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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1952
Page
3
Baltimore and Chicago markets show steady to firm apples and poultry demand. Prices for apples, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and livestock vary by region with modest gains and broad ranges for hogs, cattle, and sheep in midweek trading.
The stock market was essentially unchanged to higher with few minus signs. Small gains appeared for Union Pacific Johns Manville Kennecott Copper Dow Chemical American Tobacco Chrysler and Consolidated Edison while Studebaker United Aircraft International Nickel saw price declines.
Wheat and soybeans show firm cues as grains start trading. Prices listed for May contracts across Wheat Corn Oats Rye and Soybeans with various futures months and small gains mixed across grains.
Agriculture Department listing U S Grade A eggs by size with prices. Live poultry prices in Winchester include Heavy Breed Hens 22 cents, Leghorn Hens varied, Rocks and Cross Broilers 24 cents, Heavy Cocks 10 cents, Beltsville White Broilers 4 cents, White Bronze Hens 30 cents, White Bronze Toms 23 cents, young and old guineas priced per unit or pound.
The proposal adds a 4 cent hourly boost for workers switching from 48 to 40 hours, keeps a 37 cent yardman bonus, and introduces a cost of living escalator tied to the index. It calls for binding arbitration on two disputed operating rules and notes ongoing government action and possible return to private ownership if accepted.
Rural and urban merchants report seed potato scams and dwindling supplies. Stores describe high prices for seed potatoes and immediate shortages with two weeks to a month before restock. Restaurants switch to rice and macaroni as demand remains strong.
Washington reports a heated dispute over federal farm supports as farmers cut potato production by 20 percent last year and stock shortages push prices up. Officials warn against black market sales and expect relief by mid June with new and intermediate potato crops arriving from Florida Alabama Texas California and the Midland states.
The Toronto Telegram reports Mrs. Juan Peron, wife of the Argentine president, was treated with cobalt bomb radiation at Victoria Hospital in London Ontario three weeks ago after a secretive air transfer. Earlier reports indicated she suffered from cancer.
The Virginia Agriculture Department plans a summer campaign against the Japanese beetle expanding westward from Northern Virginia. A quarantine covers three fourths of the state including Lunenburg Nottoway Amelia Cumberland Fluvanna Madison Greene Page Buckingham Nelson Wythe and parts of Pulaski Roanoke Bedford Amherst Henry counties. The department warns the beetle is a tough foe and has begun extending into Western Virginia.
The Air Force will switch to nautical miles and knots from miles per hour and statute miles on July 1. The change follows a 1946 presidential order to reduce aviation traffic control confusion. A nautical mile equals one minute of arc on a great circle and is 6,080 feet. a knot equals one nautical mile per hour.
Senator Byrd denounces belief socialism can be turned on and off citing the American system as promoting initiative. Governor Battle attends ceremony praising Virginia for natural and infrastructural advantages and efficient public service. Battle’s remarks hint at politics amid Byrd Miller primary campaign with July 15 decision.
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