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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1952
Page
9
Chicago grains edge ahead at session start with July corn futures lifting while wheat and other grains hold near yesterday's closing levels. Opening prices show Wheat futures at Jly 2.29 1 2 1 4 Sep 932 1 2 Dec 2.37 1 4 Mar 2.40 3 8 Corn Jly 1.77 1 2 3 4 Sep with other grains steady.
A compact listing shows futures prices for oats rye soybeans and lord futures with multiple delivery months. Prices are given in decimal figures and include latest bids for July September November and other months.
Local markets show corrected daily prices for flour at retail and various corn meals. Yellow and white corn meal in multiple bag sizes are listed with prices, along with grain figures for wheat and corn, and a note on potential typographical errors.
Market quotations show a jump in radio and television stock after the government ends the ban on color television production. Radio Corp and CBS A and B issues gained while other TV makers rose. United Cigar Whelan opened steady on a block of 5,000 shares. Standard Gas & Electric rose on an opening 1,000 share block. Goodrich Philco Zenith Admiral Baltimore & Ohio and Standard Oil NJ climbed. U S Steel Chrysler Santa Fe and Gulf Oil declined.
Baltimore reports tight supplies for apples and potatoes with light celery offerings. poultry processors note a wider price range for fryers and reduced demand for light hens. Cattle, calves, hogs and sheep show varied activity with modest price shifts and regional contrasts across Baltimore and Chicago USDA reports.
Richmond report surveys 11 Virginia private liberal arts colleges finding four ended the term in the hole and six more were marginal financially. Endowments income declined due to lower interest rates, tuition rose at eight schools, and capital funds remain scarce. Presidents expect hardship before any potential recovery in the late fifties. Major schools include University of Richmond Washington and Lee Randolph Macon Hampden Sydney Sweet Briar Hollins Roanoke Bridgewater Emory and Henry Hampton Institute and Virginia Union.
The notice lists U S Grade eggs with multiple sizes and prices and prices paid for live poultry in the Winchester area for various fowl categories including heavy hens, leghorn broilers, cock stags, and white breeds. It also includes a Q A about building heights with the Empire State Building cited as tallest and The Pentagon as largest.
Funeral services for Mrs John G Timberlake of Clarksburg West Virginia were conducted yesterday at 11 am from Kurtz Funeral Home. The Rev Carlton Fox officiated and burial followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers included Joseph W Blackburn Wayne H Waybright Harry Athey James Grantham William Macoughtry and T F Timberlake. Relatives visiting from out of town included Joseph L Blackburn of Kenbridge and Margaret B Waybright of Mabscott.
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