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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 30, 1942

Page

2

Young America Sets Pace in Winchester Fourth of July Parade

Winchester parade organizers announce Young America for Victory will lead Saturday morning march at 9 o clock from City Hall. Rev Robert B Nelson will speak on patriotism before the matinee and a prize for originality in patriotic themes will be awarded. Color guard from Virginia Protective Force and McIlwee coal band may appear. Capitol Theater to host an ice cream feast after the parade.

Winchester Turner Anderson Junior Board of ‘Trade Committee Capitol Theater City Hall Lamar Keen Vv. P. F Young America W. A. Baker Virginia Protective Force McIlwee Cpal Robert B. Nelson T Ee Col Ite Turner Anerson Lawrence Jones Paul Ayres George Jones Ashley Stouffer L. B. Hill Ben Belchie Lamarr Keen Forrest Sirbaugh

Mrs J H Baker Succumbs After Long Illness

Mrs Hilda Jackson Baker 36 wife of J Harmon Baker of 22 Peyton street died at Winchester Memorial Hospital after a six month illness last night at 10. She was a daughter of Mrs Hilda K Jackson and the late Edwin C Jackson born at Montvale. Survived by husband and three children Jeanne Cunningham Alice Elizabeth Baker and Harry Carr Baker. Also mother and siblings Evelyn and Alice Jackson Edward Henton Hubert Jackson all of Winchester Ivan Jackson Wilmington Del. Member of Christ Episcopal Church and the Order of the Beakees Star McKinley chapter. Services Wednesday at 3 at her late home then at Episcopal Church at 3:30 conducted by Rev R B Nelson. Burial Mt Hebron cemetery. Pallbearers A Lee Coble Allison Hott EB W Smith Maynard Wisecarver FE W Frye Leonard Sirbaugh.

Hilda Jackson Baker J. Harmon Baker Peyton Street Winchester Memorial Hospital Hilda K. Jackson Brucetown Edwin C. Jackson Mont Vale Wos Jeanne Cunningham Alice Elizabeth Baker Harry Carr Baker Evelyn Alice Jackson Edward Henton Hubert Jackson Winchester Ivan Jackson Wilmington Del Christ Episcopal Church Order of the Beaakees Star McKinley Episcopal Church R. B. Nelson Mt. Hebron Cemetery A. Lee Coble Allison Hott EB. W. Smith Maynard Wisecarver FE. W. Frye Leonard Sirbaugh

Rufus Martin’s Lumber Masterwork In Walnut and Boxwood

Rufus Martin has spent 35 years shaping a table top in Caucasian Walnut and boxwood from the Mount Hebron Cemetery donor. An elk centerpiece and holly inlays create a stormy grain illusion. a banjo neck features ebony fragments and a silver spoon thread. His shop overflows with carved pieces and shavings as he keeps carving, saying there is nothing else to do.

Jim Hamilton Mount Hebron Martin

Help the Boys Keep In Touch With Home While Training

A military unit requests The Star to send letters and news to soldiers in training. The appeal emphasizes morale, discipline, and connection with families as troops prepare for service.

Baltimore Market Reports Steady Prices Across Livestock

Baltimore and Chicago livestock quotations for June 30 1942 show steady cattle calves hogs and sheep with detailed price ranges across weights. Note from Baltimore that the market will close Saturday July 4 1942.

Baltimore Livestock Baltimore U.S Chicago Livestock Chicago U. S. Dept Pittsburgh Livestock Pittsburgh Pa. Dept

Market pauses as investors await Egypt conflict outcome

New York June 1990 stocks edged lower in quiet trading with declines near a point by the fourth hour. Bonds held steady and some commodities rose while laggards included Chrysler American Telephone Sears Roebuck Anaconda U S Steel Bethlehem Douglas Aircraft and Du Pont as Santa Fe Standard Oil New Jersey New York Central Westinghouse American Can and Owens-Illinois showed resistance.

New York Tany Chrysler American Telephone Sears Roebuck Anaconda U.S. Steel Bethlehem Douglas Aircraft du Pont Santa Fe Standard Oil N. J N. Y

Local Markets The Star Cautions About Typos

The Star notes markets are correct daily but disclaims responsibility for typographical errors that may occur in the publication.

The Star

Local Lou Market Grain Prices Per Barrel

Prices listed for 12 lb, 24 lb, 48 lb, and 98 lb bags across various grain products. Corn meal and middlings priced per barrel or unit with values indicating market rates at the local market.

Eos Eres Eae Wewes Ewes F.stee

Undefined feed items and dairy terms in sparse OCR line

Fragmentary OCR lists items like lamb feed hog feed egg mash chick grower broiler mash key grower and butter from Creamery with unclear context. No readable events or entities beyond generic product names.

How much space will one avoidu pois ton of gold occupy

The question asks the volume of a ton of gold. It states approximately 1.66 cubic eet, implying a conversion issue but indicating a small volume for a ton of gold.

German battleship Gneisenau arrives with turrets dismantled

British aerial photos show the 26 000 ton Gneisenau anchored in Gdynia with three 11 inch turrets dismantled and about 30 feet of fore castle deck removed. The air ministry says large scale repairs would be impossible at Gdynia and notes prior bomb damage at Brest.

London English Brest Gdynia Air Ministry

Chicago Grain Quotations June 30 Opening Prices

Grain prices opened higher amid covering of shorts and mill buying. Wheat Jul 1.15 to 1-2, Sept 1.18 3-4 to 5-8, Dec 1.22 1-4. Corn Jul 84 5-8 to 3-4, Sept 87 5-8 to 3-4, Dec 90 3-4. Oats Jul 44 3-4 to 45, Sept 46 1-2 to 3-4, Dec 49 1-4 to 1-2. Rye Jul 62 to 62 1-4, Sept 65 1-4 to 3-8, Dec 69 1-2.

Chicago Rye

MacArthur Receives Congress Medal in Australia

Allied headquarters in Australia reports General Douglas MacArthur received the Congressional Medal of Honor. The presentation marks a notable honor for the famed military leader during wartime operations.

Allied Headquartrs Australia Douglas MacArth

MacArthur Receives Medal In Simple Ceremony

The Allied commander in the southwest Pacific is decorated by United States Minister Nelson T. Johnson in a private ceremony attended by his staff. Congress awarded General MacArthur the nation’s highest honor on March 25.

Philippines Southwest Pacific United States Nelson T. Johnson Congress General MacArthur

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