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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1940
Page
7
Price quotes from a regional livestock and produce market list apples potatoes chickens hogs cattle calves and eggs with per hundredweight and per bushel figures. Entries include Varied apple varieties Romes Winesaps and Pippins with wholesale ranges. cattle steers cows calves hogs sheep and eggs quoted with quality grades and weights.
Chicago futures show wheat at 80 7 8 to 81 3 4 for July and 83 to 82 for December while oats trade around 33 1 4 to 33 1 2. Cash wheat not available. No. 1 yellow corn tops 67 1 4. No. 2 66 3 4. No. 1 white 76 1 2. Baltimore reports wheat at 95, corn at 70. Raw silk remains a major US import.
New York led declines as Italy declared war on Britain and France, dragging major groups down though steels pared losses toward the close. Bonds and commodities slipped while transfers ran about 1,000,000 shares as Paris and London watched nervously.
One hundred ten Boy Scouts gathered for the Shenandoah Area Camporee at Clevenger's Bottoms near Winchester, the largest turnout for the region. Rain cut the weekend short. awards were announced including Proficient and Standard Camporee banners, with multiple troops from Winchester Luray Martinsburg and nearby towns receiving honors.
Frederick County School Board met in session as of 2 PM with no public interest reported. Officials considered coal and wood bids and expected to decide on starting construction of a graded building at Clearbrook.
Funeral services were held at Braddock Street Methodist Church for Miss Edith Jean Light a Handley High School faculty member for 14 years who died Saturday at 320 Amherst Street after a months long illness The Rev T M Swann officiated with pallbearers L S Hale John Fishpaw Loring Keckley Matthew Jones G Ireland and Ralph W Muliy. Burial followed in Berryville Virginia.
The list shows daily stock figures for manufacturers and retailers such as Goodyear, Union Pacific, Sears Roebuck, Packard, Penney, Republic Steel, Woolworth and Western Union. It records closing prices and notable entries like Texas Corp, Soof NJ, and Va-Car pid among others.
Mussolini declares Italy ready to join forces with Germany and pursue victory. He asserts oceans must open for 45 million Italians and vows a decisive, united mobilization. He praises Victor Emmanuel and urges Italians to arms for a prolonged period of peace.
Developments include senators urging hard lines and alternatives. Senator Vandenburg says insulation remains while isolation ends for the United States. Senator King proposes leasing British Caribbean possessions for 99 years. A group of educators and leaders urge a wartime declaration against Germany. Senator LaFollette moves to tax profits from war production. The admin plans a defense tax bill of 1.004 billion dollars yearly before the House.
The Capitol Theatre is robbed of 60 dollars from the office safe. Manager Lamar Keen suspects an experienced cracksman likely hid in the theatre after the last show Saturday night and forced the safe after staff left.
The Shenandoah Blossom Festival Executive Committee approved reports from treasurer J W Arthur and budget chair Clark C and adopted resolutions of respect for T B Patton. A Budget committee meeting was planned for next year with H Clay deGrange presiding and attendees listed.
Local wholesale and retail markets list prices for flour and various feeds. Includes patent and mixed feeds with per bag per bushel rates, plus items like corn meal and horse feed. Also contains a quiz line noting Irving Berlin has written over 600 songs.
District Nurse Association plans a three day benefit at Winchester Park starting June 27, with bingo and games and refreshments for sale. Firemen have volunteered to help as funds are short to cover upcoming three months.
Rome atmosphere chills as a Rome telephone operator cuts short an Associated Press dispatch. Premier Mussolini’s fateful announcement coincides with the abrupt end of the Rome news story.
London June 10 The ministry of supply issued an order that brought about 15 000 firms under government control and subject to directions from government departments under the new provision of property act.
June 10 report from Yugoslavia says the government called up large numbers of technical troops and ordered intensified fortifications along the Italian and German frontiers despite Premier Musso lini’s neutrality pledge.
The text explains Texas is so large that the distance from Texline to Brownsville exceeds Chicago to the Atlantic Ocean. It suggests placing a string on a Texas map between Texline and Brownsville and noting that the string reaches from Chicago to the Atlantic.
German and French forces clash along the Maginot line as Weygand orders hold tight in the last quarter hour. Norway capitulates after two months of fighting with Allied aid withdrawn due to war needs. Roosevelt prepares a major University of Virginia address on Europe and world relations as Russia moves to patch rifts with Japan and eyes a new axis option.
In the first hours after Italy entered the war, about 1900 Americans and aliens from Genoa and Naples reached New York aboard the liner Manhattan. It followed the President Roosevelt which had landed over 700 from England and Ireland, with crowds greeting the arrivals at the pier.
Washington June 10 Crowded galleries erupted in loud applause as Senator Lee Oklahoma urged that the United States had sent the Allies everything possible except men to pool defenses against a common enemy He charged Mussolini timed Italy’s entry after France’s weakness and declared that France could not hold out Chandler Ky presiding had to rap the gavel to restore order
Dr. E. B. Powers, ill for several weeks, has recovered and will resume his practice. He plans to be at his office tomorrow.
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