Market Quotation Declines After Opening Burst
New York stocks showed a brief surge at the opening, then eased as prices fell slightly. Losses ranged from a few cents to about a point amid caution over wage price freeze announcements and Korea cease-fire talks. The list of lower movers included Southern Railway Nickel Plate Standard Oil New Jersey Anaconda American Smelting International Nickel American Dynamid Allied Chemical Du Pont American Woolen Bethlehem Steel Goodyear Montgomery Ward International Harvester and Philco.
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New York
Korea
Southern Railway
Nickel Plate
Standard Ol
Price and wage actions loom in wartime policy debate
The discussion centers on an escalator clause in wage boards and a possible temporary wage freeze. Disalle’s price stabilization plan aims to roll back prices to January 2 levels with hardship relief. Senator Flanders urges stricter wage controls to halt the wage price spiral while the National Production Authority tightens can tin usage and non essential production.
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Ching
ESA
Michael V. Disalle
Flanders
DiSalle
Livestock prices steady at Baltimore and Chicago markets
Baltimore livestock values show cattle, hogs, and sheep with mixed demand. Cattle steady to weak. hogs uneven with higher weights down. poultry and fruit prices mixed while apples and potatoes move modestly. In Chicago, salable hogs and cattle range with high grade steers and yearlings near 40 dollars, cows and canners softer, sheep market steady to lower.
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Baltimore
USDA
Chicago
Montana
Martinsburg Quartet Wins 40 & 8 Show Preliminaries
The a capella group Three Sharps and a Flat from Martinsburg WV captured first in the 40 & 8 amateur show preliminaries at Capitol Theatre. Ten acts appeared. second place went to Chauncey M. Snapp with puppet dancers, third to Ray Holdren, fourth to Jeanette Lester, and fifth to Marie Fleischman and Lois Weakley. Tonight features Elaine Moreland and Marlene Frye and other performers from Martinsburg, Purcellville, Mt. Jackson, and Winchester, with a varied lineup of singers and instrumentalists.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Capitol Threater
Fred Snyder
John Hollida
Moreland Hollida
Don Flick
Chauncey M. Snapp
National Avenue
Ray Holdren
Rawson
Patrica
Jeanette Lester
Chestnut Street
Marie Fleishman
Washington, D. C
Lois Weakley
Madison
Harbor Lights
Elaine Moreland
Marlene Frye
Freddie Snyder
Fenton Poston
Purcellville
Happy Valley
Mt. Jackson
Jimne Smeltzer
Wanda Coy
Jack Boggess
Sterling
Barbara Lona Largent
Whitacre
Cousins
Winchseter
Mary Ann MclIiwee
Bellview Avenue
Ruth Carson Williams
Front Royal
Jean Wills
Strasburg
Shirley J. Pangle
Frances Mae Cyrusm
Woodstock
Nelly C. Kennerly Dies in Winchester Nursing Home
Miss Nelly Cook Kennerly 80 formerly of Greenway Court White Post Va died today at 815 am in Maplewood Nursing Home Winchester after six weeks illness Funeral services will be held Saturday at her late home conducted by Rev J Alfred Figg Interment in Clarke County family burial plot She survived by sister Miss Martha M Kennerly Tucson Ariz a brother Thomas M Kennerly Bon Air Va and several nieces She was born in Clarke County daughter of the late Captain Joseph M and Josepha Ann Kennerly and lived most of life in the area.
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Nelly Cook Kennerly
Greenway Court
White Post
Maplewood
Winchester
J. Alfred Figg
Clarke County
Kennerly
Martha M. Kennerly
Tucson
Ariz
Thomas M. Kennerly
Bon Air
Joseph M
Josepha Ann Kennerly
Grains Slide As Uncertainty Hits Chicago Board Prices
Chicago grains ease again amid price control concerns and unsettled international affairs. Prices shown include Wheat March at 2.43 and July 2.39, Corn May 1.775, Soybeans March 3.18 to May 3.22, Lard March 1.840.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
United Nations membership debate on Red China voiced
Austin argues that China should join the UN but not by force and that all 60 members must weigh the issue. He condemns Communist blackmail and urges united security actions, noting a 12 nation proposal circulated and inquiries back to governments for instructions.
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China
U. N
United Nations
Austin
Red
U.N
How's Your I Q Answers From a Quiz Page
The excerpt lists quiz answers including 98.6 for question one and quotes like give me death for two. It references Mars and notes about birth of young, the Nautilus, Verdun, and President Truman's 1950 defense mobilization order.
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Mars
Verdun
Truman
Office of Defense Mobilization
Notable Names in Standing Row
Standing left to right Walter Alger Dorothey Daugherty Juanita Daugherty Patricia Dunn and John Henry Thomas identified in a formal group portrait.
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Walter Alger
Dorothey Daugherty
Juanita Daugherty
Patricia Dunn
John Henry Thomas
Virginia Trappists Establish New Monastery Colony Near Berryville
Five Trappists, led by Father Peter, Father Paul, and Brother Raphael, expand at a Cool Spring site transforming the limestone mansion into the main building. They plan a dormitory for 40 monks, a refectory, office, and new silo, with a chapel in the former Colonial kitchen. The "Our Lady of the Holy Cross" monastery becomes Virginia’s seventh Trappist foundation, welcoming guests of any faith for retreats, while seeking furniture and funds for a guest house.
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Monash Center
Cool Spring
William Wormeley
Father Peter
Clarke
Loudoun
Father Paul
West Pont
Raphael
Peter
Berryville
Rhode Island
Our Lady of the Holy Cross
Virginia
United States
Europe
Father Owen
Clarke County
New Volcano Blast Feared Near Mt Lambneton
Australian authorities brace for a possible second eruption of Mt Lambneton in East New Guinea. Government volcanologist G A Taylor warned a weekend blast could be far stronger than the prior event that claimed about 4000 lives.
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Sydney
Australia
Mt. Lambneton
East New Guinea
G A. A. Taylor
Sales Directory January Auction Listings
JAN 26 10 30 a m F L Malatt 7 mi north of Darkesville W Va 2 mi east U S 11 Cattle colt sweats farm equipment. FEB 3 1 p m Estate of Mrs Annie Hartley Stephens City Va Furniture and household goods FEB 7 10 a m Edgar and W J Butler 1 mi north of Clear Brook on US 11 Livestock farm implements household FEB 10 12 39 now m Charles Alt 2 mi east of Winchester on Bufflick Rd Farm machinery real estate and household goods FEB 15 10am A M Fowler north of Boyce on Poyietown Road Livestock implements and household goods.
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Darkesville
W. Va
U. 8
Annie Hartley
Stephens City
Edgar
W. J. Butler
Clearbrook
U. S
Charles Alt
Winchester
Bufflick Rd
A M Fowler
Boyce
Poyietown Road
British Purchase Offer May Speed Up Apple Movement
The National Apple Institute reports a British offer to buy up to half a million bushels at $2 a bushel to move certain eastern port varieties by February 28. Net to exporters after costs runs about $1.58 per bushel with half paid by the U.S. Treasury Apple Export Program.
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Apple
National
Apple Institute
Institute
Ministry of Food
United Kingdom
New York
Norfolk
Albemarle
Newton
U. S. Treasury
Eastern Apple Growers Export Corporation
Appalachian
Washington State
Washington
Snow Flurries Forecast in Mountains of Southwest Virginia
Light snow is expected to fall in sections of the mountains of southwest Virginia with temperatures staying below freezing. The Weather Bureau predicts more snow flurries tonight for areas north of the Shenandoah Valley.
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Virginia
Weather Bureau
Shenandoah Valley
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