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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1949
Page
9
Market quotations show cattle and calves slow but largely steady with mixed grades. Hogs opening higher across weights with varied wholesale quotes. sheep prices mostly unchanged and lambs reaching up to 60.35 in Kansas City style sales.
The New York stock market drifted with mostly fractional changes and subdued activity after opening. Major gainers included Chrysler Sears Roebuck Woolworth Oliver United Aircraft United Cigar Whalen American Telephone Air Reduction DuPont U S Gypsum Southern Pacific while losses hit Bethlehem Steel General Motors International Harvester Anaconda Copper General Electric U S Steel Union Carbide J C Penney Radio Corp Chesapeake and Ohio Standard Oil NJ and Pure Oil.
Chicago grain markets opened generally weaker on April 5 with May corn slightly higher on light receipts from a country. Wheat, corn, oats, rye and soybeans posted opening prices across May and July contracts, with May lard at 11.55 to 11.52.
Daily corrected market list shows price quotes for flour corn meal corn meal bag wheat grain and feeds at retail including egg mash cracked corn and turkey starter mix along with butter and bran prices. Contains assorted prices per 100 pounds and per bushel for various grains and feed items.
Washington April 5 reports Dr. William Jason Mixter describing ruptured intervertebral disks as a major cause of low back pain and sciatica. He outlines the surgical technique that removes torn cartilage to relieve nerve pressure and restore cushioning between vertebrae.
Dr. Torres Bodet of Mexico is shown at his first press conference as UNESCO director at United Nations headquarters in New York. International coverage notes UNESCO leadership change and Bodet’s remarks on education science and culture priorities.
Prices paid by Winchester dressing plants for eggs and live poultry. Grade A extra large 44 cents, Grade A large 42, Grade A medium 37, Grade B large 37, plus various crack and checks 26. Market for live poultry lists heavy breed hens, Leghorns, broilers, turkey hens and toms with multiple price ranges.
Mixture reports that after surgery both low back pain and leg sciatica often disappear, though some cases require fusion to stabilize a damaged disk. He says results are satisfactory but more work is needed to improve diagnosis and operative treatment.
Mrs. Kenneth J. Houston of San Bernardino California and the late A liva Hartman are noted relatives. They attended grade school and graduated from Handley High in Winchester. Mrs. Houston went on.
William Hartman, a Shenandoah area Boy Scout leader and mail clerk, recalls wartime duty from 1941 to 1944 in the Philippines. He survived two railroad wrecks, notes changes in mail service due to cars, and describes trains halted by autos. Hartman, a Presbyterian and former Masonic leader, and his family left Gray Avenue home, now occupied by Clatus Goode.
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