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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1941
Page
11
Baltimore market report lists poultry and eggs with varied prices for chickens turkeys and pullets. Leghorns Rocks Browns and whites appear with multiple price ranges, while eggs and nearby grades show mixed values. Cattle sales are noted as steady with gradual activity across classes.
After a brisk session, stock prices advanced but gains remained modest as investors weighed war fears and renewed optimism. Volume neared 500000 shares with notable quotes: Am Can 86, Gen Elec 33 3 8, U S Steel 58, Sears Roebuck 73 5 8, Union Pac 77 1 4, Woolworth 30 1 2, Texas Corp 35 1 4.
Chicago and Baltimore grain markets report steady to higher prices for wheat corn oats and soybeans with futures reaching season highs. Hog and cattle markets show varied moves while cash grain prices list No 2 yellow corn and No 2 red winter wheat with regional quotes.
Quotations Va Livestock Market on N Kent St announces extended sales every Tuesday. Prices include steers good 9.40, heifers 8.45, fat cows 6.75 top, calves 12.75 top, lambs 10.35, pigs 1.75 to 3.50 per head. Notice encourages choice light shoots and heavy pigs with a call before sale.
Senators Bankhead and Smith urged a general strike by farmers to win a larger share of national defense spending. The idea surfaced during a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing after Secretary Wickard refused loans to peg prices for cotton, wheat, corn, and tobacco at higher levels amid crop surpluses.
Four members of Queen Shenandoah XVIII's court for the Apple Blossom Festival seek financial support. Elizabeth Massie and Joan Kerr Snarr, seniors at Handley, will be in the court with Maids of Honor Miss Bickers and Miss Snarr. Massie, 19, studied at St. Catherine's and at the University of Colorado. Local reports say festival funds are being raised with out of town help and favorable citizen responses.
The Virginia Farm Bureau hosts an Institute on Cooperation in the Jefferson Hotel ballroom Richmond starting at 9 30 a m. Readers from southern Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley attend to discuss current questions affecting farmer cooperatives with leaders including John H East K N Ellis J F Joinville Ray Thomson Ezra Benson and J S Jones a motion picture on Swedish cooperatives to follow and a round table discussion after each talk.
Culture Committee notes farmers reduced cotton wheat corn and tobacco per administration guidance. Senator Bankhead asks if farmers should strike for a year and Senator Smith agrees, highlighting fear of being at market mercy.
The article reports Thomas Hammond filing a district court petition against Secretary Hull and several State Department officials alleging disloyal dealings with a foreign agent. Hammond rejects the reports as malicious fabrication and provides affidavits and exhibits including an alleged platonic relation with Lilly Stein. He recounts travel in Vienna and Leipzig and describes incidents involving money, a watch, and letters to a New York contact.
The Florida Federation of Labor urged President Roosevelt to remove Sidney Hillman from the Office of Production Management. A resolution charged Hillman used the federal post to strengthen the CIO, of which he co founded with John L. Lewis, at the federation's annual convention. It will be sent to the American Federation.
Fritzie Zivic world welterweight champion arrives in Pittsburg for a 10 round non title bout with Felix Garcia set for tomorrow at catch weights. Zivic says he is in first class condition and will not hold a workout today.
Unseasonal declines in milk output observed in June and November across Virginia dairy herds tied to pasture management. Experts cite insufficient hay silage and low protein concentrates during early pasture, plus rapid spring changes, as causes. Proper pre pasture conditioning and gradual feeding shifts can improve seasonal production.
Major Sir Henry J Broughton testified that Erroll and his wife were lovers and planned to marry a pact between them was read in court today. The statements allege Major Broughton would leave his wife if disagreements arose, as police described his stance on the affair surrounding the murder of Lord Erroll.
William L. Davis of St. Louis, a Royal Air Force combat unit member, died in an England airplane accident. He was 25 and had volunteered as a flight officer with the American Eagle Squadron. Davis's father received notice of his son's death.
Robert G. Ewald faces charges of taking 5000 dollars to influence a city council vote on an 8 million Herman low cost housing project. Ewald is hospitalized with pneumonia. An ex-representative admitted a 15000 dollar bribe in circuit court and council moves to remove him from office.
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