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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1934
Page
8
Alfred P Sloan Jr president of General Motors says in his annual stockholder letter that the labor provisions of section 7 A of the National Industrial Recovery Act must be clarified to avoid industrial strife. He notes the US industrial structure is complex and changing it quickly risks errors that only evolution can fix.
The article argues that attempting to shift a child from left handedness to right handedness is unwise and can harm a child's nerves and mental development.
Frederick County Circuit Court Judge Philip Williams struck all untried prohibition cases on the docket on motion by Commonwealth Attorney Burr P. Harrison. Seven defendants named Householder Foreman Shell Elwood Smith Irvin Reynolds Norman Dofflemeyer and Edward Bluegum Robinson were cleared. Twenty-one other cases remain, many of them fugitives. six civil cases were dismissed.
The Western Union president challenged NRA authority to craft a telegraph code, while a Postal Telegraph representative urged a 40 hour work week and broader public interest protections. He linked employment gains to reduced waste and industry reform under a code authority.
New York April 2 Stock market sentiment was mildly cheerful with cotton silver and rubber up while grains showed nerves Wheat corn and oats fell moderately Rye performed better Bonds were featureless The dollar firmed in foreign exchange markets Trade was quiet but rail and motor shares showed some demand Aircraft specialties were lively with small advances Sterling opened at 5.14 14 Call money renewed at 1 percent
Closing quotations in Chicago and Baltimore wheat markets are supplied daily to The Star by Winchester Milling Corporation through Stickell Sales Corp. Dealers in cash grain and futures report May at 86 1/2 percent July at 85 1/2 percent September at 86 percent. Baltimore spot wheat 91 Winchester spot wheat 89.
A decade of tide measurements near the Panama Canal finds the Pacific entrance about seven inches higher than the Atlantic. In contrast US coasts show an average difference of about two feet at equal latitudes.
Eunice J Pollock a 20 year old senior at the University of Wisconsin Madison has vanished prompting police to search for her. The daughter of a socially prominent Manitowoc Wisconsin family she disappeared after being expelled from her sorority.
Easter services filled city churches under ideal weather as Grace Lutheran observed sunrise worship beside Mt Hebron Cemetery. New members were welcomed at several churches including Market Street M E and First Baptist, with special music and Easter cantatas throughout the morning and afternoon observed across multiple congregations.
Dewey Bohrer aged 32 from near White Hall suffered a fractured pelvis in a car towing incident. His condition is listed favorable at Memorial Hospital and doctors expect he may leave in a week or ten days. His brother accompanied the scene as a front car backed trapping him between the two vehicles.
Banks loosen credit seen from Reconstruction Finance vantage point while demand for federal loans falls. Jesse H. Jones notes RC outlays will be about 500 million dollars below the fiscal year forecast. Capitol activity centers on Poll funeral services and sugar quota debate with Rainey delaying action to midweek.
The will of E. L. Hook, dated October 12, 1932, leaves $50 to Bethel Church trustees for cemetery upkeep and nominal sums to sons L. J. Hook and E. R. Hook. Residue goes to widow Lelia M. Hook for her life, then to youngest son Carson M. Hook. Widow named executrix. probate heard in city clerk's office with appraisers appointed. Heirs are widow and three sons.
A simple dessert idea features wife preservers marshmallows halved and placed on apple slices atop a milk pudding such as tapioca. The arrangement aims to dress up a child's dessert appeal.
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