Panel to moderate Farm Bureau discussion in Winchester
A Virginia Farm Bureau staff member from Richmond will preside at a Saturday discussion in Winchester sponsored by the Frederick County Bureau at the Court House. The 1 30 p m program features Congressman Burr P Harrison and experts G H Clark W P I and C W Sollenberger L H Messall and M J Pease. Farmers may bring questions on legislative and agricultural matters.
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Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
Richmond
Winchester
Ru Bureau
Frederick County
Court Haus
Burr P. Harrison
G. H. Clark
Luray
Virginia Extension Service
W. P
Hoover Urges Reevaluation of U S Foreign Policy
Former President Hoover calls for Congress to study alternative actions including withdrawing U S ground forces from Europe. He proposes focusing on air and sea power and retaining troops only to protect bases outside Atlantic Pact nations, while criticizing UN policy in Korea and urging revision of relations to the UN Charter.
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New York
Europe
Merbert Hoover
Congress
Columbia Broadcasting Sys
Mr. Hoover
Western Hemisphere
United States
Britain
U. S
Asia
United Nations
Korea
Western
Hepatitis Epidemic Strikes Navajo School at Tuba City
Public health officers report the worst U.S. hepatitis outbreak in history hits 400 children at the Navajo Indian school in Tuba City Arizona. Over 300 ill with no known cure and spread via person to person and contaminated water and food. Health officials warn the outbreak could extend to Arizona and New Mexico.
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Phoenix Ariz
United States
Tuba City
Ariz
Arizona
New Mexico
Pacific
389 Calls Answered in 1951 By the Friendship Ambulance
The Friendship Ambulance Service reported 389 calls in 1951 per secretary Robert Géanious of the Friendship Fire Co. and Ambulance Service. Of these, 43 were wreck calls, 11 welfare cases, seven palio victims sent to Richmond, with the rest sick and accidents. The busiest days were Apple Blossom Festival. longest trip to Champaign Illinois. The unit features heating, air conditioning, hot and cold running water, and an oxygen unit for all four Winchester companies. Capacity is three stretchers and two seated patients.
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Friendship Ambulance Service
Robert Geanious
Friendship Fire Co
Richmond
Géanious
Champaign
Mlinois Geanious
Friendship Ambulance
Iron Lung
Winchester
Market Quotation Highlights from Baltimore and Chicago
Baltimore and Chicago market reports show steady to higher trends across produce, poultry, cattle, hogs, and calves. Price ranges cover apples, Stayman varieties, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and citrus, with cattle slaughter steers at 31.75 to 34.50, hogs mostly 19.75 to 20.00, and veal and stockers varying by weight and quality.
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Baltimore
Bubkle & Boxes US
N. J. Staymans
Staymans
Yorks
N. J
USDA
Chicago
New York Stocks Edge Higher On Mixed Advances
The stock market moved higher with fractional gains as activity quieted after an initial brisk start. General Tire and Rubber opened on 6,000 shares and rose, while Douglas Aircraft Pittson Co and Cities Service climbed. Declines included Republic Steel Zenith Radio American Telephone and Gulf Oil.
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New York
General Tire and Rubber
Douglas Aircraft
Pittson Co
Cities Service
American Cyanamid
Allied Chemical
du Pont
American Woolen
Baltiore and Ohio
Texas Co
U. S. Gypsum
Republic Steel
Zenith Radio
American Telephone
Dome Mining
Gulf Oil
Westinghouse
Chicago grain futures open slightly lower on quiet trade
Grain prices eased at the Chicago Board of Trade with March and May futures for wheat corn oats and soybeans posting small declines. Lard contracts for March May July and September traded around 10 to 14 dollars with mixed shifts.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Jly
Agriculture Dept. Egg Market Prices in Winchester Area
Prices paid for No 1 and grade eggs and poultry in Winchester area. Heavy Breed Hens 24 cents per lb and over. Leghorn Hens 86. Rocks and Cross Broilers 29. Leghorn Broilers 19. Heavy Cocks 100. Stags 108. Leghorn Cocks 9. Beltsville White Broilers 10. Beltsville White Hens 38. Beltsville White Toms 34. White and Bronze Hens 32. Toms 25. Old and Young guineas 25. Ducks 12 cents per lb.
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Tee
Ossee
Winchester
Beltsville
Local Markets and Livestock Prices Report
Local market list corrected daily shows prices for corn meal varieties, grain fed wheat, and yellow or white corn per bushel or bag. Feeds at retail include eye mash and broiler mash, with mixed feed and cracked corn priced per 100 lb bag. Salable sheep listings note bidding weak to 50 cents or more lower, heavies largely absent, yearlings and slaughter ewes scarce with prices around 11.00 to 14.00.
Strasburg Woman Hospitalized After Route 55 Crash
Mrs. H. E. Simmons of Strasburg is hospitalized at Winchester Memorial with minor injuries after a car skidded on wet pavement and struck an embankment east of Strasburg on Route 55. Her two children were passengers and her husband was driving. the condition was described as resting comfortably and a release was expected the next day.
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H. E. Simmons
Strasburg
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Simmons
River Bridge
Mrs. Clara Barrett 64 Dies in Winchester Hospital
Mrs Clara Lewis Barrett 64 of 314 North Kent Street died Saturday evening at 8 45 oclock in Winchester Memorial Hospital after two years of illness Her survivors include two sons Lewis and Carl and a daughter Esther Lynn all of Winchester A brother Ray Lewis and an aunt Mrs Cora Crim Also grandchildren and a great grandchild The body lies at home until noon tomorrow then at Omps Funeral Home for 2 pm services led by Rev John Oliver Interment at Old Stone Church cemetery Green Spring Pallbearers listed
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Clara Lewis Barrett
N. Kent St
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Frederick County
Edward
Margaret Brannon Lewis
Green Spring
Winchester
Pleasant Valley Eub Church
Lewis
Carl Barrett
Esther Lynn
City
Ray Lewis
Cora Crim
Omps Funeral
John Oliver
Old Stone Church
Jerry Bennett
Edward Nyland
Walter Anderson
Wilmer Anderson
Howard Place
James Jenkins
Indian Tongan Driver Faces High Prices In Delhi
Mussadi Ram, a Delhi tonga operator, struggles to feed six children as prices rise. He spends 13 rupees weekly on rice, 20 rupees for his horse, and monthly costs reach 300 rupees while earnings often stay below 250. His hopes rest on older children finishing school and aiding the family.
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New Delhi
India
Mussadi Ram
Mussadi
Delhi
Library Theft Solved in Helena by Youths
Police report three youths spotted by Poller officers wearing war bonnets staged a theft at a Montana library. They led probation officers to a cache where loot including relics from the 1864 Bridger Trek was recovered.
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Helena
Mont. A
Poller
Montana
Mouse Causes Tractor Trouble in Nebraska Farm
A field mouse crawled into a tractor in Verdon Nebraska and caused the engine to seize. Mechanics removed the engine head and found finely pulverized corn and kernels hidden in the firing chamber, indicating the intruder entered through the intake manifold.
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Verdon
Harvey Fritz
Fritz
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