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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1937
Page
9
The Evening Star promotes Barbara Bell Fashion Patterns with a request to send fifteen cents today for a copy, indicating a mail order fashion pattern feature.
A Barbara Bell pattern offers a versatile two piece outfit in a dark trim and two tone versions. It features a contrasting collar and cuffs, can be worn as a frock or blouse and skirt, and comes in sizes 12 through 40 with specific yardage for size 16. Send fifteen cents for the Barbara Bell Fall and Winter Pattern Book.
Dr Emanuel Sternheim English born and educated will be guest speaker at the weekly Rotary Club luncheon at Winchester Golf Club. He has lived in the United States 25 years and travels coast to coast. His talks are thought provoking and informative and he has addressed 100 or more Rotary Clubs nationwide.
Name Delegates Continued from page one club was a guest of president E B Cooper. He expects to transfer his membership to the local club. Other guests were S C Wardrip Charlottesville L E Stout Charlottesville Hubert H Shiner Petersburg Sam Ellington Waynesboro and Mr Milton Martinsburg. Mr Milton was a guest of Wilbur Krise.
Notice restricting hunting trapping and trespassing on the Funkhouser property located at Opequon Virginia. Identified owners A B and L S Funkhouser provide dates 8 24 25 30 31 41 as reference for the warning.
The notice states there is no charge for this postal telegraph service. It emphasizes free usage and directs readers to use the service without payment.
Secretary Ickes announced Roosevelt approved 177 Public Works Administration grants totaling 14.25 million dollars for state funded projects in 32 states. Construction costs estimated at about 31.68 million dollars will follow the grants as appropriations are set by state legislatures.
The report details Chinese forces using concealed mines to thwart Japanese landings near Woosung forts. Japanese reinforcements suffered heavy losses at Changwehpang as mines exploded near what they believed was a second Chinese line. Surviving Japanese retreated to Shanghai-Nanking Railway shops. forces included fifth Hiroshima division and Kyushu division with Himeji artillery aboard.
Baltimore and Philadelphia markets show mixed livestock and produce prices. Cattle, calves, hogs, and sheep advance or soften across regions with round whites potatoes, butter, eggs, and poultry quoted in various ranges. Sizable hogs and cattle offers reflect U. S. Dept. of Agriculture pricing amid district trade activity.
A 21 year old Tulsa county jail inmate Benny Elliott has appealed for an operation to correct his criminal tendencies. He has a long record from petty larceny to attempted murder and was jailed after beating his sister in law with a steel bar. He suffered head injuries when struck by a train at age five and doctors suspect pressure relief might restore balance.
Weather reduced sale size at N Kent Street livestock market. Steers average 7.00 and below, heifers 8.00 down, fat cows 7.00 down, cutter cows 4.00 to 4.75, veal calves 12.40 top, bulk calves 11.00 to 12.00, lambs 9.95 top, hogs 170–220 overweight 11.70, stocker hogs around 12.20 per hundred. Pigs steady.
The Star reports daily local market data with a disclaimer that minor typographical errors may occur and no responsibility is assumed for such mistakes. The notice emphasizes careful reading of price and product listings.
Prices shown for bags and barrels of feed including 98 lb bags at 5.85 and 5.35 per barrel, 48 lb and 24 lb bags at 5.45, 12 lb bags at 5.65, and intermediate cracked corn at 2.60. Screening listed at 2.00 and middlings at varying figures. Oats and dairy feeds priced from 1.80 to 2.50 per unit.
NEW YORK Aug. 25 Weakness in steels sapped market vitality and prices drifted down fractions. Early gains in steels and specialties faded, rails disappointed traders after July earnings, and 14 of the 20 most active issues were unchanged after an hour. Bonds fell as currencies faced pressure.
Wheat prices rose briefly before giving up gains as buying dried up and hedging pressure grew. Trading was light and prices moved nervously in a narrow range amid factors such as limited export demand and harvests. Closing: Wheat Dec 1.05 1/2 to 5/8, May 1.09 1/2 to 5/8. Corn Sept 98 3/8 to 1/2, Dec 65 3/8 to 1/2, May 66 1/2.
Hearing is held east of Winchester. Dr Wall reportedly braked suddenly on a wet highway and skidded. Jack Rutherford of Berryville allegedly lost control on the Berryville pike near Abram's Creek last night, his car stopping on the verge of overturning. A wrecker pulled it back and the vehicle moved under its own power. Several other cars skidded from the road but none of the Berryville pike incidents were serious.
John Kane who had been unemployed for some time is reported dead. An inquest will be held later. He is survived by his widow formerly Miss Catherine Grigsby, two sons Joseph and John Kane Jr, a daughter Catherine Kane, four brothers Joseph Kenneth of Baltimore Thomas and Maurice Kane of Winchester and four sisters Mrs Bert Barr Clarke county Mrs Catherine Hanston Mrs Frances Taylor of Winchester and Mrs Ella Elsen of Washington D C.
The 75th Congress extended for three years the president’s authority to make trade agreements. The United States already has pacts with Cuba, Brazil, Belgium, Haiti, Sweden, Colombia, Canada, Honduras, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Nicaragua, Guatemala, France, Finland, Costa Rica, and El Salvador. Talks with Ecuador were contemplated and negotiations with Spain and Italy were in progress.
Mrs G W Kremer of Pikesville Md widow of six years with five sons Fred H Kremer Luther C George W and Oscar Kremer all of this city also a sister of Mrs William D Spurr of Washington D C She will be laid to rest from Luther C Kremer's home 727 South Loudoun Street at 3 30 Friday afternoon Services will be conducted by the...
Obituary note for Grace Lutheran Church pastor Reverend C Worthington Lowe. Interment in the family lot at Mount Hebron. Pallbearers listed as Charles Henry Grover Carper Mortimer Harkins Godfrey and William C Miller and Dr C R Anderson.
The proposed reorganization aims to be flexible to needs while preserving existing docket conditions in lower courts. Critics say it lacks fresh appointments to federal benches and does not address aging judges who could retire with full pay. The lower court bill modifies procedures but omits the President's request for six new Supreme Court justices if over 70 judges do not retire.
United States district court in Harrisonburg orders attachment of a Chevrolet Coupe Motor No 127223 and ten gallons of distilled spirits seized by IRS agents. Notice to claimants published in The Evening Star Winchester advising appearance on October 25, 1937 to contest forfeiture. clerk and deputy clerk signatures shown.
Open seasons and bag limits set by the Commission align with U S government rules. Ducks except wood duck canvasback and others run Nov 27 to Dec 26 with ten daily in aggregate. Geese Nov 27 to Dec 26 with five. Rails and gallinules Sept 1 to Nov 30 with fifteen. Sora Sept 1 to Nov 30 with fifteen. Capt Nov 27 to Dec 26 with twenty five. Wilson snipe Nov 15 to Dec 15 with four. Mourning doves Sept 1 to Nov 15. Waterfowl and rails limits and times specified by sunup to sundown rules.
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