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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1948
Page
3
Dayton Ohio August 4 National Guardsmen remained on duty at the Univis Lens Co plant after Local 768 United Electrical, Workers CIO voted to keep the strike going until a satisfactory agreement is reached. Picket-line violence had prompted guardsmen to be called in Monday hoping for an early settlement.
Report notes limited non striker monitoring this morning as officials hope violence subsides. UEW strike committee kept strategy private. A 4 p.m. public rally and an 8 p.m. membership meeting were scheduled for today to support the strike.
New York August 4 AFL president William Green charged Republican leaders of the 80th Congress with deliberate instigation of the Senate filibuster. He said GOP chiefs used evil politics to block poll tax legislation and called inaction on inflation and housing a political maneuver.
The text notes that the Dominican Republic occupies the eastern two thirds of Hispaniola while the remainder of the island hosts the republic that bears the island’s name.
The New York stock market edged higher on August 4, with small declines in a few farm implement shares. Wesson Oil and Snowdrift rose after news of a $2.25 yearend dividend on the new common stock. Several leaders gained including U S Steel and General Motors while Caterpillar Tractor and J I Case fell, and Third Ave adjustment 5s of 1960 dropped to 49 1/2 on initial sale.
Wheat opened firm in Chicago as supplemental export allocations of about 227 700 long tons of raw wheat provided the background for the advance. Other grains were steady with specified opening prices for wheat corn oats rye soybeans and fats.
Baltimore reports mixed livestock prices with cattle, hogs, and sheep on varying demand. Hogs carry firmer bids in parts, while cattle and calves show steady to down values. egg and poultry markets hold near steady with small gains for select weights and grades. Chicago offers higher hog quotes, with wide ranges across weights and classes and cattle supplies noted at 10,100 head amid declines for some mid grades.
Report shows cattle prices with steers and yearlings at 38.75 to 40.25, cows down 25 to 50 cents, bulls weaker, heifers around 38.50, weaners steady while dealers 31 and up for certain lots. Sheep sale activity 2500 head, native spring lambs 29 to 29.50, ewes 12.25 to 10.75 for sorted lots.
Market prices by category with ranges for fat steers heifers cows bulls veal lambs hogs sows and pigs. Notable highs include veal good 28.50 to 31.75 dollars per head and fresh cows and springers top at 285 dollars with bulk medians 140 to 200.
Agriculture Department markets report lists prices for eggs and live poultry in the Winchester area. Graded eggs at U S Grade A extra large 0.55 per dozen, large 0.53, medium 0.48. standards 0.48. Pullet 0.37, crude trade 0.30. Young turkeys 0.45, tom 0.38, No 2 varieties 0.33 0.40. Guineas 0.35. Leghorn cocks 0.14. Broilers 0.33 0.34. Heavy roosters 0.17. Prices FOB Winchester producer farms and for dressing plants.
Local markets corrected daily show wholesale and retail prices for grains feeds and butter, including corn meal bags and soy beans with per bushel figures. The piece notes state variances in divorce grounds, listing adultery desertion cruelty felony conviction and habitual drunkenness.
Winona police moved around a mother and her six children who occupied a corridor of City Hall after a court eviction order. Mrs. Philip Wilson, 42, and her children aged 11 months to 15 years stayed in the first floor corridor while seeking shelter when the council could not provide housing.
Oysters provide B complex vitamins including riboflavin and thiamin and also vitamins A C and D along with sea salts and iodine. A statement notes that a year's U S oyster harvest equates in food value to about 400000 dressed steers.
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