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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1950
Page
7
Classified ads show a mix of items for sale jobs and services. Entries include wood slabs, an upright piano, a large house with multiple rooms and store, various WANTED notices for workers sales agents and services, and requests for rentals and business opportunities across Winchester Frederick and Roanoke areas. Many items include phone numbers and dates in parentheses.
Female help wanted ads seek a live in general housework helper at 806 Berryville Ave with phone 6675. A second ad seeks a young woman 20 to 30 for sales work with pleasant personality and neat appearance, call Mrs Ruth Rhodes at 7141 for appointment.
A white with tan back male wire-haired dog is lost and last seen or reported on October 23. Contact number 3307 to reclaim or provide information.
Washington reports aluminum and copper controls near world in defense mobilization as NPA drafts orders to curb non essential uses. Labor official Robert Goodwin named to head Office of Defense Manpower to coordinate manpower for expanding defense program. Officials say defense spending could reach 22 billion in early 1951 with 30 percent of aluminum set aside for military use.
Regional price listings show mixed results for fruits vegetables and dairy in Baltimore with steady to slightly higher quotes for Red Delicious apples and unwashed Katahdin potatoes. Meat markets in Baltimore and Chicago report cattle hogs and lambs with steady to higher prices on select lots and broad ranges for common grades.
Stocks nudged higher with small gains and several decliners in a subdued session. Leading names listed include Chrysler Goodrich International Harvester U Aircraft and Standard of Q while a 1.25 dividend raised the year total.
Chicago grains opened steady on the board with mixed moves across wheat corn oats rye and soybeans. Prices listed include heat Dec wheat at 2.24 / Mar 2.29 / May 2.29 1 4 and other contracts for corn oats rye soybeans and oils with varied gains and declines across positions.
Special commissioners announce sale by public auction on November 4 1860 at 12 noon in front of the Frederick County Court House steps. Two parcels offered separately: a Shawnee District site with six room house and electric upgrades at Opequon and a 95 acre Cedar Creek Grade farm with five room house and water features. Terms: cash or one third day of sale then two equal annual installments with bonds and deed of trust, both parcels insured.
Agriculture Department and County Farm Bureau list tomorrow's egg market quotes. Grade A Extra Large 62 cents per dozen, Grade A Large 58, Grade A Medium 40, Grade B Large 40, U S Grade C 0. Livestock prices include live poultry dressed rates for hens and fryers, Leghorn and Bronze varieties, with weights and terms. Some lines are garbled but indicate prices for broilers ducks and other poultry products.
Before the war about 4 million persons paid income tax. The present total is in the neighborhood of 56 million.
The text identifies curare as the poison used by some South American Indians on arrow tips and mentions strychnos as a related plant source.
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