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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1948
Page
2
A daily crossword puzzle with clues covering rivers regions weather terms and common words across various languages and letters. The grid includes entries for rivers It Switz spring month slang not fair destiny speak tendency metallic rocks and more with several foreign language hints and abbreviations.
In Baltimore on July 12 police stopped mixed tennis matches in a public park. The Young Progressives of Maryland sponsored the outing to test park board segregation rules, as part of Henry A. Wallace's third group activity.
Listings show multiple household goods auctions with dates and addresses in Winchester. Jack Brown at 1040 G. Kent St July 14 1 p m DST. Mrs B Green at 22 E Cork St July 24 1 p m DST. Ida Wyndham at 234 Amherst St July 24 10 a m EST. Mrs W A Sale at 371 National Ave Aug 21. Includes antiques and furniture.
Park officials said permits were checked and mixed matches barred. Captain Gordon Gaeng ordered the games stopped twice. police moved players from the courts as crowds of over 500 spectators taunted officers. Seven arrested for disorderly conduct and defiance. thirteen of those booked were Negroes and seven were women.
The North Fork Shenandoah was clear with a few bass fishermen reporting luck. A 15 inch bass on a flyrod led the day at Maurertown. In Limeton Ralph Forney of N Kent St. caught a 4 pound eel and a 3 pound channel catfish using shrimp bait. Bass were quiet there.
The page provides the correct responses to the daily quiz: 1 True 2 Patrick 3 Relatively 4 TUCKER 5 Cricket 6 Arizona February 14 1921 7 Russian wolfhound 8 Landing of the Pilgrims 9 Czechoslovakia 10 No horseshoes.
Judge Elliott Marshall enters order in Clarke County Circuit Court appointing Mrs Emily Lindsay to fill the unexpired term of the late Richard B Smith Sr on the Clarke County Local Board of Public Welfare. Her term ends June 30 next year. The order also reappoints Dr Charles O Dearmont to the board through June 30, 1950, with Clifton E Price as the remaining member.
Bears employ moss beds as insulating shelters during extended winter sleep. Researchers note moss structures support warmth and moisture regulation in den sites.
The New York market rose further after a 22 month high last Friday. Rails and steels led gains with fractions to about a point. U S Steel, Youngstown Sheet, Jones & Laughlin, Republic Steel, N Y Central, Pennsylvania, Southern Pacific, Chicago & Eastern Illinois A, Atlantic Coast Line, Studebaker, Firestone, Douglas, American Smelting, Dow Chemical, Radio Corp, Curtis Publishing, Sinclair Oil, Nickel Plate all gained. Chicago & Eastern Illinois rose after a $1 dividend on 1945 earnings for class A stock.
Auction and wholesale prices show dairy and meat markets steady to higher. Cattle and hogs advance with cows bulls and stockers up, calves light, hogs 180-225 lb and 250-300 lb ranges noted, sheep steady with lambs higher than prior close.
Chicago grain prices opened mixed with wheat mostly lower while corn and oats posted fractional gains. Opening quotes show wheat at 2.29 1 4 for July and 2.30 1 4 for Sept, corn near 1.99 98 1 2 for July, oats around 88 5 8 for July, with September and December futures listed and Lord at 23.07 for Sept and 24.50 for Dec.
Winchester's golf squads posted a rough day in the Tri State League with the first team taking fourth at Purcellville and the second team losing 1 0 to 1 2 at Front Royal. Philip Glaize led the Winchester effort with 11 1 2 points, while Bill Bridgeforth added 9 1 2 and other scorers padded the totals. Frederick and Martinsburg led the loop, finishing 77 1 2 to 76 1 2 at Purcellville, with Purcellville hosting and posting 57 1 2 points. Front Royal trailed with 39, and Winchester remained third overall ahead of Purcellville and Front Royal despite the rough day.
The passage notes that many mosses retain names assigned by ancient scholars Dioscorides and Gaius Plinius. It highlights the enduring influence of Greek and Roman naturalists on botanical nomenclature.
The market reports cattle by weight classes with price ranges: 290-320 lb at 8-29.25, 330-380 lb at 26-27.50, 375-400 lb at 24.75-26, sows 275-350 lb at 24-26, 375-425 lb at 22-23.75, and 450-550 lb at 20-21.50. Salable cattle total 15,000 with most good to choice steers at 37-39.50, top 40 for three loads, best heifers 37.50, most good to choice heifers 35.50-37.50, cutter cows 19.50 down, common and medium beef cows 21-25, heavy sauage bulls to 26, vealers 30 down.
The page lists daily connected local market prices for commodities including flour butter and feeds. Items shown include 10 and 25 pound bags of flour and corn meal, alongside prices for new wheat and barley per bushel and various feeds such as egg mash cracked corn and mixed feed.
Agriculture Department Markets Division lists live poultry and egg prices paid in the Winchester region. Grade A eggs and standards show variations by size and grade, with No 1 and No 2 classifications and several poultry categories including broilers and turkeys.
Winchester Recreation commission reports rising attendance at the summer playground program and discusses expansion and play streets. A warning was issued against swimming in the pond near the Sensenyrd fields due to poor water quality and deep hazards. Attending members included C. A. Hobert, Grace Bosserman, Helen Massey, Curtis Fray, Leonard Sirbaugh, Dick Richard and Hugh T. Henry.
A small plane with a damaged rudder and propeller landed safely near Seattle after a hazardous flight over the Cascade mountains. Pilot Grover C. Greimes and an unidentified passenger were aboard and guided the craft to a safe landing.
The report notes an aircraft struck high tension wires near Yakima and lost its rudder while closing the doors. Elsewhere references discuss rapid growth in artificial dairy breeding associations and a paleontological note that most higher birds evolved by the end of the Cretaceous period 60 to 70 million years ago.
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