Market Quotations Hold Gains in Mixed Session
New York stocks opened with modest gains as the market held profits after turning higher. Leaders retreated were U S Steel Bethlehem Steel General Motors Studebaker Sears Roebuck Philco American Telephone Consolidated Edison Kennett Copper Allied Chemical DuPont Pennsylvania R R Southern Railway Standard Oil NJ and Johns Manville. Steadier spots included U S Rubber Douglas Aircraft Emerson Radio Zenith Radio United States Steel Santa Fe and Transcontinental Western Air.
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U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
Studebaker
Sears Roebuck
Philco
American Telephone
Consolidated Edison
Kennecott Cooper
Allied Chemical
DuPont
Pennsylvania R. R
Southern Railway
Standard Oil (Nj
Johns-Manville
U. 8
Rubber
Douglas Aircraft
Emerson Radio
Zenith Radio
United Ges Corp
Santa Fe
Transcontinental & Western Air
Agriculture Dept. pays growers for top quality poultry work
The Agriculture Department funds farmers near Winchester for high standard poultry production. Details list heavy breed hens, Leghorn varieties, broilers up to 2% pounds, young guineas and old hens with per unit rates. The note outlines quality targets and payment terms for producers in the region.
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Winchester
Obra
Leghorn
Rock & Cross Broilers
Wheat Leads Grain Futures on Busy Chicago Board
Wheat opened strong on the Chicago Board of Trade with gains over 2 points, while corn oats rye and soybeans posted higher beginnings. May and July futures across commodities showed notable price movements reflecting a buoyant start to trading.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Jly
Etea
Baltimore Livestock Market Report Highlights Mixed Demand
Livestock prices active with highs in slaughter steers to 26.50 and good cows around 18 to 20. Calves 272 traded actively with dealers 25 to 31. Hogs 1,400 mostly steady with bacon weights 16.50 to 18.50 and sows softer. Apples and produce markets show brisk bids, while poultry eggs and butter receipts listed with modest shifts.
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Baltimore
USDA
Bu Bkts & Boxes Usis
N. J
Nancy Halls
N. J. Bu
Sheep Market Report Shows Variable Lamb and Ewe Prices
Vealers sell from 26.00 to 31.00 with few at 31.50. Salable sheep reach around 2,000 while light lambs remain scarce. buyers paid about 27.50 for a lamb, natives range 20.00 to 26.50, ewes hold at 15.00, most 14.50, down to 11.50.
Local Market Prices From The Star
Prices corrected daily show flour corn meal and grain rates. No. 2 old yellow corn at 1.50 a bushel and cracked corn at 3.05. Wheat under 14 percent moisture 2.10 per bushel. Egg mash at 4.30 and broiler mash at 1.15 per unit. Butter wholesale and butterfat figures noted.
I do not believe in circumstances line source
The line comes from George Bernard Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession. It asserts that people blame circumstances while successful individuals create or seek the circumstances they want, rather than accepting fate. The context emphasizes agency and self-determination over external factors.
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Shaw
Washington Chapter Joins French Wine Society In Degustation
The Burgundy born society founded in 1710 has a Washington branch formed in 1946 with 12 members plus the French ambassador. Henry C. Howells leads the group which includes executives from Republic Steel and Standard Oil. A first Washington degustation event will feature about 60 cases from 12 American vineyards used for a tasting to identify preferred wines.
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Washington
le Confrerie Des Chevaliers du
Henry C. Howells
James Gunar Black
Republic Steel
Robert A. Learnad
Aluminum Corporation of America
Fred T. Marshall
Goodrich Company
Edward M. Burnham
Standard Oil of California
Warren Forster
The
Hamilton Bank
Weston Baker Grimes
Hugh Fullerton
Walter A. Bloehorn
Medical College
George Washington University
Edward K. Wheeler
Burks Summers
Maurice Chapins
Wyer Grimes
Washington Brotherhood
St. Vincent’s
Grimes
Cadet Nurse Corps No Longer Exists Since 1945
A reader asks if the Cadet Nurse Corps is still active. The reply states it was an emergency wartime measure and has been out of existence since 1945.
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Cadet Nurse Corps
Cadet Nurses Corps
VFW Auxiliary Presents Flag to Round Hill Center
The Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Post 2123 Winchester presented the American Flag to the Round Hill Community Center in a patriotic ceremony. Dorothy Pingley carried the flag, with remarks by Mrs. Catherine Flickinger and a National Anthem performance, followed by refreshments.
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Ladies Auxiliary
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post
Winchester
Round Hill
Eeene Sara Grayson
de Ladies Auxiliary
Dorothy Pingley
Pauline Pingley
William G. Pingley Jr
Riverton
Pingley
Musselman
Shirley Selby
Driver
What is a bull roarer in primitive cultures
A flat oval wooden slab tapered at both ends is spun on a string to make a roaring sound. Among primitive peoples it is tied to magic or religion. In the Southwest it appears in ceremonies to invoke rain and symbolize thunder.
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Southwest
China’s Hainan Island Rich in Minerals and Copper
The report notes Hainan Island has copper, gold, silver, tin, and zinc in addition to iron ore. It also mentions that water chestnut, by blocking sunlight, can kill microorganisms that many fish rely on.
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China
Hainan Island
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