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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1946
Page
2
Police and local authorities pursued a man after he wounded Police Chief Dana Live in Pennington Gap. Live was shot as he talked outside a street cafe. the suspect, identified as from months earlier, fled on foot, dropping a weapon. A second shot was later heard. origin unclear.
The Winchester Evening Star advertises Modern Manners a new etiquette guide. It promises guidance on weddings bereavements dress and polite conduct and asks readers to send fifteen cents in coin to a Washington DC bureau for a copy.
About 95,000 workers join a strike as miners in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia receive only partial pay. Stores in Poca Field Co. and Koppers Co. towns extend credit only in emergencies. Manion Steel Barrel Co. in Oil City Pa. shutters, 160 workers idle. Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. shifts to oil power. Commonwealth Edison lines in Chicago also move to oil. Officials say oil use is temporary during the walkout.
Floyd Isaac Baker of Stephens City pleads not guilty to an indictment for attempted criminal assault. His trial is set for January 20. represented by Frank Brumback of Woodstock. Also, Thomas Turner of Stephens City pleads not guilty to criminal assault. trial scheduled for December 23 with attorney Harry Kern Sr. An appeal in the Harry Estep reckless driving case is set for December 23. Phil Bowman’s appeal in the discharge of his duties case has been withdrawn.
Burke disclosed that a large number of coal companies have filed applications for fines under the coal contract. The government would assess penalties for the 10 day walkout, with total fines potentially ranging from four million to eight million dollars.
Market report from Baltimore shows mixed cattle and hog prices with broad ranges. Slaughter steers largely steady, beef cows weak, canners and cutters strong, vealers 21.00–23.00, hogs and sows higher late week, lambs 23.00–25.00 for good wooled types, weaker for common.
Overnight selling orders pushed grain prices down at the open. Wheat led declines with January at 2.08, corn fell to about 1.30 1/2, and oats slipped around 79 7/8. Opening quotes show January March and May futures for each grain in lower ranges.
Publication lists correct quiz answers printed around ca 1, 4, 000 times. Items include goats, postage stamps, White Thomas Edison, kind of buttermilk, 20,000 miles, dogs, and the date October 31.
New York stock trading ended with irregular trends as profits rose on three up turns then declined. Investors sought protection over the weekend while coal dispute fears weighed on many names. Notable gainers included American Telephone Sears Roebuck International Harvester Glenn Martin Du Pont American Can Union Carbide Philip Morris Santa Fe Texas Co. Weaker figures appeared in U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler Montgomery Ward U S Rubber Anaconda Southern Railway Great Northern and Baltimore and Ohio. Bonds stayed relatively steady.
Daily corrected market listings published in The Star provide current prices and items. Readers are advised to verify details due to possible typographical errors.
Messy OCR listing shows multiple feed mixes and grain prices including White Corn At Farm 1.95 and Old Yellow Corn 1.80, Cracked corn 4.50, Turkey Grower 4.07, Live Poultry Patent Brann 8.58, Corn Meal 5.30/5.10, and various bag sizes and blends for flour and turkey starter with scattered 0.30 to 0.28 midrange values.
Fragmentary OCR notes show numbers 56 45 78 85 and 675 with repeated butter terms and unclear context. Possible prices or quantities for wholesale and retail butterfat are listed without clear attributions or dates.
The following cases were disposed in police court presided by Judge John Rice. George Ash Freemont street drunk five dollars and costs. Luther Price Winchester drunk ten dollars and costs. George Martin Colvin RFD 3 Winchester drunk five dollars and costs. Ernest Bolton 102 Southwerk street drunk and disorderly conduct ten dollars and costs. Charles Lewis 804 St Loudoun street disorderly conduct fighting ten dollars and costs.
A 1940 Chrysler Sedan driven by Robert M. Dailey of Cross Junction sustained about 60 in damage after a collision with a car operated by Walter Whitacre of Mt Falls Rt Winchester and owned by Harry Murphy of the city. Murphy's car received about 10 in damage. The wreck occurred on Fairmont Avenue extended near the Shenandoah Valley Cider Co.
Paul Herring of 536 Highland Avenue reports his pet monkey escaped from a daytime chained yard enclosure about two weeks ago. The animal has been sighted in the neighborhood several times but remains uncaught.
A compact vocabulary note covers word usage errors and pronunciation. It defines incompatible as incapable of existing together in harmony and cites a quote about critical faculty versus imaginative power.
The Army continues to arrange travel for an English war bride to join her husband in the United States. Although Army transports are no longer used, arrangements are made for travel on a commercial vessel through the London Transportation Office of the U S Army.
The Coast Guard traces its origin to August 4, 1790, when Congress enacted a law to establish the service. The question asks how long the U S has existed, with the answer pointing to that founding date as the start of the federal maritime force.
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