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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1949
Page
10
The text notes seven gates in Jerusalem's outer walls with four major gates Jaffa Damascus Stephen's and Zion. It adds that Dung Gate Golden Gate and Herod's Gate are not in use.
Time notes state EST used for your region with standard conversions to CST and MST. It warns that local stations may adjust relay times to fit schedules and that last minute program changes cannot be included.
A dense listing of radio programs across networks CBS MBS and others. It includes music news commentary sports shows Hollywood theater quiz and late night entertainment with hosts such as Vic Damone Mel Allen Judy Canova and Gene Autry.
Edmonton reports a U S Air Force C 82 Fairchild belly landed on Barrow Strait 350 miles north of the magnetic pole. Seven crew members were said safe and uninjured, in radio contact with rescue points after radio warning of fuel shortage. The aircraft was on a 1100 mile flight from Frobisher Bay to Resolute Bay.
Representatives from seven countries in Northern Virginia will attend a Virginia Cancer Society event in Front Royal. Officers of the Winchester Frederick County chapter lead as president Mrs. W H Lawrence Jr and others. The state campaign aims for 225000 dollars to fund education research and clinic services across Virginia.
TV screen magazine at 8:00 followed by Eddie Condon floor show at 8:30 and Saturday Jamboree at 9:00. NBC presents 9:45 and a Western film at 10:00 with a Newsreel at 11:00. Dinner theater and films fill the late hours ahead of roller derby and the final sign off.
The Star lists daily corrected prices for retail flour corn meal barley and egg mash with per bushel and per bag rates. Notable items include No 2 yellow corn at 1.30 per bushel and egg mash 20 percent at several price points with turkey grower and broiler mash items also shown.
Agriculture Department Markets Division notes U S Grade B large eggs at .37 per unit, live poultry prices for Leghorn broilers and various red and cross broilers, young turkey hens and toms, pullets, and guineas, with prices per pound or per head and emphasis on Winchester area No 1 quality producer farms.
Diamonds come mainly from Africa with about 95 percent of world production, while South America accounts for roughly 4 percent. The mining ratio is extremely low, as only one diamond in 35 million ore is recovered in South Africa.
Market notes from Baltimore and Chicago show mixed cattle hog and sheep trends. Steers and yearlings steady to higher in Baltimore with top prices around 25.90 per cwt and vealers up to 31 with other grades common. hogs mostly lower with various weight ranges quoted. cattle and feeders in Chicago show higher cows and bulls mixed, prime fed steers up to 30, vealers 27-29, lambs at record winter highs.
The English sparrow, though unpopular, can help farms by consuming many weed seeds. One state estimates that sparrows destroyed about 875 tons of weed seed in a single winter in farming areas.
The New York stock market hovered with minimal changes as gains and losses balanced. Several names rose including Douglas Aircraft Lockheed Anaconda Copper International Nickel Westinghouse Electric Union Carbide American Woolen Eastman Kodak International Paper and others while U S Steel Republic Steel Goodyear and a handful of giants fell. Bonds mirrored the flat trade with little movement.
Wheat and corn opened weak with oats holding steady as trading was not active. Prices listed include Wheat May 2.15 1-4-14 1-2 and Corn May 1.32 1-4-1-8, with other contracts noted for December and oats and lard May at 11.30.
The adage has multiple origins. Cicero, the Roman orator (106–43 B C), wrote Dum anima est spes est in Epistolae ad Atticum, equating life with hope. The phrase has been used by many individuals through history.
The term means income that becomes the taxpayer’s property in the year, even if not physically in the possession of the taxpayer. It encompasses income that has been made available to the taxpayer and control or ownership has transferred during the year.
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