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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1940
Page
7
Don B. McCloud of Carbondale Illinois showcases his liquid oxygen explosive to joint naval and military affairs committees of both houses. Lester Barlow explains a bomb filled with liquid oxygen could devastate a large area during the hearing.
Short on Good details Ben Rogers notes his father ran the office 48 years until 1931 and trained five pupils including P. S. Rogers W. S. Yates Dave Headley and Vic Larrick The piece links learning Morse to music and rhythm and recalls Rogers 18 years of service and his comment on learning the code It also cites W H A Elliston the Christian Science Monitor correspondent and Finland war coverage with his new book Finland Fights
Market quotations show 3,000 less than expected with fed steers up 25 cents and best wooled lambs at 10.40. Philadelphia live poultry and eggs move steady, Baltimore cattle and hogs mixed but steady, Chicago hogs firm while cattle receipts ease.
The Star notes markets are correct daily but declines responsibility for typographic errors. Local readers should verify figures and seek official quotes for price data and market movements.
Barbara Bell presents Pattern No. 1939-B a princess line heleless frock ideal for home wear with a frilled V-neck collar. Easy to sew, beginner friendly, and adaptable to gingham percale rayon or flat cord, sizes 34 through 48. Includes sew chart and option to order Pattern Book.
Fragmentary OCR mentions a turkey grower and a butter creamery with scattered numbers. The readable items reference a grower labeled Chick tarter and a country tara entry, and a butter creamery with a 35 value. No clear events or names emerge.
New York traders shifted to aerospace and steel issues with most listings moving higher. Key gainers included Boeing Douglas United Aircraft Lockheed Bethlehem U. S. Steel North American Aviation and others as bonds showed uneven movement and wheat advanced in Chicago.
Mrs. Robertson a longtime member of the Relief Methodist Church and the Frederick Charge Ladies Aid Society. She is survived by two sons Russell Robertson of Stephens City and Earl Robertson of Kernstown a sister Sal Me Bondurant of Relief and a brother Philip Frye also of Relief. Two granddaughters and three grandsons. Funeral Friday at the Relief Church with 2 PM family gathering and 2:30 PM rites. Rev George Waters and Rev J D Russell will officiate. Burial at St Pauls Cemetery with pallbearers G W Tevalt Ben Massie Clayton Carbaugh Luther Snapp Luther Pifer and Briscoe Snapp.
Livestock price list for Va Livestock Market on N Kent St with Tuesday extended sales. Details include steers heifers bulls veal calves lambs hogs pigs fat sows and feeder stocker cattle with per head and per hundred weights, noting top and bulk ranges.
Mrs Eva Phillips Samsell widow of Edward C Samsell and member of a prominent Stephens City family Frederick County died at home in her seventy fifth year after an illness. She was born January 11 1866 in the county educated at the Episcopal Female Institute and taught in Virginia and West Virginia. Survived by three daughters Brownie Saxon Ruth Samsell and son Fontaine Samsell all of Stephens City and brother William H Cochran of Charleroi Pa. Funeral at 4 pm Friday in Stephens City Episcopal Church with Rev Francis A Brown officiating and interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers listed: William McLeod J Gardner P E Lineburg Victor Wheeler P W Plumley.
Martinsburg Rotary Club will host Bob Williams a woolen mill executive and former club president as speaker tomorrow at 1 pm in the George Washington Hotel Secretary Charles Coffman said. Members will also vote for candidates for the board of directors in the first election of the year.
A Syracuse University study counts pronoun use in famous speeches, finding Hitler uses I roughly every 53 words and Mussolini about every 83 words, with the president cited in the discussion.
In Chicago on March 20 wheat and other grains advanced as traders priced in a British raid on a German air base and France's political shifts. Closing quotes show May wheat around 1.05 and July near 1.04 per bushel with corn and oats also higher, while cash wheat figures vary by grade.
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