Mayor To Direct Polio Campaign
Richmond dispatch reports Dr. C R Anderson of Winchester appointed again as chairman for Winchester and Frederick County Virginia infantile paralysis drive. He led a 1940 total of 307 20 dollars in Winchester, with half locally kept and half to the National Foundation.
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Richmond
C. R. Anderson
Winchester
Frederick
John Galleher
Dr. Anderson
Roosevelt
Anderson
Galleher
United States
National Foundation
Musical Program by Mt Carmel Colored Women’s T B Auxiliary
The Colored Women’s T B Auxiliary of Mt Carmel Baptist Church will host a musical and literary program Friday night December 20 at 8 30 to aid the Christmas Seal sale drive of the District Nurse Association. Funds from attendance will support local colored patients in the sanitorium and those awaiting admission. Invited are friends of all colors and many local organizers.
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T. B
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
District Nurse Association
Emma
Canada Official Perishes At Sea
Gordon Scott of Montreal financial adviser to Comunitions Minister Charles D Howe and at least six others died when the liner Western Prince was torpedoed last Saturday. Survivors reached a British West Coast port revealing the sinking details. Scott was a former Quebec provincial treasurer and his body was not recovered.
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Gordon Scott
Montreal
Charles D. Howe
Howe
Scott
Quebec
Market Quotions From Livestock and Produce Markets
Baltimore prices show steady to firm cattle calves hogs and sheep with fat cows and sausage bulls around 5.50 to 7.00 and hogs mixed by weight. Philadelphia butter and poultry values hold firm with turkeys 18-25 and other dressed poultry steady. Chicago reports sharply higher prime steers at 15.40 and mixed hog and lamb bids, with cows and bulls steady to higher and sheep trading cautiously.
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Baltimore
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Grain futures rise as December contracts lift cash quotes
Chicago trading boosted by buying of December wheat and corn, lifting prices 3 to 11-8 cents and strengthening deferred grain values. Closing bids show mixed gains across wheat corn oats soybeans rye and fats with cash prices listing No. 2 hard wheat and various corn and oats grades and soybeans ranging in price.
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Chicago
O Cash Chicag Grain
Cash
Stock Market Report Drifts After Early Upturn In New York
The market eased from an early rise as quotes at 2 p m showed mixed weights from Am Can at 86 1 2 to Union Pac at 76 and Woolworth at 31 3 8. Notable moves included Am Rad at 6 5 8 and Va Car Bid at 26 1 2 while several others held around prior levels.
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al Chem
Am Can
Am Rad
Am Smel
AT & T
Anaconda
B and O
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Con Edison
Genl Cigar
Gen
Elec
Genl Motors
Goodyear
Int Har
J Manville
Kennecott
M Ward
Nail Dairy
Packard
Penney (C
Republic Steel
Sears d&Roebuck
Southern R
O of NJ
Texas Corp
Union Pac
U 8S Steel
Va-Car Chem
Va-Car Bid
Western Union
Woolworth
New York
Local Markets Update from The Star Daily Markets
The Star provides daily market listings with prices and items available. Readers should verify details as typographical errors may occur in the printed edition.
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The
Star
Boston Wool Market Report
Boston dispatch from December 18 notes Merino wools steady with moderate Australian South African and South American arrivals. Domestic wools mostly quiet with nominal quotations. combing three eighths blood territory wool sold at 85 to 88 cents scour.
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Boston
U. S. Dept
Baltimore grain prices and market quotes
Baltimore markets report farm prices for wheat No 2 red winter at 92 cents a bushel for December, corn 75 to 177 cents, and barley 53 cents. Winchester markets list wheat at 89 cents and corn 60 cents per bushel. prices based on deliveries at mill. Year ago wheat 90 and corn 63 cents.
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Baltimore Grain
Baltimore
Winchester
Nazi Sailor Boys Sent To C C C Camp Near Fort Stanton
Washington reports that about 300 Nazi sailors from the scuttled liner Columbus are to be moved from Angel Island to an abandoned CCC camp near Fort Stanton New Mexico. The men, labeled distressed seamen, cannot be deported while war lasts, and their transfer reflects American concerns over local Nazi activity and diplomatic sensitivities with Britain and Germany.
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Washington
Columbus
Angel Island
San Francisco Bay
CCC
Fort Stanton
N. M
Atlantic Seaboard
Ellis Island
Japan
Russia
High Seas
New Mexico
San Francisco
U. S
State Department
U. S Bureau of Immigration
Germany plans to seize Bor copper mines in Yugoslavia
Belgrade report says Germany plans to take over the Bor copper mines in eastern Yugoslavia, among Europe's largest producers. German banking interests would absorb most of the Paris based Kirabeau Bank shares in the deal. Alfred E Smith height noted as five feet seven inches.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Vreme
Germany
Bor
Europe
Kirabeau Bank
Paris
Quotations Va Livestock Market N Kent St Prices
Livestock market listings for Tuesdays at N Kent St show steers from 6.75 to 9.80, heifers up to 8.75, fat cows 3.00 to 6.30, bulls 5.25 to 7.25, veal calves 6.00 to 11.75, lambs 4.50 to 10.00, fat sheep 1.00 to 2.50, hogs 5.00 to 6.45, pigs 0.75 to 1.80, fat sows 4.00 to 5.25, feeder steers 8.80 to 17.00 per cwt, stocker steers 30.00 to 45.00 per head, with prices varying by grade and weight.
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Mariet
Boas
Rhs
Willard Day Named National Defense Field Representative
Willard F. Day of Henrico county was appointed field representative for the state and local cooperation division of the national defense advisory commission. He will assist state and local governments on housing and sanitation matters, travel extensively, and keep his Henrico residence while transitioning from county manager to this national post. Day previously served as Staunton city manager and Henrico county engineer.
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Richmond
Willard F. Day
Henrico County
National Defense Advisory Commission
Frank Bane
Day
Henrico
Washington
Staunton
Navy Lieutenant Killed In Sound Crash Near New Rochelle
Lieut James S Tyler aged 28 died when his navy plane crashed into Long Island Sound near New Rochelle New York home of his father in law Justice Lee Parsons Davis. Pasquale Siclari machinist's mate also killed. They were on a routine training flight from Floyd Bennett Field aboard a Maryland road commission engineering project. Tyler was born in Baltimore October 17 1894 and was former president of the International City Managers Association.
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James S. Tyler
Long Island Sound
New Rochelle
N. Y
New York State Supreme Court
Lee Parsons Davis
Tyler
Pasquale Siclari
Floyd Bennett Field
Campbell County
Maryland Road Commission
Baltimore
International City Managers Association
Britain Drives War Aid Debate Amid North Africa Notes
Roosevelt proposed leasing U S war materials to Britain to speed the war. Mussolini's forces retreat in Libya as Italian divisions face a tightening noose at Bardia. Fires burn supplies as Italians abandon Eleusis and other towns. Laval remains in French German collaboration talks after Abetz visits Vichy.
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Roosevelt
United States
Great Britain
Britain
Mussolini
Libya
Associated Press
Bardia
Athens
Eleisura
British Hopes Rest On Army
London reports Britain admits victory depends on the army striking deep into the axis powers. A ministry statement says blockade and air actions will erode Germany and Italy, but the army is the weapon that will force submission. Britain lists about 2,000,000 soldiers and 1,000,000 in the home guard.
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London
Great Britain
Ministry of Information
Germany
Italy
Britain
Prayer Service Tonight at Lutheran Church of Our Saviour
The Lutheran Church of Our Saviour holds a 7:30 pm prayer service with Rev. Lowe speaking on The Angels and Their Christmas Hymns. A children's Christmas entertainment rehearsal follows the sermon, and the Ladies Aid Society meeting will convene.
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Lutheran Church of Our Saviour
Mr. Lowe
Ladies Aid Society
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Canada
Chevrolet
FORD
Bickers Motor CO
Minas UN
Shenandoah Motor Co., Inc
Baltimore Livestock
USDA
Philadelphia
Cammer Tire CD
Handley School
Stock Market Report
Boston Wool Market Report
C.C.C
Alfred E. Smith
M. J. M. Salt
N. Kent St
Chapman Motor Co
Dodge
PINE
Willard Day
New Post
National Advisory Commission
Lieut
Italian Somaliland
Argirocastro
Porto Eddo
Laval
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Otto Abetz
Abetz
Petain
Bern
Hese
ALA
Aladdin
Ourdren
W. L. Mew
Miller’s Hardware
N. Loudoun St
General Motors
Ting Eng
Pontiac
Fisher
Michigan
West Germain
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