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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1947
Page
2
Regional notices list poultry and produce prices in Chicago with live poultry unsettled and eggs steady. St Louis National Stockyards reports hogs, cattle, calves and sheep trading with varied gains and steady to higher prices for top grades.
Arnall faces Talmadge supporters in the Georgia capitol as his allies claim the governor must act. Odum and others insist Arnall cannot enter the governor’s office without Talmadge’s succesor. The dispute centers on who holds lawful authority after Eugene Talmadge’s death and whether two governors can coexist in the capitol.
In Chicago on January 16, grain futures steadied after a morning drop of around 4 1/8 cents in July wheat. The market weakened early on reports of large next year wheat acreage and high receipts at Kansas City. Wheat closed 5-8-11-2 lower at 2.17, corn finished near unchanged to up 1-2, oats down 1-2 to 1 cent.
Cotton futures fell more than 4.90 a bale at the open amid heavy liquidation. Uncertainty over the business outlook, textile demand resistance, and lower commodity prices pressured prices before a partial recovery. Afternoon quotes show March at 30.57, May at 29.70, July at 28.32.
New Orleans cotton prices steadied after a session of declines as buyers backed by strength in stocks. Closing levels show March at 30.75 to 30.80, May 30.00 to 29.25, and futures for October 25.93 to 26.00, with December around 24.75.
Eleanor Roosevelt says she will not seek special treatment to regain her revoked driver's license after a White Plains hearing found her at fault in an August accident. She accepts the punishment, notes the impact of walking on Hyde Park, and explains she will not ask for leniency though she understands the justice of the punishment.
An informal House Ways and Means poll shows support shifting toward a graduated income tax cut favoring low income groups, while a Republican plan to keep wartime excise taxes alive faces uncertain fate. Chairman Knutson says the committee may back a revenue target of about 1.5 billion dollars annually and will wait on the Budget committee to set federal spending ceilings before acting on the 20 percent tax bill.
The strike ended but disruption lingered as Billingsgate Market and Thames docks showed limited activity. Only one truckload of fish was unloaded and 33 of 90 ocean vessels were being unloaded with partial crews. Prime Minister Attlee briefed King George after a palace visit showing ongoing poststrike tensions.
President Truman praised Ford's immediate price reductions up to 50 dollars as a practical step to sustain purchasing power and avert a recession. Economists and lawmakers welcomed the move, urging voluntary price cuts across industry to avoid new legislation.
Charley Trippi the Georgia All American halfback announced he would sign with the Chicago Cardinals and turn down more than 100000 to play for New York Yankees teams in football and baseball. He said the Cardinal offer was near 100000 for football over four years and that baseball options remained open.
The group led by the president discussed nonpartisan problems including war surplus disposition and renewing authority for maritime shipping operations set to expire March 1. Future conferences with leaders from both parties were planned at the President's option.
Legislation would raise barber registration to ten dollars and add chair fees. Coffelt proposes criminal defamation, felony indictment removal, higher election official pay, and highway fund limits. Alsup seeks prenatal syphilis screening. other measures push mental hygiene clinics and liquor crime provisions. welfare fund surplus transfer opposed.
This ad argues stomach gas sour food taste disrupts sleep and mood as age increases the stomach needs more gastric juice. It claims SSS Tonic increases this juice flow and aids nutritional anemia, improving appetite sleep and energy while warning against soda alkalizers.
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