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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1938
Page
7
Large mixed movements across cattle hogs and sheep with steady to higher wholesale quotes in Chicago and across markets. Hog prices reach top near 9.45 with steady pork quotes while cattle cattle and sheep rates vary by weight class and region as traders assess supply and demand.
The stock market held steady and inched higher as a speech on the European situation by Chancellor Hitler at Nurnburg was scheduled for later today.
Chicago wheat prices drifted lower today from start to finish amid unease over the European political crisis. The market reflected a rise of 3,983,000 bushels in the United States wheat visible supply.
Rochester reported May temperatures from 45 to 62 degrees with clear skies as Western New York markets remained steady. Prices for barrels and bushel baskets varied by variety. Grimes U S No 1 and Maiden Blush and Wealthy varieties quoted with minimums in the 60s to 70s per unit and futures contracts for Delicious and Golden Delicious.
Washington labor officials met with Secretary Perkins to consider extending state minimum wage laws to men as well as women and children. While 25 states plus DC and Puerto Rico have laws, Oklahoma currently covers men. The discussions aim to guide the wage hour act’s implementation and future state laws at a national conference next month.
Samuel W. Shingleton manager of the Social Security Board will be at the Post Office on Wednesday September 14 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Martinsburg West Virginia. Citizens seeking information on the social security act may confer with him.
Floyd R. Hall colored, died at 4 30 o clock this morning at his home near Berryville Clarke county He was a native of Pulaski Va and a son of Charles and Kitty Robinson Hall He is survived by his widow Edna Brown of Berryville He was employed at Berryville The funeral will be held at 2 p m Wednesday from Zion Church at Josephine City with services by Rev J Swann Interment will be in Milton Valley Cemetery
Berryville Virginia reports Miss Virginia Harris daughter of H B Harris returns from visit with Miss Ann Williams of Winchester. Dan Elsea and wife from Winchester were weekend guests of Mrs Elsea's parents Mr and Mrs L N Russell. Maurice Wisecarver family return from Labor Day in Atlantic City New Jersey. Henry Reynolds and daughter Millicent from Washington DC spent holidays with relatives. David H Allen and family noted among residents.
A roundup of local hostings and visits featuring Miss Alice Mesmer in Berryville and numerous guests from Washington, D. C. New York Minneapolis and other areas as Labor Day gatherings, hospital returns, and trips to Atlantic City Ballston Fredericksburg and Audley Farm are listed with brief mentions of hosts and guests.
Mr and Mrs Hetty Schneider of Jersey City are reported to have recent guest attendance at a social event in New York and New Jersey circles. The brief item notes cordial exchanges and local connections.
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