Market Quotations in New York Stocks Today
An air of calm held the stock market with prices steady and gains around a dollar per share among advancers. Decliners limited losses to under a dollar as traders awaited word from Washington on price controls. Names moving up included Santa Fe Texas Co Johns Manville General Electric and Motorola among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Santa Fe
Standard
Texas Co
Johns-Manville
International Telephone
Homestake Mining
American Cyanamid
General Electric
International Paper
Youngstown Sheet
Admiral Corp
Philco
Zenith
Motorola
General Motors
Chrysler
Goodyear
Sears Roebuck
J. J. Case
Grumman, Boeeing
Kennecott Copper
Air Reduction
American Tobacco
LeHigh Portland Cement
Chicago Grain Prices Edge Lower at Opening
Chicago board of trade grains eased at the start with Wheat Mar 2.4554 May 2.455, Corn May 1.78 Jul 1.78 Sep 1.77, Oats Mar 96% May 96% Jul 90%, Rye May 1.77 Jul 1.785 Sep 1.81, Soybeans Mar 3.24 May 3.25 Jul 3.24 Sep 3.22. Also Lord values listed. Question notes Shakespeare descendants state that direct line ended. living descendants exist in England via Shakespeare's sister Joan who married William Hart.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Shakespeare
Shakespear
England
Joan
William Hart
Farm Goods and Estates Auction Notices From New Valley Listings
A sequence of sales directory notices lists auctions and estates in Virginia. Items include cattle, livestock, farm equipment, machinery, furniture, household goods, and real estate with sale dates from February to early March and locations near Darkesville, Stephens City, Clearbrook, Winchester, Boyce, and Pyretown Road.
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F. L .Malatt
Darkeseville
W. Va
Annie Hartley
Stephens City
Edgar
W. J. Butler
Clearsbrook
U. S. 11
Charrles Jai
Winchester
S Bufflick Rd
A. M Fower
Boyce
Pyretown Road
Annie C. Hartley
Green and Germain Streets
Baltimore Live Stock Market Report Details
Livestock market notes from Baltimore and Chicago show steady prices for apples and potatoes with regional variations. Cattle, hogs, and calves move modestly with typical USDA ranges. reports cite light to moderate receipts and muted demand. Prices vary by weight, grade, and region, including Maryland Virginia and New Jersey origins.
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Baltimore
Bu Bkts & Bit Boxes
Usis
Yorks
N. J. Golden
Staynans
W. Va
Romes
Usis Md
USDA
Chicago
Plan to draft 18-year-olds touted for long term security
Assistant Secretary of Defense Anna Rosenberg said the administration aims to draft 18-year-olds to ensure the nation’s greatest long term security at the lowest cost in men and money.
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Washington
Anna Rosenberg
Trappists Establish Virginia Monastery Near Berryville
The Berryville area gains the first Trappist monastery in Virginia at Our Lady of the Holy Cross near Clarke County. Thirty monks from Rhode Island moved in November with 1,200 acres for farming, cattle fattening, and self sufficiency. Father Peter serves as business manager and public contact, while Father Owen Hoey leads the community.
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Our Ladys of the Holy Cross
Clarke County
Castleman's Ferry
Shenandoah River
Berryville
Washington
Cool Spring
Ore Bank
Waterloo
Westwood
Marvin D. Goodrich
Virginia
Old Dominion
Jamestown
U. S
United States
Massachusetts
Kentucky
Iowa
Utah
Georgia
South Carolina
America
Thomas Merton
Rhode Island
Our Lady of the Valley
Valley Falls
Alta
Peter
Raphael
Futterer
Owen Hoey
Brooklyn
Loudoun County
Father Peter
Notre Dame
Clarke
Loudoun
Winchester
Blue Ridge Hunt Club
Father Joseph
Truman forms Internal Security Group headed by Nimitz
President Truman created a nine member bi partisan commission to study how to protect internal security without impinging on civil liberties. He named retired Admiral Chester W. Nimitz to chair and said eight other distinguished citizens would be named later.
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Washington
Truman
Capitol Hill
McCarthy
Senate
Chester W. Nimitz
High School Star Dies in Auto Crash
Hedgesville West Virginia Berkeley County reports the year’s first highway fatality Sunday morning. Scott Edward Rhee 17 Cherry Run star junior halfback on Hedgesville football team and basketball squad member was killed in a non collision accident at Johnstown West Virginia.
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Hedgesville
W. Va
Berkeley County
Scott Edward Rhee
Cherry Run
Ast Fall
Johnstown
Weather Blamed For Slow Apple Market
Unfavorable weather across the Appalachian apple belt kept shipments light on Tuesday. Market News Service of the USDA reports few apples moved and prices remaining largely unchanged.
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Appalachian
Market News Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Mount Fuji Last Eruption Date
The last major eruption occurred in 1707 and Fuji remained active for more than a month. Japanese tradition marks its mythical birth as occurring in a single night around 300 B C.
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Japan
Mount
Fuji
Jazz Band Trio First in Trials at Cap Theater
The DJA Trio from Winchester won first in the amateur contest tryouts by the 40 8 Society of the American Legion at Capitol Theater. Members Raymond Dick Ronald Johnston and Eugene Adams played trumpet piano and drums. Other winners included Thomas Dunn Alger and more in a long list of participants with master of ceremonies Lieutenant Joseph Ritter. Tonight finalists will feature Perry Hager John Kendig Paul Miller and other performers from Martinsburg Shenandoah Strasburg and Winchester with various talents.
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40 & 8 Society of the American Legion
Capitol Theater
DJA
Raymond Dick
Ronald Johnston
Eugene Adams
Winchester
Charles Henry Thomas
N. Kent Street
Patrica Dunn
S. Loudoun Street
Walter Allen Alger
Route 1-A
Jamnita
Dorothy Daughtery
Loudoun Street
Joseph Ritter
City Police
Kenneth Windle
Perry Hager
John A. Kendig
Paul Miller
Martinsburg
W. Va
Quiz Answers Reveal Dotted World Knowledge
Answers to a page 4 quiz list various topics including Virginia New York City General Electric Co and a ground squirrel. It notes the replica of the White House is the American legation in Baghdad Iraq, reproduced on a smaller scale, with Benjamin Franklin among the answers.
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Virginia
New York City
General Electric Co
New Jersey
Germany
Austro-Hungary
United States
White House
Baghdad
Iraq
Also Mentioned on This Page
Asa S. Racey
Mt. Pleasant
JU. B. Church
Alaska
John W. Rosenberger
Braddock St
C. I. Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron St
Trappist
Joseph
Bill Garrard
Heatwolee Motor CO
N. Braddock St
P. W. Plumly Lumber Corp
N. Kent St
Johns- Manville
Internal Security Group
Triplett & Vehrencamp
Mt. Jackson, Va
Pine Motor CO
Beac
H Plymout Dodge
Jeanette Lester
Chestnut Street
Betty Dawson
Mr. Jackson
Reading
Ray Holdren
Rawson
Don Flick
Donald Rossen
Shenandoah
Janet Rhodes
Strasburg
Graham Conner, Jr
Susan Thomas
National Avenue
Nancy Evelyn Fleet
Chauncey M. Snapp
Marie Fleishman
Washington, D. C
Lois Weakly
Fred Worthington
Charles Miller
Hagerstown
R.C. M
I. Q
Bulgaria
Turkey
Ralph J. Cordiner
Benjamin Franklin
Glaize
Hardie
Chapman Motor CO
R Sanitary Heating CO
Enone
L. J. Luby
Nash
Frederick Motors, Inc
Valley Wrecking Co
A. F. Rees, Inc
Berryville, VA
Call Rees
Clearbrook
Clearbrook Garage
Burleson Bros
Byron Brumback
Julian Carbaugh
A. C. Boyer
Pinecrest Farm
Darkesville
Berkeley Co
Second Farm Front Pike
Ford-Ferguson
International
McCormick-Deering
F. L. Malatt
W. D. Orndorff
W. M. Hensell
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