Red Cross launches 1950 fund drive led by Marshall
Gen George C Marshall heads the 1950 Red Cross drive with a goal of 67 million dollars to be raised through March by about two million volunteers. He urges spiritual regeneration and emphasizes Red Cross aid from disaster relief to family support through a nationwide appeal led by a 17 member advisory group.
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Market Quotations Stock Declines Lead Slow Start
New York trading opened with hesitancy as selling grew bolder and prices slid about a point. Motors and steels led losses with many railroads and aircraft shares also dropping, while several leaders held steady or posted small gains.
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Market Quotations From Baltimore and Chicago Livestock Reports
USDA cattle and hog bids show limited sales with weak undertones in Baltimore. Calves and sheep offer thin activity. pork and poultry trading is slow amid moderate receipts. Chicago lists hogs and cattle with ranges from top grades to midline butcher stock and sows.
Consignment Market Sees Active Trade At Farmers Livestock Exchange
Market report shows brisk activity across cattle hogs and lambs with prices varying by grade. Cattle steers high quality 25 to 26.25, dairy cows up to 207.50, hogs 15 to 17.40, lambs mid-20s, stockers and heifers also moving, while lower grades decline. Also includes a brief aside noting a proverb about the first hundred years.
Livestock Prices From Local Sale Yard
Calves 400 four loads high to low choice 1150-1275 lb fed steers 30.00-32.00, bulk medium and good fed steers and yearlings 22.75-28.50, medium to low good heifers 23.00-25.50, load good heifers 26.25, good cows 19.50-21.00, common and medics beef cows 16.50-19.25, canners and cutters 13.00-16.50, medium and good sausage bulls 20.50-22.50, eee to choice vealers 24.00- Salable sheep 3,000, choice corn belt and colorado fed wooled lambs 28.00 top bulk good and choice offerings weighing 96-112 lb 27.00-28.00, other classes especially ewes in negligible supply.
Local Markets Prices for Corn Meal and Egg Mash
Readable lines show market prices for corn meal white 5 lb and 10 lb, No 2 yellow corn (sora), barley, and egg mash 20 percent. Figures include 1.15 for No 2 yellow, 4.30 meal, 100 lb at 3.05, plus other midwest retail pricing.
Wheat futures rise on weather and export demand
Chicago board of trade opens with gains across wheat contract months as adverse winter wheat weather and export activity lift prices. May wheat at 2.17 3 4, July 1 2 3 4, December 2.00. oats, rye and corn futures also listed with shifting quotes.
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Star reaches over thirty thousand daily readers
The Star maintains daily circulation exceeding 30,000 readers with broad geographic reach and consistent readership growth. Reported metrics show steady audience expansion across urban and suburban areas, reflecting engagement with local news, features, and community updates.
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Egg Prices and Live Poultry Rates Reported by Agriculture Dept
Agriculture Department lists Federal State grades for eggs with prices: Grade A extra large 33, Grade A large 31, Grade A medium 29, Grade B large 29, pullets 21, small and Peewees 15, and several crack and live poultry prices. Reported ranges include heavy hens, leghorn hens, and broilers with varied weights. turkeys and guinea hens shown with per unit values.
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Death of Charles E. Shiley at Angers Store West Virginia
Charles E. Shiley 85 retired farmer died at his Angers Store home. Survived by two sons Berkeley and Emmett, three brothers, a sister, funeral Thursday with 1:30 p m cortege from the residence to Greenwood Methodist Church at 2 p m. Interment at Greenwood. Wife Tennessee Bishop died two weeks earlier.
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