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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1940
Page
3
Baltimore and Chicago quotes report dull produce and poultry offerings with price ranges for apples delis, and live cattle hogs sheep and poultry. Trading shows weakness in ducks geese turkeys and small fowl while hogs and cattle vary by weight and class.
New York stock list shows mixed early buying fading by 2 PM as leaders toppled. Notable quotes include Am. Can 115 1 4, Gen. Elec 39 1 2, U S Steel 63, Western Union 25 1 2, Woolworth 40 3 8, and Goodyear 23.
Chicago on January 11 reports a momentary fall of dollar wheat on the market board with declines of about two cents per bushel. Closing quotes show May wheat near 99 3 4 to 1.00, and July corn around 58 to 58 1 8, with oats weaker. No cash wheat sales were recorded in Chicago while other cereal prices varied across grades. Baltimore reports spot wheat at 1.12 1 4 and mill-delivery prices for wheat and corn year-ago levels.
Joe Dave alias Joe Davis wanted in Clarke for fatal injuries to William Monroe Price 57 found unconscious in a barn last October. Arrested in Washington DC on drunken charges and held at Occoquan Virginia. Expected release in Washington Saturday. Price died at Memorial Hospital from skull fracture likely caused by an empty bottle blow.
Nominations sent to the Senate by President Roosevelt include Alfred D. Barksdale to be judge for the Western District of Virginia and Armistead M. Dobie of Virginia to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, both following recess appointments.
President Roosevelt told Congress that wise use and conservation of national resources must be a primary federal responsibility. The national resources committee transmitted a progress report compiled largely from prior planning studies and supplements from the National Resource Planning Board.
Last rites were conducted yesterday afternoon for Mrs. Annie Margaret Orndorff of Mount Williams noted as a Gold Star Mother who lost a son in World War I. Friends gathered at her Mount Williams residence at 1 30 before services at St John’s Lutheran Church led by Rev. Edwin Smith. Hymns included It Is Well With My Soul The Old Rugged Cross and Shall We Gather At The River. Pallbearers named were Charles Ashwood Ernest Ashwood Lucian Ashwood Noah Williams Leonard Williams and Ralph Williams. Interment followed in the adjoining cemetery.
The annual Frederick Clarke Loan Association meeting will be held at the courthouse at 10 o clock on January 17. Walker Bond, the president, will preside and present annual reports by the president and the secretary treasurer W Erle Edwards. A special entertainment and awards will feature the meeting with a large attendance expected. Two directors will be elected.
Woodrum urged 100 percent cooperation with President Roosevelt aiming to reduce next year’s deficit and keep federal debt below the 45 billion limit. Congress faced battles over an anti lynching bill and defense funding with budget surveys and secrecy surrounding sub committee spending.
Virginia lawmakers discussed jail reform bills and a division of corrections while adjournment set for tomorrow. The session reviewed governor appointments and a plan for a merit rating unemployment tax as part of a proposed school funding increase and fiscal program for the biennial session.
The 39 year old Virginia State Highway Department employee Arthur O Will of Mt Jackson was found dead after a crash along Route 55 near the Warren Shenandoah county line east of Strasburg. An autopsy showed a skull base fracture as the cause of death. The car left the road and struck a 15 inch fence post after tumbling down a 10 foot embankment. time of accident could not be fixed.
The injured man sustained severe abrasions on the right side of the face and lacerations and abrasions on the right arm and leg. His body was taken to Mt. Jackson for funeral services.
The answer states that more than 11,000 air conditioned passenger cars are now in operation, reflecting a large scale adoption of climate control in rail travel.
The debate recalls Henry Clay’s line I would rather be right than President spoken to Jon of Kentucky amid his Missouri Compromise support. Thomas B. Reed quips the concern ends with Clay never becoming President.
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