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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 19, 1941

Page

9

Livestock and Produce Market Quoted From Baltimore and Chicago

Baltimore and Chicago livestock markets report mixed margins across cattle hogs calves and sheep with prices steady to lower versus last week. Cattle show weak to steady feeding and slaughter values. hogs mostly down. lambs and sheep varied with few offerings testing values amid regional price spreads.

Baltimore Ungrad Baltimore Livestock Chicago Livestock Chicago Bae

Grain futures and cash prices across corn wheat and oats

Futures and cash quotations for wheat corn oats soybeans and barley. Includes May July and September wheat spreads and cash No 2 yellow corn No 2 red wheat prices in Chicago and Baltimore markets with daily price ranges and comparative year ago figures.

Ficago Cash Grain Chicago Baltimore Grain Baltimore Winchester

Local Markets Update Amid Market Fluctuations

Market listings appear daily in The Star with no assumed responsibility for errors. The brief notes indicate prices and items vary, urging readers to verify locally.

Star

Local Wholesale and Creamery Butter Prices Displayed

Local market listings show Brann Patent and creamery butter priced by weight in bags of 12 24 48 and 98 pounds. Prices range from 4.75 to 6.05 per bag unit across wholesale and retail lines with other feeds and meal items listed in the same market column.

Eero Ree Cesses Neve Ae Shree

Interdenominational Young People Meet in Albin

Albin group meets at Burnt Church Monday evening at 7 30. Captain M W Bott to lead study on Kings of Israel and Judah.

Albin Burnt Church M. W. Bott Israel and Judah

Pittsburgh Holds Five Minute Citywide Blackout Drill

Pittsburgh with 660 000 residents conducted a five minute blackout drill as mock aerial bombing alarms sounded. Army air corps officers reported the defense maneuver successful with downtown lights extinguished and storefronts darkened while homes stayed powered. residents lowered shades as streetcars paused and alarms wailed.

Pittsburgh Army Air Corps Basin

Mrs. Mary Davis Burned In D.C.

Funeral services were held in Washington for Mrs. Mary Ellen Bailey Davis, a Frederick County native wife of Clarence V. Davis and sister of several relatives. She died in the District on Easter Sunday morning, April 13, and was born in the Greenspring area. Final rites were conducted from a Washington funeral home and she was buried in Cedar Hill cemetery.

Washington Mary Ellen Bailey Davis Frederick County Clarence V. Davis Rose B. Adams Grimes de L. Fries Jesse Shanholtz Eprinateid Ohio John W Elizabeth M. Bailey Greenspring 14Th Street Cedar Hill Cemetery

Rev W O Talbert To Preach Sunday

The Rev. W. O. Talbert will preach at Montague Avenue Methodist Church Sunday morning at 11 oclock. He is a former Braddock Street pastor and a noted minister of the former Baltimore Conference.

W. O. Talbert Montague Avenue Methodist Church Talbert Braddock Street Methodist Church Montague Avenue Church Baltimore

Soviet says USSR stayed out of Axis pact in 1940

Pravda states the Soviet Union decided not to join the Axis last November and notes Russia’s neutrality pact with Japan was not aimed at the Japanese agreement. The article adds the pact lays a foundation for friendly relations between the two states.

Moscow Pravda Communist Party Soviet Union Russia Japan Pravada

McEntee Dies in Clarke County at 78

William McEntee a Clarke County resident died yesterday at 1 PM after a paralysis illness. He was 78 and survived by two brothers Charles and Hugh J. McEntee and sister Mrs Sadie Finley. Funeral 2 PM Monday at ata Church on Liberty Street with Rev E S Johnson officiating and Milton Valley interment.

J. William McEntee Clarke County Louise Lowery John T. McEntee Emily Randolph Clarke Charles Hugh J. McEntee Sadie Finley Ata Liberty Streets Milton Valley E.S. Johnson

Parliament Buildings Damaged by Air Raids

London reports that both the Commons and Lords have sustained damage from recent air raids. Windows of the Commons library were destroyed, a water tank smashed, and a bomb hole opened in the roof over the lobby. Parliament had prior damage from autumn bomb hits.

London Commons House of Lords Ofarya Meus of Commons

Baldwin and Ran Jr. Fined for Unlicensed Fishing in Clarke Court

Clarke Court in Berryville heard cases by Trial Justice Loring Kackley. A. A. Baldwin Jr. was fined 7.25 dollars and ordered to run for fishing with no license. Ran Jr. received a 14.25 dollar fine and required to buy a state fishing license.

Berryville Loring Kackley A. A. Baldwin Ran, Jr

53 Merchant Ships Taken From French By Nazis

In Vichy France on April 19 authorities reported that 53 French merchant ships including the liner Degrasse have been requisitioned by German forces. The total tonnage is about 240000 tons, marking the first major transport seizure since earlier reports of car requisitions in France.

Vichy France Germany

Mrs Williams 86 Dies At Home In Frederick County

Mrs Ortney T Williams widow of Wheeler Williams aged 96 died at her Mt Williams Frederick County home at 12 30 this afternoon She was born July 27 1855 in Shenandoah County Survived by four grandchildren Perry Sager Kenneth Bell Grace Sager and Mrs John Truitt Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 pm at St Johns Lutheran Church with Rev E B Smith officiating Interment in the nearby cemetery

Ortney T. Williams Wheeler Williams Mt. Williams Frederick County Shenandoah County Williams Perry A. Sager Fort Meade Kenneth Bell Grace Sager John Truitt Washington, D. C St. John’s Lutheran Church E. B. Smith

Sinking of Cruiser Reported by Nazis Near Salam Egypt

Berlin reports German claims that Stuka dive bombers sank an 8000 ton British auxiliary cruiser near Salam Egypt in the Mediterranean. The attack is said to have raised the Luftwaffe 24 hour shipping destruction total to about 58000 tons.

Berlin Mediterranean Salam Egypt

Three Drowned In Raging Waters

Floods across southwestern Missouri northeastern Oklahoma and northwestern Arkansas flood small streams disrupting travel and business. A snowstorm hit western Kansas with eight inches at Syracuse and a tornado damaged homes in Cache Oklahoma and leveled a lumber yard.

Springfield Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma Kansas Syracuse Cache Okla

Middletown Plans Clean-Up Week As Mayor Announces

Middletown Virginia mayor Fred Larrick announced a city clean-up week with trucks collecting refuse midweek. Residents should place all waste at rear alleys behind Main Street properties. He also said front yard grass mowing ordinances will be enforced.

Middletown Fred Larrick

Four Axis Ships Left Disabled

Four Axis merchant ships and an escort vessel were set afire or left sinking, eight British planes missing, as air ministry noted in a communiqué about North Sea operations.

London Air Ministry North

Park Baseball Team Meeting Set at City Hall

Prospective Park players and members are invited to a City Hall meeting on Monday evening April 21. Sandy Baker, manager, will preside as announced today by Russ Potts, the club’s business manager.

the Park City Hall Sandy” Baker Russell Potts

Checks Report Brother's Death

W Brent Brill of 119 East James street reported his brother Lohr Gogg Brill of Los Angeles presumed dead. Brill, a former sheriff of St Frederick county, last heard from in 1926, was a conductor for Electric and Pacific railway between Los Angeles and Hollywood Venice.

W. Brent Brill East James Street Lohr Gogg Brill Los

Winchester Is Well Represented In London

Winchester residents learn of British contact as Robert L. Gray III reports a postcard from London. He had lunch with Major Bryan Conrad and Colonel Hatcher, husband of Miss Rice of Winchester. The note says Winchester is well represented and all goes well.

Winchester London Robert L. Gray, III Allen Gray Robert L. Gray St. Patrick's Day Mr. Gray Bryan Conrad Col. Hatcher Miss Rice L. E. Rice

Track Team Heads to Woodstock Meet Against Massa Nutten

Handley's track teams travel to Woodstock Monday afternoon for their third meet of the season. They will face Massa Nutten Military Academy whose team is unproven this season but regarded as unusually talented in all events.

Handley Woodstock Massanutten Military Academy

Change in Boys Choir Rehearsal at Market Street Church

Andrew Babb director of the Market Street Church Boys Choir notes a rehearsal shift from Tuesday at 4 to Monday at 4. Open to boys ages 9 to 15. Prospective members may contact Mr Babb after 6 pm at 1958 R or via the church office.

Andrew Babb Market Street Church Jackson Woodstock Round Hill Mr. Babb

Nye Proposes A Call for Real Aid To Yugoslavia

Nye argues that U S pledges to Yugoslavia and other small nations are empty. He says such promises undermine U S prestige and fail to deter aggression by relying on aid the nation cannot supply.

Yugoslavia Weitheng

Labor Chief Urges Immediate Resumption of Coal Mining

Washington April 19 The Secretary of Labor Perkins urged coal operators and the United Mine Workers of America to agree to immediate resumption of mining to insure an adequate coal supply for defense and other industries. She also urged southern soft coal operators who left the Appalachian wage conference to resume negotiations with the UMWA.

Washington

Stettinius Named Production Manager and Director Roles

Stettinius serves as Production Management head and sits on the Metropolitan Life Insurance board. He previously aided Roosevelt in the Share the Work effort in 1932 and acted as liaison for the NRA in 1933 while contributing to the Social Security Advisory Committee and the U S Department of Commerce business advisory council. Born October 22, 1900 in Chicago, he attended the University of Virginia 1919–1924 and now sits on the alumni board. He is married with three children and maintains a summer home at Cage on Lodge near Orange, Virginia.

Sice Metropolitan Life Insurance Company OPM Stettinius Roosevelt 2Nd Federal Reserve District NRA Industrial Advisory Board Social Security Advisory Committee Business Advisory Council U. S. Department of Commerce University of Virginia Alumni Board of Trustees Delta Psi Fraternity Broadway New York City Chicago Edward R Judith Carrington Stettinius Edward Wallace Joe Mr. Stettinius Cage Lodge Orange

Assistant Pastor To Teach Class at Presbyterian Church

The Rev. Jonathan Edwards will teach the Men's Bible Class tomorrow at 9 45 a.m. The public is invited to attend.

Jonathan Edwards The Presbyterian Church

General Motors faces defense shift and 1942 model plan

K T Keller notes defense work delays 1943 model plans while Sloan says GM will push 1942 models through 1943. The change aims to divert up to 90 percent of tooling capacity to defense. Production of the 1942 model continues, with output rising by July, as trade sources foresee higher prices due to costs and taxes.

K. T. Keller Sloan General Motors

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Murphy’s Feed Store W. Amherst Hassocks Winchester Furniture Co South Main St Bickers N. Braddock Mary Davis D.C J. W. McEntee Edina St. Vincent Millay Edna St. Vincent Millay Metropolitan Opera Deems Taylor M. C Eng Nye Potomac By-Products Co Harpers Ferry W Va Wee Told Arts, Inc Householdé Alice Brooks Winchester Dept New York N. Y Mr. Kipling West Virginia Virginia Livestock Market Bret
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