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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1950

Page

3

Market Quotations Highlight Auto Shares and Admiral Earnings

New York stocks showed strong interest in auto shares with General Motors Chrysler and Studebaker rising amid selling. Admiral Corp posted a June quarter per share earnings of 2.16, up from 81 cents a year earlier, aiding gains in radio television issues and names like Emerson Radio Zenith U S Steel Bethlehem Steel and Du Pont.

General Motors Chrysler Studebaker Admiral Corp Admiral Emerson Radio Corp Zenith Radio U. S. Steel Bethlehem Steel

White Hall to Host Montague Ave Methodist in Softball

White Hall will face Montague Ave Methodist Church on the White Hall diamond tomorrow night in a local softball game.

White Hall Montague Ave. Methodist Church

Livestock and Produce Prices Across Baltimore and Chicago

Market notes show cattle and hogs steadier in Baltimore and Chicago with sparse sales. Cattle and calves varied, hogs generally lower on some weights, while eggs and butter demand remained moderate. A geography question closes with the Andes as the world’s longest mountain system.

Baltimore USDA Chicago Andes Mountains Panama Tierra del Fuego

Agricultural egg market prices from Frederick County Farm Bureau

The Agriculture Department lists tomorrows egg and poultry prices for U S Grade A Extra Large to various roaster and broiler categories. Prices include No 1 quality fob producer farms heavy breed hens leghorn hens broilers cross broilers red broilers and duck rates with per pound figures and per item listings across several weights.

Frederick County Sdeerseseveces

Grain prices drift as soybeans slip on opening

Chicago grains opened little changed at the board of trade with soybeans easing from the session highs. Wheat futures for July to May show modest gains and corn and rye contracts edge lower while oats and lard hold initial bids.

Chicago Board of Trade Jly

Purification of Radioactive Contamination Question Answered

The Atomic Energy Commission says environmental contamination from a nuclear blast is of little lasting concern. Neutron-induced radioactivity in water air and most organics has a short half life and decays within hours, posing no permanent hazard.

Atomic Energy Commission

Probe of Reds in Government Apparently Is Closed for Now

Washington report notes a five month Senate subcommittee inquiry into McCarthy charges on State Department Communists ends with a Democratic majority denunciation of McCarthy and a Republican caveat. The panel urges no further action while noting lingering partisan tension and unresolved questions about Lattimore and loyalty programs.

Washington Senate McCarthy Wisconsin State Department Hydings Maryland Green Rhode Island McMahon Connecticut United States Kremlin Stalin Lodge Massachusetts Hickenlooper Town Owen Lattimore Far East Lattimore

Mrs Wilson Pleads For Palsy Funds Campaign Update

Clarke Shenandoah and Warren counties report success in the Virginia Cerebral Palsy drive. Winchester and Frederick County still need contributions to meet goals. Appeals for donations are directed to city and county chairs with a state target of 67000.

Wyatt Richard A. W. Wright Frederick County William B. Watkins Clarke Fund William Shafer, Jr Shenandoah County Raymond Guest Warren

Storage Firm Wins Frederick County Building Permit

Virginia Apple Storage Inc at Valley Pike awarded a permit for a 40 by 80 foot metal clad warehouse to be built for about $5 this September. Frederick County issued five permits totaling 15. Other projects include a frame barn near Ninevah, a concrete block machine shed north of Gainesboro, a Jordan Springs Rd bungalow, and a Stephens City six room bungalow in Bell-Air subdivision with costs ranging from 500 to 9,000 dollars.

Virginia Apple Storage Inc Valley Pike Frederick County Jessie W. Sherwood Ninevah L. H. Ruble Winchester Rt 2 Gainesboro Hayfield Road Earl M. Beulah B. Brown Stephenson Jordan Springs James W. and Isabelle C. Galladay Stephens City Bell-Air

Melbourne Hen Yields Golden Quartz Inside

A dead Melbourne hen found in a delicatessen contained 50 pieces of gold-bearing quartz the size of a pea. The bird, part of a city fowl auction, raised questions about its origin as no source could be traced.

Melbourne Victoria

Winchester Memorial Hospital Admits Local Patients

New patients listed include Miss Elva E. Lewis of R. F. D. 3 and Mrs. Catherine I. McKee of Millwood Pike. Also admitted are Paul Lee Wilson of 324 Shawnee Ave and Alice Rosalie Smith of Senseney Road, among others from Wardensville to Stephens City and nearby areas.

Winchester Memorial Hospital Elva E. Lewis Catherine I. McKee Millwood Pike Paul Lee Wilson Shawnee Ave Alice Rosalie Smith Senseney Road Nannie E. Helsley Charles St. Clarence Haymaker Orchard Ave Elizabeth H. Wright N. Purcell James F. Jenkins Boyd Jenkins Lillie M. Martin Woodland Ave Beulah Kline Baker St Nancy Lee Spiker Strasburg Lillian C. Hershman Wardensville W. Va Nannie E. Vance Star Tannery Ruth G. Hepner Jackson Stella P. Bramble Aurora Henry Jennings Charles Town Aga Elsie Conner Stephens City

London traffic report shows Saturday worst day for accidents

Sir Harold Scott reports that Saturday is the heaviest day for traffic accidents in Greater London with 565 killed and 32 319 injured in the metropolitan district. Fridays worst for cyclists and Mondays for cyclists, dogs blamed for 474 casualties.

London Greater London Harold Scott Metropolitan

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