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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1939
Page
9
The report lists prices for poultry eggs butter and livestock at Philadelphia Baltimore and Chicago markets. It covers hogs cattle and lambs with ranges for weights and grades, plus notes on eggs ungraded whites and dressed poultry.
New York June 15 prospects faded as major issues slipped fractions while a mid day selling flurry faded. Volume remained dull with about 450000 shares traded. Analysts cited worries over Far East tensions and European crises but noted lighter offerings and potential tax and rail relief legislation as a bullish counterpoint. London slipped as oriental concerns grew. Amsterdam held. Paris varied.
Readable table lists stock figures for Genl Motors 43 1 4 Goodyear 26 3 4 Int Har 57 1 4 J Manville 70 1 2 Kennecott 32 Packard Penney JC Penn R R Republic Steel ie 3 4 Southern R 14 1 8 8 O of N J 42 Texas Corp 38 Union Pac 94 U S Steel 45 3 4 Va Car Pfct 22 1 2 Western Union 19 1 2 Woolworth 46 3 4.
The Star lists daily local market figures including wholesale flour prices at 48 lb bags per barrel and 98 lb bags per barrel. Also shown are middlings mixed feed corn meal sacks and horse feed prices in a snapshot of regional commodity rates.
Local market notes show patent brand flour pricing by bag weights 12, 24, 48, and 98 pounds with per barrel rates. Entries indicate multiple price points such as 5.20 to 5.50 per bag, reflecting variation by bag size.
Chicago June 15 Wheat futures softened as selling followed upward revisions of Kansas crop estimates and favorable Canada moisture. Early gains faded amid expanded European buying of North American grain and cautious demand, with quotes easing after an initial uptick.
Cash grain bulletins show No. 3 red wheat 76 1/2 to 77 1/4 at Chicago with No. 1 yellow hard 77 1/4. corn around 51 1/2. oats 30 to 34 1/4. soybeans 92 1/4. barley 50. Baltimore spot wheat 89 and corn 60 cents per bushel. year ago levels cited.
The twenty seventh annual Back Creek Sunday School Association convention will be at Mountain View Methodist Church near Mountain Falls on Thursday June 22. Morning and afternoon sessions with lunch hour. Key speakers include Rev E B Smith Rev Gilbert Russell Dr Minor Miller Rev C H Anderson and Rev W B Obaugh with various recitations and songs.
Winchester Post 2123 Veterans of Foreign Wars designated Commander Harry E. Anderson C Richard Boyce F I McClure Eugene Dearing and Captain D M Sprinkle as representatives at the Virginia Department encampment June 25 28 in Alexandria Virginia Edward G Byrd department quartermaster noted membership soared over 150 percent this year and the post says we have not seen anything yet.
Mr. George D. Reed remains seriously ill at Memorial Hospital after several days. Cot actives report his condition unchanged this afternoon.
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