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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1939
Page
7
Timore May 2 reports price ranges for produce eggs and dairy and livestock. Prices vary for potatoes apples fowl and eggs with moves in butter and live poultry and cattle hogs and lambs across Philadelphia Baltimore and Chicago markets.
Markets show mixed action with Brocks up one to three points and light profit taking. Volume is high but real activity wanes as late trading stalls. transfers run about 500000 shares while bonds and commodities trend upward and European politics create a market handicap.
Chicago May 2 wheat and other grains closed with little change after a volatile session. Prices fluctuated as traders weighed winter wheat conditions and profit taking while strong foreign markets provided support. Cash markets showed mixed bids across wheat corn oats and beans with various grades quoted at different levels.
The Rev. Miles E. Reifsnyder of Westminster Maryland praised this year's festival pageant. He said it was the most beauti fully executed production he has seen in his travels, highlighting the Handley School backdrop as a great asset and noting the arduous labor behind the presentation. He is a Kiwanis district governor overseeing 58 clubs.
Detroit May 2 Lou Gehrig, in his 2,130th straight, will be benched at his request for today’s game with the Detroit Tigers. Ellsworth Dahlgren will start at first base as Gehrig sits to regain form, saying the slump has little to do with his health and predicting a quicker stride once warmer weather arrives.
Harvard junior Edward C Read of Villanova hid as a girl to win Wellesley College hoop rolling, naming his fiancé before being exposed. He was floated into Lake Waban as the prank unraveled, and the misawarded wreath went to Peggy Cahill of New York City, with Phyllis Sweetser in second.
Miss Mary Price of Gerrardstown is mourned after a heart attack at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church following services. Born 1869 in Huttonsville West Virginia she taught in West Virginia and Virginia and served as private secretary to Dr Frank Wilder of Southern Gypsum Company. Survived by sister Mrs J B Winchester and Dr S Price of Scerbro two great nephews. Funeral Thursday at 11 AM in Gerrardstown plot burial.
Harrisburg May 2. John Brophy CIO director accuses AFL president Williem Green of treachery and allies with Tory manufacturers. He urges AFL rank and file to demand policy change and unity against leaders he says seek to emasculate labor protections. He accuses Green of thwarting automobile workers negotiations.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday April 26 for Mrs Ida Virginia Renner widow of Joseph Renner and daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Henry Neville She died last Monday after a long illness Survivors include daughters Edith Reynolds and Pearl Lewis and five sons Gilbert Robert Earl Carl and Charles Renner Pallbearers named were Robert Brill Harry Carper Will Carpenter A F Shade John Patterson and John D Luttrell
Floyd Sargent, a farm hand, was ordered to post a $500 peace bond after a Trial Court finding of threatening charges brought by Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Grubbs. The Grubbses share a residence with Sargent and Isham Morehead, with Largent jailed pending the bond posting.
The Treasury on April 29 shows receipts of 11,901,968.02 and expenditures of 20,836,739.75. Gross debt stands at 40,062,945,328.19, increasing above the previous day.
The War Department plans to mobilize 1,000,000 men within three months if ordered. Colonel J. R. Burns told the Chamber of Commerce that an initial fighting strength of 400,000 troops and 6,000 airplanes was contemplated on entry into any conflict.
The article notes a car on the bridge with a floating hat found at 10 a m and a man seen near the car by witnesses. Robert Duncan of a Kansas City lumber company reported observing a man about 5 feet 6 inches near the span around 10 10 a m. Mrs Schneider declined to answer if her husband stayed home Sunday night.
Pittman foresees a neutral ity bill ready by May 15 as 12 mile zones are discussed. The cash and carry provisions of the wartime law expired last midnight after failed efforts to extend them. The law currently bars air sales to warring nations and limits belligerent shipping in U S waters while restricting travel and certain financial dealings with nations at war.
A May event at Churchill Downs introduces a Room 20 retreat for 75 affluent sportsmen including Derby winners’ owners. Admission by card grants access to a bar, betting booth, blue carpet, derby portraits, and private phones. Johnstown remains Derby favorite over El Chico as workouts.
Leonard Banks, 30 year old farmhand, was found guilty in Berryville on ten charges of obtaining money under false pretenses and sentenced to 12 months in jail. He faces four forgery counts as the grand jury may act next, after allegedly taking about $85 from Jetson Spates and forging employer Rufus Bell’s name.
A Kansas City chamber president and grain company leader argue that a broader economic control is needed to sustain political and religious freedoms. He claims the new deal risks reforming human nature and erodes incentives to invest, warning that victory hinges on preserving free enterprise and the people's rights.
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