Market report from Baltimore Philadelphia and Chicago markets
Baltimore April 30 markets report livestock prices for cattle calves hogs and sheep with sources from USDA figures. Philadelphia live poultry prices and dressed poultry unchanged. Chicago hogs cattle calves and sheep prices and cash grain quotes listed with futures and spot values.
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Baltimore
U. S
Philadelphia
Baltimore Livestock
USDA
Chicago Livestock Chicago
U. S. Dept. Agri
Ohio
Local Wholesale Market Prices Open to Public
Local wholesale market list displays prices for patent and cracked corn feed, meals, oats, dairy and mixed feeds, and poultry products. Items include 98 lb bags at 7.20, 48 lb bags, 24 lb bags, and 12 lb bags with varying per-bag rates, plus price notes for corn meal, screenings, middlings, and butter.
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Sade Tao
Ceaidn
Cence O
Skb
Snc
Ea Abel
Stock Market Opens With Rally Then Slows On April Market
New York April 30 stocks show a lively early rally with gains of fractions to over 4 points led by steel and rails. Buying wanes around noon with fewer large advances, while foreign markets improve. Closing list includes Allied Chemical 230 and U S Steel 101 ¼ among many named issues.
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New York
London
Paris
Allied Chemical
Am. Tel
Tel
Anaconda
Baltimore and Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Consol
Edison
Corn Products
Gen. Electric
Gen. Motors
Goodyear
Int. Harvester
Johns Manville
Kennecott
Montgomery Ward
N. Y. Central
Penn Railroad
Southern Railway
Stand. Oil of N. J
Texas Corp
Union Pacific
U. S&s. Steel
Woolworth
Caro Chem
Caro Pidt
Wheat and Grain Quotations Rise on Kansas Crop Concerns
Chicago April 30 reports show late day wheat prices hitting a 3 12 cent bushel high as futures edge up. News of weakening Kansas wheat crop prospects over the next two weeks threatens further losses, with officials noting a rapid deterioration since a fortnight ago.
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Chicago
Kansas
Winchester Fireworks Display Planned With Shell Union Aid
Director-General Fred A. Read announced Shell Union Oil will co operate with the Handley high school festival for a major fireworks show at the school grounds next Friday and Saturday. Shell funds amount to 200 dollars, split between the festival display and the company’s own display.
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Fred A. Read
Shell Union Oil Corporation
Winchester
Handley High School
Shell Organization
She!! Company
R. E. Cutter
Buncutter Tire Company
Read
Whitlow Claim Lord Has Spoken In Chattanooga Dispatch
A special dispatch from Stopping Oak to the Chattanooga News reports a mountain man named Jackson Whitlow, 45, saying the Lord told him to fast. He began a 52 day religious fast 52 days ago and reportedly advised taking wine for stomach aches.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Chattanooga News
Oak
Jackson Whitlow
Heck Elderberry
Fountain Repaired For Apple Blossom Festival At City Hall
The Miller Memorial Fountain on the northeast corner of City Hall grounds has been repaired and will be usable during the Apple Blossom Festival. City Manager Field announced that the fountain, which froze years ago and had been out of service, is now operating again for thirsty visitors.
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Miller
City Hall
City Manager Field
Dog Survives Narrow Trestle Encounter in Auburn
A dog of unknown breed crossed a railway switch engine on a trestle too narrow for both. The engineer halted the train and backed away as the dog carefully trod the ties to safety unharmed.
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Auburn
N. Y
Moffett Clogs Engine on Roosevelt Gulf Fishing Trip
The destroyer Moffett carrying President Roosevelt to the gulf coast developed a clogged oil line near Pilottown at the mouth of the Mississippi. The issue was fixed and the ship resumed course toward the Potomac to transfer the President. Roosevelt, with his son Elliott, headed toward the gulf in pursuit of tarpon fishing while Col. Watson bet he would reel in the first catch.
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Moffett
Roosevelt
Mississippi River
Pilottown
Elliott
Mississippi
Gulf
A. H. Addons
Women's Clubs Vote Oppose Roosevelt Judiciary Plan
Tulsa April 30. Mrs Roberta Campbell Lawson president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs reports a poll of 451000 clubwomen in 1581 clubs across the United States shows six to one against President Roosevelt’s judiciary program with 1476 in favor and over 44000 opposed.
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Tulsa
Okla
Roberta Campbell Lawson
Nee Ae Council
Roosevelt
Suspension of Water Main Work Linked to Apple Blossom Festival
Construction on the water main is suspended until after the Apple Blossom Festival. The project aims to ease supply to Y product plants and reconnects a main from the Cumberland Valley cut-off to Loudoun Street after the festival.
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Cumberland Valley
Loudoun Street
Government to call Parker and co-defendants as witnesses
Newark April 30 government disclosed its plan to call Ellis H. Parker and four co-defendants, along with several high state officials, as witnesses in the Wendell kidnapping conspiracy trial arising from the Lindbergh case.
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Newark
N. J
Ellis H. Parker
Pact Ratified Ends Firestone Strike in Akron
Union employees of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company overwhelmingly ratified today an agreement ending an eight week strike that had kept 10,000 factory workers idle in Akron Ohio.
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Akron, O
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Logan Heads Alumni Roanoke College Chapter
Roanoke College alumni met in Woodstock to organize a local Alumni Association chapter. Dr. Charles J. Smith and Miller Ritchie led the meeting with William Logan elected president. Officers include Millard Bushong first VP Lynn Lucas second VP Ralph Lutz secretary and E E Keister treasurer. Notables from Winchester and nearby towns attended.
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Roanoke College
Woodstock
Charles J. Smith
Miller Ritchie
Mene William Logan
Wood Stock
Millard Bushong
Charles Town
W. Va
Lynn Lucas
Luray
Ralph Lutz
New Market
E. E. Keister
Strasburg
Winchester
C. Worthington Lowe
Grace Lutheran Church
Sarah Margaret Lupton
Joseph T. Fry
L. B. Williamson
John Lee
Wardens-ville
A. B. Link
Millard K. Bushong
Leigh Bushong
Shepherdstown
John H. Fray
Festival lights to adorn city for Apple Blossom Festival
City Manager Arthur M. Field announced that special lights will be installed in the business section on Monday. The lights, identical to Christmas decorations, will decorate the city for the Apple Blossom Festival.
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Arthur M. Field
Cumberland grocer dies of heart attack at work
Standard A. Gurley, 59, collapsed and died from a heart attack while working in a Cumberland grocery store. He had been ill with a cold prior to the incident.
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Cumberland
Standard
A. Gurley
Jamestown Market Misses Coronation Room Promise
At Jamestown New York the coronation room advertised at the semi annual furniture market failed to meet expectations as a placard explains the upholsterer abdicated. the sponsoring company notes the room did not materialize as planned.
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Jamestown, N. Y
Jamestown
First Battleship Sunk By An Airplane
Naval officers said the sinking of the Spanish battleship Espana by government airmen marked the first known instance of a battleship destroyed by airplanes. They noted the ship was 24 years old and about half the size of modern dreadnoughts.
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Washington
Espana
United States
Emblem Awards Honor Ten Years Service In Virginia
Miss Virginia Kremer of the Winchester office of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company receives a two star emblem for ten years of service. In April Virginia, 17 employees earned service emblems with a total 280 years combined. Two sapphire emblems signify 30 years, two ruby emblems 25 years, four four star emblems 20 years, and nine two ri emblems 10 years.
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Virginia Kremer
Winchester
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
L. J. McElligott
Virginia
Welfare Bureau Seeks Cat or Bed for Elderly Relief Applicant
Local Welfare Bureau requests a cat or an old single bed for an elderly man who has applied for relief. Anyone able to help should meet the bureau or call the provided contact.
Derby Visit by Garner to Derby Senator Guffey
To See Derby Senator Joseph F. Guffey of Pennsylvania will host Vice President Garner and a group of Senators and friends at the Kentucky Derby in Louisville May 8.
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Washington
Joseph F. Guffey
Pennsylvania
Garner
Louisville
Flagpole Reconditioned for Apple Blossom Festival
Under Lewis Pearson supervision the city hall flagpole has been reconditioned and is ready to serve during the Apple Blossom Festival. The city’s official flag will be unfurled again.
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Lewis Pearson
Conduit Work Nearly Finished for Chesapeake and Potomac
It was learned today that practically all work on the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company's conduit has been completed. Before the festival the paving dug up for the project will be restored.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
London Busmen Vote For Strike
London busmen voted to strike at midnight after union delegates directed 145000 workers to quit. The walkout threatens to paralyze the city’s main transport system on Coronation Day May 12.
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London
Auto Inspection Opens Tomorrow
Tomorrow marks the start of the semi annual automobile inspection with all car owners required to have their vehicles approved by an authorized station before month end or face a summons.
Safety Awards Meeting Promotes First Aid and Caution
The assembly praised six years of safety work and urged foremen and workers to enroll in upcoming first aid courses led by Dr. Fenton of the National Red Cross. The program featured the ABC of Always Be Careful and drew praise from R. L. Hunter the plant manager. A committee of organizers and a safety committee were named, with members including W. L. Fordyce and W. O. Grove.
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Fenton
National Red Cross
ABC
ABC of Main
R. L. Hunter
Frank Morris
Boston
John Skendall
W. L. Fordyce
A. Z. Hunter
R. B. Grove
W. O
Trial For Denhardt Defense Uses Forensic Claims
Commonwealth's Attorney H B Kinsolving signaled calling Woolfolk to counter Major Seth Wiard a former FBI expert testified that Denhardt's army pistol was close to the woman's body when the fatal shot occurred His tests aimed to support a death by self action theory Parffin tests using hog flesh were shown by the commonwealth to illustrate fired shots while Wiard testified.
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Commonwealth
H. B. Kinsolving
Fragmentary report on a county firearms case
A damaged OCR passage notes a defense brought before eleven farmers amid a gunfire incident. It references a county official, a person named Denhardt, and tests related to a November night, with unclear outcomes and scattered details.
Post Office Sets 2 P.M. Mail Drop For Special Pouch
The Winchester post office announces daily service by a special pouch at 2 o'clock each afternoon except Sundays. The pouch carries air mail registered mail and other first class mail, with cooperation from Baltimore and Ohio general manager Van Horn to protect local business interests through faster handling.
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Page
van Horn
Baltimore and Ohio
Winchester
Apple Contest Promises Benefits to Worcester Festival
Clarke T Cooper chair of the radio committee says the contest conducted through WRC by Mr Hittenmark will benefit Worcester and the apple industry. The prize is a basket of Virginia apples for the best answer to an apple a day keeps the doctor away question. Hittenmark’s program airs daily 6 to 9 a.m. with festival news flashes and upcoming features in stations' programs.
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Clarke T. Cooper
Winchester
WRC
Hittenmark
Virginia
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Westminster Abbey
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