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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1946
Page
5
English lesson notes warn against common errors in usage spelling and pronunciation. They advise saying I feel very well not I feel very good and explain regatta pronunciation and temperate temperament pitfalls.
New York traders saw a broad market rally stumble as profit taking trimmed early gains. Cotton futures cooled the opening advance while leading movers such as Coca Cola Allied Chemical Eastman Kodak and Du Pont posted mixed progress ahead of an election week recess.
Produce demand light with liberal supplies in Baltimore Maryland and surrounding areas. Apples listed with varied sizes and prices from 2.25 to 3.50 per unit, rest unchanged. Poultry and eggs steady with light receipts. wholesale egg prices range 41 to 69 cents per dozen, butter at 30 cents per pound.
Prices listed for cattle hogs and sheep in Baltimore market reports. Cattle receipts near 200 with various weights and grades quoted from 6.50 to 20.00, hogs active but lower than Thursday with top at 24.75 and lighter weights plentiful, sheep and lambs showing broad ranges from 4.00 to 22.00 depending on weight and quality.
Payette Idaho reports Clifton Edwards and spouse completed a 5 000 mile honeymoon before their car burned out a connecting rod in Payette two blocks from home. In Wendell Idaho Clyde Peterson found doors chained locked at dawn hindering deer hunting but neighbors cut the chain and he proceeded. In Walla Walla Pauline the turtle returns home after a week at the post office en route to a new owner.
A Portland police report describes a Halloween incident where a strange noise led officers to a residence. They concluded the event was caused by a cider jug exploding, dismissing suggestions of a spirit sighting. Pauline Frost later claimed a turtle, saying the mailman delivered the box without the animal.
Chicago grain quotations show steady to firm futures in light trading. Opening prices list Wheat Jan 2.05 1 4, Mar 1.96, May 1.90, Corn Jan 1.36 7 8, Mar 1.33 1 2, May 1.31 3 4, Oats Nov 84, Dec 16 78 1 4, Mar 71 1 4, May 68.
The League of Virginia Counties studied local tax assessment and collection as the two day convention nears closure. Leaders Dr. John H. Russell and Raymond V. Long spoke on tax session while Thomas C. Boushall discussed Education and Business. Former Governor Colgate W. Darden Jr. was listed for the luncheon address. Officers for 1947 will be chosen and a banquet will close the program. Amendments to Virginia Election Laws to fix inconsistencies were discussed along with county finance, schools, health welfare and administration topics.
Marvin L. Gray, secretary of the State Board of Elections, warned that absolute purity and legality in elections depend on officials understanding their duties. A separate exchange discusses stuttering and intelligence, noting Dr. James F. Bender's findings that stutterers as a group are at least normal in intelligence.
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