Market Quotations New York Stock Review May Day
The New York stock market remained sedate with little movement from Friday's levels. A block of 3000 Our 4 Co. common traded at 5 3-4, down 1-8 to a new low for the year as several issues showed gains and declines including U S Steel and American Telephone, while others like Chrysler and Sears Roebuck edged lower.
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New York
Our
4 Co. Common
U S. Steel
Cammery Ward
Woolworth
Caterpillar Tractor
Atlantic Gulf West Indies
American Telephone
Air Reduction
American Woolen
Suthern Pacific
Mission Corp
Chrysler
Sears Roebuck
Schenley
the Power & Light
American Smelting
General Electric
Johns- Baar U. Ss. G Standard
Gulf Oil
Agriculture Dept reports egg and poultry prices in Winchester area
Prices paid by state and federal markets for eggs by grade and size in Winchester are listed, with U S Grade A extra large to B large ranges and line items for checks. Live poultry prices cover Rock Cross Broilers, young turkeys, and guinea fowl. questions on honey production by worker bees are noted.
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Winchester
Live stock prices ease. cattle and hogs mixed in Baltimore week
Baltimore market reports show slaughter steers down 25 to 50 cents with other cattle mostly steady while calves and hogs rise across weights. Slaughter cows 18 to 21, canners 15 to 17, stock calves 23 to 26. Markets in Chicago reveal higher hogs and firmer steers and cows with top cattle near 28 and prime beeves around 27.
Market Report: Feeder Heifers Cattle and Sheep Prices
Feeder heifers 1050 1150 lb at 25.75 26.50 average mostly. Heavier 1206 lb at 24.50. Bulk good to low-choice 950 lb downs 23.50 25.50. Cows 17 21. Canners 13 16.75. Sausage bulls 22. Vealers 19 26. Stockers yearlings 22 24. Two loads common 725 lb 20.50. Salable sheep 100. Fed lambs 25 50 higher but weak. Heavy ewes bucks 25 50 lower. Choice wooled lambs top 30. Bulk good to choice wooled lambs 29.25 30. Clippers 27.75 29.50. Odd native springers 31.50. Shearing lambs 27.50 28. Ewes shorn 13 14. Bucks shorn 89.95.
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Baltimore
Chicago
Clarke X-ray Clinic Sees 604 Persons In County
A total of 604 persons, mostly adults, were x-rayed at a chest clinic in Clarke county. Mrs. W. D. Wise carver Jr. said 375 were scanned at Berryville and 229 at Boyce yesterday. Mobile x-ray units will visit Frederick county next week and Winchester the following week.
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Clarke County
W. D. Wisecarver Jr
Berryville
Boyce
Frederick County
Winchester
Charles Town Opens Ball Season Sunday
Charles Town American Legion baseball opens its season Sunday at 2 30 p m on their home field against Alexandria VFW nine. Ossie Bluege former manager of the Washington Senators will throw out the first ball in a gala opening day ceremony. Appleland band will provide music.
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Charles Town
American Legion
Alexandria Vfw
Ossie Bluege
Washington Senators
Appleland Band
Labor Union Leader Seeks Massenburg Seat in Virginia
Ern est J. Shave a 62 year old retired civil service employee and former secretary treasurer of the Virginia State Federation of Labor announces his bid for the Virginia House of Delegates seat held by Speaker G Alvin Massenburg. He retired April 1 as a Langley NACA technical advisor after 26 and a half years of service to represent the people in the General Assembly.
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Hampton
Ernest J. Shave
Civil Service
Virginia House of Delegates
G. Alvin Massenburg
House
Shave
Virginia State Federation of Labor
Langley Laboratories
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
General Assembly
Wherry Warns Communists Seek US Economic Collapse
Republican floor leader Wherry told the Senate that communists aim for America to go broke. He warned Russia hopes the United States will disintegrate economically, saying no peace or security if the nation becomes bankrupt.
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Senate
Russia
Boys Laugh in Court Judge Hands them 30 Days to Laugh Off
In Des Moines two 18 year olds giggled in court after pleading guilty to drinking beer on a school playground and causing a disturbance. Municipal Judge Ralph Moore initially sentenced them to 60 days, fined $25 on each charge, then reduced to seven days, and finally imposed a maximum 30 day term per charge with the remark Let’s see you laugh that off.
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Des Moines
Ralph Moore
Children Win Damages Over Enticement of Mother
Three Miller children from Mower county secured a $6000 award against Harold Monson of Winona after the Minnesota Supreme Court held he enticed their mother Helen Miller from their home on July 5, 1945. Justice Harry H. Peterson called the act a grievous outrageous and tragic wrong to the children.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota Supreme Court
Harold Monson
Winona
Helen
Ruth
Richard Miller
Mower County
Lou Miller
Mosen
Harry H. Peterson
Chicago grains steady as May wheat leads firm opening
Chicago May 7 grain prices rise on short covering. Wheat May 2.24 1 2, July 1.95 95 1 8, September 1.95 94 7 8, December 1.97 97 1 4. Corn May 1.33 5 8 3 4, July 1.31 7 8 32, September 1.25 1 2, December 1.14 3 4. Oats May 65 3 4, July 61 5 8, September 61 1 2. Rye May 27 1 2. Lard September 11.92.
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Chicago
Jly
Rye
Soviet Radio Jamming Fails To Silence West Broadcasts
The United States and Britain push round the clock radio beams to Russia despite Nazi era jamming. US officials say ernest April 24 timing aimed to keep Russians from hearing the West. London says 25 percent of 61 stations broke through the interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest
Berlin
State Department
United States
Luther J. Reid
Allen
London
British Broadcasting Corp
Russia
U. S
Taft seeks Democratic sponsorship for labor bill
Senator Taft aims to pass a revised labor bill kept as the core of the Taft Hartley act while avoiding his name. Senator Byrd of Virginia says he has not been asked to co sponsor but would join if invited. The Senate plans a late month or June floor vote amid likely opposition.
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Byrd
Virginia
Taft
Senate
House
Five PTA Groups Plan County Council Formation
Presidents and delegates from five Frederick county PTA units will meet at the courthouse on May 26 to act on by laws prepared by a committee. Officers will be elected. Key organizers include Mrs Annie Preston Starling and R E Ayler with PTA leaders from Miller and Bryarly. Principals and other district PTA heads are expected at the next meeting.
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Frederick County
Parent- Teacher Associations
PTA
Annie Preston Starling
R. E. Ayler
Oscar Zigler
Miller School
Anna Baughman
Miller
Paul K. Barnett
Brylarly Pta
Clay Absolved For Leaving Nazi Cartels Unsmashed
Gen Lucius D Clay, retiring military governor of Germany, is absolved by Garland S Ferguson and a three man committee accusing American occupation authorities of failing to smash German monopolies. Isseks claimed Clay modified support and paused major targets citing heavy industries.
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Washington
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Garland S. Ferguson
Clay
Ferguson
Samuel S. Isseks
Isseks
Western Powers chart strategy for postwar Germany
Three Powers refine plans to merge Western zones into Trizonia and place Ruhr under allied control. They push for a West German federal republic by July while resisting a centralized German state and any fundamental rights concessions. Bevin travels to Berlin for talks with British officials and aides.
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Russia
London
Trizonia
Germany
Ruhr Valley
United States
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Ernest Bevin
Berlin
Brian Robertson
Christopher Steele
Derby Track Fast Weather is Good for Derby
Louisville May 7 clear weather favors a fast track for the 75th Kentucky Derby at 5 30 p m. with 14 entries and a purse of 100000 added money. Olympia is the favorite owned by F W Hooper trained by Ivan Parke and ridden by Eddie Arcaro. post positions and odds are listed for all contenders.
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Louisville
Olympia
F. W. Hooper
Ivan Parke
Eddie Arcaro
Jackstown
Taylor
Ponder
Brooks
Col
Olympis
Arcaro
Old Rockport
Glisson
Scurlock
Joy
Adams
Duff
Capot
Atkinson
Hal
Western Berlin plans face federalization in coming era
General Lucius D. Clay notes Western sectors of Berlin will be surrounded by the Soviet zone and join a federal scheme, though timing remains indefinite. The move would end the death penalty in the western state and split taxing powers between state and federal governments.
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Thon
Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
U.S
Sozialdemokrat
Berlin Socialists
Socialist Unity (Communist) Party
Wilhelm Pieck
Heinrich Rau
East German Economic Council
Answers to Daily Quiz
Answers to quiz on Page 4 list ten items. It includes names such as Samuel Sidney McClure and RUSSIAN HERO, references to Paris and the Eiffel Tower, Java, and Austin. The coyote is noted as one of two American wolf species and Greek letters are used to name fraternities.
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Samuel Sidney McClure
Java
Paris
Eiffel Tower
Austin
Death Car Driver Sentenced to Year in Jail
George Hilleary Keys of Hagerstown pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter after a car carrying three companions struck a parked truck on Berryville road near Charles Town last December. He was sentenced to one year in jail with the possibility of parole after serving a month and paying court costs.
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George Hilleary Keys
Hagerstown
Keys
Berryville Road
Charles Town
Apple and peach crops rise after spring frosts in Virginia
State Horticultural Society officials report an estimated Virginia apple crop between ten and eleven million bushels, about two million more than 1948, with peaches also higher. Frost on April 28 29 caused limited damage, mostly in outlying orchards. commercial growers faced no serious losses. The estimate followed a board meeting with apple commission inspection service and extension workers.
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Staln
John Watson
Society
Watson
State Horticultural Society
State Apple Commission
State Inspection Service
Tree Fruit
Virginia
Siberia records blizzard named buran in local weather
A buran is the local Siberian term for a severe blizzard massing winds and heavy snow. The word reflects regional vernacular used to describe extreme winter storms.
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Siberia
Sales Directory May 11 1 p m Cedar Creek Grade listing
May 11 at 1 pm C L Light Cedar Creek Grade seven miles from Winchester offers furniture and garden tools. May 11 at 10 am estate of Grace Whitlock 16 East Clifford St. furniture appliances and household goods. May 12 at 10 am estate of W Frank Plank 203 East Boscawent furniture appliances and household goods. May 14 at 1 pm Farmers Livestock Exchange Winchester annual sale registered Polled Short horns.
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C. L. Ligh
Cedar Creek
Winchester
Grace Whitlock
East Clifford St
Frank Plank
East Boscawent
Farmers Livestock Exchange
Crossword Clue Fragments From a 1920s Puzzle Page
A mosaic of crossword clues and word fragments from a historical puzzle page includes references to currency marks such as $81 and $6, mythic half man half horse, astronomy terms, plant themes, fashion and similarity, decay, surgical thread, and a Japanese shrub. The garbled grid hints at a broader wordplay context with down and across hints.
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Agriculture Dept. Markets Division
Sean
Cee
Berryville Lumber CO
Berryville 19
National Fruit Co
Fairmont Ave
Capacitty
Coleman Dunn
Boscawen Street
W. Frank Plank
Philco
G. G. Baker
D. Coleman Dunn
Blenn
C. J. Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron St
Clarke X-ray
Massenburg
Coalition
Turkey
Moscow
Wisconsin Motors
Tron - Age
Shade Equipment CO
Martinsburg Pike
County Council
Derby
Vapotone
Rothane
Scion
Lamp Motor CO
Smithfield Ave
Senseng Road
Tommy D. Lockhart
Loudoun St
Hillside
Alexandria
Lincolnia Asphalt CO
F. J. Gayle Contractor
Lincolnia
Glaize & Bro
Dodge
Olds
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen St
A. F. Rees, Inc
Berryville, VA
T. M. Reg
John W. Rosenberger and Co
Braddock
Daily Crossword
City
Mass
Coral Island
Ejale
Fajel
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