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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1950
Page
3
Chicago grains opened slightly lower with slow dealings on the Board of Trade. Prices showed fractional changes across futures including wheat May and December, corn March and May, rye December and May, soybeans November through May, and lard contracts for November and December.
Indecision clipped the market with a mixed pattern and small changes. General Motors opened on 10 000 shares at 52 1 2 and pared losses. Milwaukee Road rose on 10 000 shares at 16 1 2 and edged higher. Several issues advanced and others declined as investors weighed a recapitalization plan for Western Maryland.
USDA cattle sale in Baltimore shows large cattle and hog offerings with steady to mixed bids. Hogs, sheep, apples, produce, poultry, eggs, and butter values are listed, with receipts moderate and prices varying by weight and grade.
In Chicago market data salable hogs 7 000 top 19 76 for loads while cattle 8 000 and vealers 500 show mixed grades with steers 32 75 33 25 and cows 14 00 18 25. sheep 2 000 with lambs at 28 50 top and skins valued 26 50 to 28 00.
Market activity steady with cattle cattle prices across categories including steers 25-27.75, heifers 21.5-25.25, cows 18-20, and hogs 18-19. LAMBS and lamb offerings listed with prices 27-28. Dairy cows and bulls shown with values to 250 and 25.50 respectively. Inquiries include naval nickname Tin Can origin noting DoD explanation of destroyer sailors term for armorless hulls.
More than 100 people gathered at Reliance Evangelical United Brethren Church last Friday evening to present a kitchen shower. Volunteers delivered 344 pieces valued at about 85 dollars, plus two coffee urns and utensils donated previously. Vivian Shaw hosted as master of ceremonies while Ray Bowers performed.
Daily local market list shows corn meal 5 lb white 33 cents 5 lb yellow 32 cents 10 lb yellow 55 cents No 2 old yellow corn 1.70 bars, egg mash 4.80, cracked corn 100 lb bag 3.75, butter wholesale 0.58.
The piece lists U S grade egg prices for tomorrow from the Frederick County Farm Bureau and live poultry rates from Worcester area plants for various fowl and ducks. It ends with a Q and A noting the Chinese 9th century origin of portraits with moving eyes and the optical illusion of open and closed eyes in art.
Hobart M. Offutt John A. Leatherman Colleene Collett Arthur A. Artz Fred J. Haines and Harry M. Hammond, local residents, received 15 year pins at the annual Employees' Beneficial Association Dinner last night at the George Washington Hotel for staff of the Northern Virginia Power Co and the Blue.
A 7:50 a m collision at Cameron and Clifford Streets damaged two cars, about 130 in property damage. No injuries or arrests. Vehicles identified as a 1989 Chevrolet sedan owned and driven by Carroll Richard Ritenu r of Reliance Virginia and a 1950 Plymouth owned by Buckley Lages of Martinsburg driven by Robert Buckely White Post.
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