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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1954
Page
9
The exchange confirms that ambassador is the common title for most foreign representatives in the United States. About 64 ambassadors and 10 ministers are accredited here. Some nations are represented by a charge d affaires. Among major European states, Switzerland is the only country to send and receive a minister.
The New York stock market opened higher with major divisions advancing including railroads steels motors chemicals and aircrafts. Notable gains appeared in Atlas Corp Consolidated Gas Electric Armour Lehigh Coal & Navigation and several others while Goodyear Anaconda Westinghouse Electric General Electric Southern Railway and General Motors slipped. Bonds remained steady at the start.
Apples and strawberries weaker on the Eastern Shore with 24 quart crates at 6.00 to 9.50 dollars. Potatoes show mixed offerings and prices range from 1.50 to 5.50 per 50 to 100 pound sacks. Poultry trading slow with light receipts. Baltimore USDA cattle: slaughter steers 22.50 to 25.00, heifers 20.00 to 23.00, cows down to 5.00 to 16.00, vealers 28.00, hogs 28.50 to 29.00 for 180 to 220 pound barrows and gilts.
Chicago grains opened lower on May 17 as rain in the winter wheat belt and strong cash corn receipts weighed on futures. Soybeans faced renewed profit taking. Early quotes show May wheat at 1.98 and corn May at 1.55 1-8 with soybeans weaker.
The report lists sale prices for pigs by weight brackets from 28.75 for light stock to 19.75 for odd heavier heads, with sow and breeding categories around 23.75 to 24.00 for under 400 lbs and declining for heavier weights. Sheep receipts show choice and prime spring lambs around 85 lb selling near 30.00.
Local markets show a range of retail prices for flour corn meal bran and feeds with wheat and corn rates noted. Prices vary by bag size and grade with figures including flour 100 lbs at noted rates and No 2 yellow corn around 2.00 to 2.20 per bushel in Rockingham and Augusta counties.
Readable price data show Corn No 2 yellow shelled traded in Rockingham County at 1.75 to 1.85, and Augusta County listings at 1.75 to 1.80. Barley No 2 listed with Rockingham County values around 1.10 to 1.30. Butter and butterfat wholesale prices appear, though details are fragmented and partially unreadable.
News reaches here of the death yesterday of Mrs. John S. Yellott at the Episcopal Seminary in Alexandria. She was sister to the late Rev. Robert B. Nelson of Christ Episcopal Church. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at the Seminary with burial at Belair, Md. Survivors include two daughters Mrs. Bougher Mrs. McKnitt and Mrs. Payne and two sons Kinloch N. Yellott and John I. Yellott.
Agriculture Department market notes show prices paid in the Winchester area for No 1 live poultry and eggs. Farm price quotes end at 12 noon with varied rates for broilers heavy hens small turkeys and eggs graded U S standard by grade and size across Winchester and Harrisonburg markets.
There is no binding international agreement on Antarctic sovereignty. Nations including Great Britain, France, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, USSR, Argentina, and Chile have claimed parts, while American explorers have sought U S ownership though no social action has been completed.
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