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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1938
Page
7
New York reports total gross receipts for the Louis Schmeling heavyweight title bout reached 1 015 096 16, aided by 75 000 from movie and radio rights. Attendance stood at 72 000 with Louis earning 321 245 20 and Schmeling 160.
Baltimore June 23 livestock bids show cattle steady to weak across weights with light supply and some higher calves. hogs up about 20 cents with best action on lighter weights. sheep and lambs mixed but near steady. eggs butter and feed prices listed with regional variations across Chicago Philadelphia markets.
Local markets list wholesale flour prices for patent and short patent brands in various bag sizes. The notice includes corn meal, horse feed, oats, middlings, and chicken and cow prices with several ranges and unit measurements.
New York June 23 A wild stock market session shows rapid buying and profit taking as prices briefly sagged then surged to session highs. The day features the first use of the exchange’s new flash price reporting system with about 2.5 million shares turning over. Major issues mostly rose with gold miners lagging, while several leaders like U S Steel and Chrysler posted notable gains.
Chicago wheat rose briefly on a securities led upswing but fell back as profit taking and selling broadened late. Closing prices show declines from session highs across wheat corn soybeans and related grains with cash grain mixed including Indiana No 2 red wheat around 76 1/2 and corn No 1 around 58 1/2.
Baltimore grain market update lists grain types and prices with wheat at 75 to 79 cents per bushel across sources. It notes No 2 red winter wheat at 79 cents spot domestic and corn around 65 cents per bushel, with prices tied to mill deliveries.
New York Attorney General John J. Bennett Jr. announces he will seek the Democratic nomination for governor as Governor Herbert Lehman enters the race for the Senate seat left vacant by Royal S. Copeland's death. Central Press.
A watchdog burned to death when the Green Lantern dance hall in Elkton Maryland burned early. The one story building owned by Earl Bunker was destroyed with its contents including orchestra instruments. Loss estimated at six thousand dollars. Firefighters from Elkton and Newark Delaware responded but water was scarce.
Avery Brundage outlined to American Olympic Association committee meetings in Chicago plans for the United States men's track and field and men's basketball squads for the 1940 Olympic Games.
John Harper aged 16 drowned today in a sand and gravel pit in Baltimore county. Playmates found his clothing on the bank and alerted police who recovered the body.
Seven army fliers died when a twin motored military plane crashed during a night training flight over central France near Tours. The wreckage yielded the bodies of five air general staff officers as well as a radio operator and a mechanic.
The Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia orders Commissioner W E Edwards to catalogue George H Heist's personal property value identify heirs creditors and distribute accounts and set proper counsel fees. A public notice fixes Friday July 8 1938 at 17 Court Square Winchester for attendees with records to aid the reference and allows adjournments if needed.
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