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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1949
Page
5
The Pentagon covers more than six million square feet, about three times the area of the Empire State Building, highlighting its vast footprint and scale.
Dick Fries of Pennsylvania won the 25-lap big car feature at Airport speedway before about 200 spectators. He overtook Paul Brecker on lap 12 and held a clear lead over Jack Yardley. Ray Dowell Jr. crashed but was unhurt. race saw spins with no serious injuries. Fries, in a Riley Special, posted 21.1 seconds for best meet time and won the first heat.
Prices paid for Federal State grade eggs and live poultry in Winchester area. Grade A extra large 48 cents, Grade A large 40, Grade A medium 40, Grade B large 0. Poultry prices include pullets meat and live birds such as heavy breed hens 30 cents per pound, Leghorn hens, cross broilers 23 cents, red broilers 29 to 52 cents, young turkey hens 32, old turkey toms 30, Guinea fowl 40.
Puzzle clues listed for across and down entries including hits for mast row, particles, harangue, rewards for merit and many others. Readers can fill entries such as fencing sword, gather ings, sea swell term, and river names along with numeric references and unintended entries. The page also notes final answers and clues for Saturday.
Market quotations show mixed results across poultry eggs cattle hogs and sheep. Poultry slight strength for fryers with eggs steady receipts moderate. cattle in Baltimore steady with steers and stockers robust while hogs mostly steady to higher. Chicago values indicate top hogs at 20.25 and cattle near 28.50 for prime steers with varied stocker and dairy weights.
In New York May 23 small offerings kept spirits low as stocks edged down. U S Steel opened down 34 points to 69 14 with 1200 shares traded before a slight recovery. Commonwealth & Southern fell about 4 percent at 3 percent with a 1400 share sale. Numerous issues including Republic Steel General Motors Chrysler and Gulf Oil dropped while a few winners like Goodyear Woolworth Caterpillar and Warner Bros. held firm.
Chicago on May 23 reports a barely moving grain market with May contracts cleared and light dealings. Prices show mixed opening values for Wheat Jly Sep and Dec, Corn Jly Sep and Dec, Oats Jly, and Lard Jly Oct.
The five largest zoological parks by area are Brackenbridge Oological Park in San Antonio Texas at 680 acres, New York Zoological Park in the Bronx 264 acres, Chicago Zoological Park Brookfield 196 acres, National Oological Park in Washington D C 175 acres, and the Zoological Garden of San Diego 160 acres.
A palm sized device offers clear noiseless tones for the deaf enabling listening to music sermons and conversations. Finger tip controls adjust to sound, endorsed by the American Medical Association Council on Physical Medicine. Beltone invites readers to request a free descriptive booklet and home trial from Chicago.
Ros enberger faces Rockingham on Field 1 at 6. Plumly meets the Moose on Field 2 at 6. Bell plays the Elks under lights at 8 15.
Funeral services for James E McDaniel were conducted today at 1 p m at Omps Funeral Home with Rev Roy F Schumacher officiating. Burial followed in Mt Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers included Leonard Butler Edgar Seal Paul DeHaven Clifton Ebersole Hunter Robinson and A Rhoades.
A class of 15 girls and 10 boys will graduate from Wardensville High School with Dr. Oliver Ikenberry of the college as guest speaker. J Allen Hawkins will award diplomas as Superintendent F R Dispanet presides. Graduates include Lewis Wilson Doyle Sidney McKeever Frye Halterman Bernell Hershman Paige Miller Carroll Lila Philip Miller Gerald Garrett Wayne Godlove Kenneth Hawkins Charles Rudy Garland Godlove Albert Mathias Ernest Strosnider. Also notes on the first woman on a U S postage stamp Isabella of Spain in 1893 and the Columbian series.
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