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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1941

Page

6

Livestock And Produce Prices Across Baltimore and Chicago Markets

Market receipts moderate and prices steady to firm in Baltimore with poultry and fowl firm and ducks dull. Cattle and hogs in Chicago and Baltimore show mixed movement with hogs strong to 10 cents higher, lambs weak, and steers mostly steady to higher on weight. Sizable listings cover weights, grades, and ranges for cattle, hogs, sheep, and vealers across markets and time.

Baltimore Ickens Peneer Chicago Livestock Chicago U.S. Dept. Agr

Wall Street Ends Mixed As War News Dampens Rally

May 15 stock market drifted lower after a mild morning rally as war and labor news weighed on sentiment. Steel, rail, aircraft and other issues slid while some leaders stuck to small gains. volume about 450000 shares. Union auto, shipping and coal tensions and wage threats cooled activity and dampened broad participation. Selected quotes show fractional moves with rapid shifts early and late.

New York Wall Street N. Y al. Chem Can

Market Recap of Industrial Stocks and Key Players

An OCR fragment lists stock prices for major companies including Bethlehem Chrysler Goodyear Int Har Genl Elec U S Steel and Union Pacific along with others such as Sears Roebuck Western Union Penn R R and Woolworth. The figures show closing or current prices with fractions indicating 32nds.

B. and O Bethlehem Aes Chrysler Era Elec Mer Goodyear Int. Har Kennecott Sears Roebuck Southern R Texas Corp Union Pac U. S. Steel Va.-Car. Chem Va.-Car. Prd Western Union Woolworth

Local Markets Focal Markets Corrected Daily

The Star notes markets are reported accurately but accepts no responsibility for typographical errors that may occur in daily market listings.

Local Wholesale Market Flour and Feed Prices

Prices for flour by bag sizes in Short Patent Brand and Patent Brand. Also listed are mixed feed egg mash broiler mash chick grower and corn meal feed. Butter and livestock quotes include cows heifers hogs and poultry items with per hundredweight or per bag figures. The page reflects commodity rates and market listings for feed grains and animal products.

Cesss Pf Boer Fes Secad Steee Us

Boston Wool Market Report Sees Mixed Sales In Boston

Scattered sales closed today on domestic wools in Boston. Texas wools 12 months sold mostly at 1.05 to 1.08 dollars scoured. Fine territory wools in original bags moved slowly at 1.00 to 1.03 scoured. Combing 3 8 and 1 4 blood fleece walls firm at about 0.46 dollars grease, some lots to 0.47. South American wools show fairly good demand, especially fine and half blood grades.

Boston U. S

Williams To Be Augusta Speaker

R Gray Williams, prominent Winchester attorney and banker, will speak at Augusta Military Academy graduation exercises on June 4 at eleven o clock. William Stuart, Newport News grandson of Mr Williams, is a Senior class member.

Fort Defiance R. Gray Williams Winchester Augusta Military Academy William Stuart Williams Newport News

Grains Slide After Peak as Prices Tumble in Chicago Session

Wheat and other grain futures eased from 12 month highs in a day of profit taking. May prices closed near 99 5 8 for wheat while corn and oats moved within narrow ranges amid brisk flour demand. Baltimore and Winchester markets also quoted mixed grain prices as WPA female employment share reached 16 percent in fiscal 1946.

Chicago New Chicago Cash Grain Cash Wheat Baltimore Grains Baltimore Winchester

Prominent Cumberland Ice Cream Firm President Dies at 53

John A. Oliver, 53, president and manager of Lear and Oliver Ice Cream Manufacturing Co and wholesale confectioners, died in his sleep from a heart attack at his Lavale home. Native of Davis West Virginia, Oliver led the firm for 28 years, succeeding his father-in-law H D Lear. He leaves a widow, a son and four daughters.

H. D. H. Lear Phoebe A. Oliver John Neil Oliver

Regulation Fixing the Open Season for Muskrats

The Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries adopts a trapping season for muskrats west of the Blue Ridge and in Albemarle Culpeper Fauquier Greene Loudoun Madison Orange and Rappahannock counties from December 1 to February 28 or 29 inclusive. The regulation becomes effective June 1, 1941, by order of Chairman Stan H. Nolting.

Richmond Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains Albemarle Culpeper Fauquier Greene Loudoun Madison Orange Rappahannock Commission of Game and Inland Fisheries Stan H. Nolting

Frontier mission structure in old days

A mission in frontier days encompassed a chapel a granary a kitchen administrative offices cells for friars and quarters for the Indian neophytes as part of its complex.

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