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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1948
Page
9
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Chicago July 10 grains opened weak as corn led declines on the USDA crop forecast. Wheat July 2.28 1-8, Sept 2.29 1-2, Dec 2.31 1-4, May 2.29 1-4. Corn July 1.99-9 1-2, Sept 1.79-78, Dec 1.60 1-2, May 1.60 1-2. Oats July 88-88 1-8, Sept 82 1-2-14, Dec 83 1-4, May 83 1-8. Soybeans July 3.03. Lard Sept 22.75.
James Effler of 932 Woodland Ave was fined 50 dollars and costs for firing a gun in public, with a 30 day jail sentence suspended by Judge John Rice. Jessie Hockman and Frank Shull paid fines for drunkenness. Civil suit in Winchester Virginia seeks 310.97 plus costs against L Carlton Emory, nonresident, for attachment of property, with publication ordered.
Livestock prices show hogs and cattle higher in Chicago with high choice steers at 39.25 per cwt and cows to 26.50. Baltimore markets list steady to higher cattle and hogs with top hogs at 30.25 and calves at 28. Sheep show spring lambs 28-29 and ewes around 8-9. Prices reflect mixed lot sizes and regional offerings across the two markets.
Avisco from Front Royal visits Park Diamond at 3 p.m. to face the Legion post in a key Warren County showdown. The Bayoneers bring a strong pitching staff led by Ogle and Reynolds, while the Legion counters with Fireball ace Lester Shickle and Swanson behind the plate.
Plants to reopen after annual vacations will resume operations Monday at the Virginia Woolen Co and the Dr Sullivan Rubber Co plants which have been closed for the period.
In a 8-7 extra innings win over Royal Crown Rosenberger moved into a first place tie with Virginia Woolen. The game, played 10 innings after a day game, featured two hours and 15 minutes of play and a late winning run when Messall scored on Levi's hit in the tenth. Larrick fanned eight and Whitlock struck out 14.
The passage notes that many moss species retain names assigned by Dioscorides and Gaius Plinius. It highlights the influence of classical scholars on modern botanical nomenclature.
The Winchester Brown Bombers host the Central Pennsylvania League team from Chambersburg at 3 p.m. tomorrow. Last week they beat Moorefield 15 to 6, riding a 10 hit rally in the seventh inning to pull away. Gene Parker earned the win. A preceding 1 p.m. softball game features Charles Williams Post junior team versus Martinsburg.
Mrs. J. W. Lodge of White Hall Apple Pie Ridge entered Memorial hospital yesterday after a fall at her home. She sustained a fractured and completely dislocated shoulder and will leave the hospital today.
The Frederick County board of supervisors will meet at 10 a.m. EST on Monday for the regular July session. Clerk Lee Whitacre says only routine business is expected. Also noted: earliest known ceramists dating from 12 000 to 18 000 years ago in the Nile Valley of Egypt.
A Front Royal report says bass fishing looks poor this weekend as the South Fork runs muddy and the North Fork is very cloudy. The North Fork at Wood Creek is also described as muddy and heavily turbid.
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