Market quotations note mixed farm prices in Timor region
Timore market prices show apples and sweet potatoes unchanged, Maryland and Pennsylvania sacks around 1.30-1.40 per 100 pounds, egg and butter counts steady. Baltimore livestock lists steady cattle, hogs, and sheep with varied per-pound ranges. Chicago and Philadelphia markets report hog and lamb adjustments and poultry prices.
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Timore
Maryland
Kent Island
Baltimore Livestock Baltimore
Dept. Agri
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Alough
Yes
Best
Philadelphia
Plymouth
Northwestern
Virginia
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Local Markets Note on Daily Prices and a Flour Bag Listing
The Star notes markets are correct daily but does not hold responsibility for graphical errors. A brief wholesale flour listing appears with a short patent brand 2 lb bag per barrel ib bag.
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Ateree
Eeeseee
The
Star
In Memoriam Walter Edmonson Middletown
In sad memory of Walter Edmonson husband and father of Middletown who died December 20 1937 after a sudden illness. The verse notes the end of earthly life and hopeful rest. his wife and sons remember him with love and faith as they await reunion.
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Walter Edmonson
Middletown
Stock Market Report Shows Cautious Trading On Mixed Day
New York stock market displayed reluctance to rally with only select issues rising at the open. By midafternoon activity slowed, prices edged lower, and traders awaited clearer signals on next year’s political and industrial outlook while bonds held steady and major currencies eased.
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New York
Wall Street
Grain quotations slip as snow aids winter wheat belt
Chicago December 20. Snow falls likely to benefit crops in the domestic winter wheat belt and push wheat prices downward. Corn shows firmness in late dealings as weather reports influence trading on the board.
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Chicago
Insane Patient Held As Slayer In Burlington Killings
Federal Agents detain Wade Hanford at Welch State Hospital in West Virginia on suspicion he is part of the gang that killed Sheriff M. P. Robertson and Officer S. W. Vaughn in Burlington North Carolina on December 9. Hanford charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for murder and held on a $25,000 bond.
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Huntington
W. V
Welch State Hospital
North Carolina
Burlington
N. C
Walter V. McLaughlin
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Wade Hanford
Welch
West Virginia
McLaughlin
Hanford
M. P. Robertson
S. W. Vaughn
United States
Hoagland French
French
Produce Workers Threaten Walkout in Buffalo
A union representing warehouse and produce workers voted to strike, saying wage negotiation talks with a Western New York employers group collapsed. The walkout could disrupt food supplies in New York's second largest city during the Christmas season.
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Buffalo
N. Y
New York
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
John Weems Joins Novick Transfer in City
John Weems long associated with Bob Riley's orchestra and formerly with a Berryville orchard company is now connected with the Novick Transfer Company in this city. He resides on North Braddock Street and works in the shipping department, well known in Winchester and supported by friends here.
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John Weems
Bob Riley
Berryville
Novick Transfer Company
Mr. Weems
North Braddock Street
Winchester
Grain prices from Argentina and Baltimore market notes
Prices for wheat corn oats rye and lard across December to July contracts in Argentina markets and domestic Baltimore bids. Grain values show Dec wheat 63 5 8 to 3 4 and corn Dec 50 1 4 to 1 8 with lard pricing around 6.70 to 7.65 per barrel.
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Argentina
Baltimore Grain
Baltimore
Winchester
Four Year Scout Plan Highlighted in Executive Report
The Shenandoah Area Council annual report stresses the 4 year scout goal to train one man per four new male citizens. It notes 31 percent of potential members are enrolled, with 1,456 twelve year olds and 685 in scouting, and cites troop increases from 28 to 40 in 1938 along with church and community interest in new units. It calls for reorganizing existing units to improve sponsor relationships and leadership structures.
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Dan O. Henry
Shenandoah Area
National Council
Shenandoah
Thousands In Spain Now In Hunger Pangs
The American Red Cross reports about 60,000 children in Barcelona are being kept alive, while 3,715,000 children under 11 in the region suffer acute undernourishment. Ernest Swift says thousands may starve this winter without more aid. another 7,100 barrels of flour will be shipped in January.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Spain
Barcelona
Ernest Swift
Red Cross
Swift
Norman Davis
Bankers Willing to Cooperate With Roosevelt
Philip A. Benson president of the American Bankers Association said the group informed President Roosevelt of a hearty willingness to cooperate on banking problems. Benson and other officials called on the President and noted there was nothing definite to discuss at the moment.
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Washington
Philip A. Benson
Brooklyn
American Bankers’ Association
Roosevelt
Benson
Two Spies Executed for Mass Extermination Plot in Red Star
MOSCOW December 20 The army newspaper Red Star announced the execution of two spies named N and X. They confessed planning mass extermination by infection and admitted sabotaging army medical supplies.
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Moscow
Red Star
Bowman and wife undergo Mayo Clinic operations
James W. Bowman superintendent of the Virginia Woolen Company plant in this city has been a Mayo Clinic patient at Rochester Minnesota where he recently underwent a serious operation. He has shown slight improvement from a precarious condition. His wife also had an operation at Mayo Clinic several days ago and is somewhat improved. Their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs William Kline left for Rochester in response to reports that Mr Bowman's condition was not good.
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James W. Bowman
Virginia Woolen Company
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Bowman
William Kline
Noted Czechs Coming To U. S
London dispatch reports Jan Masaryk resigning as Czechoslovak minister will sail Dec 30 for a private U S visit aboard the Washington. Edouard Benes will sail Feb 4, 1939, aboard the Queen Mary to lecture at the University of Chicago and discuss the Sudetenland crisis health recovery and a detailed account of events leading to the cession.
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London
Jan C. Masaryk
United States
Washington
Edouard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Benes
University of Chicago
Masaryk
Czechoslovak Sudetenland
Germany
Fire Hits Pennsylvania Railroad Roundhouse and Shops
A blaze destroyed the railroad's new roundhouse and machine shops killing six locomotives. Officials estimate losses around 100000 dollars as walls collapsed in the creosoted timber complex built in 1919 and rebuilt last summer. Firemen fought the blaze risking injuries.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Federals Seize Gems in Smuggling Case Tie to Burns
Federal agents seized 125 karats of gems including 60 rubies from a safe box linked to Edward N. Chaperau, an indicted figure in a smuggling plot. The raid touched high profile names such as George Burns and Mrs. Edgar N. Lauer while Burns pleaded guilty to unwitting involvement. References to other figures and a Hollywood circle surfaced as officials investigated the scheme.
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New York
Edward N. Chaperau
Chaperau
George Burns
Edgar N. Lauer
State Supreme Court
Lauer
Park Avenue
Noel Pallais
Jose Ignacio Gonzalez
Cinda Glenn
United States
Burns
Burns- Allen
Pleasant Valley Christmas Program At United Brethren Church
The annual Christmas program will be rendered at the Pleasant Valley United Brethren Church Thursday evening at 7 30 o clock A candle light service will feature a pageant entitled Peace On Earth Good Will to Men The public is cordially invited to attend.
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Pleasant Valley United Brethren Church
Round Hill School Christmas Program in Frederick County
Round Hill School in Frederick County will present a Christmas pantomime with a 25 member chorus, plus songs and recitations. The program starts at 8 o'clock Thursday evening with no admission fee. refreshments will be sold to benefit the school.
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Round Hill
Frederick County
Retha Carson Cooper
Indictments Against Medical Societies Spark Policy Debate
The District Society of the AMA affiliate indicts medical societies for opposing group care and threatening hospital exclusions to limit physicians. The grand jury cites Sherman act restraints, upholding private treatment rights and doctor consultations as essential, particularly for risk-sharing group practices.
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District Society
The
Association
Society
Group Health
American Medical Association
United States
District of Columbia
Thought Musica Agents Sold Munitions
A telegram named Philip Musica’s representative in Mexican munitions deals. FBI chief A Bernard Leckie said the room was searched and the telegram’s sender remained unidentified. Codes from the telegram will go to the SEC for further findings connected to the Musica case.
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Bernard Leckie
FBI
Philip Musica
Mexico
Leckie
Securities and Exchange Commission
F. Donald Coster
Musica
Germans Clear Doubts On Relations
The text reports on a renewed financial agreement with China described by the State Department as purely commercial and legal. It mentions undisclosed dollar loans secured by Chinese gold deposits, a recent $25 million Export-Import Bank credit to China, and notes Japanese opposition from Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita who warned the loan could prolong the Japanese-Chinese conflict.
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China
State Department
Japan
Evxport-Import Bank
Hachiro Arita
Omaha Police Turmoil Over House Disturbance Beatdown
Omaha officers Al Schneider and Victor Belitz responded to a family disturbance. Schneider fell through a trapdoor, Belitz was struck, and two more officers arrested the householder as reinforcements arrived. Schneider was hospitalized with possible fractures.
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Omaha
Nebraska
al Schneider
Victor Belitz
Schneider
Belitg
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