Baltimore and Chicago Livestock Markets Report March 31
Quotations from Baltimore and Chicago show cattle steady to lower, hogs 10-20 lower, and sheep unsettled. Baltimore notes lighter fat cattle, scarce heifers, cows mostly steady, calves 11.50-12.00, hogs top around 8.30, and varying weights. Chicago reports broader declines across hogs, cattle, and sheep with details on weights and bid ranges.
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Philadelphia
Plymouth Rock
Baltimore Livestock
Baltimore
Chicago
Boston Wool Market Report March 31 New England
Market activity was light with scattered inquiries for fleece wools. Small lots of greasy combings and quarter bloods sold at 44 to 45 cents in grease delivered to mills. Western grown wools offered at 39 to 40 cents delivered with an estimated delivered cost around $1.03 per unit.
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Boston
Dept
Middle West
Sca
Company Liable in Commerce Era Act Case
The report continues from page one detailing liability questions under the commerce era act and alleged falsification of records tied to the Ss case. Further court action or rulings are not yet disclosed.
Stocks Rally Fails to Steady Markets in Turbulent Session
Lists show mixed gains and losses as traders watch sector shifts and a voluntary reorganization in a major company. Key quotes include Am Can 154 and Am Smel 40, Gen 5 1/2 and Bethlehem 77, Chrysler 62 1/2, and Woolworth 29 7/8 amid a volatile forenoon.
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Geraint Ak
Iaranies Processines
Hope Junior
Guine
al. Chem
al. Chem. 154. Am. Can. Am. Rad
Am. Smel
Anaconda
B. and O
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Can. Edison
Gen
Roebuck
Car. P. F. D. Western Union
Woolworth
Grain and futures and cash wheat quotations at Chicago
Chicago markets report March 31 with futures for Pi Sept old 49 5-8 and Sept new 8 225, July 8.22 1.8, Oct May 11.17, July 11.47, Sept 12.00. Cash grain prices show Sena 2 hard 95 No 2 mixed 95, yellow corn 69 1-4 to 71 1-4, oats 39 3-4 to 40, Timothy 4.00, soybeans 1.13 to 1.11, wheat spot domestic 1.00, corn 65¢ b. Prices include barley malting 48-52, No 3 59, No 1 Malting 56. Report notes various grades and market activity in Chicago and Worcester areas.
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Chicago
New
Chicago Cash Grain
Winchester
Will Designate School Crossing Near Berryville Avenue
Manger Lee Grant said to designate a crossing on Berryville Avenue near Virginia Avenue to protect children. He urged installing a caution light and a lighted crossing, noting the need for safer pedestrian access.
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Manger
Lee Grant
Berryville Avenue
Virginia Avenue
Cant Sue For Triple Damages Under Sherman Act
Court ruling discusses limits on treble damages for antitrust conspiracies. The piece notes the right to sue for triple damages in interstate commerce cases and references price fixing tied to national defense needs and Rubber tire cases from 1937. It names Reed and Dous as related parties in the matter.
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National Defense
Jus Roberta
Identik, Reed and Doust
Company Freed In Price Fixing
Washington reports a price fixing case where a company was freed due to leases operated by others under contract. An order states the Ninth Federal Circuit’s judgment was affirmed by an equally divided court. There is one vacancy on the nine member tribunal after Justice McReynolds’s retirement.
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Washington
Fourth Federal Circuit
James C. McReynolds
Royal Bathing Club Destroyed by Fire in Air Raid
London reports a blaze at the Royal Bathing Club on Dover Street during an air raid alert. The interior was destroyed though officials said the fire was not started by a bomb. An air officer and a fire watcher died in the incident affecting King George VI and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret.
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London
George VI
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Dover Street
Roosevelt Plans Swift Orders For War Aid Program
President Roosevelt moved to advance a $7 billion aid push to Britain and Greece, directing officials at Washington and visiting Fort Jackson and Fort Bragg to accelerate wartime transfers. Harry Hopkins will oversee key elements as the plan progresses with eager officials kept informed.
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Pooney
Washington
Roosevelt
Rts
Britain
Greece
Tomorro
Fort Jackson
Fort Bragg
N. C
Harry J Hopkins
Farm Aid and Defense Bills Stir Capitol Debate
Lawmakers face quick approval for a farm parity program and defense funding totals. The House backed 890 million for farm parity payments and 4.39 billion for a supplemental defense bill. Argentine beef policy divides officials over Pan American ties and domestic livestock impact while the Army Navy allocations fund equipment and aviation base improvements. The two chambers plan a conference committee after Easter recess.
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Washington
Roosevelt
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Army
Navy
Administration
Great Britain
Senate
Richard Boxwell Returns To Work
Richard Boxwell, who left his position at the People's Drug Store over a year ago, is expected to return to work tomorrow morning after a brief visit this afternoon to review the situation. His health has greatly improved.
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Nae Boxwell
People’s Drug Store
Britain’s Fleet Seems Unscathed After Attack
Britain reports success as torpedo bombers from warships strike the Littorio reducing speed to 15 knots after several hits. Royal Air Force bombers join the assault hitting cruisers and destroyers.
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Ans
Littorio
Royal Air Force
Italians in Yugoslavia Ordered to Leave Soon
The news agency reports Italian evacuees began departing from Belgrade and other Croatian towns amid chaotic Serbian unrest and violent agitation, signaling an imminent mass exodus.
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Yugoslavia
Oslavia
Stotens Fe
Far From Peaceful Hinted Action Amid War Propaganda
A British broadcast questions U S seizure of Axis merchant ships, calling it potentially unjustified and driven by motives far from peaceful. The speaker notes American actions could be inspired by covert aims if the report is true.
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United States
Vale States
French Protest Over British Attack on French Convoy
The French government protests to London over a Mediterranean attack on a French convoy. Britain claims French shore batteries fired on them during a search of merchant ships under blockade rights. France says it will lodge the protest through the U S embassy in London.
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Vichy
France
London
Mediterranean
United States
Physician Held In Wife's Death In Bath Maine
Dr Merrill E Joss 31 of Richmond pleaded innocent in Bath municipal court to a charge of slaying his wife Laverne Harris Joss 36 a physician. He appeared calm but tired as Judge Gardiner P Deering ordered him held for hearing next Friday morning.
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Bath
Merrill E. Joss
Richmond
Laverne Harris Joss
Joss
Gardiner P. Deering
Arrested Seamen To Be Released
Seventy officers and men from eight Danish freighters seized by the U S coast guard will be released. Curtis Bay Coast Guard Depot commandant Leroy Reinburg announced the decision.
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Baltimore
U.S
Leroy Reinburg
Curtis Bay Coast Guard Depot
British ship seizure provokes mixed reaction in London
In London on March 31 an authoritative source said Britain was gratified by the United States action in placing Italian, German and Danish ships in protective custody. The source called the steps desirable amid merchant shipping shortages and looming shortages by year end.
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London
Britain
United States
Miracle Needed to Avert Soft Coal Strike
The Labor Department conciliator Dr. John R. Steelman warned a strike could be averted only by a miracle as he met with eight-state representatives over the soft coal contract. A midnight EST deadline loomed as the old agreement expired without progress.
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New York
John R. Steelman
Yes Steelman
Claimed Bridges Active Soon After Arriving
In San Francisco on March 31 the government opened Harry Bridges deportation hearing by alleging he joined the Industrial Workers of the World after entering the United States in 1920. The statement also links him with the Communist Party and the Marine Workers Industrial Union, groups said to advocate violent overthrow.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Industrial Workers of the World
Clarence N. Goodwin
Social Assisant
Jackson
Communist Party
Marine Workers Industrial Union
Factories Reopen as 4000 Workers Return in West Allis
Returning workers stream through the gates for an 8 am shift at a large West Allis plant amid union protests. Company figures show 3 169 reported on a 5 400 normal shift while union claims only a few hundred stayed on the job as about 15 jeered returning workers. Police reported no disturbances as the defense contract work resumed.
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West Allis
Cowles To Speak At Gore Tuesday
J. E. Cowles, agriculture instructor at Gainesboro, will discuss moisture conservation for Back Creek at Gore tomorrow night starting 7:30. The program includes a moving picture titled The River.
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Cowles
Gore
J. E. Cowles
Gainesboro
Back Creek
Trial Justice A J Tavenner Fines List
Today cases heard included John M. Wotring fined 3.25 for truck overload 1300 pounds and Perry A Whitmer fined 14.25 for reckless driving. Saturday entries show James D Bailey fined 9.25 for speeding and Sikene A Moyer for reckless driving.
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A. J. Tavenner
John M. Wotring
Perry A. Whitmer
James D. Bailey
Sikene A. Moyer
Mussolini Admits Losses as British Triumphs Shine
Italy acknowledges the loss of three cruisers and two destroyers in the Mediterranean while Britain claims an outstanding naval victory. Mussolini says a heavy British cruiser was sunk and two other warships damaged, though London reports no British casualties. The RAF bombs Brest as German battleships shelter there. British forces seize Diredawa in Ethiopia as Italian failure grows.
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Italy
Royal Navy
Mussolini
London
Admiralty
British
Air Ministry
Brest
France
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Winchester Troopers Assigned to Front Royal Station
New troopers are stationed to Winchester area covering Frederick and Clarke counties and the northern Shenandoah region. Sergeant C. L. Puller is now at Front Royal and Trooper Frank Ritter moves between here and Leesburg. Trooper George Miller has an indefinite leave of absence for National Guard duty.
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Ive
Gale Revoen
Pate Pee
T of
Winchestewee
Eas
Chell
Derick
Clarke
Shenandoah County
C. L. Puller
Front Royal
Frank Ritter
Leesburg
Troper George Miller
National Guard
Siberian ivory color explained as fossil mammoth tusks
A paleontological note explains fossil ivory from extinct mammoth tusks found in frozen Siberian soil. The long tusks appear blue due to mineral penetration and preservation in permafrost.
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Posters
Siberia
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