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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1939
Page
7
More than two hundred Virginia natural wonders are showcased in the Virginia room of the New York World's Fair exhibit. The display highlights Scenic and geologic features including Natural Tunnel Shenandoah caverns and the Natural Bridge.
Vatican authorities study methods to protect Pope Pius XII and aides during air raids. An inner room in the tower of Pope Nicholas V may serve as a refuge. Darkening Vatican City with Rome and raid drills are planned, with gas masks for key Vatican personnel discussed.
Coach Norman Ochs and Handley High School students will entertain the Rouss Fire Company Friday night with boxing wrestling and gymnastic stunts. The event aims for about 100 attendees and hopes for a large turnout.
Baltimore market notes list produce prices for apples sweet potatoes and eggs, plus detailed cattle hogs and sheep ranges from U S Department of Agriculture with near steady egg totals and varied butter and poultry quotes. Philadelphia markets show butter and poultry values and egg totals, while Chicago reports top hogs at 7 25 and weaker general hogs with fat lambs firm.
New York stock prices fell to multi month lows as losses deepened during the day with only brief mid day decline relief. Traders cited fears of a quick German strike on Europe and the Iraqi consul assassination as factors. Weakness spread from London Paris and Amsterdam while transfers ran about 1 600 000 shares.
British officials discuss Poland pledging aid to Britain in exchange for a reciprocal guarantee of independence. Beck and Lord Halifax explore broadening Britain’s anti aggression front and potential Polish support for evacuating Jews, alongside Albania and Italian interests in the Balkans.
Carl E. Newton, at the bench, asks to change his plea as comedian Jack Benny faces three counts. Judge Vincent L. Leu bell questions Benny, who admits guilty in a crowded courtroom of about 400 spectators. Benny appears subdued, and nervously adjusts his hair and tie.
Washington reports the administration is considering a trade agreement with Spain that lapsed after the civil war. The move aims to offset Germany and Italy’s economic advantages in Francoist Spain, with initial negotiations traced to September 17, 1934, and hearings held in November 1934.
The Munich crisis lightens but bottoms break as sterling holds at 4685 16. Bonds fall with stocks while a long list of quotations shows mixed losses and minor gains across major companies including American Can Amax Amalgamated Copper Chrysler General Electric and U S Steel with Woolworth and Union Pacific among others.
Chicago reports a light, cautious grain market as wheat gains on limited buying. May wheat 67 5-8 to 3-4, July 67 1-4 to 3-8. Cash wheat No. 2 yellow hard 69 3-4 to 70. Corn and oats show modest moves, soybeans firm, with domestic conditions cited. Lard futures also listed.
County Treasurer Harry L. McCann presented the March financials to the Board of Supervisors. General Fund receipts total $6,665.85 with disbursements of $3,200.12 leaving $3,465.64 on hand. dog fund and relief fund balances are reported along with other district fund balances and refunds from the state.
Mrs. Mary E. Walker widow of William A. Walker died at her East Lane home after a brief illness. Born April 24 1888 in Front Royal she was a longtime Refuge Church member. Survived by children W L Walker Pauline Mildred and Lucille Ruffner and siblings Arthur Ernest John Maggie Grace. funeral Thursday at Refuge Methodist Church with Rev Hesner Welch. Burial in church cemetery.
Hungary and Slovakia signed a protocol in Budapest on April 4 to settle disputed frontier areas. Hungary gains title to most Slovak lands occupied in prior warfare March 23 to 25 and receives about 386 square miles with around 45 000 people.
Bridgewater Virginia April 4 Senator Harry F Byrd received an honorary doctor of humane laws from Bridgewater College and was praised by the president as a model of unselfish statesmanship. Dr William T Sanger president of the Medical College and alumnus received a similar degree during Founders Day ceremonies.
A lighted match reportedly set a mattress on fire in an apple packing shed near the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad tracks between Cameron and Kent streets in the northern city section around 4 PM yesterday. The blaze was small and quickly put out after a fire alarm triggered responses from four companies.
R G Phillips of the International Apple Association told Wage-Hour Administrator Elmer F Andrews that the WHA plan to exempt farm labor in processing plants in towns under 25000 and within 50 miles would cause disruption in marketing. He cited storage operations requiring longer hauls and noted opposition from growers in New York City Virginia Michigan and the northwest.
New York April 4 The joint committee of bituminous coal operators and miners said they would report a disagreement to the general conference over drafting a new contract to replace the one that expired at midnight. Charles O Neill of New York spoke for the operators after a brief eight member subcommittee session.
Severe fighting West of Japan as Japanese invaders push from Nanchang toward Changsha in Hunan. Japanese thrusts directed from Tsingan and Fengsin northwest of Hankow. Chinese report forces crossed and attack Japanese at Chungsian along the struggling line.
A Holy Week service is announced for 7:45 p.m. at Centenary Reformed Church led by Rev. S. L. Flickinger D. D. The note lists religious groups reported by the Census Bureau as holding nonresistance, including Brethren in Christ the Yorker United Zion's Children Christadelphians Amana Society and others.
Middletown Virginia council designates Monday April 17 as clean-up day requesting property owners to collect rubbish and place it in old boxes at the front of their properties. The meeting also approved the payment of bills.
The piece reports a pro war appeal urging able-bodied men to join the air force under Goering in Germany. It notes Baron Von Neurath preparing to take command in Prague and contrasts Chamberlain and Halifax statements with British policy, accusing Britain of encircling Germany.
A fragmented entry lists asset amounts: 258 395.55, 169 014.83, 50 152.50, and 14 998.32, followed by unclear labels. The text appears as partial financial data without context or accompanying entities.
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