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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1956

Page

5

Labor To Compete Against Ringling Circus In Boston

Boston hosts two circuses next week as the American one ring show under AGWA and the Teamsters runs April 14 to May 20, while Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey opens Tuesday and also runs to May 20. Union pickets in New York cite lack of bargaining.

Ringling Circus Boston Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey American Guild of Variety Artists International Brotherhood of Teamsters AGWA Teamsters Ringling New York Jack Bright Briet

Market Quotations From Baltimore Produce and Livestock

Apples rise across several sizes with Romes and Winesaps noted. Potatoes show mixed notes from Katahdins to Sebagoes with various grades and bag sizes. Poultry markets weaken on fryers while live cattle hogs and sheep trade details are reported. hogs mixed weights range 12.50 to 16.25 with cows and calves selling near steady levels.

Baltimore (P Maine Baltimore USDA

Wall Street Edges Up in Quiet Early Trading

New York quotes show a modest advance across most market sectors with gains and losses largely fractional. Advancing issues include Santa Fe Railroad Seaboard Railroad U S Gypsum Pacific Minerals St Joseph Lead Union Carbide Rohm & Haas Bethlehem Steel U S Rubber Boeing Douglas Aircraft and RCA. The AP 60 average fell yesterday and the day before as buyers reappeared at lower prices.

New York Santa Fe Railroad Seaboard Railroad U. S. Gypsum Pacific In St. Joseph Lead Union Carbide Rohm & Haas Bethlehem Steel U. S. Rubber Boeing Douglas Aircraft RCA Associated Press

Local Market Prices From The Star Ledger

Local markets list daily commodity prices including feed, eggs, mash, grains, flour, corn meal, and butter. Entries cover items such as 100 lb feed, broiler mash, rice, yellow corn, flour, barley, and butter with varied price ranges noted for regions like Rockingham and Augusta.

Chicago Grain opening declines across soybeans and corn futures

Chicago Board of Trade opening sees broad price drops in soybeans and corn with old crop losses. Wheat, oats, rye show mixed moves as May contracts start at updated figures and futures adjust across multiple months.

Chicago Board of Trade Jly Lord

Birds Sold At West Virginia Poultry Auction

A total of 58,300 birds sold from 74,500 offered in 28 lots at the Capon Valley Area Poultry Auction yesterday afternoon in Wardensville. Prices averaged 2.83 cents per pound with 20 to 22 cents per pound range and demand described as good.

Capon Valley Area Wardensville

Agriculture Dept Market Roundup From Regional Poultry and Egg Rates

Market steady with ample supplies and good demand. LI POULTRY lists broilers and fryers at 2 1/2 to 342 per unit with various weights, small turkey fryers 29 29 1, heavy hens 22 to 24, and a lot of heavy hens at 33. Winchester egg market shows U S Grade A large white and brown at 42, Grade A medium 34-35, with other grades and regional entries noted. Harrisonburg eggs quote U S Grade A large white 42 and large brown 42, Grade A medium 34-35, plus various small lots and Peck at 20.

Winchester Egg Market Coiegg Ceca Scenseres Ceeas Bate Harrisonburg U. S U.S

Home Accident Risk Shifts to Private Households

About 90 percent of all American home accidents affect residents in separate private homes, underscoring safety risks in private residences.

Can You Remember Names Try This One

In Los Angeles a police record clerk helps a North Hollywood man file a theft report for two hubcaps. When asked his name he replies with a long string “Yosha H. Baussleipezuffber garzime” and the clerk does not press for what the initial H stood for.

Los Angeles Police Record Bureau North Hollywood Yosha H. Baussleipezuffbergarzime

Medieval peacock meat widely eaten despite dry taste

The article notes that during the Middle Ages peacock meat, though dry and tasteless, was commonly consumed. It highlights historical dietary practices and the persistence of peacock dishes in medieval cuisine.

Wages in U S Manufacturing Rise Since 1914

New figures show average pay in U S manufacturing at 1.93 dollars per hour, a sharp increase from 22.3 cents an hour recorded in 1914, highlighting vast wage growth over the period.

U. S

Mount Etna's Main Crater Anchors Active Sicily Volcano

Mount Etna, a Sicilian volcano, features a prominent central crater at the summit and about two hundred subsidiary vents along its flanks, illustrating a highly active volcanic system.

Mt. Etna

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