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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1949
Page
2
Department market notes list Grade A extra large at .53 and Grade A large at .45, Grade A medium at .38, with prices for cracks and checks at .30. Entries reference Winchester area dress plants and producer farms, including hens at various weights and young turkeys.
Answers to daily quiz questions printed on Page 4 provide dates June 30 1949 and September 24 1949 plus items Scythe seven years true Matthew XVI 3 and the quote Make me a child again just for tonight. Pope Gregory XII and related biblical cross references appear in the list.
Sales listing shows Mrs Milton Conner selling household goods January 14 at 10 a.m. one mile south of Winchester on Route 11. The notice also lists January 15 1 p.m. for Mrs Viola Graves at 16 West Clifford Street Winchester with household goods and furniture. A February 24 11 a.m. sale at White Hall by H Bart covers farm machinery and livestock. A February 25 10 a.m. sale by H O Light in Grimes Virginia includes livestock farm machinery and household goods.
New York stock market showed mild selling and resistance at several levels after a week of gains following the President's address. U S Steel held firm with a small gain while Superior Oil of California rose about 4 points. Several leaders including Republic Steel General Motors Studebaker and Boeing fell as bonds and government issues moved little.
Daily Star lists corrected prices for flour corn meal grain seeds and animal feeds. Includes 10th and 25th bag flour corn meal at various colors moisture content prices per bag or per hundredweight and per bushel for wheat and corn. Also notes egg mash cracked corn broiler mash turkey grower starter and mixed feed along with butterfat butter per pound.
Chicago grains opened with mixed trends on January 10. Wheat held firm while corn and oats showed softer moves. Prices listed include May wheat at 2.23 1 4 1 2, May corn at 1.46 1 2 1 4, May oats at 76 5 8, and January lard at 15.30 with May at 15.77.
George Guerre, MSU’s graduating backfield star, has been named assistant alumni director at the school.
Baltimore and Chicago markets show steady to firm tone across produce poultry eggs and meats. Cattle hogs calves and sheep prices varied by weight with limited demand and pockets of strength in steers bulls and vealers. hogs and sows generally firm to higher while turkeys and eggs traded steady.
Mrs Murnan Groves 74 native of the city died Saturday at her daughter's home in Carrboro North Carolina Her funeral will be at Sacred Heart Catholic Church at 10 a m with Rev J F Bullock officiating Interment will follow in Catholic Cemetery The body remains at her sister 408 North Kent Street until services Pallbearers are William Cochran B M Sullivan Harry Murphy Donald McFadden John Shine and Howard Cahill
A 58-year-old registered baby-sitter, Harriet Fitzgerald, was arrested on a charge of assault for beating a six month old girl left in her care. Master Sgt. Donald J. Morton of the Marine Corps filed the warrant after returning home to find the infant with blue marks. The mother said the bruises were not noticed until later.
Shawnee district scoutleaders roundtable session set for 7:30 p m tomorrow at the Presbyterian church. Scoutmasters cubmasters and neighborhood commissioners are expected. A new movie Patrol and Troop Meeting will be shown and E B Cooper district commissioner and C S Hartman council commissioner will lead the discussion.
Berryville town and county officials investigate three burglaries over the weekend at Shenk's service station Galloway's service station and W D Wisecarver and Son garage. Loot estimated under 10 dollars with entry by broken glass. nothing missing at the Wisecarver garage.
Mrs Martha Isabelle Lewis 74 wife of Robert Luther Lewis died at 11 40 am yesterday at her home in Stephenson Born August 26 1874 in Nain she was a daughter of Isaac and Mary Rodgers Lewis of Frederick county Survivors include her husband a son Robert Luth er Lewis and two daughters Eva M and Mary Elizabeth Lewis Services 1 pm Wednesday at Jongs funeral home Rev C H Anderson officiating Interment Brucetown cemetery Pallbearers James McAboy B A Travis George Newcome Albert Garver Joseph Jolliffe Harrison Mozy
The Supreme Court refused to intervene in the indictment and New York trial of 12 leaders of the American Communist Party. The group sought to cancel indictments stay the January 17 Federal trial and exclude jurors. They faced conspiracy charges to overthrow the U S government by force and violence.
The lines come from Stanza 10 of The Ladder of Saint Augustine. They reflect the idea that great heights are earned by persistent toil, not sudden flight, with the famous line about toiling upward in the night while others sleep.
A quoted exchange asks if the white race is more numerous than the yellow race. The reply cites Caucasoid numbers around 70 million and Mongoloid or yellow race at about 900 million.
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