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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1946
Page
10
A noisy jumble of job offers and classifieds appears in the Daily Telegraph including sales and showroom positions at Goldcraft Studios, clerical and stockroom posts, a petroleum marketing rep, two sales supervision trainees, and a daytime cafe and stove sales note. Also listed are real estate for sale, room and house rentals, and a vacant room cottage in Easley-Wilson Co.
Stocks generally moved lower on Tuesday with rails and industrials dropping 1 to 3 points while some shares held stability as trading slowed to the lightest pace since March. Traders noted restrained bullish sentiment and talk of strikes delaying activity.
Trading opened with gains in steel the lead, while several major manufacturers slipped on profit concerns. Krueger Brewing rose after dividend news. Davis advanced on a higher price, and rail issues softened near year lows amid bond market chatter.
The data shows rail and utility indices with a net change of 43 and multiple daily values. Figures include 1102.5, 103.9, 107.7, 77.5, and comparisons to prior day and month. Sales total 3,550,000 with curb revenue 200,000.
Wytheville Va market reports total 3 343 lambs 2 773 with choice 16 30 1 216 good 15 00 481 medium 13 00 and 60 common 12 70. Dealers 237 hampered by ceiling sales 18 45 all grades. Hogs few at 230 pounds averaged 14 55 with sows 13 80 ceiling noted.
The New York Central and Norfolk and Western stocks closed seven marks higher, with the market showing a three percent rise in prices amid a broad trading session in New York.
June 25 price bulletin shows wholesale rates for dairy products. Whites extras to No 4 ranged 36.50 to 40.44 cents per pound for varying weights, with nearby terms. Butter and cheese totals listed at 1 180 840 and 987 160 units respectively, both firm.
A. H. Ferrell aged 90 from Miami Kansas, employed by Virginia Oil and Gas, was injured in a petroleum tank explosion at Sharon, Charleston. He was about 10 feet above ground when matches fell from his pocket and ignited a small blast, suffering first and second degree burns and a sprained ankle. He was taken to a Charleston hospital for treatment.
The market lists cattle with good weight and medium weight offerings around 12.50 to 18.50 per cwt with higher bids for choice calves and feeder steers. Hogs show active demand at ceiling prices with good sows around 14.65, while sheep and lambs run steady with top parings at 18.00 and lighter lots near 15.50 to 17.50. Slaughter ewes remain scarce and prices softer for light wool and shorn ewes.
Chicago livestock prices for June 25 show salable hogs around 2,000 head with steady to bearish trends and several declines. beef cattle and stock cattle mostly steady to weak with limited gains. Salable sheep near 2,000 with slaughter lambs fully steady and Missouri spin lambs carrying moderate pricing. native springers and other lots listed with varying values.
In Chicago on June 25, scattered early selling in grains gave way to a brief bout of action in oats. November and September futures hit ceiling at the open and later retraced, with No 2 red wheat and No 2 corn quoted at nominal or fractional highs and barley malting around 1.34.
A new air route links Lima and Iquitos in the Amazon region. The distance about 650 miles is covered in four hours, replacing a previous sea journey that took a person three months and 22 000 in currency to complete.
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