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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 11, 1952

Page

9

Day Named Assistant Secretary Treasurer for Farm Credit Units

Roy L. Day of Shepherdstown is named assistant secretary treasurer of the Shenandoah Production Credit Administration and the National Farm loan Association of Winchester. He will head the Martinsburg West Virginia branch serving Jefferson Berkeley Morgan counties in West Virginia and Clarke Frederick Shenandoah Page Warren counties in Virginia. Day, a Shepherd College graduate and former Marine, is married to Frances Bergdoll and has one son.

Roy L. Day Shepherdstown Shenandoah Production Credit Administration National Farm Loan Association of Winchester Martinsburg W. Va Julian A. Everly Day Jefferson Berkeley Morgan Counties West Virginia Clarke Frederick Shenandoah Page and Warren Virginia Jefferson County Shepherdstown High School Shepherd College Theta Sigma Chi Musselman High School Inwood Marine Corps 8Th Marine Regiment Camp Lejeune North Carolina Frances Bergdoll Hedgesville J. Edgar Day

Maglie Reluctant to Fire Up in World Series Start

Sal Maglie admitted he could not muster excitement for his first World Series appearance against the Yankees. He said the real World Series for him was his stretch drive and playoff battles with Brooklyn, and he treated the game as just another ball game. The Giants veteran noted heavy workload from the Mexican League helped his success, with a career record of 41–10 and strong RBI numbers.

Phoenix Ariz Sal Maglie Giants Yankee Brooklyn Sal Yankees Maglie Battler Niagara Falls Brooks

Policemen Lose Guns Keys to Squad Car in Chicago

Two uniformed officers lost their guns and the keys to their squad car to gunmen they intended to question in Chicago. After the ambush the bandits fled in their own car. The officers called Rogers Park Station for a duplicate key set and returned to report the robbery.

Chicago Rogers Park

Cooked Dinner Helped Woman Digest Better Says Cure

A Winchester ad touts a medicine that allegedly lets a woman digest meals faster and better. It claims to reduce gas and bloating while enriching blood and strengthening nerves. The product is sold at Cer B4-Wilg Gounts Drug Store.

Winchester

Railroads Hold Steady As New Issue Surges

New York market reports Owen-Corning Fiber glass began trading after a public offering at 35 3 4 with rapid price rise. Johns Manville Amerada Petroleum Public Service Electric Dow Chemical American Can Goodrich and Douglas Aircraft advanced while Southern Railway Standard Oil of New Jersey Southern California Edison American Smelting International Nickel Union Carbide Studebaker U S Rubber and National Distillers declined.

Owen-Corning Fibergias Johns Manville Amerada Petroleum Public Service Electric Dow Chemical American Can Goodrich Douglas Aircraft Southern Railway Standard Otl Southern California Edison American Smelting, International Nickel Union Carbide Studebaker, U.S. Rubber National Distillers

Chicago grains open higher as wheat soybeans gain

Wheat and soybeans led gains at the Open on the Board of Trade with May and Dec futures quoted higher. Feed grains mostly fell with oats, rye and corn showing mixed to negative opening prices. Oats traded near 87 to 83 cents, corn around 1.74 to 1.87 dollars, and rye near 2.04 to 2.12 dollars for May to Sep contracts.

Chicago Board of Trade Jly Oats Rye Oo Oe

Local Market Prices From The Star Advertisement

Local markets list corrected daily prices for flour corn meal and animal feeds. Items include corn meal five pound ten and twenty five pound bags with yellow varieties and grain futures for wheat and corn.

Star

Produce and livestock market notes from Baltimore and Chicago

Baltimore market reports show steady to higher prices for apples including Staymans and Yorks with several size runs and color ratings. potatoes and sweet potatoes also steady with assorted crate and bag offerings. Poultry demand strong with roasters and turkeys priced, while cattle calves hogs show varied movement and regional price ranges across Baltimore and Chicago USDA listings.

Veterans to Share 200 Million Life Insurance Dividend

The Veterans Administration will mail 1952 dividends on National Service Life Insurance to about five million policy holders, totaling around 200 million dollars. Individual payouts average about 60 dollars, with cash options or continued VA credit for future premiums, covering the year from 1951 to 1952.

Washington Veterans Administration National Service

Livestock Market Prices Report

Cattle: utility and commercial cows 21.25 to 25.00, canners and cutters 18.00 to 21.00, utility and commercial bulls 24.50 to 28.50, good to prime dealers 36.00 to 39.00. Sheep: salable 2,000 head, no slaughter lambs sold, asking 27.00 and 26.50, slaughter ewes 11.00 to 14.50.

Round World In 60 Hours Soon Possible

A British Comet I jet airliner could circumnavigate in 60 hours with 10 to 11 stops of under 25 minutes. The London to Cairo leg starts passenger service in May, then to Karachi Calcutta Singapore Darwin Sydney, Fiji Honolulu and possibly San Francisco or Vancouver. Weather forecasts and rapid data processing will support the fast schedule, as officials from BOAC Weather Bureau and U S Air Force discuss planning.

Washington London Sydney Australia A. C. Campbell Orde British Overseas Airways Corporation U. S. Weather Bureau America Cairo Karachi Calcutta Singapore Darwin Fiji Islands Honolulu San Francisco Vancouver British Columbia New York North America

Truman Would Command Pennsylvania Delegation Support

An Associated Press poll shows strong Pennsylvania convention backing for Truman if he seeks the Democratic nomination. Of 79 delegates surveyed, 48 would vote for Truman on the first ballot, with 21 pledged votes from at large and unopposed delegates, and 39 undecided on a second choice.

Philadelphia Truman Pennsylvania Adlai Stevenson Milnois Estes Kefauver Tennessee Associated Press Trueman Democratic State Committee Stevenson Kefauver Son Sen Richard Russell Georgia Justice Vinson Democratic Organization

Cities near the equator

The passage lists cities close to the equator not on it, naming Quito Ecuador Cairari Macapa Libreville Coquilhatville Entebbe and Giumbo in Central Africa as near equatorial locations.

Equator

Wide March Storms Hit Large Parts of United States

Stormy March weather affected broad areas from the Rockies to the Atlantic with rain snow and strong winds. The Washington Weather Bureau issued coastal storm warnings from Brock Island Rhode Island to Cape Hatteras North Carolina and Delaware Bay winds reached 35 to 50 mph with severe thunderstorms in Georgia and a 94 mph gust at Dothan Alabama.

Associated Press Rockies Atlantic Coast Appalachian Mountains Washington Weather Bureau Atlantic Brock Island R. I Cape Hatteras N. C Delaware Chespeake Bays Georgia Dothan Alabama Midwest Rocky Mountain States Montana

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