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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1937
Page
6
Market notices from Baltimore and Chicago list cattle hogs sheep and calves with price ranges in pounds and tons. Also shown are poultry and feed staples with unit prices and standard lots. Multiple U.S. Department of Agriculture reports reflect brisk activity and varied quality in the early August trading.
Local market list shows flour prices by bag size and per barrel, various feed mixes such as egg mash scratch feed corn meal feed and dairy feeds with percentages, plus poultry and game birds prices including broilers and guineas. The chaotic OCR includes multiple misprints but preserves item names and price ranges.
United States grain markets rose on August 5 as wheat and corn led gains amid Liverpool market strength and firmer importer demand. Short covering and stop orders boosted prices with Sept wheat near 1.15 5-8 to 7-8 and Sept corn around 99 5-8 to 3-4 while lard and hog prices also supported the session. Cash bids in Chicago showed No 2 red wheat at 1.19 and No 3 yellow corn at 1.10 to 1.14 reflecting ongoing demand.
Miss Pifer, a nurse, neared return to Strasburg Virginia after recovery in St. Louis. Hospital officials in New Mexico and St. Louis disputed reports of discharge and possible amnesia while friends in Virginia questioned those claims. Her brother and twin sister planned to accompany her home.
New York stock activity shows little pep with most prices shuffled near mid session. Sterling and the French franc slipped. selected closes include Allied Chemical 235, Am. Can 110 3 4, Gen. Electric 56 1 2, U S Steel 117 7 8, Montgomery Ward 63 1 4, Union Pacific 125, Woolworth 48 5 8.
Read's Chain Drug Stores baseball team, National City League champions, will play the Park here Sunday. The club, linked with Washington D C based outfits, is regarded as one of the best in years. Business manager Russell Potts said negotiations for a Front Royal series are underway and Staunton may lend players for the Park games.
Regan and Miss Nelson describe a secret plan to take the infant from the Horsts after learning of the boy’s care. Mrs Horst denied a ransom demand while prosecutors reveal the birth details and a fake birth certificate naming the Horsts as parents.
Tiffany Thayer presents a crime drama about Akim Tamiroff and a crooked slot machine racket in a big city. He uses influence and violence to gain control while Lloyd Nolan makes a dramatic screen debut as a leading man.
Mr. H. B. Redd arrives to organize a V. P. S. alumni chapter. A meeting at the George Washington Hotel begins at 8 p.m. All alumni urged to attend. After business, campus scenes and fast ball game clips from Tech will be shown.
Aboard Coast Guard cutter off Newport R I August 5 Ranger led a record ten mile windward leg and then the 30 mile triangular course to finish about half a mile ahead of Endeavour II British challenger. Harold S Vanderbilt's Ranger earned her fourth and deciding victory in defense of the America's Cup.
Allen notes continued domestic water contamination despite chlorination. Excessive rainfall in summer and spring blamed for tainted supply as officials take precautionary steps.
The Cannons of 424 Third Street N W Washington faced ambulance expenses of ten dollars a week. They diverted feeding money for the family including four other children to cover costs and borrowed more to reach the amount.
Reports say Japanese forces push south from Peiping and Tientsin toward Central China while Chinese leaders gather in Nanking for emergency talks. Conflicting unofficial notes suggest peace terms or a punitive expedition against Japan. Japanese casualties are being estimated.
The fighting toll since July 7 tops 12 000 for both sides with China losing about 2 650 killed and 8 000 wounded while Japan reports 365 officers and soldiers killed and 869 wounded. Peiping schools feared under Japanese control include Rockefeller Pekin Union Medical College Pip ing College Yenching University and Catholic University with US investment of 19 million. Hopeh province mission property covers 21 hospitals 762 churches and dozens of schools run by 150 American missionaries and teachers with multi million dollar investments and ongoing annual support from the United States.
Truck drivers crossing the Delaware River bridge into Camden sought police escorts. Officials refused to provide escorts fearing a wider strike, but police agreed to patrol truck routes. The night followed a city-wide strike against A and P firms. 62 arrests were made, with 11 discharged by Mayor Wilson acting as magistrate. Bail of 10000 dollars was demanded.
Several individuals were held on 10,000 bail each pending a further hearing on riot and inciting riot charges as unrest spilled from the wholesale district. Some drivers were harassed amid an ongoing strike in support of warehouse workers upset with A and haulers, a dispute the warehousemen's union ended today.
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