Market Quotations From Philadelphia and Midwest Livestock
Prices on domestic poultry, butter, and eggs mixed with steady cattle and hog values. Quotations cover turkeys, leghorns, Plymouth Rocks, guineas, and Muscovy ducks. butter grades, eggs, and poultry meats noted alongside Baltimore and Chicago livestock markets with range figures and top prices.
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Philadelphia
Plymouth
Plymouth Rocks
Ross Breds
Baltimore
U. S
Stock Market Drifts With Little Selling Pressure Across Leaders
New York stock market shows calm with limited declines among leaders. Notable quotes include Allied, AT&T, Bethlehem, Chrysler, General Electric, U S Steel and Woolworth among others trading with modest losses or steady levels.
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New York
Wheat futures hold narrow range as markets close mixed
Chicago reports wheat futures moving within a tight one cent band with December peaking at 90 1-8 and finishing 89 3-8 to 1-2. Dec corn near day lows with other futures closing softly. cash grain in Chicago shows No. 2 red Durum wheat at 86 1-2 and various corn and oats grades listed, along with field seed prices and Baltimore market quotes.
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Chicago
Chicago Cash Grain
Baltimore
Winchester
Questionnaires Mailed To Men
Peyton Marshall chairman of the Winchester Selective Service Board said this afternoon that questionnaires have been mailed to men with order numbers ranging from 51 to 100 inclusive.
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Peyton Marshall
Winchester Selective Service Board
German Planes Defy Weather To Attack London
London alight with earliest evening alarm in months as Naazi warplanes dive bombed part of the city during the morning rush hour. Reports say raiders crossed from the south and were seen over South Wales areas and midlands towns amid heavy gunfire.
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London
Naazi
Waites
Midlands
Ickes Calls for Federal Mine Safety Inspection
Secretary Ickes expressed profound grief over the Nelms mine disaster near Cadiz Ohio last Friday raising yearly coal miner deaths to about 267. He urged the House Mines Committee to report the federal mines inspection bill to the floor, which would allow inspectors to enter coal mines without owner permission.
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Nelms
Cadiz
Ohio
House Committee On Mines and Mining
Federal Mines Inspection
House
Senate
Fire breaks out aboard old troopship Mount Vernon
Fire erupts in the forward hold of the former World War troopship Mount Vernon at Pairfield docks Union Shipbuilding Company. About 50 workers flee as two fireboats and several engines fight the blaze after a torch is blamed. three alarms are sounded.
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Baltimore
Mount Vernon
Pairfield
Union Shipbuilding Company
CIO Leader Proposes Free Public Employment Offices Aid Migrants
Philip Murray CIO president told a special House committee that free public employment offices and federal aid should aid migratory workers who are destitute and stranded. He cited steel industry layoffs and urged expanding job placement services to ease worker transitions.
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Washington
UM Philip Murray
CIO
Murray
House
War Veterans Dedication Attended by Notables and Military Units
A dedication event draws World War I veterans and civic leaders including Captains Grim Fletcher Shepp Dougherty, Judge Williams and Mrs Conrad. Attending organizations include the 116th Infantry units, American Legion Post 21, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2123, and local military groups from Berryville Charlottesville Staunton and Harrisonburg. The program features a band, invocations, speeches by Gov Price and Maj General Kilbourne, and the presentation of an armory key to Captain Hartman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Grim
116Th Infantry
Marshall P. Fletcher
Charlottesville
Arthur P. Shepp
L. Staunton
Graham Dougherty
91St Inf
Berryville
Philip Williams
R. Gray Williams
Donald L. Weems
Logan R. Fay
Robert Y. Conrad
G W. Dellinger
Burr P. Harrison
T. R. Cather
3D Battalion
James C. Baker
United
C. P. McVicar
Chamber of Commerce
Winchester Municipal Band
Robert B. Nelson
Charles R. Anderson
Charles P. McVicar
James H. Price
America
Charles J. Kilbourne
Armory Key
Paul R. Hartman
S. L. Flickinger
German Officials Put Yule Truce Up To British
Berlin reports that Pope Pius expressed hope for a Christmas truce and German quarters welcomed the gesture noting it would not disturb the Holy Day if the English observe similarly. They added Germany would gauge its conduct on the English side, ready to fight if opponents attack.
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Yule
Berlin
Pius
Rainmaking vigil ends as Lakeland earns light showers
Miss Lillie Stoate who claims to summon rain by sitting beside water concluded an eight day vigil at Lake Mirror Lakeland reporting only .07 inch of rain in the past few days. She said she fulfilled her promise to berry growers of the Plant City area who brought her to town.
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Lakeland
Fila
Lillie Stoate
Oxford
Miss
Lake Mirror
Winchester United Brethren delegates chosen for 1941 General Conference
Members of the Winchester Circuit United Brethren Church voted to select ten delegates to the 33rd General Conference to be held in May 1941. Top ministers were W. B. Obaugh Martinsburg and J. Paul Gruver Martinsburg. top lay delegates included George C. Ludwig Kersey and J. H. Roebush Dayton with others from Winchester Greensburg and Dayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
United Brethren Church
Edgar Shirley
Virginia
W. B. Obaugh
Roanoke
J. Paul Gruver
Martinsburg
J. R. Collis
L. G. Bridgers
A. P. Havermale
Dayton
Ohio
George C. Ludwig
Keyser
W. Va
J. H. Roebush
W. P. Anderson
M. B. Miller
Greensburg
U. S. Fries
Pruning To Be Studied by D A Tucker and V P I staff
County Agent Fred Stine announced a pruning study schedule led by D A Tucker assistant horticulturist at V P I and V P I. The tour visits multiple orchards from December 10 to December 13 with times at 9 30 a m and 1 30 p m each day, listing locations near Middletown Stephens City Timber Ridge Cross Junction Mt Airy Round Hill Clear brook and Apple Pie Ridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Tucker
Fred Stine
R. E. Brumback
Middletown
Ray Robinson
Stephens City
P. H. Gold
Timber Ridge
Max and
Paul Braithwaite
Cross Junction
J. W. Richard
Cedar Creek
Mt. Airy
T. Newton Cather
Round Hill
L. O. Dick
Clearbrook
R. T. Barton
Apple Pie Ridge
Pleasant Valley Church Men to Meet at John Smiths Home
A meeting of the men of Pleasant Valley Church is scheduled for tomorrow night at 7 30 at the home of John Smith on Route 2 to discuss repairs to the church. All men are urged to attend.
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Pleasant Valley Church
John Smith
Route 2
Pick Committee On Coal Parley
New York December 3. Operators met to select a committee to negotiate renewal of union wage contracts expiring soon. Preliminary talks with union reps may begin soon but formal negotiations are not expected until February. Groups have been meeting regularly on industrial problems.
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New York
Fruit Growers Open 45th Parley Amid Sold Out Hotels
The 45th Parley sees hotels at capacity with the George Washington Hotel and Hotel Jack fully booked for the convention. E R Branch notes all rooms are reserved. The Junior Board of Trade presents an exhibit of apples and by products in the George Washington lobby and orchard equipment displays on the garage’s second floor draw visitors.
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F. N. Fagan
State College
E. R. Branch
George Washington Hotel
Jack
George Washington
Junior Board of Trade
Mayflower Hotel
U. S. Junior Board of Trade
Italian Army Retiring As Allies Hit Axis Lines
World War II reports describe Greek forces pressing Italian troops in southern Albania while Italian and German actions continue on multiple fronts. Luftwaffe bombings targeted Bristol and other coastal targets in Britain as Crete and the Dodecanese face naval blockades. Petain’s move toward Versailles signals a consolidation of authority amid shifting French leadership.
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Lorient
London Air Ministry
Feje Island
Hitler
London
Bristol
United States
Athens
Albania
Porto Edda
Italy
Dodecanese
Crete
Petain
Vichy
Versailles
France
Switzerland
President Weighs Cruise as European Powers Operate in Americas
The article notes belligerents operating in the Caribbean and South Atlantic. Navy gun crews on the Tuscaloosa and destroyers maintain constant watch with live ammo. Depth charges ready and night spotlights on US flags.
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Caribbean
South Atlantic
Tuscaloosa
United States
Britain
Congress
Monroe Doctrine Theme Dominates Berryville Chamber Luncheon
W. W. Glass former Winchester mayor claimed the Monroe Doctrine is the United States first line of defense. He cited Europe balance of power as preventing broader conflict. E P Berlin announced the Christmas tree will stand at the Bank of Clarke County corner this year. Town engineer Fred M. Yellett told council street paving would begin from curb to curb. Guests included Mrs. Alfred Kerfoot Capt. W. N. Barrett and Rev. I. S. McElroy of Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Bank of Clarke County
American Legion
Main Street
O. B. Ate
Ce Nicer
Fred M. Yellett
Chamber of Commerce
Alfred Kerfoot
W. N. Barrett
I. 8. McElroy
Richmond
Rites Held For Minister Beall Clagett
Funeral services were held in Fredericksburg for the Rev. Raymond Beall Clagett 51 pastor of the Fredericksburg Methodist Church since 1937. He died suddenly after a seizure and burial followed at Front Royal. He had served in Maryland Virginia West Virginia and Washington area churches before Fredericksburg. The service honored by ministers from Winchester and Martinsburg with pallbearers from the church board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Beall Clagett
Front Royal, Va
Fredericksburg
Front Royal
Methodist Church
Winchester
W. W. McIntyre
Clagett
Old Baltimore
Es Methodist Denominaton
Mount Ranier Methodist Church
Washington
Asbury
Passadena
Annapolis
Moorefield
Shepherdstown
W. Va
Waynesboro
Front Royal Va
Mr. Clagett
Gaithersburg
John E. Clagett
Randolph- Macon College
Ashland
Glee Club
Washington Literary Society
West Chester
Richmond
Mr. Claggett
Emory University
Evelyn Lucille Clagett
Harold Paul Clagett
Spencer Ward
Danstown
Estelle Clagett
Fredericksburg Methodist Church
Harry Marsh
Martinsburg
D. A. Beery
Alexandria
The
W. W.mciintyre
Hugh D. Scott
A. B. Young
W. F. Leibenow
D. L. Stoner
C. K. Cueman
T. L. Bryant
W. A. Marston
Th Ministerial Association
Church
Treasury December 3 Receipts and Debt Update
Treasury data show November 30 receipts of 11,786,124.35 dollars and expenditures of 8,265,350.64 dollars. Gross debt stands at 44,272,776,324.91 dollars, with an increase of 5,784,320.83 dollars from the prior day.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Boston Wool Market Report
A waiting attitude prevailed in the Boston wool market with few buyers for domestic wools. Quotations were unchanged and largely nominal due to weak demand as inquiries for finer South American wools appeared occasionally but trading was very slow and prices showed no change.
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BOSON
U. S. Dept
Boston
Notice of Seized 1940 Dodge Sedan in Virginia
Treasury notice states the 1940 Dodge Sedan with accessories was seized in the Western District of Virginia for violating IR laws. Claimants must file a cost bond and claim at the Alcohol Tax Unit in Richmond by January 2, 1941 or the property will be disposed of per law. R. E. Tuttle signs as District Supervisor.
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Treasury Department
Alcohol Tax Unit
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Baltimore
Maryland
District of
Virginia
Internal Revenue
R. C
Dodge
Wheatfield
Shenandoah County
For Sale Private Real Estate In Virginia Bankruptcy
Under a bankruptcy order trustee John P. Allen sells privately a 3 acre tract in Frederick County Virginia on the west side of the road from North Frederick Grade to Indian Hollow Road. It adjoins the late N W Daugherty and Smith Bros and covers 12.4 squares of pales. Offers due by December 7 1940.
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Warren N. Daugherty
Frederick County
Virginia
Frederick Grade
Indian Hollow Road
N. W. Daugherty
Smith Bros
John P. Allen
Court Square
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Chrysler
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Edison
Corm
Cigar
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Int. Har
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Kennecott
M. Ward
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Southern R
O. of N. J
Texas Corp
Union Pac
U. S. Steel
Va.-Car
Pfd
Western Union
Woolworth
Ickes
Rugby Knitting Mills, Inc
Buffalo
U. B
Pick Committee On
Enth
Elbasani
Mediterranean
New York City
Leathernecks
Sculptor
Department of State
Graphite
Abraham Lincoln
Brooklyn Dodgers
George W. Kurtz
United Food Stores
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Boston Wool Market Report
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Fred L. Glaize
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