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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1949
Page
3
Mrs. Fenton Stevens of Stanley and her four children huddled in a car as a freight train struck. The car overturned and slid onto another. all five were hospitalized with no apparent injuries. Stevens said she kept the children inside to avoid them being harmed by the train.
16-year-old Roxanne Rogers shown with her prize Hereford cow Bossy at the county fair. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Clay Rogers Route 2 and active in 4 H. She was the only girl to win first prize in Livestock. Patsy Wolfe's dairy heifer placed fourth in the class.
Salable hogs and cattle move with mixed changes across weights and classes. In Chicago hogs higher at heavier weights and sows, cattle mixed with vealers firm and slaughter calves down, sheep showing gains on lambs. Baltimore funds show steer and cow declines with vealers steady to higher.
Crossword clues list with scattered entries for a daily puzzle. Entries include terms like incite and dragon, with hints lining up across unknown grid entries.
New York stocks fall as steel shares lead declines after the steel strike takes effect at midnight. U S Steel opens five eighths lower at 23 with a block of 5000 shares traded. Other hit lists include General Motors Chrysler Sears Roebuck and DuPont with wide declines across the market.
Chicago grain prices opened lower with soybeans and wheat leading losses after yesterday's strength. Dec Wheat 2.14 1/4, Dec Corn 1.18 17, Soybeans Nov 2.29 3/4 1/8, Lard Dec 10.75.
The State Highway Department reports 11 highway projects in the Staunton district should finish before year end barring bad weather. Local work includes U S Route 50 East widening at Winchester city limits around November 15 and Secondary Route 644 a seven tenths mile new road from Winchester south around November 1.
Local markets listed with daily corrections but no responsibility for typographical errors. Market names and figures present reflect standard bulletin formatting.
Agriculture Dept prices show U S Grade A extra large eggs at 64 cents per dozen and Grade A large 62 cents. Medium eggs 50 cents. Grade B large 50 cents. Live poultry prices include No 1 quality hens 44 cents per pound dressed, Leghorn and Rock crosses up to 27 cents, colored broilers 25 cents, young guinea 40 cents, old roosters 35 cents.
A senator urged reform of atomic policy citing shipments of radio isotopes abroad as promote peace and questioned AEC legality. He urged withdrawal from management of Oak Ridge, Hanford, and Richland, faster firm participation, and expanded aggressive oversight of reactor and military-aimed developments.
The 15 per cent travel tax was set to end the first day of the first month beginning six months after hostilities end, under the Revenue Act of 1943. The 1947 Excise Tax Act removed that condition, making the tax effectively permanent.
Church listings show Braddock and nearby areas with multiple denominations. Sundays include Sunday school at 9:45 to 10:45 a.m., worship and communion at 11 a.m., and evening services. Choirs, youth groups, and midweek activities are noted across congregations including Methodist, Reformed, Episcopal, Lutheran, Nazarene, Assembly of God, and others.
The Good Samaritan Bible class of First Evangelical United Brethren meets at 9 45 a m tomorrow. Hoover Kern Bible class at Market St Methodist meets 9 45 a m tomorrow. Wesleyan Men's Bible class at Market St Methodist meets 9 45 a m tomorrow. McFaden Bible class meets 9 45 a m tomorrow. Golden Rule Bible class meets 9 45 a m tomorrow at Braddock St Methodist church.
The Grace Lutheran church announces a men’s Bible class at 9:45 a.m. with Robert W. as teacher tomorrow.
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