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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1939
Page
9
The Rock Enon church cancels the prior all day service to avoid conflict with Shiloh church events. A new date is set for July 23 the fourth Sunday with morning and afternoon services and lunch on the ground. Congregation members are asked to bring box lunches if able and invited speakers and singers to participate.
Envoy Hans Adolf von Moltke the German ambassador in Warsaw reportedly received a secret message by courier from Hitler's Berchtesgaden headquarters. European chancelleries speculated on possible effects on the tense Danzig situation.
The Joint Committee for the Defense of American Ideals, including leaders from 21 of 23 groups that split from the American Youth Congress, accuses Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt of betraying youth. It calls for a counter offensive to safeguard institutions and criticizes her acceptance of the Congress creed.
The Southern States Industrial Council representing about 2000 firms joined a fight against a proposed 32% cent hourly minimum wage for the textile industry. A committee report read at a public hearing before Wage-Hour Administrator Elmer F. Andrews argued the minimum would destroy wages rather than raise them.
The Star published a Chanters photograph Monday afternoon and accidentally left out Mrs. Catherine H. Mooneyham from the included names in the picture caption.
Judge Donald Weems disposed multiple cases including disorderly conduct for Mary Peyton George Ash Edward Parker Marie Thomas Noah Carter Paul Lee Floyd Benjamin and others. Driver license revocation for Thomas Avery and larceny for Leonard Lawrence carried fines and suspended sentences as applicable.
Produce and livestock markets across Baltimore and Philadelphia report dull or steady trends. Apples and potatoes show limited price variation. poultry and eggs steady. cattle hogs and sheep mixed with steady to firm tones in several classes.
Local markets page provides daily price summaries and market notes. Readers are cautioned The Star does not assume responsibility for typographical errors.
Livestock market quotes from N Kent Street with Tuesday extended sales. Steers range 8.00 to 8.90 per cwt, heifers 6.25 to 7.50, fat cows 4.00 to 7.00, bulls 6.00 to 7.25, veal calves up to 10.35, lambs 6.75 to 9.50, fat sheep 1.25 to 2.50, hogs 7.70 to 8.35, pigs 2.25 to 4.50, fat sows 5.00 to 5.50, feeder and stocker cattle 7.00 to 7.75 for steers and 35.00 to 50.00 per cwt for stocker steers.
Firmness at Liverpool and buying by mills today supported futures and cash wheat quotes in Chicago, with gains of three to four cents a bushel at times as the new crop movement continued.
The Legion proceeds on a building project halted by finances. A .6,000 bond is to be issued, $2,000 appropriated by the Board of Supervisors in $500 yearly installments, and about $5,500 in regional coffers for construction. A further $1,000 is still needed, hoped to be raised from citizens. The brick front will include a semi circular driveway from South Church Street, with a rear frame section if needed. The 80 foot lot backs the site. The first floor features a 60 by 60 drill and community hall, with smaller rooms for organizations, American Legion and National Guard headquarters, and a small kitchen. A north side stair leads to the second floor where a large drill room remains open, and space mirrors the first floor with a north south passage. One upstairs room will serve as Board of Supervisors headquarters. A furnace room will be added to the rear and doors open from the drill hall to three sides.
The report shows bids and closing prices across multiple grains and months. Wheat and corn futures moved higher in Liverpool action after a liberal shipment, with Chicago cash grain listing no. 2 red at 71 cents and corn around 49 to 50 cents per bushel. Cordial notes on oats rye and lard accompany regional quotes in Baltimore and Chicago markets.
New York July 5 buyers pushed stocks higher after the holiday break as steel chemical motor and aircraft shares led gains of about 1 to 2 points. Trading reached roughly 400000 shares, near a seventeenth year low with turnover doubling Monday. Notable gainers included Bethlehem Chrysler Union Carbide Douglas Aircraft Industrial Rayon Johns Manville and Eastman.
Circle No 9 led by Mrs W S Clark meets at Miss Georgia Metz home on Welltown road at 8 PM Thursday July 6. Transportation calls to telephone 1204 J.
Levi Harris and Ed Dolman colored men faced Trial Justice Kackley in Berryville Clarke County for trespassing on John Fishpaw property. Harris paid $5.75 costs while Dolman paid $6.45. A warning was issued.
The Lutheran Church of Our Saviour holds its weekly prayer service tonight at 8 under Pastor Rev. C Worthington Lowe. After the service the church council meeting and the Queen Anne Class gathering will also take place.
The Jubilee Singers of Martinsburg directed by J. W. Watson will give a sacred concert at Mount Carmel F B Church on Thursday July 6. Proceeds go to painting the church interior.
Warsaw reports Polish circles see reduced central European tension due to a British French Polish diplomatic counter attack that impressed Germany. Wieczor Warszawski calls the situation a truce possibly lasting four weeks.
The article reports Sen. Pittman and other leaders debating an embargo clause in a monetary bill. Secretary Hull discusses peace and neutrality with the President at the White House luncheon while foreign reaction to House actions is noted. Treasury withholds silver buying plans pending action, with no domestic or foreign purchases since Friday and a pending price of 71.11 cents for silver.
Reports from eastern Kentucky describe heavy rains flooding streams and washing out bridges. In Morehead and nearby towns, three-fourths of the town lay under water with eight feet in streets, while rescuers saved people from treetops and ferried others by boat.
Report lists 24 hour rainfall 0.69 inches ending 6 a.m. and July to date 1.14 inches. Year to date 23.66 inches. Provides 26 year monthly averages 1913 38 with values for each month and average annual rainfall 35.09 inches. Courtesy Winchester Research Laboratory.
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