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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1947
Page
3
Richard Wagner, the German composer, lived in political exile for many years in France and Switzerland where he produced several of his major works.
An old advertisement touts TEOL strong fungicide for athletes foot with 90 percent alcohol, claiming it penetrates and kills faster. Offered for 35 cents with money-back promise if not satisfied. Sold at Boyd Drug.
An advertisement proclaims INNER AID as a real relief for gas constipation and other ailments. It cites a user who after three days claims complete cleansing of the body, disappearance of headaches pimples and rheumatic knee pain, and a transformed feeling. The product contains 12 herbs and is sold by all drug stores.
Crossword clues list with across and down entries including store wine receptacles heedless forbid and other common terms plus variants and abbreviations for a compact puzzle style. The page presents a standard two column clue set with common crossword answers across themes and a cabbage variety noted for down clues.
Mrs Ernest Martin of Berwyn Maryland was partly conscious at Memorial hospital after a Monday crash at the Gore intersection of Routes 50 and 259. Her husband and daughter were among others injured and reported improving.
James F. Ritter of Winchester has been named a permanent major in the U S Regular Army by President Truman. He served 17 months in Europe with a B 24 group of the Eighth Air Force and has since held posts at Clovis New Mexico and the Army Security Agency. He married Stephanie Witkowski in New York and they now live in Alexandria Virginia. He earlier led the Regular Veterans Assn.
Voters in the Armel precinct will vote next Tuesday at the Armel school. The move was announced today by local election officials.
The Brooklyn Dodgers outlasted the St. Louis Cardinals 11-10 in 10 innings to remain atop the National League. The game featured a late Cards rally tied 10-10 in the ninth, then Dodgers heroics in the 10th to reclaim the lead, as fans packed 31,709 at Busch Stadium. Enos Slaughter and Del Wilber contributed key hits for St. Louis, while Pee Wee Reese's RBI in the 10th sealed the Dodgers' victory and widened their margin to nine games over the Cards.
National League results include Philadelphia 9 over Chicago 2 New York 5 over Cincinnati 4 Pittsburgh 5 to 5 with Boston 3 to 8 Brooklyn 11 over St. Louis 10 American League scores show New York 8 over Detroit 5 Cleveland 13 over Boston 7 Chicago 3 over Philadelphia 2 St Louis 2 over Washington 1. Monte Kennedy earned the victory in relief for the Giants as he pitched four hitless innings ending Ewell Blackwell’s 16 game winning streak with the win. Pee Wee Reese batted in the decisive run for the Dodgers with a two out single in the top of the 10th to beat the Cardinals.
The trial of Percy Carl Sponaugle of Franklin West Virginia in Frederik circuit court for manslaughter has been continued to the first day of the September term. The charges stem from a January highway death at Vaucluse in which Mrs Alberta Steele was fatally injured.
The Mt Falls baseball club will play Mt Williams' nine at 2 30 p m Sunday at Mt Falls.
Extract of witch hazel is prepared from the leaves of a shrub native to North America, ranging from Texas to Nova Scotia. The preparation uses leaves of the small tree and is noted for medicinal or cosmetic uses.
Selected stocks recovered slowly in New York trading with many leaders largely indifferent. Gains of fractions to a point predominated while some short covering and investment nibbling aided modest advances. Managers cited higher steel prices and looming consumer resistance as factors tempering profits.
Chicago grain prices advance at the open on July 31 as a moisture shortage in the Midwest corn belt sparks buying in corn and oats. Opening quotes show Wheat Sep 2.28 1-4 Dec 2.26 May 2.21 1-2 Corn Sep 2.09 1-4 Dec 1.88 6-4 1-2 May 1.83-1-84 Oats Sep 92 1-2 Dec 90-90 1-2 May 87 1-8 Lard Sep 17.50.
Canberra reports Prime Minister J B Chifley directed Australia’s UN ambassador to bring the Indonesian situation before the Security Council under Article 39 of the UN Charter. The move signals Canberra’s effort to seek international action and warnings on regional tensions.
Baltimore July 24 market notes show wholesale prices for apples Duchess Williams Reds and Yellow Transpar ents, poultry including fryers and broilers with 34-37 cents per pound, fowl and roasters, eggs with price tiers, and current receipts of butter 69 750 pounds and eggs 1 321 cases.
Salable hogs 6000 of 8000 total offered in Chicago trade opened steady to 25 cents lower with general butcher hogs about 25 cents down. Top 28.50, bulk 170-240 lb at 27.50-28.25, 250 lb 26.50-27.50, 280-300 lb 25.25-26.50. Good sow ranges 23-24.50 under 350 lb. few offerings noted.
The market lists cattle ranges by weight and grade with prices from 17 to 31.75, noting declines of 25 to 50 cents on various classes. A second item asks which cities levy hotel room taxes, listing MLA A New York City Rhode Island and Atlantic New Jersey as examples of local taxes on hotel room rentals.
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