Virginia Hatcheries Report Big Gain in May Chicks
Virginia commercial hatcheries produced 29 percent more chicks in May than a year earlier. The rise owes much to broiler placements and flock replacement demand, with May hatchery data showing 8 percent more chicks on farms as of June 1. Shell egg storage rose 111 percent to June 1, and Shenandoah Valley poults hatched through June 23 reached 3.7 million, up 56 percent from 2020.
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Blacksburg
Virginia
Virginia Agricultural Extension Service
Shenandoah Valley
Beltsville
U. S
Turkey
West Virginia
Market Quotations New York Stocks
After a fast opening the stock market quieted down in an irregular price groove. Oils were narrow and motors mixed as leaders moved within a dollar up or down. Notable gainers included Santa Fe Standard Oil NJ United Air Lines Kennecott Copper American Cyanamid U S Steel J I Case Douglas Aircraft. Lower were General Motors Chrysler Westinghouse and Goodyear.
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Studebaker
Amegada
Northern Pacific
Santa Fe
Standard Oil
United Air Lines
Kennecott Copper
American Dyapamid
du Pont
International Paper
U.S. Steel
J I. Case
Douglas Aircraft
Nickel Plate
Westinghouse Electric
General Motors
Chrysler
Goodyeay
Boring
Produce and Livestock Markets Report Baltimore
Apples show steady demand with various grades up 1.5 to 2 inches in diameter and prices around 1.75 to 2.00. Potatoes dull with Cobblers 1.85-2.00 per 100 lb sack and Katahdins about 2.10. Eastern Shore Maryland sacks 1.70-2.00. sweet potatoes mixed. Poultry firm. fryers 3 1-4 lb up 33-34. hens with few receipts. Eggs steady with good demand. wholesale prices varied by grade. Cattle receipts 1500 with holdovers 200. steers steady to slower. cows steady to lower. bulls 27-31. yearlings 34-37. limited sales for some grades.
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Baltimore
Bubkts N. J
Williams
Williams Red
Rambos Usis
Eastern Shore
N. C
USDA
Chicago
Virginia Banks Call for Higher Farm Production and Credit Support
Virginia bankers led by Harold R. Edwards urge boosted production of food and fiber to fight inflation. They cite farm income rising 29 percent from 1950, aided by better farming, mechanization, and soil programs. Virginia banks loaned 56.6 million in 1950 to 32,000 farmers for production and real estate, with debt levels showing conservative growth and rapid loan repayment.
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Harold R. Edwards
The
Commercial and Savings Bank
Virginia Bankers Association
Frederick County Agricultural
Edwards
Virginia
Agricultural Commission of the
American Bankers Association
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Chicago Grains Open Firm on Active Wheat and Corn Trading
On the Chicago Board of Trade Wheat opened firm across contracts with Sep at 2.35 34, Dec 2.38, Mar 2.41, May 2.41. Corn opened mixed with Sep 1.71, Dec 1.60 4, Mar 1.64, May 1.65. Oats showed gains with Sep 76 2, Dec 79 4, May 82 1. Rye new style Sep 1.70 2, Dec 1.73 4. Soybeans Sep 2.64, Nov 2.65 34, Jan 4.69. Lard Sep 16.65 Oct 15.65.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
First Blue Ridge Music Festival At Washington Va
Richmond reports the first Blue Ridge Music Festival in Washington Virginia with Virginia Orchestra conducts August 12 19 and 26 under William Haaker. The non profit festival leases Avon Mills once owned by George Calvert and aims to promote literature and music culture plus scholarships workshops and a summer theatre. The mill hosts art floral displays and Grove seating while Virginia draws thousands amid other Virginia summer attractions such as Barter Theatre and Williamsburg events.
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Richmond
Virginia
Washington
Virginia Orchestra
William Haaker
Blue Ridge
Abinedon
Chamberlin Arena
Old Point
Williamsburg
Richmond Summer Theatre
Galax
Casey Stengel Birthday Profile Highlights Yankee Manager
Casey Stengel born July 30 1881 in Kansas City Missouri holds a key post as manager of the New York Yankees. He began in baseball in 1910 and spent 14 seasons as a National League outfielder with the New York Giants before managing the Dodgers.
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AP Newsfeatures
Casey Stengel
Kansas City
New York Yankees
New York Giants
Brooklyn Dodgers
Stengel
Asylum Pennsylvania Refuge for French Emigres Established
Asylum, Pennsylvania founded in 1793 as an asylum for French nobility and a refuge for Marie Antoinette should she escape to America. About 20 log houses were built and over the next decade the settlement hosted many distinguished visitors before Napoleon pardoned the émigrés.
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A. Asylum
Marie Antoinette
America
Appeal Procedure For Draft Board Transfers Explained
The National Headquarters of Selective Service announced that 3850 local boards were informed on how to transfer occupational deferment appeals to the appropriate Appeal Board. The changes let registrants or employers seek review at the board with jurisdiction over the place of employment, not the local board’s area, in cases including agriculture.
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National Headquarters of
Selective Service
Appeal Board Jurisdiction Over Occupational Deferment Rules
The notice describes rules for appealing deferment decisions. It states that if a registrant works primarily outside the local board area and inside another Appeal Board area, the appealing party may file a written request at filing to transfer the appeal to the Board with jurisdiction over the registrant’s principal place of employment.
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Appeal Board
Heligoland Fortifications Wiped Out by British Bombing
An English naval firing ship 9 miles offshore detonated 6,700 tons of high explosives planted in Heligoland's underground tunnels. The blast leveled most fortifications and was detected on over 100 European seismographs.
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Shenandoah Motor Co. Inc
Handley School
Ford
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Heligoland
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Clearbrook
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
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