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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1938
Page
5
Present and past rainfall figures show 24 hour precipitation of 0.33 inches ending 5 p m yesterday. May to date 4.50 inches. Year to date 11.31 inches. The 25 year period 1913 37 inclusive lists monthly means from January 2.59 inches to August 3.77 inches with an average annual rainfall of 35.36 inches.
Ad touts a guaranteed 3 in 1 remedy for kidneys and bladder to relieve night urination and acidity. It claims to ease back pain stiffness and nervousness and promotes purchase at Miller's Drug Store in Winchester Virginia and Berlin's Pharmacy in Berryville Va. Eight day treatment priced at 50 cents.
Baltimore market reports list prices for apples and potatoes, poultry, eggs, butter, and cheeses. Baltimore livestock quotes show cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep with broad ranges and daily shifts. Chicago reports steady fed cattle and yearlings, with hogs higher on direct packer movement and sheep steady.
Local markets list wholesale and retail prices for flour corn oats eggs and farm stock including various bag sizes weights and product names. Entries note patent brand flour shelled corn oats horse feed dairy feed and poultry sections with quantities and unit prices.
A price table lists Patent Brand corn bag sizes 98 48 24 and 12 pounds per barrel with varying prices from 4.85 to 5.65 and single bag prices. Also shown are shelled corn course cracked corn corn meal feed and other feed prices.
New York stock trading opened with tentative gains but rebounded to mixed moves on the day. Volume ran about 800000 shares as traders waited for the presidential broadcast after the close that was to outline tax revision actions. Major issues showed limited advances with several issues dipping while bonds drifted lower. In cotton futures a slide below 8 cents per pound was offset by a rally from bottom levels as other commodities lagged. Selected closing quotes included Am Can 84, Chrysler 40 1 8, Gen Elec 31 1 8, Gen Motors 27 1 4, Penn R R 14 1 2.
Chicago wheat prices fell with July at 72 to 72 1 8 cents and other grains also easing. Cash grain quotes show No 4 red wheat at 70 and No 1 hard at 80 3 4, corn values around 56 1 2 to 57 3 4, with soybeans near 87 1 2 for July and 84 for December.
Brucetown Methodist charge announces home-coming at Crums Church on Sunday May 29 with all-day services. Five churches attend. free lawn dinner. Dr H H Sherman to preach at 11 30, W G Hardy to give the afternoon address on local church history. Talks by Hardesty Kackley Kaplin. Berryville quartet and other music planned.
Front Royal residents and visitors are noted in a list of weekend and ongoing social activities. People from Charlotte North Carolina Washington D C and Maryland visit family attend graduations plan Bermuda trips and prepare for a church wedding in Hunterville North Carolina.
Joseph Farley of the Ladies' Bible Class at First Baptist Church will guest teach the Open Door Bible Class at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church Sunday morning at 9 45. This is his first appearance as guest. officers and members invite strangers and visitors to attend.
Akron May 27. Police held a ring around Goodyear plants as night long rioting injured at least 80, with 3,000 pickets and sympathizers clashing with officers. A 19 year old, Donald Dixon, was shot seriously. Patrolman Ray Nice was wounded by shotgun blast but resumed duty. National Guard not ordered in. Goodyear and United Rubber Workers dispute over seniority layoffs and speed up amid a strike call.
Two Children's Day services are planned on Sunday at White Hall Church at 7 45 p m and at Bunker Hill Church at the same time. Sunday School will meet at Pees churches at the regular hour. The public is invited.
Gen Kazushige Ugaki succeeds Koki Hirota as premier forcing changes in war and finance ministries. The reshuffle tightens military influence over government policy in Japan.
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