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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1939
Page
9
Baltimore and Philadelphia market notes report produce and poultry prices, eggs, butter, and cattle sheep and hog quotes. Chicago gives hog, steer, lamb movements with top bids and receipts, plus feeds and local retail items.
Kent Street extended sales every Tuesday show livestock prices across categories. Steers, heifers, cows, bulls, veal calves, lambs, sheep, shoats, pigs, fat sows, and stocker cattle listed with bid ranges and usual market terms.
The New York stock market eased for a pause with light trading and minimal price changes. Near the end small gains and losses were spread across the list with Sterling at 4 68 1 8 and quotes for Am Adv, Am Smel, A T and T, Anaconda, Bethlehem, Chrysler, Con Edison, Gen Elec, Gen Motor, Goodyear, and others listed.
Detectives probe the hammer slaying of Carrie Selah Romig 55 in Indianapolis. Her husband Daniel Romig 28 is questioned as police pursue two leads including jewelry missing from the apartment and a man she knew visiting earlier.
Leonard Riley of this city was admitted to Memorial Hospital for treatment with a heavy cold that shows symptoms of developing into pneumonia.
The page records trading figures for firms including Kennecott Penn. R. R. Union Pac U S Steel Texas Corp Republic Steel Western Union Woolworth and others with varied shares up or down. Notable quotes include U S Steel at 64 5 8 and Union Pac at 95.
Chicago and Baltimore grain markets show wheat futures rising over one cent as foreign imports renew interest. Cash wheat and grain quotes list seasonally varying futures for March through September and cash bids in Chicago and Baltimore with No. 2 red and yellow corn and soybeans featured.
Insurgents report cleaning up a band of villages south and southeast of Cervera and prepare for renewed mountain fighting near the government capital. Observers note shifting maneuvers toward Lerida Barcelona highway and potential attack on Manresa. Southwest gains claimed as insurgents press from Toledo sector into La Granja de Torrehermosa. Barcelona steadies defense. city buzzes with wartime activity and traffic as forces fight further north from Pons to Seo De Urgel.
A Salvation Army committee reports on local family conditions in Winchester. A 14 year old girl in one eight member clan fabricates stories, harming school life and friendships. Captain and Mrs. Bott handle the case and seek guidance to steer the child toward better direction.
London reports the cabinet reaffirmed Britain will not sell war materials to the Spanish government. Prime Minister Chamberlain is said to have rejected Labour leader Attlee’s demand to recall the House of Commons immediately due to the gravity of Spain’s situation.
The U S S Pennsylvania, flagship of the United States fleet, left for the Panama Canal toward the Caribbean for maneuvers next month. It to join more than 100 vessels in Cristobal Harbor before departure for the maneuver zone. Leshee left California December 37.
Clarke County Farm Agent C. C. Funkhouser announces a series of January through March farm discussion meetings in Berryville Boyce and Hawthorne. Leaders include Gaunt Price Hardesty and Buckley with topics on soil depletion and its impact on local opportunity.
Wayne Wright was named to ride War Admiral in the $50,000 Widener at Hialeah Park on March 4. Wright rode the Admiral to victory in the Whitney Stakes at Saratoga, while jockey Charles Kurtskinger expressed interest in riding Stagehand in the Widener.
The Public Utilities Commission refuses to drop action on alleged statutory violations by Associated Gas and Electric subsidiaries. Saul challenges the commission authority to meddle in local affairs while the panel aims to gather firsthand information on services, charges, and relationships within the Associated system. Examiner Hampton overruled the objection and allowed the investigation to proceed with counsel’s testimony guidance.
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles resumes inquiry into mutiny aboard the Meira Nelson during a voyage to Cocos Island last fall. Prominent figures named include Marino Bello Evelyn Husby Richard Gulley Dorothy DiFrasso and Felomena Benzy with accused mutineers Charles Segal and Abe Kapeliner alleging skipper R B Hoffman brutal discipline and anti Jewish persecution. A $7500 damage suit against Hoffman by boatswain Rolf Baarman follows claims of leg irons and attempted chaining.
Wilbur L. Kern performed the bass solo Old Black Joe with fine effect during a Sunday afternoon concert by the Messinee Municipal Band at the Palace Theatre. The Star regrets the error.
Information compiled by instructors in vocational agriculture in Frederick County shows 129 boys enrolled across four high schools. They oversee 813 acres of crops, 683 head of livestock, and 3 945 fowls, with an average 4.7 enterprises per student. The program operates with parent cooperation, emphasizing hands-on learning and citizenship preparation. County instructors include W R Legge Handley HS, R A Wall Middletown and Stephens City, and J E Cowles Gainesboro.
Officials said D Floya Flickinger superintendent of Colonial National Historic Park was among Park Service field men considered for transfer. He oversaw Yorktown and Jamestown developments in Virginia from Yorktown HQ. They denied reports of a Wyoming posting. no definite transfer decided.
Snow redeposits overnight delaying traffic as streets and highways clog again. Five days of precipitation total about 7 inches with 134 inches depth noted at 8 am and officials predicting over 3 inches more by afternoon near Winchester Research Lab.
Harrisburg Pa January 18 Governor Arthur H James signals swift fiscal reform in his inauguration address. He seeks an accurate view of state finances with a possible general fund deficit of 45 to 50 million dollars and immediate personnel cuts across state departments to begin once the budget picture is clear.
The weekly service at Our Saviour Lutheran Church starts at eight with Pastor presenting The Beauty of Sacrifice. C. W. Lowe invites all to attend.
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