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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1938
Page
7
The record lists present and past rainfall data including 24 hour and 8 am totals. Year to date precipitation is 16.60 inches with 21 inches for today’s 24 hour period. It also provides 25 year average monthly rainfall and the overall annual rainfall of 35.36 inches.
Default on a 1938 deed of trust by J L Spillman and wife prompts a public auction at the Frederick County Courthouse in Winchester. The sale includes two Opequon Terrace lots with a five room bungalow, Lot 25 and 34, about one mile south of the city. Terms require one-third down with the balance in two notes over one and two years at six percent interest, with a homestead exemption waiver and the deed of trust securing the property.
Public auction in Winchester Virginia offers 107 acres with apple orchard and peach interplanting. Improvements include a six room bungalow, barn, packing shed, two inch line, electric lights, and a 2000 gallon tank. Auction on a Saturday with one third cash and balance in two years subject to court confirmation.
Baltimore and Philadelphia markets report mixed prices for produce and poultry, with live poultry and eggs steady, cattle and hogs uneven as temperatures influenced demand. Chicago prices slipped across most cattle categories, while sheep and lamb markets showed slower trade but steady top values for select lots.
Cattle supply was limited with steer top $8.50 and no choice. Koy Plain light kinds down to fat heifers top $8.10 on choice. Bulk fat heifers $7.50. Plain cows $3.50 to $4.50. Bulls top $6.85. Sausage bulls $6.00 to $6.50. Veal calves top $10.25 and bulk vealers $9.25 to $9.75. Plain
Local market listing with wholesale flour prices per barrel and bag sizes, corn meal, mixed feeds, livestock prices for guineas leghorn ducks cattle hogs lambs and related dairy and poultry products. Includes butter prices and assorted farm goods for regional buyers.
The stock market cooled after an early spurt with prices moving in a narrow range and turnover around 850000 shares. Early rally gains faded, selling eased, and near the close, most issues were mixed to about unchanged with a list of closing quotations including Al. Chem 182 and Am. Can 99.
A list of stock quotes showing closing values and fractions for companies including Bethlehem CorD, Genl Electric, Goodyear, U S Steel, Union Pac, and Woolworth. Also noted are Kennecott, Packard, Penney, Republic Steel, Southern R R, and Western Union with their respective share figures.
Wheat and other grain futures in Chicago rose briefly on talk of Russo Japanese hostilities spreading but gains faded as traders priced in large European harvest. Closing quotes show Sept wheat at 67 3 8 to 1 2 and Dec at 69 to 69 1 8, with corn oats soybeans and lard futures also listed. Cash grain prices in Chicago show No 3 red wheat 69 1 2 and No 1 hard 172, while Baltimore reported spot wheat at 67 3 4 and corn 67 70 over 70 cents.
Spanish insurgents reported that fierce air bombing by hundreds of warplanes halted the government Ebro river offensive in Catalonia. Government lines admitted some insurgent air superiority but claimed planes minimized the impact. Front-line troops were redeployed as insurgents tried to cut pontoon bridges and isolate government forces near Gandesa, while Franco's forces moved to counter the left-flank breach at Pobla de Mazaluca.
Miss Dellinger, granddaughter of Confederate veteran G. W. Dellinger, chosen by the Lions Club to represent Winchester as Handley High princess for the Tomato Festival. She is a former Handley queen of the Apple Blossom float and a drawn artist with a post graduate course at Handley.
Vatican announces decree granting beatification for Frances Xavier Cabrini the Italian nun who built missions in New York Chicago Newark Denver Los Angeles Scranton New Orleans Seattle and Latin America. The ceremony may occur November 13 at St Peter's with papal attendance after miracles cited in Seattle and New York.
William E. Dodd Jr. concedes defeat in the Virginia Democratic primary to Representative Smith and vows in a radio address that liberalism will march again, aiming to win in 1940. He praises his small band of followers and says the party must reorganize for the future. Hamilton also concedes the nomination to Colgate W. Darden Jr. after heavy vote shifts in the Second Virginia district.
Public figure Hamilton Darden of the Isle of Wight district extends heartfelt gratitude to friends and supporters in Portsmouth and Norfolk County for their loyal backing. The document lists vote tallies for several districts including Nansemond Norfolk City and County Portsmouth and Southampton with various numbers.
Report notes Moscow and Tokyo claim Changkufeng amid frontier fighting. Soviet fortification on July 11 prompts Japanese protest as observers see a potential face saving path through arbitration, despite warnings of force from Japan.
A periodical discusses why Japan would not seek a war with the United States while being deeply engaged in China. It offers two theories for the Changkufeng incident, suggesting insubordinate generals or Tokyo seeking prestige without full war. A Russian account accuses Japan of attacking, while denying Soviet bombings of Korea or Manchoukuo.
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