents on sows with diverse steer and heifer prices and strong lambs fading behind demand central to the market.

Fort Worth Chicago

Girl Kills Dad in Hospital Death Sparks Sympathy Debate

In Stamford Connecticut on September 28 a 20 year old college student Carol Paight fatally shot her cancer sick father Sergeant Carl W Paight in his hospital bed. Her mother Mary Nolan Paight pleaded for sympathy and understanding while Carol faces homicide charges awaiting Fairfield County grand jury.

Stamford Conn Carol Paight Mary Nolan Paight Carl W. Paight Carol Fairfield County John B. Brennan William E. Smith Sergeant Paight

Vicki Evans Refuses To Aid Extortion Case

New York report says dancer Vicki Evans told district attorneys she is no stool pigeon while being questioned in a Hollywood extortion investigation linked to the Robert Mitchum narcotics case. Authorities note Miss Evans used the name Florence Fedele when seeking a Greenwich Village club permit.

New York Vicki Evans Robert Mitchum Mitchum Miss Evans Lila Leeds Miss Leeds Angeles Los Angeles Florence Fedele Greenwich Village Fort Worth Texas

Corn Holds Buying Interest On Grain Market

Market notes show corn holding buying interest as cash demand strengthens in Fort Worth and Kansas City. Wheat retreats from a seasonal high while corn, oats, rye and soy follow varied moves, with traders citing producer holding and cash grain strength as key factors.

Chicago Kansas City

Sleeping sickness spreads to horses in Texas area

In Winnsboro, for the first time in three years, sleeping sickness or encephalomyelitis is reported among horses in the region. Veterinarians urge horse and mule owners to watch for symptoms though the illness has not reached epidemic levels.

Winnsboro

Black-Draught Laxative Ad Claims Quick Relief

An advertisement touts Black-Draught as a four generation laxative that quickly relieves constipation and related symptoms. It emphasizes low cost per dose and urges readers to buy at their drug store today.

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