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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 27, 1938

Page

7

Market Quotations and Baltimore Livestock Report

Market quotes from SALTIMORE July 21 show steady prices for butter eggs and cheese. Baltimore livestock data July 27 list cattle calves hogs and sheep movements with steady to weak demand and varied price ranges across grades. Chicago and regional notes reflect higher cattle supply and softer prices for medium weight steers while hogs and lambs show mixed moves.

Saltimore Pota Delaware P. R Baltimore Livestock Baltimore Dept. Agri Chicago Livestock Chicago U. S Rte

Quotations Va Livestock Market Tuesday Sales Report

The Va Livestock Market on N Kent Street held extended Tuesday sales with strong cattle prices for good stock and softer prices for plain cattle. Steers topped at 9.05 with fat cows to 5.75, calves up to 9.65, hogs to 9.85, lambs to 8.50, and fresh cows and springers selling 40 to 75 per head.

N. Kent St

Local Market Prices Include Flour and Farm Feeds

Daily market list shows flour varieties with bag weights and prices, plus shelled corn, corn meal, middlings, and mixed feeds. Also includes live animal prices for guineas, leghorn broilers, cows, calves, live hogs, lambs, and butter and lard rates.

Orandte Geen Eae Ee Aes Oese Guineas Jess Cvs Ces Odie Bates Beige Neeys

Will Rogers Humorous Story Tradeoffs and Wry Quips

Will Rogers and Charley Chaplin share a humorous tale of a painting price dispute. The piece notes Christy and McManus deals, a New York studio, and a sharp remark about honesty and a silver spoon. It captures Rogers’ wry, observational humor in a compact anecdote.

Charley Chaplin Howard Chandler Christy Charley Pene George McManus Dinty Moore New York

Unreadable OCR fragment hints at product names and figures

Fragmentary notes list items like Leghorn fowl and Creamery butter with scattered numbers and symbols. The text is incomplete, making it impossible to determine clear event, place, or dates.

Stock Market Drops After Sharp Opening Decline

New York reports a steep market downturn as stocks fall following a strong start. Trading slows to minutes per transaction with two shares per session, while steel and rail issues retreat amid profit warnings and dividend news. Selected quotes show wide variation across major names and sectors.

New York Ag Wiainee Sesson Steels U. S. Steel

Chicago grain closes higher on export concerns

Chicago July 27 grain futures show fractional gains as markets recover from earlier declines. Wheat led gains with contracts near 67 7 8 to 73 for nearby months, while corn and oats also edged up. Cash grain prices posted mixed results across No 2 red wheat and various corn and rye grades.

Chicago Chicago Cash Grain

Bass Caught by Mr Schutte Wins Big Prize

Herbert Schutte from the Bonita on Chesapeake Bay caught a 34 pound channel bass three weeks ago. It won first prize in its class in the Richmond News contest. A season prize of 25 dollars awaits the heaviest fish in each of six classes. Weighing stations line the Bay for entrants.

Chesapeake Bay Herbert Schutte Richmond News Schutte

Mercury Sets Course for Southampton on Trans Atlantic Flight

The Mercury, a British pick-a-back sea plane, departed Lisbon at 2 43 p m for Southampton on the final leg of its Trans Atlantic survey flight. It left Horta in the Azores seven hours earlier and stopped in Lisbon for an hour and 38 minutes before continuing to its base at Foynes Ireland.

Lisbon Portugal Mercury Southampton Horta Azores Foynes Ireand

Death Summons Indiana Editor

Warren C. Fairbanks aged 60 publisher of the Indianapolis News died at his home after a short illness. He was son of Charles Warren Fairbanks former vice president of the United States and had numerous business interests beyond his role at the News.

Indianapolis Warren C. Fairbanks The Indianapolis News Charles Warren Fairbanks United States News Fairbanks

Auto Victim Ray Jarrell Recuperating After Crash

Ray mond Jarrell of Harrisonburg Virginia is reported doing fairly well at Memorial Hospital after a truck he drove ran out of control on the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge near the Shenandoah River. He was pinned beneath the cab for several days.

Memorial Hospital Raymond Jarrell Harrisonburg

Barley Feed Markets Reported in Baltimore Trade

Baltimore grain market notes on July 27 show No 2 red winter wheat at 63 to 64 cents per bushel and corn at 70 cents. Quotations cover mill deliveries with year ago levels for wheat and corn at 1.10 and 1.15 respectively.

Baltimore Grain Baltimore Winchester Market

Kiwanis Club Honors Late Howard M Solenberger

A Kiwanis Club program today featured resolutions of respect for the late Howard M Solenberger. A committee of Andrew Bell Laurens Jones and W Allen Peery will draft the resolutions and send copies to the bereaved family, published in the Winchester Evening Star, and filed in club minutes. Members attended a rites at 4 o'clock from the residence.

Kiwanis Club Howard M. Solenberger Andrew Bell Laurens Jones W. Allen Peery Winchester Evening Star

Terror Follows An Assassination In Palestine

In Haifa on July 27 an Arab religious leader, the head of a mosque at Acre, Sheikh Herzi Abdul Hamid, was shot dead by a gunman who fired three shots and fled. Early reports suggested the attacker was Arab, and the incident sparked renewed terror across the region.

Haifa Palestine Herzi Abdul Hamid Acre

Rouss Festival Opens Tonight After Rainout

The Fun Festival of the Charles Rouss Fire Co. starts tonight and runs through Saturday. It will be held on the Piccadilly Diner parking lot on Piccadilly Street, announced by company members.

Charles Rouss Fire Co Piccadilly Piccadilly Street

Install Chimes At Middletown

The Grace M. E. Church in Middletown Virginia receives memorial chimes now being installed under D R McAleer of the McShane Bell Foundry Baltimore The chimes will be played by McAleer during the August 7 dedication with Dr W W McIntyre of the Winchester district delivering the sermon

Grace M. E. Church South Middletown D. R. McAleer McShane Bell Foundry Baltimore McAleer W. W. McIntyre Winchester

Girl pacing a roof taken off in 17 story plunge incident

NEW YORK July 27 In the wake of last night's 17 story death plunge of John Warde police rescued a girl who gave her name as Betty Vorunion 24 of Irvington N J from the roof of a building at 320 Fifth avenue Police coaxed her to safety after she had been seen pacing the parapet of the 16 story structure The lightly dressed woman was taken to the psychopathic ward at Bellevue Hospital after questioning

New York John Warde Betty Vorunion Irvington N. J Fifth Avenue Bellevue Hospital

Funds Allocated For Cooperative Loans In Virginia

Rural Electrification Administration announced loans to Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative of Harrisonburg Virginia for 273000 dollars to build 236 miles serving 840 customers across Shenandoah Rockingham and Augusta counties and to BAR C Electric Cooperative of Lexington Virginia for 161000 dollars to build 134 miles serving 552 customers in Alleghany Rockbridge and Bath counties.

Washington Rural Electrification Administration Shenandoah Valley Electric Cooperative Harrisonburg Shenandoah Rockingham Augusta B. A. R. C. Electric Cooperative Lexington Alleghany Rockbridge Bath

Rainfall Totals and Averages Amid Readings

Present and past rainfall data show 24 hour precipitation ending 8 am today none. July totals 2.45 inches, year to date 16.39 inches. Average monthly rainfall from 1913 to 1937 lists January 2.59, February 2.0, March 0, April 0, May 3.25, June 3.60, July 3.37, August 3.77, October 3.21, November 2.30, December 3.36 inches. Average annual rainfall over past 25 years 35.36 inches.

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