Penny Postcard Dies at Midnight and Postal Rate Hikes
The penny postcard ends after tonight as rates rise to fund the post office red ink. Changes include parcel post weight and size cuts, higher special delivery and registered mail fees, and a staged 30 percent second class increase starting April 1 1953 with further 10 percent steps in 1954. Additional Q and A notes mention the 12 mile circle center defining Delaware boundary and a 1704 Wilding date.
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America
Belle Toll
Sstmaster
Carl Campbell
United States
Real estate sale notices in Winchester January auction list
Jan 4 at noon and Jan 5 at 1 pm sales advertised by Herbert 8 Trustee Irontick County Court House on North Braddock St Winchester for real estate, furniture and household goods owned by Ralph and Helen Crozet from Nain Va.
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Herbert
Irontick County Court House
North Braddock St
Winchester
Ralph & Helen Crozet
Nain
Birthday of Gen George Catlett Marshall
AP News notes Gen. George Catlett Marshall born December 31 1880 in Uniontown Pennsylvania. He directed U S mobilization training and strategy as Army chief of staff in World War II and later served as President Truman's envoy to China and as secretary of state and defense. He resides in Leesburg Virginia.
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George Catlett Marshall
Uniontown
United States
Truman
China
Leesburg
Mrs. Clara May Dawson Rites Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara May Dawson of Ridge West Virginia were held Saturday at 2 p m at Union Chapel E U B Church in Ridge. Rev F C Day officiated. Pallbearers included Harry Havermale Ray Havermale Rumsey Unger Carroll Ambrose Ernest Michael Glastone Mitcham. Interment followed in Union Chapel Cemetery.
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Clara May Dawson
Ridge
W. Va
Zeller Bageant
Albin
Union Chapel
Local Markets Report Amid Grain and Feed Prices
Market notes show daily grain and corn prices with figures for white corn at 2.05 per bushel and other feeds listed. The text records price points for egg mash and bran, reflecting standard commodities traded by mills and farmers.
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Corb Cncsceeserse
Market Quotations New York Stocks Slow Trading
Trading was slow on the New York stock market with many leading issues absent from the tape at opening. Monsanto Chemical rose 3 percent on 1,500 shares to 105 while American Cyanamid gained about a point to around 119 with little trading. Other movers included Standard Oil NJ Texas Co Santa Fe Commonwealth Edison Allied Chemical Du Pont General Electric American Woolen and United Aircraft.
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New York
Monsanto Chemical
American Cyanamid
Standard Oil
Texas Co
Santa Fe
Commonwealth Edison
Allied Chemical
du Pont
General Electric
American Woolen
United Aircraft
Winchester Egg and Live Poultry Prices Menu
USDA egg market details with U.S. Grade A extra large to C, plus live poultry prices in Winchester area. Heavy hens leghorn rocks and broilers listed by weight and class. prices per pound for toms ducks and guineas.
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Winchester
Ssaecereerees
Beltsville
Livestock Market Report Baltimore and Chicago Notes
Receipts include slaughter steers and stocker cattle with prices largely steady versus last Thursday. Cattle: top slaughter steers 1115 to 1181. Prices for cows and heifers mixed. calves and feeders show steady to firm tone. Hogs: slow activity, prices mostly higher on barrows and gilts. sows firmer. Sheep: light pool, lambs steady. ewes absent. Chicago hogs: bulk choice 170-220 lb butchers 18.50-18.75, lighter weights varied, sows 15.00-16.25.
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Baltimore
USDA
Chicago
Market Report Highlights Livestock Prices
The daily market shows salable cattle at 16 000 head and calves at 400 with high prime steer loads around 38.25 39.00 and primes 36.25 38.00. Heifers fetch 31.00 35.75 with cows 19.00 24.50 and bulls 26.50 30.00. Sheep total 4 500 with load choice full wool around 108 fed yearlings 25.50 and slaughter ewes 12.00 15.50.
Chicago Grains Open Higher Amid Saturday Liquidation
Chicago Grains opened easy continuing Saturday liquidation on the Board of Trade. Active dealings followed with wheat, corn, oats and soybeans posting varied opening prices across March May and July contracts.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Jly
David A. Brodie Dies in Florida at 84
David A. Brodie 84 of Avon Park Florida died at the Poinsettia Hotel after a brief illness. Born July 28 1867 in Peterborough Ontario he lived in Oregon and graduated from Washington State College and Oregon Agricultural College. He worked in Washington DC 1903 1926 and was superintendent at St Elizabeth Hospital Farm and Dairy 1926 until retirement. Survivors include two sisters in Tacoma and a niece in Arlington. Funeral Wednesday at Omps Funeral Home with Dr E T Clark officiating. Interment Mt Hebron Cemetery.
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David A. Brodie
Avon Park
Fla
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Washington
Brodie
Florida
Jennie B. Elder
Annie Hackworth
Tacoma
Wash
Margaret A. Francis
Arlington
Omps Funeral
E. T. Clark
Walter Potts
John Deving
Claude Grove
Garland Potts
Harold Adams
Wilbur Kern
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Winchester Youth Rang in New Year with Watch Night Service
United Youth Council hosts city wide New Year Eve party at First Baptist and Watch Night Service in the sanctuary. Entertainment led by Patsy Wheeler with refreshments by Kitty Clark. Service theme Christian Concern led by Wilbur Kersey with musical items and Richard Eaton singing The Lord's Prayer. Service ends at midnight.
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United Youth Council
Miller House
Patsy Wheeler
Kitty Clark
First Baptist Church
Margaret Duckwall
Elizabeth Grim
Wilbur Kersey
Jimmy Clark
Katherine Womeldorff
Freda Seldon
Richard Eaton
Malotte
The
Ministerial Association
Tallulah Bankhead Wart Watch New York Bomb Threat
Tallulah Bankhead went on the air despite a bomb threat to Center Theater in New York. Police searched the theater for 24 hours as the NBC Big Show star faced a court case over her former secretary Evyleen Cronin’s conviction for raising her checks.
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New York
Tallulah Bankhead
Center Theater
Miss Bankhead
National Broadcasting Company
Evyleen Cronin
New Year Hopes Amid War Threats and UN Message
North German coast residents vow protests near Knechtsand Sandsand as Britain eyes the area as a RAF target replacing Heligoland. In closed Europe, Christmas ended quietly with New Year revels dampened by peace hopes. UN chief Trygve Lie, in Paris, urges cheer and confidence while warning a third world war remains a haunting risk and calls for UN effectiveness.
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Knechtsand-Sandsandbank
Heligoland
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Paris
Christmas Delays Hit 200 In Snowbound Atlanta Idaho
Boise Idaho report says about 200 residents of Atlanta Idaho are snowbound since December 22 with 22 sacks of mail including Christmas gifts awaiting delivery. Attempts to fly in mail were blocked by snow storms and slides on Arrowrock creating a total communications blackout. Local officials note residents are accustomed to isolation and are likely well stocked.
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Boise
Idaho
Atlanta
Boise River
Carl Whitmore
Bradley Field
ROK Urges U N Stand Firm Against Reds in 1952
Foreign Minister Pyun Yong Tai urged the United Nations to stand firm and fight on rather than seek a truce. He called armistice talks at Panmunjom a mystery and warned Communists seek more concessions. Pyun predicted renewed North Korean attacks and said small nations might surrender rather than resist.
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Pusan
Korea
Pyun Yong Tai
Republic of Korea
United Nations
Pyun
Panmunjon
U N
U. N
South Korea
Holiday Party Slaying Leaves Two Women Dead in Santa Monica
In Santa Monica two nurses, Mrs. Anne Symington and Mrs. Margaret Cramer, were shot dead at a holiday bungalow. Paul Beck collapsed at officers' feet as they arrived. his wife is a patient at the nurses’ sanitarium. Misener, a 34 year old aircraft worker, was arrested after Beck provided information. Beck had gunshot and knife wounds.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Murr
Anne Symington
Margaret Cramer
Cramer
Paul M. Beck
Goleta
Beck
Asst
Charles Horn
Merton C. Misener
Fire on Cameron Street Suppressed Quickly
Four local fire companies answered a 1:30 p.m. call to extinguish a chimney fire at Ora Bailey’s house 368 Cameron St. The blaze was promptly controlled with no damage.
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Ora Bailey
Cameron St
Answers to the I Q Quiz From Page Four
The page lists solutions to ten questions. Massachusetts Winston Churchill and Eisenhower are named, with related facts about the Constitution, form of government, origins, and a distress signal among other items.
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Massachusetts
Winston Churchill
Congress
Union
City
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Denmark
South America
DAILY CROSSWORD CLUES LISTING FOR NATIVE ARABIAN
Afresh. Refreshes. Arrange in a line fit to the shape the show.
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Call Jones
Gen. Marshall
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Christopher Columbus
Martinsburg Pike
John W. Rosenberger
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Pval
Harry W. Aikens
Clearbrook, VA
ROK
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P. W. Plumly Lumber Corp
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I. Q
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