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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1932
Page
2
Chicago wheat futures recovered from a sharp selloff, closing mixed with gains in some months. Corn and oats slipped to new seasonal lows, while provisions followed grain volatility. Separate cash quotes show No 2 red wheat at 54 1/2, corn around 31 3/4 to 32, oats 21 3/4 to 24, and rye with limited activity.
In Baltimore on April 29 the wheat market lists No 2 red Winter garlicky domestic spot and April 571-2, May 573-4 prices.
Philadelphia April 29 butter top 22 1 2 25 1 2 92 score 21 1 2 dressed poultry unchanged.
Washington market notes list butter 1 lb at 23 cents, eggs at 11 to 13 cents, live poultry prices by class including old toms 12 cents, spring broilers 23 to 25 cents, Leghorn broilers 20 to 21 cents, dressed turkeys 15 to 28 cents, Leghorn hens 13 to 15 cents, and related poultry items with current receipts and ranges.
Richmond April 29 Fruits and vegetables steady. Butter Virginia creamery in 50 lb packs 23, stock 10 lb. Eggs liberal and steady with single lots 13 for white hens. 11 12 average run on commission. Poultry moderate and steady with Leghorn hens 13, colored hens 15 16, broilers 17 18, rocks up to 23, guineas 45 50 each.
New York April 29 eggs total 22 665 cases firm with three sales 300 cases standards 16 1 2 cents. One sale 100 cases standards at 16 3 4. 450 cases dirties at 12 19 1 2. White specials 19 1 2 bid. Poultry moderate and steady with Leghorn hens 14 18, colored hens 17 19, small broilers 15 18 and large broilers 20 21 cents per pound live weight.
Baltimore and Chicago markets report dull cattle trading with steers and heifers weak to midweek, top prices around 6.75 for choice steers, veal steady. Sheep and lambs mixed with spring lambs near 8.50, common clips around 4.00 to 5.00. government bonds in New York quoted across several series with prices around 95 to 106.
Miss Lucy and Gertrude Compton of Front Royal spent Sunday with their cousins Ord and Susie Shryock. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ritter called on relatives. Mrs. R. E. Albin visited Mrs. Ira Ritter. Brandus Welch spent the day with his mother Estella Madigan. A. P. Johnson’s family were sick with grip. Mrs. Shanholtz of Winchester and Althia Jones visited Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Perry. James Gandy called on Elmo Neff. Mrs. Lynn Glover and her son visited her parents. B. A. Rowland returned home after nursing A. J. Clem.
Green Spring Virginia notes show Mr and Mrs U S Fries and family visiting Washington on Sunday. Other visitors include Mr and Mrs Ochis Light and daughter and several families at Mr and Mrs William Braithwaite and Mr and Mrs Elmer Dorsey.
Arizona cow puncher Paul Showalter cites wealth as motive to end marriage to Caroline Crittenden, a Pittsburgh society girl, after less than a month. He sues or files for divorce while she was to wed a UVA senior.
Hollywood studio capably stars James Cagney and Ann Dvorak in The Crowd Roars. A large cast features famed drivers Harry Hartz Fred Frame Ralph Hepburn Billy Arnold and Lou Schneider with Indianapolis and Ascot Speedway backdrops. Howard Hawks directs with a separate program of organ overture cartoon and news feature. A Gala Festival opens Monday with Strangers in Love starring Eric March Kav Francis in a romantic comedy pairing.
The Palace presents The Conquering Horde starring Richard Arlen Fay Wray and a notable cast with bits showing Monday. Also on Monday and Tuesday Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s But the Flesh Is Weak features Rob Montgomery Nora Gregor Thatcher Edward Everett Horton Nils Esther and Co Aubrey Smith in a witty comedy of manners. Charlie Chase stars in The Nickle Nurser with Paramount News, as part of the Apple Blossom Festival week.
Colonial shows Hoot Gibson in The Local Bad Man from Peter B Kyne as Apple Blossom feature opens. Next week highlights Buck Jones in High Speed Ken Maynard and Tarzan in Whistlin Dan and Harry Carey in Border Devils with Western stars headlining.
Miss Elsie Augusta Welsh died April 19 at her Nineveh home from heart trouble after three years of illness. She was 17 and will be missed by her parents Mr and Mrs Henry C Welsh, sisters Virginia Margaret Frances, and brothers James Ralph Lawrence and Benjamin. Funeral at Nineveh Presbyterian Church at 11 o clock Monday with burial nearby. Pallbearers listed.
Detroit News notes a debate over whether the president should disclose details regarding White House tensions and a sensitive domestic issue, highlighting political maneuvering influenced by Alfalfa Bill.
The seventeenth annual Sun day School convention of Gaines boro district will be held at Old Bethel Southern Methodist Church at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning June 14. The committee in charge expects all district schools to attend and to bring a good report from the schools.
When a neighbor complains about a howling dog it is intolerance but if he blows a corner it is disturbing the peace and a different public nuisance claim.
A quip from Woman's Home Companion frames the phrase I should have been consulted as a rhetoric refuge for men when there is nothing substantial to discuss. The remark critiques gendered communication and the empty politeness used in place of real argument.
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