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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1941
Page
9
Chicago Livestock reports January 28 with mixed poultry prices and steady fowl values. Hogs expected to fall 25-35 cents, top at 8.10, 180-240 lb range. cattle and calves show varied, with feeders steady and beef cows strong, vealers active, lambs scarce and prices mixed.
New York stocks opened with a small rally led by steels and rails but late buying cooled, leaving gains at major fractions and many declines. Volume rose then slackened after midday as light selling pressed quotes and total turnover hovered around four months' low.
Chicago and Baltimore grain markets report sagging wheat prices as mill purchase demand remains weak and weather favors crop protection. Cash grain shows varying bids for wheat corn oats and soybeans with mixed futures activity and regional price quotes.
Boston January 28 report shows limited trading in fine territory wools with bids 93 to 95 cents for clothing and short French combing length in original bags. Most sales were fine and half blood wools of foreign origin as spot foreign wools and imports attracted active demand at firm to strong prices.
Thirty seven trucks carrying members of a Pennsylvania National Guard unit from Bellefonte Pa passed through Winchester today en route south for their yearly training in the regular army. They arrived from Berkeley Springs W Va at noon and left on U S route 11 toward Staunton to spend the night, escorted by Officer Carlton Manuel.
Philadelphia prices list Butter-Top grades range 32 to 35 cents with scores 92, 91 and 90 for various weights. Live poultry shows Plymouth Rocks and Leghorns with mixed color values 17 to 21 cents. Dressed poultry prices remain unchanged.
A hard cold wave grips England with widespread snowdrifts and ice. Northern Wales villages are cut off as frost bites the north, Yorkshires Swale freezes at 11F, and trucks from Liverpool to London contend with six to eight foot drifts. Lancashire to Yorkshire moors report fifteen-foot drifts needing plows. Transport disruption grows, Kent coast sees sea ice, while London avoids the worst after recent snows and thaws.
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau defended the administration British aid bill amid Senate questions on constitutional limits and funding. He cited a call from production chief Knudsen about enabling Britain to order 2,000 planes with available plant capacity.
In Urg Pennsylvania a hotel fire forced guests to flee into sub freezing weather. Bellhop Vander Bright, 28, was overcome by smoke but not seriously hurt. Ten firemen fought the blaze for three hours. Manager J. H. Hicks estimated damage at 5 000 to 10 000 dollars.
Azzore covet claims appear in Il Giornale D Italia attributed to Virginia Gayda accusing the United States of a vast offensive plan to keep vigilant over Europe. The piece notes U S interest in the Azores during Wendell Willkie’s stop en route to London and asserts Washington gathered information on the islands.
The Star presents daily market updates with price ranges and items available. Readers are advised to verify figures as typographical errors may appear and the newspaper disclaims responsibility for them.
The speaker urges a civilian co ordinator to study needs of Britain and the home country and to decide actions promptly. He calls for a national shipping co ordinator to push naval and cargo vessel construction and favors flexible funding for the Britain aid bill without stripping liquid assets.
The Army ordnance proving ground project in southeastern Indiana is halted as investigators probe real estate commissions and abstract fees. The 60 000 acre tract across Jefferson Ripley and Jennings counties would move about 500 farm families and raze Bryantsville and Belleview. Paul McCord of Indianapolis charged 6 to 12 percent commissions on land, while Union Title Company billed 50 to 820 dollars per abstract though typical Midwest fees run 2 to 3 percent and 35 dollars per abstract in private listings.
The Francis Asbury Union Young People's Revival lists each evening's program from Monday to Friday beginning February 3 at Market Street Methodist Church. The schedule runs 1:30 to 7:45 with musical prelude, congregational singing, worship, sermon, and invitation, plus Holy Communion observance Friday night and a benediction.
Harrisburg January 28. Democratic representative John L Power from Pittsburgh district introduces a bill to determine locations of all unused abandoned mines and tunnels in the state for possible use as air raid shelters amid the coal producing region.
Franklin D Roosevelt opponent William L. Willkie tours England and visits St. Pauls. He describes bomb damage as outrageous and questions whether the Germans targeted the cathedral or another objective.
British troops press four fronts in North and East Africa threatening Agordat and Barentu as Derna ire of the sea looms. An Italian general reportedly surrendered to a British cavalry officer after a bayonet charge near Keru. In Asia, Premier Fu Konoye vows full responsibility for the China Incident as armistice halts Thai Siam French Indo-China border fighting. peace talks to begin in Saigon.
Harrison Scott, a well known colored resident of the Clearbrook section, died yesterday at Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He had lived in Hagerstown, Md, and had recently returned to Virginia. Final funeral arrangements had not been made. the body will rest at Cartwright funeral home.
The Rev. R. A. Whitten said the fellowship supper and quarterly conference for the Congregational Christian Church planned for tomorrow night at Sarah Zane hall is canceled due to influenza and other illnesses. About 10 families are affected.
Saginaw Michigan January 28 Prosecutor Joseph P Friske asked the grand jury to investigate disorders near the Wilcox plant of Eaton Manufacturing Company that led to a clash between police and striking workers January 13 The inquiry request cites injuries to six officers and the arrest of 26 pickets with felonious assault hearings pending.
State Trooper E D Helm stopped an eastbound bus near Middleburg to search for Virgil Orndorff wanted in Shenandoah and Frederick counties. Virgil was not aboard, but his brother Daniel Orndorff was found on the bus. Daniel was wanted for moonshining in southwest Frederick County.
A Canadian Press dispatch reports all 23 passengers and part of the crew from the grounded U S Army transport Kvichak abandoned ship and were believed ashore. Despite heavy seas the 200 foot Kvichak, bound for Alaska with defense supplies, was expected to hold together until rescue vessels arrive.
A meeting announced a Fun Festival scheduled for April 15 through 19 with an inspirational address. Guests included Percy Rogers and James Doman from Front Royal, J E Forsythe, H E Mason, Frank H Heatwole from Harrisonburg, Scout Executive W D Sievers, and Rev H J Womeldorf among others.
Rotarians from Winchester will join guests from Front Royal Strasburg and Mount Jackson for a group meeting in Woodstock tomorrow at 7 p m W O Riley of Woodstock oversees arrangements The guest speaker is Dr Leon Dostert a native of France and professor of French at Georgetown University
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