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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1943

Page

3

Baltimore and Chicago Livestock Market Quotations

Market quotations from Baltimore and Chicago show steady to mixed demand across cattle hogs calves sheep. Baltimore wholesale prices list steers around 15.75 hundredweight, hogs 11.70 to 14.30, lambs up to 15.00, with various weights and classes filling in loyal ranges. Chicago reports 28,000 salable hogs and 19,000 cattle with prices mostly lower. top steer quotes 16.75, sows down, calves steady, and sheep bids weak to lower.

Baltimore Livestock Baltimore W. Va Chicago WFA Tate

Baltimore Grain Market Closing Prices

Baltimore reports grain prices for December 20 with wheat at 1.6834 and 1.7434 on spot and rail. Winchester Wheat at 1.64, white corn 1.36, yellow corn 1.24 per bushel. Mill delivery basis.

Baltimore Winchester

Market mixed as leaders pause after recovery

New York stocks showed strength in spots but leaders stalled after a recent recovery. J I Case and International Paper reached new high grounds while Santa Fe Southern Pacific and Du Pont gained modestly. laggards included Bethlehem N Y Central International Harvester and Chrysler with Pennsylvania Power easing on light turnover.

New York J. I. Case International Paper Santa Fe Southern Pacific Anaconda Alfied Mills Schenley General Motors du Pont American Distilling Park & Tilford Bethlehem N. Y. Central International Harvester Chrysler Pennsylvania Power Cities Service N. J. Zinc American Gas Glen Alden Coal

Chicago Grain Quotations Report

Chicago market opened firm with sparse commission activity. Wheat to May futures showed slight gains, oats prices rose modestly, and rye edged up. early quotes include Wheat December 1.70 5-8 and May 1.65 7-8 to 1.66, oats 82 for December, rye up to 1.23 3-4.

Chicago

Bolivian coup gains control. press silenced and palace seized

Victor Paz Estensore and Bolivian youth groups led a coup, taking over the governor's palace and blocking access for others. Nationalist forces halted newspaper publication as soldiers surrounded printing plants. President Penaranda, who allied with the Allies in World War II, had met with Roosevelt and pledged Bolivian readiness to contribute troops if needed.

Victor Paz Estensore Penaranda Bolivia United States America Roosevelt Detroit

Invasion Forces Sweep Over Rabaul and New Britain

Allied air and ground forces pressed a multi-pronged assault around Rabaul and New Britain. Fighter sweeps from Bougainville and Empress Augusta Bay clipped Japanese air power while raids at Arawe, Cape Gloucester, and Cape Hoskins disrupted defenses and airfields. Marshall Islands raids hit Mili Kwajalein Jaluit Ebon atolls, destroying zeros and small transports.

Rabaul South Pacific Adm William F. Halsey Halsey Douglas MacArthur Bougainville Empress Augusta Bay Cape Hosvins Midway Cape Gloucester Solomons mid-Pacific Marshall Islands Mili Kwajalein Jaluit Ebon

Favors Taking Wage Dispute From Vinson

A White House statement said the conference contributed to a clearer understanding of the issues. The wage dispute with rail workers might be settled with concessions such as paid vacations more liberal overtime or layover expenses for days away from home. These layover costs are estimated at more than 500 dollars per worker annually.

Fred M. Vinson White House

Soviet Breakthrough Advances on 50 Mile Front Rumors Reach Riga

Broadcast bulletin claims Red Army cracked German positions along a 50 mile front to nearly 20 miles depth, routing multiple divisions and destroying large war material stockpiles. Moscow dispatch notes Soviet proximity to Riga within 200 miles as railways near Leningrad and northwest fronts come under threat. German anxiety grows as Col Ernest von Himmer reports relentless Soviet offensives with heavy artillery and air support. Soviet communique omits other theaters while German lines in Korovograd near the Dnieper Bend fail to budge.

Red Army Gilmore Moscow Riga Leningrad Ernest von Himmer DNB Korovograd Dnieper

American war oil plan doubles as Alaska defense resource

Allied chiefs of staff push expansion of canal developments and oil fields in Nome and Norman Wells as essential to a global offensive war. Somervell says oil output greatly exceeds expectations, with a 50 to 100 million barrel field and 24 million dollars left for the canal project.

Oregon Dec Nome Man Alaska Pointrow Pacific Somervell Canal

Daily Crossword Clues and Answers Mix

A dense list of across and down crossword clues with numbers and partial hints. Reads like a compiled puzzle key including entries such as short haircut perched coronet weary and foreign banishment morsel femaled animal s foot country property taxes secure accumulate variety flat butt boat corrects stay for sleeveless garment sea eagle highest card wheel on a spur calking material judgment distinct parts affirmative reply river Poland lure metallic rock discusses carting vehicle Hebrew letter nourished bitter vetch portentous Swiss river unites as metallic macaw arch off related slice type and other scattered clues and entries.

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