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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1941
Page
9
Market bulletin shows livestock and produce quotes: potatoes 10 lb sacks for cobblers at 1.00 to 1.10, eggs whites 38-40 cents, butter 12 cents. Cattle 7.00-8.00 per cwt cows, calves 13.50-14.00, hogs mostly 11.45-12.50, sheep around 12.75. Chicago hogs 12.00-12.30 for 180-240 lb, cattle and calves varied. fat sheep scarce and steady.
New York stock prices drifted into a slow decline after an early recovery. Blue chips showed weakness while a few favored issues led, and selling spiked in commodities after Morgenthau's food-stores plan. Investors trimmed commitments ahead of Roosevelts national address.
At North Kent Street Virginia Livestock Market there were steady butcher steer prices with top cattle from 9.75 to 10.50 and bulk around 9.50. Heifers sold 8.50 to 9.40 for best, fat cattle 6.50 to 7.25, cutters 5.25 to 5.85, veal calves 11.00 to 14.20, feeders 8.50 to 10.00, stockers 35.00 to 55.00 per head, fresh cows 65.00 to 97.50, lambs 8.00 to 11.00, hogs 10.85 to 12.50, shoats 12.00 to 12.75, pigs 4.00 to 5.50.
A UK white paper outlines principles for lend-lease materials, emphasizing not harming U S exporters and avoiding private gain. It notes US restrictions on raw materials and aims to balance export recovery with war effort, while ensuring deliveries to allied markets do not undercut American producers.
Officials insist proper remuneration is ensured and no excess payment to distributors. They state lend-lease materials will be used for the public good and to support the war effort.
Wheat No 2 Red Winter Gar licky Spot Domestic 113 Septem ber 113. Corn 91 93. Markets Wn Wheat $1.07 bushel. Corn 88c bushel Barley 65c bushel. Prices based on deliveries at mill.
Robert C. Deming quoted British sources saying the German battleship Bismarck, sunk in the North Atlantic, carried two planes intended to bomb Quebec and Montreal. Each plane would drop 1,200 thermite bombs and seek internment in the United States after the raid. Deming urged preparedness as state defense council formation noted.
Bad weather halted Royal Air Force offensive operations over the continent and German attacks on England during the night.
Boston on September 10 reports sizable sales of select domestic wools at strong to rising prices. Graded fine territory wools bring $1.04-1.06 and $1.07-1.09 scoured for different combing lengths, while combing three eighths blood territory wools fetch 92-93 cents scoured. Combing bright fleece wools sell 47-48 cents grease and 43-43 cents for fine delaine.
Treasury reports on September 8 receipts of 47 389 743 77 dollars and expenditures of 121 934 666 08 dollars. Gross debt rises to 50 929 808 595 99 dollars, an increase of 20 290 766 12 dollars from the prior day.
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