Corporate Profits Mostly Flat From Year Ago in First Quarter
An Associated Press compilation shows 6164 leading U S. corporations earned about $1.884 billion in the first quarter, up slightly from $1.879 billion a year earlier. Major gains by General Motors and Du Pont contrasted with declines in railroads textiles steel and airlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
General Motors Corp
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co
General Motors
du Pont
General Electric Co
Bell Telephone System
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Standard of California
Westinghouse Electric Corp
The
Texas Co
Automotive firms trim 1953 profits as reports vary
The trend in automotive financial reporting shows Ford Motor Co not filing due to lack of public stock. Chrysler Corp fell from 24,428,740 in Q1 1953 to 7,681,053 in the latest quarter, while Nash, Studebaker and Packard also posted sharp declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Nash, Studebaker and
Packard
First Five Cent Store Opens in Utica in 1879
J. L. and Frank W. Woolworth opened the first single 5c store on a Utica side street on February 22, 1879. A customer bought a 5‑cent shovel and launched the famous discount chain.
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J.O. A. Frank W. Woolworth
Utica
N. Y
Oldest Continent Geological Claim From Quiz Answers
The page lists numbered quiz answers with items on true or false, regions, wars, places like the Hawaiian Islands and West Point, and a note that North America is the oldest continent geologically as the first to emerge from the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaiian Islands
Santiago
Cuba
New Hampshire
West Point
N. Y
William Shakespeare
W. A
North America
Winchester area sales directory highlights various auctions
May listings include Shenandoah Valley Polled Shorthorn breeders at Farmers Livestock Exchange Winchester cattle lots May 8 1 pm May 8 10 am Annie E Myers estate Berryville Clarke County farm sale May 10 10:30 am Cliffside Farms Galax Va Herefords May 8 11 am Mrs Walter Clowser Round Hill farm tools May 13 10 am Baker Sergeant service station equipment May 15 10 am Ralph Beaver Front Royal Road tractors and some cattle May 15 11 am Massie Jr Frederick County Court House real estate May 15 11 am Baker agent Whitlock Ave Lot Winchester May 15 12:30 pm 12th Annual Winchester Tri-Breed Sale May 15 1 pm Baker Sergeant 214 E Piccadilly St autos May 26 12 noon Shenandoah Valley National Bank real estate Cameron St Loudoun St June 5 11 am Dabney Watts Frederick County real estate 126 N Braddock St Auctioneer Boyd Headley Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Livestock Exchange
Winchester
Annie E. Myers
Berryville
Marvin Chapel Church
Clarke County
W. D. Orndorff
Cliffside Farms
Galax
Walter Clowser
Winches School
Rt. 50
Round Hill
Chas. Duvall
G. G. Baker
Ralph F Beaver
Front Royal Road
Chas. R. Duvall
Joseph A Massie, Jr
Frederick County Court House
U. S
Byron Brumback
Whitlock Ave
E. T. Snider
E. Piccadilly St
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
S. Cameron St
N. Loudoun St
Dabney W. Watts
North Braddock St
Boyd G. Headley, Jr
Rosenberger Champions FHA Title I Repair Program
Paul F. Rosenberger of John W. Rosenberger & Company notes congressional scrutiny of FHA Title I but says thousands of homeowners in Winchester and beyond have used the program for affordable property improvements. He praises its self supporting nature, cites abuses by out of town contractors, and supports extending repayment to five years and raising the loan cap to 3000 dollars. Commissioner Norman Mason, a veteran retailer, is expected to improve oversight and preserve public benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Housing Administration
Winchester
Paul F. Rosenberger
John W. Rosenberger & Company
National Retail Lumber Dealers Association
FHA
Rosenberger
Congress
National Association
Norman Mason
National Retail Lumber Cealers Association
Mason
Pencil Lead Pressure Tolerance and Hardness Degrees
A lead of good quality can withstand 3 750 lb per sq in. Black leads are now produced in 17 degrees of hardness.
Friendship Names CVVFA Delegates
Five delegates to the Cumber land Valley Volunteer Firemen's Association meeting were named at Friendship Fire Company. Harvey De Shon James Sardelis Lewis Ebert Fred Geanious and Louis Bell will attend in Waynesboro Pennsylvania in August 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Waynesboro
Friendship Fire Company
Harvey DeShon
James Sardelis
Lewis Ebert
Fred Geanious
Louis Bell
CVVFA
John Ryan
Navy
Stephens City
Warrenton
John Kerr
Lions Shelter
Senseng Park
Cancer Fund
Benny F. Dean
G. Carter Baker
R. D. Easter
Retirement age of 65 set since early 1900s
The question notes the age of retirement being set at 65 and asks when this standard began. The prompt indicates this standard began at the start of the 20th century.
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L. W A
Life expectancy figures outdated for modern era
The article notes that 65 years for men and 60 years for women were traditional life expectancy estimates based on 1900 data. It argues these figures are out of date as current expectations have risen, according to many authorities.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles H. Bursey
Snellings Florist
Murphy
Ken
Litter
Ful — O
LeGear
Pratt
Harry Murphy & Bro
Amherst St
R.R. Crossing
P. W. Plumly Lumber Corp
Kent St
Williams
Lord Fairfax
Shenandoah River
Blue Ridge
James Ware
Lucy Katherine Ware
Wm. D. McGuire
James McGuire
Peter J. Williams, Jr
Winchester-Clarke Garden Club
Virginia
Uw Meyer
Make Hay the Meyer Way
Meyer
Barr’s, Inc
John W
Rosenberger and Co., Inc
S. Braddock St
Zomps
Round Hill Schoolouse
Walter Crowser
Ford-Ferguson
Walter H. Clowser
Julian A. Everly
Sec
Treas
National Farm Loan Association and
Shenandoah Production Credit Association
E. Boscawen St
Aberdeen
Farmers Live
May Stock Exchange, Inc
Winchester, Va
Northern
Livestock Producers Assn., Inc
Angus
Leesburg Livestock Market
Leesburg, Virginia
Charlottesville
William C. Crane
Kingdom Farm
Leesburg, Va
OF City Realty
Neal Franks
Frank Swartz
Corporation Court
Whitlock Avenue
R. M. Henry
Etta Swartz
Paine
N. Cameron St
McCormick
Dorsey
Massie-Harris
McCormick-Deering
Oliver
Barrow
New Holland
Deering
McCdeering Thresher
International Green
H.p
S.a.e
New Idea
Chas. R. Duvall, Auctioneer
Ralph F. Beaver
Circuit Court
Frederick County
Neva W. Pope
Als
Floyd J. Whitacre
D. J. Whitacre
U.S. Highway 50
J. W. Smith
N. W
Romney Road
Weltmans Line
Waltmans Corner
McKees
Popkins Corner
Hester
William H. McKee
Isaac Creek
Commonwealth of Virginia
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
I. Lee N Whitacre
Lee N. Whitacre
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