Eastern Gasoline Prices Likely To Be Advanced Soon
New York Aug 11 forecast an early 2 cent rise in East Coast service station gasoline prices. Governments plans for petroleum deliveries would ration by priority including defense fuels heating oil and crude supplies, with home heating temperatures likely limited to about 65 degrees.
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Charles E. Harner
New York
Eastern Seaboard
Atlantic States
Florida
Maine
Seaboard
United States
East
Harold L. Ickes
Pipeline plan eyed to ease gasoline shortages
A 550000 barrel a day Texas to New Jersey pipeline is proposed at about 70 million dollars by major oil companies including Standard Oil New Jersey Consolidated Tide Water Sun and Atlantic Refining. The line would cut crude shipping costs to roughly 47 1 2 cents per barrel and be financed privately.
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Texas
New Jersey
East Texas
Salem
New York-Philadelphia
Standard Oil Co
N. J
Consolidated Oil
Tide Water
Sun Oil
Atlantic Refining
Oil Company
Ickes
Boake Davine Born in Russia with English Education
A Boake Davine was born in Russia where his father served in the British consular service. He was educated in England, moved to the United States in 1920, and became a naturalized citizen in 1933.
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Eve Carter
England
T. A. Boake Davine
Russia
United States
Prison Head Victimized by His Own Rule in Break at Oklahoma Penitentiary
Warden Jess F. Dunn was killed during a Sunday prison break at the Oklahoma Penitentiary as four long-term inmates overpowered guards and used Dunn as leverage. Deputy Sheriff Bill Alexander engaged the escapees after Dunn allowed passage, leading to gunfire that left Dunn dead and three others slain or wounded. Leaders tied to earlier uprisings included Claude Beavers. Governor Phillips ordered a state inquiry with officials from the prison service and Attorney General Williamson.
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Mcalester
Okla
Jess F. Dunn
Oklahoma Penitentiary
Dunn
Bill Alexander
Alexander
J. H. Fentriss
Tab Ford
Roy McGee
Beavers
Claude Beavers
Bob Pollock
Ford
Kiram Prather
Bill Anderson
Leon C. Phillips
Mac Q. Williamson
Local Markets and Feed Prices Listing
The Star prints a local markets roundup with prices for patent brand flour bags of various weights, corn meal feed, oats, bran middlings, and multiple animal feeds. Butter prices are listed for creamery and country butter.
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The
Star
EETAU
Eescceve AO
Market Quotations From Timore and Baltimore Livestock
Timore market reports show potatoes and poultry prices with cattle hogs sheep and butter values. Baltimore and Chicago quotes detail slower beef demand steers and cows, steady hogs with tops near 11.90, and lambs with mixed prices across sections.
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Sane
Maryland
Virginia
U. S
Florida
Baltimore Livestock Baltimore
D. A.J
Chicago Livestock Chicago
U.S
Stock market stagnates with few gains in mid August
New York reports a sluggish session with 12th straight day of no broad market advance. Declines prevailed among top issues while total transfers reached about 450000 shares as investors waited for clearer direction.
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New York
N. Y
Boston Wool Market Report Sees Moderate Activity
The U S Department of Agriculture notes fine and half-blood territory wools were moderately active in the Boston Market with prices unchanged from last week. Three-eighths and quarter-blood territory wools saw scattered inquiries but few sales, while bright fleeces were very slow and some offerings stood at 45-46 cents grease. Pine delaine bright fleece wool sold in small volume at 41-43 cents grease.
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Boston
U. S. Dept
Grain Markets Report From Baltimore Aug 11
Grain prices for wheat and corn in Baltimore show No 2 Red Winter at 106 3 4 cents a bushel spot domestic. Corn bids range 89 to 91 cents. Winchester Market lists wheat at 1.01 dollars per bushel and corn at 85 cents per bushel with Bailey at 60 cents. Prices reflect mill deliveries. compared to last year wheat 74 cents and corn 75 cents.
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Baltimore
Winchester
Bailey
Can t Hear Me Callin Caroline Songwriters Named
The lines credit the words to William Gardener and the music to Caro Roma.
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Caroline
William Gardener
Caro Roma
First Aid Class Opens Tonight
The Winchester-Frederick Chapter of the Red Cross sponsors a first aid course with the first class meeting tonight at 7 30 in the Corporation courtroom. Instructors are Cecil Grim and Taylor Barr. The class will meet three times weekly for five weeks on Monday Wednesday and Thursday evenings. All interested are asked to be on hand this evening.
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Winchester-Frederick
The
Red Cross
Corporation
Cecil Grim
Taylor Barr
Merry Wives of Baltimore Take Summer Trip to Miami
In Baltimore thirty three women in bright 90s costumes left for Miami on their annual "get away from the old man" trip after a station party. The group had previously visited Atlantic City for 14 years before switching to Miami following a husband’s intrusion once. They waved off the train as it departed five minutes late to Hail, Hail The Gang's All Here.
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Baltimore
Miami
Sumer
Atlantic City
Meade Division Under Scrutiny Inspectors Probe 29th
Maj Gen Milton A Reckord and a five member staff inspect the 29th Division at Fort George G Meade Md in detail aiming to measure readiness since federal service. They examine units equipment quarters records and even perform surprise maneuvers with most units checked. The 110th Field Artillery formerly of Pikesville on range in Pennsylvania for practice with service ammunition escapes the inspection.
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Fort George G. Meade
Mdad
Aug. Il
Milton A. Reckord
110Th Field Artille
Pikesville
Pennsylvania
R. E. Beatty Dies At Local Hospital
Richard E. Beatty of Front Royal Virginia died Saturday night at Memorial hospital after a brief illness. He was a native of Page county and son of the late Marion and Sarah Figgins Beatty. He is survived by three sons, two daughters, a brother and a sister. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in the Scott and Stokes Funeral Home chapel Front Royal. Elder J. P. Jenkins of Luray will officiate. Interment will be at Front Royal.
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Richard E. Beatty
Front Royal
Memorial Hospital
Page County
Marion
Sarah Figgins Beatty
Scott and Stokes Funeral Home
J. P. Jenkins
Luray
Whitney Leaves Sing Sing With Nothing To Say
OSSINING N Y Aug 11 Richard Whitney former president of the New York Stock Exchange left Sing Sing a free man after 40 months and a profit of 181 01 from prison. He declined to speak saying he had nothing to say. He will supervise a Barnstable Mass dairy farm owned by relatives after parole and plans to live there.
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Ossining
N. Y
Richard Whitney
Wall Stree
Sing Sing
New York Stock Exchange
George
Whitney
J. P. Morgan
Barnstable
Mass
Wall Street
Robert J. Kirby
Harvard
Massachusetts
Murder Suspect Lenkowski Captured After Running Gun Battle
John Lenkowski is brought to City Hall for questioning after a running gun battle. He is wanted by New Jersey authorities in connection with the 2 year old murder of a road house employee in Bellmar. An anonymous tip led to his capture.
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John Lenkowski
New Jersey
Auth 1
Bellmar
Roa
Partial prisoner reporting rules noted for family
His wife Gertrude and their daughter Alice 22 are mentioned. Until April 1948 he must report monthly on his pardon or probation to the Massachusetts Board of Corrections, which will relay the information to New York parole authorities.
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Gertrude
Alice
Massachusetts Board of Corrections
New York
Rites Tomorrow For J. F. Goode
Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 2 30 p m in Brunswick Maryland for J F Goode aged about 60. He was a Brunswick native and former Baltimore and Ohio railway employee married to Josephine Weatherholtz with two children Glen and Harry. A son died in an accident last year.
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Brunswick
Weatherholtz
Goode
Peter
Abby Goone
Edinburg
Baltimore & Ohio Railway
Onsephine Weatherholtz
Afandash County
Glen
Harry
Michigan
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J. W. Grove Furniture Co
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DIAL
Francis E. Barden
Cammer Tire CO
Handley School
Pennsylvania Railroad
Stock Market Report
Iow
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Chrysler
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Goodyear
Int Har
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Kennecott
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Union Pac
U S Steel
Western Union
Woolworth
Merry Wives of Baltimore
R. E. Beatty
Winchester Furniture
South Main St
D. A. Gordon & CO
S. Main St
Pepsi-Cola and
Cloverdale
J. F. Goode
George W. Kurtz
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
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General Electric
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