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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1952
Page
9
John Deere LI tractor with 5 ft cutter bar hydraulic lift mower, detaches from tractor, safety release. Lift raises cutter bar in range. Quick sale bargain at 500 dollars. Contact W. S. Hough 523 Fairmount Ave Winchester or phone 4617. (4-26-31).
Classified notice lists several short ads for employment and housing needs. Includes male applicant for night bookkeeping or typing, call box 13 care of The Star. also garden work by tractor, rental house request, and nursing hospital trained available by phone.
Immediate service on all wakes of sewing machines parts available for most makes. Authorized dealer Winchester Sewing Machine Co., 111 W Boscawen St., phone 3645. Also free Terminix termite control estimates by E. W Armstrong Co., phone 4648. Bonded insured contracts. Offers limited to specified days.
A two car collision at Piccadilly and Kent Streets occurred at 9 am when a motionless truck and a moving train allegedly contributed to the crash. Raymond Weakley drove a Hudson west on Piccadilly and stopped suddenly after spotting the approaching train, with June Virginia Stultz rear ending the Hudson in a Plymouth. Damages were estimated at 150 for the Plymouth and 875 for the Hudson.
The explanation states the foot has four arches: the inner long arch from heel to great toe, the front arch across the ball, the outer arch from heel to base of the little toe, and the middle arch under the instep.
State Corporation Commission docketed Case No. 10929 for May 13 1952 hearing on proposed rate hikes by Southern Motor Carriers Rate Conference members Estes Express Lines Old Dominion Freight Lines Smithfield Motor Lines Wilson Trucking Corp and Estes Bristow Division. Ten percent rise on all class and commodity rates for shipments under 5000 pounds and a minimum charge set at 175 cents for a 100 pound single-bill-of-lading shipment. J H Wilson chairman filed the petition.
The report details cattle prices across five days with ranges for slaughter steers cows and calves plus hogs and sheep price bands. It also notes fractional gains in New York stocks with activity in Northern Pacific and a merger talk between Chicago and Southern Air Lines with Delta Air Lines and lists several rising and falling issues across rail, steel and chemical sectors.
Daily corrected market update shows flour corn meal and grain prices at retail. Includes No 2 yellow corn 0.60 per bushel and 5 lb corn meal at 0.39, 10 lb yellow corn meal 0.70, 25 lb at 1.48, and cracked corn 100 lb at 4.55. Butter and butterfat noted under dairy products.
On the Chicago Board of Trade the session opened with gains and losses broadly balanced. Wheat May 2.44 1 4. July 2.37 1 4. soybeans May 2.86. corn May 1.80 7 8. oats May 79 1 2. rye May 2.01 1 2. lard July 11.32.
Mr and Mrs J A Hotinger travel to Washington DC for the National Insurance Agents Association of Virginia and DC annual convention April 27 29 at the Shoreham Hotel Senator Harry F Byrd will speak at the luncheon session on Monday The event marks the 200th anniversary of mutual insurance in the United States and notes Benjamin Franklin and his associates founding The Philadelphia Contribution for the Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire in 1752
U S Grade A Extra Large 37 cents and Grade A Large 35 cents per dozen. Other grades listed: Medium etc. Live poultry prices show No 1 fowls f o b grower's farm Heavy Breed Hens and Leghorn Hens Rocks and Cross Broilers Red Broilers Leghorn Broilers Heavy Cocks Stags Beltsville White Broilers 7 9 lbs White Bronze Breed Hens White Bronze Toms Old guineas per each Young guineas per pound.
Next year's convention of the Virginia Federation of Women's Club will be held in Roanoke April 21 23 The site and date were announced by Mrs H Stanley Bailey of Roanoke the federation's new president.
The upper eyelid folds forward unusually, a breed distinctive and most noticeable head characteristic. Strong, forward-wrinkling eye is unique to this breed.
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