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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1939
Page
7
Baltimore and Philadelphia markets report varied prices for apples eggs butter and poultry. Cattle calves hogs and sheep prices are listed by weight with notes on demand and trade volumes across Baltimore Philadelphia and Chicago markets.
A modest buying push trimmed early losses as 450000 shares traded with mixed transfers. European markets were unsettled but not decisive, soft coal talks steadied equities, and treasury tax revision signals added confusion. Bonds and commodities were quiet and foreign securities lacked a clear trend with the pound at 4.6814 dollars. Key quotes included Am Rad 12 1 8, Am Smel 41 1 8, AT&T 161 1 2, Anaconda 24 1 2, and U S Steel 47 1 2.
The Star lists daily market figures for Patent Bros bags and mixed corn meal prices, including 12 and 24 pound sacks and barrel pricing. Also shown are oats, bran, horse feed, and various fowl items such as young rocks stags leghorn fowl and guineas with notes on sack and bag measures.
The listing shows prices for corn meal feed middlings feed screening and dairy feed plus egg mash and various bagged grain options. Prices range from 1.35 to 4.90 per unit with bag weights including 12 lb and 24 lb options and country lard at about 12 cents per unit. Geese and creamery butter prices also appear, indicating a rural goods market catalog.
May wheat rose to 80 1/4 cents intraday before closing near the previous level with little net change. Gains of 1 to 2 cents were led by May, while profit taking pulled futures back after south west crop reports and delayed reliveries. Closing quotes: Wheat May 78 3/8 to 3-4, July 73 1/8 to 74, Sept 73 7/8 to 74. Corn May 50 1/2, July 51 7/8 to 3-4, Sept 52 1/2 to 3-8. Oats May 35 1/4, July 33 to
Simple indoor used car showroom promotion urging a visit to see deals and low prices with emphasis on quality and value.
The Shenandoah Valley in Virginia will be well represented as about 550 bankers and their wives sail from Norfolk for Bermuda for the Virginia Bankers Association forty sixth annual convention. The group returns next Friday morning after two days of banking method improvement programs.
The report lists prices for soybeans wheat corn oats barley and rye from Chicago Baltimore and Winchester markets with No 2 red winter wheat and No 2 yellow corn noted. It also profiles Virginia banking leaders and association committees and outlines upcoming meetings with five leading banking authorities as speakers.
Kansas City May 11. Dates of annual conference meetings in the southeastern jurisdiction of the new Methodist Church announced by bishops. Bishop A V W Darlington Louisville conference Bowling Green Kentucky September 27. Bishop W W Peele Richmond area Virginia Conference place to be selected October 18.
Goods sent to France for American troops were admitted duty free. The text notes 6,000,000 licensed hunters and about 1,000,000 licensed fishermen in the United States.
A fragmented line compares vehicle safety with four wheel brakes all steel body and safety glass, implying emphasis on durable construction and protective standards.
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