Broadway Turkey Boom Boosts Rockingham County Markets
Broadway becomes a turkey capital as Rockingham County projects one million dollars in turkeys for 1938-1939. County Agent S. M. Cox reports marketing 325,000 birds this year and notes large flocks near Broadway with 175,000 to 200,000 birds in a five mile radius.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockingham County
Broadway
S. M. Cox
Stultz
News-Record
Turkey Farm
Cox
Rockingham
Turkey World
Flat Rock Church
Howard S. Zigler
Howard Zigier
Harry Staley
Negro Executed For Attacking 13 Year Old Girl In Maryland
James A. Turner a 25 year old negro was executed at the Maryland penitentiary for the attack on Etta May Coleman a 13 year old girl near Middlebrook Montgomery county. He confessed and pleaded guilty June 28 and was hanged at 12 03 am after midnight. Gere Coleman uncle of the victim attended the execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
James A. Turner
Maryland Penitentiary
Etta May Coleman
Middlebrook
Montgomery County
Gere Coleman
Market Quotations and Livestock Reports From Major Cities
Market quotes for produce including apples and potatoes, with prices from Baltimore. Chicago livestock prices show hogs up 10 cents on a slow to active day, cattle weak, spring lambs firmer, sheep steady. Philadelphia notes on live poultry, dressed poultry, and butter prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
North Carolina
Jerseys
Maryland
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Dept. Agr
Baltimore Livestock
Local Markets Corrected Daily With Prices For Feeds
Market listings show prices for patent brac a and assorted bags of corn meal feed and middlings. Items include 98 lb bags at 5.00 to 4.50 per bag and 24 lb bags around 5.10 to 4.60, plus shelled corn and cracked corn and other grain feeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee
Aranad
Coaseeene
Eaea'es Mee
Bae
Iaiilis Decent
Orand
Dairy feed and poultry grower product listings notes
Fragmentary OCR shows items like Dairy feed 16 percent Egg Mash and Turkey grower with numeric codes and stray letters. No coherent article context or complete facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Svites Ees Aikil
Stock Market Struggles After Early Rally On Aug Market Day
New York August 26 traders retreated from a mid summer recovery peak as profits took hold in motors steels and rubbers. Some gains faded to losses near the close while a few new 1938 tops appeared early. transfers ran about 900000 shares amid mixed overseas markets and cautious optimism about fall industry gains. Quotations at close included Alcoa 6 1 2? A T and T 14 5? Anaconda 34 5 8 Bethlehem 59 1 4 Chrysler 75 7 8 General Electric 42 1 8 Corn Pro 63 1 4 General Electric 42 1 8 Gen Motors 49 3 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Opinon
Dondon
al. Chem
A. T
Anaconda
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Gen
Elec
Corn Prod
General Lec
Genl. Motors
Plans for Peace in United Auto Workers Revealed
John L. Lewis proposes a peace formula for the United Auto Workers to the union executive board. President Homer Martin says the board will meet in Detroit next week to hear the plan argued by Martin and anti Martin leaders, with Lewis or a delegate presenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
John L. Lewis
United Automobile Workers
Homer Martin
Martin
Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
Washington
Helping Hand Mission Service in Indian Hollow
The Helping Hand Mission of the King's Daughters will hold a Sunday school service at 3 o clock Sunday afternoon with Mrs Henry McVicar, superintendent, presiding. All are cordially invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
King’s Daughters
Indian Hollow
Henry McVicar
Stock Results From Goodyear Industry Interchange
The list shows company names with trading figures including Goodyear 29 and Int. Har. 60 J Manville 98 Kennecott 41 3 4 M Ward 47 3 4 Natl. Dairy 13 1 2 N Y C 19 3 8 Packard 5 1 4 Penney 84 1 4 Penn R R 20 7 8 Republic Steel 18 7 8 Southern R 14 1 8 O of N J 54 1 8 Texas Corp 44 1 8 Union Pac 92 U S Steel 60 1 4 Va Car Chem 4 1 8 Va Car Pid 26 Western Union 30 Woolworth 46 1 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodyear
Int. Har
J. Manville
Kennecott
M. Ward
Natl. Dairy
Packard
Penney (Jc
Penn. R. R
Republic Steel
Southern R
O. of N. J
Texas Corp
Wheat and grain quotations fall in choppy Chicago market
In Chicago on August 26 wheat and other grain futures declined slightly as traders waited on government export subsidy details. Reports of weakened export demand and lower eastern rail rates surfaced, while corn rose on renewed export activity. Prices for wheat, corn, oats, soybeans, rye and lard moved in narrower ranges with closing quotes provided for each contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Southwest
Hall Warns Mexico Over Land Seizures and Compensation
Secretary Hall sent a sharp note demanding Mexico settle 10 million dollars in American land claims. The document urged either inter-American arbitration or monthly escrow payments while land values are appraised, noting that bald confiscation risks global interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hall
Hull
Mexico
Insurgents Attack On Gandesa Front
Government dispatches report insurgent troops attacking north and south of Gandesa in eastern Spain to seize the Ebro river front. Corbera and the Canaleta valley near Pinell de Bray and Mora de Ebro are noted as attack corridors along the Gandesa corridor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendaye
France
Gandesa
Ebro
Spain
Corbera
Mora de Ebro
Canaleta
Pinell de Bray
Cherta
Army Openings At Ft Meade And Ft Hoyle Recruit Units
The local Army Recruiting Office advertises two openings now one with the 34th Infantry at Ft George G Meade Maryland and the other with the 6th Field Artillery at Ft Hoyle Maryland. Applicants are urged to apply at once.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
34Th Infantry
Ft. George G. Meade
6Th Field Artillery
Ft. Hoyle
Two Spiders Shown by Local Reader Exhibition
Ralph Wisecarver of 233 East Kern Street submitted two spider species for exhibition while the editor was away. One spider was an ordinary brown spider and the other a black and yellow corn spider, the fourteenth of its kind this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Wisecarver
East Kern Street
Comin' And Goin' Bug Captures Office Attention
Richard Forney of 49 South Lou doun street brought a brown caterpillar into a Star office. The inch long creature had a head at each end and held a paper firmly, baffling staff. Officials plan to keep it under surveillance to determine its path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Forney
Loudoun Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Zigler
Theodore F. Tussing
Tusing
Charles C. Turner
Fron Cootes Store
Broadway Area
Bicker’s
Hughes Motor Co
Loudoun
Cork
Cammer Tire Co
Braddock
Valley Ave
Lip
Csuphay
Philadelphia
Chapman Motor CO
Loudoun St
Star
Virginia Motor CO
W. Gerrard St
Stock Market Report
Ford
Pine Motor Co
Dodge
Will
Helping Hand Mission Service
Baltimore Grain
Winchester
Gandesa Front
E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Goodyear Speedway
Buncutter Tire CO
Corner
Braddock & Germain
Chevrolet
Shenandoah Motor Co., Inc
Winchester, Va
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