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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1948
Page
11
New York stocks fall for a seventh straight session as traders book year end tax adjustments. Markets remained weak despite favorable news, with declines across bond and commodity fields and mixed results in major industrials led by a broad downtrend in commodity futures.
Markets show early steady calves and hogs with varying beef cow weakness. Idaho and Chicago reports note active cattle, steady to higher hogs, and lambs around 20 to 24 dollars with regional price spreads and large lots trading slowly.
The report lists prices for chickens, turkeys, and other poultry including colored fryers Plymouth Rock broilers and White Rock varieties with per pound rates. It covers cheese, butter, onions, currants, and potatoes with weights, case counts, and shipment totals, noting a dull market but steady demand and overall firmness.
Regional forecast shows mixedy conditions with clouds and showers over southeast Idaho mountains, highs 32 to 42, lows near 25. western Idaho sees partly cloudy skies with mountain snow. Utah mostly clear to partly cloudy with light snow in the northwest, slightly colder northwest winds afternoon. Dixie highs around 40 to 42. other cites list 32 to 41 in West Yellowstone and Seattle area.
Funeral services were held for Norma Jean Price Burley who died in a Thanksgiving car crash near Jerome. The report lists survivors and a Sheriff’s investigation. Other obituaries include William W. Sheppard, S. N. Morris, Adolf Zetlitz, Jacob Maier, and William M. Hines with service details and interment notes. The article notes December is peak month for traffic accidents.
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