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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1939
Page
4
Local market price list shows varied groceries including wheat at barn, corn meal, butter targets at 20 to 35 cents, shoulder meat at 3 dollars, lard, country ham, bacon, potatoes priced per bushel, onions per bushel, eggs per dozen, and chickens by the pound with wide cent ranges.
A compact round of sports gossip and mini-articles covering Duke autograph value and fan prices, Max Baer in Rome, Benny Leonard moving into refereeing, Van Mungo and the Dodgers, Pitt football freshmen chatter, Gus Suhr and catching incidents, Tommy Farr’s ascent and fall from fame, and Red Burman’s potential impact on rivals.
New York reports Northern New York's first television transmitter will be located 12 miles from Schenectady, with signals reaching five communities. A 1.4 meter radio relay will bridge the 12 mile gap between studios and transmitter. The WGY companion station, owned by General Electric, covers Schenectady Albany Troy Amsterdam and Saratoga with 10,000 watts on 444 meters, ready early spring.
The page lists NBC CBS WABC WIZ WJZ and other network schedules for Wednesday January 11 including station groupings East Midwest Mountain South Pacific with a long program grid. Entries cover 4:30 PM to 11:00 PM with shows like Amos ’n’ Andy, Lights Out, Kay Kyser, Fred Allen and Tom Mix sketches, plus News and special broadcasts.
British sports writers advise Farr to go back to London where he may win the bout. The United States ranks third in sheep-raising globally, trailing only Australia and Russia.
News wire fragment notes Eleanor Roosevelt of Boston, niece of the First Lady, made her debut recently at the White House. Other items list Detroit’s figure of 43,811,556 and references to congressional representatives Lindley Beckworth and Edward T. Taylor, plus international disputes involving Chinese Eastern and a French-owned Ethiopian line, and a mention of the Attorney General.
The 1939 Horoscope notes good and evil influences on January 11 guiding marriages and leisure. It highlights political secrecy, cabinet shifts, active Congress, and a winter of wealth and leisure in certain circles. Notable birthdays include Selfridge James Hamilton and Hamilton. A Holstein cow from Ontario yields record milk and butter in a year.
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