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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1935
Page
7
Livestock and produce markets show cattle up to 25 cents higher with good grass fed steers trading near 9.00 to 10.00 per cwt and hogs up about 10 cents. Sheep and lambs strong on demand while Philadelphia dairy prices hold firm for butter eggs and feeds.
Daily market page lists patent brand and common grain prices by bag size and bag per barrel. Prices cover 98 lb 48 lb 24 lb and 12 lb bags, with several feed items including corn meal and dairy feeds, plus butter and live stock notes.
Markets opened apathetically but gained momentum led by the merchandising division and a rebound in aircrafts and related sectors. Grains held steady while cotton slipped on a government crop estimate. bonds drifted and foreign exchange stayed narrow. Closing quotes show Allied Chemical at 157.50, American Can 143.50, General Electric 29.125, Union Pacific 98.75, and Woolworth 61.875 with Ma. Fund bids at 16.54 and asks 45.89.
Chicago and Baltimore markets show closing grain prices for wheat corn oats rye and barley withSept Dec and May futures. Lard bellies and spot wheat and corn prices in Baltimore and Winchester markets are listed with per bushel and per barrel figures.
Julia F. Jenkins aged 70 wife of Edward Jenkins a respected Clarke county colored citizen died at her Berryville home about 7 30 last evening She was daughter of the late Edward Curtis and Virginia Curtis She left a daughter in Washington DC three sisters Kate Butler Allie Mitchell of Limerton Maysie Smith of Riverton one brother Walter Curtis of Limerton and a half brother Richard Mit Funeral services set for Saturday at Zion Baptist Church conducted by Rev Rawlings with burial in Milton Valley Cemetery Palbearers named E R Potter Thomas Carter Randall Hamilton Page Chris Laws and Peter Williams
A police court session saw Nat Deal of Winchester violate parole to six months. Frank Hawkins of Highland Avenue faced drunken fighting charges with a $15.25 fine. Elsie Hawkins was fined $10.25 for disturbing the peace and fighting. William Adams of 316 Gray Avenue, John Craig of Winchester, Hunter Keckley, Wesley Crisman of Winchester were fined $10.25 for drunkenness.
Washington officials say federal contributions toward direct relief will end by November 1 with three states cut off September 1 and eight more September 15 and 30 others October 1 depending on progress in transferring unemployable relief clients to state and local governments and in starting work projects. The effort aims to reduce dependence among 4 million relief recipients unable to work.
Victor C. Griffin, 39, shot and killed his wife Thelma V. Griffin, 32, then shot himself in their Norfolk home while their son and daughter hid in a bedroom. Neighbors forced entry to find Mrs. Griffin fatally wounded, Griffin in pajamas with a chest wound and a pistol. The couple’s children, Edward Lee 14 and Jane Virginia 10, said the dispute began over card playing with a niece.
Senator Vandenberg warned in Washington that the proposed inheritance taxes would drive Ford Motor Company into Wall Street hands. He cited Ford's value at up to half a billion dollars and estimated the levy could claim about 270 million from Henry Ford’s estate, on top of existing taxes.
In Chicago on August 8, Mrs Blanche Dunkel and Mrs Evelyn Smith received 180 year prison sentences each for the murder of Ervin J Lang a 28 year old grocery clerk who had become the paramour of Dunkels mother in law The trial was without a jury and Judge Cornelius J Harrington presided The state had urged the electric chair but this would have been unprecedented for women in Illinois.
Representative Lewis of Maryland said the Guffey coal bill would win approval from the House Ways and Means Committee after a talk with President Roosevelt. He refused to confirm any presidential intervention in the stalled administration measure.
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