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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1939
Page
5
Market notes show dull produce and apples with varied U S basket prices and assorted varieties. Baltimore livestock reports list cattle calves hogs and sheep with steady to lower prices, while Chicago hogs rise in a storm market and cattle and sheep show limited activity amid broad stock quotations and economic news.
SLEEP FINE STOP GETTING UP NIGHTS. Thousands suffer nights waking and loss of energy from poor kidney and bladder function. A new guaranteed method known as RIS offered at local druggists. Trial treatment 50c by Harris Cut-Rate Service Stores Miller's Drug Store and Peoples Service Drug Store in Winchester Virginia.
New York stock market makers pushed toward higher levels as trading neared the close on January 30. Leaders edged ahead in late action, with notable gains across key counters.
Prices for cattle hogs sheep and dairy stock sold at Front Royal Market on January 26 1939. Cattle steers top 9.05 bulls fat 7.50 to heavy 6.50 to 6.75, heifers top 7.90 calves up to 12.50 per head and per cwt figures for stock cattle dairy cows 50 to 75 per head. Sheep stock ewes 7.00 lambs 8.50 per cwt. Hogs average top 7.85 heavy 7.50 sows 6.50 to 7.00 feeder pigs 7.75 to 8.00 per cwt.
Chicago markets closed near Friday levels as wheat rallied a cent from morning lows. Dealers awaited the cens speech with Liverpool quotes easing earlier. Cash wheat had no sales. corn and oats showed modest price levels with various standard grades and futures quotes listed. Baltimore and Winchester markets reported spot prices for wheat and corn as deliveries at mills affected by regional activity.
Four year old Pepito trudges with fleeing Spaniards into France after Barcelona fell to insurgents. Weathered by hunger and cold, he joins some 40,000 Franco refugees as camps and soup kitchens form. Refugee host Pierre Lleres opens his Alpine hotel to feed and shelter hundreds of children and families.
Shanghai dispatch cites Chinese sources claiming guerrilla attacks from mountain bases in south Shansi province caused 7,000 Japanese casualties in ten days. Hankow report says Japanese authorities list 1,190 Chinese irregulars killed in 65 engagements in the first ten days of the month, with Japanese losses of 41 killed and 92 wounded.
The article summarizes Adolf Hitlers remarks on unity, the 1938 Austrian annexation, and the German Reichstags election. It recounts his defense of self determination, criticism of allies, and denial that Germany mobilized solely due to provocation. It references Schuschnigg Benes and Berchtesgaden.
Funeral services were held yesterday at St Paul AME Church for Moses S Myers a colored man who died on Tuesday Jan 24. He was 70 years of age. Revs McFail and Baumgardner officiated. Pallbearers were Robert Parker Willie Williams Fred Fhitten Arthur Honesty Tom Armstead James Wells George Brown and Julian Ford.
Funeral services for the late William L. Whisson will be held Tuesday at 2 30 PM from 206 South Braddock Street. The Rev T M Swann and Rev R B Nelson will officiate. Pallbearers include Charles Harper Irvin Carper Holmes Carper Howard Shockey Will Newlin Howard Jones Carroll Smith and John Crisman. Honorary pallbearers are Woodmen of the World Camp No 34 McFaden Council Royal Arcanum Charley Rouss Fire Madison Lodge I O O F and Odd Fellows. Mr Whisson was known in Winchester for years in the tobacco business.
Farm meetings set for Monday at 7 30 p m in Winchester and Star Tannery and Tuesday at 7 30 p m in Stephens City. Committees are being reorganized this week, county agent I Fred Stine announced.
L Cather of 108 Morningside Drive faced reckless driving costs and damages. Charles Johnson of Narrows Virginia was charged with drunk and panhandling with a $15.25 fine. John Campbell of Freemont Street was drunk with a $10.25 fine. Lola Lavender was drunk with a $10.25 fine. John H. Smith violated bad check laws with one month suspended and costs. Bob Evans of Cumberland Maryland was drunk and disorderly with a $10.25 fine. C Haywood of Washington faced disorderly conduct with a $7.75 fine. W H Wicks of Rocky Mount North Carolina was drunk with a $10.25 fine.
Frances Perkins serves as Secretary of Labor earning fifteen thousand dollars annually, making her the highest paid woman in government service.
Public auction in Winchester Virginia on February 4 1939 at 10 o clock for a 1935 model Chevrolet Coach cash terms City Sergeant Taylor L Barr conducts sale in front of the courthouse of Winchester Virginia under execution in H E Potts vs Bessie Johnson.
A New York investigation centers on Judge Martin T. Manton of the U S Circuit Court of Appeals after District Attorney Dewey accused him of receiving more than 400000 from litigants. Dewey lists six loans totaling 439481 since 1932, many unrepaid, tied to cases before the court. He warns of possible impeachment if the House acts, with Senate removal by two thirds.
Harlan E. McLaughlin, arrested last week for bad check violations after claiming page work for Senator M. M. Neely of West Virginia, is sought in five states. Fingerprint reports and Chicago circulation through January 19 link him to Maryland Ohio Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. About a dozen checks were passed in Winchester.
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