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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1935
Page
5
Front Royal hosts two league games this evening. The Front Royal Lions face the Rotary club on the All Stars diamond, while Green Hill C C C meets the Frigidaires at the R M A field.
Funeral services held for Lovell Tobias Stickley in Front Royal after his death at his parents home near Nineveh. Mrs Lily Conrad Hite, formerly Lila Conrad, dies in Washington, née of Rockland area, niece of A J Bowen.
Miss Margaret Reeves ten year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Reeves of this place suffered a severe accident Sunday when she fell while jumping in the yard. She broke her arm in three places and was taken to Winchester Memorial Hospital where she will be a patient for several weeks.
In Warren County court clerk’s office a marriage license was issued on Saturday to John Deavers son of John and Mary J Deavers and Dora Heber daughter of Frederick and Katherine Listman Heber both of Ellicott City Maryland.
Atlantic City, Aug 5. William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, said the federation will launch a militant drive to expel Communists under Moscow orders. He urged expulsion when a member is clearly proven to be a Red carrying out Moscow’s orders, accusing Communists of fomenting strife and undermining the trade union movement and urging violence.
Reading describes water quality in the Shenandoah North Branch as clear while noting the South Branch Shenandoah condition also clear. Details emphasize river clarity and purity in the watershed.
Saturday results show Harrisonburg defeating Orange 2 to 0 and Heurich beating Staunton 8 to 6. Yesterday Culpeper won 5 4 over Harrisonburg while Waynesboro triumphed 5 3 against Staunton. Standings list Front Royal 6 1 and Culpeper 5 2 with several teams in pursuit.
Washington Aug 5 Conference agreement on the AAA amendment bill was forecast by Senator Smith chairing the Senate agricultural committee. A simplified system was approved to permit recovery of processing taxes if later held invalid by the courts, signaling tentative deals may stand.
South Carolina now mobilizes guardsmen around the Pelzer mill area as Governor Johnston declares a state of insurrection. A coast artillery battery from Clinton with 3 officers and 65 men under Capt Walter A. Johnson and Battery 115th Field Artillery from Abbeville with 1 officer and 8 men are ordered to the strike zone for relief duty.
Marion Martin pattern 9493 advertises long sweeping lines to flatter the bust waist and hips with a unbroken front line. It lists sizes 16 18 20 34 36 38 40 42 44 and fabric yardage for size 36. Orders and book together prices are 15 and 25 cents respectively.
Mrs. Manly Simpson hosted a Fort picnic Saturday honoring guests Mr. and Mrs. Julian Hawthorne and a large local group. An engagement between Miss Fielen Payne and Mr. Leland R. Treat Jr was announced at a tea, with details of families and local schooling noted.
In Washington August 5 the United States expressed regret over Vanity Fair’s cartoon of Emperor Hirohito, which Japan’s ambassador Hiroji Saito said degraded the emperor. Officials stressed no censorship and no responsibility for foreign publications, while noting the drawing shows the emperor in a riksha with the Nobel Peace Prize.
Seventeen people died in floods across northern and central Luzon as typhoons struck. Dozens are missing, thousands homeless or marooned as rain persists. Governor General Frank Murphy mobilizes relief agencies with Red Cross aid in Pangasinan Tarlac and Pampanga provinces.
Livestock and produce markets report from Baltimore and Philadelphia dated August 5. Cattle calves hogs and sheep price ranges given with activity levels and top bids. poultry eggs butter and related commodities listed with standard and U S grading.
Local markets page carries corrections and clarifications from The Star. No responsibility accepted for typographical errors in earlier editions.
Local wholesale market lists prices for flour and patent brands in varying bag sizes, plus corn meal feed, middlings, and mixed feeds. It also shows dairy items like butter and egg mashes, and live stock quotes for lambs, hogs, chickens, and cows with ranges for weights and grades.
Local market lists prices for patent brand grain bags in various weights from 12 to 98 pounds with per barrel rates. Also shows cracked corn, shelled corn, corn meal in sacks, middlings, mixed feed, scratch feed, egg mash, and dairy products with unit prices and occasional illegible markings.
Zenge was brought before Judge McCarthy after a delay over issuing a warrant. Dougherty indicated he would seek Mrs. Bauer’s immunity waiver in Kirksville before presenting the case to the grand jury pending further information from Missouri.
The New York market rose on oils and utilities with gains tempered by profit taking. Wheat rally supports optimism. government bonds ease while many corporate bonds hold. Western railroads show June income drop versus gains for eastern and southern lines. Sterling and other currencies move little. closing prices listed for major stocks.
Futures and cash grain prices listed for Wheat Corn Oats Rye Barley Lard and Bellies with varying bid ranges. Cash grain quotes show No 2 red No 2 hard No 2 yellow No 2 white and No 3 white at multiple levels. Baltimore and Winchester markets report minor wheat and corn prices per bushel and per barrel.
The Senate territories committee approved Lawrence W. Cramer as governor of the Virgin Islands. At least three influential members opposed the nomination and pledged to voice objections on the Senate floor during the confirmation vote. Chairman Tydings said he would speak briefly and would not reveal the opposing members.
The House floor activity showed a tense session as amendments were debated and a roll call concluded without typical applause. President Roosevelt had urged new taxes in a June 19 message, aiming to broaden wealth distribution while Republicans condemned the revenue as infinitesimal compared with federal spending. Democrats argued the bill would be fair and not overly burden business or industry, taxing those able to pay.
In Providence Rhode Island a special congressional election will test New Deal support. The first district seat left by Francis B Condon will decide between Antonio Prince and Charles F Risk with Prince backing the New Deal and Risk calling for repudiation.
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia reaffirmed a peaceful, equitable solution to the Italo-Ethiopian conflict. The League of Nations published his telegram thanking council members for their efforts and pledging Ethiopia’s firm will to maintain peace.
Senator Wheeler met with Senate conferees to decide next steps on a utilities bill deadlocked with the House. Roosevelt discussed the abolition of unnecessary utility holding companies with Wheeler aboard the Sequoia, as both leaders favor the clause while the House has rejected it.
The hula, sometimes misnamed the hula hula, is the ancient ceremonial dance of Hawaiians. It presented legends and mythology and depicted the lives and customs of old Hawaiian monarchs.
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