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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1940
Page
10
Roger W. Babson argues for a Wheeler Lea style bill to liberate railroads from ICC constraints and bad capitalization. He says air lines and trucks erode rail demand, calling for streamlined equipment, price cuts, and wholesale reorganization to revive carrier jobs and debt-heavy lines.
A discussion urges loosening ICC controls as transport competition grows. Proponents warn tighter rules risk harming the public shippers and railroad investors while calling for fair treatment under the Golden Rule.
In London April 19 Churchill told survivors of the destroyer Eclipse that they were the vanguard of the summer offensive with French Allies to purge the soil of Norway from Nazi pollution. The comments came as Eclipse was damaged in a German bombing attack and forced to base.
The Czecho Slovak national committee in France accuses Germany of scientific barbarism in Bohemia and Moravia. The blue book says universities and large schools closed, students imprisoned tortured and assassinated, and teachers subjected to persecution and jail sentences.
The Junior Board of Trade meets tonight at 7 20 at the hotel to hear reports on collecting money for the festival and other projects. Refreshments will be served.
A British naval source said there were no survivors of the destroyer Hunter after its loss in the Narvik action on April 10. The Hunter had a crew of 145. About 100 Hardy sailors were landed after that ship went aground in the same engagement.
Berlin reports Goebbels on Hitler's fifty first birthday calls for unity between the Fuehrer and the German people. He dismisses British efforts to split the country as the war’s most stupid phase and vows solidarity across soldiers, U boats, workers, and fronts with the motto long live our Hitler.
Belgrade April 19 reports say authorities foiled a plot to overthrow Premier Dragisa Cvetkovic. Former premier Milan Stojadinovic was detained and ordered to reside under guard in Rudnik in the mountains south of Belgrade. Police linked him to Nazi fifth column activity and to seeking German troop entry. Stojadinovic led Serbia from 1936 to 1939 and had advocated friendship with Berlin and Rome.
Federal Judge John Paul ruled that bulk coal buyers in Danville are to receive about 190000 dollars in refunds for excess freight charges paid on West Virginia coal over two years. The refund stems from an Interstate Commerce Commission decision in 1935 cutting coal freight rates, contested by five railroads.
The Daughters of the American Revolution endorsed a strong army and navy amid global events. Resolutions adopted during the closing sessions praised Eleanor Roosevelt for a White House reception. The society notes Mrs. Roosevelt resigned last year after Constitution Hall refused Marian Anderson a concert.
Baltimore and Philadelphia market notes show cattle, hogs, sheep, poultry and eggs prices and steady to firm trends. Quoted items include chicks roosters ducks and capons with varying weights and regional bids.
Local markets section notes daily corrections and disclaims responsibility for typographical errors that may occur in published listings.
The document lists prices for Short Patent and Patent Brand feeds in 12 to 98 pound bags, mixed feed, middling, corn, horse feed, oats, and various fowl, cattle, hogs, lambs, and butter products. Entries show per bag or per hundredweight prices, with items such as young chickens, steers, heifers, calves, hogs, spring lambs, butter fat, and creamery butter priced in dense, old-fashioned market terms.
Local retail flour prices list various bag sizes from 12 to 98 pounds with per barrel rates and a few broken entries. Prices range roughly from 5.85 to 6.65 per bag, with corn meal feed and mixed feed also shown.
On April 19 in New York the market showed fewer nerves but rallies faded. Stocks drifted with mixed bonds and easier commodities. leadership fell fractions to around a point, while domestic news and corporate reports offered some support.
Chicago futures show wheat down as May at 1.10 17-8 and corn slipping from gains. Cash grain in Chicago lists No. 2 red at 1.15 1-2 and No. 1 yellow corn at 66 1-2 to 67 3-4, with local Baltimore prices around 1.16 1-2 for No. 2 red wheat and 74-76 for corn.
A divided jury failed to reach a verdict in the Ronald W. Wells trial. Judge Robert N. Pollard ordered a new trial for the October term after the twelve jurors could not decide on a verdict. Wells was reinstated by Mayor J. Fulmer Bright to his public works liaison role with the WPA. Three WPA workers testified paying Wells a total of 290 dollars. Wells denied taking WPA funds.
Walter Johnson, famed baseball star and Republican Sixth District hopeful, made a brief campaign stop in Cumberland Maryland. He arrived from Oakland Garrett County and planned a short layover en route to Montgomery County. Johnson greeted voters and friends while accompanied by Walter Dawson of Rockville and Lancelot Jacques of Hagerstown.
Berlin reports steady German advances in Norway with reinforced troops and new blows against the British navy. Allied submarines destroyed in Skagerrak Kattegat Narvik area. a Norwegian torpedo boat sunk. Land positions consolidate from Oslo region toward Narvik. Germany orders Norwegian minister Scheel to leave Berlin.
At the 40th annual Roanoke conference Judge Aubrey E. Strode urged a special session of the General Assembly to advance probation and parole legislation. James V. Bennett said Virginia must implement a parole system and warned of rising crime if reforms are delayed. Other speakers included Delegate John B. Spiers and Major Rice Youell addressing social crime aspects.
Clyde N. Allen of Richmond was elected governor of the 187th district of Rotary International at the district convention in Old Point Comfort. He succeeded James E. Mallonee of Hopewell and was chosen without opposition.
Hubert A. Kern Jr of 137 Amherst Street was fined $14 in Police Court for running a red light. Carroll Willis, proprietor of the Bicycle Shop on East Piccadilly, faced a charge of selling a gun to a ceat was dismissed with a warning.
Mrs. Mirian Lavoie 38 wife of Stephen D. Lavoie Dayton Ohio was slightly injured when their car skidded on a rain slick Big Savage mountain near aos and crashed into a pole. Mrs Lavoie was treated for cuts and bruises at Miners Hospital. Mr. Lavoie escaped unharmed.
Civil Aeronautics Authority examiner C Edward Leasure recommends granting American Export Airlines a certificate to operate New York or Baltimore to Rome via Lisbon and Barcelona. The applicant is not to operate to France England or the Irish Free State due to the neutrality act.
Senator Byrnes said the three dreadnoughts New York Texas and Arkansas as unfit for modern sea warfare should be modernized. He seeks 6 million to raise gun range from eight to twelve to fifteen miles after tests by Admiral Stark. Byrnes argues modernizing existing ships is wiser than building new ones.
Edwin F. Chinlund president of Postal Telegraph Inc宣布 in Washington that the Reconstruction Finance Corp approves a one year loan of 5 million dollars. The funds will fund plant improvements to speed and accuracy of service and handle larger traffic.
The Star reports Henriette and Mauck pleaded guilty to setting the Rosenberger lumber yard fire. They allegedly aided by a fire at a nearby building near Snapp Foundry, and Campbell later confessed to firing the Stephens City colored school. Preliminary hearings for Drumond Lake Henriette and Campbell are expected next week before Trial Justice A J Taverner.
Dr. Ma tells Handley High School students that democracy without Christianity is dead and praises the New Life movement for reducing illiteracy in China. She notes 85 percent of peasants are farmers and foresees literacy expanding to 190 million by spring 1941 while China eyes ultimate victory over invaders.
Classic design filet crochet patterns feature cherubs suitable for chair coverings buffet sets or scarf ends. Includes charts directions and illustrations. Pattern 6683 requests ten cents postage and materials details mailed from Winchester Evening Star Household Arts Dept 259 W 14th St New York NY with name address and pattern number clearly written.
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