Meigs Post Happenings Highlight Local Visits and Returns
Meigs Georgia June 14 local column notes Mrs Harry Johnston and son Richard returned from Toledo Ohio and are at home to friends in the Hurst apartment Mrs Flossie Booth visited in Thomasville Frances Spence returned from Thomasville visits James Bowers Greensboro NC guest of his father J A Bowers Hollis Ferguson Caio spent the weekend with his parents A J Bond returned to Ft Lauderdale Florida after business Morris Rogers returned to Pelham after visiting grandparents C C Maddox Fred Wurst had a house guest George Baker Albany Claude Foliar Albany weekend visit Horace Atkinson Albany weekend guest of his mother Mrs King Allipone George Harris Jacksonville in Meigs weekend Miss Lougenia Davis and Pau Line Carter spent a short time in Pelham Sunday Roy Martin Perry Florida returned home after visit}
Dance at Meigs entertains youth and Edison club visit
On a Saturday night in Meigs Georgia the younger set enjoyed a dance at the Community Center led by Mrs. S C Booth. Edison baseball players were hosted in town and Meigs later hosted a Sunday ball game where Meigs defeated the visitors on the local diamond.
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Meigs
S C. Booth
Edison
Edison School
Pelham Welcomes Mrs Welch After Smoky Mountain Trip
Mr and Mrs P B Welch return to Pelham from a wedding journey through the Smoky Mountains. Mrs Welch formerly Miss Robbie Newton taught in Pelham and is greeted by friends. Mr Wallace Curles of Cotton suffers a broken limb at Piedmont Hospital Atlanta. Memphis cottonseed meal futures close steady with prices shown for June to January contracts.
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Wallace Curles
Piedmont Hospital
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Hampton
Stuart
Sarah Shiver
Enen Taylor
Pemera
J T. Taylor
Cottonseed Oil Futures Close Steady in New Orleans Trade
New Orleans June 4 cottonseed oil closed steady with summer bright yellow prime crude prices listed. Market notes show July and September contracts at specific bids, with indicative ranges and nearby values.
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New Orleans
New Oroleans
Bebra
New York
Market Wrap Shows Mixed Trading Despite Late Dip
New York stocks ended a volatile day with uneven price moves and only modest transfers near the close. Cottonseed futures rose slightly with July at 6.63 and January bids around 7.02.
Markets at a Glance Mixed Activity in New York Stocks
Markets at a Glance shows uneven late stock buying with a general decline. Bonds ease with some governments stable. currencies quiet as markets watch International. Wheat firm in light trade, cattle and hogs steady to strong. coffee and sugar show irregular activity with scattered covering.
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New York
Cotlon
Liega Wheat
CURNA
Packer Hog Markets Southeast Area Report
Combined receipts of hogs today at multiple Georgia and nearby markets show a mostly steady trend with one plant 20 cents lower. Quotations span from about 4.25 to 6.00 per hundredweight depending on weight and grade, with premiums possible for post mortem cleared hogs free of parasites.
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U. S&s
Albany
Columbus
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Tifton
Georgia
Dothan
Alabama
Jacksonville
Florida
Moultrie Hog Market Report Signals Mixed Prices
Moultrie Georgia June 1 market rundown shows softer hog trading with lighter weights under 240 pounds down. Heavier hogs 240 pounds and up traded around 7.40 to 8.54 per hundred, while sows and boars moved in the 4.15 to 4.55 range and under smooth fat weights flexed.
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Moultrie
Psa
Newt Pp
Georgia State Farm market quotations in Thomasville
Market notes list pole beans butter beans peas okra and cantaloupes with prices ranging from 2 to 105 cents per unit. Figures shown include beans at about 1.06 dollars and peas near 35 cents.
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Georgia
Thomasville
Cotton futures steady in New York trade
New York cotton futures held steady with small gains as trade price fixing short covering and foreign buying supported prices. July rose to 9.29, October to about 9.49, and May near 7.92 with spot middling at 9.97 for the day.
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New York
New Orleans
Bombay
Cine Jl. V
Chicago Poultry Prices Steady in June Market
Chicago poultry market reports live offerings at six dollars for trunks with steady to firm tone. Turkeys and toms priced around eighteen cents per pound with hense and other items unchanged.
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Chicago
US Government Bonds Notes From New York Market Brief
Treasury closing details and bond listings for New York trading indicate movements in four percent bonds and mortgage securities. Market activity includes price notes and issue dates, with observers watching yields and demand across Treasury notes and related instruments.
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US Government Bonds
New York
Une
U.S Hervernment Treasury
New Orleans cotton futures show small gains on mixed notes
Unfavorable belt weather and better textile reports support prices with a firm to slightly higher close. Cotton futures settle near 9.30 to 9.40 for nearby months while mid and deferred contracts trade around 8.20 to 8.54. Savannah turpentine and rosin mark firm activity with varied grade quotes and steady stock levels.
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New Orleans
Jy.nd
Chicago Butter and Eggs Market Report
Chicago price report shows butter at 1,450,397 and creamery grade 93 with 24 percent. price figures include 92 and 2444. M1 boa 80 23 percent, BY 23 BS 22 percent. Centralized variant 23 percent. Begs 24,025 with firmed fresh graded extra first cars at 134 percent. other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Chicago Livestock Market Report June Auction Values
Chicago livestock sales on Tuesday showed salable hogs around 9 000 head with prices steady to strong, tops reaching 6.55 for best 180 250 pound hogs, medium weights 635 55, and lighter lots to 5 60. Cattle offerings 8 000 with calves 1 000, market active and higher, top 10 60 for light steers, yearlings to 14 50, weighty steers 10 35, sausage bulls to 7 40, cutter cows near 9 83, vealers 8 0 0 to 8 2, replacement cattle scarce.
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Chicago
U. S
Sugar futures slip as July and January fall
New York June 14 producers shifted to selling nearby deliveries in domestic sugar futures. Prices declined with July down 5 points to 1.82 and January off 3 points to 1.90. Raw sugar remained quiet and refined held at 45 to 4.90 cents.
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New Wyof
New York
Chicago cash grain prices on June 14
Cash wheat values for No. 2 red and No. 1 yellow hard are listed with weevil percentages. Corn mixed and yellow grades show narrow ranges. Oats and soybeans prices are given for multiple grades with nominal figures.
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Chicago
Barney
State pushes case against Ezell in murder trial
In Macon Georgia Guy Ezell faces murder charges for shooting Edgar E Norris in a shoe store. Witness A J Goolsby testified Norris pleaded for his life as Ezell fired after declaring the victim had meddled in his affairs. Detective G C Britt testified Ezell claimed responsibility and was ready to go when arrested.
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Edgar E. Norris
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Rome
Norris
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G. C. Britt
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Governor seeks end to West Allis strike at Allis-Chalmers
Milwaukee June 14 Governor Julius Heil urged talks among Allis-Chalmers officials and United Automobile Workers CIO leaders to settle a strike at the West Allis plant where about 6 000 workers are involved. A picket line three blocks long faced the main entrance as skeleton office staff operated.
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Julius Heil
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
West Allis
Max W. Bamm
Heil
United Automobile Workers Union
CIO
Communications Commission asks for tighter control of telephone industry
The Federal Communications Commission asked Congress for expanded authority over the 46 billion dollar telephone industry while shaving down several recommendations from Commissioner Paul A. Walker. The commission in its approved report omitted Walker's call for FCC review and approval of all Bell policies set by AT and T’s central management group, though Walker welcomed the approval in principle and largely in substance.
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Federal Communnications Commission
Congress
Paul A. Walker
Walker
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Bell
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Commission
Two Women Die Trying to Save Girl in River
In Rayville Louisiana on June 14 a ten year old girl slipped and fell into the Boeuf river. Two farm wives, Edna Joy Long ten, her aunt Mrs Wilbur Long eighteen, and Mrs W O Emith thirty, plunged to help and all three drowned. The Richland parish coroner T M Sayre reported the deaths yesterday.
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T. M. Sayre
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Oats Illicitly Used to Battle Birds in Wauwatosa
Alderman Edward Ehmke reveals residents feed oats soaked in alcohol to tame flocks of birds. The intoxicated birds fall, allowing other species to be culled, as starling populations are culled in an incinerator.
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Wauwatoun
Wis
Edward Ehmke
Parachute Jumper's Baby Survives 20 Foot Fall
Brockton Mass June 14 4P It looks as if Richard Moreau three fell right into his father's footsteps Richard tumbled 20 feet from a window to a brick sidewalk but he was unhurt in the accident at home The report notes the boy remained conscious and was examined by a doctor at the scene There were no serious injuries and the family was relieved by the outcome
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Brockton
Mass
Richard Moreau
Richard
Aindow
Hospital Attendant Recovers After Escape Incident
Richard survives an incident with hospital attendants reporting no injuries. His father Romeo, formerly a parachute jumper, now handles flagpole duties.
Bitsy Grant Faces First Hard Test in Atlanta Meet
Atlanta June 14, 1949 Bryans M Bitsy Grant seeks his eighth title as he faces strong rivals in the Suthern championship. Grant defeated Dick Morris of Winter Park Fla in his first match and advanced to the fourth round, drawing Gordon Kiser then Burtz Boulware of Tampa as his next opponents. Eighteen survivors remain in the field with eight still alive.
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Bitsy) Grant
Grant
Dick Morris
Winter Park
Fis
Smuch
Gordon Kiser
Burtz Boulware
Tampa
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Netter
Smokies Rally Past Crackers in 6 2 Victory Hit Southern Lead
Knoxville Smokies surge keeps pressure on pennant leaders as they beat Atlanta Crackers 6 to 2. Chattanooga and Memphis win aid Knoxville while Nashville splits a doubleheader upholding the tight pennant race.
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Atlanta Crackers
Knoxville Club
Smokies
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Crackers
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Memphis
Knoxville
Nashville
Florida player advances after upset and valedictorian loss
Harris Everett ninth seed fell to Alek Guerry from Sewanee the University of the South who had been valedictorian the day before in a fourth round match in Florida.
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Harris Everett
Alek Guerry
University of the South
Sewanee
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