McSwain Named Assistant Director of Extension Service
L B Dietrick announces H E McSwain as assistant director of the Virginia agricultural extension service. The promotion creates a vacancy filled by E W Carson, moved from Franklin county as farm demonstration agent. W H Daughtrey becomes associate director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. McSwaifi
Virginia Agricultural Extension Service
L. B. Dietrick
E. W. Carson
Franklin County
W. H. Daughtrey
Market Quotations in New York Trading Day
Selected stocks edged higher in a restrained session as profits were taken on several leaders. Professionals led buying with early strength in Youngstown Sheet, International Harvester, Caterpillar, Oliver, Western Union, Dow Chemical, DuPont and Santa Fe. Merger chatter boosted Mission, Pacific Western Oil and Skelly Oil to new highs while General Motors, Montgomery Ward, Sears Roebuck, Boeing, Douglas, Anaconda, Westinghouse, General Electric, Southern Pacific and Northern Pacific fell back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Youngstown Sheet
International Harvester
Caterpillar Tractor
Oliver Corp
Western Union
Dow Chemical
DuPont
Santa Fe
Mission Corp
Pacific Western Oil
Skelly Oil
General Motors
Montgomery Ward
Sears Roebuck
Boeing
Douglas Aircraft
Anaconda
Westinghouse
General Electric
Southern Pacific
Northern Pacific
Local Market Prices From Daily Star Listings
Local markets show corrected daily prices for grains feeds and butter. Items include corn meal bags, white and yellow corn, No 2 red winter wheat, barley, various turkey feeds, egg mash, cracked corn, and butter, with city delivery and per bushel or per 100 pound unit figures.
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Sivvcesewete
City
Ieee
Crete
Carer
Egg and poultry price report from Winchester market
Prices paid for Federal-State graded eggs at Winchester include U S Grade A extra large 0.69 per dozen and large 0.67. mediums 0.58. B large 0.55. pullets 0.42. cracks and checks 0.30. Live poultry prices show heavy breed hens 0.25–0.26 per lb, leghorn hens 0.20–0.21, heavy breed broilers 0.33–0.34, leghorn broilers 0.26–0.27, old roosters 0.12–0.13, guinea fowl broilers 0.50 per lb, old 0.25 per lb. Market subject to definite sale.
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Winchester
U. S
Grain prices hold firm at opening on Chicago Board
Chicago opening prices show firm grains with buying tied to world food situation and recent increases in Commodity Credit Corp cash wheat purchases. Wheat futures set with Dec at 2.94 and May at 2.86 to 2.861, corn around 2.39 to 2.36, oats near 1.17 to 1.14, soybeans at 3.62, and lard futures noted at 24.10 for November and 27 for March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade Today
Commodity Credit Corp
Baltimore Market Reports on Hogs Apples and Cattle Prices
Livestock and produce market notes show hogs mainly unsold with weights over 400 lb top at 30.25 and several weight classes around 28-30. Sheep and cattle markets vary with steady to higher tones. calves and feeders active. Apple quotes list several varieties with prices from 1.75 to 4 per box and demand described as dull to moderate.
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Baltimore
Usis
MD. Pa
W. Va
Grimes
Jonathans
McIntosh
Smokehouse
N. J. Delicious
N. Y. McIntosh
Chicago
Washington
More Than 3 000 Clarke County Citizens Read The STAR
Clarke County residents continue daily readership of The STAR with over three thousand people engaging each day. The paper notes strong community support and steady circulation so far this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke County
Mother seeks secret photo of son killed in Liberator flight
London October 2 reports British photographers in England the RAF asks for a print of Signalman Carl Fred Kelly presumed killed when his Liberator failed to return on a November 1943 mission. His mother Mrs M C Taylor of Campobello South Carolina said he promised to send a photo. Kelly was stationed at Dunkeswell Devon and inquiries extend to photographers in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RAF
Carl Fred Kelly
M. C. Taylor
Campobello
8. C
Kelly
Dunkesville
Devon
Oldest Coins Possibly From Lydia In Asia Minor
The earliest known coins likely come from Lydia in Asia Minor dating to the 7th century BC. It is possible that China and India had earlier coins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia Minor
China
India
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H. E. McSwain
St.Joseph
Nature
Doan
Seiberline Safety
Cammer Tire CO
Handley School
Phil Spitalny
Orchestra
CBS
Northern
Virginia
Stock Market Reports
The
Star
Agriculture Dept. Markets Division
Chicago Grain
Virginia Green
Chas. W. Webber and Sons Plumbing
Mttner
SUN Ny
Beau
AP Westinghouse
BAKER
Anderson Electrical CO
N. Braddock St
Literator
London
England
West Country
South Carolina
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Slim
Wieners
Wieners Frontiers
Jersey
Te Aness
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