Williams Recalls Beating Up Bully in youth
POMPTON LAKES New Jersey January 26 7 Deadpan Ike Williams recalls his boyhood confrontation with a school bully James Robertson in Tren ton after moving from Brunswick Georgia He says he fought him daily from ages nine to ten and later defended himself as an amateur in 1940. He notes the bully is still in Trenton and they can laugh about it now.
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Pompton Lakes
N. J
Ike Williams
Brunswick
Trenton
James Robertson
Farm sales schedule lists auctions in Clarke County area
A sequence of upcoming auctions is listed with dates and locations in Clarke County Virginia. Items include livestock, farm machinery, implements, and general household goods to be sold at several farm sites near Stephens City Millwood Berryville and Grimes.
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Scully & Woltz
Cooper Mdse. & Oil Co
Loudoun
Piccadilly Sts
L. C. White
Stephens City
Claude Poston
Millwood
Charles Edwards
Berryville
Marvin Chapel
H. Barrite Hall
H. O. Light
Grimes
Frederick Cooperative Farm Bureau, Inc
Court House
Winchester
Virginia
U S Steel Stock Surges After Dividend and Split News
U S Steel Corp common stock jumped as much as 33-8 points shortly after the market opened, with 15,000 shares trading at 61-4. The rise followed a press release after yesterday's close reporting a $1 special dividend, a 3-for-1 stock split, and the highest 1948 earnings since 1929, fueling demand for steel issues. Other steel names like Youngstown Sheet & Tube and Bethlehem Steel also advanced.
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New York
U. S. Steel Corp
Marge
Steel Company
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Bethlehem Steel
Republic
Wheeling
National
Jones & Laughlin
U. S. Steel
United States Produces Majority of World Wheat
United States accounts for about 60 percent of global wheat production despite holding roughly 6 percent of the earth's land area. This discrepancy highlights the country's agricultural efficiency and export capacity in the mid 20th century.
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United States
Baltimore Market Report Steady Prices Across Apples Poultry and Cattle
Prices hold steady for apples livestock and poultry in Baltimore with small quality variations. Cattle demand mixed as traders expect Thursday trade. hogs down slightly and calves steady. sheep and lambs firm on quality. Chicago reports steady to weak prices with mixed weight ranges and top at 21.50.
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Fallon
Nevada
Truman
International
Baltimore
Bu Bkts & Boxes Usis
McIntosh
Romes
Staymans
Yorks
Chicago
Chicago. Jan. Noes
Mos God Choice
Cattle and Sheep Market Report Highlights Prices
Market notes show bids for hogs and cattle with weights 325 to 600 pounds and above. Salable cattle total around 7500, with steers, heifers, and cows priced across ranges from 13 to 29 per hundredweight. Sheep sales total 5000 with slaughter lambs and fleece conditions affecting demand and prices.
Agriculture Dept. Egg and Live Poultry Prices in Winchester
Prices paid by dressing plants in the Winchester area for U.S. Grade A eggs and live poultry. Grade A extra large to medium eggs. Grade B large eggs. Live poultry includes heavy breed hens, Leghorn hens, broilers by weight, red and rock cross, and turkey hens and toms with prices listed. Small fowl and guineas priced per dozen or pound as noted.
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Winchester
U. S
Cess
Local Market Prices From Daily Star Report
Local markets list corrected prices for flour corn meal feeds and butter in various bags and moisture contents. Items include 10 lb and 5 lb corn meal bags, No 2 yellow corn at 1.70 per bushel, barley at 1.30 per bushel, egg mash and cracked corn, butterfat and butter prices, and turkey starter mixed feed.
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Ree Lurkevye Growerln
Nicereisre
Night Vote Rejects Transit Co Offer To Sidestep Strike
In Richmond Norfolk and Portsmouth union drivers voted to reject the Virginia Transit Co wage offer. Portsmouth approved a 34 cent raise plus 4 cents if fares rise. Richmond 295 to 4 and Norfolk 140 to 123 against the plan, signaling a likely February 3 strike and possible state seizure of WTC properties.
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Night Vote Rejects Transit Co
Richmond
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Virginia Transit Co
VTC
Gov. Tuck
WTC
Commonwealth
Fort Valley meeting attendees listed in Woodstock
Attending the Fort Valley Organization camp meeting in Woodstock were Reverends F B Oglesby Methodist district superintendent Paul Dick of Winchester representing the Grace Brethren church and H S Roane of Middletown.
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Powell’s Fort Valley Organization
Woodstock
F. B. Oglesby
Methodist
Paul Dick
Winchester
Grace Brethren Church
H. S. Roane
Middletown
Chicago grains open lower as liquidation hits prices
Chicago grain markets opened mixed with a general downside trend as reports of heavy year start stocks sparked liquidation. Opening prices show May wheat at 2.21 20, July 2.0615 54, May corn 1.43, July 1.427 34, May soybeans 2.441 45. The note adds a historical aside about Wales and Arthurian legends.
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Chicago
Jly
Lord
Weather outlook across states shows rain and cold
Ohio faces occasional rain tonight and Thursday with possible freezing rain in the northwest. South Ohio colder tonight. Kentucky sees rain tonight and Thursday with cooler central areas. Maryland and Virginia have rain tonight and Thursday with mild relief. West Virginia reports rain tonight and Thursday with colder conditions tonight.
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Ohio
Northwest
Kentucky
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Early to Manage Battle Campaign In Charlottesville
Meredith A. Early named president of the battle for governor club of Charlottesville and Albemarle County. The announcement came at a meeting of over 125 supporters backing State Senator John S. Battle in the Democratic gubernatorial bid ahead of the August primary.
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Charlottesville
Meredith A. Early
The
National Bank and Trust Co
Battle-For-Governor Club
Albermarle County
John S. Battle
Studio Opens Miss Virginia Craig Opens Grubbs Studio
Miss Virginia Craig of 319 W Leicester St received the order of pictures yesterday in connection with the opening of Grubbs studio at 113 N Cameron St. Several hundred persons visited the new studio during the day.
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Virginia Craig
W. Leicester St
Grubbs
N. Cameron St
Ross Heads League at Jefferson County Izaak Walton League
Eugene Ross installed as president of the Jefferson county Izaak Walton league at Charles Town with officers Howard Wilt Frank Smith and Marshall Orndorff. The Navy rules deny holding two ratings simultaneously but special qualifications or hazardous duties allow extra pay under an approved scale. Before 1812, the British Navy began the war by sinking cupturing or blockading American frigates.
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Eugene Ross
Jefferson County
Charles Town
Howard, Wilt
Frank Smith
Marshall Orndorff
Department of the Navy
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Williams
Tongland
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
Berryville Lumber Co., Inc
Berryville 19
Carey Rock Wool Batts
Carey Rock
John W. Rosenberger & CO
S. Braddock St
Bath
Rt. 11
South
Tommy D. Lockhart
Loudoun St
C.l Brumback & Sons
Agriculture Dept. Markets Division
England
ATLAS
Atlas Silo
Barr’s Orchard & Farm Supply
Fort Valley
King Arthur and
Round Table
Ross
Farm Bureau
M. A. Hubbard
WFBF
Frederick County
Hubbard
J. L. Jolliffe
L. T. McKee
W. F. Artrip, Jr
W. F. Artrip
Harry Murphy
Cooper Merchandise and Oil Co
N. Loudoun and
Thurs
Campbell’s
Irela
North Cameron St
Heatwolk Motor CO
N. Braddock St
Srowers A Company
Order of the Golden Rule
Herman Dyke
Poor House
Jersey
MacCormick- Deering
McC.d
Lard
Buddie Artrip
Robert Milburn
GAR Wood Industries, Inc
Wisconsin Ave
N. W
Washington, D. C
PPE
RCS
Rae
All
America
Hotpoint
Molden Electric CO
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