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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1951
Page
11
Jubilant rocket specialists hailed yesterday’s Viking seventh launch that sent the craft to about 135 miles up into a hazy New Mexico sky. Navy Captain AE Hinger and Army Secretary Frank Pace Jr. shared the cheers from a distant vantage point near the launch platform.
The Gainesboro District Council of Churches meeting, formerly the Sunday School convention, will be held August 12 at 2 p.m. at the Gainesboro Methodist Church. The Rev. Charlies York will speak and all district churches are urged to attend.
Theodosia La Barbera, a Miami housewife, joined a local YWCA creative writing class two years ago and quickly earned a $2,000 prize in a radio play contest. Since then she has collected another $350 from different radio plays.
Kenneth C. Patton, new commander of Conrad Hoover Post 21 and head of the Evangeline Booth Hospital and Home fund drive, announced the campaign needs $461 more to reach a $700 goal. Virginia Legion leaders urge public support via checks to Conrad Hoover Post 21, box 807, by August 13.
A legation was established in Washington in October 1870 and was raised to embassy status on January 7, 1906. This marks the evolution of Japan United States diplomatic ties from legation to full embassy.
The Perseids will light the New York sky Aug 9 through 15 with up to 60 to 100 meteors per hour during the Aug 11 12 peak, appearing from Eta Perseid in the sky. Meteors travel about 40 miles per second and burn blue white as they enter the atmosphere.
New York stocks moved in a mixed narrow course with most gains under a dollar and many losses a few cents. Rail stocks drew attention as the market neared the 1951 peak with several industrial names showing gains while others slipped.
Virginia seeks more women for civilian defense says State Defense Coordinator J H Wyse. About 56 900 women with home nurse training are in demand. Wyse estimates the state could use up to a million and a half volunteers for home defense and nearly a million as first aid administrators.
A $3,000 damage suit filed in Circuit Court by Alphin Aircraft Service seeks to recover work on a war surplus plane. Walter R. Benedict of Alexandria faces charges for allegedly removing the plane from the Alphin hangar in Hagerstown. A $3,000 attachment was placed on the aircraft. Benedict is free on bond.
Market active with steady cattle prices and stronger other classes at the Virginia exchange in Winchester. Cattle ranges include steers 33 to 35.11 for good, calves 32 to 35.50, heifers 27 to 33.25, cows 27 to 30.75, and bulls 29 to 32, hogs 22 to 24.10, sows 17 to 19, shoats 18 to 29.25, sheep up to 14.50 for ewes, lambs 33.85 to 33 for choice and 29.25 for medium, with stock sheep to 32.
Daily correction local market sheet lists flour corn meal by weight and price per bag or bushel. It includes corn meal yellow and white varieties, wheat and barley prices, egg mash and broiler mash, cracked corn and mixed feed, plus wholesale butterfat at 68 cents. Prices are subject to typographical error disclaimer.
Chicago Board of Trade opened with steady tones in brisk activity. Opening prices set for Wheat, Corn, Oats, Rye and Soybeans across Sep Dec Mar and May contracts, with brief moves noted in each grain class and a late Lard reading at 14.57.
George Simmons survived a truck rollover in Eastend Saskatchewan. The vehicle carried hundreds of pounds of dynamite and he was hospitalized with injuries.
In Chicago the USDA reports 9 000 hogs sold with prices from 21.00 to 23.35 for various weights. Cattle the salable count at 7 500 with prime steers 38.60 to 39.00 and cows 27.00 to 30.00, along with calves and sheep values across the market. Baltimore notes steady to strong steer trade, mixed classes quote 33.25 to 35.50 for slaughter steers and hogs showing gains in 180 to 230 lb ranges. Additional produce and markets string together varied prices for apples, potatoes, and poultry.
A brief transit tally lists ungraded 45-49 quality weight. Receipts show butter at 68,493 pounds and eggs at 129 cases.
Prices quoted for tomorrow in Frederick County and Winchester area show U S Grade A eggs mainly at 60 to 88 cents per dozen with sizes Extra Large to Medium. Live poultry payments list No 1 fowl at 1.00 per lb grower farm heavy hens 25 cents per lb, leghorn, rock and cross broilers around 28 cents, white breeder hens 35 cents, white breeder toms 27 cents, young and old guineas 25 cents each.
The New York Public Library houses a merchant family’s four letters noting prices in 1776 New York. A green bonnet for a lady cost $2, a 16 pound lamb leg priced at $3, and a 23 pound veal at $5.50, illustrating wartime inflation.
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