Market Quotations N Y Stocks Irregularities In Early Dealings
In New York stocks irregularities appeared in early trading as prices showed a wide mix of gains and losses with a tilt higher. Diamond T Motor Car rose on heavy volume to 1434 and held a modest advance. National Container climbed with large blocks, Canadian Pacific opened up and gained slowly, while U S Steel Packard Radio Corp American Telephone Homestake and Pennsylvania Railroad gained. Losers included Republic Steel U S Rubber International Harvester American Smelting U S Gypsum and United Aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Diamond
T” Motor Car
National Container
Canadian Pacific
U. S. Steel
Packard, Radio Corp
American Telephone
Homestake Mining
Pennsylvania Railroad
Republic Steel
U. S. Rubber
International Harvester
American Smelting
U. S. Gypsum
United Aircraft
Live poultry prices in Winchester area report
Agriculture Dept. market report notes prices paid for No 1 fowl fob farm with a steady market. Broilers fryers under 3 lbs 20 24c, over 3 lbs 24 25c. Heavy toms 30c, small turkey fryers 29 30c, breeder hens 27 28c, young toms 30c, young hens 40c, toms 20c. Harrisonburg egg market lists U S Grade A large white 38, Grade A large brown 38, Grade B large white 30, large brown 30, Grade A medium 30, Grade small 18. Cracked eggs and checks 15. Crates and pewee prices shown.
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Winchester
Harrisonburg
U. S
Brush Fire Burns Less Than An Acre On Red Bud Road
The Clearbrook Fire Company responded at 4 15 p m to the John Rutherford property on Red Bud Road near Jordan Springs to fight a brush fire. Firemen said less than an acre burned with no damage. The blaze started when burning brush got out of control and spread to nearby stumps and leaves.
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Clearbrook
John Rutherford
Red Bud Road
Jordan Springs
Baltimore and Chicago Livestock and Produce Prices
Market notes show berries and vegetables in light offerings with New Jersey and North Carolina crates priced around 9 to 14 dollars per 16 quart. potatoes range with Florida Sebagoes at 2.00 per 100 lb sack. poultry steady with strong demand for young stock. USDA reports in Baltimore, cattle and hogs limited trade with held arrivals. Chicago quotes feature hogs and cattle with varied prices and lambs 24 to 28 dollars.
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Baltimore
N. J
Usis
N. C. Cobblers
Usis & Usis
Bu Bkts
S. C. Sebagoes
USDA
Chicago
Choice
Wheat leads gains as grains firm on Chicago Board
Opening prices show firm wheat and steady other grains in active trading on the Board of Trade. Front month bids include Wheat July 1.93 3/4, Sep 1.96, Dec 2.00 1/4, March 2.03, with corn, oats, rye, soybeans and fats listed for nearby and deferred months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Trade
Baroness Leaps to Death on George Washington Bridge
Baroness Gertrude Ranshoefen Wertheimer, 54, wife of an Austrian noble serving with the United Nations, leaped to her death yesterday from the George Washington Bridge in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gertrude Ranshoefen-Wertheimer
United Nations
George Washington Bridge
Daily Across Puzzle Clues Interlock with Varied References
A list of crossword style clues covers pail handle to knocks with entries on baronet abbreviation a guiding star and island names. Includes NY bay island and Ohio city as well as French river and English author with matching verbs observes and hits.
Crossword Clues From City Belgium to Recline
Puzzle clues list in a 1930s style crossword grid covering definitions for city in Belgium coin in French saturate resort stupefied ignited ag ag 18 prepare for publication 19 copyists 20 prickly plants 21 genuine 24 sleeping car 25 Italian seaport 27 sum up 29 arrange in a line 30 organs of smell 33 journey 34 biblical name 85 rodent 37 recline.
Will of race horse trainer Feltner probated in Clarke County
The will of Charles Martin Feltner who died May 17 in Clarke County is probated. His Virginia estate is valued at about $50 000 with additional property in West Virginia. Widow Bertha Feltner receives a life estate in Berryville home and income from all property. Son Claude Feltner named executor and trustee. Five appraisers named. Bequests include homes for Ada Feltner Bringhurst and Thelma Feltner Simms, life estates for Thelma in Charles Town, Alpine Farm to Claude, Smallwood Tract to Buckey Feltner, remainder to Claude and sisters upon widow's death. The will urges heirs not to sell family homes. Probate filed by attorney A Garland Williams.
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Berryville
Charles Martin Feltner
Loring C. Rackley
Clarke Circuit Court
Virginia
Feltner
Charles Town
Jefferson County
W. Va
Claude Feltner
Ralph M. Ware
Julian C. Glasscock
J. M. H. Clagett
Roy E. Potts
Floyd L. McWilliams
Bertha Feltner
Ada Feltner Bringhurst
West Academy Street
Thelma Feltner Simms
West Washington Street
Claude
Ida
Clarke County
Charles Martin (Buckey) Feltner
Smallwood
Thelma
A. Garland Williams
Local Markets and Feed Prices Across Virginia Districts
The Star presents daily local market figures for grain and feed including flour and corn meal prices and bag weights. Regional prices for wheat and corn No 2 Yellow show Rockingham and Augusta counties with ranges for No 2 Yellow Shelled corn and barley. Also included is a brief note explaining dry skim milk differs from whole fluid milk, detailing removal of butterfat and water and loss of Vitamin A.
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BBC
Harrisonburg
Rockingham Co
Augusta Co
Luray
Eaia'e Ksi Ee
James Wood high school holds 1954 graduation
The James Wood ceremony featured salutatory by Robert Kelsoe and valedictorian Betty Ritenour. Awards included the Winchester Evening Star Leadership Award, scholarships to Shenandoah Conservatory, American Legion honors, and various faculty and athletic prizes. Winners ranged from Shirley Gilliam to Patricia McCarty with participation from Stephens City and Gore communities.
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Aida
E. B. Smith
Gravel Springs
Winchester Evening Star
Shirley Ann Gilliam
Aubrey J. Gilliam
Sunnyside
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Handley
Clarke County
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
Winchester Lions Club
J. Thomas Boyd
Raymond Conner
C. E. Conner
Stephens City
Ruby Baggerly
E. J. Baggerly
Berryville Pike
Beable
Roland Tharpe, Jr
Roland 8S. Tharp
N. Loudoun St
Shirley Gilliam
Patricia Lorraine McCarty
Wayne McCarty
Frank Robert Scheder
George J. Scheder
Glaize Ave
Joann Nile Pugh
Smity Pugh
Gore
American Legion Auxiliary
John Walter Miller, Jr
Solar Generator Developed by AF Air Force builds home power from sun
The Air Force announced a solar generator project at Wright Field Ohio that could store sun energy enough to power a home. Researchers Donald C Reynolds and Lt Col Gerard M Leies described a cadmium sulfide crystal slab four by fifteen feet that would supply house current and fit on a roof. A pilot model generates one quarter volt and can run a clock.
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Baltimore
Air Force
Air Research and Development Command
Donald C. Reynolds
Gerard M. Leies
Wright Air Development Center
Dayton
Ohio
Bell Telephone Co
Bell
Col. Leles
Reynolds
ARDC
Tomb uncovered at Sakkara hints at gold coffin
Archeologist Goneim, digging at Sakkara since 1951, reports unearthing the ruins of the unfinished pyramid. He describes a six foot by two foot alabaster sarcophagus with a sliding front panel and suggests a gold or gold-covered coffin may lie inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goneim
Sakkara
Senate Approves Expanded GI Bill Private Home Loans
The Senate voted to increase private credit for home purchases under the GI Bill to 200 million, doubling current authorization. Also proposed are tighter FHA mortgage rules on apartment projects, a smog clearance FHA program with a five million dollar research fund, and new farm housing loan options without full farm security. It backs continuation of the Federal National Mortgage Association and rejects moving that market to private capital, plus a new FHA insurance program for home trailer mortgages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Eisenhower
FHA
Festival Directors Laureate Honored at Apple Blossom Meeting
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival directors gathered at the George Washington Hotel at 11 a m to honor the eleven department heads. C F Schenck praised teamwork in the 1954 celebration while treasurer Philip B Glaize reported a $982 90 cash balance and $990 in pledges yet to be collected. Annual meeting noted membership drive to reach a 1954 quota of 14516 with 12329 50 subscribed and 2186 50 remaining.
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George Washington
C. F. Schenck
Vincent A. Catorella
Eston H. Tevalt
James R Snider
Hoye L. Riley
Wilkie W Hunt
Garland R. Quarles
Douglas A. Cather
John Carr
Robert M. Lindsay
Monford D. Custer, Jr
Robert C. Jasper
Philip B. Glaize
Board of Directors
Apple
Organization to hold election after June 31 fiscal year end
It was decided that the organization will hold elections for new directors and officers as soon as practical after the close of the 1953 54 fiscal year.
Murderer Executed in Eddyville for Wife's Murder
William T. Reed, 45, was put to death in Eddyville Kentucky for the murder of his common law wife Louise Young. He had spent nearly 15 years in the state's death house prior to execution early today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddyville, Ky
William T. Reed
Eddyville State Penitentiary
Louise Young
Sherlock Holmes 100th Birthday Observance Hint
The Baker Street Irregulars, a Holmes fan group, set Holmes's birth year at 1854 citing Watson’s note that Holmes was 60 in 1914, suggesting celebrations for the 100th anniversary this year. No definitive birth date exists in the canon.
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Sherlock Holmes
Baker Street Irregulars
Holmes
Dr. Watson
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Red Bud
G. E. Toaster
B. F. Goodrich
S. Loudoun St
Kenneth E. Henry CO
S. BraDdock
Chapman Motor CO
NEUE
Finance CO
Woo
Jacob
Narrow Inlet
Geol
Island
New York Bay
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Observes
Knocks
Belg
C. M. Feltner
Ayler
James Wood
Robert Kelsoe
Mary Dellinger
Fletcher M. Dellinger
Middletown
George Turner
Jean Allen Davis
Glee Club
Miller’'S Hardware
WIN
Boscawen ST
Westinghouse
Baker
Anderson
N. Braddock St
National Ave
Refuge Church
S. E. of
Benefit — Building Fund
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Old — Strong Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Onl
of Business
Longines
Wittnauer
Hamilton
Elgin— Bulova
Benrus—Gruen
Woodstock
Berryville, VA
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