04 Sep 1956
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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1956
Page
1
Fragmented text notes small losses and gains in stocks with mentions of a lively fair atmosphere. The record hints at a conference on the Suez Canal boosting confidence and mentions advances in items linked to chemicals and motors, but details are incomplete.
Market notes show liberal to heavy receipts on Atlanta produce with midweek trading. Turnip greens and mustard greens fetched 1.00 to 1.50 per dozen bunches while cabbage sold 1.26 to 1.50 per bag and sweet potatoes 3.65 per bushel.
In early trade North Georgia poultry markets report broilers down one cent per pound at 214-3% pounds at farms and plants, while hens hold steady. Heavy and light types show varied movement with farm quotes around 18 to 14 pounds.
Fragmentary data lists plant types and dates from 1820 through 1914 with counts 19 to 1914 and mentions multiple item types. The readable fragments suggest cataloging or classification by type and period, but specifics are unclear.
New York cotton futures at 11 45 a m show a 20 cent drop per bale with Oct at 33 74, Dec 83 79, Mar 33 74, May 33 64 while nearby months gain 2 42 to 32 30 in the Oct spread.
Yacker Hog Market from Thomasville Georgia notes receipts of about 4000 hogs at major plants in Albany Moultrie Thomasville Tifton Dothan and Jacksonville with prices for U S No 1 2 and 3 barrows and gilts 180-240 pounds from 15 00 to 15 50 and 200-240 pounds up to 16 00 in places Chicago reports 12000 hogs with generally 25 cent declines and prices 190-240 pounds 16 00 to 16 60 North Georgia cattle market in Atlanta shows steady prices for slaughter steers and heifers with calves 16 25 to 19 50 for Good and Choice listings
The Associated Press reports a few Negroes entered Clinton High School under National Guard protection while in Mansfield Texas a crowd eyed a mob backed by segregationists. In Clinton nine of twelve Negroes enrolled as U S marshal reads court injunction. In Mansfield Rangers warned that any enrollees would be moved for safety.
Peiping radio reports Typhoon Dinah blowing itself out over the Chinese mainland. It says 76 fishing boats with 220 aboard are missing in the storm's wake. Taipei dispatch notes six dead and about 10,000 homeless on Formosa. Manila Weather Bureau warns a new typhoon Emma developing near Guam. Previous Wanda killed about 2,100 and injured similar number on the mainland.
Former Georgia governor Herman Talmadge urged a near unanimous Democratic nomination on statewide TV. He pledged to defend constitutional rights, curb Supreme Court jurisdiction, and seek minimum qualifications for justices as he campaigns against M B Thompson for the seat long held by Walter F George.
The Associated Press reports Georgia saw 13 traffic deaths during the Labor Day holiday period. Among the dead were 20 year old Roswell resident Jack Lamar Stewart and four others in a Tallapoosa crash linked to a train collision. Additional fatalities included individuals from Franklin Commerce Dawson Adel Hilton Glennville Talbotton and McBean, with ages ranging from 3 to 72.
A fragment notes Herman Talmadge’s role in Georgia as the nation learns of his campaign to uphold constitutional government during a period of partisan struggle. The readable text signals a broader political effort and Talmadge’s prominence in state affairs.
Members of the National Guard unit that left Thomasville in 1940 under the national mobilization act will hold their second annual reunion tonight. Commander Carson Pate of American Legion Post 31, a member of Company I, 121st Infantry Division with World War I service, will help establish Post 31 at 7 30 p.m. tonight.
Thomasville's two banks will stay open tomorrow from 9 am to 12 noon, instead of closing all day as on prior Wednesdays. The half day is to ac commodate customers after the all day bank holiday Monday.
Advice appears from an ad urging readers to use Want Ads to sell belongings. It offers contact CA 6-2400 and promotes assistance from an experienced Want Ad writer to help resolve financial concerns.
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