Market Quotations Rise Then Level On May Day Trading
New York May 4 The market rose early but gains narrowed with broad demand. Several issues hit new 1949 highs led by Warner Bros Loew s and Richfield Oil. Others advanced include U S Steel General Motors Chrysler Caterpillar United Aircraft Western Union Dome Mines Phelps Dodge Am Can Dow Chemical Allied Chemical Philip Morris Southern Pacific Nickel Plate Standard Oil and American Can. Copper shares Anaconda and Kennecott lagged after yesterday's copper price drop.
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New York
Warner Bros
Loew’s
Richfeld Oil
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet
General,Motors
Chrysler
Caterpillar Tracer
United Aircraft
Western Union
Electric Power & Light
Dome Mines
Phelps Dodge
Virginia Livestock Market Report for May 3
Fat steers good 23-24.50 with odd head at 24.85, heifers 23.90-24.10 top, fat cows 18-20, bulls 19.5-21.5, veal calves 22-28, lambs 34, butcher hogs 7.5-17.65, sows 12-15 per cwt, freed cows and springers top 40 and bulk 150-190. various grades in between.
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Baltimore
Buckits Osis
Chicago
Grain futures rise on short covering at Chicago markets
Chicago May 4 grains opened firm with May wheat up a cent on short covering and expanding gains. Opening prices show May wheat 2.20 7 8, July 1.84 3 8, Sep 1.94 3 4, Dec 1.96 1 2. May corn 1.34, July 1.32 1 2, Sep 1.25 7 8, Dec 1.15. May oats 66 1 2, July 61 1 8, Sep 60 7 8, Dec 62 3 8. May soybeans 2.27 1 2 to 3 4. May lard 11.80. Oct 12. The report notes two galrus species, Atlantic and Pacific.
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Chicago
Market notes on fruits and livestock at Baltimore and Chicago
Baltimore and Chicago markets update highlight itemized prices and receipts for apples poultry eggs butter cattle calves hogs sheep as of May 4. Entries cover fruit sizes and price ranges, live cattle and hog trade with early steady or higher quotes, calves, sows, and lambs with varied weights and prices across Baltimore and Chicago sources.
Vaughn Monroe Orchestra Delays Morgantown Show After Bus Fire
Vaughn Monroe and his orchestra stopped briefly at Braddock and Gerrard Street for refueling en route to Morgantown for a theater engagement. A brake fire on the bus near McComber, Preston County caused about 30,000 dollars in damage. no injuries. The band missed the afternoon performance but reached Morgantown for the evening show.
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Johnny Long
Winchester
Vaughn Monroe
Morgantown
Mike
Esso
Braddock
Gerrard St
Marshall H. Levi
Marshall G. Levi
Monroe
Handley Grounds
Patricia Ann Levi
Handley
Levi
McComber
Preston County
W. Va
Winchester Students Return After Apple Blossom Break
Winchester school children resumed classes this morning ending a break that began last Wednesday for the annual Apple Blossom Festival. The break ends with the last day of school slated for June 10.
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Winchester
Joe S. Cox Rites Held at Jones Funeral Home
Services for Mr. Joe S. Cox were conducted by Rev. Robert Whitten at Jones funeral home with interment in Mt. Hebron cemetery. Pallbearers named. out of town attendees include Charles Cox of Shelbyville Kentucky Joe Cox Jr. Samuel Cox and Joe Cox Jr. of Frankfurt Kentucky Marshall Harris of Arlington Ida M. Garver and Ella Bretz of Washington.
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Joe S. Cox
Jones Funeral
Robert Whitten
Mt. Hebron Cemetery
A .H. Jackson
Kinzel B. Grubbs
Thomas Smallwood
Arch Weatherholtz
A. J. Bartley
Lewis Smith
Out of Town
Charles Cox
Shelbyville
Samuel
Joe Cox Jr
Frankfurt
Marshall Harris
Arlington
Ida M. Garver
Ella Bretz
Washington
Mrs. E. S. Butler Rites Tomorrow
Final rites for Mrs. Emma Susan Butler 80 will be held at her son Bernard Butler's Martinsburg home at 2 p.m. She died Tuesday in Martinsburg City Hospital after about five months of illness. Born in Berkeley County, she was the widow of James A. Butler and survived by five sons George A Bernard Fred Boyd and Clark and two daughters Mrs I D VanMeter and another daughter in Charles Town.
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Emma Susan Butler
Bernard Butler
Martinsburg
George A
Bernard
Fred
Boyd
Inwood, and Clark
Morgantown
I. D. VanMeter
Charles Town Road
Martinsburg Woman and Kin Remain For Services
Bessie Sperrow of Martinsburg and her large family including 28 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren will have the body at Brown Funeral Home in Martinsburg until tomorrow afternoon. It will then be moved to Bernard Butler's home for services conducted by Reverends W A Ledford and Ernest Harrison. Interment will be at Green Hill Cemetery.
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Bessie Sperrow
Martinsburg
George C. Kilmer
Brown Funer
Bernard Butler
W. A. Ledford
Ernest Harrison
Green Hill Cemetery
Delegates to Report At Rotary Meeting
Rotary luncheon hears report on district conference in Roanoke by delegates Dr. Ronald Wilson and Daniel E. Leatherman.
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Rotary
Roanoke
Ronald 8. Wilson
Daniel E. Leatherman
Visitor Twice Lands in Hoosegow
Over the past week several people ended up in jail more than once. George Getz of Maurertown was one of these unfortunate persons. Jailed 11 p.m. on April 30, he was released after sobering up and posting bond, but at 7:43 a.m. May 1 he was back in jail again on the same charge. He paid $5 and costs on each count.
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George Getz
Maurertown
Cornell Sigma Xi Honors Barnhart and Stewart Sr
Philip W. Barnhart of 7238 Stewart Sr. and Cornell University graduate student Stewart Sr. are elected to associate membership in the Cornell chapter of Sigma Xi, the national honorary research fraternity recognizing scholarship and technical research.
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Philip W. Barnhart
Stewart Sr
Cornell University
Cornell
Sigma Xi
Fire destroys tipple at McCoy coal yard
An early morning fire destroyed the tipple at Great Valley Anthracite Coal Corp at McCoy in Radford Virginia with about 100000 dollars in losses. Firemen from Christiansburg and Blacksburg aided efforts to prevent spread. Walruses mentioned in the text weigh about 2000 pounds.
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Radford
Great Valley Antracite Coal Corp
McCoy
Christianburg
Blacksburg
Birds Go to Church in Kingsfield May 4
Robins built a nest in the lectern at a local Anglican church in Kingsfield. The report notes birds attending services as a whimsical nod to St. Francis of Assissi. It also recalls a polar bear as the walrus’s chief natural enemy in a separate comparison.
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Kingsfield
England
St. Francis of Assissi
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N. Main ST
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Safeway
Lakemead
N.B.C
White House
MNO. S. Solenberger & CO
N. Loudoun St
Teele
Signet Lights
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Frigidaire
Frigidaire Ironer
Northern Virginia Power Co
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