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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1941
Page
9
A broken axle derailed seventeen cars of a Baltimore and Ohio freight near Cowen. Tracks and ties were dug up for 200 yards, blocking the Baltimore to New York line briefly. no injuries reported.
Jan 21 market notes from Baltimore report produce prices for potatoes and sweet potatoes unchanged while poultry prices ease slightly on young chickens. Cattle and hogs fluctuate with cows steady and hogs mostly 8.55 to 9.10 for various weights, Chicago and Philadelphia bids also cited with mixed trends.
New York trading opens with an initial rail lift that wanes by midday as motors and steels slip into the red. Stocks quoted include Southern 4 S. O. of N. J. 33 7 8, Texas Corp. 36 7 8, Union Pac. 81 1 2, U. S. Steel 65 1 8, Va. Car. Pad. 25 1 4, Western Union 20 1 2, Woolworth 32 1 2.
Holt completed his last major act by signing the final certificate at his Martinsburg home at the first moment of January 13. Joseph Rosier, chosen to finish Neely’s Senate term, was at his Fairmont home when the appointment was signed.
Boston on January 21 reports fine Delaine fleece wool attracting little interest with prices around 42 to 44 cents in grease. Few mills showed demand. South American fine and half blood wools were notably more moderate in activity.
fragmentary text lists numbers and phrases about mediums, whites, and senderds with ranges 19 to 21 and 17 to 18, lacking context or identifiable events or entities.
Joseph Spell, a 31 year old negro chauffeur, stands trial in Bridgeport on charges of thrice assaulting his employer Eleanor Strubing last December while her husband John Strubing was away on business. The court barred spectators and stationed deputies to restrict access as the trial opened.
The Hungarian Parliament enacted anti Jewish laws in 1939 restricting Jewish participation in business and various professions to only six to twelve percent of total practitioners, curbing access to the economy for Jews.
Chicago and Baltimore markets show weaker wheat futures with declines up to a cent a bushel. Prices opened mixed as selling pressure rose, while some buy orders paused the drop. May wheat at 85 1 2 to 3 8, July 79 7 8 to 80, Sept 80 1 4. corn May 62 3 4 to 5 8, July 62 7 8, 1 62 3 4. oats May 35 7 8, July 32 1 2. Cash bids noted for No 2 yellow corn 65 1 2, various No grades. Baltimore markets quoted wheat 93c, corn 60c per bushel.
Widespread mill delivery notes show wheat at 1.06 dollars and corn prices or quantities for the period ago.
The House passed a 300 million dollar appropriation to strengthen air attack protection for the United States Navy. The bill won 130 to 0 and moves to the Senate as the chamber's first passage this session.
The Frederick-Carteret Farm Loan Group met in Winchester to re-elect directors Walker Bond John B Byr water and George P Kern with W Erle Edwards as secretary treasurer. P A Fleury King attended as a speaker and loans were reported during the year. Officers including Bond Kern and Edwards were re-elected.
Army pursuit planes successfully defended New England and New York today from a theoretical attack by enemy bombers in the first tests of the training program.
The piece argues that pest pressure rose until spraying became essential, noting the shift from natural control to scientific and mechanical innovations. It highlights the role of engineers and manufacturers in developing powered spray pumps, tractors, and orchard-mounted systems to protect profitable crops and expand feeding capacity.
The term was first used by John Witherspoon president of Princeton University in 1781 introducing the phrase in early American academia and language.
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