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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1931
Page
5
Bearish market actions and pre holiday selling pushed grain values lower in Chicago. Argentine exports and rising shipments from Argentina and Australia weigh on prices while overseas orders for North American wheat are limited to Canada via Vancouver.
In Baltimore on December 23 wheat prices for No 2 red garlicky domestic spot stood at 57 3 8 for December and 58 1 8 for January contracts.
Washington Baltimore and Philadelphia markets report current receipts and price ranges for butter eggs live poultry and dressed poultry. Prices for turkeys chickens and roosters vary by weight and grade across locations with current receipts and nearby market quotes noted.
Richmond trading report lists fruits and vegetables as steady with better demand for apples including U S number one grades Staymans and saps. Butter prices remain moderate, eggs lower after draggy period, poultry demand strong for Christmas with turkeys and hens priced per live weights and dressed orders. New York market notes eggs at 2 cents lower for fresh extras and storage irregular.
Market active for broilers Leghorn hens and colored hens with live weights listed. Broilers 12 20 lb turkeys steady ducks 18 23 lb. Eastern stock quotable 25 30 lb live weights. Prices quoted with limited readable figures from the market report.
Baltimore and Chicago markets show steady to unchanged hogs cattle and sheep with varied tops. Hogs top 5.25 in Baltimore, calves and sows mixed. cattle tops range from 7.50 to 8.00 in Baltimore and Lancaster. Chicago reports 5 000 cattle and 2 000 calves with veal up and steers to 11.75. Lambs and ewes in Baltimore and Chicago steady to firm, western fed lambs in Chicago 5.00 to 5.50.
New York December 23 government bonds quoted in dollars and thirtyseconds. Liberty and Treasury issues across multiple maturities show prices around 85 to 100 with various 4s and 3s notes and bills.
Local wholesale and retail market listings cover dairy feed cracked corn shelled corn bran middlings mixed feed and butter fat with prices for hens chickens turkeys ducks cows heifers wool lambs and sheep. Baltimore wholesale figures show corn eggs and livestock prices with notes on oats and hogs. A closing line asserts moral standard about justice beyond one district.
Grain closing prices reported by Hibbs & Co members of the New York Stock Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade based in Hibbs Building Washington D C Telephone National 0540.
Wheat prices for December and May show strong gains with 155 percent and 5314 cited. Corn futures display mixed figures with varied percentages across May July and December contracts, including a 405 and 44 percent reading, indicating volatile trade.
The report lists precipitation in the past 24 hours ending 8 am and January to November rainfall for 1931, including monthly totals such as January 2.43 inches in 1931 and November 0.38 inches, plus totals for the year. It compares current 12 month totals to the 1931 period.
The article notes a foot of snow covering grounds across New England signaling a white Christmas. It mentions a party hosted by Mr and Mrs I C Cox for Winchester Auto Sales staff, and Cadet Abner Huntsberry from West Point visiting for holidays.
Social and personal news lists arrivals and departures for holiday visits. Dr and Mrs G Williams and son Billy travel from Bangor to Kernstown to visit Mrs Small and Christmas at Rosemont. other guests include Miss Sophie Baker, Miss Frances Page, and Mr Randolph Shields traveling to Buffalo and Lexington for movements linked to student groups. local residents Mr Ashby Powers improves after influenza. several university students and faculty members plan holiday visits across Virginia and beyond.
Winchester bank calls its stockholders to a directors election and business deliberations at the Banking House on Tuesday January 12. The notice dated December 21 1932 is signed by H D Fuller president.
Shenandoah Valley National Bank of Winchester Virginia calls a stockholders meeting for December 12, 1931 with Wm G Hardy vice president and cashier listed among officials. Proceedings set for Tuesday January 12th.
Quotation service from Hibbs Company a member of the New York Stock Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade based in the Hibbs Building Washington DC provides market data to clients through telephone contact National 0540.
Trading on the New York Stock Exchange was light as traders left early for the Christmas holidays. Prices varied fractionally with most issues edging up slightly and a few showing losses. The British pound closed at 3 41, with several major stocks listed in the day’s quotations.
Three Beckley stores loaded with Christmas merchandise were destroyed by fire. Damage exceeded $200,000. Constable J. Cam McDowell was seriously injured when a store floor collapsed and he fell into a flaming basement. police and firefighters formed a human ladder to rescue him.
A Reno jury acquitted Dr Carl Pierre Andre, a West Virginia dentist, of murder in the death of his former fiancé Mrs Martha Hutchinson. The 21 year old widow fell from his speeding car on September 13 near Reno as the defense argued accidental death.
Ricky Craig Jr., entertainer from New York, was held up near Rising Sun Maryland by robbers who stole $130 his shoes trousers and a watch as he drove toward Baltimore. He escaped by starting his car with a second key and drove to the Conowingo police substation to report the crime.
Jerusalem and Bethlehem thronged with visitors including Americans planning a midnight service at the Church of the Nativity. Canon Charles Bridgman will release an electric impulse at 7 a m Palestine time to flash a message to St. Thomas Church in New York, triggering the carillon at midnight EST.
A political speaker boasts that other nations are in worse straits than the United States, urging listeners to see the country as better off. The orator emphasizes comparative peril to bolster confidence in domestic leadership.
A petition for the appointment of a receiver for Blue Ridge Orchards Incorporated was granted in Charles Town by Judge D H Rodgers. J Henry Dutrow of Charles Town was named receiver to run the business. four stockholders sought the receivership including Mr and Mrs Harry C Warden of Berryville and Mr and Mrs Ashby Sprint of Winchester. Liabilities total $85 000 with $57 000 in bonds secured by a deed of trust on orchard properties. The 579 acre tract in Kabletown district includes 285 acres of orchard and was formerly Avon Bend Orchard Company property taken over in 1928. Authorized capital is $100 000. fifth incorporator is George H Levi of Berryville.
John Hand, 23, bound and robbed of 4200 dollars at Albany Morris Plan Bank, dialed a random phone number with his tongue to alert police. The gunmen locked the door as they escaped. Hand later freed and reported the crime.
Average ocean depth spans two to two and a half miles with Pacific measurements near 12,900 feet and Atlantic about 12,200 feet. Indian Ocean averages 11,136 feet, Antarctic 10,800, Japanese sea 7,320, Gulf of Mexico 4,032, Mediterranean slightly less, and the Battle only about 122 feet.
Cancer patients show higher blood alkalinity associated with quicker fatal progression. Researchers note correlative evidence between alkaline levels and disease severity. Further studies requested to clarify causation and potential diagnostic use.
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