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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1948
Page
4
Chicago livestock prices were nominally steady across classes in a run down weekend trade. Receipts matched demand in a dull market, with hogs and cattle showing narrow price moves. top steer price posted at 36.15 and vealers near 30.00, grasses rising slightly and canners slipping.
Chicago cash grain report shows No wheat and corn prices with mixed quotes. No 1 yellow corn at 2.221 high and 4 0.07, while No 2 and No 3 show varied figures around 2.93 and 2.31 amid light trading on June 5.
Southern market notes report cattle prices mixed with scarce fat cattle and higher hog values by region. Strawberries, poultry, cantaloupes, cucumbers, corn, and tomatoes show regional shifts as buyers remain active in the tri state area. Cotton futures slide while new crop progress improves in the southeast.
In Chicago on a quiet trading day the grain market drifted lower with wheat showing the clearest softness. May futures dipped toward 2.28 a bushel and support around 2.25 seemed possible, while corn held around 2.16. Oats edged mixed and soybeans edged up to about 4.16.
The House moves toward extending old age and survivors insurance to about 3.5 million more workers while a broader 20 million expansion remains unmet. President Truman criticizes Congress for narrowing coverage as talks continue on funding via employer and employee payroll taxes.
Lt. Gen John R. Hodge urged a full Soviet apology for the shooting of Karl S. Smith an American civilian employee by a North Korean Constabularyman near the 38th Parallel The incident occurred while Smith and two colleagues inspected a dam south of the boundary Hodge called the event a very serious matter and notified Lt Gen G P Korotkov the Soviet occupation commander.
Residents of Newfoundland likely will hold another referendum in about two weeks to decide on a future form of government. The report notes Newfoundland as Britain’s oldest colony facing a pivotal vote to shape its political status.
Cairn June 5 Prices moved higher and cattle prices remained steady at yesterday's live stock auction. Number one hogs sold near 24 cents a pound, number twos at 23 cents. Top quality hogs were scarcer. Beef steers brought up to 24.70 dollars per cwt with the market steady.
President Truman visited Omaha to reunite with his sister Mary Janet Truman and wartime comrades ahead of a Farm Policy speech. He rode a portion of the parade on foot, plans to Los Angeles June 14, and promoted seven goals of abundance including price supports and crop insurance.
A belated dispatch from Nanking via the Central News Agency notes a May 25 earthquake in the Himalayan village of Lihwa in southern Sinqiang province. The quake nearly destroyed the settlement and left about 800 dead, per seismographic data and U. S. instrument readings placing the event in Asia.
Civil war fighting stranded more than 200 Catholic missionaries in Shantung as Communist forces pressed toward Tsinan, with clashes reported within 150 miles of the provincial capital.
A mob of 100 to 150 men damaged Diego Rivera’s mural Sunday afternoon in the Alameda at the Prado hotel in Mexico City by scratching out the words God does not exist. Rivera readded the inscription from a chair with a paint box. The incident delayed blessing of the hotel by Archbishop Luis Martinez. Rivera later applied for readmission to the Mexican communist party.
Johnny Hartsfield and Bobby Sims of the Meigs Senior 4-H Club returned from the annual State 4-H Forestry Camp at Laura Walker Park near Waycross. The camp, May 31 to today, involved more than 100 Georgia 4-H youths and was sponsored by Union Bag and Paper and Brunswick Pulp and Paper, directed by H. C. Car Truth and R. J. Richardson, with State Forestry and Extension staff assistance. Activities covered forestry management and recreation, highlighted by an Okefenokee Swamp tour.
The New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist church at Wright and Stephen Streets, led by Rev. R. D. Winn, holds Sunday School at 10:00 A.M. Deacon L. A. Taylor is superintendent. Worship occurs on the 1st and 3rd Sundays with sermons at 11:30 A.M., 3:00 P.M., and 7:30 P.M. A B T U meets each Sunday at 6:00 P.M.
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