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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1941

Page

9

Japan Aims to Honor Axis and Soviet Ties

Premier Konoye met Emperor Hirohito after a cabinet session on the German Soviet war, as Foreign Minister Matsuoka separately met with Italian and Soviet ambassadors. The cabinet spokesman Koh Ishii said Japan would fulfill obligations to Germany and Soviet Russia under the Axis pact and recent treaty of friendship.

Tokyo Fumimaro Konoye Hirohito Yosuke Matsuoka Mario Indelli Constantine Smetanin Koh Ishii Japan Germany Soviet Russia

Wardensville Camp Set for August 8-17 Opening

Wardensville West Virginia hosts its annual camp meeting from August 8 to 17. Evangelist Rev James Harper from Anderson Indiana leads the services drawing attendees from West Virginia Virginia Maryland and other states for open air old time religious programs.

Wardensville W. Va Conrad Argh al James Harper Anderson Ind West Virginia Virginia Maryland

Heavy Fighting and Allied Moves Across Eastern Front

Soviet reports claim two Nazi columns were repulsed with heavy losses as German incursions push into Polish territory. Brest-Litovsk and other Polish towns reportedly fell while Romanian troops occupy Cernauti in northern Bucovina. Eden welcomes Russia as an ally as RAF night raids hit Cologne and Dusseldorf and Kiel. Pravda editorials criticize Soviet pact partners amid war tensions.

Poland Adolf Hitler Brest-Litovsk Germany Kolna Lomza Bucharest Reuters Cernauti Bucovina Russia Rumania Anthony Eden Cologne Duesseldorf Kiel High Command Medina United States Pravda Communist Party Rusia

Market Quotations From Baltimore and Chicago Livestock Markets

Baltimore and Philadelphia dairy and poultry quotes with cattle calves hogs and sheep trade notes. Chicago hogs fall after a long upturn while cattle calves and sheep show varying steady to lower bids and mixed demand across regions.

Grain futures slip to new session lows in Chicago trade

Chicago June 24 Wheat futures fall to near session lows as all grain contracts weaken in late trading. Prices show declines across Wheat Corn and Rice with No 2 Red Winter and Yellow varieties quoted alongside oats barley and related cash grain prices.

Chicago J — Chiesa “Cash Grain Baltimore

Stock Market Report Faces Skepticism After Russo German War News

New York June 24 A Monday session saw light selling as Wall Street grew wary of the Russo German War. The market closed lower with some rails and specialties retreated while volume fell sharply from yesterday’s runup. Transfers around 450000 versus 754000 prior.

New York Wall Street

Local Markets The Star Highlights Daily Market Collection

Daily market collection noted by The Star with focus on local price trends and market activity. Readers learn about general market movement and potential buying opportunities in nearby stalls and shops.

Prices and items from mixed feed and flour bags in a historical listing

A fragmented price list shows various bagged goods such as patent flour in 12, 24, 48, and 98 barrel bags with prices ranging from 5.10 to 10 per bag. The text also mentions mixed feed and corn meal feed with sparse price data and references to creamery butter and hogs in a market-like format.

Naira Ase Wnyxin Pss Sheetney Uace

Brother of Pred J. Larrick improves after operation

Victor Larrick of Mason & Dixon Pennsylvania, well known in Middletown Frederick county, is reported somewhat improved from a состояния illness after an operation in Hagerstown and transfer to a Baltimore hospital for further treatment.

Victor Larrick Mason & Dixon Middletown Frederick County Hagerstown Baltimore Pred J. Larrick

Clearbrook School To Be Inspected Tomorrow

The new Clearbrook school building in Stonewall district will be inspected at 10:30 by Mr. Norman of the State Department of Education and Frederick County school board members. Work is finishing interior work. the building should be ready for fall use.

Clearbrook Stonewall Norman State of Education Frederick County Leslie D. Kline

Picnic Party For Solo Students Plans Announced

Valley Airways prepares a solo pilots picnic for members of the citys first Civilian Pilots Training Class. Flight Captain William Bell and Miss Mary Gail Cather organize the outing to Capon State Park near Berkeley Springs Virginia on Friday afternoon with guests Mr and Mrs Andrew Bell and Melvin Snyder.

Valley Airways William Bell Mary Gail Cather Capon State Park Berkeley Springs Andrew Bell Melvin Snyder Bell Chamber of Commerce Snyder George Scheder Earl Shipe

Germans Claim Fresh Success on Eastern Front

Berlin reports the German air force destroyed 100 Russian tanks yesterday in a small eastern front sector. The DNB official news agency also said German units destroyed a Russian division.

Berlin DNB

Boston Wool Market Report Summary

The U S Department of Agriculture notes a few closed sales of combing blood bright fleece wools in Boston on June 24. Prices mostly ranged from 46 to 47 cents per pound grease, with a few above 47 cents. Demand was spotty and total sales were moderate. short to average French combing length fine territory wools in original bags sold for about $1.01 to $1.03 cocoon basis on scattered lots.

Baltimore Chicago Livestock Chicago Boston U. 5 Dept. Agr

Air Raid Alarm Reported in Bucharest

A Bucharest dispatch notes an air raid alarm sounding in the Romanian capital for about 20 minutes with no further details provided. The report comes from a DNB despatch filed in Berlin.

Bucharest Berlin DNB

No Agreement On Wage Contract

The article reports that southern and northern mine operators and the United Mine Workers failed to reach a joint wage contract. A $7 daily wage would unify pay, eliminating the 40-cent differential. Negotiations spanned days and nights since March, with a shutdown in April and inquiries by a Senate committee and the National Defense Mediation Board.

U. M.W Senate Committee National Defense Mediation Board

British Bombs Push Germans Toward Oslo Exodus

London reports a large German exodus from north German cities toward Norway due to British bombing. Oslo sources say as many as 20,000 Germans, including Hamburg officials, may arrive before June 30.

London Norway Oslo Hamburg

Seeks Permission To Land Many Saved At Sea

The Finnish steamer Hammerland rescued 45 people from two sinking ships in the mid Atlantic on June 15 and anchored at Hampton Roads awaiting permission to land the survivors. Captain E Nordstrom said 33 crew members and two passengers from the Belgian Mercier and ten crew from the Dutch Yselhaven were saved. Many injured require medical attention.

Norfolk Hammerland Mid- Atlantic Hampton Roads E. Nordstrom Mercier Yselhaven

French Destroyer Appears Sunk Off Syria Coast

London reports one French destroyer almost certainly sunk by British aerial torpedoes with two others damaged during actions with British warships off Syria. Raids hit Beirut and Tripoli ports and ships, while British submarines claim success in the central and eastern Mediterranean sinking a merchant ship and damaging a 20,000 ton Italian liner.

London Syria Admiralty Beirut Tripoli Mediterragne

Harrison's Body Is Taken Home

The body of Pat Harrison, Senate president pro tempore and Finance Committee chairman, is borne from Washington to his hometown of Gulfport Mississippi by train. Vice President Wallace leads the delegation, with many House members aboard. The special train departed Union Station at 3 a.m. and is to reach Gulfport at 5 a.m. tomorrow.

Washington Pat Harrison Senate Finance Committee House Union Station Har Gulford Miss

Vacancies Yet To Be Filled In Frederick County Schools

Superintendent Kline said it will take time to fill about a dozen teaching positions in Frederick County schools before final lists are complete. He noted no overall teacher shortage, but many are called to the army making it harder to secure well qualified replacements.

Frederick County Kline

Finland Maintains Neutral Policy Amid War News

Stockholm reports Helsinki says railway links with the Soviet Union remain in operation. A Finnish Foreign Office representative reiterates Finland is not at war with Russia and that neutrality would not change unless Finland were attacked.

Stockholm Sweden Finland Russia Helsinki

American Way Booklets Distributed in Winchester by Jones

The Jones Funeral Home distributes a booklet titled The American Way containing the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The Jones organization plans ads in their firm's space to supplement the material. Laurens Jones says the aim is not to preach but to share researched facts on Americanism.

Winchester Jones Funeral Home Jones Organization American Way Laurens Jones

Pickford Hospitalized in Cleveland Clinic Stay

Mary Pickford the film actress is under observation at the Cleveland Clinic and will remain there most of this week. Dr Charles Higgins says she is not seriously ill and not receiving visitors. Her husband Buddy Rogers was with her yesterday. Friends say she plans to attend the July 1 dedication of a monument to General James Longstreet at Gettysburg Pennsylvania.

Cleveland Mary Pickford Cleveland Clinic Charles Higgins Charles Buddy) Rogers Miss Pickford Gen James Longstreet Gettysburg

R. A. F. Offensive Continues Against French Coast

London reports the Royal Air Force maintains a strong and ongoing offensive over the French coast. Nightly blasts target German industries communications and bases following daytime raids that sent heavy explosions across the English Channel from the Nazi occupied shore.

London English Channel

German Report Claims Loss of 280 Soviet Tanks

Berlin dispatch from DNB says the Nazi drive eastward has destroyed 280 Soviet tanks. The German news agency reported the figure as of today.

Berlin DNB

Italian liner hit by torpedoes in the Mediterranean

London reports the admiralty says an Italian liner of about 20 000 tons was struck by two torpedoes in the Mediterranean. The page also contains bridge odds trivia about the chance of a single-suit hand and a 13 card spread in a 52 card deck.

London Admiralty Mediterranean T. C. A. the Encyclopedia of Spare

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