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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1950
Page
2
New York stocks showed a slight edge to the downside with indecision among traders. U.S. Steel led activity with a fleeting flare and a near one dollar drop while other steel issues fell modestly. The bond market opened mixed and quiet.
Baltimore market notes show assorted produce and fruit prices with little activity in poultry and eggs. Beef brisket and apples rise with several varieties listed by region, while peaches and potatoes are dull and receipts for butter and poultry are light.
Baltimore and Chicago markets report mixed movements. Cattle: salable 1900 in Baltimore, steers strong to high, cows steady, calves top 34.00. Hogs: 1000 head, generally steady with sow gains, prices varying by weight. Sheep: 150 head, market nominally steady with spring lambs around 28.00.
Chicago markets opened with wheat firm on the Board of Trade while oats corn rye and soybeans held steady. Wheat contracts led with Dec Mar and May prices, while soybeans moved higher for Nov Jan Mar and May. Lard futures showed slight morning variation across Sep Oct Nov and Dec maturities.
Sales directory lists auctions including Thomas L. Clarke north of Boyce with antiques on Sept 2 at 1 p.m. Joseph C. Miler estate sale Sept 9 at noon in front of Frederick County Court House with real estate on Indian Hollow Road. John W. Costello sale Sept 16 at 11 a.m. at Frederick County Court House with real estate at 315 E Piccadilly Winchester. Herbert Larrick trustee sale Sept 15 noon in front of the county court house estate off Front Royal Road.
Film star Ginger Rogers tries a tennis court test in Forest Hills New York during a celebrities tournament before teaming with net star Frank Shields in the National Mixed Doubles.
Johnny Cather the nine year old son of Joseph R. Cather Sr. wins the Winchester Dr Pepper Crown Saving Contest ending July 31 1950. He will receive 25 Capitol Theatre tickets and may be eligible for a national award notified by John Wayne.
Grain and feed prices updated for local markets including flour corn meal and barley. Butter lard and soybean oil futures quoted with monthly contracts and wholesale rates noted.
The Agriculture Department lists tomorrow’s egg prices for U S Grade A eggs and other classifications. It notes live poultry prices paid by Winchester area dressing plants for No 1 quality producers, including Leghorn hens and broilers, with figures for heavy breed hens and various turkey and duck categories.
Mr T F Simpson at the Post Office announces Civil Service examinations for telephone work positions with the Rural Electrification Administration.
Portsmouth New Hampshire guests at Wentworth by the Sea Hotel voted 121 to 89 against Owen Lattimore which led to the cancellation of his Sunday night talk on The Situation in Asia. James B. Smith said 210 of 350 guests participated while 140 did not return ballots. Lattimore said he was vacating his Johns Hopkins post and noted he was cleared of espionage charges after McCarthy-era accusations.
Packard raises wages nine cents an hour to settle a 13 day strike by 8,000 workers. A five year contract mirrors General Motors UAW terms. The move follows Chrysler's large annual boost and tightens the auto industry pay picture with Ford still outside the pattern. The Packard deal includes a four cent annual rise for workers and a five cent cost of living increase.
A reader questions topics from state capitals by size to the earliest civil engineering courses in the United States. Answers note Carson City as the smallest capital, Boston’s population ranking, Wilde's Profundis manuscript folds, and Norwich University’s 130 year history from 1819.
The won is the name of the South Korean currency. Seven hundred won is about equal to forty.
A gardener finds a once puny vine suddenly rich with grapes after roots reach a distant spring. The message compares this to Jesus as a well of life that, when found, empowers believers to grow fruitfully. Growth comes from tapping spiritual resources, yielding a harvest of sixty and a hundredfold.
Frederick County principals met with Superintendent R. E. Ayler to review plans for the 1950 51 term opening Friday. A general teachers and principals meeting at James Wood School is set for Thursday before the first student sessions on September 1. Labor Day provides a holiday after a full day Friday.
Funeral services for Frances Robinson Kennedy 79 will be held at Christ Episcopal Church at 10 30 a m Wednesday. She died yesterday at 24 W Piccadilly Street and will be buried in Washington D C. She was widow of William Ruppert Kennedy and niece of James H Gridley. She leaves a daughter Mrs Johannes A L van den Bosch of New York City.
The page lists ten quiz answers including 32 degrees Fahrenheit Richard Wagner Bird false about blooming Mary Pickford quote After a while he went away Louis F. Budenz awkward at bowling William Howard Taft and Marie Emile de Aodat.
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