Family Burned to Death in West Virginia Cottage Fire
A Morgantown hospital report said Mrs. Leona Reckart 25 and her two daughters aged four and Veronica died in a Hazelton Preston County cottage fire. Ward Reckart 26 and son Ward Jr 7 were critically burned and transported for treatment.
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Kingwood
W. Va
Hazelton
Preston County
Leona Reckart
Veronica
Ward Reckart
Ward, Jr
Morgantown
For Sale Listings and Movie Czar Nickname
Classified notices show multiple for sale items including a nine room bungalow with land near Winchester and a 1939 Lincoln Zephyr sedan. Also offered are oranges grapefruits and pecans with contact details. A trivia note asks who is called the Czar of the Movies noting Eric A. Johnston as president of the Motion Picture Association.
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Forest Glenn
Indian Hollow
Winchester
E. C. Brumback
E. A. Strout Realty Agency, Inc
Middletown
Stephens City
J. Phil Bowman
Eric A. Johnston
The
Motion Picture Association
Local Markets Prices and Poultry Feed Listings
A dense price list for local markets shows various bag weights and product types. It lists patent brands, corn meal, feeds, poultry items, flour, butter, and egg market terms with unit prices and vague descriptors.
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Ea Bsavevass
Ayer
Chicago grain quotations open steady in light trade
Chicago December 24 grain futures opened about steady with Wheat Mar at 2.01 3/4 to 2.01 7/8, Wheat May 1.92 3/8 to 1.92 1/2, July 1.76 1/8. Corn Jan 1.31 to 1.30 7/8, Mar 1.39, May 1.38 1/2. Oats Mar 75 75 1/8, May 69. Barley and lard had no early trading.
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Chicago
In Memoriam and Notice of Administration in Virginia
A Christmas memory poem for PFC Robert L. Jenkins and a legal notice by Mrs. Vera Larrick seeking transfer of $4 060 03 from the estate of William A Larrick to herself as administratrix, dated November 30 1946, Winchester Virginia.
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Pfc
Robert L. Jenkins
France
Virginia
Michie
William A. Larrick
Commercial and Savines Bank of
Winchester
Wm. A
W. A Larrick
Vera Larrick
Stock Market Mixed on Christmas Eve Activity
Scattered pockets of resistance appeared in the New York market as pre holiday apathy set in. Declines persisted into the afternoon with light year end tax moves and retroactive pay demands weighing on sentiment. Better performers included Webster Tobacco and American Telephone while U S Steel and General Motors lagged and bonds moved unevenly.
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New York
Webster Tobacco
American Woolen
Bethlehem
Standard Oil
Douglas Aircraft
Goodyear
American Telephone
U. S. Steel
General Motors
U. S. Rubber
Montgomery Ward
Woolworth
Sears Roebuck
Schenley
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Chesapeake and Ohio
Western “A
Anaconda
du Pont
North American
U. S. Gypsum
Noma Electric
Pantepec
St. Regis Paper
Consolidated Steel
International Petroleum
First Picture by Radio From Jerusalem Shown in New York
The first direct radio image from Jerusalem to New York shows the start of the Christmas procession from Jerusalem to Bethlehem. AP photographer J Walter Green captured the moment as signals were relayed via London to RCA in New York, completing transmission in seven minutes.
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New York
Jerusalem
Associated Press
Bethlehem
J. Walter Green
Cable and Wireless
London
RCA
Livestock Prices Edge Higher at Chicago Markets
Trading at Chicago markets shows hogs 8 000 salable, 15 000 total with 240 pounders at 23.75 to 24.00, top 24.00. Cattle and calves steady to firm with 1,100–1,200 pound steers at 16.50 to 20.00, top 29.00. cows and bulls mostly higher. Sheep and lambs active, slaughter lambs up about 25 cents, natives and westerns around 22.75 to 23.00 for larger lots.
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Chicago
USDA
Egpst
Train collision injures several near Suffolk station
Three people were hospitalized for injuries after a light freight locomotive collided with a Seaboard Air Line passenger train on a curve near Suffolk passenger station. Five others were treated and released.
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Seaboard Air Line Railway
Suffolk
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Saesen
George Washington Gtel
Frances Gannon
Juai
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Calvin Beween
Winnester Memorial Hospital
Jane
George Washington Hotel
Dial
California
Dunlap Ave
Canaries
E .W. Armstrong Company
E. Piccadillys St
Veteran’s Wood Yard
Clyde Offord
Cross Junction
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Dia
Albert DeHaven
Parlett’s
Gainesboro
Baylass and DeHaven
Hable’s Real State
Little Mountain
Raceburg
City
John Lamb, Sr
Lloyd Martin
Margaret Fauver
Anna B, Butler
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Alonzo Ball
Miller’s Drug Store
SS Ee Ee Elie EE Ieee
Ed Molden
Lillian Johnson
Richard Lineburg
Richard Howard
Wade Guard, Jr
Frank Seal
John Yowell
Homer Kerns
John Dunn, Jr
Charles Strosnider
Wilfred Trenary
Richard Adams
Charles Snider
Roy Rudolph
Bill Forney
Orvin Brown
Molden
Patsy Adams
Janie Johnson
Richard Renner
Elwood Kern
Kenneth Adams
Lewis McDonald
Hugh Emmons
Helge Anderson
Warren Long
Staroes
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Neveee Gony
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Memoriam
Pete
Vounge Ma
Myrtle Jenkins
Merry Christmas
J. G. Holsinger & Son
Superport
Martal Plane
Tec Eppeerance
Buncutter Tire CO
Braddock & Germain
Stock Market Report
Chicago Livestock
E. Earl Mason
Hagerstown
Strauss
Hager House
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Clarke County
Er Dill
America
Winchester, Virginia
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