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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1947
Page
6
A scanned page lists Saturday June 1947 radio programs and times across networks with performers such as Rex & Eleanor and the Arizona Drifters. It also includes barley and wheat price notes and grain market activity showing modest losses and mixed quotes around corn and oats.
USDA Chicago market notes limited salables across hogs cattle calves and sheep. Hogs 4500 salable up to 25 cents higher with top 25.26 and sows under 400 lb 18.50 to 19.75. heavier sows steady. Cattle and calves 1000 and 300 with fed steers 27.00–28.00 and good beef cows 18.00–20.00. bulls 17.00–18.00. Sheep 700 salable with lambs steady to 1.50 lower and ewes/wethers 23.00–23.50. slaughter ewes scarce.
Transactions yesterday show overall activity with 650000 shares traded and total value around 3.15 million dollars. The report lists price changes and prior day and monthly figures across several stock categories and index lines.
Chicago June 27 Wheat led a general downturn in grains on the board of trade today with broad declines across futures. Traders cited pressure from oversupply concerns and sluggish demand while corn and other grains followed lower.
The column reports New York wholesale butter and egg markets with price levels for bulk cartons and creamery products. It notes butter prices steady, creamery at AA 6814 cents, A 66 percent, B 6442 cents, C 634 cents, and that new tubs bring a premium over bulk cartons while eggs remain steady amid receipts.
DREW PEARSON recalls Ickes clashing with Ed Pauley over naval and tidelands oil. Roosevelt supported Ickes after cabinet debate while Truman disagreed with Ickes on Pauley yet shared views on tidelands oil. The president vetoed a measure to shift tidelands oil to state control.
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