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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1939
Page
9
Market notes from Baltimore Philadelphia and Chicago show varied livestock values. Butter eggs and poultry prices move modestly while hogs and cattle trend lower or steady, with regional yields and grades noted for dairy and meat products.
Grain prices move with small wheat gains while corn falls to near six year lows on July 21 in Chicago markets. Government export subsidy talks and rumored subsidy scale renewals influence prices. cash wheat and futures listed with varying grades and bids. Baltimore reports include wheat at 65c and corn 60c per bushel with year ago comparisons.
New York stocks rose in a broad rally with gains of 1 to over 3 points as rails steels motors and specialties led a midday surge. Transfers ran about 1.4 million shares with optimism fueled by Berlin Danzig settlement hopes and talks of Anglo German cooperation.
Market activity improves as bonds drift upward and commodities rebound. Notable closing quotes include Alcoa 170, American Can 95 1 2, Anaconda 26 3 4, U S Steel 51 7 8, and Union Pacific 98 3 4 among others.
Donn Fendler, 12, from Rye New York, remains missing after four days in Mount Katahdin wilderness. Despite extensive searches by district forestry, National Guard, timber cruisers and guides, officials voice fading optimism as the boy’s chance of survival diminishes.
Lieutenant Commander Henry A. Stewart U S N and 19 year old Dorothy Shelley of Philadelphia were killed in a head on collision between an automobile and a truck near Philadelphia. Stewart had been stationed at the Navy Yard and was to depart that day for the Vega at Norfolk Virginia.
Bucky Walters pitched the Cincinnati Reds to a 4-1 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers, earning his sixteenth victory of the season in the second game of a doubleheader played in New York.
A naval ministry source says a section of the Japanese fleet gathers in northern waters due to a Soviet threat to confiscate Japanese oil and coal properties. The size and base are not given but ships and men are ready. A possible armed response is considered as the situation grows grave. Shigenori Togo in Moscow seeks to avert clash with S A Lozovsky amid a rights dispute on Sakhalin Island.
Mrs Angela Kaufman proceeded with preparations to host Father Divine followers in Newport despite an anonymous pencil threat promising tar and feathering if she stayed. The letter, postmarked Newport, claimed more than a thousand supporters would carry out the mob action. She refused to leave and insisted the Newport project would go forward.
Mrs. Wilson Kenner and Mrs. Elizabeth Carmichael of Washington visit Riverton guest Mrs. Z J Compton. Glee Club meets at Mrs Lewis E Allen’s home. Mr. and Mrs. R L Gilliland of South Boston visit parents Mr and Mrs J C Hall. Mrs Charles Sedwick hosts this week’s Thursday Bridge Club. Mrs Herbert Smith to host Miss Hazel Smith of Clarendon over the weekend. Sidney Johnson and daughter Ann visit Washington and meet Johnson relatives from Canada. Front Royal Lions Club directors meet at President Paul Shannon’s home. Howard Stossel recovering from a fall on Villa avenue with both wrists broken at Winchester Memorial Hospital. Roy Whitesel and children visit from Washington to see brother-in-law A E Whitesel. Mrs S M Boyd returns from Grafton W Va to Front Royal. Elder A L Harrison spends week in Washington. Anne and Louise Yarginton of Baltimore visit grandparents at Bon Air. E I Williams hosts mother-in-law Mrs Tobin of New Jersey.
Donkey boy delivers note from Rev Gerould R Goldner of Mogadore Ohio to his father in Cleveland urging payment of a $5000 ransom today. Band leader warns captors cannot be responsible for Goldner’s safety if the money is not paid.
Capt. Frank Wray, president, announced that the first annual meeting of the northern Virginia alumni chapter of the University of Virginia will be held in Luray, Virginia, in September. He urged each alumnus to contact other members and officers before then for full representation.
Mrs. Stuart Worden of Richmond visits her mother Mrs. Hugh Hite this week. Dr. Elizabeth Sherman and sister Mrs. W. H. Sewell along with Miss Betty Sewell are in New York City attending the World’s Fair. Mrs. Leonard Mathews and daughter Anne spend two weeks in Tappahannock with Mrs. Mathews’ parents Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell.
The dedication program for four new memorial windows at the Helping Hand Mission in Indian Hollow will be held Sunday July 30 not July 23 as rumor. The windows, formerly in Staunton's old Baptist Church, were provided by James W Dabney Dr Joseph Wyman Mrs Lulu Cottrell and F Staples. They feature colored glass and will enhance the church building and support replacing six old plain panes. Further program details will be published mid next week.
BUCHAREST July 21 informed sources report Romania will barter 50,000 carloads of wheat to Germany and Italy for armaments. Deliveries are planned for September with 30,000 carloads to Germany and 20,000 to Italy. Price set at 46 000 lei per carload and payment to be in military supplies.
Philadelphia July 21 Mayor S Davis Wilson long ill described as very sick by his son and secretary Woodrow though not in critical condition and able to sit up in bed. The notice reports the mayor remains under medical care at his residence.
Mr and Mrs William B Winer of North Braddock attend a Wagner reunion in Watsontown tomorrow. The Wagner heir, son of the late William M Wagner, was born at Watson and moved with his parents to this city in youth.
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