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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1930
Page
5
A chaotic futures session shows corn prices plunging late trading while near term gains evaporate. Reports cite crop shortages, mixed government crop data, and profit-taking as Christmas approaches. Corn receipts totaled 159 cars versus 23 the prior year, with oats and provisions mostly steady.
Market notes from Philadelphia and Baltimore report live poultry and eggs steady, with Plymouth Rock and Leghorn varieties priced around 10 to 23 cents per unit and turkeys dressed poultry and geese listed at 18 to 21 cents. Washington prices show government bonds and treasury issues with various Liberty and Treasury securities quoted, plus unchanged produce in New York and DC markets.
Market notes list dairy products and feeds with prices such as creamery butter and butter fat No. 1, shelled corn, corn meal, and dairy feed percentage. Local retail market section shows a mix of grain and feed prices and reference to pigs and chickens in a compressed market rundown.
The 22 man Wayne County grand jury will hear Miss Owen's account if her condition allows. Prosecutor Harry S. Toy said she will relate how she unwittingly lured Gerald BE Jerry to his death after inviting him to a post election party at the Lasalle hotel lobby. She collapsed at the theatre on November 29 and was taken to Receiving hospital.
Police traced a girl's tip to a man linked to a Buckley call but did not confirm an arrest. The article notes 44 000 daily thunderstorms and mocks radio glitches while mentioning a tunnel between Detroit and Windsor. It also reports women in Paris smoking cigars as Havana wraps rise in fashion.
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