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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1936
Page
10
Baltimore and Philadelphia markets publish Oct markets report with cattle, hogs, sheep pricing and feed costs. Cattle steady to uneven with steers strong, hogs mostly lower, calves and lambs varied, and feed items listed including corn, bran, and mash.
The local market list shows patent brand feeds with 98 and 48 pound bags priced per barrel, plus 24 and 12 pound bags. It lists egg mash scratch feeds corn meal varieties, dairy and baby chick feeds, and other staples with per barrel or per hundred weight pricing, including live poultry items and butter products.
New York, Oct. 15. Selected stocks rose quietly amid renewed interest from speculation and investment groups. The market showed mixed results as some leaders lagged, while notable gainers included American Telephone with a first-time quarterly dividend since 1931. Rails, coppers, and Amusements were among top performers amid small currency and bond movements.
Chicago trading notes an export pause in Canadian wheat and better outlook for Australian crops. Closing prices show mixed moves across wheat corn oats rye and soybeans with lard futures also listed. Cash grain quotes provide No 2 red wheat at 1.20 1 2 to 1.23 1 2 and No 1 yellow corn near 1.10 1 2.
A list of company names with fractional share prices appears, including General Motors 71 1 2, Goodyear 26 5 8, International Harvester 88 3 4, Johns Manville 121, Kennecott 53, Montgomery Ward 54, N J Central 47 7 8, Railroad 43 3 4, U S Steel 75 3 4, Woolworth 61 1 2, Union Pacific 144 1 2, and Texas Corp 42 1 4, among others.
Apple market activity shows slow demand but steady tone for Winchester Martinsburg and nearby points. Carloads few. usual terms for wire order sales. Prices listed for various apple varieties with minimum sizes and dollar ranges.
Baltimore market notes show No 2 red winter wheat at 1.17 1 2 per bushel with October Winchester grain market pricing. white corn 5.60 per barrel and yellow corn 5.40 per barrel, all figures based on deliveries at the mill.
The George Washington Hotel hosts a Legion and Auxiliary conclave October 18 19 with meetings led by Franklin DeDier Jimmy Thompson W Glenn Elliott and Pete Perry. Activities include receptions dinners and multigroup sessions for color advancement prayers and safety talks.
Reports say insurgents push west of Madrid with a Madrid force countering from the northeast. A column moves from Siguenza toward Guadalajara about 35 miles from Madrid while government troops retreating near San Martin de Valde Iglesias set up machine guns to slow the advance. Fascists suffer weariness after heavy fighting but flagging morale and field conditions improve slightly after a night’s rest and hot stew.
Belgium unveils a new neutrality policy under King Leopold, signaling a return to pre war isolation. A German reply to Locarno questions is viewed unfavorably in many circles as British and French officials hold urgent talks on the shift, while Belgium appears to withdraw from defensive pacts and poses broad strain on Leon Blum's French government.
Portugal has issued observations on the Soviet charges that she aided Spanish insurgents in concert with Germany and Italy. Russia’s latest appeal to the foreign office unsettled some British circles fearing a Soviet walkout from neutrality. Lord Plymouth said another committee meeting would be called soon.
In Salt Lake City on October 15 Charles Camp Wray, 51, died after a hotel fire. He had briefly reached safety before reentering to recover valuables. Firemen estimated total damage at $68,700 as flames swept downtown hotels. Wray’s body was found in a smoke filled corridor. A partially legible fragment notes a $900 veterans bonus certificate and mining claim papers amid the wreckage.
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