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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1950

Page

5

Agriculture Dept. Egg Market Prices for Tomorrow

Frederick County Farm Bureau quotes tomorrow’s egg market prices for various grades and sizes. Included are U S Grade A Extra Large at 46 cents, Grade A Large 44, Medium 36, U S Grade B Large 36, C at 21, pullets 20 cents, and other poultry items like roosters, broilers, turkeys, ducks, and guineas with their per pound or per unit rates in Winchester dressing area.

Frederick County Farm Bureau V. S Lanst Winchester Ieeesseeeeeers Rock & Cross

Market Quotations Steady In Slow Trading On Wall Street

Market quotations show a quiet session with most price changes under half a dollar. International Silver jumped to 52 after reporting its largest sales in history while Remington Rand rose on news of a TV equipment contract with Columbia Broadcasting. Several issues gained and others fell as traders digested mixed signals.

New York International Silver Remington Rand Columbia Broadcasting U. S. Steel Studebaker Lockheed Admiral Corp Radio Corp Kennecott Cooper Westinghouse Electric Santa Fe Johns- Manville General Motors Packard Goodrich Philco Columbia Gas Western Union Dow Chemical du Pont Philip Morris Southern Railway

Livestock Prices and Market Report Baltimore USDA

Livestock prices listed for cattle hogs sheep and vealers with price ranges by weight. Cattle and calves overall steady with some dips. hogs steady to firm across weights. sheep and lambs mixed with top prices noted. Includes salable totals for cattle 7500 and sheep 1500 and notes on 400 head cattle run and calf receipts near 250. USDA Baltimore market report.

Salisbury Baltimore USDA Bubkts Usis

Local Market Prices and Feeds Listing

Daily corrected local market list shows retail flour corn meal options with small varied weights and prices. It also lists wholesale butter and butterfat, egg mash broiler mash feeds, and wholesale and cracked corn prices with per 100 pound bags.

Market notes on fruits vegetables poultry and eggs

Prices for peaches, potatoes and corn market items move mixed with small gains and steady trends. Poultry shows moderate demand with varied fryers broilers and hens prices while eggs and butter receipts are listed with current averages and stock totals.

McIntosh Wealthys Peaches MD. Pa. Va W. Va Bubkts Usis Halehavens Sunhigh Belles Elbertas Cumberlands Inc Bubkts Halehavens N. J N. C

Chicago Grains Open Lower Amid Limited Demand

Chicago Grain markets opened lower on the board with limited demand across pits. Wheat led declines with prices slipping early, while soybeans and corn also showed softer starts. Old and nearby contracts reflected mixed gains and losses as traders awaited further cues.

Chicago Board of Trade

Frank Pitcock Services Held

Funeral services for Frank Pitcock were held yesterday at Jones Funeral Home and Ridings Chapel with Rev. E. C. Day and Rev. L. P. Tederick officiating. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery with pallbearers Crowell Conner Austin Conner Thurman Ballenger Robert Grim Earl Shiley and Robert Shiley.

Frank Pitcock Jones Funeral Home Ridings Chapel

Polio Outbreak Shifts Across Virginia Beyond Wythe County

The Virginia polio outbreak shows Wythe County easing after a July explosive rise while new cases appear in other regions, possibly mirroring the 1944 1948 patterns. Of 416 cases this year 151 are in Wythe with 16 of 27 deaths. experts note many cases lack paralysis and test for a milder virus mix.

Richmond Wythe County Virginia A. 8. McCownan Bureau of Virginia Department of Health Wythe Lee Sutton, Jr Medical College of Virginia Sutton

Polio Theory Suggests Childhood Spread and Immunity

Dr. McCown notes a theory that polio spreads like common childhood diseases such as measles. It proposes most people contract the polio virus at some life stage and experience a mild unrecognized form yielding later immunity.

McCown

Attempts Continue To Settle Packard Strike

Federal and state mediators urged further bargaining as 8000 Packard workers remain on strike. CIO United Auto Workers and Packard Motor Car Co negotiators met eight hours, reporting some progress though no statement issued. The dispute centers on wages with the union seeking a larger increase. Packard's C Wayne Brownell called the demands excessive and unreasonable, accusing the union of stalling.

Detroit Packard CIO United Auto Workers Packard Motor Car Co Bay

Front Royal approves taxi fare ordinance for streets

Front Royal Town Council passed a taxi fare ordinance at the semi monthly meeting setting rates of 35 cents for one to three passengers 45 cents for four passengers and 50 cents for five passengers An extra 10 cents allowed for intermediate stops up to five minutes and a two dollar per hour charge for longer stops A five cent parcel fee applies for baggage This ordinance takes effect September 15 1950.

Front Royal

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