Ben Hilliard Returns to Virginia State Chamber
The Virginia State Chamber of Commerce announces the return from Navy service of field secretary Ben Hilliard of Richmond who served as lieutenant and naval advisor to the industry cooperation division for the Carolinas. He will confer with Frank Armstrong Jr. in Winchester as the chamber plans an aggressive push to develop travel trade and expand local participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Hilliard
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
United States Navy
Richmond
Hilliard
Naval
Industry Cooperation Division
Carolinas
Navy
Army and Navy Munitions Board
Educant
Book Publisng Corporation
State Chamber
Verbon E. Kemp
Chamber
Winchester
Frank Armstrong, Jr
Kemp
Man Freed on Bond in Navy Food Theft Case
Walter R. Leaman 41 of Lancaster was released on 1500 bond pending hearing before U S Commissioner Marshall M Cohen on a charge of unlawfully selling food and provisions belonging to the United States Government. FBI agents arrested him after Naval intelligence investigated theft from the Naval Training Station at Bainbridge Maryland. Navy officials said disciplinary action will be taken against three unidentified sailors who allegedly supplied the goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Walter R. Leaman
Marshall M. Cohen
United States
Leaman
FBI
Naval
Naval Training Station
Bainbridge
Navy
Naval Station
Peacetime plan would build 3000 military planes yearly
War Department consultant Dr. George P. Baker tells a Senate military affairs sub committee an eight point program to ready the aircraft industry for war. It calls for producing 3000 planes annually, expanding plants, testing weapons, stockpiling tools, and government ownership of key facilities. Baker urges immediate action and a nationwide industrial mobilization plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
War Department
George P. Baker
Army
Navy
Baker
Union Mobilizes for Wide Scale Auto Workers Walkout
Chief of the Auto Workers summons a large show of unity as 52,000 of Western Union’s 60,000 operators join a five hour Friday demonstration. Wage increases dominate the actions with demands ranging from 4 to 12 percent and $2.00 a day in several unions across General Electric Westinghouse General Motors and steel plants. Strike votes loom as CIO leaders push for broad action involving hundreds of thousands of workers in multiple sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union
NLRB
San Francisco
United Automobile Workers
Akron
Firestone
CIO
United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers
General Electrical Corporation
General Motors
UERMW
Westinghouse Electrical Manufacturing Company
Phil Murray
Foreign Plans of President Continues Across Global Issues
The article notes President Truman's stance on allowing the Americas to solve problems without outside interference. It reports Britain seeking a multi billion loan, with negotiators shifting from 5 to 4 billion. It also mentions plans to discuss a free exchange of scientific information on atomic research with Britain, Canada, and other nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Pan-American Union
Rio de Janiero
Truman
United States
Americas
Britain
Congress
Canada
Chicago Grain Quotations Open Higher on Wheat and Rye
Chicago grain quotations show futures opening stronger with wheat up to 3-8 cents and rye up 1-2 cents. Opening prices list December wheat at 1.77 1-8, May 1.75 1-4, July 1.69, September 1.67 1-4, and rye December 1.62 3-8 to 1-2 with various May July and Sept figures for oats and other grains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rye
Hair Tonic Ad Promotes Moroline Tonic for Groomed Look
In place. Tame that unruly look. Add lustre. Keep hair well groomed with Moroline Hair Tonic. Large bottle 25c. Sold everywhere.
Market Quotations Baltimore October 29 19 Sale Prices
Market notes show fruit and poultry prices with firmer apples including Grimes and Yorks at 4.00 to 4.50 per box, Delcious and Balawills around 4.62, ungraded 4.00 25, poorer 2.70 3.00. Poultry steady with roasters and broilers around 30 cents, turkeys steady around 39.8 cents for young hens and toms. Eggs firm with wholesale prices Extras 92.6 cents, A large 60.7, B large 49 49.1, C large 42 44 cents per dozen. receipts light, butter none, 600 cases of eggs.
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Baltimore
Bubas
U.S. 1S
MD. Va
W. Va
Grimes
Delcious
Jonathans
Yorks
Balawills
Baltimore Market Cattle Hogs Sheep Prices Mixed but Steady
Baltimore vats cattle market shows steady to higher prices on steers and heifers with good grass weight types near 16.50 for top steers while cows and bulls hold 9.00 to 13.50. Hogs remain steady with Friday. pigs 120 lb and up at 15.40. sheep active and steady with lambs around 15.50 for top lots and ewes 6.50 to 6.00 for common grades.
Summary of Chicago hog and cattle market prices
Chicago hogs at 140 lb and 9500 head totals show good and choice barrows and gilts at 14.85 ceiling, sows at 14.10 with full clearance. Salable cattle reach 23 000 with steady to 25 cent lower for most grades. yearlings and steers at 18.00, best heifers 17.75, stockers firm, cows weak, vealers scarce at 15.50, sausage bulls 13.00, fat bulls to 14.00. Slaughter sheep 4000 on 12 500 total with slower but steady pace. slaughter lambs 14.50-14.75, common to choice differentials 10.00-11.50, curls to 8.00. No action on yearlings.
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Chicago
Stock Market Report Faces Mild Bearish Drift In Mixed Session
New York stock market opened active and steady then softened as light selling hit steels rails and motors. Investors awaited tomorrow's wage price policy release and quick tax relief measures while earnings dividends and inflation talks influenced liquidity despite a broad mix in bonds and commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Soerabaja Clash Eases After RAF Mediation
Soerabaja saw a truce after Soekarno with his cabinet flew in an RAF aircraft to urge natives to halt fighting. The airstrip faced fire from a British Mahratta patrol as the British 49th Brigade headquarters area quieted. One Indian sepoy died. a British officer and several Indian soldiers were wounded. Leaflets warning weapons turn in by Wednesday may have sparked the clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soekarno
Soerabaja
Batavia
49Th Brigade
Concert dance program requires strict stage preparations
Robert Green and colleagues organize a concert with elaborate stage rules for lighting and safety. The entire stage is sanded and repaired to eliminate hazards. Ed Molden contributed many hours to arrange diverse lighting effects. Uniformed service personnel admitted free. others must show membership cards at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Green
Laurence Miller
R. R. Sartelle
Frank Armstrong
Dorothy Ewing
Ed L. Molden
Ed Molden
Local Markets Daily Markets Note
Local markets are reported daily with corrections possible. The Star does not assume responsibility for typographical errors that may occur.
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The
Star
Short Patent Oranda Price List and Livestock Terms
A vintage price sheet lists patent brands and bag sizes for flour and feeds with per cwt and per bbl rates. It also shows corn meal prices by cwt, mixed feeds, middlings, dairy and poultry feeds, silos, and livestock prices for calves, cows, steers, heifers, lambs, and hogs with ranges and per head figures.
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Stave
Welw
Gencee
Isceser
Saareet Ee
Vis
Eree
Saar
Patent Bran and Corn Meal Prices in Advertised Feed List
An old price list shows various bagged feed and grain items with per hundredweight and per barrel pricing. Items include patent bran at several bag weights, corn meal in yellow and white varieties, shelled corn, canary meal, starter and grower feeds, turkey grower and egg mash blends, middlings, and butter prices.
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Deriowle
EBRD
PGP
Alca Ce
Local Graded Egg Market Report
Market notes show graded egg categories with large extras medium extras and standards. Trading activity includes pullets trades and price movement details for local buyers and sellers.
Truman Will Not Visit Carolinas Georgia This Weekend
Governor Arnall said the White House informed him President Truman would not visit North Carolina Georgia this weekend. The trip schedule included Georgia Tech Duke game and Warm Springs visit. cancellations extend to Liberty Missouri Oklahoma City Fort Sill Waco December 5. Officials cite heavy Washington workload and broader labor talks as reasons for postponement.
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Atlanta
Ellis Arnall
White House
Truman
Carolinas
Georgia
Arnall
Associated Press
North Carolina
Georgia Tech
Warm Springs Foundation
Warm Springs
Eben Ayers
North Caroliia
Liberty
Oklahoma City
Fort Sill
Okla
Waco
Texas
Ayers
Washington
Labor Management Conference
Advisory Council
Soldier Louie Nady Held in Poland as Deserter
Lt Col Edward York U S air attache in Warsaw says Polish secret police hold American soldier Louie Nady prisoner in Praga jail on subversive action charges with possible death penalty. Nady, a West Virginia miner, claimed to desert from the 67th Regiment of the Second Armored Division and to have wandered in Germany before Poznan arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Edward York
Praga
York
Louie Nady
West Virginia
Walter A. Pashley
U. S
Nady
Most Dockmen Still Striking in Britain
London reports show about 30,000 of 43,000 dock workers remain on strike seeking government intervention. Bread rationing warning looms if the action lasts, with 3,000 workers back at Bristol Avonmouth and Portishead, while troops and soldiers assist in Liverpool London Hull and Belfast ports.
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London
Great Britain
Eben Wilkenson
Bristol
Avonmouth
Portishead
Liverpool
Hull
Belfast
Great London Dock
Wolf Patrol Tops At Scout O Ree
The Wolf Patrol of Boy Scout Troop 2 sponsored by Winchester Presbyterian Church scored 501 points to win the Shawnee District Scout O Ree at the armory. Proficient patrols included Flying Eagle and Cobra from Troop 9 with 455 and 413 points respectively. Five patrols earned standard ratings: Fox Troop 1 358, Flaming Arrow Troop 2 306, Beaver Troop 6 325, Lion 363, Stag Troop 9 329. Other participants were Conistoga Shooting Star Pine Tree Troops 3 Braddock Street Methodist, Black Panther Troop 2, Apache Beaver Troop 21. Fox Troop 1 won the special flag contest. Flying Arrow Pine Tree received honorable mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Presbyterian Church
Armory
Market Street Methodist Church
Winchester
Stephens City
Conistoga
Shooting Star
Braddock Street
Winchester Lions Club
Flying Arrow Patrol
Pine Tree Patrol
John H. Gough Dies at Catawba Sanatorium
John H. Gough dying at the Catawba sanatorium after nine years as a patient. He was son of Theodore F. and Anna J. Gough of Frederick county and a former manager of Stonewall Orchards. He leaves a brother C. C. Gough and two sisters Mrs. P. W. Lockhart and Mrs. H. A. Orndorff of Winchester. Funeral arrangements pending.
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John H. Gough
Catawba Sanatorium
Theodore F
Anna J. Gough
Frederick County
Round Hill
Mary A. Hawkins
Nora Virginia Spillman
C. C. Gough
P. W. Lockhart
H. A. Orndorff
Winchester
Local Scout Patrols Enter Flags Event
Mentioned patrols include Troop 9 Lion Patrol Troop 3 Conistoga Buckskin Toma Hawk and Shooting Star Patrols and Troop 2 Black Panther and Wolf Patrols entering flags.
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Philip Murray
Cut Price Stores, Inc
Loudoun Street
Auto Workers
Harry S. Truman
Charles Mack
News of the Day
White
Baltimore Livestock
Chicago Livestock
Dr. Bundesen
TAR
Stock Market Report
Union Insurance
Virginia
Spn
S. L. Snellings
N. Loudoun
Florida
Wnh Dot
Catawba
Ny Anni
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Hanesknit
P. H. Hanes Knitting Co
Winston-Salem
HANES
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