Food Prices Decline In First Week Of The New Year
Prices for basic foods eased in early January as butter and eggs fell at wholesale levels and hog prices dropped to lows unseen since 1946. Retailers trimmed can prices and fruit prices also dipped, while California frost threatened oranges and other crops. President Truman urged farm price supports and standby authority for ceilings, with Congress moving to fix parity at 90 percent for key grains and commodities.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Beait En
California
Truman
Congress
Agriculture Department
Dun & Bradstreet
Advanc
Harmony social notes from Lawrence County community
Mrs Ellie Gillespie hosts and guests include Rev and Mrs Briley and Mr and Mrs Curtis Briley with children. Foshee family visits from Hart selle and Florida and return home Saturday. Thrasher family to Texas Tuesday with L S Thrasher parents. Various visits to Hobson Terry Katie Hill Heaps Mills Hill and Hill households. Preaching next Sunday at Harmony noted.
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W. M. Briley
Curtis Briley
Willie Reed
Thomas Foshee
Hartselle
Florida
Carl Thrasher
Texas
L. S. Thrasher
Clarence Gillespie
Hobson Terry
Lavonia
Katie Hill
Bill” Briley
W.E. Mills
Arley Heaps
J. N. Heaps
Opal Mills
Hoyt
Dwight -Hill
Harmony
Broadway Family Visits and Local Figments in Austenville
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Cantrell and daughter Glenda Ann of Huntsville visit Mr. and Mrs. Robert Broadway in Austenville. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cobb and two children from Oregon and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cobb of Athens share a dinner with Mrs. J. C. Russell and family. Wilburn Crow returns to Indiana after holidays with wife and children.
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Johnnie Cantrell
Glenda Ann
Huntsville
Will Broadway
Decatur
Robert Broadway
Henry Cobb
Oregon
Tom Cobb
Athens
J. C. Russell
Wilson Kirby
Floyd Sparkman
Decatur 1
Russell
H. D. Bates
Wilburn Crow
Indiana
Market Index Dips Across Major Staples This Week
The weekly market index shows declines in a broad range of foods and commodities. Declines hit flour, wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye, lard, butter, milk, cottonseed oil, cocoa, eggs, currants, plus livestock including steers, hogs and lambs.
Ole Man River's New Boss Brig Gen Peter A Feringa
Brig. Gen. Peter A. Feringa is named the new commanding officer of the river service, replacing the prior head as part of a broader leadership reshuffle. In his new role, Feringa will oversee operations, logistics, and training for river defense and port safety.
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Ole Man River
Peter A. Feringa
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