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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1939
Page
11
A legislative committee trimmed several programs in the deficit bill. Reductions included 3 00,000 for pest control and 1 30,000 from wage hour administration funding. It kept 79,000 for the children's bureau and 3 500,000 for a new census bureau building, with 50,000 for widow payments to five deceased representatives.
The committee reported no authority exists for a $5,000,000 appropriation for New England forests. It notes conditions resemble those after a major disaster that trigger a national emergency needing federal aid. It also explains the $100,000 wage hour division cut could be restored later if found ill advised.
Miss Polly Ann Dodson aged 69 of Connieville died yesterday morning at 9 15 at her home from a heart attack induced by tularemia contracted last November. Sister Mary Dellinger died December 7 of the same disease. Surviving are two sisters in Ohio and brothers Robert and Charles Dodson of Mt Jackson. Funeral Saturday at 10 30 from the home with Rev L P Tederick. Burial at Connieville.
The Winchester Little Theatre Inc plans a membership drive to spark activity, not solicit funds, led by President Roy Ryden Jr. A general meeting is set for Jan 25 at Handley Library auditorium with an old time melodrama Curse You Jack Dalton by Martinsburg Little Theatre as the main attraction.
The report outlines a nine point defense program urged by General Marlin Craig. It calls for expanding the army air force to 6000 fighting planes, boosting air corps personnel, adding Air Reserve officers on active duty, training in civilian schools, training civilian instructors in army schools, more training planes for civilian use, canal zone housing additions, broader procurement powers, and increased educational orders with industry.
Baltimore and Philadelphia livestock and produce markets dated Jan 19 show mixed price levels for apples, potatoes, poultry, eggs, butter, and fattened birds. Cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep prices are listed by weight and class with noted tops and ranges across Baltimore Chicago and Philadelphia markets.
The Star prints daily market listings for wholesale flour and mixed feeds. Prices show patent brand bags from 4.00 to 4.80 per barrel and other items such as middlings and corn meal with small bag options and varied weights.
New York stock activity showed selective recoveries but overall trends were flat or slightly lower. Very light selling encouraged some buying, with near final hour gains and losses roughly even. transfers ran about 600000 shares as investors chased few clear signals amid mixed commodity and bond movements.
Chicago January 19 wheat prices wavered within a 3 to 4 cent range and closed slightly higher than yesterday, while Liverpool setbacks pressured other futures. Early gains of 3 to 8 cents faded as trading was mostly for grain trade accounts with little speculative activity.
Suffering thousands lose energy from nightly upsets. Poor kidney and bladder function blamed. A new guaranteed method RIS offered at local druggists with a trial treatment for 50 cents in Winchester Virginia stores.
About 360 passengers aboard the Italian liner Culcania endured a ferocious storm off the Azores injuring six and bruising scores as waves crashed over decks. Publisher J M McClelland of the Daily News quoted frightened passengers and said radio was torn loose and doctors could not reach the injured. The line cited five days of bad weather with peak winds around 67 mph.
A veteran who has never applied for the bonus may do so now. The maximum bonus paid to any veteran was $1595.
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