Market Quotations New York Stock Listing
New York June 21 Fast opening demand for stocks lapsed into apathy as fractional gains were seen by many issues. Overnight orders largely boosted early trading with gains led by Bethlehem Steel Republic Steel Chrysler Studebaker Goodrich Sears Roebuck Deere Western Union and more while declines hit U S Steel Packard U S Rubber Woolworth International Harvester United Aircraft American Telephone DuPont and others.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel
Republic Steel
Chrysler
Studebaker
Goodrich
Sears Roebuck
Deere
Western Union
Consolidated Natural Gas
Kennecott Copper
American Smelting
Union Carbide
Owens-Illinois, Southern Railway
Weed Oil
American Air Lines
U. S. Steel
Packard
U. S. Rubber
Woolworth
International Harvester
United Aircraft
American Telephone
Air Reduction
DuPont
American Woolen
N. Y. Central
Great Northern Preferred
Sinclair Oil
Texas Co
Mrs Mesta Nominated for Luxembourg Post
President Truman nominated Mrs Perle Mesta of Newport R. I. and Washington D C a minister to Luxembourg. She is a society leader and Democratic fund raiser. The nomination was announced in Washington on June 21.
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Washington
Perle Mesta
Newport
R. L
Washington, D. C
Truman
Luxembourg
Winchester Corporation Court partition order for Kinzel Laws land
In chancery Eben McPherson Laws and related Kinzel heirs nonresidents must appear within ten days after publication to protect interests in a strip from West Cork Street to West Clifford Street in Winchester Virginia. Order directs weekly publication in The Winchester Evening Star for four weeks and posting at court, with mailed copies to nonresident defendants.
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West Cork Street
West Clifford Street
Wincheser
Virginia
Lucy Kinzel
B. M. Knight
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Susanna Kinzel Laws
Eben McPherson Laws
Jennie Laws
Henry Kinzel Laws
Jessie Laws
Sarah Laws Leatherman
Genevieve Laws o’Connell
Harry Kinzel Laws
Genevieve Laws O'Connell
Winchester Evening Star
Winchester
Corporation Court
P. J. Marshall
Baltimore Livestock Prices Mixed with Weaker Poultry and Steady Eggs
Livestock market notes from Baltimore on June 21 show weaker poultry with liberal receipts. Fryers and broilers mostly steady with some higher holdovers. eggs steady with large and medium classifications listed. Cattle and calves slow but steady for good to choice vealers. hogs slow with few higher bids. sheep scattered with demand narrow. Chicago hogs and cattle quoted similarly, with varying weights and prices across categories.
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Baltimore
Chicago
Farmers Livestock Exchange Market Report
Consignment prices ease across classes with steer market down $1 from last week. Steers good butcher 23.50 to 24, heifers 18.50 to 20, cows 17 to 18.50, dairy cows up to 200 per head, hogs 16 to 20.65, sows 12 to 14, lambs 22 to 25.60, pigs 15.75 each.
Local Market Prices and Grain Feed Notes
Daily corrected market list showing prices for flour corn meal and grain feeds with retail and wholesale rates. Includes values for white and yellow corn meal, cracked corn, egg mash, bran, butter and butterfat, mixed feed, and mills content figures.
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Star
Luke Vyarstaarter
Battle for governor rally hits Fifth District in Martinsville
Senator John S Battle and state campaign workers plan a Fifth district rally in Martinsville. The event features Battle’s address and talks by supporters including Mrs John Galleher former Young Democratic Clubs of America leader, former Richmond Mayor J Fulmer Bright and delegates John W Daniels Paul Crockett and Sidney S Kellam as district campaign organizers push the gubernatorial bid.
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Martinsville
John S. Battle
Battle
John Galleher
Young Democratic Clubs of America
J. Fulmer Bright
Richmond
John W. Daniels
Charlotte
Paul Crockett
Yorktown
Sidney S. Kellam
Senator Battle
Capon Valley Fire Co. Opens Carnival
The Capon Valley Volunteer Fire Co. opened its third annual carnival at Wardensville last night and runs through the week. A grand parade is set for 7 p.m. Friday as the week’s highlight.
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Capon Valley Fire Co
Capon Valley
Agricultural price report for eggs and live poultry Winchester area
The report lists U S Grade A eggs at 53 cents for extra large, 49 for large and 44 for medium, with B and C classes noted. Live poultry prices show heavy breed hens at 4 12 pounds, leghorn and rock cross broilers in various weights, and prices for young and old turkeys and guineas in the Winchester market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
U. S
Cox Sooners
DARE
Opening Grain Prices Steady in Chicago Trade
Chicago grains opened steady with Wheat up 1 4 percent and Corn down 1 percent while Oats rose about 1.5 percent. Opening price quotes for Wheat Jly 1.98 9734 Sep 1.9815 Dec 1.997 Mar 1.96 965. Corn Jly 1.317 Sep 1.247 Dec 1.15 Mar 1.169. Oats Jly 6034 Sep 5973 Dec 6034 Rye Jly 2.33 33 Lard Sep 11.45.
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Chicago
Jly
Bread grain yield to exceed demand in postwar survey
A New York report shows Asia and Europe improving grain prospects after droughts. Exports rise in Siam Burma and Korea while Japan India adopt reforms and tech aid to curb famine fears. US Canada Australia Russia forecasts push toward a more stable world bread supply.
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New York City
Romania
Greece
Spain
Italy
Europe
Far East
Julius Hirsch
Edith Hirsch
South Korea
United States
India
China
Philippines
Japan
Asia
Siam
Burma
Korea
Hirsches
Canada
Russia
World wheat outlook and surplus management plans
Economists project 1949-50 world wheat demand at 825 to 900 million bushels with a 1.16 to 1.205 billion carryover. US share 650 million bushels. Canada 240 million. Argentina 80–100 million. Russia and others noted. Surplus looms. three programs seek relief: Aiken price reductions, Brannan subsidies, and Wherry surplus diversion to industrial uses.
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Hirsches
United States
Canada
Argentina
Russia
North Africa
Middle East
Uruguay
Europe
Aiken
Brannan
Wherry
Kenneth S. Wherry
Nebraska
Price Rites Set for Luther W Price at Omps Funeral
Funeral services for Luther W. Price are scheduled 3 30 p m at Omps funeral home with a 4 p m service at Grace Lutheran Church officiated by Rev William E Eisenberg. Interment will be at Mt Hebron with pallbearers P B Wright Curtis Barr Ira Sirbaugh Hinkle Lamp Raymond Rossman and Boyd A Bean. Survivor Ralph Costen Jr of Richmond listed.
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Luther W. Price
Omps Funeral Home
Grace Lutheran Church
William E. Eisenberg
Mt. Hebron
P. B. Wright
Curtis Barr
Ira Sirbaugh
Hinkle Lamp
Raymond Rossman
Boyd A. Bean
Ralph Costen Jr
Richmond
Death of D A Grubbs former railroad operator
David A. Grubbs aged 56, brother of Raymond A. Grubbs of Berryville, died in a Luray hospital after a two week illness. He was a retired operator for the Norfolk and Western Railroad. Survived by three brothers, his wife and a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David A. Grubbs
Raymond A. Grubbs
Berryville
Luray
Norfolk and Western Railroad
L Diffenderfer Berryville Dies at 62 in Winchester Hospital
Louis Edward Diffenderfer 62 of Berryville died in a Winchester hospital after a two week stay. Born in Clarke county, he was a painter and paperhanger married to Mildred Garrett. survivors include two sons William and Edward, two daughters Mrs. Tumblin and Mrs. Hibbard, sister Mrs. Carpenter, and six grandchildren. Services 2 p m Thursday at Enders funeral home with Rev. McDonald officiating. Interment Old Chapel.
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Louis Edward Diffenderfer
Berryville
Winchester
Clarke County
John William
Annie Grubbs Diffenderfer
Diffenderfer
Mildred Josephine Garrett
William Diffenderfer
Washington
Edward Diffenderfer
Martinsburg
Glenn Tumblin
National Fruit Product Co Special Meeting Set in Winchester
The National Fruit Product Company announces a special stockholders meeting in Winchester Virginia on June 27 1949 at noon EST to consider a merger agreement dated June 8 1949 with Armstrong and Company Incorporated. Stockholders of record June 10 1949 holding 5 percent cumulative preferred or common stock may vote one vote per share. Proxies will not be solicited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Fruit Product Company, Incorporated
Winchester
Virginia
Armstrong and Company, Incorporated
R. L. Hardy
Grand Coulee Dam Draws 300000 Visitors Last Year
The Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River attracted about 300000 visitors in the previous year according to the latest records. The popular hydroelectric site drew crowds from multiple states and remained a top regional attraction.
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Grand Coulee Dam
Columbia River
Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River Leader in Concrete
The Grand Coulee on the Columbia River is described as the world’s largest concrete dam. The article highlights its massive scale and significance in hydroelectric infrastructure.
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Grand Coulee
Columbia River
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Mrs. Mesta
City OF
Corporation
Eben McPherson Laws, Et al
B. F. Goode
S. Loudon
Silvertown
Loudoun
Farmers Livestock Exchange Market
Mm Ee Eests
Caldwell
Underwriters’ Laboratories, Inc
Lovdoun ST
Winchester. VA
Agriculture Dept. Markets Division
L. W. Price Rites
D. A. Grubbs
L. Diffenderfer
South Braddock & Wolfe Sts
Arizona
New Jersey
Carton
Cambrics
Winchester’s Shopping Center
Shenandoah Valley National Bank Safe
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Are
Guretal
Jones SH
Uneral ST
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