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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1937
Page
3
Winchester on airpuny hosts a major show of 1938 Zenith and General Electric radios. Models feature automatic tuning, touch tuning, robot dial and tone control. Cabinets span electric and battery sets. Zenith can run on 6 volt battery or 110 volt power. Public invited to inspect.
The Virginia quotations market on N Kent Street reports weekly Tuesday sales. Cattle reach 168 head with steers at 9.60, heifers up to 8.50, fat cows from 4 to 8.30, veal calves top 14 and 12.00 to 12.35 for bulk. Hogs and shoats total 410 head with hogs around 12.40 to 12.85. Sheep and lambs 545 head with top lambs 80 to 85 pounds and ewes at 10.60, feeder lambs about 8.00, old sheep around 2.00.
Nervous futures trading in Chicago lifted September and October corn prices by 2 3 4 and 4 cents respectively before retreating. Wheat and other grains closed with modest changes as traders weighed unfilled contracts and possible natural corner signals.
In Winchester Virginia and Martinsburg West Virginia demand is slow and market dull. Carloads and f c b terms prevail. Prices: Jonathans U S No 1 21 4 21 2 in car 2 65. Bushel baskets various sizes with prices 1.00 to 2.65. Grimes 70c to 60c. McIntosh 1 10. Delicious 1 30. Futures contracts list Yorks 85c and Delicious 1 15 to 1 30.
New York stock activity edged down despite gains in oils and specialties. U S Steel and Chrysler lagged early losses while a late buying wave steadied some issues. notable gains elsewhere included Bethlehem Steel General Motors Goodyear and Coca Cola among others. Bond and commodity markets were quiet with francs and pounds showing modest moves.
The engagement of John Roosevelt and Miss Anne Lindsay Clark prompts a Boston wedding plan with the ceremony likely after John completes Harvard studies where he is a senior. Miss Clark wore a three stone diamond ring and previously stayed at Hyde Park as guests, then traveled to Boston with her fiancé.
Dan Henry executive for the Shenandoah Area Boy Scouts spoke to the Kiwanis Club at the George Washington Hotel. He traced scouting history and outlined district goals. A Middletown troop has already formed and Paul Rhodes received a wedding gifts shower from club members. Charles M. Mark of the Bureau of Motor Carriers and Interstate Commerce Commission planned a short visit to the Chamber of Commerce office.
Richard Cromwell John King Barbara Read Slim Summerville and Andy Devine star in The Road Back at Hable's Palace Theatre for the last time tonight. The film is billed as the year's greatest dramatic picture and a Fox news reel Speed To Spare is also on the program Thursday. Dorothy Wilson Charles Quigley Eddie Nugent appear in Speed To Spare Thursday only with a Fox news reel and a novelty.
Koo asserts Japan seeks political domination and conquest of China, elimination of foreign interests, and expulsion of Europe and America from Asia. He says the far eastern crisis demands urgent League action.
The article outlines a renewed push to widen Mediterranean patrols beyond the Nyon accord as Britain France and nine European powers consider extending patrols in waters Italians call our sea. The Soviet Union opposes enlarging Italy’s role beyond the Tyrrhenian coast and Flying Boats Ordered for the Royal Air Force are noted.
The government ordered nine nation hunt plans for pirate submarines. Britain will assign eyes to ships and deter pirates with air patrols. Air crews at Gibraltar may join over 90 British warships in Mediterranean duties, with France already contributing plane detachments.
A Rappahannock county resident survived a collision with minor injuries after a truck sustained heavy damage and was towed from the scene. The incident occurred just days after another local event.
A motorist traveling from his county home to Winchester damaged two panels of Attorney Allen's fence in a single-vehicle incident. No further injuries reported. Police report indicates the driver alone was involved and cooperating with authorities.
American Admiral Yarnell and allied neutral fleets press for relief as Chinese forces resist a major Japanese assault along a 20 mile inland line from Chapei to Liuho near Shanghai. British French Italian and Dutch naval commanders back the appeal amid a day of heavy fighting on the international settlement’s northern borders.
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