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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1948
Page
3
Local police investigate a Martinsburg Pike complaint from Arthur Braith Waite that a hit and run driver damaged his car on Gerrard St. The door was pushed in and the glass broken, he told officers.
The attorney general removed 40 organizations from tax exempt status for not meeting qualifications, including groups tied to education and social science. Notable entries include Abraham Lincoln School Chicago Samuel Adams School New York Hollywood Writers Mobilization and Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies Oak Ridge Tennessee. Contributions to these groups cannot be tax deductible.
An advertisement from The Winchester Star Information Bureau offers a 15 cent booklet titled Fortune Telling. It promises chapters on omens and superstition covering cards tea leaves stars and palm readings. Readers are invited to mail in 15 cents with name address and city for a copy.
Bergton finishes second in regular play with North Mountain then wins the Bi State title by routing Lost City 18 3 on Bergton field. Garrett and Shell yielded hits to Bergton while Long allowed nine. Bergton previously beat Gore 1 0 in a pitching duel semi final as May Houghton hurled three hits.
A 16 month old boy named Harry Kane son of John J Kane Jr Democratic congressional candidate swallowed perfume worth 18 dollars from a dresser. Hospital attendants reported he may develop hives as a result and keep the baby in mind for a while due to the incident.
A series of property transfers lists numerous deeds and parcels in Winchester city and Frederick County. Transactions include lots, improvements, and acreages exchanged between private individuals and firms, detailing addresses such as Loudoun Street Bat tle Avenue Virginia Avenue and Jordan Springs Road along with names like Walter Wiener Dudley Lich Miano Lockhart Patton Massie Rosenberger and Webber. Values range around sums like 1200 dollars with multiple parcels noted north of Stephens City and near Gore Back Creek District.
Eggs paid prices include .51 for eraded standards and .44 for bullets checks .30 Peewees .44 Grade B large .52 Trades-45 cracks and checks .30 Peewees .40 Live Poultry prices from Winchester area for No 1 quality F O B producer farms Young tom turkeys .45 Young hen turkeys .45 No 2 hen turkeys .40 Old guineas .35 head Young guineas .40 lb Leghorn cox 14 Rock and cross broilers .29 Red broilers .30 On broilers up to 2 1 2 lb Leghorn hens .23 Ome breed hens 4 1 2 Ids up Old roosters-.16.
The Star tabulates daily retail and wholesale prices for flour corn meal and grains. Prices include SOLERO items, various corn meal bags, milled grain futures, No 2 yellow corn, eggs and turkey feeds, butter and butterfat with retail and wholesale figures.
Chicago grains opened steady on light dealings. Wheat futures show Dec at 2.27 1 2, May 2.18 5 8, July 2.02 1 4. Oats Dec 76 3 8 1 2, May 74 1 4. Rye May 1.77. Soybeans Nov 2.47 3 4. Lard Oct 19.45, Dec 19.20, May 18.45.
Demand is light and the market is steady for shipping point apples. Prices vary by variety with Romes Red Romes and Staymans around 2.50 to 3.50 per bushel box and Yorks lower grades around 2.35 to 2.85.
An alien who enters the country illegally is not eligible for naturalization. He must leave and reenter legally. The penalty for illegal entry is deportation.
The stock market rose today led by steel shares lifting to new yearly peaks with gains from fractions to over a point. U.S. Steel Bethle hhem Republic Steel and other large names reached new highs as optimism grows over a potential Republican administration and pre election trends.
Cattle, hogs, and sheep prices and receipts listed for Baltimore and Chicago markets. Early cattle arrivals promising for Monday, with calves and hogs showing steady to lower quotes. top hogs around 26.50 for select lots, general ranges provided across weight classes. Sheep and cattle inventories noted alongside market activity and grading details.
Fat steers and heifers show varied prices with good to choice ranges. fat cows and bulls list wide spans. Veal calves, lambs, hogs, sows, shoats, and pigs present multiple yardage entries. fresh cows and springs top at 290 with bulk medium cows 160 to 225 and old or thin 80 to 120.
Astronomers state space is far more devoid of matter than any laboratory vacuum. Temperature in space is virtually absolute zero at 459.4 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. Space is dark and soundless.
H. A. Snapp named to welfare board while C. M. Rosenberger, now a Winchester resident, loses eligibility to serve.
The county welfare board accepted a resignation and the court appointed H. A. Snapp of Hayfield to fill the vacancy. About 13,000 companies in the United States produce oil.
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