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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1949

Page

9

Market Quotations Produce Livestock and Hogs Cattle and Sheep

Market quotes from Chicago and Baltimore show salable cattle and hogs with varied price ranges. Hogs mainly steady with bulk good and choice weights, cattle demand fluctuates, feeders and calves listed, and sheep slaughter lambs and ewes priced. Apples and produce in Baltimore reflect steady to firmer prices for several varieties.

Chicago Baltimore Bkts Bkts & Eastern Usis Staymans Yorks N. J. Delicious Golden Delicious Romes Pa. Delicious Grimes Jonathans

Grains mixed to pay ing prices in Chicago trade

Chicago grain prices show mixed movement with Wheat futures Dec Mar May advancing to 2.14 2.09 and 1.94 percent. Corn futures Dec rose 1.16 and May 1.21 percent. Rye and soybeans also listed with gains noted and dry conditions 60 percent. Atmospheric oxygen nearing one fifth of air at sea level.

Chicago

New York Stocks Show Mixed Early Trading Activity

The market opened with little trend as large blocks moved. General Electric 9700 shares steady at 37 from Equitable Office Building 9800 shares unchanged at 534, Homestake Mining 1700 shares up ¾ at 48, and Genguet Mining blocks 5000 to 10000 shares off ½ at 2. Celotex active and up ¾ at 174 2, Douglas Aircraft high group at 72 4, up before easing. Leaders Gulf Oil Consolidated Natural Gas Dow Chemical Caterpillar Woolworth and Youngstown Sheet & Tube rose. Lockheed Schenley International Paper Philip Morris American Can International Nickel and American Woolen trended lower.

General Electric Equitable Homestake Mining Genguet Consolidated Mining Celotex Douglas Aircraft Gulf Oil Consolidated Natural Gas Dow Chemical Terpillar Tractor Woolworth Chrysler Youngstown Sheet & Tube Lockheed Schenley International Paper Philip Morris American Can International Nickel American Woolen

Agriculture Dept v S Grade Barge Meg U S Grade C

Fragmented notes list poultry items and grades including Leghorn hens and broilers with small price-like figures. Mentions Stags disease and various bird types with minor numerical markers.

V. S U. S

Local Market Prices Corrected Daily by The Star

Market list shows flour corn meal grain and feeds with prices for retail and wholesale. Items include egg mash cracked corn butter and butterfat with per bag or per unit charges and notes on moisture content for wheat.

Sncesetsndewees Oss Ski

Old Export Praised by Maryland Recapper

Maryland observer praises Old Export, calling it swell and noting long standing favorable opinion. Mention references Cumberland Brewing Co Cumberland MD and the recapper's favorable stance.

Maryland Nee Cumberland Brewing CO Cumberland, MD

DAILY CROSSWORD 13 Nimble to be

Crossword clues and answers list entries. Nimble and cunning definitions appear with abbreviations and foreign coin reference. The puzzle includes musical instrument changes conform and misrepre sections, with begot fastened with tape and a flat-topped hid clue.

Pork Price Outlook Points to Lower Costs Next Year

Washington reports the agriculture department forecasts pork prices easing next year with pork production rising 7 to 10 percent and the 1960 spring pig crop up at least 5 percent. Beef and veal production should stay roughly the same as this year amid strong beef demand and ample corn feed.

Washington Department

Truck Cause Major Damage At Myersville Filling Station

A truck on U S 40 left its parking spot and caused about 3000 dollars in damage when it crashed into the filling station operated by Jesse Ingram in Myersville.

U. S. 40 Jesse Ingram Myersville

Fox Resigns Pulpit From Strasburg Church

Rev. Nelson M. Fox resigns as pastor of the Strasburg Christian Church effective December 1 to accept a call to the Port Avenue Church in Richmon.

Nelson M. Fox Strasburg

Heavy Rains Aid Plains Winter Wheat Crop

A general rain across the Great Plains boosted the winter wheat crop. Moisture was heavy in northern Texas and extended through Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, and southern Illinois, with fair weather elsewhere and near normal temperatures in most regions. Northern Plains saw light snow flurries.

Associated Press Great Plains Texas Oklahoma Kansas Arkansas Louisiana Kentucky Northern Plains Great Lakes

Mrs. J. J. Bailey Rites Tomorrow

Funeral services for Mrs. Julia Johnston Bailey 77 native of Winchester will be held at 2 p m tomorrow from her Cumberland Maryland home. She died after being struck by a truck leaving four children Edgar Lee John Ellis Bailey and Mrs Myrtle I Stotler all in Cumberland plus a brother B F Johnston and two sisters Mrs Cecil H Bailey and Nellie V Johnston of Winchester as survivors.

Julia Johnston Bailey Winchester Cumberland George and Lug (Keller) Johnston Lewis Nelson Bailey Edgar Lee John and Ellis Bailey Myrtle I. Stotler B. F. Johnston Cecil H. Bailey Nellie V. Johnston

Truman Presses Tax Boost Yet Quick Action Seems Unlikely

President Truman urged a significant tax increase aimed at curbing deficit spending. Congress is unlikely to act swiftly, with likely delays from hearings and debates. The proposal focuses on corporate taxes, but broader budget gaps may persist, raising the national debt as deficits continue.

Congress Mr. Truman Truman House Senate

Traditional Medicine Mention of Black Draught Laxative

The text extols Syrup of Black-Draught as a pleasant tasting laxative for children. It claims it relieves sluggish constipation from over eating and that it is a pure, efficient product with a family reputation.

Truman Tax Debate Highlights GOP Tax Cuts

The columnist argues that if the 80th Congress led by Republicans had not cut taxes, the US would be better able to meet expenses. He blames the 81st Congress Democrats for not boosting taxes and claims defense and foreign aid drive up costs, urging spending cuts instead.

Truman 80Th Congress Mr. Truman

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