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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1943
Page
2
Kirby Drummond faced a peace bond set at 1000 dollars by Trial Justice W Erle Edwards after a Saturday hearing. Drummond had threatened Miles Greathouse and the case was reported Saturday with a verdict not included in the story.
Cases heard today in the Trial Court of Frederick county included W E Edwards charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants sixo plea of guilty with 30 days suspended and $100 costs. Harry Walther reckless driving with $10 costs. Tom Elliott drunk in public with $5 costs. Donald Elliott reckless driving guilty plea with $25 costs. William Alexander Carlyle speeding guilty plea with $5 costs. The corn is now used in manufacturing cloth for soldiers uniforms.
Market items from Baltimore and Chicago outline steady to varied prices for apples and other produce, plus detailed livestock quotations. Cattle, hogs, sheep, and calves show mixed movements with top lot prices noted across regions in August trading.
The Evening Star Daily highlights local athletic teams and community sports, presenting game recaps, player profiles, and upcoming schedules that showcase area talent and fan engagement. Community clubs and schools are profiled with results and headline moments.
A rally of modest limits brightened sections of today's trading after last week's decline. Buyers returned after a dip, with industrial leaders up fractions by the fourth hour. Leaders included General Motors Goodyear International Nickel Phelps Dodge San Fe and Great Northern. Backward issues included American Telephone U S Gypsum Standard Oil NJ and Texas Company. In curb trading Cities Service Creole Petroleum and St Regis Paper rose while Aluminum of America American Cyanamid and Sunray Oil fell.
The Star offers local market listings with daily accuracy but disclaims responsibility for any typographical errors that may occur in the publication.
Market listings show varied prices for flour and feed products, live poultry and fowl, dairy items, and livestock. Prices for broilers, leghorn fowls, ducks, cows, steers, heifers, bulls, calves, hogs, and butterfat are reported alongside unit sizes and packaging terms from Brunscon area suppliers.
Baltimore August 2 Wheat No 2 red winter at 1.62 per bushel. Corn at 1.16 per bushel. Prices based on mill delivery.
Public guidance outlines rationing stamp usage across food and fuel categories. It details validity dates for meat cheese and processed foods, sugar, shoes, gas and fuel oil coupons, with regional differences and unit values for the new season.
Allied forces continue advances in Sicily with Montgomery probing lines as Casablanca promises drive into Sicily. Air attacks hit Naples Capodichino Milazzo Adrano Randazzo targets while eight Axis planes fall and an oil dump explodes.
Allied headquarters say five enemy planes were shot down over Sicily and eight over Italy with one Allied plane lost. Navy bombardments targeted Vibo Valentia Marina, a Liva river bridge, and the Croton harbor as shore fire proved largely ineffective. American naval gunfire backs the Seventh Army drive along the Sicilian north coast and PT boats press ongoing operations.
The Young Adults' Class of Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church will hold its regular meeting tomorrow evening in picnic style at Russell Joyce's residence on Miller Street. Members will meet at the church at 6:30 and then hike to the picnic site for supper.
German air raids push Berlin to issue detailed shelter and water instructions while Hamburg is described as virtually deserted. Reports say up to 1,000,000 residents were ordered to flee and St Pauli harbor area area wrecked. fires rage as water mains fail.
At the Bethlehem Sparrows Point shipyard in Baltimore 80 percent of workers were on the job after a series of walkouts triggered by admitting Black trainees. Police and state officers patrolled as unions and company reached a seniority based agreement. The yard reopened amid ongoing racial dispute and school admissions affecting riveters.
Chicago grain quotations show steady values at the open with no news to push trends. Wheat Sept. 1.44 3/8 to 1/4. oats Sept 70 1/8. Dec 70 1/8. June 1.01 1/2. Dec 1.03 1/2 to 7/8. May 1.07 1/2. Prices reflect calm early activity and lack of strong events.
Governor Darden announced he will meet with the State Hospital Board when it reconvenes at 10 o clock to discuss charges that inmates at the Eastern State Hospital face unsanitary conditions and rough treatment. He will not stay for the entire hearing, citing other matters to discuss with the board as testimony continues with attendants’ statements and hospital authorities’ defense to follow.
Petersburg Va August 2 The special grand jury summoned by Judge R T Wilson has indicted Silas Rogers 21 negro with murder in the slaying of patrolman R B Hatchell. Trial date expected to be set tomorrow. Hatchell was killed after pursuing a felon in a stolen Raleigh North Carolina car. Two soldiers who hitchhiked into Petersburg in the car are expected as chief witnesses.
High View West Virginia reports Mr. and Mrs. J E Hart of Washington DC returned home after vacation with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Koenig Sr. Other visitors included Mrs. Fairfax Emmons and children Sasfle Emmons Byron Emmons. Mr. James Orndorff. Mr. and Mrs. Harvard Cline and son. Mrs. Hattie White. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey White and children. T E Owens of Washington spent the weekend with family and will visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Willis and Mrs. Robert Conner and Roberta Ann of Baltimore were visitors Monday evening. A note recalls the first U S Army glider use in combat during the invasion of Sicily.
Studebaker dealers announce a free 48 page booklet Care and Maintenance of the Farm Truck in War Time prepared with factory experts and practical truck operators. While supplies last, copies are available to farm truck owners in the area. Also offered at no charge are a War Necessity holders code sheet and Studebaker booklet on government truck regulations.
Mrs Adams sustained injuries including a possible fracture to her left arm and facial injuries after a fall yesterday. She was hospitalized and reported this morning to be in fairly good condition and resting.
Raymond Bayliss of Winchester aged 46 faced charges of drunkenness and disorderly conduct with assault, fined $5 plus costs and 60 days to serve 10 days in jail. larceny charge with days and costs suspended.
Answers to the Daily Quiz are listed for page three and include references to the Roman Catholic Church and prominent names. The fragment mentions True New York Times, Walt, and Beveridge, with several illegible items.
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