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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1939
Page
5
Market quotations list varied prices for poultry, eggs, butter, and fresh meats across Philadelphia Baltimore and Chicago markets. Entries name specific breeds and weights for fowls ducks geese roosters and pullets with price ranges and notes on quality and freshness.
The page shows wholesale market prices for flour varieties and animal feeds. Prices are given per bag or per hundredweight for Patent Brand flour and several byproduct grades, plus corn meal, dairy, horse, and mixed feeds. It also lists poultry and young birds pricing, including ducks and young geese.
A fragmented listing shows various feed prices and bag sizes for animal feeds and grain products. Items include 12 and 24 lb bags priced per barrel, 48 lb bags, corn meal feed, mixed feed, and dairy feed with mentions of eggs and assorted notes from a local market.
New York October 5 traders pushed stocks higher led by steels motors and utilities. Turnover was light but buying interest appeared steady with leaders up about two points by midafternoon as backlogs due to year end orders and war uncertainty influenced sentiment at the edge of the fourth hour. Commodities firmed and foreign markets showed resilience with Amsterdam trend mixed.
Chicago and Baltimore grain markets show wheat futures rally from slight losses with gains of about a cent, while cash wheat quotes for No. 2 hard and various corn and oats grades are listed. The outlook cites fair weather in the southwest and some mill buying to support prices.
Pangles freed on bond of 500 dollars each for appearance in Circuit Court on December 1. H. E. Shull named as surety for Paul Pangle and Charles E. Headley as surety for Lewis Pangle.
The Rev J Edward Klingaman says after 18 years he developed a yellow beefsteak tomato rivaling the red type. Both colors are grown in his Klingaman garden with high quality. A red tomato weighed 3.14 pounds and another filled a quart jar. The yellow line arose from crossing red beefsteaks with the yellow bottleneck tomato and now yields fewer seeds while demand exceeds supply.
The text names Jean Girendoux as director of the French ministry of information, described as the nation’s censor and a key figure in directing official censorship policies.
Edward VI, son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, ascended the throne at nine. By age 13 he reportedly read Aristotle in the original and translated Cicero into Greek. The piece notes his early scholarly feats.
Trustees will sell at public auction on October 28 1939 in front of the County Courthouse Winchester Virginia at 11 A M two described parcels: 331 North Main Street and the adjoining eight acre tract in Shawnee District Frederick County. Each tract sold separately with terms one third cash to Dunn and Duvall agents.
The Rev. R. Sirbony Jones of Winchester England spoke briefly at the Rotary Club luncheon in the George Washington Hotel. He paused en route to Scranton Pa and stayed due to Miss Patricia Morton who was Queen of the 1931 Apple Blossom Festival. Jones formerly lived in Scranton about 45 years ago and met Judge John Handley, noted for Handley Schools and a library. W R Legge then gave Rotary information noting only four charter members remain in the club: Walker Bond Nelson Page Vernon Eddy and H D Puller.
The earliest male breeders in the United States were George Washington of Virginia, Henry Clay of Fayette County Kentucky, and Young and Everett of Montgomery County Kentucky. Before Washington's import, a few small jacks from the West Indies were tried but deemed unsuitable for breeding.
Archibald MacLeish, noted liberal poet, assumes the role of Librarian of Congress in Washington amid strong opposition to his appointment. The decision sparks controversy and debate over the new tenure and its implications for the institution.
Shenandoah Motor Company employees travel to Baltimore for a private preview of the 1940 Chevrolets at the Lord Baltimore Hotel. A luncheon at noon precedes the 1 30 pm showing. advance info says this year’s model is the most satisfactory yet and sales may exceed last year.
The Junior Board of Trade forms sixteen volunteers to cover downtown city streets swapping photos of traffic tie ups, school patrols, jay walkers and offenses. Members include Otis Sargent Harry Prince Versus Sirbaugh Harold Rowe J Rhodes and others. They plan to publish enlarged photos on a bulletin board and in the paper with no targeted embarrassment.
In Berryville Virginia on October 5 special report says carnival worker Jack Davis admitted heavy drinking and was jailed six months and fined 17.50 after attempting to steal a car and bicycle from local residents John Brown and Earl Brown. Deputy Buckner recovered both items about a mile south on Millwood Pike. A separate hearing had Patsy Riley receive 30 days suspended and five dollars for assaulting Mary Barrett at Cook's Garage west of Boyce.
London reports warn civilians to carry gas masks amid ongoing hostilities. Transport firms and air raid officials crackdown on belt slackers while the London Daily Express stresses the war is in full blast.
Lou Ambers world lightweight champion married Margaret Celio his childhood sweetheart in Herkimer New York today. The ceremony drew several hundred guests and a Midwest honeymoon is planned before his December 1 title fight with Henry Armstrong for the welterweight crown.
Twenty nine ships of the United States fleet depart from San Diego to Hawaii carrying about 12 000 officers and men described as a security force. The 20 000 ton aircraft carrier Enterprise will carry four squadrons of fighting scouting torpedo and bombing planes at full war strength. It is the flagship of Vice Admiral Adolphus Andrews.
Chunk Pa Oct 5 1 Benjamin Franklin 33 suspended Pennsylvania police corporal indicted on murder and involuntary manslaughter charges in the toy gun death of 14 year old Joan Stevens Nesquehoning schoolgirl June 5 District Attorney Albert Hombach announced Franklin to stand trial Tuesday
Howard Scott of Washington DC was signed by promoter Tom O Laughlin to meet Henry Armstrong for the world title bout in Washington on October 3. The announcement confirms the bout and location with Scott as the challenger.
A new protocol to the friendship and border treaty between the USSR and Germany sets a precise frontier in conquered Poland along the Bug and San rivers. A mixed commission will place boundary stones starting October 9 to mark the Nazi and Communist spheres of interest. A German trade delegation is to arrive next Sunday for talks stemming from the August 20 trade pact.
Dr. Richard A. Bell of Staunton told the Virginia Medical Society that thyroid cases have declined in western Virginia due to a better iodized diet from refrigeration and quick transport of seafoods and vegetables. Dr. Mont Reid of Cincinnati warned that about half a million cancer deaths could be prevented in ten years if laypeople gain full knowledge and cooperate with doctors.
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