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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1949
Page
11
The association of dealers in the pton Roads area reports croakers and other seafood are scarce this season amid declines in young fish. Members plan an August meeting to discuss causes and seek aid, with one dealer blaming destruction of young fish.
James R. Payton aged died in a Harrisburg hospital. He was born in Clarke county and is survived by his widow Bettie Payton four children his father Robert D. Payton a foster mother Ella Payton three brothers Willie Nelson George and two sisters Isabell Colquiltt and Mids Virginia Louise Payton. Services at Cartwright funeral home 2 p.m. tomorrow with Rev. Ralph Laws officiating. Interment in Old Chapel cemetery at Millwood.
Eugene Russell Jr son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Russell Sr of 3 Morningside Drive gave up a Shenandoah music scholarship to become a police officer and is named clerk of the midnight to 8 a m shift. He graduated this spring from Handley University, led the band, and sang in choirs while active in All-state bands and The Chanters. He attends Congregational Christian Church and belongs to the Rouss Fire Co.
New York July 12 A light selling tone left the market defensive though gains still appeared on the ticker. Fractional losses led while a steel strike threat dampened demand. several big names slid including General Motors Packard Goodrich United Aircraft American Telephone Commonwealth Edison Westinghouse Union Carbide Eastman Kodak J C Penny Owens-Illinois U S Gypsum International Paper Southern Pacific Southern Railway Union Pacific Standard Oil Twentieth Century Fox. Some issues edged up such as Youngstown Sheet Goodyear Montgomery Ward Caterpillar Distillers Corp Public Service Electric Anaconda Copper Kennecott General Electric Dow Chemical Johns Manville United Air Lines.
Baltimore markets show mixed receipts with cattle largely steady after yesterday, hogs down slightly across weights, calves and sheep varied by class. Chicago notes sales of hogs and cattle active, with top prices for lighter weight hogs and high-quality fed steers reaching toward the upper twenties.
Market notes heavy but mostly steady to higher with last week across classes except butcher steers. Steers 18 to 24. stockers 21 to 24. heifers 18 to 21.50. cows 16 to 20. dairy cows 200 per head. stock cows with calf 190. bulls 16 to 22.75. hogs 19.80 to 22.25. sows 14.50 to 16. lambs 17.60 to 26.50. stock ewes with lambs to 30. pigs by head 8 to 16.
Agriculture Markets division lists U S Grade A eggs at 55 cents for extra large, large and medium grades pending. Live poultry prices show heavy breed hens at 22 cents per pound, Leghorn hens at 19, Leghorn broilers at 18, young turkeys and old geese prices provided, with No 64 and related lots noted for local producers in the Winchester area.
Chicago on July 12 saw grains open lower amid a government crop estimate larger than expected. Wheat and corn futures edged down across several contracts while oats and rye prices showed modest declines.
The Diet of Worms occurred in Worms in 1521 with Martin Luther summoned to answer charges of heresy.
Prices for corn meal split by bag size and type, grain and feed items listed with per bag or per unit pricing and notes on moisture content. includes egg mash, cracked corn, feeds for poultry, and butter products with wholesale and retail references.
Barbary refers to the region in northern Africa bounded by Egypt to the east the Atlantic to the west the Sahara to the south and the Mediterranean to the north. It comprises Morocco Algeria Tunisia and Tripoli named after the Berber inhabitants.
Oregon has about 300 covered wooden bridges. This is the second largest total among U S states, following a higher count elsewhere.
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