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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 23, 1948

Page

2

Alliance Treaty For Atlantic Nations Looms

Paris reporting indicates the United States and Canada will draft a North Atlantic alliance with Britain France and Benelux forming a Brussels Pact framework The plan aims to extend to other Western European democracies and create a seven nation unified military command U S leadership would head the alliance with arms supplies standardization and territorial guarantees under consideration for ratification by mid 1949 Names of nations suggested include Eire Denmark Norway Italy Portugal Greece Turkey and Ireland among others with potential arms flows to Western Europe next year

Paris United States Canada Brussels Alliance U. S Britain France Brussels Union Washington Sem War Department Eire Iceland Portugal Denmark Norway Sweden Greece Turkey Italy Ernest Bevin Brussels India Pakistan Australia New Zealand South Africa United States Brussels Nations Marshal Montgomery Spain Iran Europe

Truman campaign trail broadens battle for Senate seats

President Truman tours multiple states with upbeat briefings from Kerr and Kilgore while anticipating gains in Tennessee New Mexico Montana Minnesota Kentucky and Illinois. Optimism centers on Neely Barkley Brooks and Brooks challenges intensify as campaign momentum shifts across key races.

Tennessee New Mexico Montana Robert S.kerr Mr. Truman Oklahoma Ross Rizley Kerr E. H. Moore Hubert H. Humphrey Minneapolis Minnesota Joseph H. Ball Humphrey Ball White House Truman West Virginia Matthew M. Neely Chapman Revercomb Neely Harley M. Kilgore Wyoming Lester Hunt E W. Robertson Kentucky Virgil Chapman John Sherman Cooper Alben W. Barkley Chapman Sen C. Wayland Brooks Mllnois Paul H. Douglas

Infant dies of sudden illness in Grimes

Three month old Charles E. Corbin, son of Helen Corbin, Grimes, died this morning. The remains will rest at Jones funeral home until 2 a.m. Monday with interment at Mount Hebron cemetery.

Charles E. Corbin Helen Corbin Grimes Jones Funeral Home Mount Hebron Cemetery

Market Quotations New York Stocks

The market moved ahead again with momentum fading from yesterday. Several steels rose to new yearly highs at the open, then drifted negative. early activity was brisk but soon cooled. Notable gains appeared for National Steel, Jones & Laughlin, Chrysler, General Electric, DuPont, and Paramount Pictures among others.

New York National Steel Jones & Laughlin Youngstown Sheet Studebaker Chrysler Goodrich International Harvester American Telephone Consolidated Edison Kennecott Copper

Chicago grain futures open higher as wheat steadies

Chicago at the open shows firm wheat while feed grains ease on reports of large corn yields in the Midwest. Prices listed include Wheat Dec 2.28 1-2-3-4 May 2.19 1-2-5-8 Jly 2.03 1-4 and Corn Dec 1.39 1-2-39 May 14 1-8-3-4 Jly 141 5-8 with Oats Dec 76 1-4 May 74 18 Rye May 1 78 1-2 Soybeans Nov 2 48-48 1-4 Lard Nov 19.20 Mar 18.75.

Chicago Mid-West

Local Market Prices for Flour Corn Meal and Feeds

Daily corrected market listing shows retail flour prices and wholesale grain rates. Corn meal white and yellow, bagged, and 50 to 10 pound sizes listed alongside wheat barley and No 2 yellow corn prices. Feeds including egg mash cracked corn broiler mash and mixed feeds with per bag or per hundred weight figures. Butterfat prices also noted in wholesale and retail terms.

Livestock Prices Mixed Across Cattle Hogs and Sheep

Baltimore market reports compare week to week with declines in steers heifers cows and some bulls while stocker and feeder cattle weaken. Prices span from 14 to 28.50 for cattle with hogs 22.50 to 26.75 by weight and sheep lam bs 10 to 26. Sheep and hog trends reflect softer demand. Chicago notes salable hogs 3300 cattle 500 with steers 1-2 lower and bulls 1 higher amid hol iday effects.

GOP Candidates Tie to Revercomb Race in West Virginia

The 1946 national GOP push backs Revercomb in West Virginia as Dewey weighs support. Dewey aids Revercomb may complicate immigration stance while GOP leaders insist full backing for Revercomb. Campaign crews forecast Senate control remains possible with a GOP edge.

GOP Senator Ball Minnesota Dewey-Bricker Dewey Revercomb West Virginia Judiciary William S. Ryan Roane County Hugh D. Scott Jr Huntington Republican

Livestock Market Report Shows Mixed Price Movements

Salable sheep 200 head. Slaughter lambs weak to 50 cents lower, yearlings steady to weak, ewes weak to 25 cents lower. Cattle: common to low good steers 21.50 30.50, few loads choice heifers 35.50 36, bulk good to low choice heifers 27.50 34, good beef cows 21.50 24, bulk canners 14.50 17, medium and good sausage bulls 21.50 23.50. Dealers 32 down. stockers and feeders active 50 cents to 1 higher. Bulk medium and good stockers and feed steers 22.50 27.25. Close indicates limited demand for conditions and prices varied by class.

Baltimore Chicago

Agriculture Dept Markets Division Eggs and Live Poultry Prices

Prices paid for Federal State graded eggs in Winchester area include U S Grade A extra large 69 cents per dozen and Grade A large 67 cents with smaller grades at 54, 51, 44, and 30 cents. Live poultry prices list young turkeys 45 cents, old guineas 35 per head, leghorn cross broilers 29 cents, red broilers 30, and other fowl prices by weight or breed.

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Estate Sales Listings Run Through November

October 30 at 1 pm estates of Bertie A Hubbard and Anna C Schlack auction at Berryville Court House and Senseny Rd farm near Winchester. November 3 J H Funkhouser Waverly Farm Clarke County estate sale including livestock and farm machinery. November 6 12 noon front door Berryville Court House Anna C Schlack sale. November 17 J H Punkhouser estate Highland Farm Clarke County livestock and machinery sale.

Bertie A. Hubbard North Clearbrook Grimes J. H. Funkhouser Waverly Farm Double Tollgate Clarke County Anna C. Schlack Berryville Court House Senseny Rd Winchester J. H. Punkhouser Highland Farm

U N Postpones Action on Holy Land for Week

The United Nations postponed action on the Palestine issue for a week after a 19 to 16 vote by the political committee with the United States backing delay while Great Britain and 13 others abstained. Israel condemned the delay as a trivial procedural move.

Paris United Nations Israel U. N. Assembly United States Great Britain Security Council Moscow Berlin Juan A. Bramuglia Argentina Andrei V. Vishinsky Vishinsky Bramuglia Russia Kremlin Palestine U.N Folke Bernadotte Negev Australia Holy Land Paul- Henri Spaak Belgium Yugoslavia Markos Vafiades U. N Greece Germany Foreign Ministers Council

Answers to Daily Quiz Listed with Correct Responses

The notice lists quiz answers: Armour Cudahy Swift Wilson. Maine. False. Emil Ludwig. A choice between two evils. Germany.

Armour Cudahy Swift Wil Maine Emil Ludwig Germany

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