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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1939
Page
9
Baltimore and Philadelphia price quotes for eggs butter poultry and meats with cattle calves hogs and sheep listed. Chicago hogs and steer markets slide from five-year lows as receipts remain heavy and Kosher holidays depress certain segments.
The sale listings at Va Livestock Market on N Kent Street show weekly prices for cattle, hogs, lambs, and calves. Steers and heifers are priced across good to plain grades, with fat cows, bulls, veal calves, fresh cows, springers, lambs, fat sheep, hogs, pigs, and feeder stock all listed with range values.
New York May 24 One of the broadest advances in months lifts market from the rut with many shares up 1 to around 3 near the final hour. Steels and motors lead while virtually all sections rise as dealings double, pacing about 900000 shares for a full session. Brokers praise the upturn.
Investors push higher amid a general market rally with gains in wheat and bonds. Lead leaders include U S Steel Bethlehem Chrysler General Motors Sears Roebuck U S Rubber Douglas Aircraft United Aircraft American Telephone Union Carbide Eastman Goodyear. London dollar rises to 4 68 1 4 per pound. closing stock quotes list many large companies with mixed gains.
Eight steamships left Naples today bound for Spain to repatriate an estimated 26 000 Italian legionnaires who fought for the nationalists in the Spanish Civil War.
Estimates show 031,573 and American investment in the sweeps based on proportionate drawings. The total sale of sweep stake tickets across all countries reached 7,813,807 dollars, with 4,474,548 dollars allotted for prizes.
Josiah Clark Read, adjutant general of the Grand Army of the Republic, died in his sleep at age 93 in the Bronx at his son in law Dr. Nathan B. Van Etten’s home. Read was a retired teacher and is survived by a sister Emma Nash of Admore Pennsylvania and a daughter Mrs. James H. Richards of Oberlin Ohio.
Crop deterioration in the southwest pushes wheat to new seasonal highs in Chicago trading on May 24. Heat waves and clear weather forecasts fuel buying, with corn rye and oats also advancing. Closing prices show gains across wheat, corn, oats, rye, soybeans, and fats.
Rescue operations report the torpedo room flooded with many crew inside. Signals from the forward section indicated occupants were reasonably warm with food and clothing but powerless. A red signal bomb and Navy tugs coordinate efforts as Falcon, Wandank, and other craft assist under Admiral Cole aboard the Falcon with the Brooklyn cruiser en route.
A one and a half day conference of Romney Warrenton Staunton Shenandoah Production Credit Associations ended at noon at the George Washington Hotel. Hosted by Shenandoah PCA secretary treasurer Julian A. Everly, the meeting discussed improved credit procedures to aid farmers with input from J. H. Karns and J. Thomas Vandersburg.
The Treasury reports May 22 receipts of 14.6 million and expenditures of 42.9 million. Gross debt stands at 40.234 billion, up 2.6 million from the previous day.
Dr J M Henry of Bridewater College will deliver the commencement address at Middletown High School. Ten seniors will receive diplomas on June 8. The baccalaureate service is June 4 at Grace Methodist Church with Rev J T Brown delivering the sermon. Senior classmates include Kenneth Miller Nellie Remack Mary Cooley Peggy Montgomery Bob Montgomery Grace Hoffman Eldon Brumback Keith Judy Harold Hottell and Ralph Wakeman.
The commission reports surveys completed and engineers calculating construction costs for each road. The right-of-way work wrapped with advocates for each route present to secure cheap and best rights-of-way. Proponents of the cattle pen route claim lowest costs, while Waterloo route supporters argue similarly.
Gilpin said the commission will judge the two routes on their merits and choose a course. He noted funds for the project would be made available after July once a decision is reached.
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