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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1949
Page
9
An advertisement promotes 50 for $1 Christmas card samples and a 21 card Leader assortment with up to 50 cents profit. It invites sending photos of family life from 1900 to 1949 to Box No. 37 care Star, Elmira New York, for possible publication with copies returned.
Janet Golightly 48 of 319 Highland Ave died yesterday at Western State hospital Staunton Born in Frederick county she was a daughter of the late John and Emma Knight Golightly A sister of John W Golightly Winchester and Mrs Edgar Lonas Coatsville Pa and Mrs Charlie Clark and Mrs George Hildebrand both of Winchester Services will be 2 PM tomorrow at Jones funeral home Rev B W Coe officiating Burial Mount Hebron Cemetery Pallbearers Roy Dellinger Preston Place Donald Larrick Albert Clark Raymond Golightly Frank Golightly
The Air Force seeks a one man fighter with a robot co pilot to locate and shoot bombers at extreme altitudes. The XF 94 radar equipped jet fighter is a step toward a fully automatic interceptor with radar eyes guiding fire and flight.
Market notes show mixed prices across commodities with beef cattle, hogs and poultry. Baltimore reports limited cattle sales, steady calves and variable weights. Chicago lists hogs at 11,000 salable, with top 21.75 and varied weights, while price ranges span many categories and weights.
New York July 6 The stock market stayed steady with only minor moves after four consecutive gains. Several issues showed gains in high priced names such as Youngstown Sheet American Telephone Montgomery Ward Curtiss Wright and Dow Chemical while U S Steel Westinghouse Allied Chemical Eastman Kodak J C Penney and Santa Fe were among names trading lower.
Chicago July grain prices opened firm with gains of over a cent in wheat. Wheat futures showed Jly 1.96 96, Sep 1.99 14 2.00, Dec 2.01 49 02, Mar 1.99, May 1.95%. Corn Jly 1.37 37, Sep 1.28 44 13, Dec 1.18 18 %. Oats Jly 61 %62, Sep 61 7 %, Dec 63 14 54. Rye Jly 1.40. Lard Jly 10.57 52, Dec 10.25.
The report lists pig and cow prices including fat sows 13 to 14, good Shoots 22 to 24, pigs 8 to 11.50 per head, fresh cows and springers up to 200 with medium 130 to 170. It notes Jersey cows produce the richest milk by butterfat content, with Guernsey second.
The Markets Division lists U S Grade A eggs and various poultry prices in Winchester. Reports show large and extra large eggs at 52 cents, large 51 cents, medium 44 cents, and other grades. Live poultry prices include heavy breed hens at 22 cents per pound and turkey hens up to 30 cents, with old toms and other fowl noted.
A public notice states Langford F Leach will not be responsible for debts incurred by others or beyond his own obligations. Dated July 6, 1931.
Market report lists fats, mediums, and culls for steers heifers cows and bulls with price bands and occasional highs. Veal calves lambs fat sheep and hogs shown with ranges and top figures across categories for the Virginia market.
Daily corrected market sheet lists prices for flour corn meal and white corn at retail and wholesale. No. 2 yellow corn and 10 lb corn meal bags are shown with mixed pricing, plus butter and bran figures and butterfat values.
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