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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1939

Page

7

Market Quotations Timore May 3. Food and livestock prices

The Timore market shows unchanged apples and sweet potatoes with slight gains in eggs and poultry. Butter and eggs hold steady while cattle hogs and sheep in Baltimore and Chicago show mixed moves, with steady to higher butcher and packer values and limited sales.

Florida U. S Baltimore and Egg Exchange Philadelphia Elphia Plymouth Rocks Baltimore Livestock Baltimore U. S. Dept. Agit Chicago

Futures And Cash Grain Quotes In Chicago May 3

Chicago market report notes wheat and corn futures closing rally after early losses. Lower Liverpool prices and rains in the grain belt affect sentiment. millers report stronger flour demand in spring wheat zones. Cash grain prices listed for Chicago and Baltimore markets with various No and grade quotes.

Chicago Liverpool Southwest Timothy Ted Baltimore Winchester

Stock Market Report Sees Broad Gains Amid Trading Rise

New York May 3 Traders boosted activity in the stock market with prices advancing fractions to more than a point. Transfers neared 600000 shares as gains appeared in steels motors aircrafts rubbers and metals. Commodities and bonds showed modest advances with leaders including U S Steel Bethlehem General Motors Chrysler and others driving the upswing.

New York U.S. Steel Bethlehem General Motors Chrysler U. S. Rubber Goodyear Sperry United Aircraft American Smelting Cerro de Pasco Westinghouse Southern Pacific New York Central General Electric Een Harvester Amsterdam Jose Sterling Wall Street

Reorganization Attack Debates Roosevelt Plan

Washington May 3 Representative Taber accuses the Roosevelts reorganizing plan of failing to boost efficiency or cut costs. Democrats predict failure but let Republicans air their case while planning a brief rebuttal later. Rep Warren notes the reform act's sponsors and the tactical debate approach.

Washington Roosevelt Taber R.N. Y House Rep Warren New York

Vice-President Garner Sidelined by Lumbago

Washington May 3. Vice-President Garner remained at his hotel with a slight attack of lumbago. Mrs. Garner said he would likely return to office tomorrow.

Washington Garner

Grace Lutheran midweek prayer service tonight

Reverend Edwin B. Smith of the Gravel Springs charge will conduct the midweek service at Grace Lutheran Church at 7 30 p m The public is cordially invited to attend.

Edwin B. Smith Gravel Springs Grace Lutheran Church

Prayer Meeting at Lutheran Church of Savior Tonight

The Lutheran Church of Savior holds an 8 o'clock prayer service this evening with a sermon on True Friendship. Choir rehearsal follows the service and friends are invited to worship.

Lutheran Church of of Saviour

President Not To Make Speech In Reply To Reichstag Address

Administration sources say President Roosevelt will not address Hitler's Reichstag speech. Secretary Hull drafts a neutral policy outline for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and backs extending cash and carry to arms sales.

Washington Roosevelt Hitler Hull Senate Foreign Relations Committee State Department Pittman

Policy Board Urges Proposals Amid Hard Coal Shortage

The article notes a coal contract at 4.70 a ton expired as the mine shut down. City jail holds two days of supply, schools risk shortages before May 15, hospitals stock for over two weeks. Hospitals operate on one boiler, heating alternately. Governor Chandler warns the state highway patrol to maintain order, keep roads clear, and arrest troublemakers if needed.

Page One Miner Harlan A. B. Chandler State Highway Patrol Frankfort William C. Burrow Robert Humphreys

Debates on Cash and Carry Amid Neutrality Law

Officials explained response to Hitler would allow American arms to Great Britain and France, who would control seas in a European war and pay cash. Currently shipments are banned when the President invokes the neutrality law. The cash and carry provision expired at midnight Monday. Senator Pittman would reinstate it as the bill’s foundation.

Hitler Great Britain France Aiis Pittman D-New

Secretary Hull Seeks Modifications to Pittman Neutrality Clause

State Department officials propose tweaks to Pittman bill to grant the President more discretion under the neutrality law. They oppose the 30 day applicability after hostilities begin, arguing it would force presidential action such as invoking the act in the Sino-Japanese war, a move never made due to U.S. interests.

Hull Pittman State Department United States

Business Leaders Press Relief Measures at Round Table

The speech outlines seven Chamber goals to boost investment by removing tax deterrents, curbing wasteful public spending, revising private securities laws, ending government competition with private enterprises, halting monetary manipulations, liberalizing banking to back private underwriting, and cutting unnecessary investigations. Other speakers warn against foreign influence and politicized taxation while urging prudence and capital risk in restoring recovery.

Davis Robert M. Hanes Winston Salem N. C American Bankers Association M. J. Cleary Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Milwaukee Wis Hughs. Magill American Federation of Investors of Chicago

Council to Have Quarry Fence Erected

City council discusses bonded indebtedness for a 250000 dollar bond issue to fund capital improvements. Acting city manager Lee Grant earns praise for traffic signal paint and pumping-station upgrades while requests are made for quarry safety toilets and a hazardous-wall notification to residents near Barrie property. Frances Knight to index ordinances with James P. Reardon assisting. sewer connection required for Harry Ridgeway’s 5500 dollar house project. An awning clearance rule is amended to keep obstructions 10 feet above the sidewalk. North Cameron Street setback plat approved to 36 feet to aid street widening. Bond-survey committee to meet next Monday for a report ahead of Tuesday’s meeting.

Lee Grant City Barrie Stewart and Amherst Street Frances Knight James P. Reardon Harry Ridgeway Fairmont Avenue Reading Cameron Street F. W. Danley Water and Sewer Committee Herman Hable Finance Committee Council Chamber

Hitler Seeks Neutral Bloc Amid European Tensions

The article notes Poland rejecting Hitler's offer seen as magnanimous by Hungary which sides with Germany if forced to choose. Hungary hopes Poland moderates after Foreign Minister Beck's speech while Mussolini presses restraint. Slovakia remains a distant goal for a Greater Hungary. Hitler initiates offers to Scandinavian nations and dispatches identical non aggression notes to four war powers.

Hitler Hungary Germany Poland Joseph Beck Mussolini Slovakia

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