Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia

We have 3,124,248 pages in Virginia

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1946

Page

3

Market Quotation Stock Report Amid Slow Trading

New York May 15 stock market prices were irregular in slow trading. Early transfers were active then quieted, with rail strike prospects spurring some buying while coal negotiations kept many investors on the sidelines. Gains posted by Woolworth Douglas Aircraft Air Reduction American Can Philip Morris NY Central Northern Pacific Pan American Producing and Columbia. Declines included Youngstown Sheet Chrysler U S Rubber Sears Roebuck Deere Boeing Western Union A Chesapeake and Ohio Allied Chemical Pennsylvania Railroad. Bonds were mixed and quiet.

New York Woolworth Douglas Aircraft Air Reduction American Can Philip Morris N. Y. Central Northern Pacific Panoe Columbians

Virginia Livestock Market Auction Prices May 14 1946

Market report from Virginia Livestock Market Auction shows steers to 17.60, heifers 15.00 to 16.50, fat cows 12.50 to 14.00, bulls 13.75 to 14.50, veal calves up to 18.60, hogs at ceiling 14.75, sows 14.00, shoats 17.50 to 19.00, pigs 6.00 to 11.00, lambs 17.75 to 18.60, and fresh cows 140 to 190 per head with old cows 65 to 90.

Baltimore Market Report May 15 Livestock and Produce

Produce prices mixed with apples and sweet potatoes steady. Cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep show firm to steady weekly trend with light early receipts and active demand for mid range stock. Notable quotes include vealers 17 to 18 dollars, spring lambs 18 to 19, and choice hogs around 15.40.

Baltimore Maine U. S Rail-Fla, Texas Bliss

Chicago livestock market report highlights steady to strong bids

USDA salable hogs 4 500 of 8 000 total active and steady with 14 85 ceiling for barrows and gilts and 10 00 ceiling for sows. Cattle salable 10 500 with buyers active at 16 75 up and top 18 00 for select heifers. Best fed steers 17 90 with yearlings and heavy offerings around 16 00 to 17 50.

Chicago USDA

Market Report: Cattle Wool Lamb Prices Slide

Stocker activity mixed with heifers 15.75 to 17.25 and cows strong. Wealers steady at 16.50, salable sheep 2,000 with woolled lambs up to 15 cents higher and clipped lambs weaker. No. 1 skins around 16.50 and heavier stock with fair demand. slaughter ewes scarce with shorn types at 7.75 down.

Kansas

Chicago Grain Quotations May 15 Opening Prices

Wheat and corn futures opened higher by five cents with May rye dropping for the eighth straight session. Prices listed for wheat, corn, oats, rye, and barley across several delivery months and years.

Chicago Pearenaige Mayrye

Clarke HDC Group Met Last Week in Clarke County

The Clarke County Home Demonstration Committee met in Berryville on Friday with Home Agent Margaret Yowell to review achievements and plan the year ahead. Members discussed federation goals housing 4-H Club plans and summer projects, noted calendar tweaks, and approved a July food sale to benefit the county fund.

Berryville Clarke County Margaret Yowell B. B. McKay Julian Glascock George W. Costello Fred Jones Lora Stinson Boyce

Why Tombstone Arizona Got Its Name

The name origin ties to prospector Ed Schieffelin who found a silver deposit in 1878. He supposedly chose Tombstone after being warned by scalawags that he would meet his tombstone there if he found nothing.

Tombstone Arizona Ed Schieffelen Scoffers

Shorthorn Cattle Judging Contest Here Saturday

Shenandoah Valley Polled Shorthorn Breeders Association hosts an annual sale at Winchester Livestock Sales Pavilion on Saturday May 18 starting 1 PM. About 100 FFA and 4 H judging participants from multiple counties will compete for attractive cash prizes.

Shenandoah Valley Winchester Frederick Shenandoah Warren Loudoun Fauquier Clarke Price William Rappahannock Madison Page Shorthorn Association

Regional Farm Home Advisors Meet In Winchester

The Southern States Cooperative Farm Home Advisory committee will hold its Annual Regional conference at the George Washington Hotel in Winchester on May 21 from 10 30 a m to 3 30 p m. Delegates from Charles Town Front Royal Strasburg Winchester Stephens City Mt Jackson Middletown and Berryville will discuss the program focusing on home appliances to ease farm homemaker workloads.

Coperative Farm Home Charles Town W. Va Front Royal Strasburg Winchester Stephens City Mt. Jackson Middletown Berryville George Washington Hotel Eonie Ellis Severn Farm Home Service Kathryn Foltz Gimple Boyd Stickley Almeta Punk Pearl Bly Gilbert Brumback Stasburg J. H. Fisher Wheeler Maddox Limeton E. Maurice E. Bowen Bayard Worthy Pomeroy J. Barbour Baldwin Browntown James E. Yates Huntly D. N. Grover Reliance L. O. Dick D. K. Russell Clearbrook J. H. Funkhouser L. G. Manuel Floyd Derflinger Mary Humston Wilbur Gaunt Clifton Price Alice Grubbs Oscar Carr Tripp Hardesty Charlies Town Garland Heflebower, Jr Rippon Henry Snyder John 8

Berryville Ex-Service Men Invited to Guard Meeting

Clarke county ex service men are invited to a Berryville Armory meeting on June 10 to organize a new Guard unit after demobilization of the present company on June 30. State Reserve enlistments will count at discharge grade and pay will align with regular army upon reorganization.

Clarke County Reorganized National Guard Adjutant General's Office State Reserve National Guard Vasg Berryville Philip A. Dickey U.S.A Virginia

Veteran eligibility for loan guaranty after reentry

The answer states that a veteran does not lose loan guaranty eligibility if he returns to active service, as long as he remains eligible under the act and regulations and meets other requirements.

C.M. A

Bowling crowns awarded at 48th ABC championship

Buffalo report details that John Gworek and Henry Kmidowski won doubles, Joe Wilman took national match game and all events, Leo Rollick captured singles, and Slo-Da-Mar Bowl of Santa Monica claimed the team title at the 48th ABC championship after a 62 day run.

Buffalo N. Y California John Gworek Henry Kmidowski Joe Wilman Chicago Leo Rollick Santa Monica Calif Gworek Kmidowski ABC Wilman Rollick

Lesnevich Wins TKO Over Mills In British Title Bout

Gus Lesnevich of Cliffside New Jersey defeated Freddie Mills by a tenth round knockout in London to retain the world light heavyweight crown. Mills was knocked down six times as the Jersey Mauler controlled most of the fight, drawing praise from British press while some questioned referee Eugene Hendersons stoppage four seconds before the bell. The sellout crowd of 1,400 saw a bout that grossed about $200000.

London Gus Lesnevich Cliffside N. J Freddie Mills Mike McTigue Battling Ski Lesneveh Mills Jersey Mauler Eugene Henderson

Also Mentioned on This Page

Stock Market Report Iradio Sale Les Baltimore Livestock Chicago Livestock RCA Rapid Baker & Anderson Electrical CO N. Braddock St Clarke Hdc Tom Barclay Surry County South FFA Coca-Cola Company Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc E. E. Harbaugh Mer Valley Avenue Morton Downey Southern States Lesnevich Companion” Wallpapers Montgomery Loudoun St Shenandoah Valley National Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Argus Research Corporation Abbott, Proctor & Paine New York Stockh Exchange East Main Street Richmond Panama Wards Rors S. Loudoun &T
Search Courier

Search the Winchester Evening Star Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Winchester Evening Star?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication