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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1940
Page
7
Baltimore livestock prices fall for fat lambs and hogs, with 19,000 hogs sold and top hogs at 6.15 per cwt. Cattle and calves remain steady to higher on selected lots, while butter and poultry prices show varied quotes across grades and colors.
Food experts warn that a person can starve to death despite eating plenty if the diet lacks a key element necessary for life. Essential nutrients missing can prevent the body from functioning and surviving even with high food intake.
New York October 20 The stock market saw mixed action with steels and industrials gaining while leaders lagged or held flat Transfers around 600000 shares. Metals led early gains as trading picked up then cooled with many issues unchanged and fractional losses widespread.
Chicago and Baltimore market data show wheat futures closing near session lows while corn holds firm. Quotes list December wheat at 83 3 4 to 5 8 cents and December corn at 60 3 8 to 1 2, with cash grains priced by grain type in Chicago and Baltimore markets.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to issue 4,750,000 in equipment trust certificates to finance the purchase of 2,000 freight cars at a total cost of 5,969,250. The notice appears in Washington dated October 29.
Newark Oct 29 Mayor Frank Hague testified before a Senate Investigating Sub Committee that he had always worked to assure cleanliness in Hudson county politics. Hague, a state Democratic leader, initially declined to answer charges and was subpoenaed to appear at 2 p.m. The panel seeks evidence of padded registrations floaters intimidation and other alleged abuses in his bailiwick.
New York Sun reports officer James Sloane, 42, a Black policeman, was kicked in the abdomen by an unidentified man who then boarded President Roosevelt’s special train in Penn Station. The assailant had no credentials and escaped onto the train after the attack. police described him as unidentified.
London reports a night raid by German planes following daytime strikes along the south coast and midlands. Anti aircraft fire and flares are described as the defenses nullified the bomb delivery after guiding lights were snuffed out by machine gun fire.
Berryville Virginia October 29 officials search for a man described as having a wing like Dizzy Dean after an apple was hurled from the Moore and Dorsey Packing House and smashed through a southbound passenger train window. No passenger injuries reported. Sheriff says apples have been thrown before but this is the first direct window hit.
Washington report explains 1940 draft lottery uses cameras and photo documents to record each serial number as drawn. Numbers are filmed, time stamped, then vulcanized to cardboard forms for master lists distributed to 6 175 local draft boards. Archives will hold the photographs for historians.
The draft process used 9 000 cobalt blue capsules rather than 8 500 after Maryland near Baltimore reported 7 836 registrants. To allow for last registrations and cards in transit officials added 500 numbers. A large bowl with a sealed lid sat on a platform as a guard stood nearby ahead of the draw for the first number by the Secretary of War.
Britain pledges unlimited support as Greece mobilizes under King George II with Prime Minister Churchill coordinating aid. Greek cities rush to expand hospitals and air defenses after Italian assault signals a broader Axis push. Casualties in Patras tallied at 50 dead and over 100 wounded as Turkey’s role remains unconfirmed. German air raids on London and the Midlands are described as light with few casualties by British officials.
In Clarke County a 36 year old clerk Smith faced an open court after pleading not guilty to a June shooting at Berry's Ferry filling station. Witnesses described a heated quarrel over a bill ending with Smith firing nine rounds from a .32 caliber pistol at Smallwood, who died.
The dialogue notes branding used by Romans to mark criminals on the forehead, by French medieval rulers with the fleur de lis on the shoulders, and that England abolished branding in the later 18th century.
Maryland race notes say Mioland a three year old colt owned by C. H. Howard will skip the Pimlico Special on Friday and instead run in the Westchester Handicap at Empire City Saturday. With Mioland out the remaining runners are Challedon and Can't Wait to decide the event.
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