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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1939
Page
5
Market reports cover Produce in Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia with hogs calves and poultry prices. Chicago livestock prices show heavier hogs lower and cattle steady with lambs stronger. Philadelphia live poultry and eggs quoted with varied values.
New York March 16 stock trading showed signs of recovery as favored issues regained portions of earlier losses. Analysts noted tentative gains across several key sectors and speculative activity remained subdued.
The notice lists Patent Brand flour in 12 and 24 to 98 pound bags with per barrel pricing. Corn meal sold in 5 and 10 pound sacks, horse feed priced per bag, and additional flour bag sizes with rate variations.
Chicago March 16 wheat and corn slid about a cent a bushel to fresh seasonal lows. Corn hit a five year low, driven by stop loss liquidations and Liverpool price moves, with domestic southwest crops and freight rates cited as factors. Cash quotes show No 2 mixed wheat at 69 1/4 and corn No 3 at 48 1/2, while Baltimore reports light gains in red winter wheat and local mill deliveries set prices.
Ralph Gore posted a record breaking 176 game and 410 series to highlight the mixed doubles standings. The results show lines such as E Line and W White 16 8 and D Rice with B Cather 212, along with other pairings and scores.
The Garber Ice Cream Company has moved into a modern brick building measuring 40 by 80 feet on the Front Royal road. The firm previously operated on North Cameron Street with S S Garber as manager.
Kinney Company will open a new shoe store in Winchester on North Loudoun Street within ten days. The firm, based in New York, runs 350 stores nationwide with two warehouses and five factories. Interior renovation includes a new front and fresh paint and papering.
Reno dispatch reports Mrs. Anna Cooper Hewitt Gay and Gene Bradstreet were married by Justice of the Peace Harty in Reno after obtaining a marriage license in Minden Nev. The ceremony followed Hewitt Gay's recent sensational suit against her mother and her divorce from Ronald Gay of Oakland was finalized earlier in the week.
The fifth annual conference of the National Apple Institute opens tomorrow at 8 am at the Shenandoah Hotel in Martinsburg West Virginia. The event runs through Saturday afternoon with the annual banquet scheduled for 7 pm tomorrow night.
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