Stocks Rise in Quiet Week on Earnings News
U S markets edged higher amid sparse volume as favorable 1948 earnings reports and oil news supported gains. Steel mills expand output while rail, oil, and chemical issues lead advances. cattle and hogs prices show mixed week, with top cattle reaching 30.00 and hogs drifting lower.
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Grain futures firm on Chicago Board of Trade
Grain futures closed higher on the Chicago Board of Trade with wheat up about a quarter cent and corn up seven tenths per bushel. Oats and rye gained modestly while soybeans rose and lard advanced, driven by short covering and expectations of continued government grain purchases to support July and August supplies. Winnipeg prices moved up slightly as well.
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Livestock Prices Steady to Mixed Across Markets
Cattle and sheep priced steady to higher in Chicago markets while hogs held steady to down a few cents per hundredweight for the week. The report notes a mixed trend with hogs easing as demand remained uneven and market chatter focused on feed costs and seasonal demand shifts.
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Obituaries for Fred A Ball and Charles E Moyer
Funeral services were held for Fred A Ball a former Pocatello resident who died in Los Angeles with Pocatello lodge No 674 BPOE in charge and Keystone lodge No 81 A F and A M performing the funeral rites Burial was in Mount Moriah cemetery Arrangements were by McHan Henderson funeral home Charles E Moy er died Wednesday and services were held Monday at Parrett Twin Falls Methodist church with burial at Sunset Memorial Twin Falls under McHan Henderson funeral home supervision
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Mount Moriah
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McHan-Henderson Funeral Home
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News Of Record Anthons Hospital Social Notices
Mr and Mrs Tracy Watson route 1 north gir read as a ward update. Mr and Mrs Gaylin Muirbrook are listed. General Hospital entries include Mrs Morris Sexton Inkom iy. Mr and Mrs Gail Clough Pingree are noted in the record.
Fire destroys old wing of abse school in small town
The old portion of the abse school burned down after being discovered around 7 a.m. Fire crews from Lewiston, 15 miles away, saved the new section and brought the blaze under control by 10:30 a.m.
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Flood Control Plan Aims to Boost Idaho Aid
Idaho Senator reports urgency in flood control funding for Bonner’s Ferry Lewiston and Boise River areas as snowpack and storms threaten spring floods. He pushes from 2.5 million to 6.5 million and notes state federal reliefs improving snowbound roads.
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Minidoka Farmer Unit Meets for Union Gathering
Minidoka county Farmers Union met at the Guild Hall with strong attendance. George Graf reported his Washington trip and said the Colorado delegation pressed the Columbia Valley Authority 100 per cent parity and sugar beet issues. The group opposed 10 per cent potato acreage cuts and urged letters to lawmakers. They approved renting the Washington schoolhouse for 10 years and planned a budget farm party without a date.
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Brannan
Farmers Union Organization
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Far Eastern Pier Being Rebuilt
The longest pier in the Far East, badly damaged in the war, is under reconstruction in Manila. Work has begun on Pier 13, once Pier 7, as a key U S Army engineers project to rehabilitate Philippines port facilities. The 1,400 foot pier will gain four cargo sheds for efficiency.
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Far East
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Flood funding sought by Western senators
Western senators urged the Senate deficiency appropriations subcommittee to assign 22.5 million dollars for flood protection in their regions facing rising meltwater.
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