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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1947
Page
8
Forty two persons including two undercover officers were arrested yesterday amid picket line clashes at the Michigan Bell Telephone Company strike headquarters in Detroit. Police struggled to keep entrances open for non striking employees as fights and scuffles broke out.
Agriculture Department Markets Division reports F O B prices for graded eggs in Winchester area. Grade A extra large 48 cents per dozen, Grade A large 46 cents, Grade A medium 41 cents, Grade B large 46 cents, Grade C and pullets 35 cents. Live poultry prices include heavy breed hens 30 cents per pound, Leghorn hens 22 cents, heavy breed broilers 29 cents, Leghorn broilers 20 cents, and young turkeys 22 cents per pound.
Chicago April 22 wheat futures opened lower by 1 1 4 to 1 2 cents a bushel with May at 2.53 3 4 Jly 1 2 Sept 2.14 1 4 2 4. Corn May 1.71 3 4 Jly 1.64 1 2 1 4 Sept 1.53 1 4 1 53 Dec 1.41 1 2 1 4. Oats May 86 3 4 Jly 79 3 4 Sept 74 7 8 75 Dec 74.
Overwork and worry drain strength causing fatigue, poor appetite, and low energy. Medical authorities note SSS Tonic can build up low blood and improve digestion, claiming it helps you enjoy meals, reduce gas and bloating, and feel better for work and play. Millions have used it. available from drug stores.
New York trading opened active then softened with gains across several leaders. U.S. Steel wage pact provides a mild uplift while concerns linger over price reductions and consumer resistance. Chrysler American Tobacco General Motors and Monsanto posted fractional advances. several issues posted small declines as bonds held steady.
Virginia teams faced rain disrupted action with Washington and Lee seeking a first big six win at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. Richmond and GW opened Southern Conference play, lacrosse, golf and tennis matches scheduled, with several games postponed or called off due to weather. Maryland racing shakeup announced with Stuart Janney Jr. named next Maryland Racing Commission chief. Whirling Girl training forecast and Calumet Farm winner noted at Havre de Grace.
Baltimore market notes show produce steadiness on April 22 with apples and eggs steady amid moderate receipts. Poultry demand light with fryers around 34-35 cents and fowl up to 38 cents, while butter and eggs move at current ungraded prices. Baltimore livestock quotes list cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep with steady to slightly lower prices and active dealer interest.
Jos E Bell age 67 a leading Clarke county farmer of Berryville died yesterday in Winchester Memorial Hospital after a weeklong stay. Born November 25 1879 he was the son of Harry and Jane Bell. Survived by wife Blanche Alder son Harry T Bell daughter Josephine Fenton brother W S Bell and two grandchildren. Funeral services tomorrow at 3 30 p m at John Enders Funeral Home with Rev George S Lightner. Interment Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers listed as Arthur Lee James Perks Warren Whirley Neil Fenton Edward McWilliams Ralph Ware.
Daily corrected market list shows local wholesale and retail prices for feeds and butter. Items include egg mash 6.40, cracked corn 100 lb bag 4.00, turkey starter 4.75, turkey grower 4.35, butter wholesale 0.61 and retail prices, corn meal varieties, and yellow and white corn meal priced per bag or cwt.
Roanoke Virginia April 22 Mrs J L Blair Buck Richmond first vice president of the General Federation of Women's Clubs urged women’s organizations to actively work for world peace. Speaking at the 40th annual convention of the Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs she called for broad global commitment to peace that leaves no room for other aims.
Senator Bridges of New Hampshire, head of the Senate Appropriations Committee, urged reducing army and navy appropriations by 1.5 billion dollars. He argued the measures to block Communist expansion in the Mediterranean do not require the full 11.2 billion dollars requested by President Truman.
A New Jersey senator argues a plan could trim one billion dollars from army requests and five hundred million from the navy by reducing efficiency, stating a path to substantial defense savings.
Norfolk event reports 54 year-old William Harrison, a watchman at Nolde's Bakery, fatally beaten during a Saturday burglary on Hampton Boulevard. Police found a bloodstained iron bar at the scene and believe it was the weapon used.
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