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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1939

Page

8

Calendar of weekly and monthly club meetings

A schedule listing Monday to Wednesday events for local clubs. Includes Community Chorus at Episcopal Parish Hall Lions Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel Braddock Street Circle No 1 Circle No 5 Reformed Church Winchester Rebekah Association Kiwanis Club Ola Frederickstown Garden Club Winchester and Clarke County Garden Club and local WCT A chapter social at the Joliffe home near Clearbrook.

Episcopal Parish Hall Madison Lodge Hall East Boscawen Street Lions Club George Washington Hotel Braddock Street Circle No Rouss Park Circle No Braddock Street Charles Harper Reformed Church Frances Chapman North Cameron Street Winchester Rebekah Association Odd Fellows Hall Kiwanis Club Ola Frederickstown Garden Club McSherry Lupton Winchester Clarke County Garden Club Louis Baker Joe Joliffe Clearbrook

Rev C W Lowe and Mr Snapp sail for Europe this week

The Rev C W Lowe and Mr Marshall Snapp depart for New York to sail for Europe at midnight Wednesday, beginning a two month tour visiting 19 countries. The Garden Club of Winchester and Clarke County will meet July 19 at 3 30 with Mrs. Lewis Baker hosting and speaker Mrs H B McCormac on The Summer Seed Bed. A plant exchange will follow.

C. W. Lowe Mr Marshall Snapp New York Europe Garden Club Winchester Clarke County Lewis Baker H. B. McCormac Church Circle Circle No. 1 Braddock Street Methodist Church H. Clay Manuel Rouss Park Old Fredericktown Garden Club McSherry Lupton Allen Bond

Modern Etiquette Q Questions on Luncheons and Departures

The guidance notes that invitations read in the first person are standard and a week in advance suffices. Engraved cards appear for elaborate meals honoring prominent guests. When departing a hostess, offer sincere thanks for hospitality. A summer informal tea may warrant wearing a hat.

Former National President To Attend W C T U Social

Mrs. Howard Hoge and Mr Hoge of Lincoln Virginia will attend the W C T U social at the Jolliffes Clearbrook at 7 30 PM on Wednesday. Mrs Hoge led the national W C T U for 33 years and attendance is urged.

W. C. T. U. Social Women's Christian Temperance Union Joe Jolliffe Clearbrook Howard Hoge Hoge Lincoln Loudoun County

Divorced Mother Slays Son in Sleep in New York

Police say Celia Cohen, 32, shot her 14 year old son in his sleep then killed herself by her own gun. She was taken to Beth David Hospital in critical condition after arrest on homicide charges. Authorities note she had a prior nervous disorder.

New York Celia Cohen Beth David Hospital

Fair Admission May Be Reduced

New York World’s Fair officials agreed to consider reducing admission from 75 to 50 cents amid protests over light attendance. They noted that lower fees at parking fields doubled business when price fell from 50 to 25 cents.

New York

Local Markets Update From The Star

Markets are updated daily in The Star though the paper does not assume responsibility for typographical errors.

The Star

Prices for Patent Brand feeds and farm supplies list

A fragmented price list for patent brand feeds and farm goods includes various bag sizes and per barrel prices for 12 lb, 24 lb, 48 lb, and 98 lb bags. Also shown are corn meal, mixed feeds, dairy, chicken, and livestock products with assorted unit costs and quantities, reflecting a rural storefront catalog.

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WPA Workers Walk Out Over 130 Hour Rule Across Nation

The Philadelphia Buildings Trades Council ordered 3,000 WPA workers off 41 projects in protest of the 130 hour month rule. New York dismissed about 75,000 on rolls eighteen months or more, with 2,500 daily layoffs. Rep Sabath criticized the rule but warned action in the House was unlikely.

Dent Philadelphia Buildings Trades Council McDevitt Murray D-Mont Rep. Sabath D-Ill United States New York City WPA WPA Teachers Union AFL New York Brehon B. Somerville Sabath House

Market Quotations from Baltimore and Philadelphia

Livestock and produce markets show dull to steady prices across apples potatoes butter and eggs. Cattle hogs and sheep trade at Chicago and Baltimore with lighter demand, higher weights down, and mixed results for fowls and ducks in Philadelphia and Baltimore reports.

Baltimore Maryland Pennsylvania U. S Duches U.S Dull Florida Philadelphia Plymouth Rock Plymouth Rocks Long Island

Stock Market Gains Amid Mixed Trading In New York

New York July 17 stocks rose 1 to 4 points as trading accelerated. Turnover reached about 1,100,000 shares, first above a million since May 25, with profit taking easing and a bullish tilt on broad strength. London and Paris offered steadier support as some traders awaited clearer signals on the foreign picture.

New York London Amsterdam Paris de In ES Kin

Linotype Inventor Otto Mergenthaler and Rollout

The linotype was invented in 1885 by Otto Mergenthaler, a German living in Baltimore, and first used by the New York Tribune in 1886.

Otto Mergenthaler Baltimore The New York Tribune

Wheat market ends with firmer tone as losses erase

Chicago July 17 Wheat and corn futures firmed late trading erasing earlier 7 to 8 cent losses. Cash grain quotes hold at No. 2 red 68 3 4 to 69 1 4 for wheat and mixed lots across categories. Corn and oats also show firming ranges with soybeans at No. 2 yellow 88.

Chicago Chicago Cash Grain

Baltimore grain prices steady at mill deliveries

Baltimore July 17 Wheat No 2 red winter 68 1-4 cents per bushel. Winchester markets list Wheat 65c per bushel. Corn 60c per bushel. Prices based on deliveries at mill. Year ago Wheat 65c and corn 70c delivered at the mill.

Baltimore Grain Baltimore Winchester

Cotton bale yields 13100 spools of number 40 thread

According to the Department of Agriculture a bale of cotton will produce 13 100 spools of number 40 six cord thread.

Department of Agriculture

Celanese Workers To Vote On New Contract In Cumberland

Local 1874 Chinese Workers' Industrial Unit will hold two meetings at the state armory in Cumberland to vote on a proposed contract for Celanese Operation of America employees. Authorized sources say the negotiators reached a contract with wage increases across several departments.

California Henry Bardshar Manhattan Place Los Angeles Calif Locust Grace Martinsburg Pike Stephenson Bardshars Bertha Bardshar Ohio San Francisco Cumberland Chanese Workers’ Industrial Unit Celanese Operation of America State Armory

Price List for Patterns and Pattern Book

Price of Pattern 15 cents. Price of Pattern Book 15 cents. One Pattern and Pattern Book ordered together 25 cents. Send your orders to the ad dress given in box below.

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