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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1940
Page
9
Baltimore and Chicago market quotes show mixed livestock and produce. Hogs and cattle hold steady with narrow ranges. sheep limited by supply. Philadelphia markets list turkey and poultry prices with eggs and dressed poultry unchanged.
New York December 6 reports a calm but uneven session with prices backing away then recovering. Transfers for the full day ran around 500000 shares as leaders edged gains and losses of about a point, with steel and rail names among the notable movers. Significant quotes include Am. Smelters 41 1 4 and U S Steel 67 7 8 among others in the list of selected stocks.
Chicago and Baltimore grain markets guide lower values with December corn slipping two cents. Wheat, corn, oats, rye show mixed shifts. cash wheat absent in Chicago with varying No 2 yellow to No 5 quotes. Baltimore reports soft prices for wheat and corn with mill deliveries shaping the day’s figures.
Before the war the stabilization fund traded in gold and foreign currencies including France Britain Holland Belgium and Switzerland to steady the dollar. The war halted these operations, leaving the fund inactive until new uses were found.
The United States Navy plans to expand shipbuilding to construct 60 fast troop and supply vessels for Britain. The plan, developed by the United States Maritime Commission and the British Purchasing Commission, includes pre assembly work with parts made inland and transported to yards for final assembly. Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland and other mid western cities are expected to participate, while Britain will not build new shipyards as existing ones will be expanded.
The United States embassy protested Germany over the detention of Elizabeth Deegan a former Paris embassy receptionist held on charges of aiding British officers to escape occupied France. Detained several days earlier she remains under questioning by German military authorities. Deegan 40 from Asheville North Carolina is involved in the case.
Charleston report indicates the three day deer season ended with 643 animals killed in six counties, potentially matching or exceeding the 896 deer total of 1939. Chief Game Protector H. P. Farley noted the panhandle counties include about 200 bucks last year.
Boston December 6 marked quiet trading in domestic wools with only occasional sales closed on the Boston market. Activity was steady for fine and half-blood grades while sentiment weakened on three-eighths and quarter-blond domestic wools due to weak demand and heavy imports from South America.
Gales and heavy seas drive ships to distress calls in the Atlantic near raider areas. Five vessels are in distress in under 24 hours including the Empire Thunderfil, a 5990 ton British freighter, and the Nevehwang, a 2482 ton British ship. Also signaling were the Taygetos, Waltwick, and Aghia Birini.
Lawrence C. Neff has been named Passenger and Operating Freight Agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad at Windsor effective December 1 1940 to fill the vacancy created by Nathan D. Payne’s promotion to the Atlantic division at Fort Dix New Jersey effective November 16 1940.
Moscow December 6 Soviet Russia signed a trade treaty with Slovakia a German protected state carved from the dismembered Czecho Slovakia republic The signing followed two weeks of negotiations Slovakia agreed to export electrical equipment copper cable and artificial silk in exchange for Russian raw cotton and chemicals This was the latest in a string of commercial agreements with small central European states
The Sixth United States Court of Appeals upheld the removal of Arthur E. Morgan as chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority. It affirmed a lower court dismissal of Morgan’s suit seeking $4,533.33 in salary. Morgan, president of Antioch College, had challenged his 1938 removal for contumacy amid board disputes.
The Junior Board of Trade chorus will meet at 5 o clock Sunday afternoon at the recreation center for a rehearsal. Andrew Babb, chairman, announced the event and urged full attendance for this important practice.
In Frederick Circuit Court Edmie U Herbaugh pursues a divorce from Rebuen v Herbaugh on grounds of desertion. The decree grants the divorce, concluding the marriage irretrievably broken under the desertion claim.
Swiss Federal Council orders Swiss Minister to London to protest alleged frontier violations by Royal Air Force bombers. British planes flew over the Jura mountains and Geneva Wednesday night. Turin in northern Italy was bombed the same night.
Frederick Circuit Court confirms Ellsworth Dodson appointment to fill the vacancy left by Floyd Reynolds as trustee of Gravel Springs Cemetery. The action formalizes Dodson's role overseeing cemetery affairs and maintenance.
Refugee accounts describe heavy troop concentrations in strategic Romanian cities as Greek forces occupy Porto Edda. Germany backs Antonescu with reports of four new divisions to bolster oil field security, signaling a broader regional upheaval.
Fellowship gathering for church members at 7 30 this evening at the home of the Misses Grim 213 South Loudoun.
Charleston authorities say Virginia requests custody of Edward William Roach held at Pineville after escaping from a Virginia state prison farm on November 1, 1940 while serving a grand larceny sentence. Governor Holt approved the request for custody transfer.
The report says mobile units battle venereal diseases in areas lacking facilities and the rise in such illnesses slows. Bomb shock cases stay low with 15 of 1,100 hospital cases showing psychological disorders. Officials expect November deaths to fall further.
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