Government Sets 2.98 Ceiling on Steel Price Boost
Government officials announced a price increase cap for steel at 2.84 per ton under the Capehart amendment, with no larger boosts allowed. Ellis Arnall asserted no higher offers exist, while sending a rejection to Weirton Steel on a 5.50 uplift. Defense Mobilizer Steelman and Economic Stabilizer Putnam endorsed the 2.84 limit amid CIO strike talks.
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Washington
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
Weirton Steel Co
Philip Murray
CIO Steelworkers
John R. Steelman
Roger L. Putnam
Wall Street closes with mixed gains and cotton rises
NYSE end of day prices show gains for Am Airline and several industrials while cotton futures jump 55 to 95 cents, with Oct at 36.63-64 and Middling spot at 39.95. Wool markets ease slightly as wool futures slip and tops hold near 208.5.
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Cotton Market
New York
IAP
Wool Market New York
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Snapshot
Kansas City livestock receipts mixed with limited test lots. Cattle salable 400 calves 50, hogs 1,500 with most gains on medium weight butchers, prices 21.50 to 22.00 for 190-240 lb No 1-No 3, 21.00-21.50 for 250-270 lb butchers, sows scarce, 17.75-18.50. Sheep 100 not enough for a market. Also notes over the counter market with various securities and dividend shares quoted.
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Kansas City Livestock Kansas City
AP J
Secret Service Nabs Counterfeiters
Secret Service arrested two Australians after a cross country chase from New York to Hollywood and San Francisco amid a trail of counterfeit $100 bills. Chief A. E. Baughman announced the arrests in California yesterday.
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Washington
Secret Service
A. E. Baughman
California
New York
Hollywood
San Francisco
Transport Permit Papers Approved
The Corporation Commission approved four applications for transport permits today. Antonio Aguilar of East Vaughn was authorized to haul livestock and ranch supplies across multiple New Mexico counties. W. H. Bandy and Lyle J. Mee Williams of Aztec were approved to haul livestock in New Mexico. R. D. Harris and Sons of Lubbock, Texas, to haul livestock in New Mexico. J. L. Allery of Roswell to haul livestock and ranch equipment in New Mexico. Several other applications were taken under advisement.
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Santa FE
Corporation Commission
Antonio Aguilar
East Vaughn
Guadalupe
Lincoln
de Baca
Chaves
Torrance
Bernalillo
Roosevelt
Curry
Quay
W. H. Bandy
Lyle J. Mee- Williams
Aztec
New Mexico
R. D. Harris
J. L. Allery
Roswell
Stalin Meets Italian Socialist Leader in Moscow Interview
Soviet press says Premier Joseph Stalin met Pietro Nenni, head of the Italian Socialists, in Moscow. It marks the second foreign interview Stalin reportedly held this year.
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Stalin
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Pietro Nenni
Delegates From West Seek To Organize Powerful Bloc
Democrats from 12 Western states and two territories move to form a bloc at the 1948 convention. L. L. Steward Jr. of Phoenix and Monroe Sweetland of Portland organize an informal coalition to influence platform planks on reclamation mining water and power. Delegations include Arizona California California 68 and Washington 22 among others.
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Chicago
L. L. Steward Jr
Phoenix
Ariz
Monroe Sweetland
Portland
Cree
Sweetland
Calvin Rawlings
Utah
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Washington
Wyoming
Alaska
Hawaii
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Steward
Annual Disaster Committee Meeting Set for Monday
The annual meeting of the Disaster Preparedness Committee of the Chaves County chapter of the American Red Cross will convene Monday at 4 p.m. at the Chamber of Commerce. Attendees include numerous subcommittee members across Surrey, Medical Aid, Transportation and Communications, Rescue and Evacuation, Shelter, Clothing, Central Purchase and Supply, Public Information, Registration and Information, Rehabilitation, and Food groups.
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Chaves County
American Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce
Surrey
Clifford Smith
Quinton Marshall
Sgt
Don Martin
Stanley B. Osborne
John Mehlhop
Jack Sharp
Kermit Southard
E. O. Moore
O. J. Ford
J. T. West
I. J
George Slaughter
Howard Brown
Irene Swann
Willie A. Pilleye
Joe Leskey
Virgil Jones
Robert West
Cass Mason
Otis Brenneman
L. O. Thompson Jr
George Daniels
Harry Puryear
L. J. Guthrie
Tom Stapp
C. M. Woodbury
Effie Brown
Paul Whitman
Howard Dorman
Johnny Bell
J. W. Coats Jr
Mr. Porter
Dub Andrus
J. D. Shinkle
Ben Woodfield
E. B. Johnston
Johnnie Manning
Bernard Johnston
Glen Austin
Donald Rose
Chas. R. Mitchell
Robert Burdette
L. J. Reischman
Henry Johnson
Evan Smith
J. B. Beers
H. E. Samson
J. P. White
Powhawton Cartes
A. S. Patterson
Aubrey Gregg
Joe Huff
Paul Goodsell
D. J. Shreeengost
A. P. Coolidge
Frank Peters
John Weir
Births At St Marys Hospital July 17 Raine Roberts Beck Wooldridge
Birth notices from St Marys Hospital record a boy for Capt and Mrs C Raine WAFB a boy for Mr and Mrs Edgar Roberts Albuquerque a boy for Mr and Mrs Robert Beck East McGaffey a girl for Mr and Mrs Walter Wooldridge Roswell. Also an advertisement offers best deal of the year on a Dodge Truck at Mc Donald Motors Richardson.
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Sandra Jeanne Muse
Chauncey Muse
WAFB
Muse
Roswell
San Antonio
Tex
Sheila
Sheryl
Bill
Frances Muse
Boyce
Wm. Burbach
Robert Gumm
South Park Cemetery
Ballard Funeral Home
St. Mary’s Hospital
C. Raine
Edgar Roberts
East Albuquerque
Robert Beck
East McGaffey
Walter Wooldridge
McDonald Motors
N. Richardson
Scouts Complete Operation 47 at Walker AFB
Ninety Explorer Scouts from the Eastern New Mexico Area Council completed Operation 47 at Walker Air Force Base under Henry McGinty assisted by the base and Captain Thornton D. Faulkner. They spent the week living as airmen, firing small arms, visiting training facilities, observing gunners ranges, inspecting weather and control centers, and enjoying swimming and baseball.
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Eastern
New Mexico
Truman undergoes final medical tests as discharge looms
President Truman's doctor gives him the last of a series of medical tests while Democratic officials await his hospital discharge. In Indianapolis, a large cyanide solution spill into the Wa bash River at Lafayette flows downstream, thinning as it travels toward cities downstream.
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Washington
Truman
Indianapolis
Wabash River
Lafayette
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