Markets Reported Quiet Farm Prices Across Regions
Baltimore and Philadelphia livestock and produce quotations show steady to mostly unchanged ranges for potatoes poultry and fowls. Chicago futures reflect overall weakness with hogs and cattle slipping and pork loins dropping as buyers pull back. Woolworths mention closes the market round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Powis
Wonger Phot
Ore Livestock Mee Obe
Dept. Agricultureting Serview
Chicago
Stock Market Report Struggles for Clear Trend in Irregular Day
New York trading on Oct 17 shows small up moves in steel but overall price fluctuations remain irregular. After hours near 2 pm, bonds and commodities trail stocks as traders search for direction. Sterling steady at 4.04 dollars with several major stocks quoted including Am Power, Anaconda, Bethlehem, Chrysler, and General Electric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Steel
London
Republic
Pi Pation
al. Chem
Am. Oa
Bani
Anaconda
B. and
Bethlehem
Chrysler
Con. Edison
Cigar
Elec
Genl
Motors
Grain Market Shifts on Reports of Cash Sales
Chicago and Baltimore grain prices swing after reports of large cash sales. Cash wheat and corn led the move with significant daily business. Chicago bids show No. 4 hard wheat at 85, No. 1 yellow corn around 66 1 2 to 67, oats weaker, while soybeans and barley posted varied quotes across futures and spot markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Riey
Chicago Coch Grain
Baltimore Grain
Episcopalians Fail to Bid for 1943 Triennial
Kansas City reports indicate the Episcopal Church delegates expect to finish the triennial convention Saturday five days early but lack a host for the 1943 meeting. Bishop Tucker said no bid had been received. Officials adopted a church flag with a red cross on white and nine Jerusalem crosses on blue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
The
Episcopal Church
Henry St. George Tucker
Richmond
Tucker
Houses of Bishops and Deputies
Noel Baring Hudson
Great Britain
Church of England
Jerusalem
World Council of Churches
Washington, D. C
York
Unnecessary Mortality In Appendicitis
A State Medical Society study links delays in appendicitis treatment to higher death risk. Teens are most affected. parents should seek immediate medical care, avoid home remedies, and not use laxatives. Public health placards warn delaying care increases mortality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Stat States
Riggin
State Medical Society
America
Boyd Joins Navy From Martinsburg Enlistment
Robert Louis Boyd, son of Mrs. Lois Boyd Lewis of 121 East German Street, has enlisted in the United States Navy through the Martinsburg recruiting station. A former Handley High School student, he is at the Norfolk Naval Training Station for six to eight weeks of initial training before assignment to a trade school or ship, with a six year enlistment.
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Robert Louis Boyd
Lois Boyd Lewis
East Germain Street
United States Navy
Navy
Martinsburg
W. Va
Handley High School
Winne
Norfolk Naval Training Station
United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Nurses Plan Institute at Medical College of Virginia
The Old by Neede Graduate Association hosts a nurses institute on October 25 1940 at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. Sessions begin at nine with greetings by M Elizabeth Haislip and leaders from the Richmond Academy of Medicine and MC V. Morning talks cover new drugs patient expectations for private duty nursing and care of allergic children. Afternoon topics include bone injury care and a nursing service bureau demonstration. Tea follows in Cabaniss Hall drawing room with no registration fee.
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School of Nursing
le Roy Gellus
Grace Hospital
Richmond
Esther L. Moyer
Medical College of Virginia
Ambrose McGee
Pete
Thomas Beath
Medical Colege of
Virginia
Nursing Service Bureau
Cabaniss Hall
Institute
Farmers Storing Grain and Cotton
Washington October 17 Farmers store millions of bushels of wheat and thousands of bales of 1940 cotton under loan programs. The loans aim to bolster producer prices and back the defense program by ensuring reserve food and fiber supplies by mid winter. Officials say loans cover crops likely to be diverted from foreign markets and would release stored goods to stabilize prices if war drives up costs.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
National Defense
United States
Dardanelles and the Axis Push Through the Near East
Dewitt Mackenzie analyzes the Dardanelles as a critical defense line between the Balkans and the Near East. He notes Turkey's fortified, demilitarized past and the potential for a major world battle if Axis forces attack, with Russia and Britain potential actors in a wide regional confrontation.
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Leander
Hellespont
Hitler
Nazifuehrer
Mediterranean
Dardanelles Strait
Near East
Balkan Peninsula
Dardanelles
British Isles
English
Turkey
Balkans
Black Sea
Russia
Sea of
Marmora
Bosporus
Istanbul
Constantinople
Sea of Marmara
Xerxes
Persia
Europe
Alexander
Asia
Mussolini
Britain
Catherine Snapp 80 Succumbs at Brucetown Home
Mrs. Catherine Hyatt Snapp age 80 widow of C. J. Snapp died Wednesday at 3:30 PM at her son Carroll L. Snapp's home Route 1 Winchester after a sudden paralysis. She was born June 3, 1860 near Leetown, Jefferson County West Virginia. Funeral from Brucetown Church Friday at 3 PM conducted by Rev R F P Schmucker with interment beside the church. Survived by two sons John H. Snapp of Hagerstown and Carroll L. Snapp, a daughter Mrs Laura B. Hensell, a stepson J B Snapp, four grandchildren, a daughter and several nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Hyatt Snapp
C. J. Snapp
Carroll L. Snapp
Route 1
Winchester
Brucetown
R. F P. Schmucker
Laura B. Hensell
J. B. Snapp
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Woolworth
Stock Market Report
George W. Kurtz
C. B. Smalts & Son
National Ave
VICKS S_VA
Episcopalians
Stoker
O’connell
S. Braddock
Robert L. Boyd
Westwood
Philharmonic
Firestone Auto Supply & Service Stores
N. Braddock St
Nurses Plan Institute
Dewitt MacKenzie
Potomac By-Products Co
Harpers Ferry
W Va
Rockwell Cleaners
Sunshine Cleaners
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Pry and
Airr PA
Radiorgan
RADIO
W. Boscawen St
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