Market Quotation Summary Amid Sidelines and Mixed Bonds
Market quotations show civilian production but investors held back with purchases focused on select issues. Key names among buyers included Douglas, Gramercy, Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, Great Northern, American Telephone, International Telephone and Texas Co. New York Central erased early gains after declaring a 58 cent dividend on a $1 base. Hesitant among others were Bethlehem, Interocean, Youngstown Sheet, Interwater, Westinghouse, National Harvest, American Smelting and Standard Oil New Jersey. Bonds and commodities remained mixed.
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Douglas
Grameed
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Great Northern
American Telephone
International Telephone and
Texas Co
New York Central
Bethlehem
Iter
Youngstown Sheet
Interwater
Westinghouse
Tional Harves American Smelting
Standard Oil
Chicago Grain Quotations May Through September
Chicago May 9 grain markets were mixed in quiet early futures trading. May wheat and rye were about steady or slightly lower while deferred contracts fell on liquidation. Opening prices show May wheat 1.75 and rye 1.38 7/8 with other months provided for corn oats and rye futures.
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Chicago
Commission House
Baltimore Market Report Details Livestock and Produce Prices
May 9 Baltimore markets show unchanged apples poultry and fowl with steady bid in cattle hogs and sheep..CALVES rise to 18.00 amid active demand. HOGS hold around 15.30 ceiling. SHEEP quoted 18.00 to 19.00 for good lambs, with lighter weights weaker. Chicago figures follow, noting mixed shifts in fed steers, cows and vealers.
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Baltimore -Livestock
Baltimore
Office of Market Services
Chicago
Indiana
Hollow ground blades promise easier shave and fewer cuts
The PAL BLADE Co promotes hollow ground razor blades as superior to common jack knife ground blades. The blade’s flexible edge follows facial contours, reducing bearing down on tender skin. Advertises Pal Hollow Ground Razor Blades from New York address.
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PAL Blade Co
Pal Hollow
Rodiron Avenue
N.Y
Weather Delays Crop Growth Across Regions
Crop progress varies as wet fields keep growth stalled though corn planting continues in many areas. Southeastern to southwestern counties report over half of corn planted, while northern regions show continued freezing temperatures harming fruit crops. Farmers plow, plant corn and soybeans, and cut alfalfa amid slow field work and ongoing soil lime and manure tasks.
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Peratures
Local Markets Wholesale Market Flour and Feed Prices
Readable fragment lists prices for patent brand flour bags of 10 25 48 and 98 pounds per hundred or hundredweight, various feeds including mixed feed middlings and egg mash, as well as prices for eggs, dairy items, poultry and livestock, with numerous unit measures and per cwt lines.
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Erseerte
Seere
Our Men In The Service Updates
Wilbur Cooper Oates son of Mr and Mrs C 8 Oates recently spent a short leave with his parents. He has served twenty seven months at Camp Peary Va and is now at Shoemaker Calif awaiting sea duty. Buddy Locke son of Mrs Mary Locke writes he is back in the Hawaiian Islands after ten months in the Marianna Islands and the Saipan invasion. He entered service December 1942 and trained at Aberdeen Proving Grounds Md. Sgt Robert Paul Everhart 25 husband of Alva Everhart is stationed in Germany with the Fourth Armored Division. His unit was cited by President Roosevelt for extraordinary tactical accomplishments in the period December 22 to March 27. He was promoted to sergeant. he enlisted June 22 1944 and trained at Fort McClellan Ala going overseas in November 1944. He is a son of Mr and Mrs Lake Everhart.
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Wilbur Cooper Oates
Oates
Camp Peary
Shoemaker
Calif
Set
Buddy” Locke
Mary Locke
North
Loudoun Street
Hawaiian Islands
Marianna Islands
Saipan
Aberdeen
Robert Paul Everhart
Alva Everhart
Cameron Street
Germany
Fourth Armored Division
President Roosevelt
Everhart
Fort McClellan
Ala
Spotswood Transfer Company
Lake Everhart
Service News From Winchester and Stephens City
Vaught Overseas Sgt Charles E Vaught husband of Mil dred Webster is serving abroad with a service battery. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Ed Vaught of Winchester and hopes for a letter from his wife or relatives. Billy Stout Seaman Second Class spends a 20 day leave at his Stephens City home after five months in the Pacific region where he saw action.
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Vaught
Charles E. Vaught
Mildred Webster
Ed Vaught
Winchester
Billy Stout
Stephens City
Pacific
Learns of Mother's Death While On Business Trip Here
Morris Chislow connected with the New York Daily Fruit Reporter, a well known figure in Winchester, learned yesterday of his mother's death. The notice came via Edwin T. Snider, secretary of the Winchester Elks Lodge. Chislow left for Fall River, Massachusetts, to return in a few weeks.
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Morris Chislow
New York Daily Fruit Reporter
Winchester
Mr. Chislow
Edwin T. Snider
Winchester Elks Lodge
Fall River
Mass
Foltz Wins War Bond at Lawrence Greater Shows
Leo Foltz of 352 National Avenue won a $25 War Bond at last night’s Lawrence Greater Shows at the old fairgrounds under the American Legion. Although opening at 9 pm, the crowd was excellent with rides and shows in operation. Newsboys of the Winchester Star will visit tonight.
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Leo Foltz
National Avenue
Lawrence Greater
Old Fairgrounds
American Legion
Winchester Star
Winchester Lions Observe V E Program
The Winchester Lions Club held a regular meeting with a weekly luncheon at Zane Hall. Attendees observed V E appropriate program as flags decorated the tables and the music featured national anthems. Rev. Robert A. Whitten spoke on Allied naval efforts.
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Winchester Lions Club
Ee Zane Hall
Robert A. Whitten
Winchester Ministerial Association
Grange backs Bible study plan for county schools
The White Hall Grange No. 870 voted unanimously to support teaching the Bible in county schools. The proposal was presented by a Frederick County Council of Religious Education committee. The meeting included a literary program with stories quizzes and a debate. Next meeting set for Monday night May 21.
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White Hall
The
Grange
Frederick County
Ascension Day Masses at Sacred Heart Church Tomorrow
The Sacred Heart Catholic Church will hold Ascension Day Masses at 6 00 a m and 8 00 a m per the pastor Rev Father Julian Bullock.
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Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Father Julian Bullock
Handley Graduate Receives Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster
Cpl. James Douglas Butler son of Mr and Mrs Robert Butler Sr Bloomery Star Route Winchester nose gunner on a B 24 Liberator in the 15th Army Air Force has been awarded the Air Medal and one Oak Leaf Cluster for meritorious aerial flight. Butler, with veteran group under Col Brooks A Lawdon, set to wear additional honors.
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James Douglas Butler
Robert Butler
Bloomery Star
Winchester
15Th Army Air Force
Brooks A. Lawdon
Butler
RAF
Denver
Colo
Harlinger
Texas
Army
Novick Transfer Company
Handley High School
Curfew Lifted as War Mobility Rules Eased
Washington announces immediate lifting of the midnight curfew on entertainment and the ban on horse racing. Pred M War Mobilization and Reconstruction director Jason states action is effective today and quips curfew shall not ring tonight after clarifying restrictions with the Office of Defense Transportation.
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Washington
Jason
Office of Defense Transportation
Jes Res Odt
Trial Justice Court Disposes Speeding Case
Ileene Dovel Coons of Reliance was found guilty of speeding and fined $5 with costs in the Court of Trial Justice W. Erle Edwards.
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Court of Trial
W. Erle Edwards
Ileene Dovel Coons
Reliance
Nazi official and eight others commit suicide in Norway
German commissioner in Norway Josef Terboven and eight others reportedly took their own lives by shooting themselves. The deaths mark a dramatic end to a tense period as Allied forces press operations in Norway.
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Josef Terboven
Norway
Redress
Better Care for Baby Better Health Advice
Advice promotes frequent diaper changes and use of Mexaana soothing powder after each change. Note claims of long-time popularity spanning 40 years.
V E Day Does Not End Need For Blood Plasma
A Washington telegram to Stewart Bell Jr chairing the local Red Cross Blood Donor Service says the army and Navy request continuous operation for whole blood and plasma to support Pacific theater needs despite V E Day. F Schenck chairman of the Red Cross chapter notes the war’s end does not end blood demand.
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Europe
F. Schenck
The
Red Cross
Washington
Stewart Bell, Jr
Army
Navy
Washington Red Cross
Pac
Blood Donor Clinic Set for August in Local Region
In a regional alert the Blood Donor Service urges participation with a go ahead from officials. The next clinic operates August 8 9 and uses the Mobile Unit of the Washington Red Blood Donor Service for local cooperation.
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Red Cross
Sidndl
Scheol 10
Washton Red Blood Donor Service
Temperature Dips to 44 Amid Sparse Wind Readings
The overnight low reached 44 degrees with a 68 degree afternoon high at the Wind Search Laboratory. Forecasters warned of cooler, cloudier conditions and possible rain, while precipitation for the morning added .04 inches, pushing the month total to 1.00 and the year to 10.95 inches.
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Windsearch Laboratory
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Stock Market Report
ED Molden
Chicago Livestock
Moronne
Wilbur C. Oates
Sgt
A. M. Locke
Sgt. Hobert
P. Everhart
Nance Street
Ran- Pant
Robert, Jr
Wayne
Foltz
Winchester Lions
Cpl. J. Dougis Butler
Handley
Trial Justice Court
Americ
Our Bank
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ewart Johnston
Clayhill, Boyce, Va
Phone Boyce
Winchester Furniture Company
South Main Street
Dial
Jade
China
Idlane
Walter Raleigh
Chteme Lung
Cray
Wray
Weary
He Yew
B. F. Goodrich
Silvertown
South Loudoun
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