Polio Cases Reach Historic Virginia High
Virginia reports 547 polio cases with ten new diagnosed yesterday. A Buchanan County case was reclassified as not polio. Southwest Virginia counties Bland and Giles delay school openings to September 11 to curb spread. Wythe County remains hot spot with 157 cases since July 1.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Health Department
Buchanan County
Bland
Giles
Wythe County
Wythe
Girl Has Hair Taken Out of Her Stomach
An eight year old Bland County girl in Bluefield W V underwent surgery to remove a large lump of matted hair from her stomach. Doctors called the condition rare and said it resulted from the girl pulling hair from her head and swallowing it. Parents said they had tried to stop the habit.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Bland County
State Police Gird For Holiday Weekend
Virginia State Police prepared for 10 hour patrols over Labor Day weekend as the 1950 highway toll reached 561 fatalities. Col W Woodson Jr urged voluntary strict traffic law observance to combat fatigue, alcohol, heavy traffic and haste that threaten holiday travel.
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Richmond
Virginia
Old Dominion
W. Woodson
Governor's Highway Safety Committee
Passenger Files Suit Against Steamer Firm
Benjamin F. Butler seeks a $40 000 attachment against the Baltimore Steam Packet Company's passenger steamer City of Norfolk. He alleges he was assaulted and tortured by crewmen while aboard en route to Norfolk on September 3. Butler admits he was noisy and intoxicated but says he was unduly manhandled and tied to a pillar in the freight compartment, remaining there most of the night with a broken leg.
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Norfolk
Baltimore Steam Packett Company
City of Norfolk
Bulmere
Benjamin F. Butler
Circuit Court of
U. S. District Court
Butler
44 Witnesses Called For Contempt Case In King George
In King George County 44 witnesses were summoned for the contempt of court trial of Commonwealth's Attorney Horace T. Morrison. John D. Butzner Jr. led 30 witnesses for the prosecution Fred ericksburg attorney. 14 more were summoned by Defense Counsel Duval Radford, Bedford delegate. Judge Leon M. Bazile presided over the case arising from a letter Morrison sent to Governor Battle alleging judicial misconduct.
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King George
King George County
Bazile
Sports Roundup Glimpses Of Pennant Race And Oddities
New York reports a tense pennant race with possible midweek games for baseball and football schedule shuffles to avoid infield wear. Willie Pep drinks beer to boost weight for fights. Cincinnati bans Sunday baseball, Reds arrested for fines in 1891, now seen as oddities. Navy golf pro converts lefties to righties, prompting jokes about starboard lists.
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Hugh Fullerton, JR
New York
Manthile
Detroit
Green Bay
Baseball
Yankees
Detroit Lions
Tigers
Cleveland Browns
Football Giants
Philadelphia Eagles
Shibe Park
Willie Pep
Cincinnati
Reds
Bobby Williams
Naval Academy
Rams Television Test Promises Televised Showdown
Los Angeles Rams face a high profile acid test against the champions the Philadelphia Eagles in an exhibition telecast. Expected crowd 25 000 versus earlier non televised games drawing over 95 000 and 16 000 for a Chicago game. The Rams hold a television contract worth 575 000 dollars for 15 games including nine live California telecasts.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Rams
Rams
Philadelphia, Eagles
Ram
Washington Redskins
California
Services for Guy Funkhouser Held at Fairfax Church
Funeral services for Guy Clark Funkhouser 70 steel mill worker of Fairfax were held at the Baptist Church in Fairfax with interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Survivors include his widow Hortensie White Funkhouser three daughters Mrs Sterling Swart Mrs Guy Flynn and Mrs Alda Hutton two sons Lester and Curtis Funkhouser two grandchildren four sisters and two brothers.
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Guy Clark Funkhouser
Fairfax
Fawcett Gap
Baptist Church
Mount Hebron
Hortensie White Funkhouser
Sterling Swart
Guy Flynn
Alda Hutton
Baltimore
Lester Funkhouser
Roanoke
Curtis Funkhouser
J. E. Sutphin
J. W. Richard
C. L. Funkhouser
Winchester
Anna Funkhouser
Loring Funkhouser
Opequon
Ernest Funkhouser
Market Quotations New York Stocks Quiet Day with Few Moves
An air of quietness hung over the New York stock market with most prices barely changed. Nickel Plate jumped 6 points to 142, a new high this year, while Lockheed rose about a point with a strong six month earnings figure and a growing military order backlog near 431 million dollars. Other leaders such as Standard Steel Spring Western Auto Supply Youngstown Sheet & Tube Boeing and U S Gypsum edged up, but overall trading remained light and bonds were mostly unchanged to slightly lower.
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New York
Standard Steel Spring
Western Auto Supply
Lockheed
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Boeing
Western Union
American Woolen
Murray Corp
Southern Pacific Standard Oil
United Air Lines
U. S. Gypsum
Baltimore Produce and Livestock Prices Mixed Across Staples
Market notes show steady to weak conditions in fruits and vegetables with mixed fruit size values. Poultry demand slow with moderate receipts while eggs hold firm on A large and medians. Cattle and hogs at Baltimore USDA reports reflect steady to strong movement for select steers and varied hog weights.
Chicago grains advance on steady board of trade
Chicago grains edged higher in a continuation of Monday’s upturn. Wheat settled near 2.26 to 2.33 per bushel, corn around 1.46 to 1.53, oats near 0.78 to 0.80, rye around 1.40 to 1.51, soybeans between 2.53 and 2.60, with soy oil trading around 12.95 to 13.05 per unit.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Yankees Bid For A L Lead
New York Yankees face Cleveland in a doubleheader with a chance to seize the AL lead. Detroit holds a slim edge over the Yankees as Cleveland and Boston trail by two games. Casey Stengel names Eddie Ford and Ed Lopat for the Yankees while Lou Boudreau lines up Mike Garcia and either Dick Weik or Jesse Flores for Cleveland.
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New York
New York Yankees
Cleveland
Indians
Detroit Tigers
Boston
Yankees
Detroit
Washington
Tigers
Casey Stengel
Eddie Ford
Ed Lopat
Lou Bkoudreau
Mike Garcia
Dick Weik
Jesse Flores
Market Report: Hog Cattle Lamb Prices From Chicago USDA Trade
Slab bids show hogs steady to weak with tops near 24.80 for choice 240 lb and mixed weights from 20.50 to 24.75. Cattle and calves active with high choices 32.75 to 33.25 for large steers, vealers 27.00 to 33.00, cows mostly 16.00 to 24.50. Slaughter lambs and ewes steady with yearlings up 0.25 and bulk lambs 27.00 to 28.00. Illinois fed about 100 lb yearlings around 25.00.
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Bubkis Usis
Elbertas
J. H. Hales
Pa. Elbertas
Halehavens
N. J. Elbertas
Bracketts
Del
Cobblers
N. J
Bubkts Md
Baltimore
USDA
Chicago
Illinois
Local Markets Corrected Daily Prices for Grain and Feed
Local markets list daily retail prices for flour corn meal and cracked corn as well as 14 per cent content wheat and various feeds. Entries include 5 lb corn meal white 33 cents 5 lb yellow 32 cents 10 lb yellow 55 cents No. 2 old yellow corn 1.70 barley 1.00 New barley 0.50 Feeds include egg mash bran broiler mash cracked corn 100 lb bag and mixed feed 3.80 dollars.
Market Notation Fragments From Historical Page
Readable OCR fragment lists butter wholesale quotes with price markers and dates including Mar May Oct and Dec. A brief item notes commodity pricing codes and page annotations without full context or clear event details.
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Wutter
Oss
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N. Braddock St
Blue Ridge
Channel 4
He-Man
Dad
Plete
Ityub Juniors
Shoecenter, Inc
FRONT
Winchester Jaycees
Guy Funkhouser
Bubkis
A. L
Smithfield Hams
C. E. Wilson
Valley Ave
South Main St
The
Star
North American Assurance Society of Virginia, Inc
George W. Good
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Augusta Military Academy
Fort Defiance, Virginia
Big Boy
Augusta
Staunton
Frederick
G.I
Col. Chas. S$. Roller, Jr
Polio Policy
Kers
Life Agents
North America Assurance Society of Virginia, Inc
Home Office
Richmond, Virginia
J. R. Alexander, Jr
1300 West Main Street
County
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