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Newspaper
The Pocatello Post
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1948
Page
10
Stocks stayed firm in moderate dealings while bonds and curb stocks moved irregularly. Silver held at 70 cents, futures for wheat rose, corn and oats edged lower, hogs and cattle steady, sheep weak with late yarding showing 22.25 to 22.50 for slaughter lambs.
Chicago futures firm with higher wheat and corn but cash demand slack. No. 2 yellow corn at 1.4542 cents basis firm. Wheat gains led by milling demand. oats steadier. Regional cattle hog sheep markets reflect cautious demand with varied price shifts in Portland Omaha Kansas City and Chicago sessions.
New York stocks moved irregularly as investors locked in profits from earlier advances. Despite an underlying bullish tone supported by higher dividends and earnings, selling near the close erased much of the day’s gains with key names like American Can, General Motors, and U S Steel showing varied moves. Dow Jones indicators show modest declines amid light volume. bonds and curb stocks also fluctuated in a cautious, uneven session.
A dense listing of hourly radio schedules for KEIO KC KSEI FM 96.5 and other stations, detailing programs from morning to night including news summaries, music blocks, soap operas, variety shows, sports, and special segments. The listings include show times and title snippets across AM and FM bands.
Wholesale consumer grade large and extra large eggs offered to retailers in cases with carton pricing two cents higher. Candled eggs highlighted for quality assurance in Los Angeles market.
United Mine Workers official says John L. Lewis will push a 30 hour work week in the soft coal contract demand. William Blizzard of Charleston, district 17 president, told the labor conference that the 40 hour week is too long and supported a shorter week but delegates did not back a six hour day. The current bituminous pact calls for eight hours daily and 40 hours weekly and expires June 30 with reopening possible on 30 days notice.
The air force announced delivery of its first Boe ing B-47 Stratojet bomber. It travels at 600 mph with a cruising radius over 800 miles and a 10 ton bomb load. The swept-back wing jet aircraft has 18 engines, nine per wing, and completed tests at Moses Lake AFB, Washington before return to Boeing for extended flight testing. A second Stratojet is in tests for delivery.
A caller asked what to wear when paying a traffic ticket. Clerk Nola Lowery replied that her normal day dress would be acceptable to the judge, handling the question with understanding and restraint.
The notice lists grade AA egg prices at 80-82 and large grade AA at 78-81. Consumer carton prices show large AA 75-87, medium A 72-77, small unspecified. Poultry prices include turkeys with young heirs 55-57 and young toms 44-45.
Cloudy with intermittent snow across Southern Idaho. Colder with lows from 15 to 25 and highs 28 to 38. Utah shows cloudy conditions in the north and west with a restless pattern and snow flurries northeast. Colder north Friday with lows near 12 to 22 and highs 28 to 38 in the north and 35 to 45 in the south.
Thomas Shane of the CIO United Steel Workers admitted the union helped stage a raid on Shakespeare plants during a strike. He says he was in the group that invaded the plants injuring eight workers and terrorizing employees. State officials appoint a one man grand jury to investigate the disturbance described as an organized goon squad. Shane accuses the company of importing strike breakers to end the walkout begun Sept 7 over seniority.
President Truman showed reporters a replica of a Chicago Tribune front page reading Dewey Defeats Truman, sent by the Chicago Sun-Times. He also displayed a small white elephant from friends in Independence, Missouri, his hometown, and remarked it looked sickly to him.
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