Winchester and Western test diesel locomotive trial run
A first diesel engine to ride Winchester and Western rails performed a trial on Thursday with 18 aboard. The 120 ton unit develops 1000 horsepower and may haul sand and lumber as W and W eyes a purchase before year end, pending bridge repairs on the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester and Western Railroad
J. E. Kerr
W&w
C. C. Heltzel
Clyde Hay
B&o
E. H. Davidson Jr
Lima-Hamilton Corp
J. G. Fosbrink
W&w Railroad
E. Johnson
E. E. Bowers
Wm. E. Eisenberg
Grace Lutheran Church
Herbert S. Larrick
Winchester and Western
Strasburg
Eisenberg
Fosbrink
Barr Sudio
Grain prices-edge up at Chicago open as trade light
Chicago Board of Trade opened with grains slightly higher following yesterday's rally. Wheat led gains with March at 2.15 1 4 to 2.15 1 2, oats around 68 7 8 to 61 7 8, corn near 1.28 futures, rye about 1.40 1 2. Trade volume remained light.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Market Quotations New York Stocks
Buying interest in automobile stocks helped keep today’s market even. Railroad issues, strong yesterday, made limited progress and in some cases none. General Motors and Chrysler gained about 1-2 points while Studebaker trailed. Nickel Plate led rail, with N Y Central and Southern lines close behind. Major gainers included Republic Steel Goodyear Woolworth J I Case Schenley Motorola Admiral American Telephone American Cyanamid DuPont Eastman Kodak American Tobacco Standard Oil East and Eastern Airways. Falls came from Sears Roebuck Radio Corp Anaconda Copper Philip Morris Santa Fe Texas Co and Warner Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
General Motors
Chrysler
Studebaker
N. Y. Central
Southern Railway
Chesapeake & Ohio
Southern Pacific
Republic Steel
Goodyear
Woolworth
J. I. Case
Schenley
Motorola
Admiral Corp
American Telephone
American Cyanamid
DuPont
Eastman Kodak
American Tobacco
Standop Oil
Eastern Aires
Sears Roebuck, Radio Corp
Anaconda Cooper
Philip Morris, Santa Fe, Texas Co
Warner Bros
Livestock and Market Report from Baltimore and Chicago
Baltimore and Chicago market notes show mixed demand for cattle calves hogs and sheep with varied prices. Livestock receipts include butter eggs and poultry with generally steady to weaker undertones and scarce trading in hogs and turkeys.
Local Market Prices and Grain Feed Listings
Daily corrected local market figures show prices for flour corn meal buckwheat and grain by the bag and 100 lb sacks. Items include corn meal five and ten pound bags and cracked corn sixty to seventy cent ranges with wholesale and retail butter notes.
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Nota Cocesee
Farmers Livestock Exchange Market Report
Market activity steady to higher for some stock classes. cattle prices range from 14 to 26 per cwt with steers at 24-26.25 for good butcher stockers up to 25 for best calves. Hogs and lambs show varied demand with hogs 15-16 for most weights and lambs around 24-25 per head.
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Baltimore
Chicago
Agricultural prices and poultry quotes from Winchester area
The list reports U S Grade A extra large to B large eggs prices and live poultry values for Winchester area plants. It also notes turkeys and guineas prices and mentions FDR’s trips, including Warm Springs 399th trip and Hyde Park funeral journey as the 40th.
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U. S
U.S
Winchester
Leghornehens Ee Sis
Rock & Cross
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warm Springs
Hyde Park
Colleges to Send Representatives To Handley School
Twenty seven educational institutions will send representatives to Handley school on Thursday to interview prospective pupils. Principal E P Browning said the visitors will interview seniors and younger students who may later attend college. He added goals include involvement from local manufacturers and merchants to advise students not pursuing college on local employment options. Institutions listed include Madison Mary Washington Shepherd Randolph Macon Woman's College Longwood College University of Richmond Averett Mary Baldwin University of Virginia Radford College Sweet Briar Randolph Macon University Virginia Interment College Virginia Military Institute Southern Seminary and Junior College Lynchburg College Hampden Sydney Roanoke College Bridgewater Bluefield College Marion College Medical College of Virginia Virginia Polytechnic Institute Shenandoah College Blackstone College Helmins and Sweetbriar.
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Handley School
E.P. Browning
Browning
Madison Mary Washington
Shepherd
Randolph Macon
Woman’s College
Longwood College
University of Richmond
Averitt
Mary Baldwin
University of Virginia
Radford College
Sweet Briar
Virginia Interment College
Virginia Military Institute
Southern Seminary and Junior College
Lynchburg College
Hampden-Sydney
Roanoke College
Bridgewater
Bluefield College
Marion College
Medical College of Virginia
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Shenandoah College
Blackstone College
Helmins and
Sweetbriar
Robert Leach Named Farm Post Instructor in Clarke County
Robert L. Leach of Front Royal will serve as Instructor of the Veterans-on-the-Farm program in Clarke County replacing R. M. Cross who resigned to attend Purdue University. Leach, VP I class of 1937, served eight years in the Army Quar termaster Corps with postings including Remount Station Front Royal Italy and China. He has since operated a livestock farm in Warren County.
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Robert L. Leach
Front Royal
Clarke County
R. M. Cross
Cross
LaFayette
Ind
Purdue University
Leach
Army
Quartermaster Corp
Remount Station
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach and the Krupp empire
German diplomat Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach married Bertha Krupp in Hague and led the Krupp holdings, once valued up to a billion dollars. He advised Germany’s armament effort, supported Nazi alignment, and received the gold Nazi honor badge on his 70th birthday in 1940.
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Hague
Holland
Bertha Krupp
Krupp von Bohlen and
Halbach
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Bertha
Krupp
Philadelphia
Henry Bohlen
the Rappahannock
Gustav
Washington
Rome
Kingdom of
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Church Institute To Hold Meeting
District Missionary Institute of Methodist Church will meet 5 30 p m to 9 p m Thursday at Woodstock Methodist Church Supper will be served to delegates by ladies of the Christian Church Rev H Blackwell pastor of Methodist Church in Harrisonburg will preside Speakers include Rev H S Southgate Virginia Annual Conference Missionary secretary and Dr J Harry Haines recently from Chungking China Dr Haines touring districts will report on conditions in China
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Missionary Institute of Methodist Church
Woodstock Methodist Church
Ladies of the Christian Church
H. ©. Blackwell
Methodist Church
Harrisonburg
H. S
Methodist Pastors Gather With Missionary Representatives
All pastors of Methodist Churches will attend with representatives of their lay and missionary groups.
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Diesel
Chicago Grain
Rye
Aples
Bubkts & Eastern Crates Usis
N. J
Pe. W. Va
MD. Va
Ostly
The
Star
Western Frederick Bank of
United States Gov
United States
J. W. Ward
Co. W. Franks
B. A. Giffin
A. C.’Oates
State of
Virginia
County of
Frederick
Elias. Luttrell
March OF Dames
Jene Peta Ett
Northern Virginia Power CO
Farmers Livestock Exchange Market
Agriculture Dept
Robert Leach
Grove's
J. W. Grove Furniture CO
S. Loudoun St
Guy R. Fisher
Staunton
American Cancer Society
Church Institute
Cagers
Edinburg
Clarke County High
Berryville Quint
Lovooen Sreses
GEO
E. Pully Insurance Agency & M Bank
APEX
China
Roy A. Lee
Kent St
Winchester’s Shopping Center
Nucoa & Americas
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