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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1950
Page
7
Hogs opened 25 to 50 cents higher with active buying lifting tops to 24.00 plus for choice 190 to 220 lb butchers. Cattle and calves show steady to weak trends with steer and heifer prices around 26 to 30.50, cows and bulls softer. sheep see spring lambs 25 to 50 cents lower and best offerings at 28 to 29 dollars. Herd volumes: hogs salable 7,000, sheep 500, cattle 1,000, calves 100.
Wheat and corn futures show mixed values across months with July and September wheat near 220 and 223, while corn ranges fall between 142 and 164 in July to September. Odd characters and spacing suggest OCR errors but indicate price percentages and contracts across multiple months and crops.
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy charged Secretary of State Dean Acheson and aides with murderous incompetence that made the Korean war inevitable and called for their ouster. The State Department rejected the claim as baseless, noting broad congressional and public support for Acheson’s stance amid the crisis.
Gov Thomas E Dewey of New York attacked the Truman administration over the home front's role in the Korean War. He urged a tougher stance, arguing the nation must confront the perils of a limited war and criticized the administration's policy during a period of heightened tension.
In a news conference the administration is urged to match the gravity of times with vigorous action. The speaker calls for immediate expenditure on war material while criticizing politics as usual. The President says he has no plan to step up military mobilization or call up reserves.
The largest unfenced buffalo herd roams the Houserock Valley area north of the Grand Canyon in Arizona, drawing attention for its sizeable wild urban-adjacent range and unusual openness.
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