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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1940
Page
8
Baltimore market quotes show meats and eggs with steers, cows, calves, and hogs listed alongside egg values and live poultry prices. Chicago hog receipts move prices up while cattle hold dull, and Philadelphia notes poultry and eggs with varied grading and prices.
New York March 28 A renewed strength in aircrafts aided the market despite profit taking after Wednesday. Industrials led modest gains with steels and bonds higher while the financial sector showed cautious bullish tilt. European markets advanced and the British sterling dollar rate rose aiding sentiment. Quotations at 4 pm listed Am Can 115 Am Rad 8 3 4 Am Smel 49 1 4 AT and T 172 1 2 Anaconda 29 Bethlehem 76 3 4 Chrysler 86 1 2 Con Edison 31 1 8 Gen Cigar 18 1 8 Gen Elec 38 3 4 G M 54 1 2 Goodyear 23 Intl Harv 57 1 2 J Manville 69 3 4 M W 53 1 4 N Y C 16 1 8 Packard 3 3 4 Penney 92 Penn R R 22 1 2 Republic Steel 20 3 4 Southern R 8 1 4 S O N 43 7 8 Texas Corp 45 3 8 Union Pac 95 3 4 US Steel 68
Fragmentary OCR notes from The Star list market terms and prices but lack complete details. Mentions include bilaterally unclear figures like bbl and 5.05 in a casual market brief format.
Chicago and Baltimore market notes show fluctuating grain futures with wheat near 1.04 to 1.03 for May to Sept contracts and corn around 56 to 58 cents. Cash wheat and corn prices listed with No 2 and No 1 yellow ranges. oats and soybeans also quoted along with field seeds and forage prices.
Detectives report that train No. 2 near Boyce struck a rail piece on the east rail as it passed at 12 16 am. Sheriff Buckner says investigators doubt a prank and suspect a deliberate act or malice possibly by drunken outsiders. The speeding express, with extra student passengers, continued to Hagerstown.
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