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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1939
Page
7
Market quotes show eggs butter and poultry prices in Philadelphia and livestock in Baltimore and Chicago. Cattle calves hogs sheep receipts and prices are listed with weight ranges and top bids, alongside grain prices and local market summaries.
In Chicago April 18 an improved moisture outlook boosted spring belt conditions, pushing September wheat lower by up to 3-4 cents while May and July slid only fractions. Corn rose about 1-2 cents on good processor demand. May corn to 48 7 8 cents, best in over a month. Closing: Wheat May 69 1 8, July 68 7 8, Sept 68 1 4 to 1 8. Corn May 48 7 8, July 50 1 8 to 1 4, Sept 50 3 4 to 7 8. Oats May 30, July 27 3 4, Sept 27 1 8. Soybeans May 87 1 2, July 85 3 4, Oct 72 3 4. Rye May 41 1 2, July 43, Sept 44 1 8. Lard May 6 27, July 6 42, Sept 6 55, Oct 6 62. Cash grain: No. 4 red wheat 71, Corn No. 2 yellow 50 3 4, oats No. 1 mixed 33 1 4, No. 4 white 31 to 31 1 4, sample white 29 3 4 to 31 1 2. Barley malting 50-60 nom.
New York April 18 in the dullest session of the year stocks drifted lower by fractions to over two points. Ticker tape was nearly stopped with about 500000 shares traded at mid afternoon and only scant signs of recovery near the close.
Modern Woodmen camp Winchester No 15510 will host State Manager J W Barnes Staunton at 8 oclock Thursday evening at Odd Fellows hall Cameron and Boscawen streets. Officers urge full attendance as Barnes delivers an address and participates in adopting a large class of candidates.
James Edgar said he would confer with his attorney today to decide if he should press for a third trial of his $300,000 heart balm suit against Tewis E. Mallory III, oil heir from Bradford Pa. A seven hour retrial ended in a deadlock after the jury could not reach a verdict. Edgar, from a wealthy Detroit family, had earlier won $35,000 in 1936 and testified he saw his former wife with Mallory in a Miami Beach hotel. The State Supreme Court later reversed the verdict as excessive.
Sarah Waller Robinson colored widow of Cornelius Robinson died at 621 South Braddock street at midnight. Born in Winchester she was a member of John Bon E Church services set for tomorrow at 2 30 p m with Rev J W Langford and Rev J W Newman. She leaves a stepson James F Robinson a stepdaughter Emma Parks Robinson a grandson Charles Read and a granddaughter Pearl Read plus many friends. Remains viewed at Paynters Funeral chapel. casket will remain closed during church services.
A 26 year old Frenchman Franc ois Helmuth Gruneberg was shot by a firing squad in Nancy as a spy. He was the second person to die as a spy in peacetime under France’s anti espionage law of June 17 1938. The first was Naval Ensign Jean Aubert shot March 6 at Toulon.
Virginia applemen spokesman William Beverley and colleagues met with Congresswoman Mary D Norton in Washington to press farm interests on the wage hour bill. Norton backed an amendment ending farm wage exemptions and extending 12 hour days and 56 hour weeks with no overtime pay. Delegates then sought support for the Barden amendment favoring agriculture and horticulture.
Kansas City mayor Bryce B Smith ordered 500 city employees discharged today to curb the deficit for the year ending April 30. The move follows disclosure of a mounting shortfall forcing immediate budget tightening.
WASHINGTON April 18 William Potter Lage of New York a writer on international law asserted he was inclined to agree that President Roosevelt in his peace appeal to Hitler and Mussolini had named the aggressors in a prospective war. He spoke at hearings before the House foreign affairs committee on neutrality legislation.
Animal Kindness Week is observed nationwide with school and radio programs. The Winchester Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals invites the public to tune in tomorrow from 12 45 to 1 PM on WFMD in Frederick Maryland.
Eddie Briez reports Chicago and Detroit rivals seek to oust Mike Jacobs from Madison Square Garden amid stockholder intrigue. Notes Yale baseball offers, Feller and Rollie Hemsley, Archibald vs Kodak, Notre Dame basketball iron men, Drake relays records, Marvin Katzenstein for a Mines tackle, Fred Newman at Tennessee, and a new baseball field meeting major league specs. Also mentions Grygo leaving South Carolina, Baron Poffenberger monicle photo flare, and local sports bits from Providence and beyond.
The Young Woman's Class of the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour sponsors an organ and music concert in Sarah Zane Firé Hall Friday at 8 15. Features include Sid Willoughby concert organist Byron Roshon baritone Mary Cooke soprano Marshall Snapp Virginia Glee Club tenor Sidney Gottlieb violinist and a UVa Glee Club quartet plus a skit Members of the Gay Ninety s. Refreshments and entertainment follow hosted by the Black and Tandilers.
Tornado outbreak leaves multiple states counting dead and injured. Arkansas reports 26 dead and 222 injured with seven- to nine-figure infrastructure damage. Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas, Alabama also suffer casualties as rivers rise and highways close. Recovery on doubtful footing for several injured.
Herbert Benjamin secretary of the Workers' Alliance testified before the House WPA investigation that he is a Communist party member but does not seek government overthrow by force. He said his official views reflect the alliance, not his private beliefs, and denied reporting to the Third International that the alliance capped a four year Communist campaign. Lasser and Benjamin criticized the committee for its focus on beliefs, prompting rebukes from members.
City Hall hosts band concerts and glee club presentations from 6 p m with a torchlight parade at 8 p m. A street dance, moonlight dances, and Queen's Ball with Tommy Tucker orchestra follow, at Apple Palace on North Kent street with advance admission $2 75 per couple.
The Merino is the most widely distributed sheep breed globally, found across many regions and farmed for its fine wool.
Treasury figures show April 15 receipts of 8.86 million dollars versus expenditures of 22.71 million. Gross debt stands at 40.04 billion dollars, reflecting an increase from the prior period.
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