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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1949
Page
4
Public utility and city service contact list for Thomasville includes City Hall departments and emergency services with several listed telephone numbers for the Fire Department City Manager Clerk and Treasurer Sheriff's Office Ambulance White Archboia Hospital State Patrol Post and others.
Faint signs of improvement followed a fresh morning decline after the opening. Trading remained moderately active with several large blocks, and major names like Bethlehem Steel and U.S. Steel moved in and out of gains. A list of key stocks and bonds appears in the over-the-counter and exchange notes, with no abrupt price shifts reported. Savannah turpentine and rosin data, plus contractor notices, conclude the market page.
New York and Chicago market summaries show steady cotton futures with July gains as traders pound for near term. Atlanta wholesale fruit and vegetable trade slowed Tuesday with widespread prices mostly unchanged though Georgia peaches and yellow squash rose in supply. Florida watermelons and cucumbers posted varied quotes across multiple grades.
Receipts at major plants in Albany Columbus Moultrie Thomasville GA and Dothan Jacksonvi lle Tallahassee and nearby areas show hogs mostly weak to 50 cents lower. Prices from 180-240 lb barrows and gilts 19.50-20.25 with some higher, 240-270 lb 19.00-19.50, over 270 lb 18.00, 160-180 lb 19.00-19.50, 120-140 lb 15.00-16.50. Cattle receipts small with generally active, steady to lower trade. slaughter steer and calf markets weak, stockers steady to weak, cows 13.00-21.50 in parts, Florida cutters 15.50-18.75, medium beef cows 17.00-21.00, vealers 28.50-27.00, bulk cattle 22.00-25.00.
In Irwinton Georgia a special grand jury began examining evidence in the lynching of Caleb Hill Jr with Sheriff George Hatcher as the first witness. Prosecutors Blalock Baldwin and agent Spurlin expressed confidence in obtaining indictments as two white men remain jailed for murder.
Testimony about concealed weapons was struck as defense objected to city court hearing. Mayor pro tem Waller and Chief Ware debated charges as Malcolm Braddy John Edge and Joe Greene faced orderly conduct and loitering counts. Greene was tried. ruling may set precedent for others.
Five members of Chatham County Georgia’s junior deputies toured Washington with Sheriff Bill Harris leading. They met FBI Chief J Edgar Hoover, tested tommy guns at the FBI range, and lunched with Representative Preston. The group promotes goodwill and includes youths aged 12 to 14 plus future pickup of four additional black deputies.
A 54 year old retired Savannah Georgia firefighter who set a trans continental cycling record reportedly quit the cross country ride in Los Angeles on June 14 AP notes.
The article discusses a possible government control program for cotton next year as a large carryover of 6.5 to 7 million bales looms. Woolley of the Agriculture Department criticizes inflexible minimum quotas while senators and officials debate beltwide provisions and the role of price support programs in sustaining demand.
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