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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 1940

Page

5

Americans Are Reported Well From Oslo Amid Evacuations

Washington reports that the American legation in Oslo says all Americans are well as British and consular staff evacuate. Raymond E. Cox urges departure of 18 men and one staff member to Stockholm after a telegraph disruption during an air raid. Mrs. Harriman accompanies the Norwegian government evacuation from Hamar and remains nearby.

Washington Oslo Orway State Department Raymond E. Cox Legation Stockholm Ministe Norway J. Borden Harriman Washston Hamar Washington Iy

Flayer Of Child Gets Off Lightly

Bell California April 11 32 year old painter Peter Thomas was sentenced to 90 days in jail for striking his 9 year old son with a lemon switch. The judge suspended 75 days of the term after finding the act unjustifiable and excessive.

Bell Calif Pobert Thomas

Millard Pleads to Bring Home Daughter From Sweden

Westchester County surrogate Charles D. Millard has asked the State Department to repatriate his daughter Mrs. Ethel Lee Millard Snow wife of U S S vice consul William Snow in Sweden. He cites fears the Scandinavian war may spread to Sweden.

Westchester County N. Y Charles D. Millard State Department Sweden Ethel Lee Millard Snow William Snow U. SS Millard

Youth Confesses to Slaying Woman in Fort Worth

In Fort Worth Texas police state 15 year old Ernest Joe Butler confessed to shooting 20 year old Mrs Clinton Beck to death after she rejected his advances. The 198 pound youth had been alone with her 14 month old child before the fatal shooting.

Fort Worth Texas Ernest Joe Butler Clinton Beck

Baltimore Area Livestock and Produce Markets Report

April 11 Baltimore markets show overall steadiness with cattle and hogs holding near recent highs. Cattle: steers and cows unevenly steady to 25 higher. bulls up. heifers scarce. beef cows 4.50-6.25. top sausage bulls to 8.25. Hogs: 1,600 head steady. tops around 5.70. various weight ranges 4.70-5.70. Sheep: trucks of good native lambs 7.25. market steady. Chicago notes improved demand lifting hog prices 5-10 cents. cattle and lambs also firmer. wholesale dressed hogs up 1-2 cents per pound surging since last November.

Baltimore Ccup Baltimore Livestock Dept. Agr Patna Chicago United States

Local Wholesale Market Prices For Feeds And Poultry

Readable fragments list bag prices per barrel and per bag for mixed feed horse feed and corn meal feed along with references to geese young chickens and heavy fowl. Records show price entries with quantities and inconsistent OCR text.

Stock Market Reacts to War News Amid Mixed Trading

New York April 11 steady gains in early trading faded after Winston Churchill’s comments and Admiralty news. Bonds moved with stocks as markets in Paris London and Amsterdam showed varied strength while key issues like American Steel and aircraft shares led the session.

New York Winston Churchill Admiralty Paris London Amsterdam

Grain prices ease as traders watch war developments

Future and cash quotations show wheat slipping slightly with May at 1.07 1 2 and Sept 1.06 1 2. Corn and oats also edge lower, while cash grain in Chicago and Baltimore lists mixed prices for No 1 hard wheat No 1 yellow corn No 1 white oats and other grades. A Q. and A. note confirms insect control spending and losses: average annual insect control expenditure about 142,927 dollars, with US loss from damage near 3 billion, Bureau of Entomology budget about 6 million for 1939-40.

Chicago Chicago Cash Grain Baltimore Grain Baltimore Winchester United States Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine

Thieves Brought to Trial as Car Recovered in Pa

William Grant Bruckman of Claysburg Pa received his stolen car after local police recovered it on Monday. Two youths, Sherman Goodrich and Myron Julian Garrison, both 19, were turned over to a Deputy Marshall and sent to Harrisonburg Va for Federal Court. Police said the pair had recently been released from Newark State Reformatory Newark.

William Grant Bruckman Claysburg Harrisonburg Sherman Goodrich Myron Julian Garrison Newark State Reformatory Newark, N

J and accomplice steal cars during getaway

A brief report notes J and an accomplice stole several cars during their escape. No further details on location or outcomes are provided in the readable text.

Manuel First To Get Member Card At Fire Co

Sergeant Frank Manuel became the first member of the Sarah Zane Fire Company to receive the new membership card marking a milestone in the department’s updated credentials program.

Manuel Frank Manuel Sarah Zane Fire Co

Membership Cards for All Members of the Organization

The article notes that membership cards will be issued and carried by all persons belonging to the organization. It specifies that card carrying will be a long term requirement for membership and participation in activities.

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