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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1947
Page
7
Classified ad page itemizes help wanted positions for waitress stock clerk barber and sales, plus sale and rental notices. Listings show employers York Inn Pine Motor Co Paulsam Distributing Co and various local addresses with contact cues and dates in April 1947.
Chicago grain prices opened lower on April 24 with May wheat an exception. Wheat May 2.59 1/2 Jly 2.24 1/2 Sept 2.16 1/4 Dec 2.12 1/4. Corn May 1.73 Jly 1.65 1/4 Sept 1.53 3/4 Dec 1.42 5/8. Oats May 0.89 0.88 3/4 Jly 0.81 1/8 0.81 Sept 0.76 3/4 0.75 Dec 0.75 1/2.
New York market activity showed a cautious outlook as tax relief talks and recession fears kept many investors sidelined. Gains appeared in U S Steel General Motors U S Rubber Goodrich Caterpillar North American U S Gypsum American Woollen American Tobacco B Union Pacific and Southern Railway. Laggards included Chrysler Goodyear Santa Fe Great Northern Pennsylvania Schenky Anaconda Kennecott GE American Can Air Reduction J C Penney Standard Oil and Texas Company. Bonds remained steady.
Market quotations from Virginia listing fat steers and heifers, cows, bulls, veal calves, hogs, sows, shoats, pigs, lambs and sheep with price ranges. Notable figures include fat steers 21.50 to 23.00, veal calves 24.75 to 26.00, hogs 19.50 to 23.10, sheep 6.00 to 7.50, cows 9.50 to 16.00, and old milking cows 55.00 to 80.00 per head.
Baltimore April 24 livestock and produce market summaries show steady to higher trend in prices. Apples and other produce quoted with varying crate prices, poultry demand steady, eggs barely steady, butter receipts minimal. Cattle trade active with steady to strong steer values and firm cow prices. hogs up about 50 cents to 1 dollar, various weight classes cited. calves, sheep and lambs also noted with specific price ranges. Chicago reports slower hogs and higher weights. overall market activity remains cautious with mixed gains across categories.
Receipts show 500 salable calves and 4 500 salable sheep with limited early sales. Steers 23.00 to 25.50 per hundredweight, heifers near steady, cows weak to 25 cents lower, bulls strong. vealers up to 24.00. Sheep and lamb prices range from 20.00 to 24.00 with mixed quality and weights noted.
Notice announces sale of the partnership interest to Aubrey Gillian and Harold Hensley who will continue to operate the business under the same trade name Valley Weatherstrip and Awning Co.
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