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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1940
Page
3
Ada Quinn of Ogden Utah, a longtime garment manufacturer, seeks election as an independent candidate for governor to address labor and industry conditions.
American liaison officer Bertram de N Cruger from the Chase Nations Bank was praised in London for stopping two bombs with sand and assisting a neighbor to extinguish a third during an air raid near his home.
Rachel Ann White 80 died in her sleep at her son Charles W. White’s Opequon Virginia home. Survived by son J Austin White and other relatives. Funeral Monday at 2 PM at the home with Rev E S McGavock and Rev Daffin officiating. burial at St Pauls Lutheran Cemetery. Pallbearers named.
Readers of The Star are cautioned that news from most of Europe is subject to censorship before it is transmitted to the United States, warning of restricted reports and controlled information flowing across borders.
In Handley Auditorium three one act plays were staged by the Winchester Little Theatre led by Roy W. Ryden Jr. The program included Antic Spring and The Monkey's Paw with strong ensembles. Betty Jane Gearing and Dorothy Moore earned praise for lively performances though acoustics challenged audience understanding.
Hollywood figures visit the East with Mickey Rooney set for a month of personal appearances in Loew theatres Cleveland Pittsburgh Washington and New York. Rosalind Russell travels from California to attend her sister's wedding in Waterbury Connecticut before returning to Hollywood. Robe Dyke II and his wife visit after marine reserve duty. Edward N Buzzell and others sign on at Metro Goldwyn Mayer for various directing camera and art roles.
A brief health column highlights Dr Logan Clendening. The feature promises helpful medical guidance and authoritative tips in daily page coverage.
State and county officials sought to identify a blonde woman about 28 found along the Pennsylvania railroad tracks at Edge Moore. She reportedly fell from a southbound express, was dragged 165 feet, and run over by car wheels. A purse with a Social Security card in Ruth Holland Browne and a rental receipt in Jean Browne was recovered. A note left on a Pullman chair read, “Darling forgive me. I'm sorry I slapped you. Please don't leave me. I love you.”
Essex Maryland police report two berry pickers found a decapitated woman’s body in a shallow grave near Sewer Road. The age is estimated 30 to 35, death 10 to 15 days, head missing. Dress fold protruded from grave. grave two feet deep with twigs and stones. Names of missing women checked. none from Essex area.
Livestock and produce prices from Baltimore and Chicago show cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep with mixed changes from last week. Slaughter steers mostly lower, hogs steady to higher, spring lambs steady to higher, and packing sows up slightly in some weights. Philadelphia reports light receipts and unchanged butter and flour prices as wheat and corn hold around initial figures.
Chicago reports a technical wheat shortage in storage with government loan support stabilizing prices though gains faded later. Closing quotes show Sept wheat around 2.75 to 2.83 and corn oats soybeans moving within mixed ranges amid ongoing market action.
In a brief session selective buying supported shares in steels, farm implements, rails, and preference issues, with gains mainly fractional except for a 1 to 8 point rise in one listing. Trading totaled about 275 thousand shares while the British pound traded at a premium near $4.04½, a wartime high, with close quotations showing a range of major stocks including U S Steel, Bethlehem, Chrysler, and Sears & Roebuck.
Local markets page notes corrections daily and disclaims responsibility for potential typographical errors. The Star emphasizes accuracy while not guaranteeing error free listings.
Prices for Feed and Grain items shown by weight and bag size. Includes patent flour categories Short Patent and Patent with per barrel rates for 12 24 48 98 pound bags. Also lists oats, corn meal, creamery butter, and live stock notes in a dense market snapshot.
Hongkong dispatches report Chinese and Japanese actions escalating the Indo China dispute. Japanese warships move to back negotiations while Chinese forces mass along Yunnan and Kwangsi borders ready to move if Japan acts. Chiang Kai-shek government officials warn Japan seeks control of Indo China and back routes into Yunnan. Thai Siam threatens to cancel non aggression pact over border disputes and minority protections.
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