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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1939

Page

7

Market Quotations: Eastern Shore Produce and Chicago Livestock

Eastern Shore Maryland markets report sweet potatoes and poultry with steady egg prices and varied weights for ducks and leghorns. Baltimore quotations show cattle, calves, hogs, sheep prices firm to steady with ranges for steers, cows, bulls, and fat lambs. Chicago hogs steady with higher prices on yearlings and fat lambs and strong pork loins in the wholesale market.

Maryland Baltimore Livestock Baltimore U. S. Dept. Agri Chicago Livestock Chicago

Local Markets and Markets in The Star Report

Local markets appear corrected daily with emphasis on wholesale flour and short patent brand items. The Star notes market activity and pricing signals affecting buyers and sellers in the local trade flow.

Poultry and Livestock Market Prices and Feed List

The sheet lists prices for sacks and bags of meal and feed, corn meal, dairy feeds, and assorted livestock values. It includes 12 and 24 pound bag rates per barrel, young chickens, leghorn fowls, steers calves hogs and lambs pricing, dairy butter and country lard quotes.

Barry Peed Vanhwe S.cesceseces

Apple Market Shipping Point Rates for Martinsburg to Winchester Area

Demand slow and market about steady for carloads fob usual terms. Barrel apple prices include Winesaps U S No 1 2 1 4 to 2 1 2 in at 2 2 5 dollars, Staymans 3 00 for 2 1 4 to 2 2 4 in, Grimes 1 60 for 1 4 to 2 1 2 in, Yorks 2 55 for 2 1 2 to 3 in and 2 25 for 2 1 2 in. Baskets list Yorks 81 2 min 2 in vin min, Jonathans 5 No 1 0 8 4.

Martinsburg-Winchester U. S Staymans Grimes Yorks Jonathans

Prices for Wire Orders and Brokerage Details

The catalog lists minimum measurements and prices for various wire order items, including Grimes U. 8 No. 1 and Stay mans U.8 No.1 with different inch measurements and per car pricing. It notes that the prices cover wire order sales with brokerage included in most cases, excluding foreign brokerage.

Grimes U Staymans U. 8

Services Tuesday For Mrs. Alice Buxton Thomas

Funeral rites were held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Ruth Thomas's home in the Conrad apartments for 87 year old Mrs. Alice Buxton Thomas who died Saturday night from complications after a fall. Rev. L. Flickinger officiated. hymns were Abide With Me and Jesus I Live To Thee. Pallbearers were Clayton Cochhan Lawrence Hollis Clarence Thomas Edward Creamer Kay Gardner. Interment followed at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Frederick Maryland.

Ruth Thomas Conrad Apartments Alice Buxton Thomas L. Flickinger Jesus Clayton Cochhan Lawrence Hollis Clarence Thomas Edward Creamer Kay Gardner Mt. Olivet Cemetery Frederick, Md

Indictment in Restraint Case Targets Union Officers

A federal grand jury in Washington returned the first indictment in the Justice Department campaign against alleged restraints of trade in the building industry. It names Local 639 of the Drivers, Chauffeurs and Helpers Union, an affiliate of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and five officers and representatives for conspiring to restrain trade in construction materials in the District of Columbia.

Washington Justice Department International Brotherhood of Teamsters District of Columbia

Car Loadings Show Increase Across Week and Year

The Association of American Railroads reported 834,694 cars of revenue freight loaded in the week ending last Saturday, up 54 from the prior week. This marks an 18.8 percent rise from a year ago and a 22,436 percent increase compared with the previous year’s figure.

Washington Association of American Railroads

Orson Welles Martian Broadcast Date

Orson Welles presented a dramatized War of the Worlds on Sunday October 30 1938 on NBC radio. The broadcast caused widespread listener response and sparked historic controversy over its realism.

Orson Welles H. G. Wells

Peppered Sardine Stuffed Peppers Salad Recipe

A Spring salad features green bell peppers filled with a blend of cream cheese smoked Norwegian sardines chopped pickles and lemon juice. Chill wrapped in waxed paper then slice and plate with endive tomatoes and whole sardines for garnish.

Germans Will Study Address of Mr Chamberlain

Berlin reports the first German reaction to Prime Minister Chamberlain s House of Commons speech. The response centers on the British news broadcast of the address and notes that no official comment will be issued until the full text is studied.

Berlin Chamberlan House of Commons Chamberlain Hitler Reichstag

Roosevelt seeks demotion to captain in Marines Reserve

James Roosevelt, son of the President, asked to be demoted from lieutenant colonel to captain in the Marines Reserve. The step was accepted as the column quit is complete and the process for appointment to captaincy is underway. He departed Washington by air for Newark New Jersey.

Washington James Roosevelt Marine Corps Marines Volunteer Reserve Roosevelt Newark N. J

Plymouth City Ordered Fined

Plymouth was ordered to pay a fine of two pounds to itself for failure to appoint the Guildhall magistrate who imposed the act. The notice is dated Oct. 12 and concerns a municipal financial penalty arising from internal procedural flaw.

Plymouth Guildhall

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