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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1931
Page
5
Chicago market notes on December 22 show wheat and grain prices firming amid rumors of overseas sales. Reports of Russia selling large grain quantities sparked brief rallies before doubts emerged, with No. 2 red winter and other cereals listed alongside corn oats and rye, in Chicago Richmond Baltimore and Philadelphia markets.
Washington Produce reports Dec 22 prices for live poultry and eggs. Listings include turkeys old and young, chickens, broilers, hens, Leghorns, and roosters with price ranges for live and dressed per pound or head.
Richmond prices show steady apples butter eggs and poultry with rain delaying dressed poultry trading. Live turkey demand rises by Wednesday noon with top hens at 30 in New York. Leghorn hens 12 to 15 and colored hens 17 to 21. eggs at 35 to 37 for top hennery whites in nearby markets.
Baltimore hogs steady near top 5.25 for medium light weights. Chicago hogs fully steady with top 4.40 for medium light weights and sows 3.55 3.80, pigs 3.50 4.00. Cattle in Baltimore slow with veal calves 4.00 7.00, steers 3.50 7.50. Lancaster weak with beef steers around 6.00 and top 8.00 for select. Jersey City consignments to packers. Calves steady to 9.50 in nearby and 4.25 in the South. Sheep steady in Baltimore with lambs 3.00 6.25 and ewes 1.00 2.50. Lancaster nothing in sheep. Chicago fully steady with cattle and calves quoted.
U S government bonds quotes shown with prices and yields for Liberty and Treasury issues. Notes include Liberty 3 1 28 and 1st 4 1 46 with near 98 4 and 99 28, Treasury 4 1 45 at 101 8, Treasury 3 3 8 around 94 6, and Treasury 31 88 at 88 18, with March entries and 38 at 86 18.
Grain closing prices for Chicago markets reported by Hibbs & Company of the New York Stock Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade. Trade desks in Hibbs Building Washington DC provide the latest figures to subscribers via telephone.
Profit realization pushed prices lower across all grain pits at the Chicago Board of Trade. Traders attributed the broad selling to balancing accounts ahead of the Christmas holiday starting tomorrow, with December and May contracts posting declines in Wheat Corn Oats and Rye.
A large Australian spruce at Mrs Charles W Trenarys West Pall Mall street Winchester is lit with hundreds of colored lights and a golden star. Santa Claus peeks from the lower branches while the scene draws nightly crowds during the holiday season inviting all to view.
The page lists local wholesale and retail market figures for dairy feed, cracked corn, middlings, shelled corn, creamery butter, and livestock prices. It includes cattle, cows, heifers, steers, lambs, pigs, and poultry values with regional notes from Baltimore wholesale markets.
Winchester Virginia December 1 1932 notice for the Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co stockholders meeting at the Banking House Winchester Tuesday January 12 1932 at eleven o clock for election of directors and other business as may come before the meeting H D Fuller president A2-22-law-td
Stockholders meeting notice dated December 12 1931 for Shenandoah Valley National Bank Virginia listing directors and transaction details. W G Hardy vice president and cashier noted. Meeting scheduled per public notice in local records.
Hibbs and Company members of the New York Stock Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade provide quotations from the Hibbs Building in Washington DC. Contact National 0540 for details and listings of market prices and securities.
A heavy selling wave dragged most NYSE stocks lower in mid afternoon trading. American Telephone and Telegraph fell about 3 dollars a share, Norfolk and Western lost a similar amount, while the British pound sterling weakened with quotes listing Allied Chemical and Dye at 67 3 4, and several major firms such as General Electric, General Motors, and U S Steel showing declines.
Rubber mile posts installed along certain German highways absorb impact when struck by an automobile and rebound into position, maintaining distance markers. The feature aims to reduce damage to vehicles and preserve road reference points after collisions.
An outstanding figure of political leadership is a big brainy man who can straddle any paramount national issue. Philadelphia requirer.
Special Commissioners auction two Frederick County parcels near Timber Ridge Gore station in Winchester at 11 a m on January 23 1932. Lot 1 is 286 acres with mill store bank barn and a 40 acre apple orchard. Lot 2 is 250 acres partly timber suitable for grazing and farming. Terms: one third cash with balance in two annual installments secured by deed of trust and bond. Securities include Larrick Rice Cather Swanson and Swanson Auctioneer. Clerk Brannon certifies bond compliance.
The Sun reports a fresh bid to stop probate of Ella Wendell's 50 million dollar will. Key aim is to defeat Rosa Dow Stansbury and prove disqualifying relationships within her family to bar her claim despite initial ties. Thirty claimants have emerged as executors weigh validity of contested heirs and distant consanguinity questions.
The text discusses who may file claims for estate distribution, noting that claimants are not limited to distant relatives and that sixth cousins are not necessarily excluded from pursuing a share. It references general rules on filing and eligibility.
Governor Pinchot says he will allow the loan bill to become law without his signature. The measure provides a 10 million dollar appropriation direct to local aid. Action follows Attorney General Schnader and a pending Supreme Court decision on constitutionality.
Quote by Sahel Taylor Coloride on how a face reveals a history of prophecy and sorrow to any reflecting observer.
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