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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1947
Page
2
British rule clamps down on 10 000 to 14 000 people in Natanya to search for two British army sergeants kidnapped by Irgun Zvai Leumi. A curfew is imposed as the area becomes a controlled zone denying postal banking and other services. Irgun boasted of seizing the sergeants to pressure for three Irgunists under death sentence.
An unidentified Black man died after leaping from the 86th floor of the Empire State Building and landing on a setback at the 21st floor. He is the sixteenth fatality in a series of falls from the world’s tallest structure.
The first dance on the terrace of Willow Lawn swimming pool is scheduled for Wednesday night. Es corts are to wear coats. The Star lighters will play for dancing.
One survivor was found 300 feet from the wreckage ten feet up a tree hugging the Prank Gonzalez. He said the flight was dark and the motor stopped before the crash. The plane belonged to Burke airlines of Miami and was licensed for 25 passengers and a crew of three.
In remarks on the coal and steel settlement the President notes a $13.05 daily wage for miners and an eight hour day at straight rates. He explains overtime pay on Saturdays after five days, a five cent per ton welfare fund levy, and warns prosperity hinges on how business managers manage costs and prices under the agreement.
The list shows sales scheduled July 19 at 10 a.m. for John W. Kern Estate on Loudoun Street featuring a seven room house and lot with furniture and appliances. July 19 at 1 p.m. for Jack Kemp at the northern limits of Stephens City with household and kitchen furniture. July 19 at 10 a.m. Chester Richards, manager, near Route 50, four furniture items.
Senate leader Vandenberg announced after a conference with President Truman and GOP chiefs that no special session of Congress is needed this fall. He said Truman would not block his tax cut veto message and that about 400 000 European displaced persons could not be admitted this session. The panel would act quickly in January if Paris Marshall plan talks advance.
Two former Army sergeants faced arraignments on charges related to atom bomb secrets after allegedly taking confidential notes and photographs from the Los Alamos project. Alexander Van Der Luft, 23, appeared in Pittsburgh and Earnest D. Wallis, 34, in Chicago. Bond set at $10,000.
The piece notes a Congressional push on July 9 where 13 senators and 10 representatives formally urged stronger UN reforms. Virginia leaders praised Senator Byrd for backing a strengthened United Nations. It also profiles Scully, a Winchester attorney and WWII veteran, and mentions upcoming executive council plans and a 1946 auto count with California leading at 12.2 million vehicles.
Market notes show produce apples and vegetables with price ranges for USIs and related varieties, with early harvests and sizes. Potatoes and sweet potatoes priced with regional references, eggs and butter reported with wholesale ranges. Cattle hogs and sheep futures quoted. Chicago hog and cattle prices include weights and top figures. receipts listed for two days.
New York stock market shows further gains with coal prices rising on mining pay boosts fueling inflation psychology. Leaders like Chrysler Bethlehem General Motors U S Steel and Penn Railroad led the advance while occasional dips appeared in U S Steel Deere Boeing and International Nickel.
The Winchester recreation council interviewed a prospective recreation director. Hunter Maddox, Handley coach, is serving as summer director in a temporary appointment.
The board of directors of the Winchester Tuberculosis Association is scheduled to meet at 2 p.m. at 22 Loudoun Street.
Salable calves 1,000. total fed steers and heifers 1,000 with 50 cents to $1 gains. Choice 1,300 lb steers up to 31.50. most good and choice 27.50–31. Comparable heifers 25–28.25. choice 866 lb heifers 29.50 to 30. Grassy killer steers under 26 with similar heifers 24 down. Cows steady to 50 cents higher. cutters 14.50 down. Bulls and vealers steady. weighty bulls to 18. choice vealers to 24. Stock cattle scarce. firm. Salable sheep 2,500. good and choice ewe and wether lambs 25–25.50. yearling ewes and wethers 20. aged slaughter ewes 6–8.
Winchester Golf Club defeated Front Royal in a golf contest tied at 13 pairs. Lichliter led with 71 while H. Peter of Front Royal shot 72. Winchester players posted scores including Bridgeforth Cray 1, Hyde Kern 2, Frey Sargent 2, and multiple 1 to 3 point pairings across the lineup.
Tishia Belle Trussell died yesterday at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Harvey Trussell near Providence chapel in Clarke county. Born May 1 1946 she is survived by her father mother two brothers Harvey Ralph and Charles Iden and four sisters Susie Anne Jean Audrey Stella Mae and Elva Lee Trussell. Funeral services will be held at Providence chapel tomorrow at 10 am with Rev Clarence Lloyd officiating. Burial will follow in the chapel church yard.
The excerpt lists price points for oats and related futures with coded month notations and numeric values, suggesting a market ticker readout. Key entries include Dec and May months with prices, and Sep as a separate line, showing volatility in the grain futures.
Chicago grain prices open lower for wheat and corn in quiet morning trading on July 14, with wheat at about 2.37 a bushel and corn near 2.14. Oats show mixed movement as futures edge.
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