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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1943
Page
10
Five room private apartment for rent on College Avenue available July 1. Contact phone 1912 for details.
Charleston, June 7 The civil aeronautics board approved Eastern Airlines service between Louisville and Washington with a stop in Charleston. Charleston officials said the route goes via Frankfort and Lexington, Kentucky, as discussions with other carriers follow and a new airport site north of the city is under consideration.
Adjutant G. Stanley Hamric announced the West Virginia American Legion will issue the official call for the 25th annual state convention to be held in Parkersburg September 4 to 6. State membership stands at 13,400 across 119 posts, with expected convention attendance surpassing 14,200. Each post will have one delegate and one alternate, plus an extra for every 100 members over 15.
Chicago June 7 U S D A dairy bulletin shows butter markets steady with prices across grades 93 score AA 410% 92 A 41 90 B 40 and other grades 89 C 40 88 cooking 39. OPA ceilings remain in place as large henery whites browns and current receipts listed with fractional figures.
For sale one of the youngest and fastest growing businesses in Bluefield WV with a cash and carry volume over 25000 yearly and monthly rises. Net profit daily 25 dollars. Located in the best city sections with a good lease and modern equipment. Mostly women employees, men exempt. Well advertised with a top client base. Requires 3000 cash to down hold and no experience needed to manage. Returns investment in 18 months or less. Owner seeks to devote time to other interests. P O Box 512 Bluefield.
Real estate ads show several homes for sale with prices and terms. Listing includes 8 room heated house on Washington Street priced at 5509 and a brick home on South Bluefield at 12590. Also mentions a good home on Red Street west end and a good option on Bluefield area. Hall & Co markets phones 222 Law and Commerce Building.
Property offers include a 2 room home with hot water heat on a paved street at $9500 terms. A one four room home with bath on level street priced $1500. A one room home with heat on a double lot at $3990 with good terms. J and Hall and Co contact 356 Law and Commerce siding 83a.
Pittsburgh livestock sale shows 600 cattle and 600 sheep active. Steers and heifers mostly steady to higher with good to choice grades around 15.75 to 16.50 for steers and 15.00 to 16.00 for heifers. cows 10.00 to 11.50. calves 14.00 to 17.50. sheep and lambs steady with choice lambs 14.75 to 16.00 and ewes 5.00 to 8.00.
Pittsburgh produce market notes June 7 show moderate demand. Apples Birks and prices for New York Baldwins McIntosh Rome Beauties and Beauties vary. butter eggs and poultry prices listed with grade distinctions and current receipts.
Wheat holds near the day’s cash level as favorable crop outlooks and hedging pressure ease prices. Rye and oats ease slightly while corn remains steady. soybeans show slight gains with No. 3 yellow at about 1.70 and sample grade at 1.67.
June 7 report shows two day receipts totaling 45 972 for produce and 1 781 759 for butter with firm pricing. Fresh fruit whites range fade from fancy to extra fancy at 42 percent to 45 percent with standards at 41 percent and 39 to 40 percent for heavy mediums. Creamery products priced by grade scores 92 AA 42 percent 92 41 percent 90 41/42 percent and 89 41 percent. tubes add 4 cents per pound across all grades.
Market report from Tazewell Virginia shows varied prices for sheep and goats with several lots described as few, weights ranging from about 125 to 270 pounds. Cows and hogs prices noted with light weights around 14 to 15 dollars and heavy hogs up to 18 dollars, pack of sows around 13 dollars.
A compact market note records several leaders suffering declines in stock averages during session trading. Remaining quotes and exact figures are not provided in the readable fragment.
New York stocks fell broadly as wage demands pressured rails and major issues showed declines. The Associated Press average dropped 0.5 point to 51.7 with 1,212,820 shares traded, while Chrysler and General Motors weakened. Turnover reached 8.9 million dollars, as industrials and utilities stayed mostly resilient amidst a cautious session.
Chicago market report shows large salables: cattle 17,000 and calves 700 with steers and yearlings steady to 25 cents lower amid largest receipts this year. Hog demand steady with good and choice hogs 150 to 180 pounds at 13.50 to 14.25. sows 13.90. Vealers 15.50 to 16.50. sheep and lambs active with native spring lambs 16.00 to 16.15 and ewes at 8.00.
Baltimore market report shows cattle mix with western slaughter steers and heifers down 25, cows scarce steady, beef bulls 50 lower, stockers unevenly higher, calves active steady, sows 13.10, sheep slow with a few early sales and lambs largely unsold at mid-session.
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