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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1941
Page
3
A defective attachment cord caused a basement fire at 9 Avenue, MM H Herndon residence. The fire spread to nearby wires and rafters before being extinguished by South End Hose Co booster tank, a garden hose, and the home was evacuated. Damage described as slight.
In the Office of the Corporation Court of Winchester Virginia on May 9 1941 Leafy V Cleaves et al Frank Dwyer Annie Dwyer also known as Annie Hi Et Als and the Unknown Heirs if any of Frank Dwyer and all parties unknown with interest in a property in a deed dated September 4 1931 to Frank and Annie Dwyer are parties to determine the heirs interests and liens. The order requires defendants nonresidents to appear within ten days after publication. The notice directs publication in Winchester Evening Star for four weeks and posting at the courthouse front door with mailed copies to defendants. J W Baker Clerk.
Market notes from Baltimore and Philadelphia dated May 9 cover produce prices and receipts, with activity in eggs, butter, poultry, dressed poultry, and livestock. Baltimore cattle, hogs, and sheep quotes show steady to stronger trends, while Chicago reports hog gains and steady lambs and cattle.
Market listings appear corrected though some garbled text remains unreadable. Readers are advised to rely on visible prices and shown vendors for transaction details.
Price list for flour and butter items from a local wholesale market. Includes 12 lb, 24 lb, 48 lb, and 98 lb bag per barrel rates for various flour grades and bag sizes. Also lists butter fat and creamery butter prices and seasonal feed notes.
Buying of coppers rails and specialties suggested a mild rally but actual moves showed deception. Quoted at 2 p.m. today are Am Can 79 1 4 Am Rad 6 Am Smel 37 1 2 J Manville 58 1 2 Kennecott 34 1 4 M Ward 32 Natl Dairy 13 N C 13 5 8 Packard 21 2 Penney JC 79 3 4 Penn R R 24 7 8 Republic Steel 17 3 4 Sears Roebuck 69 3 8 Southern B 13 5 8 S O of N J 36 3 8 Texas Corp 38 7 8 Union Pac 81 U S Steel 53 1 4 Va Car Ptd 21 1 2 Western Union 20 5 8 Woolworth 27
Wheat and other grains advanced in Chicago trading with No. 1 hard at 1.00 a bushel and No. 2 red at 1.01 on May futures. May at 98 8, July 96 eets. Corn May 2 to 3-4, July 7 12 3-8 to 5-8. Cash grain quotes list a range across No. 2 red and mixed wheats and various corn grades. Baltimore reports No. 2 Red Winter wheat at 1.02 1-2 May 1.02. corn 82 to 84 cents. Winchester prices show wheat 98 cents, corn 80 cents.
Peyton J. Marshall received official notice of a 500 man quota set for Winchester by the State Selective Service but calls dates and summon numbers were not yet forwarded. Credit for two of three reported men is missing, and the net quota for the age group remains unsettled as one city man and 16 county residents previously reported left by bus for Posey, Virginia, to report for induction.
N. J. Wigginton has qualified as administrator of his brother the late A. J. Wigginton veteran deputy sheriff who died several days ago. Official bond fixed at $8,000. Heirs listed include Miss Lillian B. Wigginton Middle town N J Wigginton G W Wigginton James Wigginton all of Wichester Alva Wigginton Kernstown George W Wigginton Winchester Lola Wigginton and Carl Wigginton Kernstown.
Officials in Washington consider economist John Maynard Keynes and his support for Britain's forced savings scheme. The plan taxes all incomes but credits taxpayers via postal savings to be repaid after the war, aimed at funding the war, curb inflation, and provide a nest egg for postwar reconstruction.
A Mother's Day program will be held at Opequon chapel at 7 o'clock. The event features eye leader and Capt. W. M. Bott as speakers, with the topic Planning for Happiness in the Home Life. Hubert Kerr Jr will sing Ave Maria.
Scully Jr president of the Shodaniec Area Council B S A and C S Hartman Scout commissioner plan to attend the thirty first annual meeting of the National Council of Scouts of America in Wima DC The meeting is set for May 16 17.
A German protest and U.S. congressional maneuvering shape Britain aid as the pending bill eyes transferring seized Axis ships to England. Senators debate direct transfers while the administration weighs how requisitioned ships could free American tonnage for Britain.
A compact puzzle item listing many cross clues across and down with missing letters and wordplay. Provides a snapshot of a newspaper crossword page with numbered entries for Across and Down clues including people, places, and common nouns.
A fragmentary note discusses how certain actions could be directly provocative of war and invite reprisals on American property. It notes a German reply focused on rights and ships but avoids addressing the provocative question if enacted.
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