Market Quotations New York Stocks on a Quiet Day
It was a quiet day in the New York stock market with narrow price moves. Standard Oil NJ rose fractionally to a new high for the year while U S Steel stayed even. United Gas and Reynolds Tobacco saw big blocks with minimal changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Standard Oil
U. S. Steel
Chrysler
International Hydroelectric
United Gas Corp
Reynolds Tobacco
Santa
U. S. Gypsum
Union Carbide
American Can
Westinghouse Electric
Goodyear
United Aircraft
New York Central
Dow Chemical
du Pont
U. S. Rubber
Admiral Corp
Baltimore Produce and Livestock Prices Report
Baltimore markets show apples steady with various sizes and varieties ranging from Red Delicious to Staymans, plus Yorks and Romes. Potatoes and sweet potatoes hold steady with Katahdins and Goldens common. poultry and livestock activity mixed with firmer fryer prices and cattle, hogs, and sheep trade at Chicago and USDA quotes.
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Baltimore
MD Delicious
Staymans
Yorks
Golden Delicious
Red Delicious
Delicious
Romes
Priest Brennan Dies in Norfolk at 66
The Rev. Joseph V. Brennan aged 66, a prominent Norfolk Catholic priest and for nine years pastor of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, died today at DePaul Hospital at 7 a.m.
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Norfolk
Joseph V. Brennan
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
DePaul Hospital
Robert Bowers Jr Wins Chevrolet Truck
Robert W. Bowers Jr, part owner of Bowers Machine Company on Ohio Ave, won a 1940 model one and a half ton Chevrolet truck given away last week by B. and M. Chevrolet Co as part of an advertising campaign.
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Robert W. Bowers, Jr
Bowers Machine Company
Ohio Ave
B. and M. Chevrolet Co
Market Futures Summary for Grains Soybeans and Lard
Chicago grains and soybeans show mixed futures with Wheat at 2.60 for Mar and 2.58 for May. Corn around 1.93 Dec and 1.95 May. Soybeans near 3.01 Jan and 2.98 May. Lard quotes list Dec at 15.00 down to 14.70 in Mar and 14.82 May.
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Chicago
USDA
Whea
Jly
Mar
Nee
Local Markets Report On Milling Grains And Feeds
Readable price lines list flour corn meal sizes with small decimals and errors. Includes 5 lb 10 lb 25 lb bags white and yellow corn meal prices, corn and wheat per bushel, egg mash, bran, broiler mash, cracked corn 100 lb bags, mixed feed 100 lb, and butterfat notes. Names of items appear with price units and some OCR gibberish.
European Army Hopes Rest on British Backing and Unity
Paris officials say a six country European army could form with a single uniform budget and command if Britain supports the project. The plan envisions a unified structure despite past hesitations.
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Paris
Cheers Or Tears For 1951 As It Passes Into History
An editorial reflecting on 1951 in the United States notes mixed progress and troubles. It cites Korea, politics, inflation, taxes, scandals, and government crackdowns, while praising improvements in health, housing, and living standards and concluding Americans had reasons for gratitude despite woes.
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New York
Korea
America
Florida
Congress
Ike” Eisenhower
United States
VALC Recommends Set Seasons by Game Commission
The Virginia Advisory Legislative Council proposed authorizing the Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries to set hunting seasons and bag limits. It also urged a 20 day limit after the legislature opens for local charter bills. The report argues many bills clutter the calendar, noting charter bills and local “squirrel bills” flood each session.
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Richmond
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries
General Assembly
Acts of Assembly
Inquiry Approved for German Election Investigation
The United Nations Special Political Committee moved to set up a five nation neutral commission to study the feasibility of free secret-ballot elections to unify Germany. Western powers pushed the proposal while the Communist bloc called the inquiry illegal. Poland is named among the five nations.
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Paris
United Nations Special Political Committee
Germany
Communist Bloc i
Poland
Famous American gallery paintings and popular works
The text notes Rafael's Alba Madonna Morisone Adoration of the Shepherds and works by Sir Thomas Lawrence as popular. It mentions Picasso Girl with a Watering Can and The Dance at Bougival as well. It also observes that public taste changes and many other works attract attention.
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United States
Raphael
C Morsione
Thomas la
Esc Noir
Bougival
White House Gift Ban Sets Governmentwide Rule
President Truman endorses a policy prohibiting federal employees from accepting gifts from any source with potential influence. Raymond Foley notes agencies must refuse favors or gifts and return them if offered, with staff instructed to enforce the rule across the government.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Raymond H. Foley
Foley
State Road Deaths 89 Ahead of Last Year
Virginia's 1951 traffic deaths reached 953 with a belated report of a Southampton County man killed in a hit and run. Henry Herbert Lee Bynum, 23, of Newsoms died September 22 after being struck on State Route 671 near Newsoms. Police seek the hit and run vehicle.
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Richmond
Virginia
Southampton County
Henry Herbert Lee Bynum
Newsoms
Bynum
Lt Ritter Addresses Woodstock Lions Club
Lt Joseph Ritter of the local police spoke to the Woodstock Lions Club for a Monday evening meeting. He urged better living to safeguard freedom and emphasized law enforcement defending the innocent and preserving a lawful, steady way of life.
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Lt. Ritter
Woodstock Lions Club
Joseph Ritter
Woodstock
Lions Club
Shenandoah County
Ritter
Valuable Truck and Car Auctioned Friday
A three tone Fruehauf refrigerator trailer and a 1950 International tractor were bought by Earl Sade for 4500 at a public sale on Court House Plaza. Gibson Baker of the Farmers and Merchants Bank conducted the sale and Coleman Dunn was auctioneer. George Cook purchased a 1950 Plymouth four door sedan for 1345 at the same sale.
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Earl Sade
Court House Plaza
Gibson Baker
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Coleman Dunn
George Cook
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