Market Quotation Snapshot from Baltimore and Chicago
Market roundups show apples in steady to up movement with Staymans and Delicious varieties. potatoes and sweet potatoes mixed, Washington and New Jersey origins noted. Poultry markets weak on heavy hens, turkeys at Beltsville levels. cattle, hogs, and sheep reported with price ranges and weight notes across Baltimore and Chicago exchanges.
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Baltimore
Staymans
Bu Bkts & Boxes
Usis Pa
Romes
Yorks
N. J. Delicious
Csis
Beltsville
Local Markets Update Printed Daily by The Star
Daily market listings summarize local commodity prices and items for sale as printed by The Star. Note that typographical errors are possible and not guaranteed to be corrected by the newspaper.
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The
Star
University of Virginia poll on unsegregated classes
Cavalier Daily canvass of 100 UVA students shows 66 would not oppose unsegregated classes while 27 would object to attending with a Black student and 7 are undecided. University enrolls about 3,300. Karl B Knust Jr contributed the page one report.
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Charlottesville
Cavalier Daily
University of Virginia
Karl B. Knust, Jr
Knust
Automobile Shares Lift New York Stocks Rally
New York stocks rose as automobile shares led gains with Chrysler up 1 to 2 points and Studebaker about a point higher. General Motors rose slightly along with U S Steel Southern Railway Southern Pacific Standard Oil of New Jersey Goodrich American Smelting American Cyanamid Johns Manville and Lockheed Aircraft.
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New York
Chrysler
Studebaker
General Motors
U. S. Steel
Southern Railway
Southern Pacific
Standard Old NJ
Goodrich
American Smelting
American Cyanamid
Johns-Manville
Lockheed Aircraft
Chicago Grain Prices Open With Fair Volume Trades
Board of Trade opens with fair activity as March wheat at 2.52 and May 2.52 1 2, July 2.44 1 4, September 2.45 3 4 7 8, corn March 1.86 1 4, May 1.87 3 4 7 8, July 1.85 7 8 8, rye May 2.05, July 2.01, September 1.97, soybeans March 2.98, May 2.96 1 2, July 2.92 1 2, September 2.86 1 2 86, November 2.80 1 2, lard March 12.10, May 12.25, September 12.50 52.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Jly
Rye
Agriculture Dept Egg and Live Poultry Market Update
Today's market shows OS Grade A Extra Large 37c and Grade A Large 35c. Grade A Medium 3c. Grade B Large 8c. Cracks and checks 16c. In Winchester area No 1 fowls FOB grower’s farm: Heavy Breed Hens 4% Ibs and over 26c. Leghorn Hens and Broilers 26c. Red Broilers and Leghorn Broilers 0–19c. Beltsville White Hens and Toms listed.
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U.S
U. S
Winchester
Beltsville
Military Pay Bill Likely To Pass Before Congress Adjourns
Senate leaders expect a pay raise for all services, with a 3 percent base hike and higher boosts for lower ranks and dependents. Russell and McFarland indicate action soon after coastal lands bill, though exact amounts and dates remain uncertain.
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Washington
Congress
Russel
D-Ga
Second Armed Services
McFarland
Dariz
Senate
Russell
House
Bible Best Seller SINGAPORE in Ma laya last year
Bible societies in Singapore reported a record 11 000 Protestant Bibles sold in English and vernacular languages. The secretary noted strong demand across communities and the year’s sales topped prior records.
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Singapore
Malaya
Bible Societies
New York Club For Working Girls Needs a Lady Plumber
Tanya Pitt the Paris born model-entrepreneur launches Pamper House a midtown club for working women offering massages beauty advice and changing rooms for a one dollar life membership plus twenty five cent per visit She plans to open next month in Rockefeller Center with a fully female staff and asks for input on finding a female plumber to satisfy policy needs.
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Dorothy Roe
America
Tanya Pitt
Paris
Tanya
New York
Pamper House
Rockefeller Center
Budget-Cutting Test for VA Funds in House
The House Appropriations Committee recommended cutting 242,640,370 from the Veterans Administration budget for the year starting July 1, amid broader VA financing edits. Rep. Thomas of Texas argues the cut is not disastrous, as debate continues on a 6,271,138,346 bill funding VA and other agencies. The panel also reduced the public housing program and left intact a 174 million cut in the Atomic Energy Commission budget.
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Washington
House
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Rep
Thomas
D-Tex
Atomic Energy Commission
Government Falls Over Butter Price in Finland
Premier Urho Kekkonen faced collapse of his coalition as butter prices sparked a political crisis. Kekkonen submitted his resignation to President Juho Paasikivi amid the cabinet’s breakup.
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Helsinki
Urho Kekkonen
Joho Passikivi
Mines Closed Terre Haute
New walk outs today in a sympathy strike closed virtually all of Indiana's larger shaft coal mines leaving workers idle and signaling broad labor solidarity across the state.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Banana ripening practices in production countries
The text explains that tree ripened bananas are not edible. After the bunches reach the proper green stage they are cut and rushed to market on muleback plantation railways, then shipped by refrigerated vessels. Upon arrival bananas are ripened in rooms at about 68 degrees.
Feline Ages Highlight Local Cat Lifespans
Villagers report a cat living to 22 years and a Pederson cat reaching 25 when it died several years ago. The tale underscores surprisingly long domestic lifespans in the community.
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Medta
Sask
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U. of Va
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Hell Call
Home Service
Virginia
N. Y
Agriculture Dept
New York Club For Working Girls
St.joseph
Philco
Key Largo
N. Cameron St
Montgomery Ward
Loudoun St
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