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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1940
Page
9
Baltimore and Chicago market notes detail farm prices for cattle hogs calves sheep and poultry. Prices show steer and yearling ranges, hog poundage, veal values, and lamb quotes with regional totals and USDA messages.
The Star notes markets are corrected daily and disclaims responsibility for any errors. It emphasizes ongoing accuracy but warns readers to verify figures independently.
A reader market listing shows various wholesale flour prices for Short Patent per barrel and bag sizes, plus patent brand rates. It lists mixed and young poultry prices by weight, old and young Leghorn fowl, cow prices, and hog prices with numeric per-bbl or per-pound figures.
The market displayed rallying ideas but heavy selling hit steels and motor shares. Late support appeared yet many quotes hovered near lows at the close, with volume exceeding 1 million shares during decliners and transfers in five hours.
Wheat prices slipped about two cents before a brief rally as selling for securities pressured markets. Southern wheat from Australia weighed on North American prices with May at 98 3 4 to 1 8. Corn and oats followed with May at 57 to 58, oats around 39 5 8 to 34 1 2, soybeans near 1.16 3 4. Cash grain reports show no cash wheat sales and varied bids for corn oats and soybeans in Chicago and Baltimore markets.
Actress Joan Bennett age 29 and producer Walter Wanger age 45 were married in Phoenix with witnesses Margaret Ettinger and Mildred Niles present. The ceremony was performed by the Peace Harry Westfall.
Moscow dispatch reports General L. Z. Mekhlis, the top political army commissar, has been sent to the front to supervise morale after the Finnish campaign setback. He will be joined by new commissars to reorganize the troops' spirit and discipline.
Amanda Elizabeth Anderson widow of Arthur Anderson and prominent cabinetmaker of this city died 11 30 p m at the home of Mrs Ella Emmett in Mount Pleasant Frederick County after a long illness Born January 7 1858 she spent most of her life in Virginia She leaves a step daughter Miss Ethel Anderson and many nieces and nephews She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church The body rests at Jones chapel then at West Cork street Seventh Day Adventist Church for services at 3 00 p m conducted by Rev J E Edwards and Rev A N Allen Interment will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery lot
Frederick county teachers were praised in a letter from Ruth Henderson state supervisor of elementary education for excellent health activities in rural schools. Anne Preston Starling said the letter followed a December visit by EB Graves from the State Department of Health. Health programs include the longstanding dental clinic supervised play lunch programs and practical health rule applications.
Paris reports that three German aircraft were shot down on the western front over the past two days amid cold winter weather. A reconnaissance craft fell inside French lines despite German fighter protection, with heavy artillery and patrol actions reported along the front. The Allied communiqué described a night without major incidents and ongoing patrol activity.
The Rev A J Jenkins formerly of the London police force is conducting evangelistic revivals on Meron Street. The meetings run nightly at 745 pm and Sundays at 230 and 745 pm through January 28 with an invitation extended by Rev J B Shade of the local Pentecostal Church. Jenkins, an English native and eastern district superintendent of the Pentecostal Church of God in the U S, will travel next to Fairmont West Virginia and then Pittsburgh.
In a light vote at the University of Virginia Student Topics poll the Conservatives won 17 seats in the Unicameral Forum, with 11 for the Center party and 7 for the Leftists. They focus on neutrality, monopoly limits, labor, and anti lynching legislation. Leftists push for government ownership of key industries.
The House passed an emergency national defense bill with funds for the rest of the fiscal year and a prohibition motion against ships patrolling the 300 mile Welles neutrality zone failed. The measure now moves to the Senate.
Chester B. Duryea, after 25 years at Mattea Wan State Hospital for the Criminal Insane, appears in White Plains court claiming regained sanity to face trial for murder of his father dated May 5, 1914.
The Maritime Commission told Congress the American merchant marine is better than in 1914 despite war disruptions. The report notes the war and neutrality act disrupted ship operations, with rate hikes affecting costs to consumers. Since Oct 20 1937, 28 ships launched, 12 operating, 141 vessels ordered costing $345 282 856.
Berlin reports four more British ships sunk and a British air raid repelled on an unidentified German island. German high command says three British patrol boats and an armed merchant steamer were sunk off the Scottish coast amid air battles with British planes.
A new one session hour course in Education EB6-1 titled The Teaching of Art in the Elementary Grades will be organized for Frederick County teachers. It may count toward a bachelor's degree or certificate renewal though no graduate credit is offered. University of Virginia credits may serve as an elective if needed. Interested teachers should verify credit with their college and contact Miss Annie Starling promptly.
Delegate Spiers cites a subcommittee on criminal reforms with plans to abolish a bill. A bill to validate 55000 in 2 percent general obligation bonds for a Williamsburg negro school is introduced. Campbell Bazile back a Civilian Conservation Corps funding stance. Speaker invites Republicans to Virginia Jackson Day dinner at a premium rate.
Finnish marksmen reportedly shot at groups of Soviet troops descending by parachute on the Karelian Isthmus. Tidningen says several 50 man units were annihilated as they landed. Danish and Swedish volunteers increase in Finland’s aid drive while infantry clashes and patrols are noted near Kitela and on the Mannerheim line frontier.
The Russian army, routed on the central Finnish front, drives a large effort to break south from Salla and Petsamo fronts in the Arctic. A twin attack began after artillery actions. fighting continues. An undisclosed village in Salla remains the only northern position Soviet forces fortified strongly, with a Finnish victory likely to push the frontier south toward Suomussalmi.
Raidford M. Porter 45 salesman of 686 National avenue was fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to one month in jail with 10 days to be served and the rest suspended an appeal noted. W B Duncan 31 of Paper Mill Road received the same penalty after his car struck a light pole and did not appeal. John G. Timbrook was dismissed on payment of costs after violation of the bad check law.
Japanese naval authorities visited Miss Frances Donaldson of Louisville Kentucky and apologized for an attack by a Japanese sentry. The incident occurred as she crossed a bridge into the international settlement while unaware she was on the wrong side.
The query explains the name June deriving from Juno the goddess of women and marriage, linking the month to matrimonial symbolism. The answer notes June's linguistic roots and its association with weddings through the Juno figure.
An explosion at Pond Creek Pocahontas Coal Co mine No 1 in Bartley West Virginia traps about eighty miners 600 feet underground. Bodies were recovered immediately after the blast which occurred two and a half miles from the mine entrance.
Fredericksburg Mayor W. Marshall King cites three decade achievements: attracting Sylvania Industrial Corporation with 1,500 workers and a $1.5 million payroll, creating a park and new home sites by draining marsh land, and installing a comprehensive garbage control system with frequent pickups and sanitary can services. A separate incident in New York involved Captors arresting Thomas Doherty after a high speed chase.
The Rev G A Liker an Episcopal minister qualified to perform matrimony rites in Virginia with a $500 bond. Mrs J R Rose served as surety. He qualified in Corporation Court.
A Boston driver Benjamin Bern was fined five dollars for driving without lights after betting Officer John Young the case would not go to court. Judge Timothy J. Ahern ordered the light fine. The docket shows no disposition of the bet.
Senator Lesner gains five committee seats while Sen Robert W. Daniel of Brandon becomes chair of insurance and banking, succeeding A E Shumate. New chairs include R C Vaden on moral social and child welfare, M M Hillard on agriculture mining and manufacturing, and Leonard G Muse on special private and local legislation.
Fincham was brought back to Clarke for an extradition attempt. An early preliminary hearing before Trial Justice Rakley was expected, with Clarke Circuit Court resuming January 22. The theft involved 7 steers taken November 27 from Mrs. J. M. Lee. A yellow freight ticket found at Harper Motor Lanes in Elberton linked the case to a Harper line truck driven by Harold Cooley, who aided transport to Baltimore and named suspects James Gregor and John Brown. Brown and Gregor were held in Baltimore after police captured them.
Senator Lloyd M Robinette of Lee proposes an amendment to section 133 of the state constitution to shift superintendent naming from local boards to the State Board. The commission endorses two parts of the three part education program and urges rapid realization of free textbooks as revenues allow. It backs a $720 minimum average salary per teacher unit and a sound retirement system, and suggests a county board chair also serve as Board of Supervisors chair with other trustees appointed by the Circuit Court.
The 40 mile W. and W. line once vital for lumber and supplies to Gore Wardensville faces auction after 1929 downturn. Current operations include two daily mixed trains with Gore’s Sager as engineer and Shoemaker of Gore as conductor, under receiver Sencindiver. Sale terms require cash at sale, balance later.
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