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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1948
Page
4
A vintage ad from the Thomas County Bank features friendly advisory language promoting savings planning and banking services. It lists local public service numbers and emphasizes courteous guidance for security and financial planning.
WANTED Young married women acquainted with better class of people desirous of making up to $60 weekly in spare time. Contact Spicelbergers at Wis terie Hotel Thomasville Broad St Wednesday June 30th. WIRE FENCING SASH Large amounts of 36 Inch and 40 Inch Heavy Fence also Some Tin Roofing and Barb Wire. Tuck Imp Co phone 888. Glass showcase 6 ft long for sale for only $10 Morris Rosenberg.
Market report from Thomasville Georgia details cattle hogs and poultry prices across major Alabama and Florida plants. Includes tri state area figures for fed slaughter steers cows bulls calves and stockers with prices and declines noted. North Georgia poultry market shows steady red fryers and weaker crosses with caution in buying. Property listings and sales ads follow.
A measured rally in New York stocks gained momentum with most issues advancing and higher prices paid for major names such as Santa Fe, Atlantic Coast Line, General Electric, Chrysler, and Union Carbide. Turnover remained unusually slow with many trades in small blocks.
On June 29 Atlanta markets reported slow trading with liberal receipts. Georgia bulk peaches sold mostly poor and small at 1.00 to 1.50 dollars, watermelons 0.35 to 1.00, cantaloupes 1.25 to 2.25, green corn 0.40 per dozen, and Georgia okra 1.50 to 4.09 per bushel. Tomatoes, cucumbers, and cabbages moved slowly at varied prices.
Chicago hogs sold 12 000 on the yard with 15 500 total as buyers paid 75 cents to 1.00 lower across weights. Bulk good and choice hogs ranged 26 25 to 28 75 per 100 pounds with sows 22 00 to 24 00 and some higher. Cattle and calves saw slow demand with steers and heifers mostly 25 to 50 cents lower, prime 1 200 lb steers at 39.00 and 1 100 lb heifers around 37.00 while common beef cows sold 14.00 to 17.00. Prices varied by weight and grade with bulls near 28.00.
Cotton futures in New York on June 29 showed irregular moves with July under pressure early then rallying as short covering dwindled. Market followed spot month and awaited export and crop news as 12 point moves were anticipated. late trade ranged with July at 35.65 cents per pound.
Washington June 29 AP four men including Tom Linder of Georgia J E McDonald of Texas Ralph W Moore of Washington DC and Robert M Harriss New York broker were indicted for lobbying without registering with Congress The charges allege a conspiracy to lobby for higher commodity prices for personal gain The June 12 hearing date was announced by the Justice Department All four deny the charges Also named were the National Farm Committee and the Farm Commissioners Council
President Jose Luis Bustamante Rivero announced Peru is in an acute national crisis and will rule by decree with extraordinary powers. He cited dangerous political tension and alleged hidden plots and said Congress will not convene for the July 28 annual session after 21 independent senators boycotted the ballot, triggering a parliamentary recess.
The Assocated Press reports a last minute rush to register before July 1 in some Georgia counties while others show little activity. Fulton County in Atlanta completed registrations for the Sept 8 primary totaling 130,588, above the 1946 count, with May 1 closing for registrations. Unofficial estimates suggest the statewide total may exceed the 1946 record of 1,077,949, and 691,881 of those registered voted in the 1944 primary which nominated Eugene Talmadge for a third term.
Washington reports the Air Force will reopen 19 U S bases and one gunnery range before June 30 1949. The service currently fields 382 000 officers and men with funds authorized to 440 500 by June 30 1944 and potential to 502 000 once enacted. Moody Field Georgia is among the bases to resume operations.
Atlanta June 29 AP Walter McDonald chairman of the Public Service Commission refused Attorney General Eugene Cook's challenge to debate the railroads anti trust bill. McDonald called a debate pointless amid ongoing veto and passage status. Cook attacked McDonald's views as he urged a public airing of the controversy.
Washington reports 42 750 imported foreign workers will aid farmers this year, down from 50 009 in 1947. Officials cite more domestic labor, tighter controls to protect American jobs, and unsettled spring weather as reasons for the smaller import program.
Nine defendants were sentenced by Judge Louie W. Strum in a $100,009 counterfeit money conspiracy case with penalties from three to years. Secret Service tied operations from Florida to New Jersey and fed planes to track suspects. Others in a companion conspiracy received four and three year terms with fines. Alfred D. Collins Jr. of Cobb County Georgia four years and 2500 fine Feltus Bland Metter Georgia four years and 1900 fine Joe Ed Clark Glenwood Georgia three years and 1000 fine.
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