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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1946
Page
3
In Budapest, Hungarians face extreme shortages as officials publish glimpses of private life. Painful wages and inflation force people to sell possessions from rings to manuscripts. A nurse or clerk explains pay, while black marketeers reap profits and the government curtails salary raises.
Local wholesale market page lists prices for poultry livestock grains and feeds. Entries include Leghorn fowls ducks springers steers heifers cows calves lambs pigs and various mashes and middlings with price ranges and lot sizes.
Market notes discuss the local graded egg market and ask how much land is occupied by Pat and Ge Wattet. The brief lists rates and questions about land use implications for production.
The letter describes a Madison Square show with bird dogs retrieving ducks, a bait caster champion from Sidney, Wisconsin, archery by Carl Joseph and Enid Decker, log rolling by Jack Stauber, and Eskimo kids plus Indians. It notes fashion shifts at Hanover College and hair trends among coeds.
A noisy, fragmented excerpt presents unrelated phrases about vocabulary for a square and various slang terms. No coherent events, people, or places are identifiable. The text resembles a garbled word list with scattered emphasis on dreaminess and enjoyment.
Rationing measures list monthly quotas for households including three matches per member, one cake of soap every three months, 24 sheets of toilet tissue, two electrical items for urban war sufferers, and five candles per urban household. The text outlines domestic limits during wartime.
The state has not yet approved a World War II veteran bonus. Law chapter 106 of 1945 provides for a $500 annual payment to veterans, but the legislature’s action on a bonus for the current war is not yet known.
Produce quotations unchanged for apples and poultry. Live turkeys steady on hens and small toms, dull on large toms. Young turkeys 37 to 39.8 cents. heavy at state 30 to 32 cents. Receipts: eggs 573.
Baltimore and Chicago livestock markets report steady to active trading. Cattle with mixed offerings show steady prices on select categories, veal and calves vary by weight. hogs remain near Thursday levels with ceilings around 15.40 to 15.00 for different weights. sheep and lambs hold around 12.00 to 16.50 for feeders and slaughter lambs. In Chicago, US DA figures show salable hogs and cattle steady with moderate supplies, best beef cows 10.50 to 12.75, feed steers 15.50 to 16.85, lambs around 14.60 to 15.75, ewes near 8.00.
Judge John Rice presides Friday over six defendants in Winchester Police Court. Shahholtz and Yates each receive 12 month terms with 60 days served, rest suspended and probation. Shahholtz fined $1.25 costs. Roadcap and Eaton defendants are fined $10 and costs or $5 and costs for disorderly conduct.
New York March 1 Stocks generally inclined toward a recovery with mixed bids as investors welcomed a potential rebound from Februaries slump. General Motors optimism spurred buying while labor disputes and price competition kept skepticism. Inland Steel led early gains after a stock split proposal with several majors trading higher at times.
In Baltimore on March 1 the Mason Dixon Conference semi finals saw American University remain favored after a 55-39 win over Randolph Macon. Washington College upset Johns Hopkins 40-34, Western Maryland beat Gallaudet 49-39, and Loyola edged Catholic University 52-44.
Open market grain quotations show Denree at 80 1 4 to 3 8 for December 80 1 4 to 3 8. Rye for May at 2.19 to 2.19 1-2. Market notes provide price shifts and delivery notes for grain futures.
In remembrance of our dear mother Annie Haines Patterson who departed on March 1 1945 one year ago today Just a thought of sweet remembrance Just a memory fond and true Just a token of affection And a heartache still for you.
The UCLA standout who excelled in football and basketball in 1939 40 joins Brooklyn Dodgers en route from Los Angeles with his bride. Branch Rickey leading the Diamond School lectures urges teammates to treat Robinson and pitcher John Wright equally. Rickey cites signings based on scouting merit not pressure. Robinson and Wright will be housed with private families in the Negro section of the city.
A fragmented note asks if orchids are parasites and if they are air plants. It states orchids do not derive food from hosts, but the text is unclear and incomplete.
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