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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1951
Page
7
Cleveland tries a Cadillac gag to outdo the New York Yankees but backfires when Allie Reynolds pitches a no hitter. Yankee relievers remain on the bench as the joke collapses around manager Casey Stengel.
Classified reader ads list per word per day rates and deadlines for the Star office closing at 6 a.m. before issue. Items for sale include used foot lockers, dress trunks, farm equipment, vehicles, store inventory, and various household goods. Prices and contact numbers are given for each listing, with locations in Leesburg Winchester Chambersburg and surrounding areas.
The New York stock market edged higher for the third straight session with gains around a dollar a share on leading issues. Chas Pfizer rose early, West Indies sugar gained at the start, and International Nickel reported a rise in nickel production to a record peacetime 21,000,000 pounds monthly. Other advancing names included Nickel Plate, Pennsylvania Railroad, Texas Co., Paramount Pictures, and more.
Livestock and farm goods in Baltimore and Eastern Shore Maryland show dull apple and potato sales with varying grades and USIs. Poultry and eggs are steady to dull with light receipts. cattle and calves slow but prices steady for some categories. hogs and lambs show mixed quotes across weight classes and regions including Chicago USDA ranges.
Daily corrected market rates show flour and corn meal priced by bag and by weight. Grain is listed with wheat No 2 yellow corn white corn barley and bran while feed mixes and butter are provided with wholesale rates.
The agricultural department lists daily prices for U S Grade A extra large to Grade C eggs and fowl with the Winchester area as the base. Heavy breed hens, leghorns, rocks, and cross broilers are priced per pound or per unit, along with breeders, turkeys, guineas, and ducks. Prices range from 25c to 48c per unit or pound, with wholesale terms noted as grower’s farm.
Wheat opened modestly lower as the grain market showed subdued activity on the Chicago Board of Trade. Corn and oats moved mixed while soybeans and lard posted varied quotes amid a slow trading session.
Allie Reynolds kept mum about a possible no hitter as he pitched a 1-0 win over the Cleveland Indians. Reynolds faced 27 batters, allowing only a seventh inning homer by Gene Woodling and four walks, while Yanks teammates backed him with late hits.
CARD OF THANKS We thank friends and neighbors for kindness flowers and expressions of sympathy during the illness and death of our husband and father James L. Pelter. Mrs James Pelter and Children.
Five years after a suspension for failing to report a bribe offer, Frank Filchock is reinstated by NFL Commissioner Bert Bell. The report places the action in context of past league discipline and governance.
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