Market: Mixed Quiet Open with Memorial Day Impacts
The New York market on May 31 showed a fairly balanced session with numerous issues unchanged from Friday. One issue moved on holiday developments with Patino mines near Bolivia and tin properties, while several majors like U S Steel and General Electric posted declines nearing annual or historical lows.
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New York
Bolivia
U. S. Steel
Studebaker
U.S
Rubber
Sears Roebuck
American Telephone
Phelps Dodge
General Electric
International Paper
Ilinois Central
Texas Co
Youngstown Sheet
Graham-Paigne
Goodrich
Consolidated Edison
Kennecott Cooper
Cerro de Pasco
American Can
Baltimore & Ohio
Chesapeake & Ohio
Warner Bros
Farmers Livestock Exchange Market Prices Reported
Market prices for cattle hogs sheep and dairy stock listed with price ranges per head and weight categories. Also notes bulls sows shoats pigs and lambs with varied values and a brief aside on the word Bible deriving from Byblos and its papyrus trade origins.
Baltimore Livestock and Market Report May 31
Market summaries from Baltimore and Chicago show steady eggs and butter receipts, steady calves, hogs up 75 cents, cattle trading strong with steers at 24.50 to 27.50 and stock cattle 20 to 22, feeders 24.35, lambs 33, and mixed hog and cattle prices across weight classes. Chicago reports 9000 hogs with top around 22.25 and cattle at 26 to 29 for good weight ranges.
Cattle and Sheep Market Summary
Feeder cattle pricing shows light heifers at 27.50. Common and medium beef cows range 18.50 to 21.00. Can ners and cutters 14.50 to 18.25. Medium and good sausage bulls 21.50 to 23.25. Vealers 23 to 29. Salable sheep about 1,000 head. Spring lambs 28 to 32, down 0.50. Slaughter ewes and bucks 0.50 to 0.75 lower. Good to choice handy weights with heavies and bucks around 11.75 lower on some lots.
Grains open lower as July wheat leads declines
Chicago futures opened with grains slipping. July wheat fell about one cent in early trading while corn and soybeans posted modest losses and rye and lard also traded lower. Prices quoted for July September and December delivery across wheat corn and soybeans.
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Chicago
Eggs and live poultry prices in Winchester market report
Agriculture Markets report shows U S Grade A extra large eggs at 48 cents per dozen, large eggs 46, medium 40, Grade B 40, pullets and other poultry prices listed. Live poultry prices include heavy breed hens 30 cents, leghorn and cross broilers 20 to 23, young turkeys 32, old turkeys 9, and guinea fowls 40 cents each.
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Winchester
U. S
Whitlock's Hurling Proves Too Much For VFW Sluggers
Bell Clothes defeats VFW 8 to 2 to stay atop the city softball league. Whitlock pitched no hit ball until the seventh inning as Kelley homered for VFW. Bell scored in the third on a walk and two infield outs, added four more in the sixth, then Keller belted a homer in the seventh.
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Bell Clothes
VFW
Whitlock
Kelley
Jack Lewis
Bell
J. Lewis
Clothiers
Keller
Emmart
Patton
Ae Ee Burch
Shoanaker
Lewis
Hensley
Davies
Ludy Ibobey
North Mountain Star Tannery Bergton win Bi State league title week end
North Mountain defeats Lost City 7-2 with Garret earning the win and 11 strikeouts. Star Tannery tops Mountain Falls 8-1 as Y Brill wins and R White fans 12. Bergton beats Wardensville 9-6 led by E Lantz 4-for-4. Standings show North Mountain 40 wins and Gore 41.
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North Mountain
Star Tannery
Bergton
N. Mountain
Lost City
Mountain Falls
Wardensville
L. Branson
D. Bauserman
Y. Brill
Mt. Falls
R. White
N. Henson
Halterman
Moyer
Jamison
E. Lantz
Brooks
Peerie
Gore
Oak Grove
Aes
Moorefield
Local Market Prices And Feed Staples Listings
Daily corrected market list shows an array of animal feeds and grains with prices. Items include egg mash in two protein variants, cracked corn in 100 lb bags, flour retail per 105 lb bag, corn meal in multiple bags, and various turkey and broiler feeds alongside butter and butterfat pricing.
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Star
Cccsee
Toatereses
Funeral Rites for Mrs. Oddie Lamp Held at Pine Grove
Funeral services for Mrs. Oddie Lamp who died Friday at a son's home 535 Highland Avenue were held yesterday at Pine Grove church with Rev. J. S. Ducknall officiating. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. Pallbearers were George McFarland Walter Sellers Theodore Legg George Higgs Ellis Foreman and Elwood Willey.
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Oddie Lamp
Highland Avenue
Pine Grove
J. S. Ducknall
George McFarland
Walter Sellers
Theodore Legg
George Higgs
Ellis Foreman
Elwood Willey
Strasburg Defeated by Front Royal in Holiday Blowout
Front Royal hosted Strasburg in front of a sizable Memorial crowd. Front Royal pummeled Strasburg hurlers for 13 hits and 10 runs to win 10 to 2 on the Vis cose diamond.
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Coopy’’ Goodwin
Front Royal
Strasburg
Clarke All-stars Maintain Lead With Weekend Wins
Clarke county All-Stars dominated the Northern Virginia League, beating the White Sox 5-1 in Winchester and tying Middletown for first. They then defeated Middletown 9-5, with pitcher Lawrence Buckner erring slightly but Clarke remaining undefeated in three games.
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Clarke County All-Stars
White Sox
Winchester
Building Materials Set to Decline in Coming Commodity Drop
New York May 31 The 1949 Commodity Year Book editors say many prices remain high but will soon fall, with building materials and some metal products expected to decline after postwar peaks as part of an overall downward trend led by farm and textile groups.
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New York
Commodity Research Bureau, Inc
Norvell Services Held for 8 Year Old Anne Dabney Norvell
Christian Science graveside funeral was held today in Edgehill cemetery Charles Town for Anne Dabney Norvell 8 of Summit Point West Virginia daughter of Mr and Mrs Caskie Norvell II who died suddenly Sunday Active pallbearers included John R Cain G K Wysong Jr Fred S Ritch and William K Bryant all of the region Charles Town Winchester and Strasburg residents attended the services as listed in the obituary.
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Edgehill Cemetery
Charles Town
Anne Dabney Norvell
Caskie Norvell
Summit Point
W. Va
John R. Cain
G. K. Wysong Jr
Fred S. Ritch
Winchester
William K. Bryant
Strasburg
Winchester artists exhibition earns record opening day attendance
Handley school gallery hosts an 18 artist show with 50 catalogued works and past entries drawing a record Sunday crowd. Mary Cooper Schoonovers Noontime and Norma Whitfield’s Old Dominion Trapper portrait win top honors amid strong votes for Alison D Cooper Aspacia Semples Ellsworth Johnson and C Burt Stoltz among others.
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Winchester
Handley School
Mary Cooper Schoonover
Norma Whitfield
Alison D. Cooper
Aspacia Semples
Ellsworth Johnson
Florida
Paul Marinee
Irene Johnson
Clarke Cooper
Lynn
C. Burt Stoltz
Katherine Pannill
Hand Glassmaking Began Early in Jamestown Colony
In 1608 a glass-house was built by the Jamestown colony in Virginia marking one of America's earliest industries. The venture reflects early colonial efforts to establish durable crafts and trade.
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America
Jamestown
Virginia
Governor Given Notice of Strike
Governor Tuck receives formal notice of a strike set for May 31 in Richmond. The notice signals impending industrial action affecting state operations and logistics during the program.
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Richmond
Tuck
Arbitration Sought Over Newport News Transit Labor Row
At 3 a.m. on July 2 a strike or dispute arose involving the Citizens Rapid Transit Co. of Newport News with union backing. The governor is expected to request arbitration. The text notes the word apron traces to napron from a napron.
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Union of Citizens Rapid Transit Co
Newport News
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St. Joseph
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Bergton Victors
Mrs. Lamp Rites
Winchester Furniture CO
Norvell Funeral
Hamlet
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Rex Howell
Stewart Gordon
Howell
James Diggs
Norfolk
Diggs
American Express
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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