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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1939

Page

9

Market Quotations from Baltimore Livestock and Produce

Market report from Baltimore and Philadelphia shows dull produce and steady to higher livestock prices. Apples peaches potatoes and other produce listed with varied prices. livestock and hogs calves and sheep prices noted. Philadelphia butter poultry eggs and other dairy items priced with regional figures.

Baltimore Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia U. S New York U.S Oye U. . Dept Chicago

Stock Market Edges Higher Amid Mixed Trading

New York December stock action shows an uneven session as major issues drift. Notable quotes include Chem 179, Bethlehem 88 1/4, Edison 30, Kennecott 38 1/2, Packard 34, JC Penney 91, Woolworth 37 3/4, with many leading stocks fluctuating within narrow ranges.

New York Chem Nia Can Bethlehem Prayed Jon Edison Elec Ae Gent Motors Goodyear Int. Har J. Manville Kennecott

Future And Cash Wheat And Other Grain Quotations

Chicago market notes report futures and cash grain quotes with wheat rising over 20 cents since month start. Prices for Dec May July contracts advance, oats and rye adjusted, along with lard bellies and related feeds. Cash grain prices list cereals by grade and region for wheat corn oats soybeans barley timothy seed and hay varieties.

Chicago Igh Geet Co Ae Chicago Cash Grains Chicago

Middletown Youth Wins In Virginia Grange Essay Contest

Malcolm T. Brumback of Middletown won ten dollars and a silver medal as first prize in the Virginia Grange safety essay contest. His essay titled Making Rural Communities Safe Through Grange Activities advances to national judging after state honors.

Malcolm T. Brumback Middletown Mark Turner Herndon Virginia Grange Turner Highway Education Board Brumback Virginia Vera Pitchford Chester Emma National Grange I Gre Thomas H. MacDonald The Public Roads Administration

Germans Report They Sank Four British Steamers

Berlin reports via the official German news agency that German bombers sank four British merchantmen and damaged three more in an air action. A high command communique said one vanguard ship was sunk by a bomb as German planes attacked a British convoy, prompting widespread panic among crews who fled to lifeboats.

Berlin DNB High Command

Grain price report from Baltimore markets

Wheat No 2 red winter at 1.17 per bushel, garlicy spot. Inchester markets show Wheat 1.10, Corn 0.53 per bushel. Prices based on mill deliveries. year ago Wheat 0.68, Corn 0.45 per bushel.

Baltimore

Editor Arrest Case Details Surface In Inquiry

Toland reads Phillip s letter to Witt asking if a prior statement should be corrected. Phillips refuses and says the proposed Enquirer article was vicious and full of lies while the Empire case unfolds through the night and into morning.

Empire Toland Phillips Witt the Enquirer

Peyton Dies After Long Illness At Western State Hospital

James Henry Peyton longtime Boyce resident died Saturday night at Western State Hospital where he had been a patient about 15 years. Survived by six daughters and two brothers, funeral Tuesday at 1 PM from Jones Funeral Home, burial in family cemetery near Boyce officiated by Dr. E T Clark.

James Henry Peyton Boyce Western State Hospital Peyton Harvey Peyton Laurel Mills Laura E. Jenkins Winchester Eliza G. Sisk Pixiesville Ethel Jenkins Peola Mills Bertha Deal Anna M. Puller Delaware Martha Stickle Fairfax Walter Peyton Berryville John Peyton Brunswick

Glee Club Spring Concert Hopes Rise With Large Crowd

Praise from attendees signals growing support for the spring concert by the glee clubs. Miss Haynes trains for Winchester as a leading choral group in its age range, with hopes for a turnout as large as the carols yesterday.

B. W. Larkin Gwendolyn Haynes Katherine Pannill Herald Angels Wilbur Kern Robert A. Whitten Garland R. Quarles the Shepherds Hubert Kerr Robert Bridgers Paul Glee Club Sadie Finkelstein Haynes Winchester

Death of Mrs. Emily Stump Carver at 89 in Ash Hollow

Mrs Emily Stump Carver aged 89 wife of John Carver died at home in Ash Hollow Sunday evening after a long heart illness She was born in Frederick county daughter of the late Robert and Elizabeth Stump A United Brethren Church member she leaves four sons Huyster Charles of Winchester George of Mount Williams and Albert of Carrollton plus brother Bud Stump Funeral set for Wednesday at 11 am from the residence with Rev W O Talbert officiating Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery Pallbearers named J M Fishpan John Bromley Charles Swartz Roy Duvall Coleman Dunn and Schuyler Larkins.

Emily Stump Carver John Carver Ash Hollow Frederick County Robert and Elizbeth Stump United Brethren Church Red Bud Church Huyster Charles Carver Winchester George Carver Mount Williams Albert Carver Bud Stump W. O. Talbert Mount Hebron Cemetery J. M. Fishpan John Bromley Charles Swartz Roy Duvall Colemann Dunn Schuyler Larkins

Mrs Patton Dies At 55 In This City

Mrs Ada H. Patton wife of Frank W. Patton and a native of the city died at 4 50 this morning at her home 1600 South Loudoun street from complications She was 55 born October 4 1884 daughter of the late James H and Minnie M Vance

Ada H. Patton Frank W. Patton South Loudoun Street Patton James H Minnie M. Vance

Death notice of Patton Vance kin in Winchester and Cumberland

The obituary notes one son Patton and to a and sisters Mrs Hattie Hillard of Cumberland Maryland Luther Vance and Ollie Vance of Winchester and one grandchild Betty Jean. Funeral services from the residence at two o'clock Wednesday afternoon with interment in Mount Hebrom. Rev Carl Honeycutt of Grace Lutheran Church to officiate. Remains at Jones Funeral Home until Wednesday morning.

Patton Hattie Hillard Cumberland Luther Vance Ollie Vance Winchester Betty Jean Mount Hebrom Carl Honeycutt Grace Lutheran Church Jones Funeral Home

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Western N. Loudoun St Grand New Santa Claus Jr the Gas Co Loudoun St Stock Report Report Handley Mr. Peyton E. T. Clark First Baptist Church C. B. Smalts & Son National Ave Philco Transit One America Tenans Philco Radio -Phonograph Sotelo Kerra Front Royal
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