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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1948
Page
3
Monday sale light due to weather with limited buyers. Cattle priser range: steers 24.50 to 28.50, stockers 18 to 26.20, heifers down to 16, cows 14 to 19.50, bulls 21.50 to 24.50, Hogs 23 to 27.50, lambs up to 25.50. dairy cows not tested.
Seattle January 27 Roscoe Lee Hayton admitted under truth serum that he killed two of his three wives but denied any other slayings prosecutors said today.
New York market quotes show a mild upturn with many issues neglected. Leading gains include Atlantic Gulf & West Indies rising to a new high, while U S Steel Bethlehem Steel and others show advances before midday.
Prize fighters use a mouth piece to prevent teeth from breaking. It acts as a shock absorber during fights.
Public auction to sell the Clyde S Hoover property in Frederick County Virginia at 11 a m on February 21 1948 in front of the County Court House Winchester. The parcel includes an eight room frame house chicken house and outbuildings on U S Route 50 one mile west of Winchester fronting 100 feet on Northwestern Grade. Possession 30 days after sale with terms 1 3 cash day of sale and balance in two annual payments secured by bonds and trust deed. Auctioneer Coleman Dunn. Trustee Harry R Kern Jr. (1-20-27, 2-3-10-4)
Baltimore and regional markets show steady to higher tone for produce and poultry. Cattle hog and sheep quotations rise with receipts modest, notable prices in apples eggs butter and various weight classes across Chicago and Baltimore listings.
Agriculture Dept Markets Division reports prices paid by Winchester area dressing plants for No 1 quality live poultry. Hens, leghorn, rock and cross broilers range from 20 to 36 cents per pound depending on weight and type. Guineas and turkeys listed with per bird and per pound figures.
Daily corrected market list shows wholesale and retail prices for grains and feeds. Includes corn meal varieties, No 2 red winter wheat delivered in city, ear corn, barley, soybeans, and various feeds such as egg mash, cracked corn, turkey grower, mixed feed, scratch, bran, and butter products with listed wholesale and retail rates.
Chicago January grain futures opened mixed in cautious trading on the Board of Trade. Wheat May at 2.89 1 4. July 2.58 3 4. Sep 2.51. Dec 2.49 1 2. Corn May 2.59 1 2. July 2.47. Sep 2.27 3 8. Dec 1.88 1 4. Oats May 1.23 3 4. July 1.02 1 4. Sep 94 1 2. Dec 91 1 4. Lord Mary 26, May 25.80.
Cattle sales run steady with 7000 salable cattle from a total 7200 and 800 salable calves. Fed steers and yearlings show moderate activity with bulk prices 18.50 to 25 for medium and good grades, high-end offerings scarce and vealers firm at around 32. Cows and cutters move slowly with beef cows 18 to 22 and good cows 23 to 25. Bulls active near 22.50. Stock cattle scarce as market slows.
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk recounts Poland’s coerced reparations to the USSR after Potsdam, the rise of communist control, mass arrests and executions, and his escape to America. He cites seven villages burned, police torture centers, and the suppression of democratic forces before his 1946 Warsaw congress.
John A Lomax aged 80, famed collector of American folk songs including Home on the Range Goodbye Old Paint and The Dying Cowboy, died in Greenville Mississippi after a long pursuit of traditional tunes. The obituary notes his enduring influence on American folk music and field recordings.
In Shanghai on January 27 the death toll from freezing nights rose to 310 in two days as temperatures fell to 18 degrees. Officials reported most of the 180 bodies found on the streets were children, with 130 more children counted the day before. The 11 year old record for cold was broken by eight degrees.
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