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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1940
Page
11
Baltimore and Chicago livestock and poultry markets show mixed prices with cattle steady, hogs up to 6.90 top, calves firm, and sheep scarce. Poultry quotes list various breeds and weights with steady egg and butter figures amid national market notes from Baltimore and Philadelphia.
New York early trading shows rails up but cautious. steel and other categories swing between gains and losses. Pound weakens on London war budget figures. Selected stock quotes include Kennecott 365, Packard 33 1 3, Penney 94, U S Steel 61, Woolworth 40 3, Sears 86. Local wholesale and retail grain and feed prices listed with multiple bag sizes and dairy and animal feed items.
Prices listed for steer heifer cow and hog categories at Va Livestock Market on N Kent St. Steers top 8.65 choice heifers 8.40, fat cows 6.25, bulls butcher 7.50, veal calves top 11.45. Fresh cows 40 to 82, lambs 13 to 6, hogs top 6.55, pigs 1.70 to 3.00, sows 3.90 to 4.75, stocker steers 32.00 to 61.50 per head.
Chungking dispatches report Kaifeng in He nan Province was wrested from Japanese control, marking the first provincial capital to revert to Chinese hands since the 1937 war began, though military circles in Chungking say there is no confirmation.
Performances of The Man Who Came To Dinner were cancelled in San Francisco after star Alexander Woollcott suffered a heart attack. The 53 year old satirist who played an Invalid and lectured in the play was under a physician’s care.
Chicago and Baltimore grain quotes dated April 24 list futures and cash prices for wheat corn oats and barley. Notable figures include No 1 hard wheat 1.14 No 2 1.12 in Chicago and No 2 red winter wheat 1.1644 in Baltimore with corn around 67 to 77 cents.
Earl Johnson a 24 year old ex convict held in Berryville Virginia on charges of driving with improper tags and under investigation for a spate of county wide chicken thefts. He was arrested at a Fairfax county filling station after chickens were found in his car and is linked to prior jail escapes and a 1937 prison sentence.
Chairman Gillette announced the Senate Campaign Investigating Committee will probe Nebraska presidential primary expenditures and West Virginia election machinery. He noted the Nebraska inquiry targets presidential campaigns while West Virginia concerns suspect control of voting processes in Charleston's county areas.
Reading Pennsylvania April 24 Gene Venzke once listed among the nation s great milers failed in his first political bid He placed third in a field of six for the Democratic nomination to the State Legislature as returns from yesterday s primary came in The race drew attention due to Venzke a former University of Pennsylvania standout and his ties to track legends Chuck Fenske and Glenn Cunningham.
The Middletown Grange will host Fellowship Night on Friday at 8 oclock. The event is open to the public and unaffiliated members. Dr J L Maxton of V P I will be the principal speaker with Mrs D N Gruver in charge. Home Economics committee will serve refreshments.
Reports describe W L Mackenzie King’s spring visit to the United States as routine, with President Roosevelt insisting no policy matters or American Canadian disagreements were discussed. Reporters sensed tension over western hemisphere issues but found no clear confirmation of deeper aims.
Fred M. Howe testified before the Dies Committee that CIO leaders of the American Communications Association are Communists planning to aid a wartime con system. He identified Stano as a Communist in the Sea Cloud yacht’s radio room, owned by Joseph E. Davies, former ambassador to Belgium and Russia. Davies, now Hull secretary aide, says Stano has been Sea Cloud’s chief wireless operator since 1934.
Kiwanis Club members paid tribute to Clarke M. Smith at today’s luncheon. They announced plans to attend his funeral tomorrow at Grace Lutheran Church with a reserved section for Kiwanians. Several dignitaries and guests spoke or attended, including A C Stickley I Arlington Lieutenant Governor and festival officials from Shenandoah Apple Blossom, plus two new members Norman Ochs and Dr R F Cline.
The Ohio river was expected to crest today in Cincinnati leaving a mile of muddy wash along its course. Flash floods in tributaries caused most damage with water levels rising quickly and washing out roads and fields.
Earth shocks were felt early this morning at Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach on the Pacific coast and at Hawthorne inland toward Los Angeles. No damage was reported. Shocks at Redondo Beach lasted from 15 to 30 seconds.
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