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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1932
Page
8
Chicago wheat prices softened while corn sagged and oats held steady amid limited outside interest. September corn hit a new low for the crop with a 20 cent drop, while provisions held strong in narrow trading.
Chicago and Illinois police search for William A. Ernsting a 42 year old banker from a Chicago suburb who has been missing from his home. Authorities say clues point to possible kidnap gang involvement with Ernsting as a potential victim.
Louis Atley Smith, 84, a Frederick county native, died Friday morning at his home in Sheridan Wyoming after four months of heart disease. The obituary notes his long residence in Wyoming and that funeral services were held in Sheridan.
The body rests in the local cemetery. Mr. Smith was the son of the late John F. Smith of Whitemall. He pursued mercantile work in Marshall town Iowa then cattle ranching near Sheridan before retiring there. He married Anna R. Robinson of Apple Pie Ridge who died years ago and is survived by daughter Ludessa McNeil and granddaughter Doris McNeil, plus brother Manor S. Smith of this city.
Secretary Mills presented to a special committee of business leaders a plan to push national credit into business channels to create more jobs. The proposal emerged from informal talks with industrial leaders including Owen D Young of New York, as twelve chairmen from the federal reserve system committees joined Mills and government officials.
Leaders prepare to present an open session tomorrow before more than 100 members of the industrial committees. Early afternoon quotations show advances from $1 to $5 a share. Sterling cables at $3.46 and call money renewed at 2 percent.
In New York on August 25 the Associated Press reports bull ishness lifting major markets. Wheat jumped over 2 cents on the Chicago list as large buying orders flooded the New York Stock Exchange and many issues reached new high levels for the summer recovery.
COUNCIL BLUFFS Iowa Aug 25 All highways into Council Bluffs except one were closed by former picketers shortly before noon today.
COULTERVILLE ILL Aug 25 The 4 000 miners all that was left of the mining camp return to their homes after the strike ends and the layoffs. The town resumes a quiet routine as workers head back to families and routines.
After a mass meeting in Franklin county, a group of strikers dispersed tonight, routing left Coulterville today for central Illinois coal fields. Police reported no violence as workers traveled home to resume job duties.
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