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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1938
Page
5
New Jersey and Baltimore markets show steady to mixed movements in cattle hogs and calves with farm egg and butter prices reported. Chicago trade notes losses on lighter cattle and firmer spring lambs amid thin demand and varying weights.
Local wholesale flour prices listed by brand and bag size show short patent and patent brands with varying per barrel rates. The text includes multiple bag weights and inconsistent entries, reflecting typical market listing style.
The stock market rose modestly amid war nerves easing and fresh buying. Traders watched the Munich conference, with top issues advancing despite intermittent profit taking as foreign bonds and currencies moved on light volume.
Selected stocks and quotes include Chem 176 97 1 8 Rad 14 7 8 Smel 44 A T and T 138 3 4 Kennecott 42 2 M Ward 45 1 2 Natl Dairy 12 1 4 New York Central 16 1 8 Packard 4 1 2 Penn R R 17 5 8 Republic Steel 17 Southern R 11 3 8 U S Steel 56 1 8 Va Car Chem 35 8 Va Car Pad 23 Western Union 25 7 8 Woolworth 45 1 8.
Chicago futures show slight upturns as skepticism over the Munich conference resolving the Czechoslovak crisis lingers. Wheat and corn quotes hold with modest activity, while cash grain lists detailed grades and prices for wheat, corn, oats, rye, and related feed items.
Funeral services for Mrs. Nichols are set for Saturday at 11 in the home of her brother Bernie Miller with Rev. E T Clark officiating. Interment at Mount Hebron Cemetery. An inquest in Washington continued as autopsy revealed death by strangulation with skull and hyoid fractures, despite claims of beating with a rolling pin.
Local and federal relief mobilized after a Charleston tornado that damaged 30 blocks and 100 houses. National guards and Navy Marines augmented city forces while Red Cross reports 25 dead and 340 injured. Identified victims listed.
The ongoing hearings, expected to run into next week, focus on Nazi and similar influences in the country. Metcalf testified he joined the group to study its inner workings and said evidence points to fascist-minded American industrialists backing the effort.
Simple funeral services were held yesterday afternoon for J Mack Cain a retired farmer. He died suddenly of a heart attack Monday evening at his home 402 National Avenue. The Rev Ronald S Wilson and the Rev C Worthington Lowe conducted the rites with hymns Abide With Me and Crossing the Bar. Interment followed in Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers named. Survivors include widow Mary Swimley Cain two daughters Isabelle and Mrs Henry Bush and three sons Ralph A Harry and William Cain. He was born March 23 1871 near Charles Town West Virginia and previously farmed in Clarke County Virginia before retiring to Winchester.
Local wedding invitational notice lists invitation details for a forthcoming ceremony. Names and venue given in readable form, with date and host organization implied by the notice.
Berlin Maryland obituary reports Phillip Timmons, 86, a wealthy West Berlin district farmer, entertained friends with acrobatics to prove vigor. Ten days later he collapsed and died of a heart attack while watching a saw mill near his home.
The Rev. Millard J. Miller and his family moved to Martinsburg West Virginia where he will serve as superintendent of the Virginia Conference comprising about 140 churches in Virginia Maryland and West Virginia The parsonage on North Avenue will be occupied soon by the Rev and Mrs L G Bridgers who come to Winchester after long pastorates in the United Brethren churches Members of the congregation expressed regret at his departure while praising his leadership during a brief Winchester tenure following his transfer from Dayton College
Governor Nice asks for a coalition and a sympathetic Legislature to advance his aims. He presents a summary of his administration’s record as the basis for his campaign, urging an impartial judgment of progress despite Democratic opposition in the legislature. He cites a 15 year demoralized state government as the election’s backdrop.
Baltimore markets report wheat prices at 66 cents for No. 2 red winter and 64 cents for Winchester wheat with corn at 63 cents per bushel. Prices reflect mill deliveries and noted market figures.
Apple market at Winchester and Martinsburg and nearby points shows demand fair and market steady. Carload f o b terms with wire orders. prices listed for baskets and boxes include Delicious, U S Fancy and various grades with min sizes and car lots, Staymans and Jonathans among others.
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