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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1944
Page
7
The Domei agency reported by a broadcast that Rear Admiral Kojiro Kaneoka is the latest Japanese casualty. Details were announced today in a report credited to the Associated Press.
Chicago December grain trading opened with quiet activity as light rings influenced fractional moves. Early quotes show May and July contracts edging mixed, with slight shifts noted across old and new crop positions.
Local markets page notes daily correctness while disclaimer states The Star bears no responsibility for any graphic errors that may occur.
Market data shows wholesale prices for oats brand bags and per hundredweight figures, plus pork, poultry, ducks, hogs and sheep notes. Local retail flour prices list patent and short patent brands, meal, and feeds with varied bag weights and per cwt costs. A closing question notes blood donor screening by Wasserman for transfusion safety.
National organization seeks a dairy equipment and farm machinery salesman for the Herndon Virginia area. Promising advancement with a salary plus car and paid expenses. For details call Mr C A Kidwell of General Mills Farm Service Division Herndon VA.
For sale empty whiskey barrels and kegs plus steel tanks. Apply Virginia Apple Storage. Advertisement notes runs on Fridays to Mondays and references storage location Adams Esso Station with tree sale dates 12 15 18 20 22 23 51.
Market notes from Baltimore and Chicago on December 22 show mixed hog, cattle, and sheep quotes. Prices for hogs rose at Baltimore, while Chicago noted softer trends overall with lighter demand and lower closing quotes.
The record notes that both legislative and executive sessions were held behind closed doors until the second session of the Third Congress, indicating initial lack of public access. The passage refers to early congressional practices and secrecy in sessions.
A brisk rally in rails and selected industrials lifted the market from doldrums as transports led gains. Santa Fe Southern Pacific Southern Railway Baltimore and Ohio Bethlehem U S Steel Goodrich Grumman Aircraft Kennecott and Montgomery Ward were prominent, with International Telephone gaining on sale talks of Spanish properties. Bellanca Aircraft Glen Alden Coal International Products and Solar Aircraft also supported the curb market.
Cornelia Tanzi a 36 year old poet and artist identified as Mussolini's onetime mistress was convicted of collaboration with the Germans and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Rome bohemians testified as she read a volume of her verse titled Oh, My Lord. Her lawyer said the main charge was a brief affair with Mussolini before the Ethiopian war.
The Tokyo radio says the first Red Cross parcels sent via Siberia to American prisoners in Japan and Manchuria are being distributed. The next shipment will go to prisoners in the Philippines.
Gough of 16 W. Monmouth street narrowly avoided serious harm when a heavy tractor he was unloading from a truck bed slid off ice and toppled over. He jumped free from the seat as the engine kept running and the tractor settled top side down, with only slight bruises reported.
Clarke County officials announce the Sixth War Loan Drive quota of 320000 was exceeded with 45009 from E bonds. Berryville High School students raised 14703 in bonds, enough to buy two landing craft and a field ambulance to be inscribed with the school's name. The War Department clarifies U S does not pay combat damage claims in foreign lands.
Lost two gasoline ration books Nos R 1052485 549 and T 9231260 90 from W F Russell Stephenson Va. Also lost on Main Street a gold pin with service star and 1st Set insignia. Reward. Call 4866.
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