Markets Echo Mixed Prices Across Livestock and Grains
Baltimore and Philadelphia price quotes show cattle and hogs firm to lower, calves steady, and sheep weak. Grain futures slip with hogs higher in Chicago, cash grain mixed. wheat around 77 cents, corn near 61 cents, oats near 30 cents.
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Baltimore
Philadelphia
Plymouth Rocks
U. S
Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Lord
Chicago Cash Grain
Winchester
Wheat and Grain Quotations Drift in Narrow Range
Chicago June 18 futures and cash wheat and other grains moved in a narrow range with light trading. Wheat opened up about 13 to 14 cents before profit taking trimmed gains and the session drifted.
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Chicago
Stock Market Rebounds Amid Mixed War News
New York June 18 led by steels rails and rubbers to a recovery in today’s market though adverse war news lingered. Gains to 2 points or more faded near the close as trading slowed with about 800000 shares traded. Analysts cited defense spending and British demand as bullish factors while optimism on peace terms remained cautious.
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New York
Hitler
Mussolini
France
AT & T
Bethlehem
Gen
Elec
Genl Motors
Kennecott
Doubling Border Patrols Sought in $57 Million Bill
Washington June 18 detailed a $57,917,100 bill lifting border and immigration enforcement. The plan boosts border patrol from 856 to 1,625 with 1. man extra and adds 80 shipping commissioner's office staff to enforce alien laws in the merchant marine. Also funds Civil actions including $20,000,000 for Federal Crop Insurance capital, $585,000 to repair Senate and House roofs, and $1,000,000 for 14,232 more beds for veterans hospitals.
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Washington
Congress
Immigration Service
Labor
Justice Department
Commerce Department
Shipping Commissioner's Office
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Senate
House
Veterans’ Hospital
United States
Franco May Be Intermediary In Peace Talks
Madrid reports circulated that Generalissimo Francisco Franco may act as intermediary in France's peace suit with Germany. Press speculation notes Spain's possible role in early fulfillment of territorial aims in a world being readjusted.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
France
Germany
Franco
Foreign Office
Spain
Soviet likely demands on Finland target Aaland Islands
NBC London reporter Fred Bate forecast new Soviet demands on Finland within days. He said Russia would press for control of the Aaland Islands in the Gulf of Bothnia.
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New York
Soviet Union
Finland
NBC
London
Fred Bate
Bate
Russia
Aaland Islands
Gulf of Bothnia
Market Ticker Snapshots From An OCR Page
The list shows various stock quotes with company names and trade values including M Ward 39 Nail Dairy 13 3-4 NYC 11 5-8 Packard 3 1-4 Penney JC 81 Penn R R 18 1-4 Republic Steel 17 5-8 Sears Roebuck 70 3-4 Southern R 11 1-8 SO of NJ 35 1-8 Texas Corp 38 1-4 Union Pac 77 1-2 U 8 Steel 53 3-4 Va Car Chem 2 1-4 estern Union 17 1-2 Wookwort 31 1-2.
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M Ward
Nail Dairy
NYC
Packard
Penney (Jc
Penn R R
Republic Steel
Sears Roebuck
Southern R
SO of NJ
Texas Corp
Union Pac
U 8 Steel
Va-Car Chem
A Eee
Estern Union
Wookwort
Churchill Sees New Age If Allied Lost
Churchill warned that a failed Allied stand would peril Christian civilization and Britain must resist invasion. He stated air strength had improved, Britain would not relent on wartime aims, and France must honor commitments while the nation prepared to meet invasion with growing Allied air power.
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Churchill
Allied
Hitler
Europe
France
Britin
Timate
Britain
Germany
United States
Dominions
Percy Harris
H. B. Leessmith
Labor
German Officials' Loose Talk To Be Investigated
Louisiana Governor Sam H. Jones asked Secretary Hull to probe remarks attributed to Baron Edgar von Spiegel, Berlin's consul general in New Orleans. Hull said the department would review German and Italian officials' activities as cited after Spiegel claimed the U S aided Germany's enemies. Spiegel said his remarks were confidential and that he had been misquoted.
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Vernor
Sam H. Jones
Louisiana
United States
Baron Edgar von Spiegel
New Orleans
Jones
Hull
von Spiegel
Germany
British Say No Knowledge Of Major Sea Fight
British circles in London deny any information about a Daily Mail report of a sea battle. The Bordeaux dispatch claimed French Mediterranean fleet under Admiral Jean Darlan clashed with an Italian force with heavy Italian losses.
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London
Daily Mail
Bordeaux
Jean Darlan
Senate defeats move to end foreign silver buys
The Senate rejected Senator Townsend of Delaware proposal to stop the administrations foreign silver purchases. The vote was 46 to 35 reversing earlier Senate positions while the defense tax bill at 1.007 billion dollars remains under debate. House had previously refused to consider ending the program, citing revenue-origin requirements.
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Senate
Washington
Townsend
R-Del
House
Petain Seeks Peace as France Fights On
In Bordeaux on June 18 the French cabinet met with Premier Marshal Petain awaiting an answer to his Sunday night appeal for peace with honor. France reports communication via the Papal nuncio Valerio with Italy to halt the Franco Italian war and notes overtures to Germany relayed through Spain. Mussolini and Hitler debate Petain's peace plea as Paris radio quotes Bouden telling the nation that the French will choose resistance and honor.
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Bordeaux
France
Marshal
Petain
Valerio Valeri
Italy
Germany
Madrid
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Boudoin
Senate adopts stand against Western Hemisphere territorial transfers
The United States Senate adopted a resolution demanding no acquiescence to any transfer of Western Hemisphere possessions between North American nations. The House was expected to vote on the resolution the same day.
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Atlantic and West Indies
French Guiana
South America
United States Senate
House
Adjourning Debate Faces Republican Rebuff
Congress defies bids for a recess beyond three days as Senator McNary and GOP members refuse to leave session during the European war crisis. The Democrats seek a recess to allow participation in party conventions while the Senate advances a defense tax bill aiming to raise about 1.007 billion dollars with proposed revenue tweaks.
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PPB
Cicnaieban
McNary
R.-Ore
Congress
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Tydings
D.-Md
Casualties Reported As Dunkirk Evacuation Aids
London reports 125 civilians killed and 81 wounded while aiding the navy in the Dunkirk evacuation. Sir Victor Warrender notes four civilian volunteers and two wounded among the dead, the rest being merchant marines.
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London
Victor Warrender
The
Admiralty
House of Commons
Navy
Dunkerque
Victor
Merchant Marine
World’s Largest Star Sapphires Highlight Gems of Note
The Star of India tops the list with 563 coats in Morgan collection at the American Museum of Natural History New York. The King Sapphire weighs 392 carats and 75 points, once owned by William G. Willmann. The Star of Artaban weighs 316.85 carats and is linked to Henry Van Dyke’s The Other Wise Man.
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India
Morgan
American Museum of Natural History
New York
William G. Willmann
William V. Schmidt Co., Inc
Henry van Dyke
U. S. Cruiser Visits Uruguay On Friendly Call
The Navy announced the cruiser called at Montevideo Uruguay. Nazis under investigation by a Uruguayan committee had already visited Rio de Janeiro Brazil. The trip follows Germany’s wartime influence concerns in Latin America.
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U. S
Uruguay
Washington
Montevideo
Uruguyan Cone
Appeals in D C Driving Case Lead to Jail and Fines
Fred Schuler of Front Royal road appeals in Frederick Circuit Court after conviction for driving while intoxicated. Tavenner sentences 30 days and a $100 fine plus costs. George M Singleton of Colmar Manor Md gets 30 days and $100 with costs for DUI. Others include A H Largent $10 fine and $10.25 costs for drunk, W B Duncan Route 1 $10 and costs, J F Duncan Riverton $14.25 for drunkenness, Richard McCauley Riverton 30 days and $100 plus costs for DUI.
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D . Criving
Fred Schuler
Front Royal Road
Frederick Circuit Court
A. J. Tavenner
J. Sloan Kuykendall
Tavenner
George M. Singleton
Colmar Manor
Army to form eight streamlined divisions to boost speed
Stark announced a plan for eight new divisions in the army. The divisions will be heavily armed and motorized, designed to strike with greater speed and power than old style units. Secretary of War Woodring described the plan as the World’s Greatest Fleet of military strength.
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Ons
Stark
Woodring
Astons
Death comes to Mrs Knight in Martinsburg social circle
Mrs Knight of Martinsburg West Virginia widow for several years and long part of Winchester society dies at home aged after a life shaped by local prominence. She was educated at the Episcopal Female Institute and married Dr Knight on February 19 1927 in Winchester. Funeral Thursday at Fairmont Avenue residence with Rev Robert B Nelson officiating and internment in Mount Hebron Cemetery. No flowers requested.
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Harrison
Martinsburg
W. Va
Winchester
Knight
Old Episcopal Female Institute
E. Holmes Boyd
Barton and Boyd
Lee
Lily Goldsborough Dandridge
Alexander R. Pendleton
Charlotte Pavey
Bennett Taylor
McSherry Lupton
B. M. Knight
Charles P Knight
Staunton
Beale Knight
Petersburg
P. W. Boyd
Fred
Fred L. Glaize
Ellen
Sallie Boyd
Chester
John ©. Boyd
Roanoke
Henry W Boyd
Chicago
J. Thruston Boyd
Cumberland
Knpight
Fairmont Avenue
Robert B. Nelson
Christ Episcopal Church
Mount Hebron
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Apple Storage
C. L. Robinson Ice & Cold Storage
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