Market Quotation Report notes varied prices and splits
A market report shows slowed activity after an active opening with varied prices and a 2 for 1 split proposal for Mount Pictures. Stocks like U S Steel Republic Steel General Motors Goodyear Sears Westinghouse and Union Carbide lead gains while others including Santa Fe Southern Pacific Western Union Bethlehem Anaconda and General Electric lag. Bonds appear uneven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P Mount Pictures
U. S. Steel
Republic Steel
General Motors
Goodyear
Sears
Arabs Strike Halts Business Across Middle East Cities
Reported May 10 notes Arabs halted activity nationwide in Egypt and Iraq with almost total work stoppages in Alexandria and Cairo. In Cairo, police engaged stone-throwing crowds near Azhar Mosque while bombs damaged Jewish shops in Beyrouth. Prime Minister Ismail Sidky Pasha toured streets with armed escort as authorities mobilized troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Middle East
Cairo
Azhar
Beyrouth
Tian
Ismail Sidky Pasha
Alexannia
Iraq
First West Point Graduate Earned Diploma After Opens
M. M. P. Joseph G. Swift is identified as the United States Military Academy at West Point’s first graduate. He enrolled as a cadet in 1800 and received his diploma just months after the academy opened in 1802.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ways
United States
West Point
Joseph G. Swift
West
Swift
Baltimore May 10 Livestock and Produce Markets Report
Baltimore market notes show unchanged produce prices for apples and sweet potatoes with mixed U.S. 1s and Katahdins. receipts include butter and eggs. Live cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep quotes in Baltimore and Chicago, with steady to slightly firmer tones on beef, pork, and lamb values and inventories across major regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
U. S
U.S
Maine
S. C
Fla
Texas
Bliss U. S
USDA
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Chicago Grain Quotations May 10
May rye closes at 2.66 cents, down 1.88, with opening prices and minimal activity. Wheat, corn, and oats show early bids near ceilings for May July and Sept contracts in Chicago trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rye
Wanted A Nice Room To Settle The Coal Strike
Washington reports detail a national labor conference struggling to find a venue for talks on the coal strike. Parties have moved between rooms in the Labor Department and Patent Office due to size and acoustics, reporters barred from meetings, and a dwindling negotiating panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward McGrady
Labor Conference
Labor Department
Children’s Bureau
Patent Office
Mrs Cornwell Passes Away In Clarke County
Miss Mary E. Cornwell 74 of Clarke County died at Winchester Memorial Hospital at 10 p m She was born March 5 1872 in Clarke County daughter of Abner Norman Cornwell Fauquier County and Henrietta McDonald Cornwell Warren County Survived by sister Mrs Ruth Paulmer Washington DC sisters Vashti Carroll Falls Church and brothers Daniel B Cornwell and John P Cornwell Boyce Funeral services Sunday May 12 at 2 30 pm from John AH Enders Funeral Home Berryville conducted by Rev R C Paulette Interment in the Cornwell cemetery near the home place
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Cornwell
Berry's Ferry
Shenandoah River
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Clarke County
Abner Norman Cornwell
Fauquier County
Henrietta McDonald Cornwell
Warren County
Ruth Paulmer
Washington, D. C
Vashti Carroll
Falls Church
Daniel
John P. Cornwell
Boyce
John AH. Enders
Berryville
R. C. Paulette
Brryville Baptist Church
Old Cornwell
John L. Lewis Urges 12 Day Truce At Mine Talks
The article reports John L. Lewis proposing a 12 day truce and a three member commission to oversee a miners health fund with representation from operators, unions, and the public. It notes President Truman’s stance against royalties and possible wage gains of 18 12 cents, with Labor Secretary Schwellenbach briefing after a cabinet meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Health and Welfare Fund
Schwellenbach
Lewis
Answers to the Daily Quiz Revealed
List of correct quiz responses details measures to conserve water Afe and strike unduly drain. The quiz yields one billion dollars as total, 1 024 475 009. Medal of Merit awarded Greece voted True. September 1 1946 date. James M Landis named. False claims college students gained weight and height. Salary 15000 for fourteen year term. Population approx 20 million.
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Greece
True
James M. Landis
Cease Fire Reached in Central China as Talks Open
Communist and Government forces announce a cease-fire in central China paving the way for renewed talks on the Manchurian issue. The truce follows a Sino American team returning from Hankow with the news and amid stalled Manchuria negotiations over alleged government troop campaigns against 60 000 Communists. In Manchuria Gen Tu Li Ming says forces adopt a wait and see policy as they prepare for possible all out battle near Szepingkai, with the southern city already in government control.
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Nanking
China
Hankow
Marshall
Mukden
Tu Li-Ming
Manchuria
Szepingkai
Szepkingkai
Cahangchun
Special Service To Honor Pastor P. Clark Winchester
A historic feature profiles Pastor P Essex Clark of Winchester who led the local Baptist church from 1920s to 1930s. It notes education at Southern Baptist Seminary and University of Richmond, marriage to a Mrs Essex, church debt reduction, and community work with youth Red Cross Tuberculosis and Interracial Cooperation. It highlights his 20 year tenure and fundraising milestones.
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P. Essex
West College
Southern Baptist Theo Seminary
Louisville
Kentucky
Winchester
Miss Essex
Clark
H. Hansbrough
Washington and
Piccadilly Streets
Cork Street
Friendship Fire Company
Europe
Egypt
Palestine
Baptist General Association of Virginia
Baptist Board of Missions and Education
Winchester Ministerial Associaton
Shenandoah Baptist Association
Virginia Council of Churches
University of Richmond
Virginia
Averett College At
Danville
Winchester-Frederick County
American Red Cross
Winchester Tuberculosis Association
Crippled Children's Society of
Northern Virginia
State
Edward Thomas, Jr
James Essex
Katherine Leigh
Navy supervised gambling hall at Pearl Harbor described
Rear Admiral Austin K. Doyle told the Senate war investigating committee that a Navy run gambling hall at Pearl Harbor offered no limit craps blackjack and poker. A bosas mate supposedly kept order and admitted only proper persons in Civilian Housing Area No 3 near the Navy Yard during 1943 and 1944.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Senate War Investigating Committee
Austin K. Doyle
Doyle
Navy Yard
Twentieth Anniversary Service At Winchester Church
Members will present brief messages on the building campaign as Dr. Clark speaks on Along the Trail of Friendly Years. The day features The Holy City by Floyd Haines and hymns Stand Up Stand Up for Jesus and The Churchs One Foundation, with a mortgage burning and rededication prayer.
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Clark
Building c
F. L. Woore
Della Ritter
B. E. Russell
Katie Knight
Holy City
Floyd Haines
Jesus
Allen T. Hawthorne
Charman
C. R. Anderson
Winchester
R. C. Paulette
Berryville
Shenandoah Baptist Association
R. B. Nelson
Winchester Ministerial Association
Reuben £. Alley
the Religious Herald
General Association of Baptist Churches of Virginia
Winchester Church
Power Rationing Tightens as Plants Cut Hours
Mills and plants reduce shifts to eight hours weekly while the Reynolds north plant plans to close for a day and then operate one eight hour shift for three days before closing. Widespread curtailments follow as officials warn coal supplies dwindle and VEPCO seeks to cut power use to about one third to stretch remaining coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds Company
Unemployment Compensation Commission
SCC
Virginia Electric and Power Company
W. E. Wood
VEPCO
Power companies to cut off violators under ration order
The plan grants utilities full authority from the Corporation Commission to shut off service for any consumer who violates the ration order or wastes power.
Essential public groups urged to conserve power
Homes hospitals Army Navy restaurants and other essential groups are urged to conserve power where possible though they face no explicit restrictions. Public health and safety considerations guide these priorities under law or interpretation.
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Asy Army
Navy
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Bartonsville, Va
Guernsey
Idea
Oliver Barshear
Lerms
P. Duvall
S & Jolliffe
H. J. Flowers
Mrs. Cornwell
John L. Lewis
South
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Molden Electric CO
Central
The
Star
Rosemont
R. D. Tavenner
Esso
T. G. Adams
Glaize & Brother
Frederick County
Middletown
Valley Pike
T. B. Bailey
Bang's
T. B
I. Fredstine
Virginia Loan & Thrift Corporation
Fereen
Esau
G. O. Snapp
Fairmont Ave
Hoover
R. P. Duvall
G. 0. Snapp
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