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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1941
Page
9
Admiral Richard E. Byrd urges an immediate armistice on strikes, warning that earnest strikes threaten liberty and could lead to dictatorship. He says labor has fought for justice but must avoid a swing that destroys unions and enslaves the nation.
The cattle market shows prices holding steady with top steers at 9.65 and most butcher steers 50 to 9.00. Feeder steers range 8.75 to 9.25, calves 10.50 to 12.00 per cwt, fat cows 6 to 7.25, bulls 6 to 8.85, veal 11 to 14.50, hogs to 10.60, and pigs mainly 2.50 to 3.50 per head. Fresh cows and springers traded 75 to 90 per head, top cows 116.00.
Treasury data from Washington shows receipts totaling 25 137 994 05 and gross debt at 53 122 740 841 97. The October figures document the government's cash intake and overall liability as reported by the Treasury.
Market notes from Baltimore and Chicago show steady to firm tones in cattle hogs and sheep. Baltimore quotes list varied ranges for steers calves hogs and sheep with load totals, while Chicago reports slower sheep trade and uneven cattle bidding amid steady to higher hog prices and lighter demand.
Boston wool market today saw graded self blood staple combing territory wools sell at 1.06 to 1.08. Graded three eighths combing territory wools wrote 95 to 98 cents and three eighths blood wools fetched about 94 cents on a scoured basis. Moderate demand for graded quarter blood oak territory wools on basis.
Disjointed OCR text outlines categories of livestock such as young guinea heavy hens and sows with scattered figures like 0644-07% and .08 .10 quantities. Mentions live hogs and steers with unclear pricing and a salable lot list.
The market opened weak with sluggish dealings and mixed prices across sectors. Commodities rose while bonds varied. notable gains and losses appear among large industrials and steel related shares amid a generally uninspiring session.
Baltimore October market closes with Wheat at 1.113-4 dollars per bushel, Corn 85-87 cents, Barley 65 cents. Winchester Wheat 1.05 dollars a bushel, Corn 77 cents, Barley 65 cents. Prices based on mill deliveries. Year ago Wheat 87 cents, Corn 78 cents.
The board consists of seven members appointed by the mayor for seven year terms. Two members come from Manhattan, two from Brooklyn, and one each from the remaining boroughs.
The United States will send a military mission to Iraq to study completing the Berlin to Baghdad railway link as a route for war supplies to Russia. Britain seeks aid to improve the trans Iran rail network with locomotives and equipment.
The lowest temperature documented at a meteorological station is 90 degrees below zero Fahrenheit at Verkhoyansk Siberia on February 5 and 7 1892.
Chief of Police C W Hollis announced that Thomas Delander of Shenandoah county is jailed on a federal auto theft charge. Delander was seized by West Virginia Trooper Webbley and brought to Winchester by City Sergeant Taylor Barr and Private Carlton Manuel. The theft involved a car owned by Charles Bursey Jr on National Avenue October 18.
Woodes Rogers served as the first royal governor of the Bahamas with the primary mission of eradicating piracy in the islands. His administration focused on suppressing pirate activity and establishing colonial order.
In 1819 Kensett and Daggett began commercial food packing in New York City. They packed various meats and fish in glass containers marking an early phase of food commerce.
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