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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1939
Page
9
Market notes from Baltimore and Philadelphia show mixed commodity quotes for produce, poultry, eggs, and dairy with steady to firm tones. Prices span cattle calves hogs sheep and regional grain and feed items amid active Chicago hog and cattle markets and regional livestock sections.
The Star reports daily market listings with corrections but does not assume responsibility for typographical errors.
Prices list for flour in 12, 24, 48, and 98 pound bags per barrel with variations including Patent Brand. Rates shown include 12 lb bag 6.15, 24 lb 5.95, 48 lb 5.95, 98 lb 5.85 and Patent Brand 12 lb 5.65, 24 lb 5.45, 48 lb 5.45, 98 lb 5.35. Also notes Horse Feed, Dairy Feed, Screening, Feed Oats priced around 1.60 to 1.55.
Quotations Va Livestock Market at N Kent St extends sales every Tuesday. On Tuesday December 26 1939 steers priced 8.60 for choice 8.00 good 6.25 plain. heifers 7.00 medium 5.50. fat cows top 6.00 bulk 5.25. bulls 6.20 to 7.00. veal calves top 12.00 bulk 11.50 culls 7.50. fresh sows and springers 45 to 75. lambs choice 9.20 good graded 8.80 medium 7.00 culls 4.00. fat sheep 3.50. old thin sheep 1.75. hogs top 6.50 bulk to packers 6.40 shoots good to choice 6.50 per cwt. pigs 1.70 to 3.00 per head. fat sows 4.25 to 5.10 per cwt. feeder steers 7.00 to 8.10 per cwt.
New York supply and demand push stocks lower in thin end of day turnover. Industrials and rails retreat despite favorable district statistics while rubbers farm implements aircrafts utilities and oils also ease. Bonds weaken with stocks as wheat and cotton futures vary with regional trends and rubber contracts near expiry.
Washington dispatch notes public revulsion at gangsters and crooked politics supports Tom Dewey. Juries in New York Kansas City and Louisiana have indicted and convicted many gangsters and corrupt officials. Governors Lloyd Stark and Maurice Milligan gain prominence amid anti machine sentiment ahead of the campaign.
In San Francisco David A. Williamson saw his 6-year-old son fatally injured when the rear door opened and the child was dragged by a wheel. Williamson braked and steered to the highway shoulder but little David died en route to a hospital.
The renowned violinist J G A Pritz reportedly has his hands insured for one million dollars reflecting fears over possible injury to his performing career. Insurance coverage underscores the musician's high profile and the stakes of the concert season.
A list of percentages next to company names shows stock performance figures for General Electric General Motors Goodyear International Harvester J Manville Kennecott M Ward National Dairy New York Central Packard Penney Penn Railway Republic Steel Sonoco Oil of New Jersey Texas Pacific Union Pacific United States Steel Va Car Portland Woolworth and others.
Wheat futures fell more than 2 cents then recovered over a cent as improved weather reports supported trade. Corn reversed losses to close about unchanged while oats and beans showed mixed moves. Prices cited for May, July, and Sept contracts with cash oats and barley quoted in the Chicago and Baltimore markets.
Premier Nobuyuke Abe faced a nonbinding resolution signed by 250 of 463 House members urging serious consideration of retirement. The move, backed by younger lawmakers, signals internal pressure amid Japan’s push to reopen the Yangtze to foreign trade up to Nanking and U.S. reaction considerations.
German soldiers on the western front engage in a new rivalry to capture the first British soldier. Engineers and signal corps volunteers join Scout duty to reach British lines. The British Expeditionary Force has joined the French forces.
Heirs of Henrietta Weitzel transfer 7 acres and dwelling in the Copapen district to A. C. Lawthorn. The lot near Winchester on Royal Turnpike is conveyed for valuable consideration.
The will names Dr. James Miller as executor and lists numerous bequests. Major bequests include $500 to Mollie Baxter or her son Harry if she predeceases, $500 to Mrs. Frances Fuller, $500 to Mrs. Mary Newcome, $500 to Miss Alice Newcome, and $300 to Helen Ransome. Rest of estate divided among four nieces and heirs. Stocks and bank bonds designated to named individuals. a $1000 George Washington Hotel bond placed in trust for Harry Willis. Valued at $8,439 with stocks and cash.
There will be no prayer service at the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour this evening due to the holiday season. The regular prayer service will resume next Wednesday evening at the usual hour.
Dr George A Buttrick of New York was named Protestant representative as President Roosevelt invited Catholic Protestant and Jewish leaders to confer with him in a historic move toward world peace.
Miss Sharon Omps and Master Pete Pappas led the Rexall contest for youngsters with eight girls and eight boys winning prizes. Winners include Sharon Omps Shirley Lloyd Patsy Omps Susan Larrick Charlene Bennett Patsy Eldridge Lillian Solenberger Betty Sullivan and boys Pete Pappas McFadden twins Donald Garber Ronald Wilson Duckeye Whiting Dennis Shackleford Dickey Brumbac Buddie Robertson.
Hampden-Sydney College sophomore John Hottle will headline a prayer service at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church tonight at 5 30 o clock. He studies for the ministry and plans to join the Presbyterian Church after completing his studies.
Reports from Geneva and Brussels describe a powerful earthquake across Anatolia and the European border regions. Neuchatel and Zurich observatories say the tremor, registered early this morning, was among the most violent in two decades with potential wide damage and deaths. A separate quake near Armenia was felt in Salvadoran cities with no local damage reported.
Finnish northern forces reported driving Russians back up to 50 miles as 300 000 Red army troops mass along a waistline plan to sever Finland. A Finnish communique said 700 Soviet troops fell on Lake Suvanto with 22 planes shot down while Sweden sent aid via volunteers under Ernst Linder.
Washington December 27 authorities say the Dies committee faces internal dispute over the un American activities report due next Wednesday. Chairman Dies seeks possible extension and funding with estimates ranging from fifty thousand to two hundred thousand dollars depending on agency cooperation.
Kiwanis members heard former Mayor W. W. Glass discuss the Christmas story in a program organized by the committee on spiritual aims. Dennis Hayley and Haps Clowser attended as guests. The attendance prize from F Grove White went to Rev H J Womeldorf.
A crash between an automobile and a truck near Duncansville, Altoona, leaves Betty Miller three months old dead and eight family members injured. Mrs. Miller, 33, and six children ages two to six are seriously hurt. Miller, 34, has minor injuries. neighbor John Robenstein is unharmed. Coroner Rothrock says the truck carried three oyster-laden men driving north from Baltimore.
The University of Wisconsin Memorial Union asked a 2000 indemnity bond to use its auditorium for tonight's American Student Union National Convention with Earl Browder of the Communist Party as speaker. Reuben Hill notified Donald Thayer that the union did not expect Browder would attract such a gathering.
Kansas City reports Mayor Bryce B. Smith resigning effective Saturday after a council vote shift restores the Tom Pendergast Democratic machine influence. The move follows Smith's push for an outsider to reform waste and payroll abuses revealed by federal grand juries and corruption probes.
Rabbi Adler with a Protestant colleague said the President stated they were all in agreement. Adler added that they are on call when asked about future ces. Roosevelt reportedly received word from Pope Pius.
Dr and Mrs E W Miller say Paul Miller is steadily recovering from injuries after a Nov 20 motor accident east of Uniontown Pa He was crushed under a truck while locating a dragging brake wheel and spent Christmas with his parents before returning home He may remain in the hospital for about six more weeks depending on treatment response.
The army plans a coast to coast air recruiting tour with four units and two planes each to glamorize service and meet President Roosevelt's 227000 enlistment goal. Young recruits may get free bomber rides, magazines will run army ads sponsored by commercial partners, and the army has funded ads in small town papers to attract top recruits.
Two Russian agents Boris Nikolsky and I A Ilyin and Bookniga Inc pleaded guilty to violating the foreign agent registration act in Washington. Nikolsky faced a $1000 fine and will sail to the Soviet Union. Ilyin paid $500. Bookniga Inc and a New York book shop linked to Russian literature were to be dissolved and closed.
Senator Robert A Taft chooses the subject Mr President Here's How To Balance The Budget for a January 5 Chicago talk Taft For President office said Roosevelt had offered help with a prize for a bill detailing how to balance the budget in two years Adherents cite Roosevelts supposed support in the matter and the Ohio Republicans claim.
New York December twenty seventh report says Eileen Herrick underwent an appendectomy just before Christmas. Her absence from George Lowther stems from a family matter and hospital treatment amid rumors of a forced separation, with Lowther seeking habeas corpus to prevent her alleged confinement.
Attorney General Frank Murphy announced that evidence of sabotage and espionage in Detroit Flint and Lansing will be presented next week in Washington to a special grand jury. He withheld details but said the automotive industry and the War Department have cooperated on various war munitions and armament projects.
Russian air force launched a new wave against Tampere dropping about 50 bombs. One death and one injury reported as dwellings were destroyed. Tateaga seaport near Abo reportedly shelled. Helsinki seen by a lone bomber with no bombs dropped. Viipuri Hameenlinna and other cities also sighted Russian planes.
Laurens Jones says choir boy concerts will run from 7 until 10 o clock each evening on East Cliff Street side of the Jones Home. The news notes high interest with many inquiries and times posted for holiday display hours.
Chinese sources say Chinese fighters engaged Japanese raiders over Lanchow in Kansu province. The clash reportedly destroyed three Japanese planes and damaged ten of ninety nine while the raid targeted military bases near the city.
President Jacob Viner of the American Economic Association praised Secretary Hull for tearing down tariff walls built by Republicans. He said reciprocal trade agreements deserve to survive and urged Republicans to support Hulls efforts.
Snow and cold weather hit Amarillo and Maryland with six inches in Cumberland and Baltimore two inches by morning. Kansas and Oklahoma wheat benefits cited as western crops face germination risk. Road crews mobilized statewide as the storm moved through Maryland with plows in action and temperatures dropping to the teens and twenties.
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