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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1956
Page
9
Paris fashion scene opens with capes and draped silhouettes in the Fath collection. Wide skirts drop two to three inches while midcalf hems appear alongside dramatic drapery and Russian inspired headgear echoing Moscow circus trends.
Susie J. Brown died yesterday morning at her home near Cedar Hill Frederick County after a long illness. She was born in Frederick County daughter of the late Abe and Amanda Deakes and lived most of her life in Cedar Hill. Surviving are her husband James F. Brown and several nieces nephews and cousins. Funeral at John Wesley Methodist Church Monday at 2 pm conducted by Rev S K Murray Burial in Lees Chapel Cemetery at Clearbrook. Pallbearers named. Body rest at Cartwright Funeral Home prior to service.
Cascades of capes dominate the scene with shoulder waist and hip lengths. Designers seek drama with drapes bows and flounces while fabrics like velvet chiffon and big plaid coats define evening wear. Paris papers hail Dior long day skirts as a knocking sensation while others call it a fleeting spark of fashion.
Dr. Hermann Bundesen explains how warm or cold weather affects mood and health, noting slimmer people may cope differently with heat and storms. He cites Chicago death statistics on suicide, and links abrupt pressure changes to asthma and heart issues, urging enjoyment of summer but warning of upcoming colds.
Apples and other fruits show mixed gains across varieties with Williams Red US Fancy and Golden Jubilees noted. Potatoes and sweet potatoes weak or too few sales to quote, while poultry market remains dull with limited demand and high offers. cattle and hogs scarce, prices largely unchanged for now.
In Mexicali a Chinese resident shot his gun causing a blaze that gutted a 150 room Chinese residential block. Three Chinese residents were wounded including Sam Woo Mashon and Lucky Ky Yun. A body was found, five tons of lard and liquor burned, a grocery store and warehouse were hit, and a repair crew cut water supply as Lou Son Lon fled.
Market steady for live poultry with good demand and adequate supplies. Farm prices reported for the 24 hours ending 12 noon today show broilers or fryers at 234 to 314.
Wheat retreated slightly at the opening on the Chicago Board of Trade while other grains held steady or gained. Opening prices show Sep wheat at 2.14 to 2.15, Dec 2.19, Mar 2.21, May 2.18. Sep corn 1.47 to 1.48, Dec 1.37 to 1.38, Mar 1.41 to 1.42, May 1.44 to 1.45. Sep oats 7.25 to 7.26, Dec 7.51 to 7.52.
Daily market rundown lists prices for feed grains 100 lb bags including mixed feed at 3.30 and egg mash 4.75, wheat and corn per bushel, barley at Rockingham Augusta ranges, butterfat quotes 75 7 8 to 76, soybeans contracts from Sep 2.44 to 2.48, lard futures Sept 11.45 to Dec 13.15 across months.
Wall Street slipped with oil issues leading losses around three points amid London market nerves over Egypt seizing the Suez Canal. Gulf Oil dropped to 143, Getty Oil to 56, Royal Dutch down 2 1 4, U S Steel off 1 8, Bethlehem fractional, Youngstown Sheet & Tube near a point rise, General Dynamics up 3 4 on opening block then pared gains.
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