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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1940
Page
7
Baltimore and Chicago livestock and produce markets show mixed changes. Poultry and turkeys move irregularly while hogs and cattle face declines and steady factors. prices for calves calves and sheep vary, with notable figures from U. S. Dept. Agr. and listed firms.
Stock market fluctuated with early selling pressure on steels and rails and utilities, but a late buying push helped steels motors and aircrafts gain. Transfers reached about 600,000 shares as quotes listed major names including Am. Tel Am. Motors Chrysler General Foods Goodyear Gen. Motors Kennecott Packard and more.
Chicago wheat futures swing widely with gains near day’s end as war activity and favorable crop reports influence prices. May wheat at 1.02 to 1.02% close, oats and corn vary, with soybeans around 1.16% to 1.13% for May and July. Cash grain prices list No. 2 yellow hard wheat at 1.03%%, corn mixed grades around 58 to 65, soybeans 1.16 to 1.18, and malting barley near 54-67 nom for buyers.
The Navy asked Congress for 597100 dollars to fund emergency public works construction in Virginia for the rest of the current fiscal year. Testimony before an appropriations sub committee on supplemental emergency defense estimates was made public.
Funeral services for Minnie Oates Johnson were held Sunday at Timber Ridge Christian Church near High View West Virginia. The Rev. R A Whitten and Rev C H Anderson officiated with a choir and family members in attendance. she leaves two sons five brothers two sisters and many nieces and nephews. Interment followed in Timber Ridge Church Cemetery.
Grace Episcopal Church in Berryville Virginia elected 12 vestrymen for the coming year at its annual meeting. Rector Rev Ernest Williams chaired and proposed moving the meeting time to November for the member canvass and to lead Bible class for older youths. Reports from church groups noted good finances and active societies.
Requests disclose $350000 for a temporary emergency naval hospital and dispensing facilities at Portsmouth Virginia and $20000 for similar facilities at the Norfolk naval training station.
The Stephens City Junior Farmers Club met in the high school agriculture building for a debate on whether dairying is more profitable than beef cattle in Frederick county. The negative team of Jack McAboy and Robert Russell won against Eldon and Bob Brumback. The next meeting will be February 15 with the Northern Triangle Federation of the F F A at Handley High School in Winchester.
Protests over naming Murphy to a Canadian succession mix with others as whispered cabinet changes. Edison is discussed as a potential successor to Swan son, while Daniel W Bell advances for undersecretary of the Treasury. Leake’s customs post faces GOP and Downey objections, with Johnson and Barkley weighing in. Francis Biddle’s solicitor general nomination moves tentatively forward in the judiciary paths.
A large Presbyterian congregation on Loudoun Street heard Rev. Sparks W. Melton of Norfolk deliver a sermon on Conversion during the Week of Prayer. He urged turning every faculty from evil to good, likening life to a lapidary carving value from rust and calling Christ the discoverer of human worth.
Members of the Kiwanis Club at the George Washington Hotel heard Ben Belchie discuss the transport business and trucking service. Guests included Sam Ellington of Waynesboro and Dr Sparks Melton of Norfolk. The attendance prize went to Rev Herman J Womeldorf. Leaders Dr Ansel Groves and Andrew Bell will attend the Capital district mid winter conference at the Monticello Hotel Charlottesville with Bell speaking on the Secretarys Job in the afternoon.
Frederick county orchardists and farmers gathered at William Beverley’s Winchester Cold Storage office to hear entomologist Dr. Walter S. Hough describe the Japanese beetle threat. He warned of possible quarantine lines and urged immediate action to protect orchards, crops, and pastures as significant corn losses were reported in the Hagerstown–Frederick area.
President Roosevelt urged Americans to gather in churches synagogues schools public halls and homes during Brotherhood Week February 18 25 1940 to celebrate brotherhood under God and to rededicate themselves to the principle that all men are brothers and oppose religious prejudice and group intolerance. Dr 8 L Flickinger announced the call as chair of the local Brotherhood Week Committee under the National Conference of Christians and Jews.
The Rev. C Worthington Lowe leads prayer service on the theme Comen Given The Twelve at 8 o clock in the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour. Wayne King's orchestra theme song is The Waltz You Saved For Me.
Hundreds of customers praise our used car lot for quality and value. Cars shown include 1939 Town Sedan, 1938 Ford Tudor, 1938 Chev Coupe, 1938 Chev Town Sedan, 1937 Chev Sport Sedan, 1936 Pontiac Coach, and 1936 Ford Sedan with prices ranging from 335 to 645 dollars.
The Virginia House of Delegates passed House Bill No. 1 within an hour of convening. The measure, introduced by Speaker Ashton Covell, would authorize easements to the federal government for construction and the city of Williamsburg to grant a 183 foot vehicular tunnel under the city as part of the Colonial Parkway.
President Roosevelt sends to the Senate the nomination of former Maryland Congressman David J. Lewis to again serve on the National Railway Mediation Board for a term ending February 1, 1943. The document also notes figures from Jackson Day dinners, including $221,545 total and $32,000 for Washington, D. C.
About 200 farmers from Frederick Clarke Shenandoah Page and Warren counties attended the Shenandoah Production Credit Corporation annual meeting at the Sarah Zane fire hall. Directors Clifton Price and J H Funkhouser were reelected for three years. Julian Everly reported loans totaling about 350000 dollars. M O Wilson of the Production Credit Corporation gave the main address. A 4 H club contest won by Mrs A S Pennypacker was announced.
Mrs Abe Fortas told the House Investigating Committee she joined the Labor Relations Board review division the same month she was admitted to practice law. She now works in the Justice Department tax division. her husband is Interior Department Bituminous Coal Division general counsel.
ROANOKE Va Jan 10 Economies in selling and delivering dairy products plus by product use were studied by the Virginia Dairy Products Association on the final day of its convention Cooperation between the dairy industry and producers was urged by Dr E Reed chief of the United States Bureau of Dairy Industry to make milk affordable for consumers.
Richmond lawmakers released committee assignments with Crowder of Richmond as courts of justice chair and McCue replacing Sutherland on schools and colleges. Chitwood of Rocky Mount named general laws chair, Dinwiddie’s Coleman to roads, Lauderback to insurance and banking. Morgan becomes state banking commissioner.
Gov Price addresses the assembly on relief funds consuming 80 to 85 percent of revenues and signals plans to extend remarks. Senate seats show one empty, Burks not qualifying for bench, late Wilson noted. Wickham reelected president pro tem and Combs remains clerk. House proceedings mirror Senate, with Wickham presiding in Holt’s absence and Jeter taking oath as clerk. Senate rules amended to name a clerk successor if vacancy arises when not in session, with Price making a temporary appointment after Hanger’s death.
Daredevil Battalion Chief William B Seckins heads a city emergency rescue unit in Van Nuys California. He has saved many from burning homes and perilous structures while climbing poles and ladders. He survived a garage mishap that caused a broken arm. In a trivia query the answer notes more than 16 400 tourist sleaps operating 165 000 cottages in the United States.
In the Clerk's Office of Winchester Virginia on January 4 1940 Harry R Kern administrator c t a of Katie Hodge files a partition suit against Howard McGruder et al seeking to divide a Freemont Street house and lot among heirs if possible. Unknown heirs of Charles Hodge and Mabel Blackburn and David Blackburn must appear within ten days and a weekly notice will run for four weeks in the Winchester Star with a copy posted at the courthouse door by January 8 1940. Corinne Barnett Clerk.
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