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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1938
Page
7
Market notes from Baltimore and Philadelphia include quotes on produce eggs and butter, with cattle hogs calves and sheep prices. Cattle cows and bulls steady, hogs steady with top around 10.50, lambs around 9.25, and receipts across regions.
The page lists daily market prices for bags of patent brans and corn meal, shelled corn, middlings, and various feeds. It also shows livestock prices for steers, heifers, cows, hogs, lambs, and poultry, plus butter and chick feeds with multiple weight categories and per-bbl rates.
New York traders saw profit selling push the market down more than a point in heavy early trading. After a weak hour, buyers recovered, trimming losses by half as some gains appeared late. American Telephone rose nearly 3 points while transfers ran about 1400 shares amid mixed action across steels and motors.
British forces move into Haifa after a large bomb exploded in an Arab crowd at the vegetable market. A 24 hour curfew was imposed in mixed quarters as Jewish shops a mill and two taxicabs were set afire. Marines from the Repulse aided in the emergency.
Quotations follow for a broad list of stocks led by Am. Smel and A T and T with values ranging from the high 140s to the mid 60s. Industry names include Bethlehem Chrysler Genl Elec and U S Steel with varied closings. Grain prices show corn at 70 cents a bushel and wheat No. 2 red winter at 66 1/2 cents per bushel, all based on mill deliveries in Baltimore.
Chicago July 26 Wheat futures eased about a cent to new five year lows as selling intensified amid reports of possible rust and grasshopper damage in spring crop areas around the Canadian border. Buying orders increased on declines, but rallies failed to offset losses.
The Prime Minister cites Lord Runciman’s potential powers and notes Churchill’s wish for wider authority. He says Britain will not proceed without Sudeten German input and outlines a British plan to investigate bombings of British ships in Spain. Two naval officers would conduct the inquiry with a possible third party if needed.
Prime Minister Chamberlain states Britain has urged restraint on both Czechoslovakia and Germany and hopes for a peaceful solution to the Czechoslovak question. He suggests an appeasement path only possible once major disputes are resolved, as political circles weigh Runciman adviser's conciliatory role and the fate of Sudeten German self government. Premier Hodza finalizes a nationality statute to satisfy tensions.
The Barbara Bell Pattern 1557 B offers a linen style play suit and sports frock with ricrac trimming and a yoke effect. It includes sizes 12 14 18 18 and 20 with busts 30 to 38 and requires 554 yards of fabric for size 14 plus 10 yards ricrac. Send fifteen cents for the fashion pattern book.
A postal official warns that poor handwriting costs the government about 1.5 million dollars yearly. Misread addresses and similar city names cause most errors, with examples like Cleveland and Troy. Over 100000 Americans mailed letters with no address at all last year.
Reporters note that Sudeten German autonomy claims threaten to derail an advisory plan tied to France. Czechoslovakia may submit its offer to Chancellor Hitler for final judgment. Observers see hints of a London conference under Viscount Halifax to unite involved factions.
Assistant district attorney William F. McGuinness of Kings County and an elevator starter were arrested in the Brooklyn court building on warrants issued by Magistrate Matthew Troy. Geoghan’s office associates hews to Tammany lineage amid a bribery inquiry.
Washington July 26 Ernest B Ballard counsel for Inland Steel Company testified that high wages cannot be maintained in face of present conditions without injury to plants and operations He spoke to the Labor Department contracts board hearing on prevailing minimum wage for workers on government steel contracts The remarks signal possible wage readjustments after recent steel price reductions.
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