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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1949
Page
2
In Richmond Virginia tax evasion case details show B Garland a Roanoke store owner was charged on four counts. Prosecutors say Garland reported combined income of 38967.11 over four years with taxes owed totaling 50427 while paid only 8453. The tale includes regional meetings and state notices across Virginia.
Lt. Col. Preston Collins announces Senator Robert O. Norris Jr. of Lancaster County will fill the Virginia Code Commission vacancy created by the resignation of John H. Battle, a gubernatorial nominee.
A special subscription rate is announced for schools to receive The Star daily. The offer targets school teams and invites educators to arrange home delivery for the season.
A compact puzzle list with clues spanning numbers 10 to 43. Entries include music notes, street terms, and measurements. Answers align with classical crossword style and wordplay.
A crossword clue list with entries such as Onset Platform Gatherers of eels Break suddenly A crinkled fabric Heathen image Greek letter Gained An age Jumbled type.
Salable hogs 11 000 top 18 75 bulk 190 300 lb good and choice 18 - 18 65 under 18 25 sows 14 50 under 400 lb 16 75 17 75 larger weights. Cattle 6000 top 35 75 new 1949 high two loads 1107 1280 lb steers 33 35 25 good to low-choice 27 50 32 50. Sheep 2000 good and choice wooled slaughter lambs 23 50 23 75 native woolskins 21 22 50. Baltimore reports steady vealers and higher hog prices with assorted weights and sows. Apples barely steady crates up to 2 25 stayman 2 43 inch up 2 25 romes 3 inch up 3 25 Jonathan runs up 1 59 orchard run 65 75 cents.
Trading slowed today as prices tipped slightly lower. Rails, motors, oils, chemicals and utilities were mixed while steels and gold shares were unchanged to lower. Higher figures included Boeing, American Woolen, Philip Morris, Kennecott, Sinclair Oil, New York Central, and Northern Pacific. lower included Bethlehem, Chrysler, American Can, Westinghouse, International Paper, American Tobacco, Santa Fe, Union Pacific, and Celotex.
Grain prices rise at the Chicago open with Dec Wheat at 2.11 7 8 12, Mar 2.12 5 8 3 4, May 2.07 1 8 1 4. Corn Dec 1.18 1 4 3 8, May 1.22 1 2. Oats Dec 67 1 4, May 63. Rye Dec 1.48. Soybeans Nov 2.32 1 2 3 4. Lard Oct 11.40, Dec 10.60.
Quality 1.25-59 Md by boxes de-wrapped USIs 88s-125s. Poultry shows weaker undertone with some carry. Fryers 3 to 28-30 cents. fowl hens 25-28. light weights 18. Ducks 28-29. some 30. Turkeys mixed. toms 22 and up 31-33. hens 12-14 to 42-45. Eggs slightly weaker A med and B large, steady others. A large 70-71. A small 40-43. B large 56-58. Receipts butter 49,133. eggs 864 cases.
Congress members are abroad on overseas trips checking ship building housing and defense in Europe. Senators Kefauver Baldwin Frear Sparkman Bricker Flanders Cain Tydings and others pursue European issues while five Appropriations members plan a worldwide journey. Congress to see the world.
Martinsburg reports 78 percent completion for sewer line work under the 1.4 million dollar water sewer bond project. Water lines are 60 percent complete and the 2 million gallon pumping station is 90 percent complete and nearly ready for service.
A historical quiz answer list is presented with ten items including Sir Thomas Lipton Paul Robeson Vandyke beard Quorum Care of unmarried mothers and their babies Watt Victor Herbert Florence Nightingale Kentucky Boxer and a note about Allied occupation Japan printing 150 million textbooks annually.
Fort Worth police report Norman R. Lewellen cafe manager with two wives arranged a reunion last night. He introduced the women at the first wife’s home and then killed himself with poison after promising it would be quick. The first wife is pregnant. the second wife Beatrice Thurman produced a Terre Haute marriage license and is 27. Both women are thirty and Lewellen died on arrival at a hospital.
Italy stands as the world’s third largest producer of raw silk, following two leading nations. The sector contributes to national economy through cultivated silkworms, mulberry farming, and textile exports.
An October and November sales directory lists multiple auctions: Oct 15 at 10 am L J Hartman Albin for household goods and carpenter tools. Oct 15 at 1 pm Fred Y Stotler Acorn Heights for household goods. Oct 22 at 11 am Nellie L Jamison in front of Frederick Court House for farm and orchard property. Oct 22 at 1 pm Georgia Darlington 517 N Cameron S&J for household goods. Nov 5 at 11 am Commissioners for Orndorff Estate in front of Court House for real estate on N Loudoun St. Nov 5 at 12 noon Commissioners for Cloverdale Farm in front of Frederick County Court House for four parcels farmland near Opequon.
Lou Cohen was elected president of the Martinsburg Retail Business Men’s Association, a 35 year old group with Cohen a former president. John Glidden is noted as the inventor of the first practical barbed wire in 1872.
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