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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1947

Page

2

Fletcher Posts Bond on Hit Run Fatality Charge

Elwood L. Fletcher 27 of Gore released on 1500 bond after confessing he drove the car that struck and killed Earl Foreman on July 5 at Gore. He was arraigned before the circuit court grand jury for leaving the scene of an accident involving a fatal injury and was tracked down by a broken headlight glass fragment after six weeks.

Elwood L. Fletcher Gore Circuit Court Grand Jury Fletcher Earl Foreman H. R. Kern, Jr C. A

Auctions for estate and household goods listed in Aug sales

Several estate and household sales scheduled for August include E C Hell Estate at 121 S Cameron St with a goods set, O R Ma near Capon Wa Va with cattle hogs and farming implements, Newton W Borden Toms Brook with antiques and furniture, Mrs G W Winchester warehouse sale of furniture, John E An Morningside Drive with household goods, and Le N ice 510 N Loudoun St Winchester with furniture and potted items.

E. C. Hell S. Cameron St Capon Trone Newton W. Borden Toms Brook

City and County Realty Transfers in Winchester list numerous property deeds

City and County Realty Transfers document multiple conveyances in Winchester. Executors and couples purchase and grant parcels along East Lane Liberty Avenue Virginia Avenue Franklin Avenue Loudoun Street Fisher Street Whitlock Avenue Dunlap Street Millwood Avenue and Greystone Terrace with lots and improvements and various owners named including Snider Hockman Vincent Fahnestock Bachrach Haden Katunas White Ritter Wheatley and Windle as grantees or grantors.

Warren E. Frank W. B. Snider East Lane Charles W. Webber Anderson Homer E. Hockman Edgar A Vincent Liberty Ave John T. Hurley Jack P. Lindsay Virginia Ave George Fletcher Grover C. Kidwell Franklin Ave Ethel R. Lowery Henry G. Fahnestock S. Loudoun George W. Cross Dorothy F. Bachrach James W. Harden Maude L. Haden Fisher St Nina C. Williams Eugene F. Dearing Whitlock Ave George H. Eagle, Jr George H. Eagle W. Cork B. H. Hamman Kalla S. Yeatras Steve P. Katunas Jefferson St Margaret Marple Shubert J. Elwood White Dunlap St Susan Greyson Lawrence Orin Ritter

Meeting of chamber executives in Harrisonburg

Rep Burr P Harrison and Mr and Mrs Henry Hardenburg left for Harrisonburg to attend a chamber of commerce secretaries and executives meeting. They were joined by Mr and Mrs Nelson Clark of Martinsburg for the conference with Congressman Harrison as luncheon speaker and J P Harpine of Broadway, newly appointed State highway ees for the Staunton district.

Burr P. Harrison Henry Hardenburg Harrisonburg Chamber of Commerce Nelson Clark Martinsburg Congressman Harrison J. P. Harpine Broadway Staunton Disct

Answers to the Daily Quiz Fortieth Edition

The page lists quiz answers including Fortieth, Robert N Denham, True shines by reflected sunlight, a lighthouse, Herbert Hoover, Atom smashing machine, Highty, Suez, Silver, Octopus. It notes a bale of cotton linters yields powder for 100000 bullets and estimates 8609000 acres devoted to rubber plantations in 1938.

Fortieth Robert N. Denham Herbert Clark Hoover

Food grown in poor soil may cause deficiency diseases

Drs DeHart warn that minerals missing from soil transfer to crops and then to people, linking soil quality to national health. They cite thyroid and vitamin issues, plant chlorosis, and animal cases, urging soil replenishment and vigilant health monitoring.

P. H. DeHart Rufus. M. DeHart Virginia

Local Market Prices and Grain Details

Daily corrected local market list shows corn meal prices for 5 lb and 10 lb bags in yellow and white varieties, with 25 lb. sacks noted. Grain prices for new wheat per boat mill vary by moisture content from 14% to 20%, with moisture dependent discounts and a Cumberland area price acceptance.

Agtid Cdam Comberland

DAILY CROSSWORD ACRO puzzle list and clues

A scrambled list of crossword clues and answers covering across and down entries. Includes terms like Roman money hours afresh and many cryptic style hints with various abbreviations and definitions across subjects.

Market Quotations Baltimore Chicago Prices for Hogs Cattle and Eggs

Market reports from Baltimore and Chicago on August 22 show slow steady demand for poultry and eggs with hogs up to 28 50 in Chicago and steady to 25 50 higher in other markets. Cattle and calves are mixed with steady to weak demand amid high temperatures and a softer beef market.

Chicago

Grain futures rise on government crop report and dry weather

Chicago grain prices opened strong as traders reacted to yesterday's government crop report and forecasts of continued dry weather across the main corn belt. Buying focused on corn and wheat around the opening.

Chicago Board of Trade

Market Quietly Replies To Mixed News On Aug Market

Mild recoveries dotted the New York stock list as traders covered shorts and snapped up small gains. Leaders such as U S Steel General Motors Chrysler Goodyear Sperry American Telephone Kennecott Anaconda U S Gypsum American Woolen Standard Oil Southern Railway and C and O posted gains or held near unchanged while laggards included Republic Steel U S Rubber Sears Roebuck Western Union Air Reduction Westinghouse Dow Chemical N Y Central and Great Northern Railway.

New York U.S. Steel General Motors Chrysler Goodyear Sperry American Telephone Kennecott Anaconda U. S. Gypsum American Woolen

Egg and poultry price report from Winchester area

Agriculture Department Markets Division lists F O B Winchester eggs by grade with prices for U S Grade A extra large at .61 per dozen and other grades. pullets and trades at .35 and .39. Live poultry prices show No 1 quality dressing plant rates for heavy breed broilers 32-34¢ per pound, leghorns 20-21¢, old roosters 12-13¢, turkeys 22¢ for young toms and hens under 18 pounds.

Winchester U. S

Grain and commodity futures prices report

Wheat and corn futures quoted with Sep Dec and May July contracts. Oats futures show Sep Dec May and July levels. Lard futures listed for Sep.

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