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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Aug 02, 1938

Page

9

Classified ads rent two furnished rooms on Loudoun Street

Two furnished light housekeeping rooms available at 54 S Loudoun St phone 840 M. Also rooms for rent at 303 Fairmount. Contact for details.

Loudoun St

Livestock Prices Hover as Markets Tumble Across Cities

Chicago records a draggy cattle run with steers down and hogs sharply weaker. Prices for beef, calves, and lambs fall, while sheep trade remains uneven. Baltimore and Philadelphia show modest shifts in cattle, hogs, and poultry with mixed regional results.

Paul Chicago Livestock Chicago U. S. Dept Texas Baltimore Livestock Baltimore Philadelphia

Local Markets and Grain Prices Highlight Daily Listings

The Star reports local wholesale market quotes for flour and corn products. Prices cover short patent flour in various bag sizes, patent orange variants, shelled corn, cracked corn, corn meal, horse feed, oats, and live poultry, with per bushel and per sack figures and unit prices.

Kratia Sree Usta Idavsesan

Stocks gain modestly amid mixed trading on New York market

The New York stock market edged higher with fractional gains as steel and motor shares led a cautious rally. Total volume hovered around 800,000 shares amid mild profit taking, while bonds and foreign securities stayed quiet and some traders eyed a potential base for a wider advance.

New York A. T Anaconda Bethlehem Corn Genl Elec Genl. Motors Goodyear Int. Har J. Manville Kennecott M. Ward Packard Penney (Jc Penn. R. R Republic Steel Southern R Texas Corp Union Pec U. S. Steel Va.Car. Chem Va.-Car. Pfd Western Union Woolworth

Wheat and grain quotations edge up then erase gains

In Chicago on August 2 the wheat market rose briefly by a cent per bushel on news of Russo Japanese hostilities but later gave back the gain as buying slowed and quotations fell. Prices for wheat and corn and December rye fell to fresh season lows.

Chicago

Grain price table from Chicago and Baltimore markets

Chicago cash grain quotes list No. 1 hard wheat at 71 1 2 to 1 2 cents, No. 1 yellow hard 69 3 4 to 70, corn No. 1 yellow 57 to 57 1 4, oats No. 1 mixed 24 to 25 1 2, soybeans and barley also noted. Baltimore wheat No. 2 red winter 63 3 4, corn 70 cents per bushel, with quotations based on mill deliveries.

Say Lard Phi Bellies Port Chicago Cash Grain Chicago Baltimore Grain Baltimore Winchester

Militia Presses Toward Teruel

Two columns of Spanish government militiamen reported at the frontier that they were pressing toward Teruel the capital of Teruel province. General Jose Miaja aims to retake the city in a coordinated push with the Catalan offensive against Gandesa to exploit insurgent manpower reductions.

Hendaye France Teruel Jose Miaja Gandesa

Picket line clash ends with plant reopening in Monroe

Witnesses described a violent confrontation as 150 pickets faced vigilantes armed with clubs. Police used tear gas as the road to the Newton plant was cleared and the Monroe plant resumed operations after the melee. Union organizers alleged orders from Governor Murphy to avoid blocking the line.

Earl Crawford Murphy Michigan Chief Fisher Ivor B. Powell Steel Workers Association Newton Leonides McDonald Detroit Monroe E. S. Bowerfind Hill and Knowlton Republic Publicity

New War Secretary Upsets Aristocracy With Army Reforms

A provocative note from Britain notes War Secretary Hore-Belisha will ease barriers for lower class youths to gain commissions and attend military academies at state expense. It highlights traditional noble officer ranks and argues pay increases aim to reduce class inequality among officers.

New Britain Leslie Hore-Belisha England Shakespeare His Majesty's Army Hore-Belisha Oxford Duke of Wellington Waterloo Eton

Judgment in case over racing mare contracts and training

The trial recounts a disputed agreement for a filly to race and be trained, the so called gentle men s agreement, and the costs of registration papers. Witnesses say Hummer declined to sign the contract while an arrangement allowed testing the mare and sharing winnings with expenses borne by Hummer.

Hummer Lowe Jockey Club of New York Board

Witness Questions Horse Business Claim In Court

Cross examination reveals the witness denies being in the horse business and admits limited knowledge of horses. Defense witnesses include Deputy Sheriff Guy Beckner detailing steps to recover a horse and records showing about 140 spent on payments and club registration. Miss Sarah Margaret Lupton testifies about Lowe and Hummer agreeing in the open study with Marshall Snapp present.

Benham Lowe Mr. Benham Guy Beckner Hagerstown Washington County Pockey Club Sarah Margaret Lupton E. J. Snapp Marshall Snapp Mr. Hummer

Tobacco Growers Laud Senator Byrd at Dark Fired Meeting

At a July 23 gathering of the Dark Fired Tobacco Growers Marketing Association in Dinwiddie Brunswick counties Virginia the group adopted a resolution praising Senator Flood Byrd for his farm policy work and crediting him with advancing export markets and tobacco by products.

Dark- Tobacco Growers Marketing Sociation For Dinwiddie Brunswick Counties Kenney Virginia Flood Byrd United States Senate Byrd Sams

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