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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1939
Page
9
Market quotes from Baltimore and Philadelphia list commodities and livestock. Apples, peaches, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and poultry prices from Baltimore, with cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep market moves and ranges for week ending Friday, plus Philadelphia eggs butter dressed poultry and feed costs.
The Star cautions readers that local markets listings are correct daily but disclaims responsibility for typographical errors that may appear in the notice.
A short notice lists patent brand bag sizes and prices for wholesale bags per barrel. Entries show 12 Ib and 24 Ib bags priced per barrel with 4.60 and 98 Ib bag per barrel figures.
A catalog style listing shows various bag weights and per barrel prices for animal feed products. Entries include 12 lb 24 lb and 48 lb bags with prices from 4.80 to 5.30 per bbl and notes on corn meal feed mixed fodders middlings and screening with a 16 percent specification.
New York markets pared losses with steels leading a modest rebound after Friday's drop. Volume was light about 250000 shares as many issues drifted. earnings optimism remained high across sectors while foreign tensions constrained a full rally. General Motors' strike settlement and July car sales steadied the market. a few favorites were trimmed.
Dr. A R Gilliland of Northwestern University argues fishing is a gambler’s pursuit not true rest. He notes the thrill comes from uncertainty and challenge, a form of thwarting with occasional success, and cites his own 16 years fishing from Canada to the Rockies.
Britain plans to bring home special envoy William Strang next week while a joint British French mission travels to Moscow for high level discussions with army navy and air force leaders to speed the mutual assistance pact. Talks began last March and the main snag is defining direct aggression.
Chicago wheat futures edged down fractions after earlier gains as traders weighed possible congressional action on a 119 million dollar crop loan bill. Cash grain markets in Chicago and Baltimore show modest shifts with No. 3 red wheat around 65 cents and corn around 45 cents.
The Rotary Club of Winchester hosted an After Dark meeting at Richards Orchard with 70 plus attendees in high spirits. Guests included William Abildgard and Jr of Cleveland, Gordon Armel, James Eyler, and others from Baltimore, Swarthmore, and Winchester, along with Ralph N. Dorsey and H. A. Richards. The menu featured two bushels of fried chicken, 170 ears of corn, Lima beans, and other abundant fare.
Four women lawmakers voiced mixed views on the just-ended session. Edith Rogers and Jessie Sumner praised constructive Republican gains, while Mary Norton and Caroline O'Day criticized the record and warned of party realignments. Sumner credited prevention of harm. Rogers praised avoided dangers and spending. O'Day predicted Roosevelt's philosophy may endure.
Marquis W. Childs, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Washington correspondent, sues Senator Guffey in Federal District Court for $100,000 damages alleging two false statements. He claims Guffey said Childs was paid for writing a June 15 article linking him to a free lance oil operator and sought to influence Mexican oil deals.
On primary day in Kentucky a shooting occurred in Harlan County and six men were jailed in Jefferson County as repeaters. Delbert Cross, 30, was jailed without charge after Robert Thomas, 25, was wounded in Ages, Kentucky in a feud Nolan cites as unrelated to the primary. Jefferson judges ruled former residents of six Louisville slum clearance precincts could vote without re registration, affecting about 500 voters.
Maryland's senior Democrat Millard E. Tydings is on vacation in an undisclosed northern section while observers speculate about a possible presidential campaign. The Calvert Club circulated Tydings for President stickers, and he previously described himself as a square dealer rather than a new dealer. In Washington he declined to comment on a candidacy.
Nearly 800 people heard two CBS choir concerts at Christ Episcopal Church and Douglas School Auditorium. Community leaders welcomed the group, with remarks by Dr. W. S. Jackson and Dr. J. H. Woods. The program included Wheel In A Wheel and You Can Tell The World among others. The event was organized by the World Service Council of John Mann Methodist Church chaired by Rev. J. W. Langford.
Mary Pickford accepts invitation to reign as queen of the National Tobacco Festival in South Boston Virginia. She will be crowned Regina Tobacco V on September 7 and 8 with 100 beauty contestants and a grand program including Tobacarama a 500 character production and a coronation ball. Buddy Rogers and His Orchestra provide music.
Detroit August 5 The settlement between the CIO United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp reveals the company won a promise of no work stoppages for the 1940 model production season amid labor disputes.
Four month old Barbara Alicia Thorne, at center of a contentious custody dispute, was returned to her parents in Washington. The child had been with an adoption agent and nurse who delayed arrival before a Deputy A. S. Marshall, then a court-ordered return sent her from Greenwich, Conn. to Mr. and Mrs. Thorne of East Riverdale, Md. The Thorns had claimed the infant was given to the agent for temporary care during her mother’s illness.
The Senate rejected 12 of 10 979 nominations from President Roosevelt, bringing total approvals to 57 531 since March 4. It reports 631 civil posts filled since January 1 and 3 839 postmasters nominated, with ten rejected. Virginia Senators blocked Floyd H Roberts for federal judge. W S Boyle nomination for Nevada attorney was opposed as a slap at him.
The Celanese mill closed amid a year-long contract dispute. Union leaders ordered walkouts after a mass meeting of about 1,000 workers while company officials cited failure to agree on a closed shop and wage terms. Workers warned of displacement due to new labor saving machines as negotiations stalled.
Charles Cooper, now 32, returns to photography this May as a hobby. He shared old style work with the Star, featuring Mount Hebron cemetery ruins and the Virginia Woolen plant. All photos were taken with equipment from over 30 years ago, before easy film and supplies were sold in drug stores.
The Comrade Bible Class and the Margaret Collins Denny Class meet Sunday at 9 45 in the Braddock Street M E Church class assembly room. Miss Mary Yeakley leads worship on Worshiping Through the Church Ritual with Mildred Danley as teacher for both classes.
The Abraham Lincoln National Park in Kentucky and the Fort McHenry National Park in Maryland would be renamed by a bill passed today by the House and sent to President Roosevelt.
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