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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1947
Page
2
The article lists extensive damage from a disaster including the center government house hospital market and university. It notes the dome of the church of San Felipe collapsing and mentions American warships carrying over 40 foreign flags for ceremonial purposes along with naval pennants and signal flags.
The city curb market at Boscawen and Kent Streets will be open Saturdays and Tuesday mornings starting at 7 30 a m announcing Grover Schlack. First time attendees include Anal Russell and C L Jenkins with 30000 gladiolus bulbs planned for bloom by Aug 1. Gewberries and cherries appear. tomatoes scarce due to May freezes. gardens report nine rains last week.
New York July 15 Joe Louis will not defend his heavyweight title in 1947 as decided at a meeting with manager Marshall Miles and Sol Strauss. Louis will instead fight in two 10 round non title bouts at Madison Square Garden this fall and winter. Swede Olle Tandberg, who beat Joe Baksi, may meet Louis in a March bout next year.
Prices reported for Mederal State graded eggs F O B Winchester U S Grade A extra large 58 per doz U S Grade A large 56 U S Grade A medium 46 U S Grade B large 50 Pullets 34 Trades 39 Live poultry prices in Winchester area No 1 quality heavy breed hens 26 per lb Leghorn hens 22 per lb Heavy breed broilers 30 per lb Leghorn broilers 20 per lb Old roosters and stags 14 15 per lb Furkers Young Toms 22 per lb Young hens under 18 lbs
An Alabama firm experiments with converting coal to gas underground to sidestep mining and handling solid coal. The project aims to reduce surface disturbance and improve efficiency by producing gas in situ.
Troop 9 of Winchester sponsored by Market St. Methodist Church will take a 10 day camping bus tour to Canada departing Aug 3. The 32 member group plans to visit Niagara Falls Altgon quin National park and the Thousand Islands Watkins Glen route covering about 1400 miles. Scoutmaster Harold Rowe and 27 other leaders and scouts are listed along with film work to be produced.
Trophies for the City Softball League winner and runner up are shown in the Northern Virginia Power Co window. They were donated by Nichols Co., L. E. Hill manager.
Smeltzer Vernon Kemp, 74, former president of the Virginia State Bar Association, died last night in Lynchburg. Survivors include his widow and four daughters.
The United States supports the Potsdam formula for reparations but warns Germany’s low current industrial output should not cap future capacity. A new industrial level for merged zones in Germany was agreed in Berlin with Truman Stalin and Attlee, to be published tomorrow. A Ruhr coal boost talks in Washington are set within ten days, seen as essential for Europe’s recovery.
Baltimore market report from July 15 shows mixed fruit and vegetable prices with apples and sweet potatoes rising in several sizes, butter and eggs steady to higher, poultry market steady with fryers and broilers 32 1 2 to 34 cents, fowl at 23 to 35 cents. Cattle and hog markets vary by class with slaughter steers 24 to 26, cows 10 to 19, hogs mostly higher, calves 18 to 24, and lambs 18 to 24 with limited demand and uneven trade.
Chicago grain prices started lower as hedge selling hit wheat and a potentially larger crop than government July 1 estimates. Wheat fell about 3 to 11 cents, corn mixed around unchanged to up, oats steady to down, with soybeans, lard and metals noted in price movements.
New York July 15 Stocks generally fell as light selling appeared in most sectors. The industrial average had reached a new high since August, but midday trading tilted toward declines. Major laggards included U S Steel Bethlehem General Motors Chrysler American Telephone and others.
Daily corrected local wholesale and retail market figures list prices for flour corn meal and mill feed products. Includes wheat moisture adjusted rates and specific prices for yellow and white corn, barley, egg mash, cracked corn, broilers turkey products and butter fats.
Johnson criticized the Soviet plan for a global peace force calling for equal contributions by the five permanent members. He argued the plan is impractical and warned against tying U S strength to others. He favored comparable contributions reflecting each nation’s armament strengths and said disarmament discussions should not merge with UN force talks.
Alfred Jackson aged about 60 with roots in Clarke county died at his home 544 N Kent Street after a lingering illness. A son of Harry and Jane Jackson he lived in Winchester 31 years and worked for Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Co. Survived by widow Lula Jackson. sons Isiah Julian and Preston Jackson of Winchester. daughters Josephine Brown of Winchester and Roberta Flowers of Montclair New Jersey. granddaughter Joan Brown. three nephews and two nieces.
Mrs. Carl W. Judy and her husband Rev. Judy plan to sail for Korea after August 1 for a missionary venture. She will speak to the Women’s Society of Christian Service at Braddock Street Methodist church school building. Betty June Hurst will sing with her sister as accompaniment. The Judys will visit North Carolina before returning to West Virginia to await their sailing date.
A joint British American protest could be lodged with the United Nations over Greek actions. A spokesman said he cannot predict if British troops will be ordered to fight. Britain has about 5,000 troops remaining in Greece, not in the reported conflict zones.
The speaker says coal costs will vary by mine and district with possible price increases of 75 cents to $1 per ton. He notes that efficiency gains from shorter hours could lower costs per ton and gradually reduce prices. He stresses the wage increase is 15 cents per hour, matching other industries, not a new pattern.
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Listings for July 19 auctions: John W. Kern Estate at Loudoun Street Extended 7 room house and personal property. Jack Kemp north limits Stephens City with household goods. Chester Richards manager Route 50 342 miles west furniture. R C Carter 31 miles from Winchester Berryville pike automobile dry goods furniture. Ralph B Richard Executor Frederick County Court House real estate.
An advertisement claims INNER-AID with 12 herbs relieves gas pressure and bloating, cleanses the bowels, and boosts energy. It features a woman reporting relief after use and urges readers to buy from drug stores.
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