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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1939
Page
7
Market notes from Baltimore and Chicago report egg prices steady with varied tonnage and several poultry categories advancing or holding. Cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep show mixed to steady values in regional auctions and open markets, with hogs and steers near recent highs and lambs steady to weaker.
Readable fragments show prices for horse feed dairy feed and scratch feed, with bagged and bulk options. Entries list 48 lb, 24 lb, and 12 lb bags, per barrel and per bag, alongside miscellaneous items like country lard and creamery butter.
New York May 4 Stocks showed tentative rallying tendencies after an uncertain early session as investors weighed gains and potential future moves in the market.
Elaine Barrie wife of actor John Barrymore declines comment on a separation and $300000 accounting. She claims there is no hope of reconciliation and asserts the matter involves a wider scheme to defraud him. Barrymore, touring in a play, says $300,000 is scattered and must be located. Doris Dudley has replaced Barrie in the cast after her departure in St Louis.
A string of bombing incidents unfolds in four cities as authorities report a May 4 wave of blasts. A sentence against two Irish Republican Army members is noted in London after an attempt on the Hammersmith Bridge. In Liverpool tear gas forced evacuation, in Birmingham a house and four districts were damaged, and a police officer foiled another device.
Steadying aided the home speculative front as stock prices closed with little change. The selection of quotable issues shows Al. Chem 162, Am. Can 87 1 2, Am. Rad 12 1 8, Am. Smel 41 3 4, A. T. and T 159, M. Ward 46 5 8, Natl. Seq 15 1 8, N. J. 14 3 4, Packard 35 8, Penney 82 1 2, Penn R. R 18 1 8, Republic Steel 15 1 8, Southern R. 14 1 2, O. of N. J. 46 1 8, Texas Corp. 38 1 4, Union Pac. 94, U. S. Steel 47 1 4, Va.-Car Chem. 2 17 8, Va.-Car Pict. 20 7 8, Western e. 18 5 8, Woolworth 44 3 8.
Chicago May 4 Wheat futures gain over a cent to near ten month highs on strong European demand and poor crop reports from the southwest. Closing quotes show May 75 to 17-8, July 73 1-2 to 5-8, Sept 73 3-8 to 1-4. Corn May 49 1-8 to 49, oats 32 1-2, rye July 1 1-2, lard May 6.62 to Oct 6.87.
Moscow reports announce Maxim Litvinoff replaced as Soviet foreign minister by Molotov amid speculation on shifts toward alliance with Germany or a tougher stance against Nazi expansion. Diplomatic circles debate implications for Britain France Poland and Romania and the Geneva talks.
Floyd Flickinger told Kiwanis members that Frederick county and Winchester history could rival Jamestown and Williamsburg if gathered. He outlined plans with R. E. Griffith Sr and W. W. Glass, recalling work with the Interior Department and the Rockefeller Foundation. The club noted 92.85.7 percent April attendance. Baldridge, Miller, Cather, Quarles praised for Apple Blossom roles. Rhodes won attendance prize.
Philadelphia police chemists identified hemlock as part of a murder ring suspected in up to 100 deaths. Traces were found in Pietro Stea, with another body yielding a second poison dubbed witchs brew. Dr Horace D Perlman, a 50 year old physician, was arrested as an accessory to murder and held without bail.
The Chester Softball Association will meet tomorrow night at 8 at the Young Men's Sport Shop. Plans for the 1939 schedule will be discussed and it is important that all team members and captains attend.
As March 31 nears, the United Mine Workers consider deferring the shutdown after a policy committee vote. If postponed, the halt could extend to eight states and remove 100000 more miners from work, with talks over a union recognition and dues checkoff amid NLRA legality questions.
Nevada claims world rulership rests with the industrial axis from Chicago through central England to west central Europe. The debate on the naval appropriation bill opened in the House after the appropriations committee cut 956 212 from the budget. the bill remains 142 876 047 above the navy’s current appropriation and would authorize contracts totalling 50 708.
The Board of Supervisors approved bills totaling 1041.46 split 847.46 from the General County Fund and 167 from the Dog License fund. They considered reopening Route 629 Grave Road for public traffic, with property owners agreeing to provide right of way if included in the secondary system. Bridges at Burnt Factory and Brush Creek were referred to a later meeting. A special session is set for Monday May pe at 10 o clock to finalize the budget, with public taxpayers urged to attend.
Bainbridge Colby urged Congress to control the question of war or peace and curb the discretion given to the President by the neutrality act. He testified before the Senate foreign relations committee that unchecked presidential discretion is excessive and dangerous and should not be enlarged by pending measures.
Latvia reportedly favored Germany while Sweden Finland Norway and Denmark likely reject signings of non aggression deals for neutrality fears. Hitler seeks to isolate Poland which has pledged aid from France and Britain. Poles expect Beck to reject German Danzig and Polish corridor demands as Litvinov resignation is viewed with optimism toward bilateral pacts with Britain France and Poland.
Two scout planes on a U S air service patrol sighted a blazing home of C W Taylor on Bufflick road southeast of Winchester. The Friendship Fire Co. couldn't control the blaze due to water shortage. damage estimated at 3000 dollars. Mrs Taylor was unaware until field workers alerted her. The two story six room house burned completely with most contents lost. The building was partially insured.
Phoenix on May 4 reports nan Grey 17 year old actress and Jack Westrope 28 jockey obtained a marriage license today.
Senator Neely of West Virginia urged congressional action to provide food and clothing for needy coal miners idled by strikes or shutdowns. The plea highlighted the plight of workers without steady wages and called for relief measures from the federal government.
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