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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1947
Page
3
An advertisement touts Victory Ointment as fast relief for eczema psoriasis rashes and other external skin issues. Marketed as army developed and safe for babies, it lists Winchester retailers Miller's Rhodes Brooks Rexall Peoples Baker's and Silco Cut-Rate selling jars and tubes.
A testimonial claims INNER-AID cures gas factory levels after meals, bloating, headaches, and irregular bowel action. The ad says twelve herbs cleanse bowels, clear stomach gas, and improve liver and kidney function, urging readers to buy at drug stores.
The Hi-State League first half ends in a tie between Gore and Lost City for top spot. Lost City beat Starsburg 8-7 last Sunday while Gore loss to North Mountain 8-5. Moyer earned the win for Lost City with seven hits nine strikeouts and two walks. Sonny Rickard earned the upset win for North Mountain over Gore.
Edgar K Warner of Stephen son suffered lacerations when his truck carrying eight tons of coal veered off R 50 Double S west of Winchester after a brake line failed. The truck demolished the body and the motor tore loose over a 15 foot embankment. Coal spread across the highway and traffic halted briefly. A second crash on R 522 involved Walter Lofton of White Post and Norman Clarke of Rauthers Pa. no injuries were reported.
Senate war investigating committee joins hunt for foreign leaks of atomic information. Chairman Brewster says staff revived wartime inquiry into the $2 billion atomic program and will probe whether Russian pipelines drained highly restricted project data. He has no specific new info beyond newspaper reports.
Anchored on July 16, weary firefighters retreated toward the threatened Kenai Peninsula village of Kenai as a raging forest fire leaped a 40 foot fire block south of the town. Army engineers from Fort Richardson and Alaska road crews worked to bulldoze an encircling gap four miles from the village outskirts with a planned backfire if winds stay favorable.
Baltimore market notes show produce prices for apples and other fruits, potatoes and sweet potatoes, poultry, eggs, butter, and livestock bids. Cattle, hogs, sheep and lambs price ranges are listed with weights and quality notes as of July 16 with cautious demand and steady receipts.
Columbus police report no clues in the search for Faye Ann Crow 20 year old British war bride missing from her Columbus home since Thursday. Her husband Ralph Crow a former Eighth Air Force member says they married two years ago in England and she joined him here last February.
A kitchen plan proposes energy pick up in the morning with a breakfast featuring eggs and hash browned potatoes, aiming to start the day with a hearty, protein rich meal.
NEW YORK July 16 Leading stocks drifted as attempts to rally failed to gain follow through and midday trading showed declines. Some gains appeared in Chrysler Republic Steel Caterpillar Tractor Cerro DePasco International Harvester Allied Chemical Texas Co Great Northern Railway Northern Pacific while General Motors Montgomery Ward American Telephone Santa Fe N Y Central Baltimore and Ohio Douglas Aircraft Kennecott International Nickel American Can Dow Chemical Philip Morris International Paper and Owens-Illinois wavered between intervals as investors held back for a potential eight week climb correction.
Wheat futures open two cents higher as July price hits 2.41 with modest gains across oats and mixed moves in corn. Corn and soybean figures shown with July and September quotes. lard also listed for July.
The report lists prices across categories: fat steers 21 to 23 mid range with higher for odd heads, fat heifers 16 to 23, fat cows 13 to 17 with high for heavy breeding, bulls 15 to 20 plus odd heads to 21, veal calves 20 to 24.50, lambs 19 to 23.55, hogs 23.50 to 26.50, shoats 26 to 30 per cwt, fresh cows and springers: good heavy cows 150 to 180, milking cows 90 to 125, old cows 60 to 80 each.
When selecting grapefruits for juice, pick thin skinned ones. Coarse skinned, puffy, or spongy fruits may be usable but yield less juice.
A local market listing shows prices for patent brand bags per hundredweight, corn meal in 5 and 10 pound bags, and yellow white varieties. Also included are prices for whole grains such as new wheat at mill and moisture adjusted rates, plus egg mash and broiler mash.
Agriculture Dept Markets Division reports prices in Winchester area for eggs and live poultry. Eggs graded U S A extra large 58 dozen, large 56, medium 46, B large 50, pullets 34, trades 39. Live poultry by dressing plants No 1 quality heavy hens 26c lb, Leghorn hens 22c lb, heavy breed broilers 30c lb, Leghorn broilers 20c lb, old roosters 14-15c lb, turkeys young Toms 22c lb, young hens under 18 lb.
Processed cereals may be restored to whole grain levels by adding thiamine niacin and iron. Cereals are enriched voluntarily by many manufacturers.
The 1946 supply of canned deciduous fruits will be larger than last winter. The 1946 pack is one and a half times the size of the 1945 pack.
The first recorded school program started in Germany in 1790 as municipal soup kitchens for the unemployed also served school children, combining relief with education and child welfare.
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