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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1940
Page
9
Livestock and produce markets show mixed firm tones with chickens and eggs steady. Calves hogs cattle and lambs priced across Baltimore Chicago and Philadelphia exchanges. notable figures include steers 8.85-9.75 per cwt, hogs around 6.00, vealers 10.50-11.00, and lambs up to 10.25 in steady to firm trade amidst scattered declines and broad activity.
New York May 1 Burdened by a downward drag in steels and aircrafts the stock market moved lower in all divisions today. Transactions ran about 800000 shares with U S Steel Bethlehem General Motors Montgomery Ward International Harvester United Aircraft Sperry DuPont Union Carbide Kennecott American Smelting Great Northern Preferred General Electric and Western Auto Supply retreating. Bonds paralleled the trend and sterling eased to 3 49 dollars amid a broad foreign currency decline.
The report lists prices for fat cattle at 7.00 midrange, fat cows 6.75 top, bulls 7.60 butcher and 6.25 to 7.00 sausage, veal calves top 12.00, fresh cows and springers 45.00 to 88.00, lambs 12.75 to 11.50 with culls, steers 6.50 to 6.30, pigs 1.10 to 2.90 per head, fat sows 4.00 to 4.75 per cwt, and feeder when stocker cattle with feeder steers 17.00 to 8.10 per cwt and stocker steers 28.00 to 45.000 per head.
The Virginia livestock market on N Kent Street lists Tuesday auctions with steers and heifers priced by grade. Steers ranged to 8.90 for choice and 8.00 for good, while plain offered around 6.50 and heifers at 8.60 for choice.
Miss Anne Leith daughter of Lewis Leith of Middleburg Virginia and Archibald Cary Randolph Jr son of Dr A C Randolph of Upperville and the late Mrs Cary Dulany Randolph will marry at 430 this afternoon in Leesburg Edward Shirley Turner of Middleburg and Mrs Turner will host a dinner party in their honor Randolph is tied to Valley Airways and teaches at Winchester Municipal Airport Leith is described as a skilled hunt and show rider
The State Department announced provisional establishment of consular relations with Greenland following direct ties with Iceland. With Copenhagen Greenland communications interrupted officials said direct consular representation was advisable by the United States and Greenland authorities.
Emmet FP Connell president of the Investment Bankers' Association of America told the U S Chamber of Commerce that spending theories of the government must do it school risk a federal tax on private savings. He tied this to the monopoly committee’s refusal to hear bankers in its study of savings and investments.
Castleman's Ferry traffic was postponed yesterday due to a broken road section at the east approach. No construction is underway and doubt remains if the section can be completed in time for today’s planned vehicle use amid expected Apple Blossom traffic.
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