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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1941
Page
9
Federal agents in New York City seized Baroness Lisette de Kapri, Romania native and Switzerland's only woman flyer, who has begun citizenship papers. The operation occurred at Roosevelt Field on Long Island.
President Roosevelt signed an executive order setting aside 2,900 acres of land and water in Chesapeake Bay within Harford and Cecil counties Maryland to protect migratory waterfowl. The action was filed among federal documents yesterday in Washington D C at 10 27 a m.
Baltimore price report shows Wheat No 2 Red Winter at 1.22 a bushel in December, Corn 88 to 90 cents, Winchester Wheat 1.12, Corn 80 cents, Barley 65 cents per bushel. Prices based on mill deliveries.
The page shows wholesale and retail pricing for flour, corn meal, feed mixes, live stock categories, and butter. It includes specific bag sizes and per barrel prices, plus a stray question about a musical composition titled Serenata used as a friendship tribute.
Baltimore prices show steady to higher values for cattle calves hogs and sheep with mixed notes on turkeys and poultry. Chicago quotations reflect strong hogs and cattle with steers 12.00-13.50 and fat lambs around 12.00, reflecting active trading and higher week to date.
New York stocks fluctuated after Nazi and Italian declaration of war on the United States. Industrials led gains with United Aircraft Boeing U S Steel and Bethlehem among top performers while General Motors Chrysler Montgomery Ward and Standard Oil slipped. Selected issues traded with notable names including Anaconda Phelps Dodge Dow Chemical and Dow Jones components.
A list of stock prices and bid-ask figures for multiple industrials and rail firms. Prices show varied gains and losses with several mill and manufacturing names such as International Paper, Johns Manville, Union Carbide, Texaco, Woolworth, and U S Rubber.
London report states Field Marshal Siegmund Wilhelm List replaces General Fedor Von Bock as commander in chief of the Moscow front, per an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Kuibyshev.
Richmond reports the State defense authorities seeking legal authority for compulsory blackouts and urging public rubber conservation. They propose a state law to authorize blackouts and ask eastern cities to adopt similar measures while ensuring advance notice to avoid public panic. John Mapp and Clarence Spain will oversee youth defense activities and fitness training as the state mobilizes fire protection efforts led by Mayor Frank H. Wheeler.
Gen Arthur Ernest Perceval commands British forces in Malaya and directs air attack maneuvers as Japanese invasion looms. Virginia eyes war mobilization with 1,000,000 new recruits and broader defense measures across state agencies and regional councils.
The Quartermaster General's Office states soldiers have $1.50 deducted from monthly pay for personal laundry. Flat laundry service is provided free to soldiers.
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