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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1950

Page

3

Market Quotations New York Stocks

New York stocks saw U S Steel under pressure as a sell off dragged it lower. American Telephone rose on steady demand while Emerson Radio slipped before a split up announcement. Several other names including Youngstown Sheet, General Motors, Studebaker, Consolidated Natural Gas, Allied Chemical, Union Carbide, General Electric, Southern Pacific, and Pan American traded lower.

NEW York U. 5. Steel Corp U. 8 Steel American Telephone Emerson Radio Youngstown Sheet General Motors Studebaker Consolidated Natural Gas Allied Chemical Union Carbide General Electric Southern Pacific Pan American

Soybeans Slip as Open Prices Edge Down Across Board

Chicago grain prices open with soybeans down about a cent per bushel. Corn and wheat ease on opening bids while May soybeans trade near 2.90 per bushel with other contracts showing slight declines.

Chicago Board of Trade

Baltimore Livestock Prices Mixed As Receipts Fall

USDA reports in Baltimore show steady to mixed demand across cattle hogs and calves. Slaughter cattle steady. vealers 28 to 31. hogs 14 to 18 with various weights. sheep on broad inquiry with lambs up to 33.00.

Baltimore USDA Chicago

Local Market Prices and The Hand of Fatimah Note

Local markets show corrected daily prices for items like flour corn and meal with figures for white varieties and bag weights. The text also defines the Hand of Fatimah as an Arabic charm associated with the right hand of Fatimah daughter of Mohammed, believed to ward off misfortune.

Fatimah Mohammed

Beverly Tyler Grows Into Adult Roles In Hollywood

Hollywood columnist notes Beverly Tyler once a child star now aged 22 seeks mature parts. In The Fireball she plays a professional roller skater aiding Mickey Rooney’s character in romance and sport. Born in Scranton she moved to New York at 13 and arrived in Hollywood at 14 after an MGM screen test.

Gene Handsaker Hollywood Beverly Tyler Beverly Bev Miss Tyler Mickey Rooney Scranton New York Patty Chapman Jenny Loew Paty

Agricultural Egg and Poultry Price Report Details

The Agriculture Department lists U S Grade A extra large eggs at 30 cents, Grade B large at 25, and various Grade C and small sizes. Live poultry prices in Winchester area shown for No 1 quality fob producer’s farms, including heavy breed hens and Leghorn broilers, with pricing for young guineas and turkeys.

U. S Aera Erie U.S Winchester Rock& Cross Rock & Cross

Beverly Stars in Palomino and Skating Film

Beverly, now living in a Beverly Hills apartment with her parents, has starred in a western Palomino her first color film and in a skating picture. She has never married or engaged and seeks mature leading lady roles in the future.

Beverly Beverly Hills E Future

Mrs Mesta Back at Work as Luxembourg Minister

In Washington the former Capital hostess Perle Mesta, now U S Minister to Luxembourg, keeps a strict schedule returning to the State Department after a brief stay at the Sulgrave Club She says she is out to do a job and will see visitors only after 5 30 p m with eight thirty a m calls now a memory as she handles official duties.

Washington Perle Mesta Sulgrave Club Mrs. Mesta

Busy schedule of high profile guest reveals social calendar

The speaker describes a packed day with back to back appointments including meetings with the President and official luncheons. She notes a dinner and dance at diplomatic venues like the Brazilian Embassy and Luxembourg legation, highlighting heavy social demands.

Luxembourg Legation Whitney

Loss of Job Triggers Shooting Suicide at Peru State

Dr. Barney K. Baker, 54, a psychology professor at Peru State Teachers College, killed two college officials and then died by suicide after fearing job loss. Baker had taught 24 years on the campus known as the Campus of the Thousand Oaks.

Barney K. Baker Thousand Oaks Peru State Teachers College

Education Professor Resigns After Department Shakeup

The catalog release publicly confirmed what Dr. Baker had known since last fall that he was being dropped in a department reorganization. County Attorney Fred C. Kiechel said the catalog may have triggered the professor to confront the college president and the education head, leading to deadly actions at their desks.

Dr. Baker Department of Education Fred C. Kiechel Education Department

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