Market Quotations and Baltimore Livestock Prices
Market notes from Baltimore and Philadelphia on April 2 cover price quotes for poultry and fowl, beef and calves, hogs, and sheep, including Rock chickens, Leghorns, mixed colors, and Muscovy details, with nearby whites and eggs. Also reports U S Dept of Agriculture quotas, cattle, hog, and lamb ranges, plus Chicago and Philadelphia produce figures and stock quotations. The piece notes weak cattle prices, steady hogs, and mixed grain and bond activity amid Wisconsin primaries.
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Baltimore
Baltimore Bitter and Egg Exchange
Baltimore Livestock Baltimore
U. S.dept. Agr
Chicago
Elphia
Plymouth Rocks
Stock Market Opens Mixed Amid War Blockade Effects
New York April 2 reports a cautious market with early gains fading as traders remain divided on near term business prospects. Aviation, steel and specialty shares show strength while overall deal flow stays slow and sentiment ebbs as the Allied blockade against Germany continues.
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New York
Wall Street
Germany
Wheat and grain futures drift after hedging surge
Chicago April 2 prices show selling pressure as grain dealers hedge against large wheat supplies. Early gains faded, futures hovered with modest losses. Cash grain for wheat, corn, oats, and soybeans listed. Baltimore and Winchester markets quoted various grain prices.
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Chicago
Chicago Cash Grain
Baltimore Grain
Baltimore
Winchester
Local Markets and Wholesale Flour Prices Column
Local markets list wholesale flour prices by bag size with 12, 24, 48 and 98 pound bags. The sheet notes patent brand and mixed poultry entries including young guineas and heavy fowl with unclear figures.
New Racket By Hoodlums Is Exposed
Hollywood April 2 autopsy finds Walter Miller 47 died from heart trouble after a camera fight scene. Sheriff Bright orders thorough inquiry into Eastern hoodlums allegedly pressuring movie extras and bit players. Los Angeles papers report intimidation methods and FBI involvement in the claims.
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Hollywood
Walter Miller
Miller
Mary Pickford
Republic
William J. Bright
Sheriff's Office
Los Angeles
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Internal Revenue Taxes Reported in Virginia March Totals
Richmond reports March 1940 internal revenue collections in Virginia totaled 22,030,276.65 versus 22,283,106.89 a year earlier. Income tax receipts rose from 5,702,... to 8,159,308.80. Stamps, employment taxes, and miscellaneous items are listed with year over year changes.
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Richmond
Virginia
Collector of Internal Revenue
Youths Who Cursed Court Seek Parole Freedom
Seventeen year old Harry Flynn of Capital Heights and 72 other youths, arrested on house breaking in Montgomery county, are among 73 convicts set for April 10 parole hearings. They rioted June 14 in the county jail cell block after contemptuous exchanges with Circuit Judge Stedman Prescott.
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Annapolis
Stedman Prescott
Montgomery County
Herman Moser
Harry Flynn
Capital Heights
Washington
Prescott
Judge cuts sentences in house breaking case noting improvement
Judge Prescott praised marked improvement in defendant’s conduct during trial and reduced four sentences to one year for contempt while adding one more year on other charges.
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Prescott
Classified ads list rentals sales for local properties and goods
A scanned classifieds page lists rental notices for apartments rooms and offices at addresses 411 N Loudoun 303 Parr 2944 E Piccadilly 412 N Kent 406 S Main 508 N Cameron and 11 route near Winchester. It also advertises furnished rooms heated spaces and a five room apartment for adults, and sale notices for furniture radios tires bicycles trees antique furniture and a modern house with business on Route 11. Items include dining sets, china cabinets, walnut chests, and a used tire sale.
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Winchester
Care
Apple Blossom Festival Begins in Winchester Parade
Frank H. Fuller reports the Sixth Annual Shenandoah Valley Apple Blossom Festival opening with 10000 schoolchildren in the Parade of Blossoms. Crowds from Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Virginia gather as Miss Mary Jo Matthews of Mannington, WV, is crowned Queen Shenandoah VI with 65 princesses.
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Frank H. Fuller
Associated Press
Winchester
Virginia
Puller
Shenandoah Valley
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Handley High School
Carpus
Mary Jo Matthews
Mannington
Shenandoah VI
Farley Joins Mule Parade in Columbia Tennessee
In Columbia Tennessee Postmaster General James A. Farley joined the annual Mule Day parade on April Fools Day. The event centers on the world’s largest street mule market with thousands of attendees and a parade featuring two thousand mules and a thousand boys and girls. Motors are barred for the day.
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Columbia
Tenn
James A. Farley
Farley
Middle Tennessee
Democratic Party
New Judge To Be Named Soon
Richmond April 2 Governor Price will appoint a successor to Judge Benjamin T. Haden of the nineteenth judicial circuit who died recently. He will act before summer and despite the new act delaying appointments until a Supreme Court survey on circuit consolidation. The measure aims to cut circuits and reduce costs.
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Richmond
Price
Benjamin T. Haden
Nineteenth Judicial Circuit
Supreme Court of Appeals
Carolina Town First To Count
Newton North Carolina started the 1940 census at midnight and reported early progress twelve hours later. Officials initially claimed completion but later corrected the status. The 1930 population for Newton was 4394.
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Carolina Town
Washington
Newton
N. C
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Republic Steel
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US Steel
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Stock Market Report
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International Air Marine Terminal
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Handley School Phone
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James P. Reardon
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B. V. Gore
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Peerless Traction Engine
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