Machines to Replace Red-haired Secretary Do Not Wear Nylons
A writer reports on the 40th National Business Show in New York highlighting high speed electronic office machines. Innovations include a secretary merry-go-round, automatic typewriters, fast letter openers, collators, card punchers, disc renewers, and a 100 times faster calculator. The piece weighs human skepticism about replacing people with machines while noting impressive efficiency gains.
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New York
State Poultry Convention Set in Roanoke Thursday and Friday
The State Convention of Poultrymen will convene in Roanoke on Thursday and Friday with attendees including M. J. Peace from Whitacre Irvin Williams from Stephens City Melvin Seldon from Winchester and County Agent I F Stine. Rep B P Harrison will preside over the hearing the people versus the poultry industry. The two day program covers poultry research industry plans disease control turkey production and poultry legislation. W Reid Williams Jr reports rising egg and poultry prices falling feed costs and unprecedented baby chick demand. He predicts mid February may see full demand and notes western growers may threaten southern broiler markets.
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M. J. Peace
Whitacre
Irvin Williams
Stephens City
Melvin Seldon
Winchester
I. F. Stine
State Poultry Federation
Roanoke
Rep
B. P. Harrison
W. Reid Williams Jr
Richmond
Williams
Valley Airways tops Booeing Star Ladies League standings
Valley Airways won three straight games over Virginia Fruit Co. to seize first in the Evening Star Ladies League pennant chase. June Bageant posted a 147 game and 330 series for Jewel Box, while Kate Slonaker led Bell Clothes with 321 and 119 games.
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Bageant
Mary Vail Cather Lly
Connie Lineburg
Ruth Rhodes
Kate Slonaker
Ind
Mary Gail Cather
Jewel Box
Valley Airways
Bell Clothes
Chapman Motor
Virginia Fruit Co
Star
Mary Gail Cather Roll
Mabel Grim
Va- Fruit Co
June Bageant
Dorothy Hawthorne
Loma Cunningham
Berryville
Clarke County
Fidith Ritter
Star Office
Caduceus Unset
CAA
Local Market Prices and Corrections Notice
Daily corrected market list shows prices for flour corn meal and various feeds. Entries include corn meal 10 lb bags at 62 cents white and 63 cents, No 2 yellow corn at 1.75 per bushel, new wheat under 14 percent moisture at 2.00 per bushel, and feeds such as egg mash at 10 and cracked corn 100 lb bag.
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Tosiba Haka
Chicago Grains Open Mixed Trading
Grains opened mixed with wheat firm and soybeans steady. Corn eased after a rival shipment of 643 cars, with prices listed for December May and July contracts. Oats and rye quoted with various Dec and May figures. Prices include Wheat Dec 2.29, May 2.20. Corn Dec 1.37, May 1.40, July 1.41. Oats Dec 76.4, May 73.7. Rye Dec 1.80. Soybeans Nov 2.46. Lard listed at 1.25 for Nov and 18.90 for Jan.
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Chicago
Estates and auctions listed in October sales directory
October 30 sale at 1 p.m. for Estate of Bertie A. Hubbard near Clearbrook and Grimes area with real estate and personal property. November 3 sale for J. H. Papakhouser Estate at Waverlyarm Double Tollgate Clarke County with live stock and farm machinery. November 6 at noon sale for Anna C. Schlack at Berryville Court House 220 acre Senseny Rd farm east of Winchester. November 17 sale for J. H. Punkhouser Estate Highland Farm Double Toll gate Clarke County with livestock and farm machinery.
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Bertie A. Hubbard
North
Clearbrook
Grimes
J. H. Papakhouser
Waverlyarm
Double Tollgate
Clarke County
Anna C. Schlack
Berryville Court House
Senseny Rd
Winchester
J. H. Punkhouser
Highland Farm
Market Quotation Highlights From Baltimore and New York
Market reports show produce steady in Baltimore with various apple varieties up a bit and poultry, eggs, and receipts noted. Cattle, hogs, and sheep markets in Baltimore and Chicago reflect weakness or firmness across weights and grades amid active trading and mixed demand.
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New York
Steels
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Steel
American Telephone and Telegraph
Commonwealth and Southern
American Cyanamdn
Glenn Martin
Standard Oil
American Woolen
Agriculture Dept Markets Division Egg and poultry price report
Prices reported for Federal and State graded eggs at Winchester FOB include U S Grade A extra large 0.69 per dozen, large 0.67, medium 0.54, standards 0.51, and various other grades. Live poultry prices show young tom and hen turkeys at 0.45, No 2 hens 0.40, old guineas 0.35, broilers 0.29-0.30, and other fowl values. Cro-Magnon man referenced with cave find note. beer cows 16.00-22.00, canners 14-16.25, bulls 1-23.50, dealers 27-31, stockers steady, cattle 23-27 for 1000 head.
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Baltiore
Bubas- Usls Golden Delicious
Staymans
Yorks
McIntosh
N. Cc
Baltimore
Chicago
Winchester
U. S
F.O.B
Answers to Daily Quiz Reported on Page Four
The page lists quiz answers including Spanish Iowa and about 670 miles per hour with Calvin Coolidge as the answer to question four. A second oath was later administered by a deputy or official not specified.
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Iowa
Calvin Coolidge
Court notes on Jim Coolidge family status questioned
A fragment from a D C Supreme Court context questions the social standing of Coolidge's father as a Justice of Peace and notes that Bible Class members are all married or not unmarried.
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D. C. Supreme Court
Coolidge
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Edgar F. Luckenbach, Jr
Dale Neidich
Neidich
Rachel Stolzberg
Howard Vey
American Veterans Service Organization
International
Jyhead
Court House
Community Iron & Steel
North Kent St
W. D. Cornwell
Byron O. Brumback
Virginia Hereford Association
Staunton, Va
Carload
Aoi
State Convention of Poultrymen
Am E
Muni
Arses
N. Loudoun St
Evening Star Ladies
The
Harvey
Gehl
Agriculture Dept. Markets Division
Cro-Magnon
France
Rileys Real Estate Agency
Wisconsin
Shade Equipment CO
Martinsburg Pike
Commercial Small Loan & Finance No
E. Boscawen St
Winchester Furniture Co
Main ST
Glaize & Bro
Lealer Anohd
C. J. Brumback & Sons
N. Cameron St
Chapman Motor CO
W. Boscawen St
the Food ‘Center
B. F. Goodrich
S. Loudoun Fa
Henry T. Goode
Rouss Ave
Buncutter Tire CO
Northern Virginia Power CO
Evans
Walter Darwin Teague
BAKER
Anderson Electrical CO
N. Braddock St
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