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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1940
Page
5
Baltimore market notes show dull produce with steady poultry and mixed livestock quotes. Cattle, hogs, calves, sheep sections list prices and grade ranges, with Chicago and Philadelphia rounds reporting firmer beef, steady hogs, and varied poultry prices.
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New York stocks showed a slight rally in the forenoon before easing near the fourth hour. Donnish trading followed a decent start with better activity in U S Steel and other majors. bonds stayed steady while the Anglo German air duels offered little guidance. List laggards included Standard Oil of New Jersey and Bristol-Myers.
Local markets list short patent grain and bag sizes with prices per barrel and bag. Entries mention old books, young guineas, heavy fowl, leghorns, broilers, and eggs in a dense catalog style with typographical errors.
Chicago and Baltimore market notes show wheat up slightly at one point then near four month highs, with cash wheat values ranging No. 5 red to No. 2 hard and soybeans prices listed. Corn and oats hold varied, lard futures rise through several contracts, while Baltimore reports weaker domestic wheat and corn prices.
Notices state that several banks will be closed Saturday October 12 1940 for Columbus Day legal holiday. Paper maturities on that date may be paid on the next banking day Monday October 14. Signatories include J H Yost John L Sloat GEO B Bushnell Harold G Brown and others.
Federal Agent Muriel Ferris led the National Labor Board survey during the election at the Virginia Woolen Company plant. Union checkers and company poll watchers oversaw the vote held in a large mill room with polls open from morning to afternoon.
In New Haven and Providence remarks the President argues the New Deal burdens small business, proposes to curb regulatory drift, affirm government support, simplify rules, cut taxes, simplify SEC rules, and fund public laboratories for private use at nominal fees.
Radio listings show Gracie Fields performing There’ll Always Be an England and other songs at 8:30 pm on WMAL, with Joe Cook interviewed before It Happens On Ice. The Budapest String Quartet performs Beethoven at 9:35, and Kate Smith relocates to NBC at 10:30 for Musical Americana. Other items include wartime news on Knudsen, Yom Kippur observances, and various programs through midnight.
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