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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1941
Page
4
Baltimore market closes with wheat at 1.11 1 2 per bushel for No 2 red winter garlicky domestic. Corn trades 85 to 87 cents per bushel and barley 65 cents. Prices reflect mill deliveries. Year ago Wheat 87 cents, Corn 78 cents.
For 25 years Moone's Emerald Oil has sold to ease eczema and skin itching. Visit Miller's Drug Store to buy a small bottle and use as directed for fast relief with a satisfaction guarantee or money back.
Grain experts in Chicago warn Russia could become wheat deficient as war maps show the Soviet Union may struggle to feed its population. They note possible imports from Canada and the remote chance of U S wheat shipments if ports like Archangel or Vladivostok stay accessible, with Ukraine’s wheat belt now behind front lines.
West Yellowstone Montana recorded a record low of zero degrees Fahrenheit on October 30, the coldest day of the season so far. The fall weather intensified as overnight temperatures plummeted across the region.
Pearl Harbor, America's main Pacific naval base, is in area six miles from Honolulu.
Daily market listings show prices for patent and mixed feeds, oats, corn meal, dairy feed, and various livestock goods. Entries include bag sizes, per barrel rates, and quality notes for items such as patent brand psewe, middlings, feeder lambs, leghorn hens, and butter.
The Star notes that afternoon editions run on a staggered clock with 9 PM in London 10 PM in Berlin and Rome and 11 PM in the Balkans marking press deadlines. The notice clarifies publication timing for international readers and staff.
Baltimore and Chicago market roundup with prices for potatoes eggs cattle calves hogs sheep and hogs from Oct 30. Highlights include steer values 9.00-10.35 and top 11.65, hogs mostly 10.75-11.00, calves 13.50-14.00, lambs 12.25-12.50, and mixed grain and poultry figures across quoted districts.
Tehran dispatch reports foreign observers say Soviet Russia, battered yet defiant, needs fresh aircraft to challenge Germany. Observers note Soviet air force losses, aging planes, and pilot skill. a rush of planes could be ferried quickly from Britain and the United States to aid the war effort. Major Ivan Yeaton, US military attaché, traveled via Kuibyshev and then to Washington on the same flight.
Stock trading opens with narrow moves and uneven prices. Strength in steels and specialities appears late, but overall direction remains uncertain amid cautious tax prospects and a soft labor picture. Commodities rise while bonds stay mixed as investors weigh a coal mine reopening and earnings reports.
News reaches Roanoke of the death at Bowling Green Kentucky of Mrs Alexander Smith mother of Mrs J Gray Beverley. She is survived by her husband two daughters Mrs Beverley Mrs Konnedlee Chaney of Roanoke and a son Walter of Bowling Green. Funeral service will be held in Bowling Green tomorrow afternoon.
The Worcester Massachusetts Art Museum was founded in 1896 by Stephen Salisbury.
Virginia farmers in the 1942 Farm Defense Program gain price support under federal legislation. The Steagall amendment requires notices for expanded nonbasic commodity production and use of funds to support prices at or above 85 percent of parity. Secretary Wickard already set price support through 1942 for hogs eggs evaporated milk and more.
Inquiries for moderate quantities of quarter blood combing territory wools at 88-90 cents scoured, with occasional sales at 90-92 cents. Demand for graded quarter blood bright fleeces around 50-51 cents in grease. Fine 12 months Texas wools sold mostly 1.08-1.10 scoured, and Fall Texas wools mostly 0.97-1.00 scoured.
East says protection not required now as farm prices of all listed commodities stay well above 85 percent parity. Farmers can plan 1942 output with the knowledge prices can be supported if necessary.
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