Market Quotations from Baltimore and Philadelphia
Potatoes and poultry prices mixed with steady to dull movement across regions. Livestock markets in Baltimore and Chicago show buyers cautious, with cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep trading slowly and prices varying by weight and grade.
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Baltimore
U. S
Maine
Kent Island
U. S. Dept. Agri
Chicago
Gag
Philadelphia
Plymouths Rocks
Plymouth Rocks
Stock Market Report Selections Mixed as Leaders Overlooked
New York stocks showed selective forward leanings with gains chipped back and small declines widely distributed. Transfers ran about 650000 shares as traders faced fluctuating prices and intermittent activity. Prominent listeds included Am Can, AT&T, Chrysler, General Electric, General Motors, IBM, Westinghouse, and Sears Roebuck with varying fractions.
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New York
al. Chem
Am. Can
Am. Rad
Am. Smel
A. T. and
Anaconda
Bethlehem
B. and
Chrysler
Con. Edison
Corn Prod
Genl
Elec
Genl. Motors
Goodyear
Int. Har
J. Manville
Kennecott
M. Ward
Natl Oy
Wes
Packard
Penny (Jc
Penn. R. R
Republic Steel
Grand Jury To Hear John Lewis
John L. Lewis former C I O president and several campaign participants were subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury investigating irregularities in the 1940 presidential campaign. The jury has already heard testimony from political leaders and those summoned are set to appear Wednesday and Friday. Lewis backed Wendell L. Willkie and resigned the C I O presidency after Roosevelt’s re election.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Attache General Lee Returns to Washington for Duty
The War Department disclosed that Brig Gen Raymond E Lee would return to Washington for temporary duty. He will report his observations of British and German fighting methods and England's pressing needs and survival chances.
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Washington
War Department
United States
England
Raymond E. Lee
Wash
Lee
Wheat And Corn May Be Regulated
R M Evans agricultural adjustment administrator told grain farmers the government may propose marketing quotas to regulate sales of wheat and corn next year. At an American Farm Bureau Federation convention he said European war shattered export markets and caused huge surpluses.
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Baltimore
R. M. Evans
Agricultural Adjustment
American Farm Bureau Federation
Evans
Grain futures and cash prices in Chicago metric
The report lists December to July futures for wheat corn oats and soybeans with gains on futures but deferred options lower. Cash grain prices in Chicago show assorted No 1 hard and No 2 mixes with mixed and white varieties and barley prices. A Baltimore note shows No 2 red winter wheat and corn prices, and Winchester market quotes give comparable cash prices. Wendell Willkie height and weight are given as six feet one inch and 220 pounds.
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Chicago
Chicago Cash Grain Chicago
Baltimore
Winchester
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Italian Army Chief Leads New Offensive Under Cavallero
General Ugo Cavallero takes command of the Fascist General Staff as Italy gears up for a new offensive. He succeeds Marshal Pietro Badoglio and has been directing troops on the Italian French front amid ongoing military operations.
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Ugo Cavallero
Pietro Badoglio
Cavallero
Ruling Denied In Labor Issue
The Supreme Court refused the AFLs request for a ruling on powers to prescribe bargaining units in labor dispute settlements. The case ties to the feuds between AFL craft unions and CIO industrial unions in the long running conflict.
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Washington
Supreme Court
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Gas Explosion Likely Fatal to 31 at Nelms Mine
In Cadiz Ohio December 9 19 29 officials say gas probably caused the November 29 Nelms mine disaster killing 31 men Marcus Kerr heir to Ohio mine inspectors testified at a public hearing noting an explosive gas mixture was found two days before the accident He attributed the blast to gas not being strong enough to prove dust started or spread it
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Cadiz
Nelms
Marcus Kerr
Ohio
Kerr
Ohio and Pennsylvania
Harmony Sought In Supreme Court
The Supreme Court agreed to review a phase of the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers bid to regulate prices for public performances of pop music. It also voided the Nebraska anti monopoly rule allowing public performance after the original price was paid. Separately the court overturned the Utica New York five men conviction for supplying illicit distillers with sugar yeast or cans.
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Washington
Supreme Court
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Nebraska
Orig
Utica
N. Y
Henry Ford Praises Newspapers as Daily Educators
Henry Ford lauds newspapers calling them the best educators as they arrive daily and keep readers informed with timely facts.
Bombing actions, border clashes reported worldwide
British and German air actions span London raids and Nazi targets in Duesseldorf Lorient and multiple French ports. French Indo China Thailand border fighting escalates with 22 bombs on Lakhon. Idarwald sunk off Cuba amid blockade attempt. Roosevelt on Caribbean cruise near Martinique. Italy sees Riccardi replace Cavagnari after a spate of resignations and a separate aviation crash claim.
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Athens
London
London Air Ministry
Duesseldorf
Germany
Lorient
France
Bordeaux
Brest
Flushing
Dunkerque
Gravelines
Lakhon
Senators Clash Over Aid to Britain and Neutrality Policy
Senator Nye opposes increased British aid arguing it risks U.S. defense and could breach the cash and carry rule. Senator King insists Britain needs planes and ships, warns defeat could draw the United States into war, and links present policy to a grim global outcome under Hitler and his allies.
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Nye
R-Nd
Great Britain
Congress
Treasury Financial Conferences
North Dakota
King
D-Utsh
Britain
Hitler
Stalin
Mussolini
Japan
Crochet flower basket chair set pattern 6857
If you like different projects, try a crochet flower basket chair set. Directions for making the chair set include illustrations and stitches, with materials listed. Send ten cents to Winchester Dept. 259 W 14th Street with your name address and pattern number 6857.
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Winchester Dept
14Th Street
Roosevelt Inspections Continue At Caribbean Bases
President Roosevelt resumes Caribbean defense inspections aboard the Tuscaloosa off Martinique after a Sunday stay with French authorities. He met with U S Consul Brocker and Naval Captain Ernest J Blankenship during a brief conference at Fort De France as ships patrolled nearby.
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Douglas B
U. S
Mayrant
Roosevelt
Martinque
Ace
Fort de France
Tuscaloosa
Lesser Antilles
United States Patrol
Supervisors Discuss County Budget and Yard Lot Plan
The Frederick County Board of Supervisors held a routine session approving the annual report of county agent Fred Stine and hearing reports from home agent Elizabeth Sprouse, county home superintendent T. W. Russell, and game warden F. W. Pingley. The group also reviewed a contract with Russell and potential turn over of the hitching yard lot to the city for parking use.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Fred Stine
Elizabeth Sprouse
T. W. Russell
F. W. Pingley
Russell
C. M. Rosenberger
Winchester Cage League Meeting Called For 1941 Season
A Winchester Basketball League meeting is set for 8 o clock tomorrow night at the Young Men's Sport Shop. Officers will be elected a season schedule planned and other matters pertaining to the 1941 amateur hardwood season will be discussed.
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Winchester Basketball League
Young Men’s
Court To Pass On Labor Case
Washington December 9 The court will review Pittsburgh Plate Glass Companys obligation to bargain with the Federation of Flat Glass Workers as sole representative for six plants in the flat glass division The firm argues the Crystal City Missouri plant shows no majority and workers rights were violated
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Washington
Supreme Court
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Federation of
Flat Glass Workers
Eighth Federal Circuit Court
Crystal City
Doctors Asked To Study Rules
Washington December 9 Doctors at army induction centers rejected 10 to 28 percent of applicants passed by local boards officials stress the figure is not alarming as the system proves new to examiners and may drop to 5 to 10 percent. They urge men passed by local examiners to obtain leaves from work until exams are completed and soldiers are assured they are in the army. An initial sampling shows over 30 percent of rejections stem from bad teeth.
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Washington
Army
Selective Service
War Department Faces Carpenters Union Walkout
War Department confronts a carpenters union strike as Congress debates prevention or production. About eighty carpenters and helpers walked out in a jurisdictional dispute with the wood and metal lathers' union over backing installation for metal bases on the building.
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Washington
Congress
War Department
Carpenters
Grass Blaze Reported on Pennsylvania Avenue
Firemen were called to a grass fire covering about 20 square feet along Pennsylvania avenue. Lester Forney of the Friendship Fire Company said 20 to 25 men stood by, the blaze was extinguished, and he noted a broom could have sufficed without calling the fire department.
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Lester Forney
Friendship Fire Company
Pennsylvania Avenue
Forney
Frank Walker Given Two Years In Prison
Frank Walker of Middletown pleaded guilty before Judge Philip Williams in Frederick Circuit Court to theft of Lloyd Conner’s truck and was sentenced to two years in prison.
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Lloyd Conner
Middletown
Frank Walker
Philip Williams
Frederick
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Harmony
Henry Ford
Isle of Pines
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Martinique
Arturo Riccardi
Domenico Cavagnari
Navy
Cavagnari
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Dodecanese
Italy
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U. 3
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Secoere of Commerce
Jones
Handley School
Meeny
Visi
Geome
Iz Con- Jones Funeral
Household Arts. Inc
Cage League
Reading
Oscar Wilde
Rees
Bell
Clothes
Maytag
Terias
E. Boscawen St
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Rockwell Cleaners
eCan
Duncan Bros
Millwood Ave
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