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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1948
Page
11
Mrs. Eleanor Milholland, 58, collapsed during a scene while playing a patient in an amateur play at Moreland Avenue Baptist church. An audience medical officer declared she died of a heart attack, initially thinking it part of the act.
Market notes show produce prices for apples with varied types and prices, poultry and eggs steady to dull, receipts per commodity. Baltimore cattle and hog markets display steady to slightly higher signs on some weights, with feeders and calves range quoted. Chicago hogs and cattle show active trading, with top hogs near 24.75 and cattle mostly 31-34 range, including sows and bulls.
About 128 million acres of range land across 17 western states provide grazing for roughly 75 percent of the nation's sheep each year. The vast rangeland sustains livestock production and regional agricultural economies.
New York traders saw a broad decline with most leading issues slipping fractions to about a point. The market moved slowly with ticker tape idle for five minute intervals while declines touched giants like Republic Steel Chrysler Studebaker and General Electric versus gains for J I Case National Distillers Union Carbide Gulf Oil and Transcontinental and Western Air.
Chicago grain prices opened steady in dull trade. Wheat July at 2.34 1 2 3 4, Sep 2.33 1 4, Dec 2.33 1 2. Corn July 2.14 1 4, Sep 1.91 1 4, Dec 1.68. Oats July 91 1 2 5 8, Sep 84 84 1 4, Dec 85.
Daily market sheet lists wholesale and city delivery prices for corn meal, wheat, corn, barley, soybeans, and feeds. Includes butter and butterfat figures with varying percentages and miscellaneous feed blends.
The Markets Division lists U S Grade A extra large eggs at 44 cents per dozen and Grade A large at 44 cents. Medium 42 cents, Standards 42 cents, pullets 37 cents, trades 37 cents, cracks and checks 27 cents. Prices paid F O B Winchester.
Prices reported by dressing plants in Winchester for No 1 quality F COB producer farms show heavy breed hens 4 lbs and over at 32 to 33 cents per lb Leghorn hens 18 to 19 cents Leghorn broilers 24 to 25 cents Young hen turkeys 45 cents Young tom turkeys 35 cents.
A report warns that five hundred eighty nine million acres of western range land are eroding. The assessment highlights widespread soil loss and potential impacts on grazing, water quality, and regional ecosystems.
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