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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1938
Page
7
Market notes from Baltimore Philadelphia and Chicago show mixed livestock activity. Prices range for cattle hogs sheep and calves with weights and regions cited and market movements described.
Prices listed for steers heifers cows bulls veal lambs and pigs at Virginia market on N Kent Street with ranges from 3 to 70 dollars per head or per cwt. Feeder cattle and purebred bucks noted for next week.
Market notes show prices for poultry fowl beef and dairy items with assorted weights and terms. Listings include Leghorn fowl, broilers, mixed heavy fowl, young chickens, Old Stags Steers Cows Calves Live Hogs and Lambs with per unit and per hundredweight figures and butter prices listed for creamery butter.
New York stocks faltered after forenoon gains pushed markets near July highs of the mid year upswing. Prices edged back slightly yet stayed fractions to about two points higher at the close. Volume was about 1.3 million shares, with strong buying in automotive names as General Motors and Chrysler hit fresh peaks on production optimism.
Walter C Downs died in Boston Massachusetts on August 17 after a heart attack. A native of Massachusetts he lived in Winchester for a period and supervised renovation work at Springsbury in Clarke County for Mr and Mrs George Greenhalgh. He was employed with Covington Construction Co.
Members of the Frederick County 4-H Club Council leave this afternoon for Elizabeth Furnace where they will hold a 6 o'clock picnic. A business meeting will be followed by a recreational program.
Stocks in rubber glass motor parts and aircraft equipment hit new 1938 tops as overall market strength lifts leaders. Selected names include Anaconda Bethlehem Chrysler General Motors Goodyear International Harvester Packard Pennsy Union Pacific U S Steel and Woolworth with notable pluses.
Wheat prices dropped about two to three cents a bushel in Chicago trading as the market closed near losses for the session. A burst of selling in the final hour triggered many stop loss orders and Winnipeg quotation declines helped spark the liquidation. Corn slid only slightly, helped by renewed export sales.
Chicago cash grain shows tough prices for No 4 yellow hard wheat at 60 1 2, No 3 mixed 62 1 2, corn No 1 mixed 53 3 4, No 1 yellow 53 1 2 to 54, oats No 2 white 26 3 4 to 27 1 4, barley act 45-63, seed 35-50 nom, making 50-66, Timothy run 2475-80, clover 7 25-8 25. Baltimore Aug 24 wheat 61c bushel, corn 63c bushel. all quotations at mill deliveries.
A University of Virginia address warns that FDIC classifications show only about ten percent of bank management rated good and under fifty percent satisfactory. It argues the socialized state threatens individual bankers, urging prudent lending, tax pressures, and continued study for adaptation.
Berryville Virginia August 24. Social activities center on visits and hosting guests. Families from Towson Maryland Spar tansburg South Carolina and New York gather for teas trips and the county fair baby show and probate events. Notables include Mrs J M H Clagett Mrs Archibald Cummins Miss Hallie Williams and Rev Dr and Mrs Franks with travels to London Lynchburg and Tokyo.
The regular weekly prayer service will be held this evening at 7 45 with special music featured. The public is invited.
Trustee announces sale of a limestone land tract containing 1145 acres in Frederick County Virginia located about 4 1/2 miles north of Winchester and near Stephenson. Auction in front of Winchester court house at noon on Saturday September 3 1938. One third cash with balance in two annual installments secured by a deed of trust. J K McCann and others hold adjoining estates. Auctioneers Duvall and Dunn.
Lions Club heard a slide program by George Grove of Scranton detailing Japan silk industry scenes. He showed rural mountain and lake vistas and steps from silkworm to finished product while noting mills employ workers D12 hours daily for 150 dollars weekly with one day off monthly. President Goode presided. Richard Veitel sponsored the talk.
Alan Peery announced the annual Winchester Park tennis tournament requires all entries to complete first round matches by tomorrow evening August 25. Partners should contact each other immediately to arrange games so the schedule can proceed.
Maurice Willingham, son of Mr and Mrs Marshall Willingham of Boyce, found a six inch green and black bio worm and brought it to The Star. It is described as a pocket size prehistoric monster and is the paper’s fifth report of such a creature in 1938.
The 18th corn spider of the year was brought in today by Martha Jane Martin, daughter of Mr and Mrs D M Martin of 310 S Kent street. Though not as large as others it looked mean. Miss Martin left it here while swimming at the pool in the American Legion building to avoid frightening other bathers.
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