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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1947
Page
3
Northern Va. Power Co. leads the A League with 34 points while B and M Poultry trails at 33. Individual top scores include Alonzo Whitlock and Clem Babb both posting 373 in saturday action, with team high games for No. Va. Power and B & S 8.
Life Insurance and several teams displayed strong form in A League action with multiple three game series. Shoe Center defeated Sarah Zane Fire Co while O Sullivan Plant toppled B S Poultry, and Royal Crown Cola swept L M Bases to boost standings. L adies league opens second half with evening play and She ery Drive In Star led with a 151 open frame.
Live chickens at the local produce market rose by one cent today. The advance reflects small price shifts in poultry trading across the city stalls.
Winchester subscribers are urged to contact the STAR office before 7 p m if a copy was not received with a Saturday edition calling before 6 p m if needed.
Public notice outlines a monthly gas billing scheme for residential customers with connected gas refrigerators. It specifies separate charges based on interior refrigerator size and lists various rate figures and tiers for different sizes.
Market notes from Baltimore and Chicago list apple prices by variety and size, poultry and egg market conditions, and cattle, hogs, and sheep prices. Included are receipts, demand levels, and representative price ranges for various weight categories and grades.
In New York on December 31 stocks mostly recovered today with gains across many names. Rails led the advance buoyed by an interim rate boost while Pennsylvania Railroad Atlantic Coast Line Illinois Central Bethlehem Steel Goodrich and Standard Oil NJ topped the list and notable laggards included Loew s National Distillers General Electric Dow Chemical and Pacific Western Oil as the session progressed.
Virginia livestock prices list fat steers to 29.00, heifers up to 25.50, cows 11.50 to 18.50, bulls 15 to 22, veal calves 12 to 32, lambs 12 to 25.90, hogs 19 to 28. Fresh cows and springers priced. vitamin A deficiency linked to night blindness.
Agriculture Dept Markets Division reports prices paid by Winchester area dressing plants for No 1 quality and various classes. U S Grade A eggs range 0.52 to 0.62 per dozen. pullets 0.42. cracks and checks 0.42. Heavy breed hens 0.25–0.26 per lb. leghorn hens 0.18–0.19. broilers 0.24–0.36. old roosters 0.12–0.13. guineas 0.60 per lb for young, 0.35 each old. turkeys all hens 0.48, young toms 0.38.
Chicago grain trading opened mixed with wheat edging higher and feed grains steady. Opening quotes show Wheat Mar at 3.04 3/4 to 3.05, May at 2.97 1/4, July at 2.66 1/2, with corn May around 2.52 1/4 to 2.52 1/2 as activity remained light.
Daily corrected market list shows prices for corn soybeans barley and feeds with wholesale and retail figures. A closing line notes an average motion picture contains about 250000 separate pictures.
The market shows prime and long yearlings at 40.00 with a poor choice at 41, common and medium steers 19 to 25, fed heifers firm, many good to choice 26 to 31. Low-choice heifers topped at 31.50 while mixed high grades reached 36. Cows bulls and vealers stay firm, cutter cows around 14.75 and sausage ball lots to dealers at 32 down.
Services for James Franklin Copp aged 7 days son of Harry and Kathleen Housenfluck Copp of Moorefield West Virginia and Stephens City will be held at 2 PM tomorrow from Jones Funeral Home with Rev Hawkins officiating Interment Mt Hebron Cemetery The infant died Monday at Winchester Memorial Hospital.
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