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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1945
Page
3
The New York stock market rose after the Soviet Union entered the Pacific conflict as initial losses faded. Early selling was minimal, with brokers reporting subdued nervousness and no rush to watch ticker tape. Traders had partly discounted earlier war end reconversion concerns despite reports of another atomic bombing.
Chicago grain quotes open weak as fears of Russia entering the war against Japan weigh on futures. Wheat and corn edges lower with months listed, oats and rye showing mixed moves amid unsettled market conditions.
Baltimore market notes show varied prices for butter eggs and receipts with beef cattle hogs sheep and calves moving at higher or steady levels. Chicago quotations reflect steady hogs and mixed cattle offerings with top steers around 17.90 and vealers near 16.00 amid ample salable stock.
The Star presents daily local market listings with routine typographical caveats. Readers are advised that occasional errors may occur in the daily market data and the paper does not assume responsibility for such mistakes.
A scanned price list shows patent and brand poultry feeds with weights from 10 to 100 pounds and per cwt rates. It includes corn meal, mixed feeds, dairy and egg feeds, chick starter, turkey grower, and various fowl feeds with unit costs and per hundred weights where legible.
Local egg market reports show large extras at 41 for Grade A whites and Browns, 39 for Grade B whites and Browns, and 36 for Grade A mediums. Grade C eggs listed at 36.
President Truman announces Russia has declared war on Japan. Byrnes at Potsdam explains the plan for Soviet cooperation with allies to maintain peace. Allied forces ready with more atomic bombs as MacArthur assembles invasion forces in the Pacific.
Allied air power launched a major assault over Honshu and Nagasaki while a second atomic bombing targeted the southern industrial hub. Allied communications say no immediate details on bombs dropped, with reports of 72 enemy vessels sunk or damaged and Chinese paratroopers operating behind Japanese lines. A war Q&A notes gratuity rules for service members to widows or dependents.
The article reports Soviet announcements that Molotov framed Japan's war status as an Allied duty and that the Soviet Union joined the July 26 Allied declaration after Japan refused Potsdam. It notes Hirohito's mediation request and media reports from Tokyo and Moscow about Sato's telegrams and a Tokyo radio broadcast.
The article notes Coreopsis stillmani as the quickest annual flower, blooming in five weeks. It also states Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper remains in Milan’s Santa Maria delle Grazie refectory, damaged by materials rather than war, with preservation attempts planned.
The article credits Frederic Joliot Curie, son-in-law of Pierre and Marie Curie, with pioneering atomic energy research at the College of France in 1939-40. It notes that disclosures from Washington and the French press may have omitted the origin of the research that led to atomic bombs.
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