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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1940
Page
7
Houston police hunt the so called speediest thief after he swiped three pints of whiskey from an arts store and slipped away in a hurry he ran out from under his hat. He then entered a liquor store and grabbed three quarts before fleeing again leaving his hat behind in the doorway.
Eastern Shore Maryland fruit baskets and berries hold firm while nearby Jersey and Golden U S 1s move 90 to 100 cents. Poultry markets ease for chickens, fowl dull, turkeys steady. eggs trading around 16 1 2 to 17 1 4. Baltimore cattle and hogs mix. calves, sheep and sows quoted with wide ranges. Philadelphia live poultry lists various price points for fowls rooks leghorns and turkeys.
New York stock market shows rising tendencies in aviation shares but many leaders ease after mid day as volume dwindles. European air warfare keeps fighters in focus with U S orders expected. Trading slows ahead of Good Friday holiday. exchange to be closed tomorrow. Foreign markets dull. bonds and commodities uneven. Am Can 114 1 8, Am Rad 8 3 4.
The listing shows varied commodity prices including feed types, dairy products, poultry, livestock, and butter fat. Prices are given per 24 and 48 pound bags, per barrel, with ranges for items like mixed feed and dairy products, reflecting a wholesale market snapshot.
A README styled OCR shows various feed and dairy product entries with inconsistent spellings. Items include corn meal feed, Deity Feed 16 percent, Chick Starter, Chick Grower, Turkey Grower, butter and country lara setouseseetees with numeric values.
In Chicago on March 21 nervous trading followed profit taking and hedging as lean wheat enters commercial channels. Prices closed fractionally lower after intraday highs near yesterday, aided by a wheat resealing program and potential small additions to the 1939 crop under the ever normal granary plan.
Baltimore markets list grain and seed prices with bean and corn grades, oats, malting barley, mothy seed, sweet clover, alfalfa, and red winter garlic spot values. Price notes cover 60 to 70 cent corn ranges and wheat near 95 cents, with delivery and mill terms.
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