Grain Prices Rally as Corn Falls and Wheat Recovers
Prices paid for cash grain in Winchester show corn at 2.20 a bushel and wheat at 2.40 a bushel down from last quotes. Chicago futures hit the daily limit of 8 cents for corn and 10 cents for wheat before partial recoveries. Market analysis frames the drop as a temporary bottom and broader adjustment with vegetables, butter, tallow, and grease also moving lower or higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Winchester Milling Co
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago Exchange
New York
New York Exchange
Letter authorizing Kitty Hawk return found in Wright effects
A letter found in the late Orville Wright’s effects authorizes the return of the Kitty Hawk plane from London. The note, dated about 1933, was found by secretary Mable Beck and addressed to E. E. B. Macintosh of the Kensington London Science Museum. It is unclear if the letter was mailed.
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Dayton, O
London
Orville Wright
Rodney M. Love
Love
Mable Beck
E. E. B. Macintosh
Science Museum
Kinsington
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Langely Aerodrome
N and P Style Shoppe Goes Out of Business
Last call tomorrow is the last day for the N and P Style Shoppe liping to close with everything greatly reduced. Also listed are a 1946 Ford Super Deluxe Tudor with radio heater fog lights and slip covers for sale and other ads for popcorn sales at various local addresses.
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Clarence Lewis
Anderson Ave
C. E Babb
Millwood Ave
Neals
Apple Blossom Restauant
Chef Doyle, Jee & Sherman
Apple Blossom
S. Braddock St
Colonial Kitchen
Opening Announc DUTCH VILLAGE Fortifies Dinner Lineup
DUTCH VILLAGE at 814 S Loudoun announces Saturday February 7 1948 opening with working man dinner from 11 a m to 2 p m plus steaks oysters chicken chops and more. ROUSS FIRE CO notices monthly meeting February 6 at 8 p m urging all members to attend with Robert C Legge as president. SARAH ZANE FIRE CO also calls monthly meeting February 6 at 8 p m requesting all members attend led by Captain Loryn M Crabill.
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S. Loudoun
Rouss Fire CO
Charlie Rouss Fire Co
Sarah Zane Fire CO
Atend
Cheaper Meat Cuts Favored by Consumers in Survey
The Associated Press reports a USDA market survey showing demand shifting away from top grade steaks and roasts toward round and chuck cuts. Butter demand fell after holidays as high prices drive self rationing. Secretary Anderson urges prudent meat spending to curb inflation.
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Associated Press
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Winchester
Agriculture Department
Anderson
Eisenhower Rejects MacArthur Implication On 1948 Candidacy
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said he resented suggestions he had Gen. Douglas MacArthur in mind when he warned soldiers not to seek the presidency. He noted their nine year friendship and said MacArthur must decide his own course, while he excludes himself from the Republican presidential picture now or later.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Eisenhower
Japan
Virginia Temporary Highway Load Limits Announced
Virginia’s State highway department sets a temporary emergency load limit on several roads effective February 16. Interstate highways keep 40,000 pounds gross. lighter duty primary roads drop to 24,000 pounds. other primary roads and many secondary roads see 16,000 pounds. The move aims to prevent road damage during a sudden thaw after a departmental conference.
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Richmond
State Highway Department
Virginia
Highway Department
Snow Blanket Grows Thicker in Winchester Area
Almost half an inch more snow fell last night on top of about 10 inches in 12 days in Winchester. Cold weather kept most of the snow, with little melt. A Roanoke bus added 3 inches of fresh snow, and city crews cleared streets from Piccadilly to Cork and Indian Alley to Cameron Street to restore drainage.
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Winchester
Roanoke
Loudoun
Piccadilly
Cork
Boscawen
Indian Alley
Cameron St
Lutherans Merge Two Conferences and Elect Delegates
In Roanoke Virginia on February 6, Lutherans approved merging the New Market and Winchester Conferences into the Shenandoah Conference. The new body will include Bridgewater Harrisonburg Rockingham parishes and elected five clerical and five lay delegates from the five synod conferences. Delegates include Rudolph G. Schultz Henry E. Horn M. L. Minnick J J Scherer Jr W E Eisenberg L E Easterly J P Miller R T Edwards J L Foltz and W T Stauffer.
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Roanoke
Virginia
New Market
Winchester
Shenandoah
Virginia Synod
Bridgewater
Harrisonburg
Rockingham
Synod
Rudolph G. Schultz
Knoxville
Tenn
Henry E. Horn
Marion
Richmond Clergyman Speaks Here Tonight
Dr. Walter C. Gum pastor of Centenary Methodist Church in Richmond will deliver the closing week of prayer service at Braddock Street Methodist Church at 7 45 p m tonight The sermon topic is expected to touch on world conditions Gum is slated to lead the Virginia Conference delegation in Boston this spring and head the South East ministerial delegation in Columbia South Carolina this summer The prior night the Ministerium sponsored service featured Rev Albert Edwards of Harrisonburg Presbyterian Church with a sermon about faith in Christ and justice
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Virginia
Walter C. Gum
Centenary Methodist Church of
Richmond
Braddock St. Methodist Church
Gunn
Boston
General Conference
The
Methodist Church
South East
Columbia
S. C
Albert Edwards
Harrison
Almond Likely Choice For Virginia Attorney General
Judge J Lindsay Almond of Roanoke appears set to be Virginia's next attorney general as Democratic leaders in the General Assembly predict his nomination by a joint caucus. House leaders say a caucus vote may occur Monday night with the nomination effectively constituting election.
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Richmond
J. Lindsay Almond
Congress
Roanoke
Virginia
Democratic General Assembly
House
E. Black
Burn Moore
Berryville
John B. Spiers
Radford
Harvey B. Apperson
Almond
Rouss Fire Co 47 Memorial Service Sunday
The Charley Rouss Fire Co will hold its annual memorial service at 7 30 p m Sunday at the Congregational Christian church. Ten members died in the past year including Harry K Thaw and others named. Rev Robert Whitten and Assistant Chaplain Dr Ronald S Wilson will speak with special music by James Sencindiver Historic City Four and the church choir. Firemen assemble at Rouss hall at 7 p m for a march to the church.
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Charley Rouss Fire Co
Congregational Christian Church
Harry K. Thaw
Winchester
J. C. Oakes
S. C. Curl
John E. Patterson
Randall H. Ridgeway
Walter T. Cooper
John G. Over
Raymond Bayliss
Harry R. Markell
Luther W. Lowery
Robert Whitten
Ronald S. Wilson
James Sencindiver
Historic City Four
Fire Company
Rouss Hall
Apple Tax Test Welcomed in West Virginia
Fred C. Matson of Martinsburg elected president of the West Virginia Horticultural Society succeeding Howard Rannels of Romney. Malcolm M. Brown, chairman of the apple tax commission, said he would welcome a test of the levy’s constitutionality as opponents threaten a court challenge. Brown defended the law noting the commission has met only a few times and is operating economically.
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Martinsburg
Fred C. Matson
West Virginia Horticultural Society
Howard Rannels
Romney
Malcolm M. Brown
Brown
Nazi General Hangs Self in Paris Prison
Paris reports German Gen Otto Van Stuelpnagel, 69, hanged himself in Cherche-Midi prison, where hostages were previously ordered to death. He fashioned a rope from bedding and died within an hour despite initial life showing. His death followed chaos after Blaskowitz’s suicide. he faced war crimes charges.
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Paris
Otto van Stuelpnagel
France
Cherche-Midi
van Stuelpnie
Maurice Albert Aubry
Pesss
Blaskowitz Stuelpnagel
Johannes Blaskowitz
Nuernberg
Rent control bill stirs debate in Congress
The Senate banking panel weighs a 14 month extension with looser terms and local boards gaining power. Support and opposition split along party lines as lawmakers push to shape rent ceilings through 1949. President Truman’s more aggressive plan remains distant from current bipartisan talks.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Tobey
Full Banking Committee
Sen. Cain
R-Wash
Sky
Sen
Sparkman
D-Ala
Truman
Cain
Robertson
Bricker
Ohio
Buck
Del
Fulbright
Ark
Taylor
Idaho
Eisler Deportation Hearing Ends Quietly in New York
Immigration hearing for Hanns F Eisler, noted film song writer and brother of Gerhart Eisler labeled America's No 1 Communist, concluded in under 30 minutes. Eisler offered no defense and may depart the United States by February 28, potentially affecting a planned concert.
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New York
Hanns F Eisler
Eisler
Gerhart Eisler
House
America
Hans Eisler
Immigration Service
Joan P. Boyd
Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization
United States
Boyd
Little Concession Might Avert Strike
NEW YORK February 677 A little more give and take is all that is needed to break the impasse over a blaw for bituminous miners pensions says Thomas E. Murray who resigned as impartial trustee of the United Mine Workers pension fund. He adds breaking that deadlock will avoid any threat of a new national coal strike. Murray says John L Lewis president of the UMW refuses to budge from his first proposal. He adds Ezra Van Horn spokesman for the mine operators is not in agreement with Lewis but fails to offer an alternative.
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New York
Thomas E. Murray
United Mine Workers’ Pension Fund
Murray
John L. Lewis
UMW
Ezra van Horn
Lewis
Debates Open On Governor Tax Program in Richmond
Floor Leader E B Moore outlined Gov Tucks tax plans in the Virginia House citing a $13 833 255 need to fund services. Bills raise rates on beer income taxes corporate taxes and recordations with one measure still in committee and a wage rise proposal for lawmakers.
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Richmond
E. Blackburn Moore
Clarke County
Tuck
House of Delegates
Moore
House
Virginia
Senate
Charles R. Fenwick
Arlington
House Finance Committee
Pay Rise
General Assembly
Appropriations Committee
C. C. Louderback
Page
House Committee On Courts of Justice
John Warren Cooke
Mathews
E. O. McCue
Charlottesville
French Reds Call For Demonstrations Against Government
Paris reports that Communists urged a nationwide demonstration to oppose monetary policies including franc devaluation. They urged city and farm workers to join protests demanding wage hikes and attacking the government's financial laws while Finance Minister Rene Mayer urged calm in a radio appeal.
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Paris
Communist Party
Confederation of Labor
France
Rene Mayer
Boy Scout Week Proclaimed by Mayor Anderson
Mayor C R Anderson proclaims February 6 to 12 as Boy Scout Week in Winchester urging citizens to support the scouting program. Scout Executive Herb Wilkins says two public events are planned, including a city wide activity and a court of honor at Market Street Methodist Church.
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C. R. Anderson
Winchester
Boy Scouts of America
Herb Wilkins
Market St. Methodist Church
Ofice of
Douglas Cather
Tunstall Powers
Andere
Boy Scout 3
Marshall to Seek 510 Million Aid for China
Secretary of State Marshall's global peace program faces a test in Congress over China aid. Officials disclosed that the administration plans a 510 million dollar package as part of its China policy, with continued coverage on page two.
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Marshall
China
Washington
State Marshall
Congress
Dr Sanders to Speak at Farm Loan Meet Feb 14
The National Farm Loan Assn of Winchester and Shenandoah Production Credit Assn announce their annual meeting for 10 30 a m at the Capitol theater on Saturday February 14 with Dr P D Sanders editor of the Southern Planter as principal speaker A banquet follows at Sarah Zane hall at 1 p m The planning committee includes Walker Mc C Bond C C Funkhouser Harry S Williams Edwin R Marker Carroll E Campbell and Howard A Duncan.
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National Farm Loan Assn
Winchester
Shenandoah Production Credit Assn
Capitol Theater
Julian A. Everly
Walker McC. Bond
C. C. Funkhouser
Harry S. Williams
Edwin R. Marker
Carroll E. Campbell
Howard A. Duncan
Church Yet Insists On Parenthood Aim
London February 6 1947 the Archbishop of Canterbury reaffirms parenthood as a chief end of marriage despite a House of Lords ruling that a marriage may be consummated with contraception. The law lords limited nullity grounds for wilful refusal yet note marriage need not be kept solely for procreation.
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London
Archbishop of Canterbury
House of Lords
Church of England
Law Lords
Frederick Baxter
Baxter
England
Quintet Seeks City Council Seats in First Ward
Five candidates filed to run in the First ward for the Democratic nomination, including incumbent Percy D. Miller. New entrants are Dr. George Smith Joseph E. Butler and Carson Dettra, with William M. Richards in the Second ward. Filing deadline is midnight.
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Percy D. Miller
George Smith
Joseph E. Butler
Carson Dettra
William M. Richards
T. G. Bcully
Scully
Miller
H. W. Butler
VPI
Marine Corps
Butler
American Legion
VFW
Braddock St. Methodist Church
Kiwanis Club
Nancy Harrell
Emporia
App Founere
L. R.dettra
Kernstown
Stephens City High School
Charley Rouss
Libel Case Seeks Evidence of Damage in Pearson Suit
In Charles Town West Virginia attorneys for the Weekly Jefferson Republican pressed to reduce damages in a libel suit against Drew Pearson. Judge D H Rodgers ruled the paper libeled Pearson by calling him a com mie without proof and limited further testimony to show mitigation of damages. Pearson seeks ten thousand dollars. Defendants are R J Funkhouser editor and the Blakely Corporation publisher.
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Charles Town
W. Va
Jeferson Republican
Circuit Court
Drew Pearson
D. H. Rodgers
Pearson
Commie
R. J. Funkhouser
Blakely Corporation
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Wright
Kitty Hawk
Robert C. Legge
Loryn M. Crabill
Sburg Presbyterian Church
Winchester Presbyterian Church
Christ
Jesus
Mr. Edwards
Rep
West Virginia
Gop
Mayor Anderson
Dr. Sanders
Farm Loan and Credit
Coil
Oates Lumber Yard
South End Fire CO
H. Ray Butler
Ridgeway
Smooze
Larrick
Bowen & Shortie
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