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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1933
Page
10
Preparations for the death sentence verdict on 18 year old Russell McWilliams at Joliet Prison are completed. Clarence Darrow, veteran Chicago lawyer, has filed a final plea for commutation to life imprisonment for the youth who shot a street car conductor during a holdup.
The King ranch near Kingsville Texas is the largest fenced ranch globally covering 1 250 000 acres. It remains entirely enclosed by a boundary fence. The life expectancy of a standard electric light bulb is about 1000 hours of useful operation.
By virtue of execution I will sell at public auction at the Court House in Winchester Virginia on Saturday April 22 1933 at 10 am. The sale lists one Ford Coach motor No A2521107 and terms are cash.
Treasury officials monitor the rising market as wage levels and the dollar seek their level in foreign exchange. Secretary Woodin and the twelve Federal Reserve governors review plans to reopen 4,000 closed banks and assess the economic situation. Governors report improved business conditions and discuss the government gold embargo impact.
A surge in buying in grain pits pushed wheat futures higher with closing around 13 4 to 2 1 2 cents per bushel. May futures up 6 1 8 cents. Corn 1 2 to 1 1 8 cents higher. Cash market No 2 red wheat sold at 69 14 cents a bushel, a year and a half high. Western dollar decline and inflation hopes spurred demand.
Ruth Judd smiles on the Arizona state prison grounds days before her execution for the trunk murders of two friends in Florence. A photo of Judd was sent to her Los Angeles attorney.
As the Tenth Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival nears, business civic and industrial groups push for a bigger event. Four additional floats join the parade including Sanitary Grocery Company Washington Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Gulf Refining Hershey Ice Cream. The Loyal Order of Moose Drum and Bugle Corps will again perform in The Trail of the Pink Petals. Housing accommodations are arranged by the Winchester Chamber of Commerce with a room listing coupon to be published in The Star. Shenandoah Caverns will host princesses with an evening tour prior to opening day.
Closing prices in Chicago and Baltimore wheat markets are supplied daily to The Star by Winchester Milling Corp and Sticker Sales Corp. Chicago futures for May 671/4, July 68 1/4, September 69 3/4. Baltimore spot wheat 82 cents, Winchester spot 77 cents.
Experts call a sandstone altar discovered in Vienna the finest Renaissance example in the capital, noting its sandstone construction. The same era linked British Empire territory to about a quarter of the world’s habitable land, totaling 13,226,749 square miles.
Franklin, arrested on a warrant for obtaining money under false pretenses, took bichloride of mercury poison while being moved to Waynesboro. Doctors say the slow-acting toxin may last a week or ten days before lethal effects unfold as detectives guard him at Memorial Hospital.
Hough outlines a shift to calcium arsenate in the Virginia apple spray schedule from the petal fall to the final spray, replacing lead arsenate in the last two sprays except where washing gear allows. He cites reduced effectiveness versus lead arsenate, cheaper cost, and recommends bands in heavily infested orchards amid ongoing scab and rosy aphid pressures from wet weather.
Hummingbirds play a crucial role as pollinators in the cross fertilization of large flowers, aiding genetic exchange and plant reproduction across ecosystems.
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