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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1949
Page
10
Stocks held steady as bonds and curb shares showed uneven moves. Silver rose to 724.5 cents per ounce as traders weighed CCC price support signals. Wheat edged higher earlier, with reports of limited CCC purchases and varied activity across Portland, Kansas City, and Chicago.
Stocks steadied after an early broad decline extending Tuesday’s drop. Railroad and blue chip shares led a modest recovery as the Dow Jones averages closed higher with gains in industrials and utilities. Automotives weakened, while major names like American Telephone and U S Steel posted up movements and overall volume near 720 thousand shares.
Livestock trade in Ogden shows scarce slaughter cattle with steady tone and early sales focused on stockers. Vealers bring 21 to 22 dollars, medium cows 14 to 14.50, canners down to 8, hogs with good and choice 180 to 240 pounds around 22, and sows near 14 to 18 dollars. Sheep around 23 dollars for Idaho and Utah loads, with 6 000 head noted and no early action.
Live poultry moves in 21 trucks with hens steady and chickens unsettled. Leghorn chickens at 22, ducklings at 24. Butter over 544,787 pounds with a steady market. eggs brown and white at 8,411 cases, market steady to firm. Potatoes arrivals track 235 on hand, US shipment 484, with firm prices for washed and unwashed varieties. Onions and sweet potatoes show steady to moderate demand and prices, with diverse regional quotes for russets, long whites, bliss triumphs, warbas, and cobblers.
Chicago Board of Trade futures show a nervous downward tilt for wheat and soybeans while corn oats hold fair. rye climbs. Prices move with sluggish flour demand and light export appetite. soybeans face scattered liquidation as meal markets ease. Trading remains mixed in corn and oats with late selling in September corn noted.
A 19 year old Salt Lake City mother of three thanked five youths who chased away an unidentified man Monday night after he approached her in Pioneer park. The attacker, about 24, wore a yellow T shirt and dark blue trousers and fled as the youths surged forward.
Bing Crosby and Bob Hope became members of the Independent Petroleum Association of America announced by executive manager C. E. Buchner. The entertainers partner with W. A. Moncrief Sr. of Fort Worth Texas and recently completed an oil well in Scurry County Texas with an estimated potential of 100 barrels per hour. They may attend the IPAA’s 20th anniversary meeting in Fort Worth in October.
In the Constitution era text the national legislature is consistently called the Congress. The article notes spelling and capitalization preference for official documents and discussions. It contrasts modern usage with historic form to explain naming conventions in government records.
A list of crossword style hints with numbered entries including Leafy Vegetable, rugged mountain crests, wager, back order abbr, winglike part, strong wind, snaky fish plural, obtained, railroad abbr, lubricate, made of wool, searches pryingly, bone, capers, country.
A compact reference puzzle lists clues with numbers and abbreviations across parts of speech and definitions. It includes items like symbol for silver and Greek place of assembly alongside various shorthand notations and foreign language cues for a themed wordplay grid.
Bakersfield police chief Horace V. Grayson is suspended by City Manager Carl J. Thornton amid accusations by the Battsfield Press that he tried to bar the paper from police news and threatened the editor. The paper says Grayson ordered reporters to stay out of police matters and threatened to drive the editor out of town. The charge includes neglect of duty and civil service violations.
A dense listing of radio program blocks across stations KEYY KPST KEIO and more detailing morning shows, news, music, talk and variety segments from dawn to midnight. It catalogs time slots, show titles, hosts and featured acts, reflecting a busy regional broadcasting day.
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