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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1944
Page
3
The Woodmen of the World donate $10 and the local AFL Trades and Union Council gives $25 to help buy games for the S. 5 Winchester Victory, to be launched next year.
The Star pledges thorough reporting on local events national affairs and world news for comprehensive daily coverage. Readers can expect timely updates concise summaries and in depth reporting across all sections.
Edward Parrill of 27 W Cork Street was jailed 12 days and fined 125 for driving while intoxicated and driving with a revoked license. He received 100 dollars and costs and six months jail on the first count, suspended to all but 10 days. A two day sentence plus 25 dollars and costs applied for the revoked license offense. This is his third drunken driving offense, with prior detentions in two states.
A freezing rain fell noon today in Winchester and vicinity creating icy roads and sidewalks. Highway official F M Yellett urged cautious driving as crews began sanding dangerous slopes and hills. The forecast calls for a warm change Thursday and locals report icy conditions with slow traffic and no police accidents.
Mrs. Jessie Catherine Dixon 37 wife of George C. Dixon died of a heart attack in a Washington hospital after being stricken near midnight Monday. Born in Martinsburg April 25 1907 she lived in Winchester since 1909 and worked for Pittsburgh Plate Glass. Funeral services set for Sunday at 11 AM at Jones Funeral Home with Mt Hebron Cemetery interment.
The Navy Department states that a former senior grade lieutenant honorably discharged may wear his Navy or military uniform at his own wedding if the ceremony is a military or naval wedding.
Baltimore market notes apples unchanged poultry firm eggs 2018 cases butter 62328 pounds. Chicago hogs salable 13000 total 21000 fairly active fully steady with various price ranges for barrows gilts and yearlings. cattle salable 10000, calves 1000, bulk 13.75 16.50 top 17.40. sheep 8000 to 10000 with lambs and yearlings priced. steadiness in dealers and stocker trades.
New York trading opened with heavy selling in rails and industrials, driving major names down by more than two points. Atlantic Coast Line dropped over three points before rebounding, with declines also seen in Santa Fe Southern Pacific Southern Railway Great Northern Northern Pacific U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler Goodyear U S Rubber Johns Manville Eastman Kodak and Texas Industries. Bonds and commodities weakened as lower prices appeared for Cities Service American Gas & Electric Automobile Products and Ryan Aero.
Local markets are correct daily but The Star disclaims responsibility for typographical errors that may occur in listings.
Prices listed for various livestock categories show ranges for fat and stock cattle, cutter cows, low grade cows, calves, lambs, fat ewes, heavy hogs, shoats, pigs, and related items. Notable figures include calves top around 18, hogs and pigs near 2.50 up, and lambs priced 7.50 to 14.00 per head.
The fragment lists various bag sizes and prices for Patent Brand feeds including 10 lb per cwt and 25 lb per cwt options, with references to 48 lb and 8 98 lb bags per bbl. It mentions corn meals and middlings with unclear pricing and several garbled phrases.
Chicago traders saw wheat and rye rise up to eight tenths of a cent while oats gained about one to two cents at the open. May and other contracts for wheat, corn, oats, and rye posted varying opening prices as markets reflected a tight supply. A separate note estimates roughly 4.4 million servicemen and women voted in the last presidential election.
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