Four Virginia Counties Designated Labor Surplus Area
U S Department of Labor designated Richlands area including Tazewell Russell Buchanan and Dickenson Counties as a labor surplus area in Group IV. Rep. Wampler noted the move will prompt the Office of Mobilization to bring defense industries into the region aided by tax reductions. The classification follows a coal industry slump increasing local labor surplus.
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Washington
Richlands
Tazewell
Russell
Buchanan
Dickenson
U. S. Dept. of Labor
Rep
Wampler
R-Va
Southwest
Virginia
Ampler
Office of Mobilization
OOM
ODM
Big Stone Gap
Appalachia
Ise
Lee
Wise
Dept. of Labor
Baltimore Livestock Market Prices Rumored for June Sale
Baltimore market report lists cattle and calf prices with various grades and weights. Utility cows bring around 12.00, calves around 200 pounds in mixed lots, and primes near 1800 to 2100 dollars per ton-equivalent. Beef steer prices and hogs show a range, with sows under 40 pounds and ewes noted among pelts.
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Baltimore
USDA
Be Con Co
Market Closes In Selling Flurry On Mixed Tape
Stocks ended mixed after a late selling wave offset early gains in New York. Volume rose to 2.1 million shares as tobacco shares slid on cancer study news. American Tobacco, Reynolds, Philip Morris and Liggett & Myers traded actively amid auto and steel merger news.
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New York
Associated Press
Ocober
American Cancer Society
American Tobacco
Reynolds Tobacco "B
Philip Morris
Liggett & Myers
Packard Motor Car Co
Studebaker Corp
Packard
Studebaker
Treasury Receipts and Withdrawals Reported
Washington on June 22 reports Freeeery cash position for fiscal July 1 with deposits totaling 66,165,266,278.06 and withdrawals 68,957,034,086.86. Total sales stand at 84.10 with gold assets 21,025,973.66 and debt not subject to the statutory limit amounting to 550,070,006.00.
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Washington
Freeeery
Staple Price Index Declines in Latest Wholesale Report
The Presse reports the wholesale price index of commodities fell to 170.91 this week from 171.6 last week and 1745 month ago. The index compares current prices with a base year, noting a 1.0 percent weekly drop and a year ago level near 170.33.
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Presse
I Poe Lee
Chicago Livestock Prices Mixed Across Dated Markets
Chicago Livestock report for June 22 lists cattle and calf markets with varied quotes. Slaughter cows and bulls show wide ranges while steers and heifers fetch mixed prime to good grades, with lambs and hogs also tabulated across weight classes.
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Chicago
USDA
Choice
Richmond Area Poultry Prices Steady with Moderate Receipts
Market favored steady prices for live poultry with moderate receipts across Richmond Roanoke and Troutville. Broilers sold 21 to 25 cents per pound with some heavy whites at 26, turkeys weaker, breeder hens 25, hens 17 to 18, and roosters around 12. Regional farm pickups and deliveries showed mixed gains and declines.
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Harrigonburg
Eaas
Richmond
Richmon
Roanoke
F.ob
Troutville
Grain and feed price report from Richmond area markets
The report lists prices for Wheat No 2 Red Winter and Feed wheat across Richmond Ashland Roanoke Rockingham Co and surrounding areas with figures such as 1.77 to 1.90 for various towns including Richmond Ashland Luray Pulaski and Rapidan. Corn No 2 yellow and white shelled rates appear for Richmond Ashland Pecereenty Co Roanoke and Pulaski with multiple cents per bushel values. Barley No 2 43 lb test and Oats No 2 32 lb test weights show regional bids, and Rye prices for Richmond Ashland Norfolk Pulaski and Rapidan are provided.
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Richmond
Valome
Ashland
Mgnt
Augusta
Luray Folk
Polaski Tepidan
Roanoke
Rockingham Co
Rapidan
Pulaski
Pecereenty Ie Co
Luray
Rapidan II
Richman Ashland
Ellerson
Barney
Providence Forge
Augusta Co
Rapiden
Norfolk
Abrami
Butter and Eggs Market Report for New York
June 22 USDA market notes show receipts of 16 074 with whites at top quality 48-50 lb meat prices around 3 34 cents. Overall receipts 1 114 682 with bulk creamery prices steady. creamed products and scores listed with varying bases.
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New York
USDA
Wheat and soy prices move on Chicago Board of Trade
Wheat and soybeans show limited price movement on the Board of Trade with Sep and Dec futures in narrow ranges. Corn futures edge higher with Sep and Dec contracts reflecting light demand. Cash wheat and corn grades noted, including No. 1 yellow mixed corn and No. 1 heavy white beans with occasional price quotes.
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Aderley Oman
Baltimore grain receipts report June twenty second
Baltimore reports grain receipts across multiple cereals with totals for June twenty second. No. 2 tea flour and red winter wheat receipts listed along with corn oats rye and barley figures, including stocks and shipments where applicable.
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Baltimore
Hens Learn Their ABCs from Local Chicken Farmer
SALISBURG Md Bliss A Melson of Rockawalkin reports eggs with initials on shells. The latest egg bears B and marks follow by I N and O, suggesting hens imprinting letters. Melson notes several such alphabetic eggs found in recent batches.
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Salisburg
Bliss A. Melson
Rockawalkin
West Virginia Guards Stage Two Week Camp At Camp Pickett
Bluefield based units of the 150th Infantry Regiment join other West Virginia troops at Camp Pickett Virginia for a two week encampment with 2800 guardsmen. The exercise includes battalion level drills night patrols artillery support and tactical problems under Lt. Gen Floyd L. Parks observation.
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Camp Pickett
National
150Th Infantry Regiment
Bluefield Wes
Aeeten Village
West Virginia
Second Army
Floyd L. Parks
150Th Regiment
Beckley
Gassaway
Lewisburg
Ronceverte
Kenneth W
Bitten By Skunk Finds Boy Safe In Florida
A Missouri boy, Russell Zellner, who was feared bitten by a rabid skunk during a family motor trip to Key West, was located in Tallahassee in good condition. His mother said the boy had only a scratch on the hand and it was uncertain if the skunk caused the injury.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Missouri
Henry Zellner
Bluent 'S
Ussell Zellner
Zellner
Key West
Bence
Moundsville Drops Claims Against SBC
The City of Moundsville withdrew two claims totaling 2440 against the State Board of Control, which administers the State Penitentiary. The lawsuits arose from judgments won by individuals who alleged injuries from concrete bases of old streetlight poles the city had given to the penitentiary.
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Moundsville
State Board of Control
Claims Division
Attorney General's Office
Charleston
10 Year Old Lad Becomes 1000th Mercer Airport Flyer
A 10-year-old Bluefield youth, Charles Jones, became the 1000th passenger to fly from Mercer County airport aboard Piedmont Airlines Flight 35 to Philadelphia, with his father supervising. The flight marked 38 days since the May 15 dedication, as 786 passengers have used the airport. Airport manager Gordon Wagner called traffic higher than expected and not likely to drop.
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Bluefield
Mercer County
Piedmont Airlines
Philadelphia
Charles Jones
B. F. Jones
Parkway
Charleston
Eastern Airlines
Gordon Wagner
Karl Compton Dies at 66 Noted MIT Leader and Radar Pioneer
New York June 22 Dr Karl T Compton 66 a leading American scientist behind wartime radar and atomic research died after a heart attack He chaired MIT and served as its president for 11 years retiring in 1948 to guide national scientific readiness in the cold war He received the Medal for Merit for hastening the end of hostilities Born in Wooster Ohio he was one of three brothers who rose high in education including Dr Wilson H Compton president of Washington State College and Dr Arthur H Compton chancellor of Washington University.
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New York
Karl T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
Compton
Cornell Medical Center
Wooster
Ohio
Wilson H. Compton
Washington State College
Arthur H. Compton
Washington University
St. Louis
First creature to exceed speed of sound a deer botfly
The article asserts that the deer botfly may be the first creature to surpass the speed of sound with a claimed flight speed of 815 miles per hour, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Amazing AR-PAN-FEX tablets offered at Taylor's Drug Store
Arthritis relief claims for AR-PAN-FEX tablets advertised at Taylor's Drug Store 228 Princeton Ave. The ad highlights supposed benefits for persistent pains and urges sufferers to visit the store for purchase.
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Taylor's Drug Store
Rinceton Ave
Italy’s wine industry sinks as milk gains favor
Rome reports Italy’s postwar wine slump with milk consumption rising 5 to 2 in major cities. Italians embraced milk after U S Army guidance, while wine prices drop and producers react with drink promotions and a new wine sampler order. Concerns grow as some wine is adulterated or watered down.
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Rome
Italy
U. S
Ancona
Asti
Confrerie Des Chevaliers du Tastevine
France
Bac
Chus
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