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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1949
Page
5
Baltimore market notes show poultry slightly weaker and fowl steady with light trading. Eggs and butter receipts noted. cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep trading with mixed to lower bids. hogs draggy yet some weight classes steady. Chicago listings mirror softer cattle and hog prices with mixed vealers and sheep.
Local markets list corrected daily prices for flour corn meal and grain. Items include 10 lb yellow corn meal 0.52 per unit 5 lb white corn meal 0.31 10 lb white corn meal 0.53 No 2 yellow corn 1.30 Barley 1.20 per bushel WHEAT moisture under 14 percent 2.10 Cracked corn 100 lb bag price listed. Butter prices wholesale and retail noted with butterfat line.
An early advance in the New York market paused before momentum built, with fractional gains around a point amid a 4% four‑year low hit Monday. U S Steel Bethlehem Steel General Motors Chrysler Studebaker U S Rubber International Harvester Boeing American Telephone Commonwealth Edison Kennecott Copper American Smelting Air Reduction Westinghouse DuPont Johns Manville International Paper Southern Pacific Standard Oil NJ Texas Co traded higher.
Agriculture Department Markets Division lists U S Grade A extra large eggs at 53 cents, Grade A large and medium prices for Winchester, plus No 1 quality dressed poultry prices for local producers. Also shows live poultry and young birds prices with various weights and grades for the Winchester area.
The report lists prices across livestock categories from steers and fat cattle to veal calves and lambs, with ranges for quality grades. It notes fresh cows and springers at top and bulk prices, and ends with a non sequitur about the Alps Mountains constituting 61 percent of Switzerland.
Bill Battaile and Gene Lakers represented the Winchester chamber with Howard Melton Shirley Bly and Charles Campbell at the JCC second annual outing of the Front Royal Warren County chamber this afternoon on Randolph-Macon Academy grounds. James A. Payne estimated about 300 attendees.
Chicago grain prices opened mixed with moderate activity. Wheat futures for July closed near 1.95 94, Sep near 1.96, Dec 1.96. Corn July around 131 4, Sep 123. Oats July 58 3, Rye July 1.34. In religion items, Protestant groups report Bible distribution in Esperanto and a Rome Catholic Esperanto Conference won papal support.
Defense counsel seeks a new trial for Leon Franklin Webber 39 found guilty of first degree murder in Martinstburg circuit court in connection with the Dec 12 death of Homer Church a city employee. Jury recommended mercy mandating a life sentence if upheld. Arguments on the motion to grant a new trial will be heard later in the term.
A century ago the newest railroad train tech moved at 15 to 20 miles per hour signaling a leap in speed for the era. The statement reflects early 20th century railway progress and public fascination with faster travel.
Elizabeth M Huff of Winchester failed to stop at a stop sign in Martinsburg and was knocked onto the sidewalk by Harlan Harmison Jr. of Martinsburg in an intersection collision. No injuries were reported.
The text states that cloud to ground lightning can be seen from about 15 miles away, while heat lightning may be visible at 20 miles or more.
A spider opens on a window and spins the silk toward the wind. It releases a flowing strand that is carried by the breeze to a second tree, where the spider catches it and then walks across.
The Grace te church men’s Bible class plans a 9 30 Sunday visit to Market Street Methodist church as guests of their Men’s Bible class.
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