This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1941
Page
10
Prices for produce and livestock show little change from Tuesday. Potatoes and sweet potatoes steady. poultry markets mixed with chickens and ducks varying by size. cattle and calves steady with moderate demand. hogs lower than Tuesday. sheep around steady with spring lambs near unchanged.
Chicago market notes hogs steady to weak with 180 to 300 pounders at 9.25 to 9.40 and early sales to 9.45. Packing sows 8.75 to 9.00. Salable sheep 500 with 3,000 total. small lambs in light supply. Salable cattle 9,500 and calves 700. steers mostly 9.00 to 11.25 with long yearling offerings around 13.00. heifers weaker and beef cows down, with cutters and common cows steady to 7.25 lower.
New York May 28 shares in aircraft rail and farm implement sectors rose today as the market rebounded from a broad downturn. At 2 p.m. quotes show Al Chem 147, Am Rad 6 1 2, Am Smel 39 1 4, AT and T 150, Anaconda 26, B and O 3 5 8, Bethleham 69 1 8, Chrysler 55 1 4, Con Edison 17 1 2, Corn Prod 46 1 2.
A list of stock prices and changes for leading companies including General Electric General Motors Goodyear International Harvester Manville Kennecott Ward National Dairy Packard Penney Penn Railroad Republic Steel Sears Roebuck Southern Railway Texas Paraguay Union Pacific U S Steel Virginia Carolina Chemical Western Union Woolworth and Western Electric. The figures show closing prices with fractional gains and losses across the session.
Chicago May 28 Wheat prices slip one cent with July at 95 3-4 cents and Sept 97 3-8. Dec at 98 7-8. Corn July 74 1-4, Sept 75 5-8, Dec 76 3-4. Oats July 36 1-2, Sept new 36 7-8. Cash grain quotes list No. 2 Red Wheat at 98 1-2, No. 2 Yellow Corn at 74 1-4 to 76, No. 1 White at 83. Baltimore spot wheat 100 1-4. Winchester markets show Wheat 98c and Corn 83c per bushel.
Reed Fincham was convicted of unlawful use of an automobile and sentenced to 30 days in jail by Judge Philip Williams. Willie Pierce was acquitted on a similar charge. Sealock, appealing an earlier conviction for drunken driving, was sentenced to 60 days. Fincham and Pierce had been jailed since Sunday for alleged auto theft later changed to unlawful use.
Cumberland Md May 28 Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Day began with a 1 PM luncheon at the Ali Ghan Shrine Country Club for the committee in charge and participants.
Invited guests will witness a four and a half mile parade starting at four o'clock. Governor O Conor will review the procession.
In Baltimore the Weather Bureau reports continued hot dry weather hindering plowing and planting across Maryland. The weekly mean temperature ran six degrees above normal and winds dried soil after Friday thunderstorms.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.