Launch Attack On High Prices Continues
The drive against rising costs presses on with expected middlewest price hikes unless retailers and wholesalers resist or freeze prices. A labor report shows food costs rose faster than wages since 1941, prompting blame games and calls for investigations into dairy produce fertilizer grain and meat packing. Forty subpoenas issued to major packers and associates mark a federal grand jury probe into inflation.
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Middlewest
Department of Labor
Adolph J. Sabath
B. Ub
Tom C. Clark
Chicago
John P. Barnes
American Meat Institute
Market report from Chicago hogs and cattle trading
Chicago markets show 6000 hogs steady to 25 cents higher with bulk 150 to 260 pounds at 29 to 29.50 and top near 29.75. 260 to 320 pound hogs 27.50 to 29.25. Cattle crowds total 16000 with calves 1000. fed steers steady to 25 cents higher with four loads at 35.50 and top above 35.50, others mixed. cows and bulls generally weaker. Sheep around 1500 with early lamb sales 60 cents lower and yearlings above 20.00, ewes steady to lower.
Poultry Market Prices and Shipments Reported
Eres lists 17,101 cases with firm prices for various fowl including hens at 27 cents per pound, leghorn hens 7t, fryers 35 to 85, white rock springs 42, Plymouth Rock springs 82, young turkey toms 34, young hens 4h, and other poultry items. Miscellaneous figures include ducks 47-22, ducklings 28, guineas 25, common barn pigeons 2:59 per dozen, and extras 2:48 2:8 4:46-56 with current receipts 40-44 and dirties 34-364 percent.
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Wolters
White Rock Springs
Plymouth Rock Springs
Colnes Springs
Chicago Cash Grain Market Report Highlights Mixed Movements
Chicago cash grain prices rise for wheat and oats while corn shows modest gains. No. 2 white and mixed yellow values shift within narrow ranges as basis remains stable amid market fluctuations.
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Chicago
Chicago Grain Table Snapshot for Wheat and Oats
Open high low close figures appear for Wheat with contracts Sept Mar May July and Sept Dee May July across listed values. Oats contract Sept shows figures around 119 to 121 percent with related readouts and Dee readings included.
Dye lot results show varied white and red fabric grades
The text lists fabric grades with strength numbers across whites and reds including No 3 white 119 1201 No 4 white heavy medium 118 14-120 and sample grades 116-118 114% while noting extra heavy 12314 for No 4 white and special red 127-127 yy.
Banana figs rise from Mexico to U S during war
Bananas are dried into banana figs using sun or oven methods until coated with natural sugar crystals. The dehydrated fruit, known as banana figs, was shipped from Mexico to the United States during the war.
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United States
Mexico
Port Royal 1698 census reports 1584 apple trees among 54 families
The 1698 census at Port Royal in Canada records 1,584 apple trees owned by 54 families, highlighting early colonial fruit cultivation and family landholding patterns.
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Port Royal
Canada
Infantile Paralysis Cases Rise in 1946 Year
Encyclopaedia Britannica reports that the United States saw more infantile paralysis cases in 1946 than any year since 1916, marking a fourth straight year of above average incidence. The 1946 epidemic featured many bulbar cases and a high rate among pregnant women.
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United States
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Flour from cottonseed suitable for starch restricted diets
Flour is produced from cotton seed containing less than two percent starch and about fifty percent protein. It is in demand for starch restricted diets, especially for diabetics.
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Delbert
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Turkey
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Morrison Building
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Mt. Pleasant
Eod
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John D. Durst
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Massey Harris
Ben Stout
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Lester Leeper
Brazil
Furn
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Anolo
Wayne Marston
Wade
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Henry Wagner
Wapello
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Trier
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