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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1940

Page

9

Market Quotations Livestock And Produce Markets

Baltimore quotations show potatoes steady and poultry prices firm with turkeys hens 23-25 cents and toms 18-19. Cattle and calves steady to higher, hogs up 10 cents, sheep scarce. Chicago market reports prime steers at a three year high near 15.35 with mixed hogs and strong grain fed calves.

Kent Island Philadelp Plymouth Rocks U. S Baltimore Livestock Baltimore D. A Chicago Livestock Chicago

Police Court Docket Before Trial Justice Weems

Trial docket lists William Pitcock Euclid Avenue speeding 14 25 Thomas Graves 360 Baker Street reckless driving 14 Walter Lonas 423 South Loudoun driving under liquor 100 and costs and one month to serve 10 days Wesley Thomason 116 West drunk and disorderly 10 25 Beth Jones 428 North Loudoun disorderly conduct 10 25 Theodore Henry drunk 10 25 Charles Chamberlain Cumberland Maryland rep 14 Thomas Dessine 15 2

Donald Weems William E. Pitcock Euclid Avenue Thomas Merkle Graves Bakerstreet Brentwood Walter Edward Lonas South Loudoun Wesley Thomason West Beth Jones North Loudoun Theodore Henry Charles Chamberlain Cumberland Thomas Dessine

Stock Market Report for December 4

The report lists stock prices with gains and losses across major companies. Notable figures include American Can at 87 1 4, U S Steel 67 5 8, General Electric 32 5 8, Bethlehem 85 1 2, Texas Corp 39 1 4, and Union Pacific 78 3 4, among others.

FONE Hiss Can Rad Smei Bethlehem Chrysler Can. Am Gen Elec Gens. Motors Goodyear Int. Har J. Manville Kennecott M. Ward Natl. Dairy Packard Penny (Jc Penn, R. R Republic Steel Sears Roebuck Southern R Texas Corp Union Pac U. S. Steel Va.-Car, Chem Western Union Woolwor

Grain Quotations and Market Prices From Chicago and Baltimore

Chicago and Baltimore report mixed grain quotes with futures for wheat corn oats and rye. Cash grain bids list No 1 red wheat near 94 3 4 cents and various corn and oat grades. Baltimore notes wheat No 2 red winter at 95 1 2 cents and local barley prices.

Chicago Chicago Cash Grain Baltimore Ogetin A Ee Winchester

Quotations Va. Livestock Market N. Kent St. Extended Sales

Livestock price list shows weekly sales at N. Kent Street VA market. Steers range from 6.50 to 9.00, heifers 6.25 to 8.25, fat cows 3.00 to 6.25, bulls 5.85 to 7.15, veal calves up to 12.35, lambs 3.90 to 9.20, hogs 4.85 to 6.45 per cwt, pigs 0.75 to 1.85 per head, sows 4.25 to 5.30 per cwt, feeder and stocker cattle listed with per cwt or per head prices.

Busses For Schools Under Discussion

Shenandoah county school board in Woodstock debates financing for about 10 000 bus payments due last month. Insufficient funds and county supervisors' refusal to assume responsibility hinder action to save the buses. Board delays plans for a new Strasburg school building awaiting a Davis district trustee appointment to replace Frank C Stover.

Woodstock Shenandoah County School Board County Board of Supervisors Strasburg Davis Frank C. Stover

War Post Reappoints Pesitch as Yugoslav War Minister

Petar Pesitch aged 69, a former Yugoslav war minister and ally of the Axis, is reappointed to lead the ministry after Milan Neditch resigns due to his Britain-friendly stance.

Axis Petar Pesitch Yugoslavia Milan Neditch Britain

Prayer Service At Lutheran Church Tonight At 7 30

The weekly prayer service at Lutheran Church of Our Saviour will be held tonight at 7 30. With the pastor away on church business in New York, Ralph Cain will conduct the service. friends are invited to attend.

Lutheran Church of Our Saviour C. W. Lowe New York Ralph Cain

Predicts Big Advertising Year For Newspapers

Philadelphia reports N. W. Ayer executive vice president L. Jordan forecast 1941 as one of the biggest advertising years since 1929. He cited industrial recovery and defense spending boosting workers' pay and urged newspaper advertisers to intensify local-market campaigns across multiple papers. full-time incomes will aid broad market coverage.

Manuel Avila Camacho Mexico U. S Henry A. Wallace Josephus Daniels Don Francisco Castillo Najero Washington Philadelphia Co. L. Jordan N. W. Ayer and Sons, Inc Industrial Recovery National Defense Program

Work Stopped On One Project For Another

Roanoke December 4 Four thousand two hundred men are at the Hercules smokeless powder plant site in Montgomery county with 100 added daily. The Radford housing project worth 5200000 is temporarily abandoned as workers are moved to speed up the powder plant project for the government.

Roanoke Radford Montgomery County Hercules Powder Company

Father of Tragedy Aeschylus

The question answers Aeschylus as the Father of Tragedy, credited with giving Greek tragedy its characteristic literary form and structure.

W.M A Aeschylus Aes

Plans To Expand State Police Force In Virginia

Governor Price announced plans to enlarge the Virginia state police by about 20 to 25 men. A two week training school will train a limited number of applicants at headquarters near Richmond. The new troopers are to patrol defense centers including Hampton Roads Fort Belvoir Fort Lee and Radford where a Hercules powder plant rises.

Richmond Price Hampton Roads Fort Belvoir Fort Lee Radford

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