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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1941
Page
3
Rain spread across the state improving crop prospects after dry spells. Corn, soybeans, and cowpeas show fair to good or better conditions. early hay weak, alfalfa and later hay recovering. pastures short but improving. apples fair to good, peaches good to excellent. oats and oats, barley fair to good, surface moisture ample but subsoil moisture still short.
The Virginia livestock market lists Tuesday sales with prices across categories: choice cattle 10.50, veal calves top 12.65, hogs to 9.90, fat sows 7.50 to 8.50, lambs around 11.20, fresh cows 45.00 to 95.00 per head, and stocker cattle 35.00 to 55.00 per head.
The Treasury shows receipts of 129,595,763.25 and expenditures of 80,305,966.69 for June 16. The gross debt stands at 48,733,594,567.28 with an increase of 185,438,112.15 over the previous day.
Market reports from Baltimore Philadelphia and Chicago summarize July 18 quotations for livestock and produce. Cattle calves hogs sheep and dairy items show steady to varying firm prices with ranges for cows bulls heifers hog weights and spring lambs across multiple markets and USDA listings.
In New York on June 18 the MBS chain will air the outdoor bout between Joe Louis and Billy Conn as part of a Jacobs promoted schedule. The description will be by Dan Dunphy and Bill Corum with a 9 o clock start.
City asks residents with Siberian or Chinese elms to contact the city for free insect control spraying on trees along streets while trees on private property are charged 50 cents to 1 dollar per tree based on size.
Readers of The Star are cautioned that news from censored sources is transmitted to the United States. The note warns about restrictions and potential gaps in war reporting due to censorship.
A late session drop erased earlier gains as the market finished with mixed results. About 600000 shares changed hands with notable quotes at 2 p m including Anaconda 27 1 2 Band O 3 1 2 Bethlehem 14 3 8 Chrysler 59 General Electric 32 5 8 Sears 72 and Woolworth 28 1 2.
Chicago June 18 wheat prices declined in final hour trading to near two week lows after a steadier session. July wheat slipped below 99 cents a bushel with quotes for September and December futures also lower. Corn oats soybeans rye and lard and bellies posted modest moves with cash grain in Chicago showing No 2 hard wheat at 1.01 and corn around 73 to 75 cents per bushel. Baltimore and Winchester markets quoted similar grain prices.
A steady Boston wool market today saw medium fleece prices around 46 to 47 cents per pound in grease delivered to mills with buyers taking both grades. Some buyers paid 47 to 48 cents for single grades. Fine territory wools in original bags quoted around 1.01 to 1.03 on a used basis, but overall sales were very slow.
The Atlas Coal and Iron Company plans to mine river bottom coal beneath the Ohio River by blasting and dredging. Fifteen and a half miles of river bottom near Bellaire to Powhatan Point, Ohio, will be leased for 30 years with a state royalty on mined tonnage.
Frederick Maryland June 18 Two men Edwin Van Meter 69 and Norman V Garrett 56 charged with breaking and entering with intent to rob Jefferson and Knoxville post offices held in 5000 bail each at a magistrate A Y Bennett Van Meter gave alias John Leonard Garrett alias Frank Waston State trooper R E Lewis testified a car with DC tags linked to the pair and Garrett admitted ownership Tools fitted holes bored in the buildings entered per Corporal W K May
The Rev. Dr. Louis W. Goebel of Chicago urged a one dollar annual “war emergency relief” assessment on Evangelical and Reformed Church members, backing Hoover’s effort to feed civilians in Europe. He spoke at a Potomac Synod meeting with 100 delegates from Maryland Virginia DC and Martinsburg.
The meeting of ministers and delegates discusses an annual pension plan for ministers aged 65 or earlier due to illness or disability. The third annual synod conference will close late this afternoon with election plans for the coming year.
The weather bureau says grasses and pastures are now mostly good after last week’s rains. Statewide rainfall averaged about 0.1 to 2 inches, with North Central receiving 2 to 3 inches.
Trustees of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church have been confirmed by Judge Philip Williams in Corporation Court and an order to that effect filed in the Clerk’s office. Named trustees are Samuel M. Giles James S. Lawes Harry F. Taper Lloyd Finley Sr Richard H. Ford Charles C. Reed and William H. Brown.
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