Caribbean Crisis in Chapter Eight on Abas Island
Four visitors arrive on a Dutch West Indian island to upend Bill Talcott who runs an American chemical firm branch. Halsey, a successor, an auditor, and June Paterson face a chaotic night as a schooner lands two smuggled people. Halsey overpowers a knife attack and orders gunplay halted by Talcott, while June reveals passports for Martha Swenson and Professor Albert Constantine. The escapees depart as Talcott and Halsey clash over management.
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Bill
Talcott
Halsey
Bili
Bil
MacDowell
June Paterson
Buiys
June
Hia
Tomas
Jackson
Sebastien
Jane Paterson
Martha Swenson
Albert Constantine
Black Tomas
Local Market Prices for Hens to Turkeys and Grains
Jefferson City quotes list cash poultry prices across hen roosters leghorn and springers with geese guineas and turkeys, plus eggs and wheat. Chicago reports live poultry markets with various weights and colors, Kansas City notes hogs cattle and sheep bids, and East St Louis and St. Louis grains provide steady to higher animal prices and limited wheat movement.
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Jefferson City
Leghorn Springs
Chicago
Plymouth Rock
White Rock
Springs
East St. Louis Livestock National Stockyards
U. S. Dept
Daily Capital News Classifieds and Market Briefs
The Jefferson City newspaper lists subscription rates for carrier and mail delivery, post office details, and local commodity prices. It notes dairy and crop quotes with corn, oats, milo, kafir, rye, barley prices, and mentions market strength from short covering and government purchases amid rainfall concerns affecting crop prospects.
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Associated. Press
Associated’ Frese
Jefferson City
Cole
Missouri
iCole
Wheat futures close higher on late buying gains
Chicago grain markets recovered from intraday losses as mills and short-sellers covered. Wheat futures ended 1-4 to 5-8 cents up with July at 1.1858 and September at 1.2114. Corn barely moved, oats and rye mixed, and soybeans finished at best levels of the day, up 1 to 15-8 cents.
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Chicago
Stocks Slip After Early Steady Open in New York
New York stock markets opened with a slight downturn after an initial steadiness as investors faced further unfavorable war news and uncertainties about the final form of the tax bill.
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New York
Slow Stock Exchange Day Gives Up Fractional Gains
In late trading rubbers oils motors and merchandising shares slipped slightly while a few aircraft and steel issues rose marginally. The session was one of the slowest of the year with total volume 243,680 shares versus 207,980 yesterday. The AP 60-stock composite fell 0.2 to 35.0 as offices watched Ways and Means deliberations on a tax bill proposing cutting the corporation excess profits tax to 30 percent from 94 percent through post war refunds.
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Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Ee Financial
House
Ways and Means Committee
Daily Cross Puzzle Word List Presented With Clues
A printed daily cross puzzle shows horizontal clues from 1 to 53 and vertical clues from 1 to 54, with many entries blurred or run together. The page includes notes like SR Rural and ONG, suggesting mixed type and minor typography glitches.
Market Slides Clamp Down on Major Stocks and Commodities
Stocks ending on the loss side included Philip Morris Eastman Kodak Chrysler DuPont U S Rubber preferred Bethlehem Steel and Sears Roebuck. Douglas Aircraft Youngstown Sheet Johns Manville Anaconda and Kennecott closed. Bonds and commodities were irregular. Chicago wheat closed 5 to 8 cents higher while corn was unchanged to up. Hogs were steady to 5 cents and cotton futures dipped 25 to cents a bale. A stray line notes a machine has not replaced skilled hand in winding silk cocoons.
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Philip Morris
Eastman Kodak
Chrysler
DuPont
U. S. Rubber Preferred
Bethlehem Steel
Sears Roebuck
Douglas Aircraft
Youngstown Sheet
Johns Manville
Anaconda
Kennecott
Chicago Wheat
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Caribbean
BY. Eaton K. Goldthwaite
Paterson
Captain Jackson
Juan
Billy Talcott
NEA Service, Inc
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
US Dept Agr
Chicago Livestock
St. Louis Grain
ST. Louis
Kansas City Grain
Daily Capital News
the Capital News. Printing CO
Red Ryder
By Harman
Wim
Freckles
U. S
NEA Service
BY Blosser
Dopes
Ari
Aiyss
Dickie Dare
By Waugk
Financial News
George Clark
Joe
Army
Navy
Marines
Daily Cross
East. Inc
Abbr
Goodman
ONG, Ve
Wncese
Bobélink
Ocean
British Columbia
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