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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1949

Page

3

Indians Win In 12 Inning Thriller As Yankees Falter

Cleveland drives in 12th inning runs to beat Washington 6-3 in 12, then crushes the Senators 14-1 behind Bobby Feller. Lou Boudreau leans on Bob Lemon for 13th win as Detroit tops the Yankees 3-2 in 11. Dom DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 31.

Yanks Cleveland Boston Red Sox Fenway Park New York Detroit Pat Mullin Eddie Lake Vic Raschi Washington Lou Boudreau Bob Lemon Lemon Indians Senators Bobby Feller Dale Mitchell Feller St. Louis Browns Dom DiMaggio Seape St. Louis Cardinals Brooklyn Dodgers St. Louis Ron Northey Stan Musial Red Schoendienst Gil Hodges Duke Snider Tommy Brown Brooklyn

Page Heads Senior Golfers of State

W Nelson Page elected president of the Virginia Senior Golf Association at the White Sulphur Springs meeting in West Virginia. Dr A T Hawthorne elected to the board of directors. The 200 member group includes Virginia and W V golfers. Lester D Arnold won the 11 score trophy for 36 holes with gross 177 and 75 for 150.

W. Nelson Page Virginia Senior Golf Assn White Sulphur Springs W.va A. T. Hawthorne Page Virginia W. A Lester D. Arnold Arnold Winchester

Before You Leave On Your Vacation BE SURE YOUR PETS ARE CARED FOR

A public notice urges residents planning trips to arrange pet care. It outlines options like boarding, trusted sitters, or family care to prevent pet distress and last minute chaos. Authorities remind owners to confirm contact plans and emergency information.

Westinghouse

Major League Standings and Yesterday's Results

Standings show St. Louis and Brooklyn atop the leagues with New York close behind in the National League while New York leads the American League. Yesterday's games featured Brooklyn beating Pittsburgh and St. Louis defeating Boston in the NL and Detroit over New York and Boston over St. Louis in the AL. Tonight's and tomorrow's schedule lists key matchups across both leagues with multiple games at 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. local time.

St. Louis Brooklyn New York Boston Philadelphia Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago Cleveland Detroit Washington Pat Mullin Tigers Yankees Johnny Schmitz Cubs Giants

Church Softball League Scores and Tonight’s Games

City softball lineup lists Highland Leas Montague 95 against Lutheran Smes Baptist Saal on Market Street 58 48. Tonight Moose plays Elks at 6 15 on field 1 Rockingham faces Bell Clothes under lights RC Colays Plumly also at 6 15 on field 3.

Frank Bailey Highland Leas Montague Lutheran Smes Baptist Saal Presbyterian Sail Braddock

Bi-State clash as Gore and North Mountain tied for first

Gore and North Mountain baseball clubs, tied for first in the Bi-State league, meet at 2 30 p m Sunday at Mountain Falls to decide leadership in the standings.

N. Mountain Gore Bi-State North Mountain Mountain Falls

Legge Expected Home Next Week

W R Legge area supervisor of agricultural education has been hospitalized at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore for three weeks. He continues to improve and expects to return to his Courtfield Avenue home next week. Mrs Legge and their son Reynold have remained in Baltimore during his illness.

W.R. Legge Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore Courtfield Ave

Rosenberger Leads City Softball Tilt Over VFW

Rosenberger beat VFW in a city softball game to move within half a game of Bell Clothes. Rosenberger improved to 18-4 while Bell Clothes stood 17-4 as the contest featured multiple hits and two home runs by G Hart.

Pittsburgh Don Newcombe Chicago Johnny Schmitz New York Giants Cubs Andy Pafo Larry Jansen Schmitz Sid Gordon Giants Cincinnati Reds Phillies Cincy Russ Meyer Danny Litwhiler Ted Kluszewski Johnny Vander Meer Phils Bhen Ennis Enberger Lumber Co VFW Bell Rosenberger Smith Pingley G. Hart Messall Keller Lewis Levi Ib Ban Hs Smith c Pingley If Sls Keller Ss Sears Grim B. Hart Lone Pate Tillotson Reynolds Cf Pentz If Jt Es Keller Ss Cullers McKennel

Edinburg Hosts Lantz Mills Band at Firemen’s Jamboree

The Lantz Mills band will perform at Edinburg fireman’s jamboree opening tonight and running over the weekend and again August 12 13. The grand feature on August 12 is the fireman’s parade at 7 pm with ten fire departments social organizations and business firms in the entry lineup.

Lantz Mills Edinburg

Agriculture Dept. Egg and Poultry Prices From Winchester Report

Prices paid for Federal State grade eggs and live poultry in Winchester area reported by the Agriculture Department. Egg prices include U S Grade A extra large 0.59, Grade A medium 0.55, Grade B large 0.50, Grade G. Poultry prices cover heavy breed hens and Leghorn broilers, no. 1 quality FOB producer farms, plus young turkeys and guinea hens with various prices noted. A separate line notes a proverb: hares run faster uphill than down.

Winchester U. S Leghorn Norenk

Local Markets Corrigenda for Retail Feed Prices

Local markets list corrected retail prices for flour corn meal egg mash cracked corn and mixed feeds. Entries include 5 lb and 40 lb bags of corn meal and No. 3 yellow corn, with 5.30 for turkey starter and 3.90 for barley No. 2.

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Market Quotations from Baltimore and Chicago Livestock and Produce

Market notes show steady produce prices with oats, apples, and eggs steady in Baltimore. Cattle hogs and sheep prices vary by weight and class across Baltimore and Chicago with mixed demand and several price ranges noted for different cuts and weights.

Baltimore

Grain prices rise on new farm bill parity hope

Chicago grains open strong on news of a subcommittee farm bill. Traders say higher farm labor costs raise production expenses and parity levels, boosting support prices. Opening quotes list Wheat, Corn, Oats, Rye, and Lard futures with varied Sep Dec May figures.

Chicago Senate Agriculture Committee Corn Rye

Stock market rally taps Commonwealth and Southern surge

New York trading shows Commonwealth and Southern monopolizing the market with Blacks up to 80,000 shares traded at 5s, a new high for 1949. Pepsi-Cola jumps after dividend news. National Dairy climbs on dividend raise. several dived on weaker news as U S Steel Goodrich and other majors move.

New York Commonwealth Southern Pepsi-cola National Dairy U. S. Steel Goodrich International Harvester National Distillers Columbia Gas American Smelting General Electric Radio Corp Southern Railway Texas Co Bethlehem Steel Chrysler

Keyser Endorsed As Ford Successor

Luray August 5 The county bar association endorsed Robert W Keyser Luray attorney for appointment to the Twenty Fifth Judicial Circuit bench to succeed the late Judge William V Ford Keyser a former law partner of Ford the circuit covers Rockingham and Page counties.

Luray Ee County Bar Assa Robert W. Keyser Twenty-Fifth Judicial Circuit William V. Ford Keyser Ford Rockingham Page Counties

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