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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1936
Page
9
The Shenandoah River water is clear toward the north arm while the South River shows milky conditions. Observers note unusual turbidity and varying clarity across river segments. Local users are advised to avoid activities affected by water appearance.
Front Royal VA note crowded social calendar with residents returning from trips to England Ireland and New York. Local families entertain hostesses host guests plan a September 3 high school band benefit dance and many residents visit relatives in Washington Richmond and Virginia Beach.
Mr J A McCormick visited in Washington yesterday while Mr and Mrs George White and Miss Jean White returned to Washington after a weekend with Dr and Mrs F E. J B Harnsberger of Front Royal and daughters Julia and Mrs Hilton Freeman of Richmond are on a motor trip to Canada. Julian Major and son Neville are in Culpeper. Virginia Esheleman of Riverton heads to Lexington for a business school. Mr and Mrs B T Brannam stay a few days at Rehoboth Beach Delaware.
Front Royal officers captured Melvin Mason, a Black man, in Winchester last night and returned him with the Plymouth sedan stolen from Orville Bowen. Mason and one companion are jailed in Warren county awaiting an early trial, with Mason facing additional charges.
Historic Strickler Hotel one of Front Royal's oldest landmarks is being torn down after recent purchase by H. B. McCormac of Winchester. Workmen began yesterday and a filling station is planned for the site. The hotel operated for more than 125 years before its closure a year ago.
President Roosevelt plans a drought tour radio address from his special train and will not speak to public audiences. He will skip the Iowa state fair talk on September 1 with Governor Alf Landon and four other governors. He leaves Washington at midnight with Henry Wallace and Harry Hopkins aboard and will meet Rexford Tugwell and drought state governors across the West.
James Swain 65 died at his home in Hagerstown Maryland after a period of illness. He was a longtime engineer for 27 years at Roulette Company knitting mill and is survived by his widow Anda Larrick and three brothers. Funeral at 2 PM Thursday from the Timber Ridge Christian Church with burial beside the church cemetery.
Hearing for Herbert Mauck and Edgar Hockman is postponed with no date set yet. State Officer R E Bayliss said Mrs Mary Dean, injured when her car was struck from behind by Hockman, must leave hospital to testify. Miss Hilda Dean, a passenger, has been discharged from hospital.
Charles Gain president of the Martinsburg Lions Club addressed the Winchester club at a luncheon. He urged members to study their personalities for moral and physical courage and good sportsmanship using described methods. Alexandria president DeMall attended as a guest with Martinsburg Lion Little.
The body of Homer E. Guyer 52 former Winchester merchant and bank employee was brought from Martinsburg W Va for burial at Mount Hebron Cemetery. Rev R B Nelson officiated and Winchester Lodge No 867 B P O Elks led the memorial service. He died in Camden New Jersey last Saturday and had worked with Camden Safe Deal and Trust Company. Pallbearers named H D Fuller J H Yost W Ralph Pifer Walter E Huntsberry Edwin T Snider M B Clowe.
Earl Robertson of 418 South Cameron street and his family narrowly escaped injury when his son’s car lost steering control nine miles south of the city. The vehicle struck a stone fence, tearing off a tire and damaging two fenders. All occupants were shaken but not seriously hurt.
A $10,000 damage suit was filed in federal court alleging breach of agreement to participate in an exhibition boxing match in Winslow Arizona. The case names Jas J Braddock heavyweight boxing champion as a defendant and cites Thomas Pendergast and other parties.
Paris reports the French Minister of Colonies announced after investigation that Abd El Krim the exiled Rif warlord has not escaped from the Isle of Reunion despite earlier reports.
The clerk of Corporation Court issued licenses for Leonard R. Golby of Berlin Pa and Olive P. Hoffman of Somerset Pa. The bridegroom is a school teacher, son of J J Golby, and the bride is daughter of Henry Hoffman. Also listed are William Taylor Moreland of Washington and Beulah Babson Burnham of Washington. The groom is a claim adjuster, son of William E More land, and the bride is daughter of John W Burnham.
Four bandits robbed the Darby Bank in Vidalia Georgia of 552 dollars after slugging a woman assistant cashier who refused to open the vault. The robbers, armed with pistols and a rifle, entered the bank shortly after opening.
The markets note mixed livestock and produce prices with Baltimore reports on potatoes, butter, eggs, cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep, while Chicago shows hogs and cattle trading with varied weights and price ranges. Prices range from 7.50 to 9.00 for vealers, hogs near 11.60 top, and sheep generally 8.75 to 9.35 for natives, with feed prices listed for multiple grain products.
New York August 25 A slight upswing in stocks lifts selected steels, amusements and sugars while overall activity remains quiet near midday Convertible bonds remain popular Commodities including grain and cotton futures show mixed results Foreign currencies steady with sterling at 5 03 1 8 dollars and French franc at 6 58 7 16 cents Closing quotations list major issues such as Allied Chemical Am Can Am Radiator Am Smelters Bethlehem Steel Chrysler Consolidated Edison Gen Elec Gen Motors Goodyear International Harvester Johns Manville Kennecott Mont Ward N Y Central Penn Railroad Southern Railway Stan Oil N J Texas Corp Union Pac U S Steel and Woolworth
Local Markets shows daily wholesale and retail prices for grains corn meals and feeds, including 98 lb bags at 5.95 to 6.45 per barrel, 48 lb and 24 lb bags, bedding and mixed feeds, and dairy and poultry products with various per hundred weight or per barrel rates listed for Crystal brand products and farm animal feeds. It also lists livestock prices such as cows, steers, heifers, sheep, lambs, hogs, and chicks with approximate per unit ranges.
Chicago markets close with late-session rallies lifting corn and wheat after earlier losses. Argentina aids farmers to hold corn for higher prices, with mixed grain futures showing gains and cash grain prices for No. 1 red and No. 1 hard wheat and various corn and oats grades listed for delivery and cash trade.
Ex leaders and conspirators linked to Stalin are executed as the government moves to suppress a coup. Leon Kameneff and Gregory Zinovieff among the dead. 100 to 200 others died in the crackdown. Officials target more suspected conspirators as arrests continue.
Chief C. W. Hollis, confined to his home by influenza, is said to be making satisfactory recovery according to today's reports.
Mrs Gorgiana Henning a native of the county died at 2 45 this morning at her daughter Mrs Emma Hills home in Strasburg She was the widow of George Henning and survived by three daughters Mrs Walter Carter Mrs Gladys Sparrow and Mrs Emma Tracy a son Arthur Henning five grandchildren and three brothers Funeral services will be held at the Methodist church Stephens City Thursday at 2 pm with Lucas pastor and the Rev A O Lyons assisting Interment in Green Hill Cemetery Pallbearers are C E Staples Miller Frank Bailey Snapp Williams Julian Steele and Edward R Campbell
Col Theodore Roosevelt Jr. met with Governor Alf Landon in Buffalo and said he regarded the Republican candidate as the truest kind of liberal.
ROANOKE Virginia August 25 Harry H Woodring assistant secretary of war told the Virginia convention of the American Legion that maintaining adequate defense is the best guarantee for peace. He said with the exception of need for additional aircraft the minimum strength the legion had advocated for years is needed.
The National Association of Women Lawyers voted to hear no more political remarks. Boston attorney associated with the Massachusetts Bar spoke against the New Deal, prompting the halt of proceedings.
A 3 cent advance pushes soy beans to 1.49 per bushel in Chicago trading, the high est price in years. The rise nearly doubles the prior local price for the commodity.
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