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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1947
Page
2
The Virginia AMVET group calls for better schoolteacher salaries, arguing pay should match the national average and urging wider adoption by wealthier states to elevate standards.
iC D Dye of Winchester won first prize with a bushel of Southern States Co op hybrid corn in a show. Hayes Monk of Ste City took second with a red ribbon, while E D Funk of Winchester earned third and a white ribbon. Guy Fryeyfield and C R Wolfe of Grim received honorable mention.
Henry T. Goode of American Health Insurance announces expanded hospitalization coverage for Winchester. The plan includes surgeon fees and contagious disease protection at low premiums, with partial restoration of income during illness, and is available to individuals and families as an alternative to employer plans. Approved by Virginia regulators and state commission supervision.
The page lists the daily quiz answers with items such as Baltimore, Oregon with Gov Earl Shell, Howard Hughes, February 11, Sir Oswald Mosley, Beethoven, question 3 no, year 1938, and notes that it is an independent country.
New York stock market leaders mostly resumed a tentative recovery today with small advances and ample exceptions. Trading was active at open due to weekly offerings, then slowed with fractional gains holding. Reinvesting by income taxpayers supported the upturn alongside renewed buying as inflation fears and foreign events stirred skepticism about further gains. Firms showing modest improvement included Youngstown Sheet Bethlehem Steel General Motors Western Union General Electric Pennsylvania Railroad Southern Pacific while losers featured Glenn Martin American Can DuPont Union Carbide Great Northern Railway.
Chicago grain prices edge up in early trading as surrounding markets provide tentative support. Wheat May at 2.97 1/2 to 2.98 with July and Sep listed. Corn Dec at 2.58 3/4 to 2.59, May 2.51 1/4 to 2.?. Lard Dec at 25.80 and Jan at 25.50 as activity remains light.
At the war’s start the record was Joseph N Teal a Liberty ship completed in 10 days by Kaiser shipyards and launched in Portland Oregon on September 23, 1942. These shipyards later lowered the record to three days.
In Winchester Virginia 1947 the Commonwealth court directs nonresident defendants to appear within ten days after publication to protect their interests in a case to determine heirs at law and beneficiaries of Florence L. Denny and Harry L. Denny and to construe their wills. The case lists defendants in multiple states and ends with clerk P J Marshall and attorney James P Reardon.
Market notes from Baltimore and Chicago show mixed movements across apples eggs poultry and livestock. Cattle hogs calves and sheep prices vary with demand light to moderate, firmness on some beef cows and strong hogs for select weights and grades.
The Australian ballot is a secret ballot whose genuineness is state guaranteed. It originated in Louisville Kentucky during a 1888 municipal election. Ballots are cast in simple booth stalls formed by wooden partitions and may include a curtain.
Sales directory notes two auctions: December 17 at 9 30 a m on the Burch Estate located 12 miles north of Swimley Station and 3 miles southwest of Summit Point featuring livestock farming implements. December 19 at 1 p m for Robert Kremer four miles east of Winchester on Route 50 listing livestock farm machinery and household goods.
Daily corrected market list shows No 2 red winter wheat at 2.90 per bu and yellow corn at 2.30 per bu delivered in city. Also lists barley 1.75 per bu soybeans 2.40 per bu and various feeds including egg mash cracked corn and butter prices for retail and wholesale terms.
Agriculture Department Markets Division lists U S Grade A extra large eggs at 0.68 per dozen and medium at 0.53 and 0.52, standards 0.52, pullets 0.42, cracks and checks 0.42, live poultry prices in Winchester area for No 1 quality dressings. Heavy breed hens four pounds at 0.24-0.25 per lb, Leghorns hens 0.17-0.18, broilers 0.32-0.34, old roosters 0.12-0.17, guineas young broilers 2 lbs.
The notice lists poultry prices including guineas at 35 cents each, hens at 45 cents, and young toms at 35 cents. The fragment indicates sale items and unit pricing without additional context.
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