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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 05, 1939

Page

7

Baltimore Market Quotation Roundup January Auction Figures

Market listings from Baltimore and Chicago report mixed livestock and produce trends. Prices for potatoes apples and butter vary by grade while cattle hogs sheep and calves show modest shifts. Philadelphia butter remains largely unchanged.

Baltimore Florida Bliss U. S Kent Island Baltimore Livestock Baltimore U. S. Dept. Agri Chicago Livestock Chicago Philadelphia

Local Market Prices and Feeds Listing Various Goods

Market page lists patent brand eggs and bags by weight with per barrel pricing, plus lambs, middlings, mixed feeds and corn meal in sacks, dairy and horse feeds, oats, screening, and fowl feeds. Also shows butter, lard, and baby chick feed with unit prices and weights.

Tesseesse Cmrchioges A Bteerss Cowes Iwass Sleesienia Helfers MARET Peerree Sonsese Csedevece

Stock Market Mixed After Rally Slump On Budget News

New York January 5 stock leaders mostly faded from the rally with profit taking and lighter dealings. Volume showed about 1,500,000 shares traded as Wall Street watched the presidents budget message and anticipated high public debt and potential inflation risks shaping Congress spending.

Victor Eubank New York Wall Street Congress

Stocks Hold Ground as Markets Waver Despite Light on Lawmakers

Bond gains lead amid firmer European markets and a modest rise in sterling to 4.64 dollars. Trading shows selective advances in utilities, copper, motors, and specialty shares while steels and aircraft remain weak. Selena quotes at 2 p m show mixed results across major names including Am Can, Gen Electric, Chrysler, and U S Steel with varied fractions.

Ai. Chem Can Rad Am. Smel A. T. and Anaconda B. and Bethlehem Chrysler Can. Edison Cigar Elec Motors Goodyear Int Texas Corp Union Pac U. S. Steel Va.Car. Chem Va.Car. Pact Western Union Woolworth

Wheat market slips on profit taking amid foreign weakness

Chicago price declines push wheat futures down about a cent with Mar at 69 1 2 cents and Sept at 71. Cash grain in Chicago shows No 3 red wheat at 72 1 2 cents and No 2 yellow corn at 53 3 4 cents while Baltimore reports wheat at 76 cents and new corn at 47 cents per bushel.

ICAGO Chicago Cash Grain Chicago Baltimore Winchester

Relief Budget Seeks Civil Service for WPA Workers

President Roosevelt urges that 35,000 WPA administrative employees be brought under civil service as a measure to curb political influence in relief programs. He supports penalties for improper practices while preserving workers’ civil rights and plans to ask Congress for a new work relief appropriation in the coming fiscal year.

Roosevelt Congress WPA

Cubs Star Dean Signs Quick Contract Amid Speculation

The Cubs declined to disclose Dean’s contract value, though experts speculate around twenty thousand dollars. Dean called it the fastest signing of his career as rumors swirled about the deal. Seventy six naval vessels are under construction in the United States. The Atlantic Squadron will include cruisers, destroyers, and two battleships named New York and Texas.

Cubs Dean United States K. C New York Texas

Approve Bills Over Protest Continued From Page One

Frederick County Board of Public Welfare chairman Walker McC Bond said the board can approve no bills for payment except those authorized by the State Department of Welfare. An emergency fund of 25 dollars per month, set aside by the Board of Supervisors on welfare guidance, may be used if needed. Bills approved Tuesday cannot be paid by the Welfare Board due to lack of funds. Other claims listed cover livestock and poultry killed by dogs, including payments to F. J. Marshall, Gould Lovett, A. M. Pugh, C. T. Hardesty, Mrs. Mamie Largent, Robert W. Adams, and George Eagle Jr.

Walker McC. Bond Frederick County Board of Public Welfare State Department of Welfare Board of Supervisors Bond Welfare Board Board of Welfare F. J. Marshall Gould Lovett A. M. Pugh C. T. Hardesty Mamie Largent Robert W. Adams George Eagle, Jr

Cubs Sign Dizzy Dean To 1939 Contract

Jerome Dizzy Dean signed a 1939 contract with the Chicago Cubs for a reported $20,000 salary, matching his prior season. Chicago official Charles Weber announced the renewal.

Chicago Jerome Dizzy” Dean Chicago Cubs Charles Weber

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