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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1952
Page
3
Detroit reports a heavy cleanup of 1952 model production due to steel strikes. Dealers face reduced end year inventories as plants push tools and some models require factory shutdowns. Ford and Chevrolet still clearing weeks of 1952 output before shifting to next year models.
A fish fry is a social gathering dating from pioneer days. Men catch the fish and start fires while the best portions are prepared. Women and children arrive to find tables under trees with fried fish and vegetables ready to eat.
In Wise Virginia the defense called twelve witnesses to back Police Chief Charles Blair denying bribe links with gamblers. Benny Everidge testified he never heard of protection payoffs and raids increased since Blair became chief. Sylvester Franklin, who run two pool halls, claimed he paid Blair many times. The Ford brothers denied bribery and town manager John Fletcher said the charge was news.
Long Beach California reports Baren C. Wimp a Coast Guard boatswain’s mate who jumped overboard after his wife’s illness and pregnancy. A Washington board cleared him of desertion but found absence without leave for one day, sparing harsh punishment and restoring his rank. He now serves shore duty in San Pedro.
Crossword clues listed in a puzzle page with partial answers and formatting anomalies. Reads like a jammed list of entries for an old daily crossword, including biblical reference, abbreviations, and foreign language hints.
New York market quotations reveal slow trading with mixed directions. Railroads steady, steels unchanged to higher, rubbers and aircrafts mixed, oils up, utilities mixed, with Santa Fe Johns Manville Commonwealth Edison Dow Chemical Sears Roebuck among gainers and United Air Lines Consolidated Edison American Smelting Bethlehem Steel U S Steel Radio Corp among losers. Corporate bonds easing slightly.
The Post Office Department says commemorative stamps were profitable last year with 1952 issues sold through the Philatelic Agency. Revenue figures show one order filled and receipts totaling 1578 dollars.
Livestock and produce prices show US apples and potatoes with mixed gains and declines. Butterward notes include New Jersey and Pennsylvania cobblers and Katahdins with unwashed sizes, sweet potatoes and portobello cans, while poultry markets report steady fryers and short heavy hens. Hog and cattle markets in Baltimore and Chicago reflect tight supplies, mixed bids, and price differentials across weight classes.
Six room brick residence on a four acre lot along U S 11 just south of Winchester. Includes two rooms upstairs and one downstairs, full insulation and weatherstripping. Priced to attract buyers as investment or home. For viewing call J R Alexander at 4202 or 3502.
Livestock buyers showed varied demand with salable cattle 1000 head and calves 300. Slaughter steers and heifers scarce. cows slow and 25 to 50 cents lower. Prime steer yearlings up to 35.00, heifer end 34.00. several loads around 1,025 lb steers 33.25-33.50. Sheep 600 head, lambs weak. slaughter ewes 7.25-9.00. few high grade vealers 26.00-33.00.
Opening bids show Wheat at 2.31 to 2.44 for nearby and far months, Corn around 1.79 to 1.80, Oats near 83 to 89, Soybeans trading 3.23 to 3.12 with several contract months listed. The report notes ongoing grain movement and price changes as markets react to demand and crop conditions.
Blacksburg Virginia. George Litton head of the VPI animal husbandry department advises that every sheep in Virginia receive a dose of phenotic parasite control measure. He says a dosing gun saves time and trouble in giving the recommended dosages. County agents can advise the proper type. Sheepmen with late lambs should separate them from their mothers so the ewes can get rest before the breeding season.
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