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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1952
Page
2
Berryville residents and relatives gathered in Winchester Baltimore and Detroit for visits and events. locals toured Gloucester County and Washington while many attended meetings and courses in Richmond Blacksburg Palm Beach and other locales.
In North Hollywood a ten year old girl and her twelve year old sister tried to coax a cat from a tall elm tree all morning. Their grandmother called the police when a raccoon was discovered to be the animal in the tree.
Lawrence C. Battaile died at 4 p.m. yesterday at Hillcrest Nursing Home at age 92. Born November 16, 1859 in Westmoreland County Virginia, he lived at Smithmount Farm and farmed and manufactured railroad cross ties. He leaves son William M. Battaile and daughter Ann Dowrick. Funeral at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Ephesus Christian Church Foneswood, burial church cemetery. Body at Sanford's Funeral Home Montross. Charles Sanford's firm.
Anniversary Group Executives gathered at Dr P McGuire's home to review Opening Day Bicentennial activities and note errors to guide future planning. Benjamin Belchie reported Retail Merchants Association support while committee members including Garland Quarles and J William Hollis attended.
City planners press ahead with Carbondale's centennial celebration amid uncertainty over the founding year. Records indicate the site was chosen in 1852, the first house built, sermon preached, and business started, with formal organization around 1856 and later charter and act dates.
In Indianapolis Municipal Court Judge Phillip L. Bayt fined James A. Young 10 dollars after Young claimed a low battery caused speeding. The judge rejected the excuse and imposed the penalty.
Auction listings for March include Frank W Mish Jr in Williamsport Md offering horses cattle hogs farming implements hay on March 6 at noon. Multiple sales follow through March 19 with livestock farm machinery household goods antiques and vehicles across Martinsburg Winchester and surrounding Virginia Maryland locations.
The market advanced for the second straight session with most sections posting gains. Leaders included Bethlehem Steel General Motors American Foreign Power Santa Fe Union Pacific Texas Corp Phelps Dodge Goodyear International Nickel Douglas Aircraft Du Pont Westinghouse Emerson Radio Radio Corp and Zenith while Eastman Kodak fell after 1951 earnings of 3.23 a share versus 4.509 a share the prior year.
Steady readings across cattle and hogs with mixed quality. Cattle steers mixed demand 28 to 41 with best calves up to 34.50 per lb. heifers 20.90 to 33.60. cows 15 to 25. dairy cows up to 350 and stock cows to 350. bulls 26 to 29. hogs 17.40 to 18.00. sows 13 to 18. lambs 25 to 30 with stock ewes around 70.00.
Daily market update from the Agriculture Department shows U S Grade A Extra Large eggs at 37 cents and U S Grade A Medium at 3 cents, with assorted poultry prices including Heavy Breed Hens 26 cents, Leghorn Hens 186, Red Broilers 27 cents, Leghorn Broilers 19 cents, Beltsville White Hens and Toms at varying rates, and Guinea fowls at 25 cents each. The list details several breeds and weights across eggs and poultry.
Daily corrected market listing shows flour corn meal and grain prices for retail and FOB mill wheat per bushel. Includes feeds such as eye mash and broiler mash, mixed feed options, cracked corn by 100 lb bag, and butterfat percentages.
Baltimore wholesale prices show steady produce with apples, potatoes, sweet potatoes and poultry quoted by size and origin. Maryland Pennsylvania New Jersey and Puerto Rico origins listed. Cattle hogs calves and cows at BaltimoreUSDA market with steady tone. Chicago hogs and cattle supply and price ranges also reported with weights and grade breakdowns.
Wheat leads gains as March at 2.52 1 8, May 2.50 1 8, July 2.44 1 8. Corn May 1.61 3 4 7 8, July 1.83 1 2 5 8, Sept 1.80 80. Oats March 83 1 8, May 84 83 7 8, July 81 3 4 82, Sept 80 7 8 3 4, Dec 83 1 2. Rye May 1.96 1 2, Sep 1.82 1 2. Soybeans Mar 2.97 3 4 1 2, May 2.89 1 4, July 2.84 3 4 85, Sep 2.78 3 4, Nov 2.75 3 4. Lard May 12.00, Sep 12.40.
A new British drug GT-41 from the Chester Beatty Institute aids some chronic myelogenous leukemia patients. In early trials in Britain and the U S remissions appeared in 25 to 50 percent, with one case lasting a year. The medicine is oral, targets only this leukemia type, and has no serious side effects.
Four officials of the Jamestown Corporation announce Howard Scammon will return to direct the 1952 production of Paul Green's symphonic drama The Common Glory.
Kefauver cited political communism in Greece Italy France Iran and Turkey as evidence of President's policies and urged an international perspective. He told a largely youthful audience that it is discouraging to see the next generation facing constant prospects of armed service and called for hope beyond war.
The list identifies figures and subjects: Roosevelt Churchill Stalin. dancing. Yori. Nelson at Trafalgar. Roosevelt’s Silver Peasants. Owl spoke. piano manufacturing. fear of spiders.
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