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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1937
Page
5
Baltimore and Philadelphia markets steady with cattle hogs and sheep trading mixed. Chicago hogs and cattle strong to higher, light yearlings and calves firm amid active demand across key weights.
New York June 10 selected stocks showed a mild upward tilt in a day of light activity and cautious sentiment. Advances of fractions to 2 points appeared among leaders such as U S Steel Bethlehem Youngstown Sheet and Tube and Republic while a core list including General Motors Chrysler Goodyear Woolworth and Boeing lagged. Foreign exchange opened with sterling steady at 4.933 4 and the French franc at 4.4514 cents with overall commodity and bond movements uneven.
Am. Tel and Tel 169 3 8 Anaconda 53 3 4 Baltimore and Ohio 30 5 8 Elect Gen Motors 52 3 4 Goodyear 39 3 8 Int Harvester 109 Johns Manville 129 1 4 Kennecott 58 1 8 Montgomery Ward 54 N J Central 43 5 8 Penn Rail 40 1 2 Southern Railway 36 3 8 Standard Oil of N J 65 1 2 Texas Corp 59 Union Pacific 140 U S Steel 99 3 8 Woolworth 45 1 2 Va Caro Chem 8 1 2
The page lists daily wholesale prices for flour feeds eggs dairy and livestock items. Prices are shown per bag per bushel and per 100 pounds across items such as patent and cracked corn, corn meal, shelled corn, feeds, eggs, butterfat, cows, calves, steers, hogs, and poultry.
Local market listing shows 98 lb flour at 6.95 per barrel and 12 lb options at 7.25. Patent brand offers 98 lb at 6.45 and 12 lb at 6.25. Dairy feeds include 32 percent dairy at 2.65 and 24 percent at 2.25 with various mash and cracked corn items and horse and turkey feeds priced accordingly.
Futures and cash grain quotes move higher as rust findings in 1937 spring crop belt surface. Wheat gains occur in Chicago and Minneapolis while reports remain unconfirmed, with assorted July to December futures for corn oats soybeans rye and barley listed alongside cash grain prices in Chicago and Baltimore markets.
Boston reports Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd rejects the idea of a Antarctic dispute despite British claims west of 150th meridian. He notes United States expeditions mapped a pear shaped sector from the pole to 170 W to 135 W with eight Little America explorations. Congress has not acted on the territory.
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