Motors win Army order spurs market gains
Market activity in York on December 16 showed indecision with several issues holding near the previous close. Continental Motors rose after Detroit news that it secured an $18.8 million initial engines order from the Army ordnance department while mining and several major stocks edged higher or held steady.
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York
Motors
Detroit
Army Ordnance Department
E Mining
Republic Steel
Chrysler
United Aircraft
Kennear Copper
Westinghouse Electric
International Paper
Southern Pacific
Chicago Grains Mixed as Prices Move in Early Trading
Grain prices opened with corn steady to firm and wheat soybeans showing small moves. December oats 822, May 1654, rye May 1.67, soybeans December 2.57, March 59, May 2.56. Lard January 16.62, May 16.67. A question notes Carl C. Megee of Oklahoma invented the park meter with Oklahoma City hosting the first installation on July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl C. Megee
Oklahoma
Okla
Oklahoma City
Agricultural market report from Baltimore and Chicago uplifts
Baltimore and Chicago cattle and hog markets show varied prices for apples poultry eggs and meat. Steady apple bids with assorted sizes and varieties listed alongside notable pork and beef quotes. receipts include butter and egg totals. Cattle and hogs offer ranges by weight with steers calves hogs sows and feeders priced, while lambs and sheep show demand remains steady.
Cattle and Sheep Market Prices Then Current
Good choice and choice 1112 lb fed steers at 30. Bulk medium and good steers 22 to 27.50. Medium and good heifers 21 to 27. Medium and good beef cows 18 to 19.50. Cann ers and cutters 14 to 16.75. Sausage bulls 23 down. Medium and good vealers 28 to 31. Choice to 32. Bulk feeding steers and yearlings 19 to 25. Salable sheep 2200. Most good and choice natives and fed lambs 24.25 to 25. Only choice light lambs at 25. Three decks 100 lb good to choice fed yearlings wethers 22.75. Ewes 10.75 down.
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Baltimore
Chicago
Wethers
Eggs and live poultry prices reported for Winchester
Agriculture Department Markets Division lists U S Grade A extra large eggs at 55 cents and large eggs at 53 cents per dozen. Medium eggs 48. Live poultry prices include heavy breed hens 29 cents per pound, leghorn hens 23 cents, leghorn broilers 2 to 2 1/2 pounds 23 cents, rock and cross broilers 30 cents, young turkey hens 53 cents, young toms 53 cents, No 2 hens 49 cents, old guineas 35 cents, young guineas 40 cents.
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Winchester
U. S
Mae Sloman Srtesereceses
Old Guineas Sokeenseo
Young Guineas
Local Market Prices and Feed Rates Snapshot
Local markets list daily corrected prices for flour corn meal and grain. Items shown include No 2 yellow corn at 1.75 per bushel New wheat moisture under 14 at 2.10 per bushel and various feeds such as Egg mash 20 at 4.45 and Cracked corn 100 lb bag at 3.60.
Apples Shipping Point Prices and Market Slowdown
Federal State Market News Service notes slow demand in Winchester Martinsburg apples with shipping point sales. USI baskets rise to 242 in, Yorks car at 2.60, Red Romes scarce at 3.00, wrapped Red Romes 88s scarce at 3.50. Also includes a medical chart finding boys have larger heads than girls at all ages by two University of California Medical School physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
Winchester- Martinsburg
University of California Medical School
Answers to Daily Quiz Correct options listed
Answers printed on Page 4 reveal the daily quiz solutions: 1 Prince of Edinburgh 2 Fort Knox Ky 3 Pound of avocados 4 Garnet 5 Hideki Tojo 6 California 7 Roy Rogers 8 False 9 Edgar Kennedy age 58 10 Neither of the girls was promoted.
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Prince of Edinburgh
Fort Knox, Ky
Garnet
Hideki Tojo
California
Roy Rogers
Edgar Kennedy
Death of Gore resident H. Sirbaugh at 84
S Harvey Sirbaugh, 84, died at home in Gore. He was a farmer and carpenter, member of Capon Bridge Methodist Church, and married Minnie Belle Keckley in 1889. Survived by children in Winchester and John Day, Ore, plus ten more relatives. Second wife Marjorie McKeever survives. Services Saturday at Griffin Funeral Home with officiants from Winchester and Gore Baptist Church. interment Fairview Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Harvey Sirbaugh
Gore
John R
Mary C. McKee Sirbaugh
Capon Bridge
Sirbaugh
Methodist Church
Minnie Belle Keckley
Harry Lee Sirbaugh
Carson Miller
Winchester
James Brill
John Day, Ore
Yule Decorations Must Be Fireproof Warns Chief Barr
Fire Chief Taylor Barr warned that flammable Christmas decorations risk fires this holiday season. He cited past tragedies including a 1999 Christmas party death in St Johns Newfoundland and urged use of nonflammable glass or metal decor and fireproof snow. He also advised keeping decorations away from smoke sources, using ceiling placements, avoiding candles, and ensuring curtains are kept clear of lights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Barr
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Hayworth and Kahn Head for Europe
Actress Rita Hayworth sails to Europe aboard the Britannic with Aly Khan, son of the Aga Khan, amid renewed romance speculation. The pair travel together as the liner departs New York.
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New York
Rita Hayworth
Europe
Aly Khan
Aga Khan
Retail dollar split among commodities in early 1948
The first half 1948 retail dollar allocation shows food 24.8 percent, automobiles 12.9, general merchandise 12.9, wearing apparel 7.6, building materials 8.3, hardware 8.3, eating and drinking 9.8, drugs 2.9, filling stations 4.9, jewelry 1.0, liquor 1.4, all other retail stores 8.3 with repairs and other categories noted.
First U.S. Night Train Opens West Virginia Route
The first night train in the United States ran through West Virginia on the Baltimore and Ohio Railway in 1848.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Farm Auction Listings Two Sales Hit Smithfield and Winchester
December 17 sale at Harry Butler Farm Smithfield Ave offers horses cattle and farm machinery. January 5 sale at E B Taylor Welltown Pike four miles from Winchester includes dairy cows farm equipment and household goods.
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Harry Butler
Smithfield Ave
E. B. Taylor
Welltown Pike
Winchester
Mrs. A. Whetzel Dies at 65 in Stephens City
Mrs. Alice Lee Whetzel 65 widow of Isaac Whetzel died 11:40 p.m. yesterday at her Stephens City home after years of declining health. Survived by nine children including Mrs. Garrett Frye and Walter Whetzel, two sisters and multiple half siblings, 17 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral set for Mt Zion church Arkansas W. Va with interment at the adjacent cemetery.
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Alice Lee Whetzel
Isaac Whetzel
Stephens City
Thomas and
Mary Bett Reynolds
Baker
W. Va
Paul Garrett
Paul Frye
Winifred Thorpe
Wardensville
Arnold Sirk
Daphna
Claude Funkhouse
Floyd Reynolds
Needmore
Stanley
Roosevelt Reynolds
Lutheran Church
Toms Rook
Omps Funeral
Mt. Zion Church
Arkansas
E. C. Day
John
Henry Slater
Carl
Cecil
Guy
Tom Funkhouser
Almanac Ready By First of Year
Almanac 1949 offers dates weather government activity Congress governors and more in a compact reference. Limited edition priced 25 cents postpaid from The Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau, Washington DC.
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Congress
Winchester Evening Star Information Bureau
Eye St
N. E
Washington, D. C
DeHaven Sunnyside Farmer dies in 82nd year
Romanus DeHaven Sunnyside 82 farmer died at Winchester hospital after five weeks illness. Born Gainesboro son of late DeHaven family, married Miss Loy of death in 1918. Survived by three children and two sisters. Interment at Chestnut Grove Methodist church near Gainesboro Saturday after 2:30 p m services at Omps funeral home officiated by Rev. James S. Ducknall. Flowers omitted per family request.
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Romanus
Tutch) DeHaven
Sunnyside
Winchester Hospital
Gainesboro
Jonathan DeHaven
Frederick County
Manthy Loy
Lester Funkhouser
John DeHaven
James DeHaven
Linden Heights
Mary Bohrer
DeHaven
Lon Strother
Elsie Bowers
Chestnut Grove Methodist Church
Omps Funeral Home
James S. Ducknall
Stephens City High School Accredited Again in 1948 49
Stephens City High School in Virginia is listed as accredited for the 1948 49 session. Principal Paul D Beable received the notice in a letter from Woodrow W Wilkinson state supervisor of secondary education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens City High School
Virginia
Paul D. Beable
Woodrow W. Wilkinson
Inductees to Have Christmas at Home
Five city and county men saved from reporting for induction yesterday by directive from State Selective Service cancels calls during the Christmas holiday. They will report on December 30, it was learned today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service
Kline and Miller F Kline Born in Harrisburg
Kline born September 1, 1914 in Harrisburg. He graduated Strasburg High School in 1933. Before induction he was an agent for Peoples Life Insurance Co in Berryville. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Sunday at St Pauls Lutheran Church Strasburg.
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Strasburg High School
St. Kline
Peoples Life Insurance Co
Berryville
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Strasburg
Lt. Frederick Kline Jr. Rites Return And Reinterment
The body of 1st Lt. Frederick Kline Jr. killed in action at Awkland Germany on November 6 1944 has been returned to Strasburg and will be reinterred Sunday afternoon in Riverview Cemetery. Kline is the son of Mrs Effie R
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Kline, Jr
Awkland
Germany
Strasburg
Riverview Cemetery
Kline
Effie R
Hungarians Tell U S to Mind Its Own Business
Budapest on December 16 reports Hungary rejected an American protest over seizure of American owned oil properties. The Hungarian note asked the United States to mind its own business and defend its sovereignty.
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Budapest
Hungary
U. S. State Department
Bunting Named in World Biography Sketches
Former Winchester resident Earl Bunting, vice president and director of Fleitman Textile Corp., is included in World Biography which lists sketches of 40,000 living men and women. The source notes Mark Twain coined the epigram quoted.
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Winchester
Earl Bunting
Fleitman Textile Corp
World
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Berryville Lumber Co., Inc
Usis
Golden Delicious
Jonathans
Lowry
Romes
Staymans
US Utility
Yorks
Clearbrook
John M. Hepfer
F. T. Kelster
County Court House
South Loudoun Street
Herbert S. Larrick
F. T. Keiter
John W. Rosenberger
Agriculture Dept. Markets Division
Winchester Seed CO
N. Cameron St
H. Sirbaugh
Barr
Hayworth and Kahn
M.T.E
Silver King Tractors
Barr’s Orchard & Farm Supply
A. Whetzel
State
Washington, D.C
Romanus DeHaven
Stephens City HS
Signs OF the Times
Glaize & Bro
Heatwolk Motor CO
Braddock St
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen St
Best Car
DeSoto
Lamp Motor CO
Henry T. Goode
Rouss Ave
Kline Rites
G. Adams Esso Station
Cln A
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Mark Twain
Pine Motor CO
Prestline
Gibson
Buncutter Tire CO
S. Braddock & Germain
Sts
Frick Saw Mills
Martinsburg Pike
Northern Virginia Power CO
Loudoun S& Phone
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