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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1938
Page
7
Livestock and produce markets show bulls steady in cattle and hogs with prices slipping. Lambs hold near steady levels, while apples and vegetables face dull demand with scattered price ranges across regions including Baltimore and Chicago reports.
New York on October 31 reports quiet buying of industrials offsetting rail declines. Rail issues fell up to 2 points before steadying. most losses narrowed by late trading. Selected steels aircraft rubbers and copper shares edged up modestly amid favorable sentiment and government aid hopes.
Local market list shows flour pricing per barrel in 12, 24, 48 and 98 pound bag weights. Brand labeled Short Patent without stated seller. Prices noted as 4.60 for 24 lb bag and 4.40 for 48 lb bag, among others.
Chicago market update lists futures and cash grain quotes with cash wheat No 3 red priced at 63 1 2 as reported on Oct 31. The entry notes weevily wheat condition in the batch.
A man and a young woman robbed the Northwest Security National Bank in Brookings South Dakota. They forced employees to conduct routine business for two hours at pistol and shotgun point while the time vault opened. The pair fled east after spreading road tacks. Authorities assess loss between 10000 and 15000 dollars with notes and depositor papers taken.
Chicago wheat prices eased marginally as unsettled weather in domestic drought regions and November crop guesses fed cautious trading. Brokers reported the lightest activity in months while the US visible wheat supply fell by 587 000 bushels from a year earlier.
Tomorrow night at 8 o'clock the moving picture Ten Nights In a Barroom will be presented at St. Pauls Lutheran Church by Ireland G Roach. The public is invited.
A dense list of grain prices and futures for wheat corn oats and soybeans across various grades and months. Includes rye buckwheat soybeans timothy seed red clover and red top with regional quotations from Chicago and Baltimore markets and spot prices.
John J. Pelley leader of the Association of American Railroads said President Roosevelt promised a constructive rehabilitation program for carriers into law. Roosevelt hopes a panel of rail and labor reps will draft it. Pelley will survey railroads on the wage cut report and a Chicago meeting on their stance is expected next week.
Winchester Post 2123 Veterans of Foreign Wars holds its regular meeting tonight at 8 o clock. The gathering takes place at the headquarters on North Loudoun Street and all members are urged to attend.
Winchester SemiPro coach and manager pro tem Walt Burner calls a meeting for tomorrow at 8 o clock in the Sarah Zane meeting hall. All squad members and candidates are ordered to report.
The Chanters choir thanks the Capitol Theatre audience for the warm reception to their sacred music concert yesterday afternoon. The program was announced by Andrew Bell.
Ernest H. Gilbert Morgan County West Virginia attorney was fined ten dollars and twenty five cents by Trial Justice A J Tavenner for speeding on US Route 50 west of Winchester. Deputy DeHaven said Gilbert passed the patrol car at seventy five miles per hour while he and Sheriff Bywaters rode with him. Gilbert had just returned from New York where he took part in a federal court case.
About 22 000 Polish Jews in Germany await details of a German Polish government accord that will determine future residence. Some have already been deported to Poland while others stay in camps and border facilities. A train held at the border was sent back to Munich as deportations began under a new Polish citizenship regulation.
Budapest reports Hungary expects to begin occupation of Czechoslovak territory within a week. The foreign office spokesman said Hungarians hope the mixed arbitration commission meeting in Vienna will order immediate occupation by Hungarian troops. Bratislava and Vienna are cited as meeting points.
Officials in New York announced fruit clearance actions across the past week. Details indicate market regulation steps affecting supply, pricing, and distribution channels for various fruit categories within the city and surrounding areas.
Three well known musicians Germaine the French soloist Byron Rosh Russian baritone and Donald Langdon Minneapolis violinist join Sidney Willough organ concertist and Herman Hill assistant organist for a concert at the George Washington Hotel. The Young Women’s Bible Class of the Lutheran Church of Our Saviour presents the event Thursday at 8 15 p m with reservations by phone.
Reverend Dr Louis Tucker, pastor at Grace Episcopal Church Berryville since 1929, confirmed he would resign at a vestry meeting tonight with resignation effective January 1 1939. He said he would announce future plans after the vestry session and expressed regret at leaving his many friends.
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