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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1948
Page
9
Daily corrected local market prices show flour 10 lb bags and corn meal in yellow and white varieties. New wheat under 14 percent moisture is quoted at $2.00 per bushel fob Mill. city deliveries list corn at $1.85 per bushel and 100 lb egg and broiler mashes with wholesale butter prices also noted.
A selling wave hit the New York market on September 27 pushing prices down fractions to over 2 points. Worsening Berlin crisis and UN fate fears underlie the decline as rail issues lead losses. Aircrafts resist, posting fractional gains while U S Steel US Rubber Phelps Dodge American Can Philip Morris Southern Railway and others drop.
The Markets Division of the Agriculture Department reports egg prices by grade and size F O B Winchester and live poultry prices paid by dressing plants in the Winchester area. Grade A extra large 63 per dozen, large 61, medium 52, standards 49, bulLet 40, Grade B large 52, trades 42, cracks and checks 30, Peewees 40. Young hens 48, young toms 45, No 2 toms 33, No 2 hens 40, old and young guineas 35, Leghorn cox 14, Rock and cross broilers 33, Red trotilers 34, Leghorn broilers up to 2 1/2 lb Leghorn hens 25, heavy breed hens 4 1/2 lbs up 25.
Mr and Mrs Joseph L Kalbach left today for Salisbury Maryland due to the sudden death this morning of Mrs Kalbacks brother W Denwood Mitchell at his home there
Market summaries show produce including apples with varied prices, eggs and poultry steady to higher, and cattle and hogs mixed. Slaughter steers down in Baltimore, calves and stockers active, Chicago hogs and cattle quiet to lower with mixed feeder and cow values.
Twenty eight building lots sold by Mrs. Benjamin Massie of Stephens City for a total of 5858 in a new subdivision north of town along Rt 641 and Massie St. Auctioneered by A R Funk. over 300 people attended. top bid for an 80 ft front lot was only 900 and pulled down.
Chicago open shows grains mostly down led by May corn down about a cent. Wheat and oats set early quotes with Dec and May futures posted. Soybeans, lard, and sheep sales noted, with lambs unevenly higher at 21.75 to 23.00.
A 1948 syndicate column reviews top home dangers to children including poisons, scalds, lead paint, crayons, electrical outlets, worn cords, inflammable cleaners, gates, and unsafe windows. It urges parental vigilance and practical fixes to reduce injuries.
Clarke AC baseball manager T. J. Grubbs and business manager Lee end ties with the Clarke All-Stars after a dispute over gate receipts for a planned contest with Charles Town American Legion. Grubbs said a misrepresented notice led to confusion and he and Lee will retire from Clarke county baseball.
Winchester police investigate a burglary of Andrew Markatine’s car in Monongahela City Florida. Articles of clothing valued at 75 dollars were removed after entry was forced by prying open a vent window near the Palace Theatre Friday night. No suspects identified yet.
Gov Cherry announced President Truman will be his guest at a luncheon in the executive mansion Raleigh on October 19. Truman is scheduled to make two public speeches in the city that day.
Mrs. Dorothy Morrison Eley president of the Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs dies at her Suffolk home at age 41. She led the state's federation and was active in club work.
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