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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 07, 1949

Page

9

Market Quotations for Produce and Livestock Timore

Market notes from Timore and Baltimore report apples and pears with various crate and size prices, poultry prices and wholesale figures. Quotations for cattle calves hogs sheep are listed across markets in Baltimore Chicago and local auctions, with prices by weight and grade. The piece closes noting the first London radio program rebroadcast in 1925.

Timore Usls N. J. Delicious Grimes Delicious Jonathans McIntosh Staymans U. S N. J. Staymans Seer Mar U Baltimore London

Proprietary Medicines Adverts Open Late

Off sale notice for proprietary medicines at 690 N. Loudoun St. includes phone 6929 and ABC license 6828. Store hours extend weekdays to 11 p.m. and Sundays to 1 p.m.

Loudoun St ABC

New York Stocks Open Higher Amid Mixed Early Gains

The market started with a churning session as investors sought higher levels. Delaware Lackawanna & Western rose about 3 percent on 3100 shares while Graham-Paige jumped around 14 to 21/2 on a block of 6000 shares. Major names including American Telephone American Can Bethlehem Steel Studebaker DuPont Schenley and Packard posted advances with others like Anaconda Union Pacific Radio Corp Westinghouse Electric lagging.

New York Delaware Lackawanna & Western Transer Graham-Paise American Telephone American Can Bethlehem Steel Studebaker DuPont Schenley Sincair Oil Packard Pow Chemical Southern Pacl

Grain prices open steady in Chicago on light trading

Chicago grain markets opened with steady prices as trading remained inactive. Wheat Dec futures at 2.133 4, Mar 2.141 2, May 2.081 4, July 1.923 4. Corn Dec 1.193 8, May 1.233 8. Oats Dec 0.577 8, May 0.63 8. Rye Dec 1.481 4, Soybeans Nov 2.333 2. Lard Oct 11.20, Dec 10.60.

Chicago

Local Markets Amid Print Errors list of grain and feed prices

Daily corrected market roundup shows flour corn meal grain and feeds with prices per bag or per unit. Items include No 2 yellow corn 1.40 and cracked corn 100 lb bag 3.40 with egg mash 20 percent 4.65 and butter wholesale 57 per unit and retail 65.

Iecus Ees Coos Abe

Agriculture Dept Egg and Poultry Prices for Winchester Area

Prices reported by the Agriculture Department for Winchester show U S Grade A extra large eggs at 0.60, Grade A large and medium at 0.47, Grade B 0.47, and Grade C. Poultry prices list No 1 quality dressed fob producer farms with heavy breed hens at 0.20 per pound, plus various entries for Leghorn hens, red and young/old guineas.

Winchester U. S U.S

Barn Permit Issued For Cooper Family Farm

Henry Harold and Susanna Cooper of Star Tannery receive a frame 40 by 40 barn permit costing 700 dollars. Paul and Ada Ebersole of R. 1 Winchester obtain a county permit to add a porch with basement to a house near Winchester on Sensency Ad, estimated at 700 dollars.

Henry Harold Susanna Cooper Star Tannery Paul and Ada Ebersole Winchester Sensency

Pattern programming in radio broadcasts

In radio, presenting the same type of programs consecutively is known as pattern programming. This approach repeats a consistent format to streamline scheduling and audience expectations.

350 Carloads Sought From Virginia Farms For Overseas Needy

Dayton Ohio October 7 The Christian Rural Overseas Program announces a goal of 150 railroad carloads from Virginia to fill friendship trains for overseas needy The nationwide target is 3500 carloads The farm to farm campaign focuses on the 33 top agricultural states with a dedication climax planned for Thanksgiving season.

Dayton Christian Rural Overseas Program CROP Virginia Cooperative Church

Moscow Echoes Global Worker Strikes In Trud

The Soviet newspaper Trud notes a wave of strikes across the capitalist world as evidence of militant working-class activity. It highlights the London dockers and 24,000 Australian miners as prominent examples and praises international solidarity among strikers.

Moscow Trud London

Higgins Rites Held for J D Higgins in Chicago Death

Funeral services for Joseph D. Higgins, who died Wednesday in Chicago, will be at 10 a m tomorrow at Sacred Heart Church with Father Joseph Heye officiating. Burial follows in Sacred Heart Cemetery. Rosary at 8 p m tonight at Jones funeral home. Pallbearers are John L. Shine Donald McFadden B M Sullivan James W March Garland Spillman and Clayton Ritter.

Joseph D. Higgins Chicago Sacred Heart Catholic Church Father Joseph Heye Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery Jones Funeral Home John L. Shine Donald McFadden B. M. Sullivan James W. March Garland Spillman Clayton Ritter

Color Television Research Slow Job

Color television has been in the process of research for two decades. The first demonstration on record occurred in 1929 at Bell Telephone laboratories using crude laboratory equipment and mechanical scanning with discs and color filters.

New York Bell Telephone Laboratories

Glencoe Library invites readers to comfy reading space

In Glencoe Illinois on October 7 the library showcases a welcoming main reading room. Thick carpeting soft chairs and individual lamps create a comfortable atmosphere for patrons. Books are available for browsing and loan.

Glencoe Ill Glencoe Library

First Republican Convention Telecast Began in 1940

The 1940 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia became the first political convention to be broadcast on television. The landmark telecast extended national coverage and marked a turning point in political campaigning and media history.

Philadelphia

Elkton to Play At Charles Town Legion Game

The Charles Town American Legion post baseball team will meet Elkton Valley at Legion Park in Charles Town at 2 30 p m Sunday. It is the Legion’s final game of the season with a 40 win 8 loss record. Pitching for the Legion are Bobby Houghton and Charley Miller. Elkton is managed by Al Thomas, former major league pitcher with the Washington Senators and New York Giants.

Charles Town American Legion Post Elkton Valley League Legion Park Legion Bobby Houghton Charley Miller Elkton al Thomas Washington Senators New York Giants

Winchester church delegates attend Potomac Synod Fall Conference

Dr and Mrs 8 L Flickinger and Mrs Ida Fawcett represented Winchester Centenary church in Woodstock at the Potomac synod Fall conference. Evangelical Reformed churches report Tuesday a Martinsburg all day session of the women's guild for Virginia region members.

8. L. Flickinger Ida Fawcett Winchester Centenary Church Woodstock Potomac Synod Evangelical Reformed Churches Women’s Guild of the Churches Virginia Martinsburg

Snider Memorial Rites Held for Capon Valley Resident

Funeral services for Snider of Capon Valley West Virginia were held at 2 p.m. from his Cameron street home with Dr. William A. Wright officiating. Interment followed in Mt. Hebron cemetery. He was a Civil War era Wardensville postmaster descendant and outdoorsman. Honorary pallbearers included Dr. Charles A. Anderson and Col. Daniel E. Wright among many others.

Capon Valley West Virginia Wardensville Snider Tate N. Cameron Street William A. Wright Braddock St Mt. Hebron Charles A. Anderson Carl Boyer Eddie Prince J. T Fatewood W. L. Sipe R. Frank W. Ralph Pifer James Lindsay William G. Hardy D. W. Ritenour N. C. Hense Charles E. Ridgeway Miller Frye E. W. Knee Howard Shockey Albert L. Baker B. A. Giffin W. W. Glass W. A. Baker W. Lee Fisher J. G. Fosbrink C. R. Grubb Col Daniel E. Wright

Friendship Co Names Fund Raisers Committee

Friendship Fire Co last night named a committee to confer with the auxiliary on proposed joint fund raising efforts. Members listed are Eston Tevalt Tiffany Grim and Lloyd Smith to work with the auxiliary on the plan.

New Zealand Loans to Veterans Soar After World War II

Auckland dispatch reports the New Zealand government has lent ex service men 258 million dollars for rehabilitation since the war ended. Loans financed purchases of farms houses and businesses and aimed to aid veterans’ reintegration into civilian life.

New Zealand Auckland

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Epucih Hume Borden Anaconda Cooper Boeing Union Pacific American Smelting, Radio Corp, Southern Railway Westinghouse Electric Chicago Grain Star Agriculture Dept Virginia Farms J. D. Higgins Frederick County Molden Electric CO Loudoun N. Y Navy William Batchelder Marion Ritchie International Lak Cahill Company ILLER Safeway Ford Hook Frozen Limas Suzanna H.p Ford H.p. Ford Ford Trucks Peter Webster The Shenandoah Motor CO Handley
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