Market Quotations From Baltimore and Other Cities
Baltimore and Chicago market quotations show mixed movements in livestock and produce on Oct 15 16. Cattle calves hogs and sheep price levels noted with steady or modest gains while Philadelphia egg and butter prices reflect firm to mixed trends across standard and fancy grades.
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Baltimore
N. J
U.S
Dept. Agri
Chicago
Philadelphia
U. S
Plymouth Rocks
Local Markets Reported Prices On Flour And Farm Feeds
The page lists wholesale flour prices per bag and per barrel for various weights, including 12, 24, 40, and 98 pound bags, with prices around 4.70 to 5.50 per barrel. It also shows cattle, calves, live hogs, and meat or grain feeds with assorted per bag rates, noting potential typographical errors and incomplete lines.
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Star
New York Stock Market Dips Amid War News Outlook
Stocks eased in a muted session with most leaders flat to lower as traders awaited updates on the war fronts and domestic politics. Bonds and commodities showed modest swings while the London market held steady despite ongoing Nazi air raids.
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New York
England
Balkans
Far East
London
Suitcase Slides Cause Car to Plunge in Virginia Ditch
Mr and Mrs A B Loy and their four children escaped serious injury when their car ran off Springsberry road near Locke's Mill Berryville Virginia. The vehicle toppled 15 feet into a ditch causing about 100 dollars in damage. The accident happened as Loy reached to adjust a sliding suitcase in the rear.
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Berryville
A. B Loy
Loy
Locke's Mill
Springsberry Road
Loys
Divorce Decree Grants Absolute Divorce in Frederick County
Mrs. Blanche Unger Sisk is granted an absolute divorce from Charles W. Sisk in Frederick County Circuit Court for desertion. Custody of two young children awarded to Mrs. Sisk. Also notes a separate court entry in Winchester for a Jeopardized attachment case in Farmers & Merchants Bank v Larkin and Larkin co defendants with judgments and publication orders.
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Blanche Unger Sisk
Charles W. Sisk
Frederick County
Sisk
City of
Winchester
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Schuyler
Clarke Supervisors Boost Funds for Index and Nurse Group
Clarke County supervisors voted to raise the county nurse appropriation from 300 to 500 dollars per year beginning July 1 1941 and transferred 1000 dollars from the General Fund to the new Index Fund created last year. The fund will index Clerk of Court records. Clerk J Ed Thoma estimates about 3000 dollars more is needed to complete the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Clarke Board of Supervisors
J. Ed Thoma
First Big Air Station Opened
Jacksonville officials and a marine band attended the commissioning of the navy southeastern air station near the St. Johns river mouth. The $25 million project will train 800 cadets with about 200 graduates each month.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Navy
Big Southeastern
St. John's River Mouth
Defense
British Dispute German Figures On Ship Losses
London reports ten merchant ships totaling 31,094 tons were sunk by enemy action in the week ended October 6, the lowest weekly total since May. Admiralty notes German claim of 81,816 tons sunk is nearly three times the actual figure.
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London
Admiralty
Treasury Receipts and Debt Figures for October 12
The Treasury reports on October 12 receipts of 6,421,701.64 dollars and expenditures of 20,739,071.31 dollars. Gross debt stands at 44,065,453,188.08 dollars, with a daily decrease of 3,965,164.97 dollars.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Notices for church and county must reach Star by deadlines
Church notices must be submitted by 4 o clock the day before publication. county notices by 4 o clock Thursday and city notices by 4 o clock Friday. The piece cites H. G Wells as the source of a quoted line about St Pauls.
Escapee Werfel Arrives in Hoboken After Nazi Escape
Famed author Franz Werfel, once reported in a concentration camp, arrives in Hoboken New Jersey after fleeing Nazi occupied France aboard the Greek liner Nea Hellas. He is listed among fifteen German men of letters who crossed the Atlantic.
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Franz Werfel
Hoboken
N. J
France
Nea Hellas
Girl Scouts Visit Ridgeway Roller Rink
Girl Scouts of Troop 8 spent October 10 at Ridgeway Roller Skating Rink near Martinsboro from 3 30 to 4 7 PM. They enjoyed skating and received a treat. Barbara Hough and Girl Scout Council members provided transportation.
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Troop 8
Ridgeway
Martinsboro
Girl Scout Council
Wisecarver named editor of Grace church paper
Mrs. Walter Wisecarver Jr selected as editor of the Herald of Grace Episcopal Church with assistants Mrs. Donald Cooley and Miss Laura Drury. Parish activities include youth discussions led by Ernest H. Williams and a rummage sale by the Parish Aid Society raising around $60. The Clarke County Auxiliary of Winchester Memorial Hospital plans a call meeting at Hawthorne Library.
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Berryville
Walter Wisecarver, Jr
Herald of Rae
Ernest H. Williams
Donald Cooley
Laura Drury
Williams
Leesburg
Washington
College of Preachers
H. B. Whiting
Parish Aid Society of
Grace Episcopal Church
Shackleford
Clarke County
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Hawthorne Library
Memorial decision set for late morning on Rixey Moore
At 11 o clock a decision will be made on a memorial for Rixey Moore the infant son of Mr and Mrs Joseph F Moore who recently died of infantile paralysis. Mrs Ellery L Eustaphine of Louisville Ky has been visiting in Charles Town W Va and returns home Thursday. Miss Minnie Lippitt of Washington was weekend guest of Miss Mary Thomson near Summit Point W Va.
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Gladys Chase Gilmore
New York
J. Tyson Dortch
Miss Gilmore
Woman's Club of
Clarke County
Dortch
Kerfoot
Rose MacDonald
Miss MacDonald
Miss Mueller
Boston
W. A. Roberts
Chase City
William A. Coleman
Alexandria
Smith
Loudoun County
Laura Crease Bunch
H. B. McCormac
Winchester
Graham Dougherty
William E. Sparrow
William H. Wilmer
Tyson Dortch
A. M. Kerfoot
J. M. H. Clagett
Emily McCormick
Kate Powers
Virginia Page
Annie B. C. Moore
John B. Neill
Bayard Stevens
Short Hills
N. J
Neill
Katharine P. McDonald
James E. Suddath
Capt. J. Baldwin Neill
Washington
Maury Richmond
Concord
N.C
Shepherd
Henry Scanlan
Madison, Wis
C. T. A. McCormick
Scanlan
Rixey Moore
Joseph F. Moore
Ellery L. Eustaphine
Louisville
Charles Town
W. Va
Robert Browse
Minnie Lippitt
Mary Thomson
Summit Point
Medium Bomber Named Baltimore for British Air Force
The Glenn L. Martin Company will mass produce a new medium bomber for Britain named the Baltimore. Specifications remain secret but the design is stated to meet the British forces needs as revealed by tactical experience in the European war.
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Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin Company
Reds Face Nazis In Romanian Border Standoff
As German forces push into Romania, Soviet troops deploy long range guns on the Soviet Romanian border and mass along the front. Russian naval units move along the Pratt River while Rumanians are ordered from upper districts. Britain hopes for a Balkan clash between the Red Nazi alliance.
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Rumania
Russia
Pratt River
Britain
Hitler Attends Admiral Trotha’s State Funeral
Adolf Hitler attended the state funeral for Admiral Adolf Von Trotha who died October 11 at age 72. Germans cited the event as indication that Berlin remained comparatively safe from British air attacks.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Adolf von Trotha Tong
Trotha
Britain Votes Four Billion Pound War Credit Extension
Britain approves a supplementary one billion pound vote of credit to fund war expenditures. Exchequer figures show six months spending about $36 million daily and a growing red balance around $4.62 billion. April to May outlays total £1.681 billion with revenue £475.5 million.
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London
House of Commons
Britain
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Stock Market Report
al Chem
AT & T
Anaconda
B and O
Bethlehem
Con Edison
Cigar
Elec
Gen Motors
Goodyear
Int Har
J Manville
Kenecott
M Ward
Nation
Western Union
Woolworth
Clarke
St. Paul's
H. G Wells
O’connell
South Braddock St
USS VM Ceecams
Keo Et
Peay
Scribe
Barbara Hough
Joshua Holmes
William S&s. Powers
Holmes
Buena Vista
Betsy
Southern Seminary
Mrs. Powers
Alan Noyes
Janet
Evanston, N
Thrifty
Kellys
Kelly Tires
Duncan Bros
Millwood Ave
S. K. Timoshenko
Efim
Bessarabia
Rumanian
Rumanu
S Bucmarest
Bulgaria
Hitler
Oficer
al PT
Haldeman's
Haldeman’s Creamery
C. B. Smalts & Son
National Ave
Winchester Furniture CO
Western Electric Company
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Bell System
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company OF
Virginia
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