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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 25, 1940

Page

2

John A C Clark Died At Grove Virginia

John A C Clark lifelong resident of Grove Virginia died at home at 6 30 this morning after a three year illness He was 74 years old born July 11 1865 He leaves a son Arthur Cedar Grove a granddaughter Josephine Clark and a sister Lizzie Emmett Funeral at Little Mountain Methodist Church Sunday at 10 with Rev Chester Smith the interment at Mount Hebron Cemetery Omps Funeral Home Winchester in charge until Sunday morning

Frederick County Arthur Clark Cedar Grove Josephine Clark Lizzie Emmett Gainesboro Hugh Clark Winchester Little Mountain Methodist Church Clark Chester Smith Mount Hebron Cemetery Omps Funeral Home

Traffic Court Fines Speeding at East Pall Mall Street

E Warren Fletcher of 119 East Pall Mall street and Emily B Cochran of Boyce Virginia were fined $10.25 each for speeding offenses.

E. Warren Fletcher East Pall.Mall Street Emily B. Cochran Boyce

Taussig Warns of Inevitable War With Japan

Rear Admiral Joseph K. Taussig testified before the Senate Naval Affairs Committee in Washington that war between the United States and Japan is inevitable. He said Japan aims to seize the Philippines as part of a world conquest plan.

Senate Naval Affairs Committee Washington Joseph K. Taussig U. S Japan Philippines

Baltimore Livestock and Produce Market Quotations

Baltimore and Philadelphia samples show unchanged produce. poultry receipts moderate with firm chickens and steady fowl. Cattle and hogs mixed shifts, Bulls weak, steers 8.65-10.50, hogs 5.85-6.90, vealers 7.00-12.00, lambs 13.00-15. Dated April 25 with multiple markets including Chicago and Philadelphia listings.

Baltimore Baltimore Butter and Egg Exchange E&gs Baltimore Livestock U. S Chicago

Local Markets Report for the Star’s Daily Update

Markets digest notes daily fluctuations with emphasis on equities and commodities. The Star cautions readers about potential typographical errors in the market listing and urges independent verification.

Prices for various farm and live stock products catalogued

The list records unit prices per bushel or per bag for farm goods and livestock including patent brand bags, middling corn meal, horse and dairy feeds, oats, bran, various poultry and fowl, cattle, hogs, lambs, and butter. Units range from bags to per hundredweight with typical ranges noted.

Chong” le Ons of Dee'ee Ohteneannte Bea

Local Retail Market Prices for Feed and Butter

Lists price per bag and per hundredweight for grain feeds including flour, corn meal, mixed feeds, dairy feeds, starter and grower blends, scratch feed, egg mash, chick starter and grower, turkey grower, and butter. Includes 12 and 24 and 48 and 98 pound bag sizes with per bbl pricing and miscellaneous entries.

Lucky Bluebirds Stitch Linen Pattern 6695

Advertisement touts a linen decoration pattern featuring bluebirds and flowers. It lists transfer motifs sizes 5% by 13 inches to 1% by 3 inches, includes stitch illustrations and materials. To obtain pattern, send ten cents to Winchester Evening Star Household Arts Dept in New York with name address and pattern number.

Winchester Evening Star Household Arts Dept W. 14Th Street New York N. Y

Market Mixed as Steel Slumps Dampen Rally

New York April 25 A tentative stock market rally faded with only light early gains. Stocks such as Anaconda Bethlehem Chrysler General Electric and General Motors showed modest moves amid doubts on tariff-driven demand and mixed earnings outlook. Reports of allied reverses in Norway cooled sentiment while Sterling firmed briefly near par.

New York Rens Carnegie-Illinois Norway al Chem Am Can At&t Anaconda Bethlehem Chrysler Can Edison Corn Prod Genl Elec Genl Motors Goodyear Int Har J Manville Kenecott M Ward Natl Dairy

Stock Figures from New York and Rail Firms

The transcript lists numerous securities with prices and fractions, including Packard, Pen R R, Republic Steel, Sears Roebuck, Southern R, Union Pac, U S Steel, Western Union, Woolworth and others. Also shows NJ and TX company figures with slight variations in fractions.

NYC Packard Peney (Jc Pen R R Republic Steel Sears Roebuck Southern R Texas Corp Union Pac U 8 Steel Va-Car Pid Western Union Woolworth

More Canadians Land In England

Arrival at a northwest port of a further contingent of Canadians and the first military group from Newfoundland announced today. The Newfoundlanders wore civilian clothes and tossed hats into the water as their ship docked. the Canadians were in uniform.

London Newfoundland

Virginia Robinson Dies in Night at Stephens City

Virginia Louise Robinson a 35 year old colored resident of Stephens City died at 1 10 o clock at her mother's home after years of ill health Funeral services are set for Saturday at 3 pm at the colored Methodist Church in Stephens City with burial to follow She is survived by her mother Bessie Minafield stepfather Sol Minafield sister Alice Minafield and brothers Frank and Henry Minafield

Virginia Louise Robinson Stephens City Colored Methodist Church Bessie Minafield Sol Minafield Alice Minafield Eee Frank Henry Minaeld

Answers to Today’s Quiz Summary

Answers to test questions printed on page 4 include William Henry Harrison Gouvernor Morris Alfred B Nobel Absent without leave Harold Ickes James A Farley Henry A Wallace Frances Perkins Cordell Hull Births Woodrow Wilson

William Henry Harrison Gouvernor Morris Alfred B. Nobel Ocmuomuce Harold Ickes Interior James A. Farley Henry A. Wallace Agriculture Frances Perkins Lanee Cordell Hull

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