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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1948
Page
7
Baltimore and Chicago market notes show mixed livestock and produce trading. Apples and fowl price ranges listed. cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep prices given with weights and quality distinctions across markets.
Market quotations for fat steers and heifers range up to 30.50 with mids around 24 to 27 while cows sell 15 to 26 and bulls 23 to 26. Veal calves fetch 31 to 32, lambs 32.75 to 33, hogs mainly 18 to 21 with top butcher weights about 21.50 and fresh cows and springers up to 260.
The army transport Barrev Kirsch baum is due at the Brooklyn Army base Friday morning with the remains of 2530 American soldiers killed in North Africa. Marine Corps Headquarters notes the first Marine base was established in Philadelphia in 1775 as headquarters of the Revolutionary Marines.
New York May 12 stock prices inclined to slip in an active market. Aircrafts steadied after Tuesday's break. Elsewhere narrow declines predominated with Sinclair Oil, Standard Oil NJ, U S Steel, Chrysler, Boeing, Westinghouse Electric, Commonwealth and Southern, and American Tobacco falling. Occasional gainers included Lockheed, Douglas Aircraft, Glenn Martin, American Can, Schenley and Southern California Edison.
Chicago grains opened mixed with Wheat May at 2.44 1 4, July 2.32 1 4, Sept 2.30, Dec 2.30 3-4. Corn May 2.26 1-3, July 2.10 1-2, Sept 1.91, Dec 1.69 3-4. Oats May 1.15 5-8, July 92 92 1-8, Sept 83 1-2, Dec 84 1-4. Lard July 23.40-47.
Market column shows prices for grain and feed items such as corn meal bags, cracked corn, soy beans, and various mash and starter blends. Multiple feed products are listed with per bag or per bushel pricing, alongside butter retail and wholesale notes.
Prices for eggs gr A extra large to standard grades and pullets, and live poultry values in the Winchester area. Egg prices include U S Grade A sizes and standards, while live poultry lists include No 1 quality and various fowl types with per pound or per bird pricing.
Middletown beat Stephens City 5-4 in a close game that moved Middletown into a three way tie for first with Berryville and Stephens City in Frederick Clarks League standings. Shiley earned the win allowing three hits with seven strikeouts as Middletown rallied with three runs in the fifth and singles in the sixth to seal victory.
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