Winter Damage Light for Tidewater Truck Crops Says Expert
Dr H H Zimmerley of the Virginia truck experiment station at Diamond Springs says winter and early spring truck crops in Tidewater Virginia spinach kale and collards suffered little from the extreme cold. He notes wind damage exceeded cold impact and that a cold resistant kale was developed and thriving. Snow and ice must melt before damage extent can be judged.
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Norfolk
Tidewater
Virginia
H. H. Zimmerley
Virginia Truck Experiment Station
Diamond Springs
Princess Anne County
Zimmerley
Zim Berley
Warns Labor Not To Be A Sucker
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson says organized labor will be a stupid sucker if it backs any party or politician. He urges labor to oppose or support issues, not persons, and praises John L. Lewis for keeping parties guessing at the United Mine Workers convention. Johnson aligns with Lewis on debt, taxation, unemployment and domestic focus.
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Columbus
Hugh
Johnson
John L. Lewis
NRA
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers’ Convention
John Lewis
Lewis
Lewis Johnson
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
Ee of Labor
Cooperatives To Fight Tax Bill In Virginia General Assembly
W. G. Wysor of the Southern States Cooperative announces an amendment to Virginia cooperative marketing law to tax agricultural cooperatives on a fair basis. The proposed bill would tax all business with nonmembers and all consumer goods sales whether or not made with members.
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Richmond
General Assembly
W. G. Wysor
Southern States Cooperative
Virginia Cooperative Marketing Act
Edison’s New Aide Lewis Compton Named Assistant Secretary
Lewis Compton of New Jersey appointed assistant secretary of the navy after serving as a special assistant to the Secretary. The promotion follows personal recommendation by Thomas Edison.
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Lewis Compton
New Jersey
Navy
Edison
Buckner Given Year in Jail Suspended on Leaving County
Walton Buckner received a year in jail suspended on condition he leave the county immediately after being charged with creating a disturbance at Alvin Clarke's place 6 miles northwest of Winchester on Route 7. He also must pay $10.25 costs. Buckner reportedly has a federal record and was tried by Trial Justice A J Tavenner. Between eight and nine billion food cans are produced annually.
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Walton Buckner
Alvin Clarke
Winchester
Buckner
A. J. Tavenner
Deep South Faces Multimillion Loss From Cold Wave
Florida citrus and vegetable growers face multi million dollar losses as a deep freeze, the worst in 25 years, devastates Dade and Lee counties crops. Early estimates place Miami Dade veggie losses at 7 to 10 million, with sugar cane and citrus also damaged. Deaths from the cold push near 400 for three weeks.
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Miami
Fia
Florida
Southland
Middle West
Dade County
Lee County
Deland
Everglades
Key West
South
Midwest
Louisiana
Arkansas
Apple Shippers
Winchester
Texas
Deep South
Older Children Have Advantage
Richmond January 29. Dr Frank L Apperly of the Medical College of Virginia finds older children have a decisive edge toward greatness based on a study of American Rhodes scholars. He also says a boy with sisters is more likely to become a great man than a boy with brothers or with an equal number of siblings.
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Richmond
Frank L. Apperly
Medical College of Virginia
Apperly
Virginia Senate advances land and tax relief measures
The Virginia Senate approved bills authorizing counties to acquire lands for public forests, releasing penalties on real estate taxes due through 1940 if taxes are paid by December 5, 1940, and enabling state aid for forestry and nursery projects. Other items include a cooperative marketing act amendment, open fox hunting season proposal, and lobbyist registration updates.
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Senate
Harry C. Stuart
Boards of Supervisors
W. G. Wysor
Southern States Cooperative
Cooperative Marketing Act
Sena
Tors R. O. Norris
Charles T. Moses
H. B. Moseley
State Conservation Commission
State Highway Commission
Lewis Strategy and Labor Support Questioned
Lewis challenges politicians to answer demands for a conference and warns labor should not assume political support. Gen Hugh S Johnson defends Lewis as clever strategy keeping both parties guessing while CIO leaders differ on Roosevelt administration support.
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Hughs. Johnson
Lewis
NRA
Labor
CIO
Roosevelt
Johnson
Japan to file second protest over Asama Maru seizure
Tokyo reported a second protest to Great Britain over the seizure of 21 Germans from the Japanese liner Asama Maru. Japan seeks formal return of the Germans, arguing only active combatants may be seized from neutral ships. British reply deemed inadequate, with Parliament tensions rising.
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Tokyo
Japan
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Yokohama
Mitsumasa Yonai
Russian Bomb Field Hospital Hit by Bombers Near Front
Twenty three people died when Russian bombers dropped through low clouds to strike a field hospital near the front. Four of the dead were women, and the attack occurred this afternoon targeting the makeshift medical facility.
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Karelian
Japanese General Warns of Reprisals in China
General Masaharu Homma, commander of the Japanese garrison in Tientsin, issued a veiled threat toward the United States after the trade treaty expiration. He stated he did not see any reason to treat American citizens more favorably than others in the future.
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Tientsin
Masaharu Homma
U. S
Homma
Baltimore Market Quotations From Jan 29
Baltimore Livestock market reports show cattle steady to slightly lower, hog prices up to 20 cents higher with good to choice hogs 170-220 pounds at 6.10 to 6.35, sheep around steady, calves strong to higher with good demand, and mixed poultry and turkey prices marginally firmer. Chicago and Western markets reflect slower sales but firmer hogs and weaker cattle, with weekly price ranges and weights listed for各 categories.
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U. S
Maryland
Kent Island
Baltimore Livestock
Baltimore
USDA
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Local Markets Update Page Note
Market listings are presented as a daily update with standard caveats about potential typographical errors. The Star does not assume responsibility for transcription mistakes but provides current prices and items as read.
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The
Star
Stocks Drift With Little Rally Toward Midday Composite
New York stock market moves hesitantly with selective small advances and many shares at a standstill. Prices ease in the final hour as about 500000 shares change hands and a wide list of issues show varied, near-flat activity.
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New York
Chem & Dye
Smelt & R
Am Sugar Ref
Am T & T
Am Tob
Anaconda
Beth Steel
Chrysler
Corn Credit
Con Edis
DuPont de N
Gen Elec
Foods
Ind Bay
Int Harvest
Johns Manville
Kennecott
Mont Ward
Nat Risc
N ¥ Central
Packard Pay
U S Steel
West el & Mfg
Woolworth
Wheat and grain prices dip to late December lows
Chicago January 29 wheat fell about two cents to its lowest since December 12 as selling triggered by stop orders and large world stocks weighed on markets. Cash wheat and flour demand provided limited rally while mill buying steadied prices. May July and September futures quotes shown for wheat corn oats and soybeans with modest declines across the board.
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Chicago
Wheat and grain price report from Chicago markets
Rye and barley prices listed for months in 1967 and 1968 with grain values in cents per bushel and dollars per ton. Includes cash wheat No 2 red and No 4 yellow hard, oats, soybeans, timothy seed, sweet clover, red clover, and alfalfa, with Winchester market prices for wheat and corn and year ago comparisons.
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Chicago
Winchester
Century Club Meeting Hosted by Mrs Stewart Bell
The Century Club holds its regular weekly meeting tomorrow at 3 30 PM hosted by Mrs Stewart Bell at her home on North Loudoun Street. Mrs H Clay deGrange will present the paper with an address on Fall of the Dutch Republic.
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Century Club
Stewart Bell
North Loudoun Street
H. Clay deGrange
The
Dutch Republic
Answers to Today s Quiz
Answers to today s quiz appear on page four test print. The list includes items such as a General Frank seven diamonds and a diamond theme. Several garbled entries mention spb game horsepower and France.
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Frank
France
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