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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1948
Page
3
Dr. Margaret Mead of New York told the International Conference on Mental Hygiene that tax laws raise blood pressure in older people and strain marriages. She warned such laws could affect decisions on having children and urged reforms.
Alcoholics Anonymous meeting this week at 7 30 EST Thursday in Parish hall at Boyce will be open to everyone interested in the work. Speakers will be people who have lived the experiences they discuss. Last week’s session was closed to those with an immediate problem, but the turnout was gratifying. Additional meetings of this nature will be held.
Prices listed for flour corn meal grain feeds butter and other staples. Items include new wheat at 2.15 per bushel and No 2 yellow corn delivered at 2.30 per bushel. Feeds cover egg mash cracked corn broiler mash turkey grower and starter with varying per unit costs.
Agriculture Dept Markets Division reports U S Grade A extra large eggs at .58 per dozen and large at .56 with other grades. Live poultry prices paid to producers include Young hens 45, Young toms 38, No 2 toms 33, No 2 hens 40, old and young guineas 35, leghorn cox 14, sock and cross broilers 35, red broilers 36, era broilers up to 2 1 2 lb.
The Boston Braves beat the New York Giants 10-2 at the Polo Grounds as Bill Voiselle, facing his old club, limited them to six hits for his 13th victory. Johnny Mize and Sid Gordon hit homers for the Giants, while Clint Conatser led the Braves with a homer, a triple and a single.
J Howard Cather Jr secured a building permit for a concrete block dwelling in the 300 block of West Clifford Street. The one and a half story house, 45 by 27 feet, with a garage incorporated, will cost about 6000 dollars and sits on land owned by Cather’s mother at the corner of West Washington and West Clifford Streets.
Mrs. John Nance Garner, wife of the 32nd vice president, died in Uvalde Texas at age 78. Garner was at her side when she passed, with their son Tully and granddaughter Mrs John J Currie of Amarillo present.
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