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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1947

Page

2

Legion guest talks and Greek Turkish aid debate

Memorial Day exercises noted by Georgia Cather Walter Weiner A J Novick and B N B rith members. Harrisonburg caucus set May 11 for WW II Seventh District veterans to learn aims of the Legion. Fowle praised for opposing Knold Report. department adjutant vote of confidence. Congressman Harrison votes for Greek Turkish aid warning against UN veto and urging UN reform to defeat aggression.

Georgia Cather Walter Weiner A. J. Novick B’nai B'rith Lodge Harrisonburg Legion Fowle Philip R. Fowle Seventh Winchester Knold Richmond Hill Legion Home Harrison United Nations Russia House Truman Dardanelles Marshall Greece Turkey

Begin Calyx Spray for Apple Orchards May 5

Staff prepare calyx spray for Stay Delicious and Black Twig apples. Spray must be completed within a week using one of three arsenate mixtures to protect against leaf roller larvae feeding on leaf undersides. Lead arsenate deemed effective though hazardous. eggs hatch now and worms feed on central leaf areas.

Preaching, Moves, and Social Notes in Grimes County

In Galilee next Sunday night May 4 a preaching service is announced. Leonard Brown, who recently bought the local store, has sold his Sunnyside home and moved here to run the store and post office with his wife. Woodrow Milburn and family relocate from Martinsburg to Rest Church area near Mrs. Frank Unger’s home, a return to the community after years, and Miss Selma Hensell visits with uncle Charles Hensell. B. Brook Smith and son of Winchester visited local friends last Sunday. O L Jamison builds a new house on Apple Ridge orchard after the previous home burned weeks ago. Residents attended the Stonewall school play at Clearbrook last Friday, and I and Mrs. Paul Shirkey with daughter Ruby visited relatives here Wednesday evening.

Galilee Leonard Brown Sunnyside Woodrow Milburn Martinsburg Restchurch Frank Unger Tie Selma Hensell Charles Hensell B. Brook Smith Winchester O. L. Jamison Apple Ridge Stonewall Clearbrook Paul Shirkey Ruby

Arabs Withdraw Request To Be Heard In Debate

The Arab higher committee for Palestine left the Palestine debate after charging the United Nations Assembly with discrimination and withdrawing its request for a hearing. Chairman Lester B. Pearson announced the withdrawal as the Assembly's 55 nation political committee prepared to act.

Lake Success N. Y Arab Higher Committee For Palestine United Nations Assembly Palestine Assembly Lester B. Pearson Canada

May 7 to 24 Sales Directory Auctions Listed

A sequence of estate and household auctions is scheduled from May 7 to May 24. Listings include J H Stimel Kernstown Henry Grimm Berne Boone Road Winchester Louis Grimm executor 2188S Loudoun St Amtico items P R Boxwell Front Royal Road Mrs Wingfield National Ave Stock items Berryville Winchester Bruce Lineberg W Va Ave and other locations. Each sale lists time date and items such as household goods livestock farm equipment and furniture.

J. H. Stimel SeAiaille Joomla Poke Aenead Ts Henry Grimm Kernstown Jos Dick Price Berryville Winchester Bruce Lineberg W. Va

Market Quotation Report from Baltimore May 8

Baltimore market notes show steady produce prices with apples varied by variety from Delicious to Stayman and Winesaps, poultry and eggs with general demand easing, and wholesale butter and eggs pricing. Livestock quotes include cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep with mixed supplies and steady to higher trends, noting specific weights and price bands across Chicago and national quotations.

Baltimore N. J Bu. Bas Eastern Craest U Baltimore Livestock Chicago Livestock Chicago USDA

Market Tumbles Amid Wage Fight News And Mixed Quoting

A cautious session opened with modest rally fading as prices showed a mixed bias through the day. Profit taking and subdued wage price concerns restrained demand while some names gained on earnings or dividend news, including Radio Corp and Montgomery Ward, with several majors slipping on broad unease.

Gay Chrysler U. S. Rubber Goodrich U.S. Steel Bethlehem American Telephone Johns Manville Santa Fe Southern Railway Southern Pacific J. C .Penney Glenn Martin American Water Works Anaconda Radio Corp Montgomery Ward Kennecott Sears Roebuck, Texas Co Standard Oil N. J Consolidated Edison

Chicago Grain Quotations May Open Firm on Trade News

Chicago May 7 grains opened firm on the board with wheat May at 2.63 and July 2.24. wheat September 2.17 and December 2.14. Corn May 1.64 with July 1.57 and September 1.50. oats May 0.91 with July 0.81 and September 0.75.

Chicago Board of Trade Developments

Virginia Livestock Market Auction Prices Report

Market report lists prices across cattle hogs lambs and pigs. Fat steers cows and heifers show wide ranges from mid teens to mid twenties per hundredweight with bulls veal calves and fresh cows also tabulated.Prices reflect good to choice grades and varying degrees of quality and weight across categories.

Baltimore

Answers to the Daily Quiz Solutions

Correct responses to page four quiz include National Maritime Union Wyoming Union of South Africa Cryptogram Toulon Georgia California New York Chicago Philadelphia Detroit Los Angeles and the committee decision was virtually unanimous.

National Maritime Union Wyoming Union of South Africa Toulon Georgia California New York Chicago Philadelphia Detroit Los Angeles

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