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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1941
Page
5
Norfolk dispatch reports the Duke of Kent during a defense inspection tour in Virginia says he prefers bourbon to Scotch. He praises American labor and describes a long Atlantic bomber flight with blunt, plainspoken remarks.
The STAR reports time synchronized updates reflecting press time in London Berlin Rome and the Balkans as the late edition circulates. This bulletin notes 9 P M in London 10 P M in Berlin and Rome 11 P M in the Balkans as the working schedule for late news transmission.
Local markets are listed with daily accuracy though the Star disclaims responsibility for typographical errors. Readers are advised to verify figures and listings locally.
The market lists Short Patent Brana and Patent Brana by bag sizes 12, 24, 48, and 98 pounds with per barrel pricing. Butter prices show Creamery butter wholesale and retail and Country Butter across various entries. Heavy fowls and eggs also appear with unit pricing.
Treasury status shows August receipts of 11,350,423.22 and expenditures of 49,392,564.57. Gross debt stands at 50,339,605,914.42 with an increase over the previous day of 22,149,726.63.
Pattern request notice directs readers to send ten cents to Winchester Dept. 259 W. 14th Street New York New York for color charts illustrations stitches and materials list. Include NAME RES and PATTERN NUMBER with payment.
Market quotes show potatoes steady to dull and fowl weaker, eggs and butter mixed. Baltimore cattle and hogs range widely with cows steady, calves weak, pork prices slipping, sheep limited. Chicago reports mixed hog and sheep trade with steady to slightly lower tone and high end cattle firm.
New York stock prices rose modestly after a dull start as trading picked up to about double Monday's pace. Quotations at 2 p.m. showed fractional gains in names such as Al Chem 161 3 4, Am Can 80 1 2, US Steel 57 5 8, Tex Corp 42 1 4, Union Pac 81 1 4, Sears 35 1 2, Woolworth 29 3 4, and others, marking a cautious recovery across several sectors.
In Boston on August 26 the U S Department of Agriculture notes a few inquiries for domestic wools. Fine Delaine fleeces sold in small lots at 41 43 cents grease. Graded combing fleeces brought 45 to 47 cents grease. Demand appeared for graded fine territory wools at 1.03 to 1.05 dollars scoured for average to good French combing lengths and 1.00 to 1.03 dollars scoured for average to short French combing lengths.
Baltimore wheat prices stand at No 2 red winter 108 1 2 cents August. corn 88 90 cents. Winchester wheat 1 03 per bushel. corn 88 cents. barley 65 cents per bushel. Col Lindbergh's Spirit of St Louis is on exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC.
The Duke of Kent addressed 13,000 Glenn L. Martin aircraft workers in Baltimore praising their hard work aiding Britain. He noted each hour saves lives and quickens victory, and he and accompanying officials toured the plant producing fighters for both nations. He quoted royal interest from King George VI and the Queen and expressed growing appreciation for American efforts.
A squadron of British fighters skimmed the coast near Cherbourg after raids on Mannheim and Karlsruhe in the Rhineland. Six RAF planes reportedly missing from night operations over Germany. German bombs hit South Wales and southwest England with no casualties or major damage as RAF strafing disrupted a wireless station near Cherbourg.
The article outlines how proposed tax exemption reductions would raise costs for lower income brackets and compares outcomes for various scenarios. It notes Senate committee plan differences with House bills and defers consideration of requiring joint returns, a provision previously defeated in the House.
Dab ney S. Lancaster appointed by Governor Price to succeed Dr. Sidney B. Hall as state superintendent said he will meet with the Sweet Briar College board next month after starting the post. He did not say if he will resign or seek a leave until a full term is arranged. Lancaster, executive secretary at Sweet Briar, noted his appreciation for the governor's confidence.
Funeral services were held in Hagerstown Md for Mrs Lula Rosenberry widow of William H Rosenberry who died at Washington County Hospital from a stroke sustained while shopping with friends. Interment was in Rest Haven Cemetery. She was born December 5 1866 in Frederick County Va and survived by six children two daughters in law and one son in law eight grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Richmond Aug 26 William J Dixon chief postmaster at Washington warned Virginia postmasters that WWII will alter U S postal operations He cited British wartime letters in the Near East photographed on microfilm and sent to England by air with prints for addressees He noted 40000 photographed letters weigh one pound and could be flown while 40000 originals would weigh about 150 pounds and require sea transport
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