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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 01, 1947

Page

2

No Drop in Apple Price In Sight Says Miller

Henry W. Miller Jr of Paw Paw West Virginia says apple prices should stay near last year’s levels. He urges growers to choose trusted brokers and processors and to market a short crop efficiently while maintaining cooperation across growers, processors, distributors, and labor while promoting a regional apple program.

Apple Miller Henry W. Miller, Jr Paw Paw West Va National Apple Institute Appalachian Apple Service John B. Peters Co-operative Fruit Growers Adeam County Pennsylvania Great Britain Congress West Virginia Maryland

Sales Directory July 2 Winchester items

July 2 sales listing at 10 a.m. Mrs Florence Denny 312 S Washington Winchester features electrical appliances furniture. At 11 a.m. sale of Dyke Farm 5 miles north Winchester off U 6 near Stephenson Ayrshire Guernsey and Holstein calves.

Florence Denny S. Washington Bt Winchester Dyke Farm North U. 6 Stephenson Ayrshire

Scientists See No Progress In Atom Control

The emergency committee of atomic scientists led by Dr. Albert Einstein says intranational control of nuclear energy has failed and a new approach is needed to prevent a war by 1955. Dr. Harold C. Urey identified the Soviet Union as leading the second bloc and predicted it would be about ten years from Hiroshima before stockpiles could grow.

Princeton N. J Atomic Scientists Albert Einstein Harold C. Urey University of Chicago Soviet Union Hiroshima

To Form Cub Pack At Stines Chapel

Parents of boys aged 9 to 11 invited to a meeting at 8 p m Thursday at Stines Chapel. Officials from Cub pack 2 sponsored by the Presbyterian church and Herbert Wilkins will explain scouting. A film on scouting will be shown.

Stine’s Chapel The Presbyterian Church Herbert Wilkins

Three Games On Tap For Avisco Nine

The Avisco nine will play three games over the weekend starting with Falls Church at Front Royal on July 4. Saturday Avisco travels to Harrisonburg and hosts Chambersburg on Sunday. Charles Town upset Front Royal 2 0 last Sunday. Avisco was rained out at Lewisburg Pa Saturday but beat Westphal Hose Co. on Wednesday. Avisco now has a record of 14 wins and 7 losses.

Avisco Falls Church Front Royal Harrisonburg Chambersburg Charles Town Lewisburg Westphal Hose Co

Highland Avenue Route Baptists routs 23-3 in senior softball

The Highland Avenue Route Baptists defeated the Baptists 23 to 3 with Lake on the hill for the winners and Armel and Johnston pitching for the Baptists. In a rescheduled senior game the Catholics beat the Montague Avenue Methodists 8 to 2 with Dicks pitching for the losers. The Braddock Street Methodists and Baptists have no juniors games tonight and several senior division matchups are listed among Catholic Presbyterian United Brethren and Cork Street Christian teams.

Highland Avenue Baptists Lake Armel Johnston Montague Avenue Methodists Braddock Street Methodists Presbyterians United Brethren Cork Street Christian

Prayer Service for Winchester Colored Churches at St Paul AME

The union prayer service of the colored churches in Winchester will be held at St. Paul AME Church at 8 30 tomorrow p m.

Union Prayer Service of the Colored Churches of Winchester St. Paul Ame

Farrar Lodge To Install Officers At Meeting

All members of the Daniel J. Farrar Lodge of Elks are expected today at 8 30 p m for a lodge meeting at the home. Officers will be installed and a free repast will be served after the session.

Daniel J. Farrar Lodge of Elks

Taft and Truman clash over housing lobbying and rent bill

Taft condemns real estate lobbying while Truman calls rent control threats intolerable. Sparkman urges sweeping lobbying probes as Hoover era rhetoric collides with 1948 housing debate. Halleck accuses Truman of appeasing allied blocs amid rent provision criticism. Hawkes defends 15 percent lease increase clause. Taft cites propaganda from builders and real estate groups.

National Association of Real Estate Boards Congress Nelson Sparkman D-Ala Truman House Halleck Ind Wallace Hawkes R-Nj

Reuter's News Agency Origins and Longevity

Baron Paul Julius von Reuter founded his first news agency in 1849 using a pigeon post. He moved to England in 1851 and became a British subject. Reuter's grew into one of the world's principal news gathering agencies.

A. Baron Paul Julius von Reuter England Reuter’s

Sergeant's Sale in Winchester Virginia 1947

By virtue of an attachment and court order Adams v Adams in the Civil and Police Justice Court for Winchester I will sell in front of the Frederick County Courthouse on Monday July 7 1947 at noon a 1940 four door Dodge sedan motor D 14 117189 for cash Sergeant City Winchester Va

Civil and Police Justice Court Winchester Virginia

Marriage Rate Drops Forecast for 1947, Statisticians Say

New York July 1 statisticians report the 1946 U S marriage rate reached 16.4 per 1000 population, a historical high driven by wartime factors. They note 1947 may fall below 1946 as early-year figures lag behind the prior year. Hungary had a higher rate in 1919.

New York N. Y United States Hungary

Chicago Grain Quotations Opening Prices

Grain futures opened steady on the Board of Trade with July wheat at 2.19 1/2, July corn 2.00 1/2, oats July 98 1/4, lard July 19.95, and nearby months across wheat corn oats and fats trading in narrow ranges.

Chicago Board of Trade Jly Oats Lard

Market Quotations From Baltimore July First

Produce apples and potatoes show varied prices across regions with Western and New Jersey crates trading 2 inch and up at 3.00-3.25 per unit. Poultry eggs and butter remain in modest demand as reported. cattle hogs and sheep quotations reflect a quiet market with mixed lot availability and price ranges.

Baltimore USI New Md N. J

Prices paid for federal state graded eggs and live poultry

Agriculture Dept Markets Division reports U S Grade A extra large eggs at 0.55 per dozen and other grades, plus Grade A large 0.53, medium 0.45, Grade B large 0.48, pullets 0.32 and trades 0.39. Live poultry in Winchester area includes heavy breed hens 0.26 per lb, Leghorn hens 0.22, heavy breed broilers 0.29, Leghorn broilers 0.20, old roosters 0.14-0.15, turkeys young toms 0.22, young hens under 18 lbs 0.26, over 18 lbs 0.44-0.42, old toms 0.21-0.14, old guineas 0.25 per lb.

Winchester U. S

Local Market Prices From Daily Corrections

The listing shows local market prices for grains and feeds. Items include corn meal in various bag sizes and colors, wheat and corn at mill, egg mash, cracked corn, broiler and turkey feeds, scratch, butterfat, and wholesale butter with noted retail figures.

Meessare Reese Gee Alepaesnes Oa

Stock Market Mixed As Leaders Struggle For Bids In Quiet Session

New York July 1 Stocks edged higher on a selective basis amid caution before a long weekend. Investors sought yields and a summer rally while fuel shortages and foreign policy worries pressured some issues. Leading issues included U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler and others. laggards encompassed General Motors United Aircraft and American Can.

New York U. S. Steel Bethlehem Chrysler U. S. Rubber Sears Roebuck International Harvster Sperry American Smelting Allied Chemical J. C. Penny U. S. Gypsum Standard Oil Pure Oil Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Santa Fe Southern Pacific Southern Railway Norfolk and Western Youngstown Sheet Republic Steel General Motors United Aircraft American Telephone Anaconda American Water Works American Can Chesapeake and Ohio

Lamb market steady with mixed lots and steady ewes

Monday's market shows 50 cents lower than the high time with mixed lots of good and choice 70-95 lb spring lambs and bucks at 22.23. Medium and good grades run 17.50-21.50, cull and common 14-17. Slaughter ewes remain active, steady with good and choice fresh shorn ewes 8-8.50, common and medium 4-7.50.

Answers to the Daily Quiz reveal correct choices

The page lists the quiz answers: Greece. Fort Knox Kentucky. John Roy Carlson. The Ring and the Book. Grandview Missouri. Rock of Ages. Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming. Has agreed. Switzerland. The spring.

Greece Fort Knox John Roy Carlson Grandview Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Switzerland

Shannon Airport expands fuel capacity with new tanks

Shannon Airport Ireland installs fuel tanks adding half a million gallon gasoline capacity as part of preparations for larger future airliners.

Shannon Ireland

Scientists Develop Tomatin to Fight Tomato Wilt Disease

Researchers announce a new substance named tomatin derived from tomato plants. They believe it may control the disease causing tomato wilt, offering potential protection for crops.

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