This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 22 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1941
Page
9
Daily crossword grid clues list with across and down entries. Includes numbers like 1 2 3 and references to animals places and measurements. Also shows yesterday's answer and mixed letter fragments from the puzzle.
U.S. Department of Agriculture quotations show mixed cattle hog and sheep trade in Baltimore and Chicago. Cattle in Baltimore mostly not tested. calves steady. hogs down about 10. sheep nominal. Chicago buyers report uneven demand with top hogs around 11.30 and cattle mainly 9.50 to 11.25. vealers up to 14.50. calves and sows vary with weights.
Elizabeth C Bell died at her residence 910 L Street N W Washington D C on Thursday October 2 at 3 pm aged 73. She was the eldest daughter of Walker W and Sarah Catherine Seymour of Hayfield. Survived by sister Mrs Stanley Cooper Winchester and brother Hollis Seymour with others including nieces and nephews. Funeral from Chambers funeral home and burial in Congressional Cemetery Monday at 2 pm.
Baltimore market report shows Wheat No 2 Red Winter at 1.133-4 per bushel in October, Corn around 88-90 cents, and Barley 65 cents. Winchester Wheat 1.07, Corn 88 cents. prices based on mill deliveries, compared with last year’s 84 cents wheat and 78 cents corn.
Boston wool market today showed limited demand concentrated in small lots of graded fine wools. Average French combing length fine territory wools sold at $1.03 to $1.05 per scoured pound, good French combing wools at $1.05 to $1.07, some 12 month Texas wools at $1.05 to $1.08, with Australian and South African Merino wools offered at firm prices.
Local markets are collected daily but The Star does not assume responsibility for typographical errors. The note remarks on possible inaccuracies in market data and provides no guarantees on prices or availability.
Prices for short patent bran and corn meal appear with bag sizes and per barrel rates. Butter and feeds listed in wholesale and retail sections show varying price points. The text notes a question about whether diamonds burn in oxygen gas and answers that they burn readily in vinelike gas with a bright flame.
In the Twelfth Century tribesmen in the Central Urals wore shoes with inch thick iron soles. These durable soles lasted so long they were sometimes handed down for generations.
New York October 3 1941 Stock activity edged lower with negligible dealings as investors weighed Morgenthau tax warnings and war news. Bonds and commodities stayed quiet. the pound rose to 4 03 ¾ as leaders refrained from bold moves.
New York report says a German spy claimed Churchill and Roosevelt were seen aboard the George V with King George V while Roosevelt met Halifax. Testimony tied Erwin Siegler and George Schuh to the message. Siegler and Schuh pleaded guilty and disputed its truth.
Washington October 3 exports to the British Empire and Egypt accounted for 72 percent of July shipments totaling 358 million dollars. Commerce figures show 128.8 million to the United Kingdom and 68.1 million to Canada with other major totals to Egypt 25.1 million and Australia 61.2 million.
In Hamilton Georgia on October 3 two men believed to be fugitives Forrest Turner and Slim Scarborough freed twenty convicts from a state highway camp road crew. They shot a guard and abducted a highway engineer in the incident.
A tri county sale of thoroughbred feeder calves will be held at the Winchester Livestock Market tomorrow afternoon at 1 o clock. About 250 heads from herds in Frederick, Clarke and Loudoun counties include Herfords Angus and Shorthorns.
Leslie D. Kline, superintendent of Frederick county schools, announced that the last teaching vacancy is filled with Miss May Ridgeway of Winchester appointed mathematics teacher at Middletown. Resignations by many teachers had plagued authorities as they left for higher paying positions elsewhere.
The report notes ongoing gunfire against the target since January 10 as Italian destroyer Vega is sunk offshore. Mediterranean fleet retaliates with air strikes damaging the British cruiser Southampton, which is later sunk.
Cause of blast discussed as gas and fumes with witnesses noting smell of gas or ammonia. Cumberland and Allegheny Gas Company officials say no gas leaks were found and dispute that gas caused the explosion.
Hitler praised German mobilization and warned that the next hundred years hinge on the current conflict. He claimed vast eastern conquests, denied Russian influence westward, and described Soviet troops as beasts. He urged unity, strength, and self-reliance for victory.
In Frederick County Circuit Court Virginia Emily A Tepper seeks divorce from Louis C Tepper on desertion two years. Defendant not resident of state must appear within ten days after publication. Order published weekly four weeks in Winchester Evening Star and posted at courthouse and mailed to defendant.
Funeral services were held for 15-year-old Philip Bayliss of Kernstown on Wednesday at 2 pm. He died after a car struck his bicycle Sunday near Bartonville. The Rev. Allen Jones and Rev. H. G. Balthis conducted the rites. Burial was at Mt. Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers were Dan Metz Billy Brumback Franklin Barley Eugene Lupton Billy Norman and Bobby Smallwood.
Services for Elizabeth Irene Holliday, infant daughter of Russell and Irene Holliday, were conducted at Mt. Hebron Cemetery. She died Wednesday at Winchester Memorial Hospital and was born September 30, 1941, and is survived by her parents and one sister, Mary Katherine Holliday.
The family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness during illness and death of Mrs. Mary S Cook.
Ashton Rudd, former Palace Theatre manager in Winchester, will manage the new 800 seat Roanoke theatre on Williamson Road. The eLe Theatre cost 100000 and will show only first run pictures, built by Leg Development Corporation.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.