Market Quotations Livestock And Produce Markets
The last open market livestock trade of the year was dull with no Monday market. Hog averages around 5.52 per cwt, steer averages near 11, and calves at 11.50 to 12.00. Baltimore quotes show cattle, hogs, sheep, butter, and poultry ranges with limited receipts and blocky changes. Selected stock quotes include Am. Can, Chrysler, Genl. Motors, Goodyear, Union Pac., U. S. Steel, Woolworth and others.
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Chicago
Baltimore Livestock
Baltimore
Dresser Poultry
Western
Southwestern
al. Chem
Am. Can
Gram Chrysler
Con. Edison
Corn
Cigar
Hlec
Genl
Motors
Goodyear
Int. Har
J. Manville
Kennecott
M. Ward
Natl. Dairy
Penn. R. R
Republic Steel
Southern R
Stock Market Closes 1939 With Small Gains On Wall Street
New York stock market ends 1939 with selective gains as nar row price changes show a mixed session. Traders usher out the year with cautious optimism and modest advance across several Dow components.
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New York
Wall Street
Grain futures dip as year end trading closes in Chicago
Wheat and other grains show modest gains and mixed cash quotes as year end adjustments wrap up trading. Mills buy flour demand supports futures while cash grain markets list various No. 1 and No. 2 grades for wheat corn and oats across Chicago and Baltimore with modest differentials from the previous year.
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Chicago
Chicago Cash Grain
Baltimore Grain
Baltimore
Winchester
National Scions Talk of Economy
Congressmen returning to Washington for the 1940 session discuss battles over government spending and renewal of the reciprocal trade agreements program.
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Scions
Washington
Estate executor offers 1937 Buick Sport Sedan for private sale
Executor James A. Miller offers for sale privately a 1937 Buick Sport Sedan in excellent condition with under 7,000 miles. Car can be viewed at Ebert's Garage in Winchester.
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Agnes L. Willis
Ebert
James A. Miller
M. D
W. Boscawen St
First Major Engagement Of Russo Finnish War Near Isthmus
Helsinki dispatch reports the war's first major battle imminent as Red troops replace conscripts and heavy artillery hammers the Mannerheim Line on the Karelian Isthmus. Finnish forces mobilize, Viipuri endures bombardment, and reconnaissance balloons are used to probe Finnish positions.
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Isthmus
Lynn Heinzerling
Helsinki
Finland
Karelian
Mannerheim
Russia
K. A. Meretskoff
Moscow
G. M. Stern
Viipuri
Viovisto
Leningrad-Viipuri
Murmansk
Copenhagen
Salla
Kurt Martti Wallenius
Kemijarvi
Irish Leader Sends Message to English Language Translators
Mayor C R Anderson received a Christmas greeting from Eamon de Valera with Gaelic text on a card. The card was misrouted from Washington to Vancouver and features a Dublin Custom House aquatint. Translators are invited to help decipher letters without symbols on the Star’s linotype.
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C. R. Anderson
Eamon de Valera
United States
Associated Press
Massachusetts
Custom House
Dublin
Ireland
James Malton
de Valera
Hadlaiz
Hitler Predicts 1940 Victory and New Europe
Adolf Hitler said 1940 would bring victory for Germany in a year end Nazi party message. He declared the Reich fights for construction of a new Europe liberated from oppression and threats, chiefly from England, and that the new Europe must be shaped by youthful productive peoples.
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Adolf Hitler
Germany
Reich
Europe
Nazi Party
Fuehrer
England
Hitler
Methodists Unite For New Year's Watch Night Service
Market Street Church hosts a joint watch night with Brad dock Street Montague Avenue and Greenwood churches to launch the Methodist Advance. The service begins at 10 30 PM and ends at midnight with choir music and an anthem Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord as evangelism is emphasized in the united church movement led by Dr W W McIntyre and district superintendent.
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Market Street
Methodist Advance
McIntyre
Braddock Street
Montague Avenue
Greenwood
McKay
Winchester
United Church
Uniting Conference
Kansas City
W. W. McIntyre
United States
Canada
Harry Bridges No Communist
Law notes criticism of government witnesses in the Bridges case. Landis labels a witness as a self confessed liar and describes others as evasive and unreliable. He cites a police officer’s testimony as not credible and questions the witnesses’ claims of attendance at closed Communist meetings.
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Bridges
West Fee
Landis
Death of Mrs Mary Viola Fahnestock at 69
Mrs Mary Viola Fahnestock wife of George W Fahnestock died at home on Northwestern Grade at 10 45 PM after a brief illness She was born September 1 1870 and is survived by her husband and several children including Mrs Stanley Cooper Mrs George Giffin Mrs John Frye and Kenneth Fahnestock A grandchild Josephine Fahnestock Also surviving are siblings Griff Racey Haze Racey Frank Racey Mrs Harry Henson Mrs Lewis Smith and Mrs Don Zamerall Funeral from Omps chapel North Braddock Street Monday at 2 PM conducted by Rev Lucius G Bridgers with interment at Riverview Cemetery Strasburg Pallbearers named.
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Mary Viola Fahnestock
George W. Fahnestock
Benjamin J. Racey
Catherine Strasaider Racey
Strasburg
Fahnestock
United Brethren Church
Stanley Cooper
Hayfield
George Giffin
Clearbrook
John Frye
Albin
Warren
Holmes
Kenneth Fahnestock
Josephine Fahnestock
Griff Racey
Haze Racey
Boyce
Frank Racey
Martinsburg
W. Va
Garfe Racey
Harry Henson
Lewis Smith
Washington, D. C
Don Zamerall
Omps
North Braddock Street
Lucius G. Bridgers
Riverview Cemetery
Charles Renner
Marvin Miller
Holmes Mays
John Patterson
Howard Lewis
Robert Renner
Finnish High Command Reports Russian Retreat North of Lieksa
Helsinki dispatch says Finnish onslaughts forced Russian forces back across their border north of Lieksa. The report credits Finnish high command with major gains in the northern sector as winter fighting continues.
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Helsinki
Lieksa
Marriage licenses exceed four thousand in Winchester this year
Clerk Clark M Smith of Corporation Court said his office issued more than 3,000 licenses and expects to reach at least 3,025. Julian Baker's office reports issuing more than a thousand licenses this year.
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Winchester
Clark M Smith
Corporation Court
Julian Baker
G O P calls for timing clash over 1940 conventions
Republicans pressed the date of their meeting while commenting on Farley's call for the Democratic Committee. Leaders jockeyed over national committee and convention dates hoping for strategic advantage by delaying the 1940 nominating conclave. Democrats may link their platform to the Roosevelt record.
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Farley
Ooen
Oregon
Senate
Ballenger Welcomes Son Thurman Osborne Ballenger Jr
Mr and Mrs Thurman Ballenger celebrate the birth of a son on December 21 naming him Thurman Osborne Ballenger Jr Frances Malone the bride prior to marriage is daughter of Mr and Mrs P Malone of Kernstown Virginia
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Thurman Ballenger
Thurman Osborne Ballenger, Jr
Randall Ridgeway Hospital Patient in Winchester Accident
Randall Ridgeway of Stephens City is hospitalized at Memorial Hospital after being struck by a car while crossing a Winchester street. Dr. G G Snarr says his condition is satisfactory and hospitalization was needed for a complication. he expects to return home in three or four days.
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Randall Ridgeway
Stephens City
Memorial Hospital
Winchester
G. G. Snarr
Patrol Activity Reported Between Moselle and Saar Rivers
Allied high command communique says patrol activities continued in bitter cold between the Moselle and Saar rivers. Aerial activity yesterday failed to produce any encounters between the two air forces.
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Paris
Allied High Command
Moselle
Saar
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Chapman Motor CO
Cammer Tire CO
Valley Ave
Braddock Sts
Bickers Motor CO. Ford-Mercury-Lincoln Zephyr
Pine Motor CO. New Car Sales and Service Cor
Braddock & Cecil Srs. ‘Used Car Center
Loudoun & Monmouth
Dodge-Plymouth
Congress
Shady Rest
Gore
the Osborn Bros
WFMD
Potomac By-Products Co
Harpers Ferry, W. Va
Mannerheim Line
Anderson “Hadlaiz Inaiz Duis Agus
Pai da Zaz
Bac
Harry Bridges
Bulletin
Mail Oroder Office
Sears, Roebuch and CO
East Boscawen ST
North Braddock St
Budweiser
Randall Ridgeway Hospital
Lovett’s
Marvelous Savings
Lovett Brothers
N. Loudoun St
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. of
Bell System
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