Consumer Income Up In First Half Of The Year
Washington reports consumer incomes rose 2.6 percent in the first half of this year over 1948, lifting annual retail buying power to a record 213 billion. May to June saw higher farm receipts and a first uptick in factory payrolls since September, while inventories fell about 1 billion to 51 billion amid an ongoing "inventory recession" debate.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Truman
Edwin G. Nourse
Auction Listings for Farm Equipment Livestock and Estates
August sales directory details multiple auctions including Ralph W Borst Marion Pa farm equipment consignments and models, Dabney Special Commissioner estate sale west of Norbeck on Rt. 5, Louis Merry West York Pa cattle and livestock, Lew Meald Berryville Orse Show grounds livestock and household goods, Longwood Farm Millwood live stock and implements, Thompson Farm Rt. 50 area livestock implements and household goods with dates in August and September.
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Ralph W Borst
Marion
M. Path
Rockville
Norbeck
Dabney Atts
Louis Merry
West York
Lew Meald
Berryville Orse Show Grounds
B. F. Lanham
North Millwood
Longwood
W. L. Tard
Thompson Farm
Winchester Stores Close Wednesdays at Noon
Answers list shows the town section and a series of quiz items with subjects such as United Auto Workers Redeployment The New Testament Bernard M Baruch Scene Faith Nurse Robert Standish. The final line notes store hours: Most Winchester Stores Close Wednesdays at Noon Throughout the Summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town
United Auto Workers
Bernard M. Baruch
Scene
Faith
Nurse
Robert Standish
Winchester
Parents in search for missing Dorothy Intihar couple
In Clarke County a frantic family seeks Dorothy and her husband after notices show they may have stayed in Berryville between July 26 and 28. Parents question hotel and business records as no further contact appears after July 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Intihar
Dorothy
Cleveland
Berryville
Clarke County
Boyd
Hotel records fail to reveal Feldkamp marriage details
Police and hotel staff recall July 22 to 26 events around a Cleveland couple who married in town. Desk clerk Allen Staples could not identify the pair, while cab driver Cleatus Dick and terminal clerks provided limited sightings and minimal responses about the wedding and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Staples
220 Parkway
Staples
B&o
Cleveland
Cleatus Dick
Diamond Cab Co
Feldkamps
Feldkamp
White Palace
Bubonic Plague Cases Found in New Mexico
Two New Mexico residents were diagnosed with bubonic plague marking a rare occurrence in the U S within the last quarter century. A 10 year old boy from Taos and a 37 year old man in Albuquerque’s Veterans hospital received treatment including streptomycin sulfadiazine penicillin and aureomycin with hopeful progress reported by Dr Vernon Link.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
United States
Vernon Link
Western Contagious Disease Control Center
San Francisco
Taos
Veterans Hospital
Albuquerque
Link
Berryville Social Notes Highlights Local Visits
Local society pages list visitors and trips including Mrs. Anne Meade Probst of Los Angeles and others from Arlington and Round Hill. Attendees travel to Danville for a Legion convention and to Chicago for an apple association meeting while Old Wickliffe Church plans a 11 a.m. service with Bishop Edmund Dandridge as guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph N. Dorsey
Anne Meade Probst
Los Angeles
Calif
Dorsey
Marshall Forsyth
Arlington, Va
Old Wickliffe Church
Edmund Dandridge
Tennessee
Plague Outbreak Reported in New Mexico This Year
The article notes 516 cases with 338 deaths since 1900 and two New Mexico victims as the only reports this year. Dr. Link says all 23 cases in the last 25 years stem from wild rodents with plague-infested fleas and confirms the New Mexico cases likely contracted plague despite incomplete lab tests.
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New Mexico
Link
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Broadway
Allen
Midnight Sun
Wilson “Allen
Albany Allen
Red Warrior
Co. C. Turner Farms
Ny Iyds
C. J. Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron St
Stormtight
John W. Rosenberger & Co., Inc
Braddeck
Hong Kong
Timo
China
Amethyst
Royal Navy
Rentschler Field
Hartford
Conn
Clifford Strike
Red Bank
New Jersey
International
KASCO
Green Chemical CO
Chambersburg
John Deere A & B
Case A &C
Wood Bros
Belle City
New International
John Deere
Massey-Harris
New Idea
Ford
Ralph W. Horst
Olga Stoker
VY. B. Snider
Berryville Social Notes
Henry Miller
Paw Paw
W. Va
Chicago
International Apple Association
Jack Russell
Ernest Shull
American Legion
Danville
Roy Locke
C. H. McDonough
Jane McDonough
Round Hill
Virginia
Roanoke Island
Lost Colony
Ginger Locke
Peggy Phalen
Harrisonburg, Va
Harold Scheuer
Elaine Scheuer
Betty Scheuer
Baltimore
James Galloway
Marvin's Chapel
Annapolis
Morton C. Mumma ,Jr
B. J. Harral
Indian Head
Commander Harral
Joyce Davis
John Bennett
Horse Show Lodge
Ben Morgan
Arlington
Mrs. W. D. Burtner
Bethel
Gilbert Royston Jr
J. J. Jazombek
Huntington, Long Island
Betty Carbaugh
Binghampton
Jane and
Frances Funk
Mrs. C. Richard Funk
Betty Robertson
Richmond
Archie Robertson Jr
Archie F. Robertson
Crows Nest
Elmer W. Ritter
Takoma Park, Md
Mr. Ritter
Mrs
G. P. Cadwallader
Old Chapel
Haldeman
Haldeman’s
J. R. Alexander, Jr
N. Loudoun St
Harvey, Mulkey and Girton Elevators
Barr’s Orchard & Farm Supply
Chapman
New Motor
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen St
Heatwolk Motor CO
N. Braddock St
Senseng Road
Tommy D. Lockhart
Loudoun St
Armour
the Food Center
B. F. Goodrich
S. Loudoun St. Ph
Hill
McCormick - Deering
Ballis - Chalmers
U.S
Shade Equipment CO
Martinsburg Pike
Middletown
John William Cornwell
Circuit Court
Frederick County
County Court House
Yates
Cornwell
James P. Reardon
Coleman Dunn
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