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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1941
Page
3
Market quotations from Baltimore and Chicago show mixed movements for potatoes poultry cattle hogs and sheep. Prices vary by grade with steers 1000 1300 pounds about 15 to 25 lower in Baltimore and hogs around 11.50 to 12.50 while Chicago reports softer hog bids and slow lamb demand with steady to lower cattle trade.
Baltimore Sept 11 Wheat No 2 Red Winter gar licky spot domestic 114 1 2 September 114 1 2 Corn 91 93 Markets Winchester Wheat 1 07 per bushel Corn 88c per bushel Barley 65c per bushel Prices based on deliveries at mill.
Daily radio highlights are listed on the comic page with program titles and times. Readers can tune in for featured shows and schedules alongside humorous strips and puzzles.
Specialized rallying tendencies surface as weak commodities rebound while leaders move cautiously ahead of the President's broadcast. At 2 pm quotations show fractional gains with broad lists: Am. Can, U.S. Steel, General Electric and other major names trading.
Boston wool buyers reported active trading with strong prices across grades. Combing three-eighths blood territory wool reached 92 to 94 cents per pound scoured, quarter blood to 86 to 88 cents, and bright fleece 46 to 50 cents in grease, with finer territory wools at about 1.05 to 1.07 dollars scoured.
In London a farewell luncheon honors Sarah Churchill and her husband Vic Oliver before their planned trip to the United States. The couple, daughter of the British Prime Minister, are set to visit America.
Harry Grindell Matthews, famed for his claimed death ray and other devices, dies of a heart attack at his guarded Swansea mountain laboratory. Once a pioneer in radio, he married singer Ganna Walska in 1938 after a career interrupted by costly experiments and notoriety.
Secrecy enshrouds Grindell Matthews who isolated himself in a fortified lab with burglar alarms and electric fences. His work spanned submarine detection devices and an air defense scheme to mine the air with bombs up to 30 000 feet using parachutes, wires, and rockets. He is listed in Who's Who with inventions like flying machine autopilot and a light powered organ.
The program lists afternoon worship led by Rev. Cap linger and pension reports by Dr. Enck with Bishop Bardotf. Tuesday features talks on national glory and literature, plus a benediction. Wednesday covers quadrennial themes, orphanage report, home mission, and elections for conference boards and treasurers.
The agenda lists multiple speakers and reports from Je. Lynch Shenandoah Board and other boards. Evangelism and social service topics are covered with ministers leading worship and prayers. The conference includes ordination service and bishop led benediction with sessions on finances missions and education.
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