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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1947
Page
3
Market quotations from York on September 5 show a tapering sell off in a steady session. Major leaders edged lower amid concerns over a fragile economy and potential dollar shortages, with short covering and investment demand keeping a fluctuating, liquid market. Several large names fell while a subset held up, including Bethlehem Steel and General Motors, with resistance seen at Goodrich and Boeing.
A vintage ad touts Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root for nighttime urination backache and minor kidney disorders. It claims instant action cleansing kidneys and increasing urine flow with 16 herbs and natural ingredients. Free trial offer directs readers to Silmer & Co., Stamford.
Baltimore and Chicago market reports show apples firm for varieties like McIntosh and Golden Delicious, with mid-size gains in several types. Poultry, eggs, and butter trade steady to firm, while cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep at Chicago and Baltimore reflect mixed gains and broad activ e sales among sausages and feed.
Agriculture Dept Markets Division reports prices paid for live poultry and dressed products in Winchester area. Grades include U S A extra large and large at .61 to .63 per dozen, medium .55, B large .51, pullets .40, cracks and checks .30. Live poultry prices list heavy breed hens 26-27 cents per pound, leghorn hens 20-21, heavy breed broilers 34-35 cents (under 3 lbs 33 1/2 to 34 1/2), leghorn broilers 26-27, old roosters and stags 12-13. Guineas young broilers 2 lbs and up 50 cents, old 25.
Chicago grain prices opened with slight declines across wheat corn oats and lard futures on the Board of Trade. Wheat Sep Dec and May contracts showed modest slips while corn oats and lard also edged lower at the opening.
Across The Headpin announces a 33 week schedule starting Tuesday at 7 30 p m for the Men s B league with pairings Studebaker Champions vs Va Woolen No 2 South End Hose Co vs Bell Clothes Valley Service vs Glaize and Bro Columbia Baking vs Elks Va Woolen No 1 vs Snapp s Foundry and Clear Brook Woolen vs Coca Cola Team captains and officers of the A league to attend a 7 30 p m meeting Monday at the Health Center Ladies Commercial League to start its schedule 7 30 p m Wednesday.
Pittsburgh report notes CIO leaders will delay action until the October 13 convention in Boston on filing non-Communist affidavits before September 25. NLRB counsel warns that without affidavits nearly 15 million workers could lose access to the agency. Murray cited independent elections by the CIO Steelworkers and said the AFL and CIO had kept the NLRB in the dark.
The local Army recruiting office announced an extended deadline for Regular Army Nurse Corps appointments to September 30. The move aims to boost nursing personnel for military medical service.
United States Commissioner Melvin Flegenheimer ordered two Richmond War Assets Administration officials to appear in federal district court on October 6 on charges of violating the federal bribery statute. Defendants are Herbert D. Tinker and S. A. Cisler, with Cisler connected to the Electronics Service Corporation in Louisville.
Local families from Washington Baltimore and Cotton Park gathered for weekend visits. Mr and Mrs Narlyn Koenig hosted relatives including Capt and Mrs Francis Koenig and their son. The Poole family and Greene siblings also shared time with relatives as several members entered nursing school.
Local markets list corrected daily for grains including wheat corn meal and barley. Prices shown for 5 and 10 pound bags, cracked corn, egg mash, broiler and turkey feeds, and butterfat with at mill and wholesale figures where legible.
Ist Lt James W Brooks son of Mr and Mrs S C Brooks 237 Jefferson St has been assigned to do research work at Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington He has served in the Army since 1943 and studied under the AST program at the Medical College of Virginia He interned at Barnes hospital in St Louis His wife is the former Miss Vina Louise Isach of Zeigler Illinois
The Pullman Co announces rate hikes from 1 to 48.9 percent starting in October. A minimum lower berth rate is set at $3.50, up from $2.35 to $2.95 for short overnight trips nationwide, with upper berths increasing proportionally.
First place in the Bi-State Baseball League may hinge on the Gore nine versus Strasburg game Sunday at Gore. Gore leads Strasburg by one game with three to play in the second half, and Sunday’s contest is Gore’s final home game of the season.
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