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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1949
Page
2
A devotional urging true patriotism under God and universal brotherhood. It laments false pride and war while urging penitence world over, praying for justice and peace. The text calls believers to seek divine guidance, live righteously, and unite in peaceable actions across nations.
Charles E. Johnson faced Corporation court on forgery charges and received a two year probation with a suspended sentence for forgery and uttering a check. He pled guilty to writing Andrew K. Riley’s name on a 150 dollar check cashed at Penneys.
A sequence of farm and real estate auctions across Berryville and Winchester areas listing sale dates times and locations. Items include livestock machinery household goods pianos antiques and real estate with estates offered at the Frederick County Court House and various addresses in Middletown Berryville and Greenspring Virginia.
Yi Shih Pao, a Catholic Chinese newspaper controlled by Archbishop Yu Pin, criticizes American aid as prolonging the Chinese civil war and urges the Nationalists to end U S assistance. The editorials back a legislative proposal by Hsi Cheng to halt further U S funds, arguing it would show sincerity for peace with the Communists.
The page lists the quiz solutions: 1 Dean Acheson, 2 White, 3 False regarding seeing in complete darkness, 4 Nazi Germany, 5 Economic Cooperation Administration, 6 New Jersey, 1 Fiat, 8 Indonesia, 9 Coal, 10 Burma.
The Sporting News notes about twenty boxers have regained world championships after losing them since the start of the century. This reflects a recurring pattern in boxing history with notable comebacks similar to Willie Pep.
Mrs Laura Susan Boyles 52 sister of Mrs B L Busey of Berryville died 11 40 p m yesterday at Washington county hospital Hagerstown She was daughter of the late John and Lucy Walker of Martinsburg Survivors include husband James William Boyles Williamsport Md two daughters Mrs Glen Hoffman Greencastle Pa and Mrs John Jones at home two grandchildren and a brother Floyd F Walker Martinsburg Services 2 p m Thursday at Leaf funeral home Williamsport Interment in cemetery there
Mrs Sadie Doaks 35 wife of Stanley F Doaks of Bucld Avenue died Sunday in Winchester hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be held 2 p m tomorrow from Melengzer funeral home Belle Vernon with interment in the local cemetery. She was daughter of Mrs Susan Simmons and the late Kenneth Simmons and a Cork Street Christian Church member. Survived by husband two daughters Nancy and Bettie at home mother and three brothers William Carl Simmons of Charleroi and John Simmons of Fayette City.
Local market list shows prices for flour, corn meal, cracked corn, feed mixes, egg mash, turkey grower and starter, mixed feed, and butterfat. Items cover bags and per bushel rates with varying per unit prices.
The program accepts candidates aged 20 to 26 with two years of college or equivalent, plus strong moral, physical, and personal qualifications. It offers 12 months of flying, academics, and military training. Graduates receive pilot wings, commission as a second lieutenant in the Air Force Reserve, and three years of active duty. Outstanding graduates receive Regular Air Force commissions.
Apples steady to firm with Grimes 3.75 and Romes 4.00. Fowl and eggs mixed. butter and receipts noted. Cattle hogs and sheep priced with steers 22.50 to 28.25 and hogs 21.75 to 25.00. calves 19 to 32. Sheep lambs quoted alongside ewes and wool. Chicago hogs top 21.85. cattle 27.50 to 28.25. beef cows 19 to 21. sheep quotes extend.
Grains open slightly lower with May wheat at 2.17 1 4 and May corn at 1.32 17 8. Soybeans stand at 2.34 3 4. Oats May 0.675. Lard price noted at 12.72. Market focuses on May and July contracts across wheat corn oats and soybeans.
Reardon Funeral Services for J Lawrence Reardon of 110 Southwerk St will be held at 2 p m tomorrow at Jones funeral home Father Joseph Heye officiating Burial in Catholic cemetery Pallbearers C C Chapman Wilton Chapman William Thompson Charles Shade Vernon Groves and Benjamin Fisher
A stark safety note warns drivers that risky driving endangers lives. The piece emphasizes consequences, urging careful behavior behind the wheel to prevent deadly outcomes. It frames reckless acts as public hazards affecting all road users.
In New York on March 8 key stocks gained as Western Air Lines again traded 100,000 shares at 5 1 2, down 1 4. Other movers included Youngstown Sheet, Chrysler, Studebaker, Firestone, Sears Roebuck, Deere, American Telephone, Electric Power & Light, and Gulf Oil with Pan American Airways. Several names such as U S Steel and Bethlehem Steel showed smaller gains.
Prices paid by pressing plants and producers for live poultry and eggs in Winchester area. No. 1 quality heavy Cox at 0.15, Rock Cross Broil 3 lb at 0.27, Red Broilers 3 lb at 0.28, Young Turkey Hens and Toms listed with small shifts. Eggs grades A extra large to B large show 0.37.
George D. Gaither’s house and lot at 36 Freemont St. sold at a public auction Saturday in front of the courthouse. Rev. E. H. Jackson was the successful bidder at 1400 dollars. H. K. Benham, trustee, arranged the sale.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics shows men spend slightly more on clothes than women. In the 1890s women averaged $40 annually, men $43. By June 1947 city surveys show women workers spending $111 to $139 while husbands spent $128 to $159 per year.
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