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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1932
Page
2
Market quotes show wheat stocks on farms at multiyear highs as Italy raises its import quota by 10 percent. Wheat ends irregularly with minor changes and provisions rise modestly. Russia ceases export offers, with last week’s shipments at 88 000 bushels amid famine concerns, and corn activity gains slightly.
Oats for today follow corn with notes on hog price upturns. Chicago cash grain data lists Wheat No 2 red 59, No 3 red 58 58 1 4, No 2 hard 58 3 4, No 2 yellow hard 68 3 4, spring 68, No 3 mixed 58. Corn No 3 mixed 34, No 2 yellow 36 1 2 37 1 2, No 3 yellow 34 1 4 36, No 3 white 342-4735 3 4. Oats No 2 white 24 1 2 25 1 4, No 3 white 24424 1 2. Barley 42 60, timothy 3.00 3.25, clover 9.00 14.00. Rye No sales.
Richmond reports cash grain prices with No 2 red winter wheat at 71 for car lots and No 3 red at 70, Virginia bag lots up to 6971. Corn car lots Virginia No 2 white to 40 and corn on the cob to 35.
In Baltimore on March 10 No. 2 white to 36 No. 3 white to 35 No. 2 mixed to 35 and No. 1 mixed feed to 26. Baltimore Wheat—No. 2 red winter spot March 59 April 60 with garlicky domestic context.
Richmond market report dated March 10 shows liberal and steady prices for Virginia apples 0.75 to 1.50 per basket, cabbage near 2.25 to 2.50 per 45 lb basket, Texas crates around 3.50 for 85 lb net, Sacks of potatoes 1.75 and onions 3.00 per 50 lb sack. Butter and eggs steady with varied pack sizes. poultry steady with Leghorn hens 15–16 and colored hens 16–17 lb, chicken prices 4.85 to 5.10 per carload. New York poultry and egg markets noted 28,086 cases, steady with white specials at bids 1.21.
Market notes for butter eggs and poultry in Washington show prices for prints tub and 1 lb, eggs receipts, and live and dressed poultry values. Tables list old and young toms hens roosters leghorn spring broilers and capons with price ranges across 18 to 31 cents per pound.
Live poultry lists heavy chickens 19 to 20 cents, medium 20 to 21, Leghorns and other light stock 16 to 18, young colored chickens 23 to 26, Leghorns by size 22 to 24, Eggs 12 to 3 4 cents.
Local notes report travel delays of 48 hours and loss of telephone service. The play A Parmenens Calamity scheduled for March 10 and 11 is postponed. Updates on residents include W L Anderson visiting, Mrs E S Smoke recovering at home, and illness of A L Anderson. Teachers Leafy Weadon and Caroline Hickerson face travel issues due to bad roads.
Baltimore hog market held at 4.60 for light weights with heavies to 6.05 and sows 3.50 to 4.15. Lancaster quotes hogs at 5.50 top, Chicago hogs up 10 cents with lights to 5.00 and heavies 4.65, sows 3.85 to 4.15. Cattle and calves in Baltimore steady with vealers 4.00 to 8.00 and cows 1.25 to 3.75, steers 3.50 to 7.25, heifers 3.50 to 5.50. Lancaster active 5.50 to 6.25, top load 7.00, dealers to 9.50. Jersey City quiet with undertone steady.
A new youngster Marjorie Bell makes her first screen appearance in Wayward at the Capitol today. Nancy Carroll Richard Arlen lead a strong cast from the novel Wild Beauty with Pauline Frederick and Arlen prominent.
The Monster Walks from Action Pictures closes its run tonight at the Colonial Theatre. The horror feature follows a man’s plotting to rob heirs and ends with the killer falling to his own trap amid gorilla menace and stunning thrills. Tomorrow Tim McCoy stars in The Fighting Marshal, a dynamic Columbia western with Dorothy Gulliver, Mary Carr, Matthew Betz and Pat O’Malley.
Palace program features Barbara Stanwyck with Marshall Entertainers and two films Mexicali Rose and Sky Raiders plus Arkansas Traveler and Hillbillies musical act. The Cyclone Marshall troupe offers rural laughs and a final appearance Saturday.
The school has been closed all week and no classes have resumed. The Green Spring Mill, sold at auction on the fifth, was bought by Mr. A. L. Anderson.
A drug ad promises Ru-Ma will ease rheumatic pain and stiffness in a week or money back. It claims the $1 bottle softens swelling and aches from day one, with er''s Drug Store guaranteeing full refunds if relief is not achieved.
A wealthy man's fortune remains undivided as relatives maintain harmony and continue to speak with one another, avoiding estrangement amid ongoing probate considerations.
New discoveries in farm and specialty management push rabbit culture from hobby to big business. Visionary efforts in various states expand meat and fur Rabbit farming as a vital economic factor, with markets for meat rising as confidence and organization grow. WE ARE THE MARKET.
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