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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1942
Page
2
Clearbrook Woolen Company workers plan a manned air observation post in northern Frederick County near Brucetown road to start around June 8. One hundred thirty seven employees contributed to tower construction and duty, with William Whetzel donating the site for the observatory.
Third Lieutenant Roberto Lim the only U S trained Filipino officer in the Philippine Army joined the First Filipino Infantry Battalion now in training at Camp San Luis Obispo after graduating from the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis last December. He is son of General Vicente Lim a Bataan hero.
Treasury data for June shows receipts of $23,082,545.37 and expenditures of $110,361,511.44. Total debt stands at $74,291,866,744.24, with an increase of $33,834,330.90 over the previous day.
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Confederate societies of the Greater New York area held annual memorial exercises at Mount Hope Cemetery to honor southern soldiers buried there. The program featured a monument funded by Charles Broadway Rouss, a Winchester Confederate veteran turned New Jersey merchant, and included songs, prayers, and tributes by leaders of Daughters of the Confederacy and local officials.
London dispatch reports 21 more Czechs executed by German forces in reprisal for Reinhard Heydrich's shooting. The total toll reaches 132, including 23 women, with charges of harboring agents or publicly praising the Heydrich act cited against the latest group.
The wheat market attempted a rally from seven months’ lows but gains stayed fractional as mills buy. Openings listed for Wheat July 1.1578 1.1614 and others. Corn July 85 3 8 to 1 2. Soybeans July 1.75 to 1.75 1 4 and Oct 1.71 7 8. Rye July 65 3 8 to 5 8. Sept and Dec quotations provided for all grains.
Chicago and Pittsburgh markets report slow hog trading with good and choice 180-330 lb hogs at 14.10 to 14.35 in Chicago and 14.20 to 14.50 in Pittsburgh. Cattle and sheep show mixed, cows steady, steers 13.00-14.75, calves strong, lambs 13.75-15.00, ewes 5.50-6.00, with regional price ranges and declines noted.
The Star notes daily market listings may contain typographical errors and disclaims responsibility for any inaccuracies.
The listing shows patent brand feed prices per barrel and per bag for various weights, including 12, 24, and 48 pound bags with prices ranging from 6.10 to 7.40. Livestock prices cover cattle and hog categories with ranges for steers heifers bulls sows calves and hogs, along with butter and bran prices.
New York June 3 The market drifted with no clear leadership as commodities fell on speculative selling tied to government moves for war materials. Mixed gains and losses appeared across sectors with Bethlehem Steel Youngstown Sheet United Fruit J C Penney General Electric Eastman Kodak Western Union and DuPont edging lower while United Aircraft Sears Roebuck Woolworth Anaconda International Nickel Dome Mines Westinghouse gained.
Prices edged lower across cattle veal and lambs at the local auction on Tuesday June 2. Steers and heifers ranged in the high 9s to around 12. Bulls mostly 9.85 to 11. Cows and cutters 7.25 to 9.25. Veal calves 12.50 to 14.95, lambs 13.50 to 14.70, hogs 13.90 to 14.30, shoats 14.75 to 15.50 per cwt. Fresh cows 85 to 95 per head with some high at 145. Phone numbers provided for market information.
Officials for the election on Tuesday June 9 were named today for six Common Council seats. Precincts Friendship Reuss City Hall Sarah Zane each list five names with sunrise to sunset polls. Democratic candidates for the First Ward are Alan Peery Leonard Sirbaugh and J H Henry while in the Second Ward are R Frank Barr E E B Baker and Fred L Glaize.
Miss Bessie V. Stouffer, 57, died this morning at Patton's Nursing Home on West Piccadilly Street after a brief illness. Born in Aberdeen, S D, she lived much of her life in the city. Survivors include brothers Harry C. Stouffer, former Winchester postmaster, and C. D. Stouffer of this city. Funeral arrangements not yet set. body at Jones Funeral Home.
United States ships joined a large convoy for Murmansk last week, fighting five days and nights against German U boats dive bombers and torpedo planes. Russian and British vessels also took part bearing tanks and aircraft to the Soviet arsenal.
Moscow radio dispatch from June 3 quotes Red Star praising Britain's thousand plane bombings of Germany. It notes Soviet people join freedom loving allies in welcoming air force successes as a major morale booster amid ongoing wartime operations.
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