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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1938
Page
7
Valian Neil Ross, 30, an insurance salesman, allegedly told Los Angeles police he shot his mother-in-law and buried her in the Mojave desert after a March argument over his dead wife. He led officers to search the wastelands but could not recall the burial site.
Livestock and poultry prices and supply reports from Baltimore Chicago and Philadelphia dated May 23. cattle hogs calves and sheep traded with varied demand and price ranges. eggs butter and poultry details include leghorns rocks ducks roosters and other fowl with mixed color receipts and case counts.
The notice lists patent brand flour prices in 98 lb, 48 lb, and 24 lb bag sizes per barrel with varied cents per bag. It includes one 12 lb bag at multiple price points and shows multiple typographical errors in product names.
LOCi markets section notes daily market data and corrections policy. It lists assortment of prices and indices with standard caveat that typographical errors may occur and The Star bears no responsibility.
The listing shows wholesale prices for flour and corn products by bag and bushel, including 24 and 48 pound bags, 98 pound bags, and various corn meal, middlings, mixed feed, bran and oats. Pricing ranges from about 1.08 to 5.15 per bag or per barrel, with several line items unreadable or garbled.
A creeping rally lifted leaders but many issues stalled on the comeback. Selected steels motors coppers utilities and specialties were favored while overall transfers ran about 400 000 shares. News lacked buying spark as European tensions lingered and commodities failed to recover.
The report covers futures prices for wheat corn oats rye and soybeans with May July and Sept contracts and cash grain quotes for Chicago and Baltimore. It lists prices for various wheat grades corn varieties oats soybeans and barley along with Winchester market readings and mill delivery prices.
A compact list of stock figures shows Genl. Elec at 35 on Genl., Motors 29, Goodyear 17 1 2, Int. Har. 53 1 2, J. Manville 67, Kennecott 31 3 8, M. Ward 30 5 8, Natl. Dairy 13 1 2, Penney 2 Co. 63, Penn. R. R. 15 1 8, Republic Steel 13 1 4, Southern R. 7 1 8, O. of N. J. 46 3 8, Texas Corp. 36 1 2, Union Pac. 62, U. S. Steel 43 3 8, Car. Chem 31 8, Western Union 21, Woolworth 44 1 2.
The piece notes France would be drawn into any conflict with central Europe if Czechoslovakia is attacked and Britain could be dragged in. French isolationists admit France must aid Czechoslovakia, while Daladier and the foreign ministry confer constantly. France remains outwardly calm, hoping for best amid grave talk.
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