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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1939
Page
7
Baltimore and Philadelphia markets report mixed livestock and poultry prices with notes on butter eggs and grain. Cattle calves hogs sheep and poultry values shift with bids and top prices listed, including specific weights and grade ranges.
Mrs Dora Waldeck principal of the Kauffman School at Stephenson and George Wilson principal of Brucetown School arrange a spelling contest between their students at Stephenson on Friday starting 7 45 p m An adult spelling match will follow with State Senator T Russell Cather announcing the event.
When a used car is turned in there is usually something wrong and it is repaired before resale. Bickers offers no fixed terms, instead tailoring agreements to each buyer’s needs and circumstances.
Market trends showed a broad rally with several leading issues rising two points or more. Activity expanded in morning trading, then slowed briefly before volume picked up again and prices hovered near highs near the final hour.
Chicago May 9 reports wheat futures advancing 1 1 2 to over 2 cents as demand and poor weather forecasts lift prices to near last July highs. May wheat at 76 3 8, July 74 3 8, with cash grain showing no cash wheat sales and mixed corn and oats quotes across delivery grades.
British civil servants have broadcast an anti war message to German civil servants over a secret station. The disclosure was made in London on May 9.
Miss Minnie M. Stevens, 65, was found hanging from a plum tree near Zihlman, Frostburg, Maryland. County coroner Dr. Herbert V. Deming ruled suicide, citing nerves and worry. She used a clothes line and bucket to suspend herself, and had been gone for hours.
Vatican dispatch says Papal nuncios in capitals urge leaders to seek peace through normal diplomacy. Pope Pius XII expresses ardent desire for peace and prayers that conflicts be solved by peaceful means.
The British embassy issued invitations on May 9 to 1,300 men and women for a garden party on June 8 honoring King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. The top line bore the cipher G R E under a crown, indicating their royal commands.
Washington May 9 President Roosevelt may urge Congress to act this session on a two point railroad program. Wheeler chairman of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee would push legislation from railroad management and labor and the ICC. Proposals include: revision of the Interstate Commerce Act to regulate water carriers and creation of a federal court for railroad reorganizations receiverships and bankruptcies. A sub committee favors pooling freight revenue to distribute funds among railroads with smaller revenues gaining more.
London May 9 wartime plan to call up vast army navy and air force reserves for training announced by War Secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha to the House of Commons. He warned the nation it must sleep on its haversack amid war readiness. Some sources indicate progress toward an Anglo Russian French alliance.
Five Royal Air Force fliers died today in a triple-plane accident, raising Britain's 1939 air force fatalities to 96. Earlier another RAF cadet perished in a collision near Stubston Lincolnshire, and a civilian plane crash near Horley Surrey killed two pilots and a woman passenger.
Three men convicted of conspiring to obtain U S passports fraudulently were each sentenced to two years in prison. Aaron Shrafin, Edward Blatt, and Ossip Garber were charged with obtaining passports used by Adolph Rubens-Robinson and his wife for travel in Europe.
The AFL faction of the United Textile Workers targets southern cotton mills and northern woolen and worsted plants, claiming 1 250 000 workers. A cotton textile federation for the south is formed after UTW President Gorman warned of injuries. Woolen and worsted delegates push a plan to win CIO members in Maine New Hampshire and Vermont.
Virginia groups press ongoing protests against federal admission charges for Shenandoah National Park and other sites. Major Ray mond B Bottom of the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce received a Parks Service acknowledgment from Arno B Cammerer.
An army plane crashed and exploded in downtown Guayaquil causing at least 24 deaths and injuries to about 60. Four buildings were destroyed and losses estimated at $100. An entire family of six and two servants perished in their apartment.
Gainesboro Consolidated School will graduate 13 seniors on June 8 signaling the first four year high school program completion. Salutatorian Alonzo Fox and valedictorian James Fout lead a program that includes a baccalaureate sermon June 4 and class day ceremonies early the week of June 5 or 6 with a senior banquet. Renwyn Triplett serves as class president amid plans for speakers yet to be secured.
Washington May 9 Congress approved legislation to bring water carriers under Interstate Commerce Commission jurisdiction. The bill would regulate water carriers similarly to railroads and codify the Interstate Commerce Act for railroads motor carriers and other transportation means.
Delegates to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen's national convention in Cleveland urged defeat of all proposed changes to the National Labor Relations act. They warned amendments may be traced to labor hating anti union employers who have never respected labor's democratic rights.
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