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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1938
Page
7
Daily market report lists sheep and cattle prices with steady lambs and steady hogs. Cattle and calves show firm to higher demand, with steer sales around 9 to 13 dollars and heifers up to 11.75, while hogs remain largely steady with several price bands noted.
Ad copy touts FASTEETH as a pleasant alkaline powder that helps keep dentures stable and fresh. Mentions ease with loose plates and denture breath while advising to consult a dentist and buy PAL at any drugstore.
The market reflected caution amid abroad tensions and war risk. Bonds showed relative strength while major commodities and European markets weakened. London closed weak with Berlin Amsterdam Paris declines. U S stocks listed included Allied Chemical 173 and U S Steel 63 3 8 among others.
Oct 1 futures and cash grain prices show wheat at 66 7 8 to 67 in Dec, corn around 50 7 8 to 54 1 4, oats 26 3 8 to 27 1 8, soybeans near 78 . Reports mention Sudetenland frontier issues and a failed radio address by the Prime Minister. Cash grain prices list No. 2 red wheat near 69 and No. 4 yellow corn around 47 1 2 in Chicago bids, with local Baltimore quotes for wheat at 65c and corn at 63c per bushel.
The case long held No. 1 on the docket for 18 years ends today in Fauquier court. Judge J. R. H. Alexander presided as the fifth judge to hear the action.
President names a three member probe commission to study the dispute between railroads and workers. The panel includes Chief Justice Walter P. Stacy, Prof. Harry A. Millis, and Dean James M. dis, with aims to avert a planned nationwide strike by 1,000,000 railroad workers over a proposed 15 percent wage cut.
Democratic leaders challenge Governor race claims while intraparty tensions show in Pennsylvania. The piece notes Arthur H. James as Republican candidate and questions the 1934 law’s fate, with speculation on Senator Guffey’s influence and the likelihood of a close election in Harrisburg.
The Virginia Fisheries Commission opens a two day meeting in Newport News to decide if patented tongs may be used for shellfish. The topic covers taking shellfish in the Piankitank Corotoman and lower Rappahannock rivers from Towies Point to Inchatinans Wharf.
In Staunton on September 27 the Lexington Presbytery opened with Rev. Gaston Boys of Mt Carmel Church Augusta electing as moderator. Temporary clerks named were Revs. D B Wathall New Providence and D McD Monroe Collierstown at the host Churchville Loch Willow gathering.
Winchester Martinsburg region markets show steady demand with fair values. Carloads and barrel baskets list prices for Yorks Jonathans Delicious Staymans Grimes and U S Util apples, with several size categories and minimums cited.
Washington and Lee opened practice for the Virginia game this Saturday. The squad struggled with minor injuries and worked mainly in Hampden-Sydney last Friday to prepare for the upcoming contest.
H. T. Cole and General C. EB. Kilmourne filed a joint plan to obtain $479,722 in PWA funds and to construct $1,066,050 worth of college buildings at Lexington. The submission outlines financing and project scope for the W. Mill Institute campus expansion.
The V M I varsity focused on timing and running plays in practice for Navy after the Elon game, with doubts about whether an injury would heal in time for the matchup.
Britain and France faced the Sudeten crisis with Chamberlain and Daladier pledging stern policy and aid to Czechoslovakia. The Czech note rejected Hitler’s terms as unacceptable and warned of resistance, while Britain prepared to press for a peaceful, fair settlement under an English French agreement.
Notables will assemble in Brownsburg Wednesday for the dedication of a new school building. Governor Price is to give the keynote address. Gaines of Washington and Lee and General Charles E. Kilbourne will attend. A motorcade forms at 11 or 12 with luncheon at 12:30, and the ceremony begins at 2 p m.
Dover New Jersey residents prepare for a one minute World Peace prayer led by Mayor John Roach. The plan halts traffic lights to flash and all churches will toll at noon while plants and offices stop work for the moment of prayer.
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