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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1941
Page
9
Philadelphia Produce and Baltimore Livestock report steady to weak prices across poultry beef and pork. Hogs cattle and sheep show varied movement with top hogs around 8.25 and cattle largely steady, while western lambs and natives hold around 6.00 to 7.50 with selective gains. A stray question asks if cosmet colored insects are used as dye, noting cochineal in Central America.
Commodity and utility stocks showed slight declines while a handful of issues posted gains. Trading sped up late in the session with transfers around shares as leaders underperformed the broader market. Republic Steel rose to 18 7 8 and Roebuck to 72 1 4 while Western Union moved to 21 4 and Woolworth to 30 1 2.
Market notices list bulk prices for bags and barrels of goods with varied weights and patent brand items. Livestock entries show categories such as geese heavy rocks chickens and fowls with miscellaneous notes and prices where legible.
Boston reports extremely limited offerings of domestic wools with demand strongest for fine and half blood grades. Most activity centers on resale of western contracted wools as spot South meeky around. Prices cited: 50-1.03, secured around 1.03 duty paid.
Breidenbach ended the Wright Field strike after the War Department ordered C.1.0. workers back to duty following a January walkout. The department aimed to press a wind tunnel expansion, lab additions, and dynamometer facilities to boost aircraft testing and engine development at the Army Air Corps center.
Chicago March 21 reports show another drop near a cent in wheat prices as profits and loan redemption pressures extend a two day decline. Closing quotes list May wheat at 87 1 4 to 1 8 and other grains with varied settlements.
The president sent Congress the text of a Canada pact linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic. It plans 2.2 million hydroelectric horsepower for both nations and mirrors a 1934 treaty the Senate failed to ratify. This time only a majority is needed in the U.S. Congress, with Canadian Parliament approval also required.
Washington march 21 an appropriation committee plan calls for an additional 1 073 810 074 outlay for the army and navy to build capacity for a 4 000 000 man combat status force. About half would be cash the rest contract authorizations to be funded later this year. The army’s 3 178 393 254 share includes 971 769 114 for ordnance and other equipment held in reserve.
Coventry, England, after November’s severe bombing, rapidly rebuilds. Citizens resume work, children play, and shops reopen. Fire scarred cathedral remains. mayor and locals cite cooperation as key. Stores offer clothes, furniture, toys, and a resuming economy, aided by four former United States engineers.
General Marshall testified before a House appropriations subcommittee on March 31 about new data on how German Panzer divisions were used in France. The study aims to refine the U S armored force plan of eight divisions plus the equivalent of a ninth in armored battalions.
Only about 10 selective service eligibles out of 2.6 million classified have appealed to President Roosevelt. Roosevelt returned about half the cases to local boards to reopen, while the rest upheld the appeals and granted deferments. The process requires 1A classification, regional board review, and state governor approval.
Harrisonburg Virginia March 21 tentative dates for the third annual Rockingham Turkey Festival were set for October 9 and 10 at a festival board meeting. The board chose Thursday and Friday to avoid conflicts with similar events and to ease crowds, permitting military schools to participate in the Grand Parade and coronation.
Testimony stated that Stimson Knox and Marshall argued aid enactment would bolster British morale and aid the Balkan front. Witnesses indicated Britain's condition was critical and that immediate aid could prove more valuable than supplier support.
A native of Grove community, G C Fries died recently in Jefferson County. He leaves his wife Jennie Town Fries, a son of Sher man Peles, and several siblings including J C Fries Anna Hofheimer May McSherry and E W Albin. Interment is planned in Charles Town cemetery.
The Potomac, carrying President Roosevelt, moved from the dock at Port Everglades to anchor offshore awaiting weather reports for a planned fishing cruise. The yacht will wait in the harbor while the Estrada Palma freight ferry slips by and weather delays pass. Crew remain below deck under guard as wind abates.
Fragmented dispatches describe Col Tuveri Ciglio and the 53rd Battalion of the Blackshirts at Lor as British forces strike at nearby homes. British raids against Germany are limited by bad weather while aerial efforts target Cheren in Eritrea and uprisings in Italian Somaliland costas.
The article recounts the Flemish four story city hall built around 1900 with a 800 seat capacity and exquisite mural decorations. It lists the building commission led by Mayor R. T. Barton and others. It notes prior land disputes over market square and how Reuss offered 30000 to settle title and help fund the municipal building, praised as philanthropy and mediation between communities.
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