Market Quotations Drift Amid Tobacco Stock Boosts
Market quotes show tobacco issues rally after American Tobacco boosts its major brands. Gains include American Tobacco, Philip Morris, and Liggett Myers. Losses spread to U S Steel National Grid Commonwealth Edison American Smelting and Southern Pacific Gulf Oil with fractions to around a point. Congress and Berlin dampen broader optimism.
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New York
American Tocco
Ciget
Congress
Berlin
American Tobacco
Philip Morris
Liggett Myers
Ler
U. S. Steel
Nationalers
Commonwealth Edison
Erican Smelting
American and Southern Pacific
Standard i
Gulf Oil
Grain futures little changed amid light trade
Chicago grains opened barely moved with minor price shifts. September corn rose nearly a cent on high cash corn premiums while wheat soybeans oats and rye posted modest declines or tiny gains as of early trading. A six ton electromagnet is described as capable of lifting 13 average cars.
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Chicago
Ned
Livestock Receipts and Prices From Baltimore Front
Baltimore market activity reports July 29 with fruit and dairy lines. Poultry and eggs show steady to firm prices with assorted weights and ungraded receipts. Cattle demand steady to higher for slaughter steers, cows mixed, calves active, hogs up to 50 cents higher across weight classes, sheep moderate demand.
Market Report Chicago Live Stock July Sale
Salable hogs 6000 mixed grades with 170-240 lb at 29.25-30.25 and heavier hogs 28.25-29.25 for 250-270 lb. 280-300 lb 26.50-28, 330-360 lb 24-26, sows under 300 lb 25.50-26, larger weight sows 23.75-25, 375-400 lb 21.75-28, 425-450 lb 20.50-21.50, 475-550 lb 19.25-20.25. Cattle salable 3800 with 1444 lb steers topping 41, good and choice steers 37-40.50, heifers 35-38 top 38.25, cows 15.50-19.50, common cows 20.50-24.50, weighty sausage bulls 26 down, fat pulls 25.50-26.50. Vealers to 31.
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Baltimore
Chicago
Judge Believes Door Caused Eye Injury in Collision
In Brooklyn, Mrs. Anna Collins testified that a door gave her a black eye after a crash not she hitting the door. She claimed her husband Patrick ripped the door off its hinges and struck her. Magistrate Matthew Fagan set bail at 50 dollars.
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New York
Anna Collins
Brooklyn
Patrick
Matthew Fagan
Local Market Prices and Feed Items Listing
Daily corrected market list shows prices for wheat corn soybeans and various feeds. Includes per bushel and per bag quotes for butter and butterfat, with notes on moisture content and a reader question about Florida hurricane risk answered by the Weather Bureau.
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Uae
Crashed Plane Smoke Likely From Sawmill Report
Donald Patton of Valley Airways saw smoke over Blue Mountain area two hours after Helen Altmand reported possible crash smoke near Millwood. CAA inspectors in Winchester reviewed Patton’s sighting and concluded there had been no airplane accident.
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Donald Patton
Valley Airways
Blue Mountain
Helen Altmand
Red Gate Farm
Millwood
Patton
Miss Altmand
CAA
Winchestery
Market Prices for Eggs and Poultry in Winchester Area
Agriculture Dept Markets Division reports prices for eggs and live poultry in the Winchester area. U S Grade A extra large 0.55 per dozen, large 0.83, medium 0.48. standards 0.48. Bullets 0.37, trades 0.40. Live poultry prices include No 1 quality at 0.55, young hens 0.45, young toms 0.38, No 2 birds 0.33–0.40, guineas 0.35, leghorn cox 0.14, old roosters 0.17, rock and cross broilers 0.33, red broilers 0.34.
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Baltimore
Williams
Usis
Duchess
Rambo Usis
Winchester
U. S
The Santa Fe Trail Known as Mexican Trace
The Santa Fe Trail once called the Mexican Trace stretched from Missouri woodlands across prairies deserts and mountains to the capital of New Mexico.
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Missouri
New Mexico
Freedom Train Visit Here Set For October 7
The Freedom Train will stop in Winchester on Thursday October 7 for a one day public exhibition at Butler's packing house sidings. Three cars will be open 9 am to 11 pm drawing thousands, mainly schoolchildren, from a wide area. Local committee members and railroad officials attended the planning meeting.
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Freedom
Winchester
C. R. Anderson
Freedom Train Committee
Pennsylvania Railroad
Butler’s Packing House
Winchester Jrt
C. Vernon Eddy
Lee Grant
A. C. Oates
E. P. Browning
Capt
Francis Punk
W. R. Strader
C. A. Beemer
R. R. McKinney
Harrisburg
Superforts Return to Flight from Storage
Superforts at Davis-Monthan field near Tucson are rolling back into active duty after a year in storage. The B 29 bombers are being stripped of protective coatings and prepared for flight again.
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Tucson
Ariz
Davis-Monthan Field
Jap Labor Seethes At M Arthur Letter
Japanese labor unrest grows over General MacArthur’s letter banning strikes by government workers. Occupation officials report wildcat strikes and slowdowns disrupting transport in some areas. The Communist party warns of large scale action against any move to deny workers the right to collective bargaining.
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MacArthur
Communist Party
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