Market Quotations Early Gains In A Fairly Active Session
New York market opened with most issues improving slightly as trading remained fairly active. Key stocks advanced from fractions to about a point with gains for U S Steel Chrysler Ford Gulf Oil Royal Dutch Texas Chesapeake & Ohio and Baltimore & Ohio while a few small stocks declined.
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New York
Youngstown
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Ford
Gulf Oil
Royal Dutch and Texas Co
Local Market Prices Mixed Across Commodities and Regions
Baltimore apples and vegetables show steady to higher quoted ranges with Delic ious and Stayman varieties listed. Potatoes sweet potatoes and white yams follow modest shifts while live poultry and turkey prices hold with light arrivals. Livestock markets in Baltimore Chicago USDA show varied cattle hog and sheep quotations across grades and weights.
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Baltimore
Staymans
Maine
USDA
Chicago
Agriculture Dept Market Shows Steady Broilers and Turkeys
Market data from the Agriculture Department indicates a steady to firm trend for turkeys and steady broilers or fryers with good demand. In the Winchester egg market, Grade A medium eggs fetch 40 cents, while Grade B large eggs are 32 cents and Grade C 20 cents. Harrisonburg follows with similar Grade A and related pricing.
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Winchester Egg Market
Vssis
Harrisonburg
Ccs
Saveveceeasse
Cattle Prices and Weights From Local Market Sale
Sealed bid auction lists prices by weight and grade for cattle, calves, cows, bulls, and stockers. High prime loads and bulk selections are shown with ranges for steers, heifers, vealers, and light culls, plus salable head totals and typical values across weight categories.
Copped Car Seattle
A housewife alerted police that a man parked a car and acted suspiciously. Officers discovered the vehicle was stolen from the Public Safety Building, confirming the housewife’s suspicion.
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Seattle
Public Safety Building
Chicago Grain Opening Buoys Prices Across Major Commodities
In active trading on the Board of Trade grains showed gains with December wheat at 2.37 and corn around 1.32 to 1.39. Soybeans moved higher with January at 2.50 and May near 2.56 while lard traded around 14.50 to 15.40. A separate note reports Japan’s 1955 rayon output at 530 million pounds per the Japan Chemical Fiber Assn.
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Rockingham
Eadenkve
Augusta
Luray
Sammie Wigan Ae
Chicago
Board of Trade
Jly
Japan
Japan Chemical Fiber Assn
Auditor Found Dead in Virgin Islands Hotel Room
A. C. Kidd, 46, a federal auditor from Charlottesville Virginia, was found dead in a hotel room in Charlotte Amalie Virgin Islands. Authorities cited an unknown cause and planned an autopsy. Kidd's wife resides in Arlington Virginia.
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Kidd
Arlington, Va
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