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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1940
Page
7
Baltimore market data show unchanged poultry and mixed quotes for fowl and eggs with notes on ducks geese and turkeys. Cattle calves hogs and sheep prices and receipts are listed with comparisons to prior periods across Chicago and Philadelphia markets.
New York traders saw a flat to slightly lower close with most issues unchanged. Ticker tape moved slowly amid tepid bidding and light offerings as Congress looms and the budget weighs on sentiment. Sterling weakened then firmed in foreign exchange while select stocks such as General Motors and U S Steel posted minor gains.
Chicago futures reverse a recent dip as moisture in the grain belt prompts late buying to cover short positions. Wheat May at 1.03 1/2, July 1.01 36, Sept 1.00, with corn and soy complex also showing changes. Cash grain listings include No 4 red wheat at 1.04, No 1 yellow corn 59 to 69, oats varied, soybeans No 3 yellow, and barley and alfalfa ranges.
Domestic No. 2 red winter wheat at 1.07 dollars per bushel ton basis and corn at 60 cents per bushel. Prices based on deliveries at mill. Year ago Wheat 68 cents and corn 45 cents.
The Star presents daily market listings with a disclaimer that minor typographical errors may occur and no responsibility is assumed for such mistakes. Market updates remain current through the publication date.
W B Davis of the Virginia Industrial Commission reports accidents under the workmen's compensation act rose 14.5 percent in 1939 from 1938, totaling 18 657 lost time incidents with about 1 900 000 dollars in costs. Manufacturing and construction show notable hours increases.
In the new year the city logged three fire alarms with no major damage. On West Virginia avenue O C Switser’s chimney blaze was extinguished. On East Clifford the O Leary home had damage limited to a wall and furniture. A small blaze at the Golightly residence on Whitlock avenue was put out in moments.
SHANGHAI January 6. Commissioner general and secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Council Godfrey Phillips escaped injury in a daring assassination attempt. While driving to his office along Avenue Hall in the French concession two men pulled Jinrikishas into the path of the car and fired six bullets. Phillips dropped to the floor as the chauffeur sped away. A native of Gloucestershire England he came to Shanghai in 1934 and has been active in negotiating with the Japanese controlled Shanghai government over roads outside the international settlement.
Philadelphia January 6 A man driven by jealousy is said to have an emotional age of three by Dr Earl D Bond of the Pennsylvania Hospital. He told the Physiotherapy Association that the incurably romantic adult is about 14 emotionally and the boastful man has an emotional age of seven.
German official news agency DNB advised that Germans could expect quiet along the western front in the near future. It explained the brevity of the high command communique reading No special events and noted activity had centered between the Rhine and Moselle rivers but would stagnate there as well.
In Rochester Minnesota a report says Clara Bow now Mrs Rex Bell will not play opposite Gene Autry in The Oomph Girl And The Cowboy. Bell has retired from the screen according to her husband and studio plans are abandoned.
Washington officials said Congress must include farm parity payments in the Agriculture Department appropriation. They add that without subsidies, producer incomes would not show impact until the 1941 summer and fall.
Discussion on annexation details describes council vote to approve an ordinance, informing Commonwealth Attorney and Board of Supervisors, 30 day public notice, and circuit court hearing before a panel of judges. Property owners may present arguments for or against the extension at any stage.
Chairman Vinson plans an early hearing by a sub committee led by Rep. Darden to examine Navy Department set up policies and discuss recommendations for sweeping changes. The investigation aims to consider proposals for reorganization and potential reforms.
The Navy named Rear Admiral Adolphus E. Watson to succeed the late Rear Admiral J. C. Townsend as commandant of the Fourth Naval District with headquarters in Philadelphia. Townsend died last month. Watson, 61, a Norfolk, Virginia native, now serves on the Navy's general board.
Admiral Claude C. Bloch reiterated that the fleet is ready to fight as he prepared to turn over command to Admiral J O Richardson. He credited officers and sailors for two years of readiness and urged continued effort amid chaotic world affairs to maintain defense strength and avoid complacency.
In Cure All Missouri Harrison Garrett reports transparent eyeless fish pulled from a farm well near here. The two to five inch specimens resemble catfish and die within hours on the surface as bones show in sunlight. The find dates back years after the well was drilled.
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