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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1942
Page
9
Baltimore and Chicago market notices report poultry firmness and mixed cattle prices, with hogs and sheep also listed. Prices reflect weights and grades, including holds, feeders, and sows, plus similar ranged data from Pittsburgh and Chicago salable stock listings.
Stock market in New York shows steel shares falling with Bethlehem Steel hit hard near a 1942 bottom. Minor advances arise for Santa Fe, Pennsylvania, Southern Railway, Consolidated Edison, Boeing and Woolworth while war stocks lag on tax concerns. Bonds and commodities mix amid limited deal activity. Key steel names remain in arrears such as A S Steel Chrysler Goodyear Montgomery Ward Westinghouse Agaconda Johns Manville Youngstown Sheet Du Pont and American Can.
The Star notes local markets compiled daily and cautions readers that typographical errors are not its responsibility. It highlights market activity and trends without guaranteeing accuracy.
Wheat prices fell fractionally while corn rose slightly on expectations of higher alcohol demand. Opening quotes show July wheat at 1.21 to 1.20 17 8, July corn at 88 1 4 to 3 8, Sept 90 1 2, Dec 93, with oats at 52 1 4 to 74 8 8 and 77 1.
The Bureau of Mines would test gasoline production from coal and shale if Congress approves 167000 dollars in interior funds. Senatorial aides see potential to ease eastern shortages. Secretary Ickes urges study of coal and shale processing as hydrogenation could fuel planes in Alaska. An experimental Pittsburgh plant would aim for 100 pounds of gasoline daily.
Newcastle Indiana May 25 The mayor Samuel Bufkin questions a $5 charge for 500 fishing worms from Edwin L who claimed the worms were in his garage. He seeks repayment or alternative settlement of the bill.
A May 25 report from Ephrata Pennsylvania describes a motorist who used a gasoline scooter in place of his car and rode down Main Street before being charged with drunken driving.
Colonel Marion Battle, director of the Division of Motor Vehicles, is ordered to active duty with the provost marshal general in Washington starting July 1, after his term as state director ends. Battle, appointed head of the Motor Vehicle division by Governor Price in 1938, served in the Spanish American War and World War I, earning the Distinguished Service Medal and the French Legion of Honor.
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