Fred Waring Birthday Feature Returns to Spotlight
AP Newsfeatures profile on Fred Waring born June 9 1900 in Tyrone Pennsylvania. Highlights his long career with Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians orchestra on stage screen and air for 30 years and notes his role as an inventor and manufacturer of household mechanical gadgets. Spoken about between tours with his orchestra.
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AP Newsfeatures
Fred Waring
Tyrone
Pennsylvanian
Waring
Market Quotations Wall Street Brisk Early Session
Brisk buying lifted shares in early trading with Pennsylvania up 1 4 at 291 4 on a 10 000 share block. New York Central Baltimore and Ohio and Lackawanna advanced. Western Union opened 12 000 shares up 1 2 at 283 8. Lockheed rose after signing a major plane contract with American Airlines. Zenith Celotex Du Pont Allied Chemical Standard Oil Johns Manville McIntyre Porcupine IH I General Electric United Aircraft and TWA also higher.
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New York
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Baltimore & Ohio
Lackawanna
Western Union
Lockheed
American Airlines
Zenith
Celotex du Pont
Allied Chemical
Standard Oil (Nj
Johns-Manville
McIntyre - Porcupine
International Harvester
General Electric
United Aircraft
TWA
Intermediates Prepare Saturday Church Hike
The Stephenson Methodist Church Intermediates plan a 3 PM hike at the church led by Rev. J. S. Peebles and counselors William Eshelman Nellie Morrison Blair Webber Amos Prince L. O. Dick. If rain moves activities to the church.
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Stephenson Methodist Church
J. S. Peebles
William Eshelman
C. Beavers
Nellie Morrison
Blair Webber
Amos Prince
L. O. Dick
Baltimore Market News On Produce And Livestock Prices
Eastern fruit supplies quoted as insufficient for apples while strawberries and mixed varieties show light offerings. Regional crates and sacks from Maryland New Jersey Pennsylvania North Carolina Florida and Virginia with varied prices and quality notes. Poultry and cattle hogs calves and sheep are reported with steady to moving prices and mixed loads across Philadelphia Chicago and Dallas markets.
Local Market Prices and Cattle Offers Across Regions
The Star lists daily market figures for feed and grain including mixed feed 100 lb price brackets, egg mash, flour, corn meal, and barley ranges for No 2 yellow corn and wheat. It notes wholesale butter prices and regional grain quotes for Harrisonburg Rockingham Augusta and Luray, plus salable cattle and calves figures with steer and heifer price bands and lots of sale offerings.
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Harrisonburg
New Rockingham Co
Augusta
Rockingham Co
New
Rockingham
Luray
Farmers Livestock Exchange Market Hog Veal Lamb and Cattle Prices
Livestock sale data shows hogs with multiple grades from 180 to 267 pounds priced 19.40 to 21.10, hogs top pens at 60. sows 12.50 to 16.00, feeders 19.00 to 25.00. Veal sold 166 to 247 pounds at 17.80 to 23.25, heavy calves 13.00 to 19.00, lambs 930 head with primes at 25.35 and other grades down to 13.50, slaughter cattle with steers 17.00 to 22.50, heifers 13.00 to 20.00, cows 8.00 to 14.30, bulls 13.00 to 16.40, stocker feeder ranges listed.
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Baltimore
USDA
Chicago
Choice
Choice & Prime
Diplomas Awarded To 19 Winchester Day Nursery Grads
Graduation exercises at the Winchester Day Nursery on Lincoln Road awarded 19 diplomas to graduates. Linda Nichols read a story to attendees as 44 children, parents, board members, and guests watched.
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Winchester Day Nursery Grads
Winchester Day Nursery
Lincoln Road
Linda Nichols
Virginia Avenue
Charlotte de Hart
Lynn Anderson
Bonnie Clark
Jeraldine Perry
Debra Everett
Patricia Holliday
Barbara Worsley
Connie Boyd
Brenda Franklin
Johnnie Anne Wilson
Annie Snead
Elda Cire Bowman
Daniel Goerlich
Randy Perry
Timothy Crosby
Robert Jenkins
Thomas Maphis
Eugene Smith
Arthur Locke
Lacy Loy
Community Chest
Grain prices ease slightly on Chicago Board of Trade
Openings show small fractional declines across cereals and soybeans with July wheat at 1.97 3 4 to 5 8 and July corn at 1.41 1 4. Old and new soybean contracts list from 2.27 3 4 to 2.42 1 2 with futures for oats rye and oats also down marginally.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Jly
Lord
Agricultural Market Report Shows Mixed Poultry Prices
The Agriculture Department market notes unsettled demand with ample offerings and fair to good demand. Live poultry prices list broilers fryers at 26 to 27 cents per pound, heavy hens 23 to 25, small turkey fryers 30 to 31, and breeder hens around 95. egg markets in Harrisonburg and Winchester show U S Grade A large and medium ranges with various prices across regions.
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Oise J
Anand
Harrisonburg
U. S
Uo.s
Winchester
Father Helpless As Son Dies In Burning Plane Crash
In Lockwood California a pilot Donald Betts McNab age 44 died trapped in a plane wreck after the aircraft struck a power line on takeoff. His passenger John Marcus age 30 survived but critically burned. McNab was visiting his father George Betts and was grandnephew of Gavin McNab a San Francisco political figure.
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Lockwood
Calif
Donald Betts McNab
Gavin McNab
San Francisco
George Betts
McNab
John Marcus
Miss Europe contestants battle cold in Helsinki pageant
In Helsinki Finland the Miss Europe contest proceeds amid freezing weather two days before judging. Contestants Vandesa Guida of Italy Luna Soley of Turkey and Monique Lambert of France push through sniffles amid parties and hectic schedules hoping to be crowned Saturday night.
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Helsinki
Finland
Italy
Vandesa Guida
Turkey
Luna Soley
Monique Lambert
France
First Use of Caps and Gowns by American College Graduates
In the early graduation ceremonies described, American colleges adopted the practice of students wearing caps and gowns as part of the formal commencement observance. The distinctive garb signified scholarly achievement and created a uniform appearance for graduates.
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American College
Rainfall totals and monthly averages over 42 years
Rainfall in the past 24 hours ending 7 am is .83 inches. June total to date is 1.78 inches, 1955 to date is 14.67 inches. Average annual rainfall over 42 years is 36.94 inches. Monthly averages from 1912 to 1954 are Jan 2.50, Feb 1.94, Mar 2.95, Apr 3.11, May 3.92, Jun 3.89, Jul 3.73, Aug 3.82, Sep 2.66, Oct 3.24, Nov 2.59, Dec 2.51.
Williams College Graduation Custom Origin 1883
The item notes Williams College in Williamstown Massachusetts introduced a custom at its graduation exercises in 1883. It identifies the college as the originator of the practice and places the event in a historical context.
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G. W.E A. Williams College
Williamstown
Mass
Speaker of the House voting rights explained
The Speaker may vote if desired but is not listed on roll calls unless requesting it. Typically the Speaker does not vote except to break a tie.
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House of Representatives
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