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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1941
Page
3
Market reports from Baltimore and Chicago dated July 24 show cattle hogs and sheep trading with mixed firmness. Baltimore quotes note steady fowl and dull young chickens with varied beef and pork prices, while Chicago lists slower hog and sheep trade with most weights off and steers near 12.65 top for medium weights.
July 24 Chicago futures rise on heat wave fears as crops risk damage. Wheat Sept price around 1.06 to 1-4, oats and soybeans also quoted with various expiries, corn and barley listed with bid ranges. Baltimore markets note No 2 red wheat near 103 1-2 cents per bushel. Winchester prices show wheat around $1.00 per bushel and corn 85 cents.
Salem Oregon reports former Representative Willis C. Hawley aged 77 died today. He co-authored three tariff measures and helped shape the Smoot Hawley act. His death closes a long political career linked to U S trade policy.
New York traders saw a mild morning rally fade as many leaders slipped back. Forenoon gains were scattered, with most favorites toward the day’s end showing little to no growth as total volume reached about 600000 shares.
Boston markets mixed activity as U S Department of Agriculture notes scattered sales in domestic wools. Prices edged lower to similar levels week over week with Texas wools moving up to 1.07 dollars scoured basis and combing wools trading around 1.03 in the same basis.
A citizen asks if there is a law against bearing a foreign title of nobility. An answer cites the Constitution prohibiting any person in office from accepting a title from a royal or foreign state without Congress consent.
A long list of order numbers and names appears, including Charles W Boyles 712 and many others such as Eugene A Newlin Delmar T Keeler Samuel R Bly Wilbur Cather Marshall H Lovett Cecil M Loy Lewis A Lamp James R Russell George McFarland and Fred Rhodes. The page catalogs numerous S- numbers and associated individuals across multiple ranges.
The United States denounces Japan on the eastern front as German bombers hit Moscow for the third night in a row, targeting vital military objectives. Russian forces report 150 enemy raiders causing casualties in a long assault, with no clear military targets hit.
Dispatches report continued heavy fighting across the Soviet fronts from Porkhov to Zhitormir, with no clear shift in the war line. London radio says 5,000 Serbs rise against the German conquest in Yugoslavia, while RAF claims sinkings in the Sicily to Tunisia convoy and sustained daylight raids over northern France pressure Germany.
British officials disputed German tallies claiming 54 RAF planes destroyed, calling it Goebbels propaganda and stating only 15 RAF fighters and 11 German planes were lost. Hitler's command called it a dark day for British airmen while a Nazi channel claimed the English air force bleeding. The campaign of bomber raids continued against western Germany with Berlin noting few casualties. German bombers also hit northwest England and Scotland with limited damage.
Eight fishermen from Winch ester Isaak Waltons returned from Chesapeake fishing at Lookout Point near the Potomac where they caught about 60 fish. The catch included hard heads blowfish toadfish sea trout and a flying fish. The group named Bob DeHaven Walter Shade Dahl Fogle Tom Boyd Raymond Baker Gene Dearing Sebert Smith and Harry Joe Baker participated.
Mrs Vera Larrick of near Gore, wife of William Larrick, underwent an appendicitis operation at Memorial Hospital this morning. Early this afternoon she was believed to be responding satisfactorily.
Officials indicate committee-approved amendments to the levy will be debated on Monday. Passage of the measure next week in roughly its current form seems assured, though major changes could occur when the bill is considered further.
A discussion on Japanese dress notes that the way the obi is tied reveals status. A butterfly bow on the sash indicates a maiden or bride, while a matron wears a complex flat knot. The maiden wears two hair puffs, the matron one.
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