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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1946
Page
2
Hobart consumers learn why OPA ceiling prices vary by store with a four group classification. Independent status and annual gross sales determine groups from under 50 000 to 250 000 plus. The display of price charts and consumer guidance is encouraged and local offices offer assistance.
New York April 17 market leaders gained after an active opening as steels rails aircrafts and retail stocks showed improvement while motors and rubbers lagged. Analysts said carrier stocks spur buying sentiment aided by favorable earnings outlook with several names including American Telephone Western Electric General Electric and others rising at times. Bonds moved mixed as investors weighed industry leaders such as Chrysler Goodyear Caterpillar and Penn Central against earlier laggards.
The plant genus fuchsia with about seventy species is named in honor of botanist Leonhard. The attribution reflects the practice of naming plants after scientists.
Baltimore market notes show butter and eggs steady, receipts moderate. Cattle and hog prices move within narrow ranges as slaughter steers, feeder calves, and hogs hold steady. Chicago and national bids reflect mixed demand for veal lambs and cows.
Market quotations for Virginia livestock list prices by class for Tuesday April 16 1946. Beef cattle veal hogs sheep and lamb categories show good to choice ranges with ceilings and mids, including heifers fat cows bulls veal calv es butcher hogs sows shoats lambs and fat sheep across weights and grades.
The Young People's Class of the Gainesboro Church schedules a program on Friday April 19 at 8 pm. Public is cordially invited.
Uncle Sam's Almanac promises a valuable reference with army and navy leaders, agricultural guidance, and world series stats. It covers weights and measures and practical knowledge to plant crops like asparagus and turnips. Send fifteen cents postpaid for a copy.
An incompletely legible notice requests a mailed copy of a publication at 316 Eye St NE Washington DC. The text indicates a request form or enclosure of fifteen coins and includes address details for sending the item.
A listing of prices and items at the local wholesale market includes corn at 1.88 and various poultry, livestock, and feed products. Notable entries cover corn, mixed feed, poultry fowls, springers, ducks, steers, heifers, cows, calves, lambs, shoats, pigs, patent brand feeds, corn meal, starters, grower mixes, egg mash, scratch, and creamery butter with unit prices.
Market notes show graded egg trades under medium standards with limited readable figures. The fragment mentions prices around 33 and 29 and references the local market context without complete details.
Grain futures prices were weak in slow trade limited to May rye and oats. Prices showed small fractional declines across corn oats rye and barley for May and nearby months with deferred oats deliveries noted.
Tehru Nakaria of Ridley Park High School receives a $1 Victory Bond for the best citizenship examination paper. The contest was sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Last rites for Mrs. Mary Wall Barr widow of Charles Frederick Barr were held at 4 30 yesterday afternoon from the West Roschaweh street residence. Rev Will iam E Eisenberg of Grace Lutheran Church conducted the service. Hymns included Oh Love That Will Not Let Me Go Lead Kindly Light Crossing the Bar Now The Laborer s Task Is O er. The Lutheran Chimes played Abide With Me and Sweet Hour of Prayer as the cortege passed the church. Interment was in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers were Dr B M Knight McSherry Lupton B F Arthur W W Glass W Woodhull Baker and J P Miller.
Funeral services for Edgar J. Smoke Sr., 62, were conducted at Mt Hebron Cemetery with Rev. Emory Elimore officiating. From Jones Funeral Home, pallbearers included Charles W. Brown Thomas R. Brown Wilmer A. Anderson Walter T. Anderson John W. Reese and Harry D. Nethers.
The War Department has authorized the Army of Occupation Medal for active duty members serving with the occupation forces in Germany Austria or portions of Italy after May 8 1945 and in Japan or Korea after September 2 1945. The service ribbon is worn after the World War II Victory Medal ribbon. Eligibility requires thirty consecutive days of service.
The U S Office of Education reports 1944 graduates numbered 3 684 263 nationwide with the largest cohort reaching 186 500 in the year.
The fragment notes a Boston publication dated September 25 as one of three printed pages. It references a single broad page size and marks this as an early American newspaper detail, highlighting early press practices in colonial Boston.
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