Frederick County Apple Timber Replant Plan Stirs Debate
A Frederick County survey reports few young trees planted in 1950 51 and outlines a plan to replant. The Farmers Association aims to select proper sites while phasing out unproductive old orchards. A Sites Committee will guide orchardists on site selection to maximize future yields and stabilize prices.
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General Fruit Committee
Frederick County
J. Kenneth Robinson
Henry Brumback
A. H. Teske
V. P. IL
Stine
York Imperial
Grimes
USDA
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Agricultural Statistics Division
Virginia Department of Agriculture
U. S
Midway Alabama’s Mobile Jail On Wheels Draws Attention
In Midway Alabama a jail on wheels sits in a Negro woman’s front yard. Passersby can see inside and inmates are often ridiculed. The cage like wagon is not escape proof. Eight inmates were housed to set a tenancy record. seven escaped by ripping the floor. The eighth got stuck due to weight.
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Midway
Ala
Draper Corporation Drives Apple Wood Harvest In Frederick County
The Winchester Virginia plant of the Draper Corporation has spurred extensive cutting of old apple trees to supply the wood for shuttles and bobbins. Manager Woodie estimates about 100000 trees cut since March 1951, with 40000 from orchards planted with new trees after 1949 and 60000 in other areas likely to become pasture. The Winchester unit buys apple wood from a wide area and ships blanks to Hope Dale Massachusetts for processing.
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Stine
Frederick County
Appalachian Apple Service, Inc
V. P I
Frederick
USDA
Virginia Department of Agriculture
U. S
Fred Stine
Draper Corporation
Winchester
Brice Woodie
Jefferson, N. C
Cutting Stone
Paper Mill Road
Woodie
Bendersville
Lexington
West Virginia
Maryland
Hopedale
Mass
Wood O
United States
Tennessee
North Carolina
Mississippi
Alabama
Louisiana
Dobains
Virginia
Market Quotations for Produce and Livestock in Baltimore and Chicago
Market prices show apples mostly steady with slight gains for certain varieties. Potatoes and sweet potatoes steady to slightly stronger. poultry insufficient data. Cattle, calves, hogs, sheep, and hog prices listed for Baltimore and Chicago with ranges for stockers, feeders, prime and utility grades, and bulk dealer figures.
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Baltimore
Bu Bkts & Boxes
Usis Pn
Staymans
Yorks
NJ Delicious
Romes
Bu Bkts & Hers
USDA
Chicago
New York Stocks Close with Mixed Steel Results
The New York stock market showed a scramble of gains and losses with slow trading. U S Steel rose a small fraction while Bethlehem Steel fell the same amount. Advances included Studebaker Douglas Aircraft International Telephone Anaconda Texas Pacific Land Trust and Sinclair Oil. Losses included Chrysler Woolworth Phelps Dodge American Cyanamid Nickel Plate and Standard Oil NJ.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
Studebaker
Douglas Aircraft
International Telephone
Anaconda
Texas Pacific Land Trust
Sinclair Oil
Chrysler
Woolworth
Phelps Dodge
American Cyanamid
Nickel Plate
Standard Oil NJ
Chicago Grain Prices Open Dull at Board of Trade
The Chicago grains market opened with extremely dull trading as the Board of Trade started slowly. Opening quotes list May wheat at 2.52 1 8, July 2.44, and December 2.48 7 8. corn May 6.86 5 8, July 1.88 1 2, September 1.86 1 4 3 8. oats May 87 1 2 1 4, July 84 1 2 5 8, September 84, December 86 1 4 3 8. Rye May 2.03 03 1 2, July 1.99 3 4, September 1.89 1 4. Soybeans May 2.95 1 4 9 4 3 4, July 2.91 1 2 9 0 1 2, September 2.84 1 2, November blank. Lord May-July 12.37, Sep 12.60-62, Oct 12.65, Nov blank.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Jly
Lord
Landslide Kills 28 in Western Java
A Western Java landslide near Lembang about 100 miles from Jakarta killed 28 villagers and seriously injured 24. Most victims were women in rice fields amid unusually heavy rainfall believed to be the cause.
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Jakarta
Java
Lembang
University to Award Ten Scholarships
The University of Virginia will grant ten annual scholarships of 3000 dollars each to outstanding high school and prep school graduates. They will be paid in yearly 750 dollar installments. In addition six regional scholarships of 4000 dollars will be offered, covering almost all expenses for a four year course.
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Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Truce negotiators discuss secret talks on POWs
Allied and Communist negotiators huddled for three hours in Munsan to discuss possible off the record talks on prisoner exchange. A U N spokesman said progress was close and brief off the record sessions could resume tomorrow as part of an effort to reach a Korean armistice. The only sticking point remains whether prisoners can refuse repatriation.
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Munsan
U N
George W. Hickman
U. N
Child support duties toward indigent parents under state law
Most states require able children to support a parent likely to become a public charge, outlining a legal obligation even if the parent has no income.
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L. A
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Richard Russell
Adlai Stevenson
Harry
Truman
Fred M. Vinson
Orkin
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Chris Olsen
Holliday
Orkin Extermination Coy
S. Loudoun ST. Winchester
Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Co
Orkin Bee
Orkin Guarantee
Massachusetts Bonding and Imeurance Company
Orkins Guarantee
W. W. Glass
Lord Fairfax
Chase National Bank and
National City Bank of New York
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
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Washington Numismatic Society
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
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