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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1950
Page
3
Chicago market reports show varied cattle prices with salable cattle 16 000 and stockers active. top slaughter steers 33 50 per cwt, medium to high goods 26 00 to 33 50, cows 19 50 to 24 00. Hog prices down 25 50 to 25 75 for common weights, sows steady. choicest loads near 21 75. Sheep offerings small with lambs 28 00 to 28 25, feeder yearlings 20 50.
The New York market rested at a 19 year high with mixed movements around small changes. Rail and aircraft shares varied while radios and motors showed mixed to higher activity and heavy trading volume followed weekend decisions. Notable gainers included Studebaker Montgomery Ward National Distillers Admiral Zenith American Smelting and Union Pacific among others.
Produce and livestock market update from Baltimore shows weak apple demand and heavy offerings with mixed apple varieties from Maryland and New Jersey. Potatoes and peaches barely steady, sweet potatoes steady, poultry and eggs trading slowly with light receipts and modest wholesale ranges. USDA figures note 2900 holdovers and 3400 total salable with steer yearlings priced around 300.00 to 30.50.
The term nylon was selected from a 350 item list and carries no etymological significance. It is presented as a proposed name without deeper linguistic meaning.
A collage of crossword clues including Supple, a toothed wheel on a spur, foreign, harangue, farmer, twining stem, support and more. The puzzle lists across and down entries with definitions and theme hints across a long word grid.
Chicago market opens with gains for feed grains while soybeans, corn and oats show mixed bids. Wheat futures rise on December and March positions, corn also higher into May contracts, oats and rye mixed as trading commences on the board.
Grain prices with moisture notes for Mill Wheat, corn meal white yellow, No 2 yellow corn, barley, and feeds. Butter wholesale values and butterfat listed. Prices shown per hundredweight or bag with limited quantity details.
A U S Air Force B 50 bomber missing for three days was found in Labrador with all 16 aboard alive. Canadian and American planes aided the search as crews prepared to evacuate by helicopter. Officials noted no severe injuries and awaited the extraction at Goose Bay.
Prices quoted by the Agriculture Department for various egg grades and sizes in Frederick County. Grade A Extra Large 54c, Grade A Large 50c, Grade A Medium 40c, Grade B Large 4? per dozen. Leghorn and heavy breed broilers listed with prices around 21c to 28c. No. 1 quality producers in Winchester area reported with corresponding weights and dress prices.
The piece outlines policy ambitions including extended federal taxes on oleomargarine, higher bank deposit insurance, a raised minimum wage, and a large slum clearance program. It notes Civil rights bills and other reforms stalled by Southern filibusters, with both parties’ platforms failing to pass key measures.
The Caucasus Mountains have many peaks higher than the United States highest point, Mount Whitney, which rises to about 14 500 feet.
Floyd Clinton Malick 20 of Augusta West Virginia was found guilty of reckless driving by Judge John Rice after a morning collision on W Amherst Street. A motorist Robert Mathias chased the 1947 Dodge pickup owned by Sanford I. Combs of Hayfield to Route 50. Damages were estimated at 150 dollars.
Soup Hubbard 75 carpenter and Spanish American War veteran died Saturday at Newton D Baker Hospital Martinsburg Virginia. Born July 21 1875 in Alabama he was a son of Joe and Dial Hubbard. Surviving two sons a daughter and two sisters. Funeral Tuesday at 2 PM Jones Funeral Home burial National Cemetery veterans to pallbear.
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