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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1939
Page
7
Report notes opening of squirrel season with about 150 hunting permits issued by Frederick Clerk’s office and 161 state resident licenses issued at Iron Court. Season runs September 1 to 30 with a six per day limit and three-shell limit.
Warsaw reports indicate German warplanes raid multiple Polish cities including Dzialdowo Milawa Chojnice Katowice Gdynia and Krakow while troops push from East Prussia and Pomerania toward the frontier. Westerplatte and Grodno bombings confirmed with echoes of air raids across major centers.
The market list details prices for paten brands Short Patent and Corn meal feed with bag sizes from 12 to 98 pounds. It lists prices for Bran Middlings Screening Mixed feed and Dairy feed and notes hogs cows and lambs with commodity prices in various units.
The piece notes Germany invading Poland with bombardment of Krakow and other cities. President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull convene with top State Department officials as dispatches confirm war. The White House orders naval and army commands alerted by radio. another State Department update expected within hours.
The Star extra announces Germany has invaded Poland sparking fresh shock though surprise has faded. Local reactions range from a noted matron rushing for a copy to a veteran attorney urging aid to democracies and wary hopes America stays out of direct conflict. A boy plays beside historic cannons on the city hall plaza as adults debate the crisis.
Baltimore market notes list oats and barley grades with prices and ranges including No 1 seed 33 and malting 57, wheat bids for No 2 red winter around 71.5 to 77.2 cents, corn at mill delivery 106 cents, with year-ago figures. The report lists various seed oats and red top values and notes domestic garlicy spot conditions.
Market notes from Baltimore and Philadelphia dated Sept 1 show mixed egg and poultry prices with eggs steady in Baltimore and higher whites in Philadelphia. Baltimore livestock and hog markets reveal steady or modest gains across cattle calves hogs and sheep, with varying weights and prices.
CHICAGO Sept. 1 Grain prices surged under trading rules as Europe’s fighting outbreak unsettled the financial district. Wheat jumped 5 to 8 cents a bushel, corn 4 to 8 cents, oats 3 to 6 cents, and rye 55 to 8 cents. Limits held as government and exchange rules blocked further gains in a thin market. Practically no grain was offered for sale despite the advance.
New York September 1 shares turned a sharp midday slide into a rally finishing with gains of 1 to 4 as war commodities rose and demand for sugar, copper, chemicals, and steel improved. Several big names posted advances while losses in other groups were offset by late trading, with a list of selected quotients listed by closing time.
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