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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 18, 1940

Page

9

Northwest Passage Pictorial Highlights in MGM Film

Pictorial highlights from the MGM Technicolor epic Northwest Passage based on Kenneth Roberts novel feature Spencer Tracy and Robert Young with Walter Brennan Ruth Hussey and Nat Pendleton Young Langdon Towne is expelled from Harvard for caricaturing at a tavern where Major Robert Rogers enlists him in his Rangers by a simple expedient.

Langdon Rogers Harvard MGM Kenneth Roberts Spencer Tracy Robert Young Walter Brennan Ruth Hussey Nat Pendleton Young Langdon Towne The Major Robert Rogers

Child Burns Reach Memorial Hospital In Middletown

Marjorie Bell Willis of Middletown aged under two is recovering at Memorial Hospital after being burned Saturday when she was pushed against a stove by an older sister. The blaze caused severe burns to the lower back.

Marjorie Bell Willis Middletown John Willis Memorial Hospital

Holy Week Service at Centenary Reform Ed Church

The Rev. Dr. 8. L. Flickinger will preach tonight at 7 45 o clock at the Centenary Reform Church for a special Holy Week Service.

8. L. Flickinger Centenary Reformed Church

Baltimore Market Quoted Livestock And Produce Prices

Market quotations from Baltimore and surrounding areas show produce apples and potatoes steady to dull, poultry and eggs with mixed color fowl and capons priced. cattle hogs and calves listed with steady to higher bids and specific weights. Chicago and Philadelphia reports add hogs steady to lower, cattle weak, butter and poultry price ranges.

Baltimore Truck Md W. Va U. S Eastern Shore Baltimore Livestock Arizona Chicago Livestock Chicago

Egg Quality Standards and Trade Terms Summary

The fragment lists standards and grades for eggs and trades across periods from 1844 to 1944. It mentions extra whites and browns, U S Nos 1 and 2, Nos 3 and 4, and medi ums extras with percentages 17-17, plus standards 17-17 and 18-1844. It reads like an old regulatory or trade guideline note.

U. S

Stock Market Steady After Early Decline In New York

New York March 18 stock market steadied after an early decline as dealings remained light and losses narrowed to small advances by the fourth hour. Resistant names included Montgomery Ward, Douglas Aircraft, Marathon Oil of New Jersey, Consolidated Edison, and Public Service.

Victor Eubank New York Montgomery Ward Douglas Aircraft Cay Marthr N. J Consolidated Edison Public Service

Market Brief Reflects Mixed Global Signals

New Jersey traders watched a mixed overseas scene as major bonds showed uneven strength. German, Belgian, Finnish and Polish loans resisted declines while European markets varied. Sterling rallied against the dollar and US demand for sound pounds stood at 3.75. Leading companies included U S Steel, Bethlehem, Union Carbide, Lockheed, American Can, and Sears Roebuck amid cautious optimism.

U. S. Steel Bethlehem As aUnion American Smelt- Union Carbide Lockheed Amitican Can Sears Roebuck New York

Grain futures dip on peace talk reports margins recover later

Chicago and Baltimore grain markets swing after news of Hitler Mussolini meeting with early losses in futures. Wheat May 1.01 to 1.15, corn around 65, beans near 1.09. Cash wheat ranged No 2 hard 1.02 to 1.03, corn No 1 yellow around 58 to 59, oats up to 42. Soybeans around 1.08 to 1.09. Field seed and alfalfa prices listed.

Chicago Hitler Mussolini Chicago Cash Grain Baltimore Grain Baltimore

Nazis Sustain Severe Losses In Vosges Clash

French patrol unit in the Vosges engaged German forces as shellfire caused heavy casualties. Military sources report many dead and wounded, with two Germans missing and allied positions retaken after the skirmish.

Vosges Selves

Wheat and Corn Prices From Winchester Markets

Wheat No 2 red winter spot domestic at 1.13 percent. Corn prices listed around 65 to 71 cents per bushel for mill deliveries. Winchester Markets show Wheat at 1.06 dollars per bushel and corn near 65 cents with year-ago levels cited.

Ter Winchester

Welles Denied Acting as Intermediary in European Talks

Secretary Hull stated Sumner Welles did not participate as an intermediary in negotiations among foreign powers during his Roosevelt conferences in Europe. Welles traveled there for fact finding and adhered to that mandate, planning to return to the United States after meetings in Rome with Mussolini or Ciano. Hull did not know what occurred at the Hitler Mussolini summit and noted Welles’ Pope visit was not on his itinerary.

Washington Hull Sumner Welles Roosevelt Europe Welles United States Mussolini Count Ciano Rome Hitler Pope

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