Butchers to Work Again End of OPA
The Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen AFL, in the San Antonio area, report about 1000 workers will regain employment as OPA ceilings end. J D Campbell of Swift and Company says plant staff will rise to 400 from a low of 200. P T Oppenheim of the Alump Dressed Beef company notes no personnel cuts after the OPA holiday, with full staff for full operations.
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OPA
A. F. of
San Antonio
Ralph Sanders
J. D.campbell
Swift and Company
Swift
P. T. Oppenheim
Alump’ Dressed Beef Company
British Prisoners Threaten Hunger Strike at Dartmoor
Two hundred fifty British military prisoners at Dartmoor prison threaten to begin a hunger strike and stage a mass attempt to win release within ten days. Twenty five former soldiers had ended a four day hunger strike without freedom.
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London
INS
Dartmoor
Saint Antonio Agrees to Browns Park Proposal Subject to Fees
San Antonio accepts the St Louis Browns hall park proposal with a 254 year contract yielding 600000 dollars exclusive of admission tickets. Commissioner Anderson told the city council that profits from parking and concessions could reach 660000 dollars. In Boston, a Cranberry crop estimate places 1946 harvest at 51100 barrels, second largest on record.
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San Antonio
St. Louis Browns
Hall Park
Poline
P. J. Anderson
Boston
Prices May Force New School Bonds
San Antonio taxpayers may be asked to approve another school bond in addition to the $2,196,000 vote from October 1945. Paul Adams, president of the board, says current funds are insufficient as building prices have risen about 50 percent since the 1943 program was planned, delaying nonessential elements until costs ease.
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San Antonio
Paul Adams
San An
Adams
Flu Warning Issued As Winter Likely Epidemic
Dr Dudley A Reekie San Antonio public health director warns of an expected influenza epidemic this winter urging residents to get vaccine now. He notes influenza cycles and that types A and B are preventable by immunization with more vaccine available since war production, plus boosters every 3 to 6 months.
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Dudley A. Reekie
San Antonians
Reekie
San.Antonio
San Antonio
Sell Cattle, Farmers Urged
Washington report shows Secretary of Agriculture Anderson urged farmers to speed cattle marketing as ranges and pastures face dangerously high grazing pressure. The White House announced Douglas W. McGregor of Houston is appointed assistant to the attorney general.
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Washington
Get
Anderson
Douglas W. McGregor
Houston
White House
Steps to Improve Downtown Traffic Announced
Fire and Police Commissioner P L Anderson announced Tuesday new traffic measures for downtown. One way on Main Avenue from Houston to Commerce will return with southbound flow, parking limited to the north side of Houston and east side of St Marys between 9am and 4pm, loading restricted on those streets, and one way on Soledad extended to Romana Plaza. If successful, curb parking may expand and meters extend. implementation expected in two or three days.
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P. L. Anderson
Main Avenue
Houston and
Commerce
Houston Street
St. Mary's Street
Soledad Street
Romana Plaza
Anderson
Meat Supply Little Changed in San Antonio Retail Butcher Shops
San Antonio retail butchers predicted five or six days for full meat availability. On Tuesday supplies were about the same as usual with about ten customers per store. Several stores reported many curious persons asking a lot of questions as the market steadied.
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San Antonio
German Zone Trade Pact Reported by Frankfurt Radio
Frankfurt radio said exchanges between the American and Russian zones of Germany have reached a limited trade agreement. The report appeared in London on October 16 via INS. The pact aims to facilitate commerce between the occupied zones amid postwar adjustments.
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London
INS
Frankfurt Radio
Germany
Elliott Sees 15 Dollar Bread in New York Remarks
Elliott Roosevelt, son of the late president, predicted bread would cost 15 dollars if his father were alive and kept price controls. He spoke in Boston and then left for New York days after his remark.
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Boston
Elliott
Roosevelt
New York
Enion
OPA Fast Breaks Meat Price Controls Under Truman Order
The OPA moved quickly to decontrol live stock meat and related food products effective 12:01 a.m. and revoked all slaughter controls. Subsidy payments to the meat industry are abolished while ceilings remain on key commodities with demand outpacing supply. The order defines products made substantially from livestock and sets 33 1/3 percent as the threshold for decontrolled status.
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Washington
Truman
OPA
OFA
Paul Porter
Porter
Horse Meat Probe In San Antonio Raises Labeling Issue
City health inspectors investigated unlabeled horse meat sold as beef in San Antonio. Health director Dr. Dudley A. Reekie said there is no law against selling horse meat if labeled properly and noted he has eaten it, calling it good meat. A separate report notes four Japanese men faced trial in Yokohama for torture and deaths of Canadian prisoners of war and abuse of American prisoners.
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City Health Department
San Antonio
Dudley A. Reekie
City Health
Packing. Stocks Rise On Decontrol News In Early Trade
NEW YORK stock prices leaped in early trading after President Truman's decontrol pronouncement. Meat packing shares led the rush with bids and offers unsettled for over an hour. Wilson up 2.25, Cudahy 4.75, Armour 1.75, while Hastman Kodak Johns Manville gained in the first hour. American Telephone, Southern Railway, Bethlehem Steel, and U S Rubber also rose as the market swung. A bread rally followed in the early bond market.
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New ‘York
Asia
Truman
Wilson
Cudahy
Armour
Hastman
Texas vegetable crops expected higher in fall
In Austin on October 35 the United States Department of Agriculture predicted Texas will see larger fall crops of snap beans eggplant peppers and tomatoes than last year. Onion production, however, is forecast to fall by about 15 percent.
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Austin
Texas
United States Department of Agriculture
Paris Peace Conference Ends Formal Session
The Paris peace conference officially ended at 10 28 p m CST setting the stage for final treaties. Details follow on page 10 5 with likely outcomes and next steps for negotiating nations.
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Paris
South Texas Rains Move North
Rains in southern Texas spread northward by Tuesday with cloudy skies across most of the state. Rainfall totals varied from 0.14 to 1.81 inches in several cities, while temperatures rose 8 to 15 degrees, except in the Panhandle where 12 to 15 degrees. The heaviest rainfall occurred along skeletals early Tuesday, with Texarkana recorded as the coldest.
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Associated Press
Rio Grande Valley
Austin
Waco
Brownsville
Migston
Alice
Corpus Christi
Laredo
Galveston
Panhandle
Texarkana
Skeletals
Grains and Cotton Rally Pauses After Gains On Markets
Grains and cotton rose with wheat up to four cents per bushel and corn 334 cents on the Chicago board of trade before profit taking. Cotton futures in New York surged to 245 a bale then fell sharply amid selling. Lard rose to 12.3 cents in Chicago, while eggs slipped as meat supplies were awaited.
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Chicago Board of Trade
New York
Commission
Lari
Hogs Lead On U.S. Marts
Hogs boosted by nationwide market rise with Chicago prices up to 8.75 per hundred as limited sales time followed Truman meat control removal. Kansas City hogs hit a one day surge to 11.50 to 12.50, with top j and choice hogs 25.00 to 27.50. Cattle and fed steers also moved higher as markets reacted across the Midwest and Omaha reported hog gains of 10 to 12.
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Chicago
Truman
Kansas City
Omaha
Weather forecast for Tuesday to Wednesday
Forecast calls for cloudy conditions Tuesday afternoon and night and Wednesday with occasional rains. Temperatures include a Tuesday high near 79 and low around 50, and Wednesday highs around 68 to 7? measurements.
Index of Pages and Sections Listed
The notice lists the newspaper’s sections by page: Classified on 4.7 8 and 98 Editorial on 4B Society on 28 38 and 5B Amusements on 5B Comics on 118 Sports on 10A and 1A Radio on 128 Markets on 108.
Ft Worth Receipts Drop at Stock Yards
Fort Worth stock yards receipts slipped slightly from a week ago as prices rose for slaughter cattle. Major packers bought heavily with Armour and Swift reporting large purchases. Yearlings up sharply and cows higher. hogs hit an all time high near 25 dollars per hundredweight. Only 25 head received today, but prices surged. outlook cautious for a heavy near term run.
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Fore Worth
Port Worth
Armour
Swift
Livestock Commission
Porkers Bring Top of 25 Dollars at Union Stockyards
On the first day of price decontrol at the Union stockyards hogs leaped to a record 25.05 per hundredweight with under 100 head traded. Cattle receipts reached 800 head and calves 1200, with prices rising about 2 per hundredweight and some lots up to 4 dollars. Ranchers face two choices ride out surges or hold cattle for higher returns. Meat packers expect more supplies and prices to rise before the market stabilizes. The government subsidy of 1 cent per pound will be added to the free market price.
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Anthoe
OPA
AH. Kincaid
Wvalde
Southwest
Bincaid
Dilenma
P. I. Oppenheim
Alamo Dressed Beef Company
Missionaries Arrive In Shanghai In Free Contingent
About 250 Christian missionaries arrived in Shanghai aboard the Marine Lynx from San Francisco as part of a free contingent. They are predominantly Protestant and will assist in reinforcing western and northern China missions, resuming prewar activities.
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Shanghai
Bastener
Marine Lynx
San Francisco
China
GOP Gets Time For Truman Reply
Washington reports Republicans will get a rebuttal slot to President Truman's address with coast-to-coast facilities offered for a Republican spokesman to reply. CBS estimated 44,546,000 adult listeners heard Truman, and Carrol Reece demanded similar air time from all four networks.
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Washington
Truman
CRS
CBS
GOP
Chaman Carrol Reece
Reece
CPS
Reese
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