Farm Prices Drop In May West Virginia decline in all commodity index
Charleston reports the all commodity index for West Virginia farm prices fell six points in May from April as feed grain hay and dairy products poultry and eggs saw major declines. The all crop index was one point below April and six below last May with corn down five cents per bushel and oats down three. Livestock prices also slipped with hogs at 15.80 per hundred pounds beef cattle 18.70 calves 27.40 and early lambs 19.50.
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New York seeks delay in C and O B and O bid approval
New York City and state ask the Interstate Commerce Commission to postpone approval of Chesapeake & Ohio Railway's bid to take control of Baltimore & Ohio. They urge a six month delay until other regional mergers are settled, including Norfolk & Western's Nickel Plate and the Pennsylvania New York Central merger.
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Mystery Solved On King Snake In Chicago Apartment
Chicago police traced a six foot king snake found in Dr. William J Manilaw's seventh floor apartment to an empty cage on the eighth floor of a vacationing tenant named Senerence. Neighbors described the tenant as keeping a varied assortment of pets.
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Herlihy named to West Virginia Dental Examiners Board
Gov. W. W. Barron appoints Dr. John J. Herlihy of Charleston to the State Board of Dental Examiners for an unexpired term ending June 30. He replaces the late Dr. Wirt W. Curry, who died May 19. A recount in Wirt County confirms the county’s December 320000 school bond approval by more than 60 percent. William J. Loy of the Davis Trust Co. is named director of housing and service for the 26th Mountain State Forest Festival this fall.
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Holden
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William J. Loy
Davis Trust Co
Jannual Mountain State Forest
Loy
Gov Barron To Visit Mountaineer Boys State
Gov W W Barron visits Mountaineer Boys State to observe the American Legion 25th annual citizenship camp. He will address 350 high school juniors as new officers are sworn in by State Supreme Court Judge Chauncey Browning amid sessions in Jackson's Mill.
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Phillip J. Peters
Methodists Move 15 Churches to West Virginia Conference
Fifteen churches in Brooke and Hancock Counties were transferred Wednesday from the Pittsburgh Conference to the West Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church. The move increases West Virginia’s churches to over 600 with about 200000 members as the five day conference opens at West Virginia Wesleyan College. Bishop Holloway presides with Dr. William Cannon of Emory and district superintendents reporting. more than 1200 ministers and lay members attend.
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