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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1931
Page
7
Chicago and Richmond cash grain quotes show mixed results with heavy selling in September corn weakening the bull run. Wheat price drifted down while corn stayed near session lows. oats and rye moved modestly, and feed products tied to hogs futures.
Baltimore price note shows New Jersey potatoes in 100 pound sacks and U. S. 1s cobblers, mostly around 120 cents per sack, with distribution details limited to Aug 28 inventory.
Partial OCR shows a poultry sale notice mentioning Leghorn chickens and sizes, with stray numbers and local receipts. Difficulty identifies line items such as barrels and weights, but details are incomplete.
New York market data shows eggs at 14 947 steady with mixed grades steady, poultry dressed steady. Richmond report lists butter at 32 to 35 cents, eggs fair and steady with whites around 23 to 25 cents, poultry slow with Leghorn hens 13 to 14 cents and broilers 20 to 22 cents.
Baltimore hogs steady with top 7.60 for mids and lights. heavy hogs 7.00. sows 4.75 to 5.25. Lancaster steady top 8.75. Jersey City light and top heavies 7.00. Chicago hogs 6.85 to 6.75 with med to 6.75 and sows 5.50. Cattle and calves mixed. Baltimore top 10.00. steer 8.00. cows 4.75. heifers 6.75. bulls 4.75. Virginia steers 17.50 to 7.15. veal 11.00. Jersey City cows 1.25 to 2.75. veal 11.50. Cattle market mostly unchanged. steers to 10.40. cows 16.75. heifers 9.90. Lamb markets steady. Baltimore lambs 8.75. Government bonds listed with various maturities and prices.
Mrs. Hilda May Whitacre wife of Ray Whitacre on the Thomas Cather farm near Ridgeway West Virginia died at her home after a protracted illness aged 19. Survived by husband three children mother and sister. funeral Monday at Chestnut Grove Church with Rev Neel. Relatives meet at 10 a.m. at the house. Interment in Chestnut Grove graveyard.
Alfred P. Dennis, a member and former vice chairman of the U S Tariff Commission, drowned in Casco Bay after a period of ill health. Born in Worcester County Maryland in 186? he served as commercial attaché in Rome and taught at Princeton Wesleyan and Smith. He left a note of poor health and was found by relatives and friends.
New York police faced renewed gangster violence after a calm day. Leonardo de Mico, 30, of Brooklyn, was found shot in the left eye near a club where three men were killed last week. Police arrested seven men at a Bushwick apartment after forcing entry.
The text notes rising public anger toward killers and a belief that saving women and children justifies action, even if men suffer. It suggests that judges or authorities measure a man’s crookedness by how long a conviction takes to reach.
The Nye committee report shows Bishop James Cannon received funds from Claudius Huston and other figures for the anti Smith Democratic campaign in 1928. Testimony traces $183,356 in Huston’s account and $65,300 from Edwin Jameson, with further loans routed through the Carolina district and various associates.
The Shenandoah Division of the A A A runs free safety tests on East Piccadilly street to check brakes lights wheel alignment and other factors in a five minute lane. Officials note the tests are voluntary with police city cooperation and that Winchester has about 2 500 registered cars but only a fraction were tested in the first two days.
The campaign run by A. A. A. officials tests cars to ensure proper condition for fall and winter driving. Mayor F. A. Shryock urges all motorists to take advantage of the opportunity.
J H Meek of the state agriculture department announced a string of special meetings for apple growers and dealers. Dates include August 31 in Charlottesville and Staunton. September 1 in Harrisonburg Woodstock and Winchester. September 2 in Front Royal Washington and Lovington.
The Morgan group and over 100 American banks agreed to provide a one year credit totaling 200 million dollars to the British government with a parallel French extension of about 200 million dollars. The move, described as the largest private banking credit to a foreign government, aims to bolster Britain’s finances and reassure global markets.
Seven men injured near Hensonville north of Frederick when a motor truck carrying 35 Thurmont workmen to a highway project collides with a Washington sedan. Walter Baker 27 Thurmont suffers a broken leg John Moody 45 Thurmont has a broken right arm five others with cuts and bruises. Accident on a curve. George D Diffenbach Washington driving the sedan wrecked the car.
In Blountstown Florida on August 29 two black men Richard and Charles Smoke father and son were lynched fifteen miles south of the town after being bailed from jail on bond for an alleged attack on forest ranger Frazier Williams. A coroner s jury ruled they died at the hands of masked men. The Smoke men were timber workers who were released by their employer and were returning home when mob violence occurred. Williams had been attacked and beaten by two black men the previous Tuesday.
A brief item notes care or remedies for household use when a family member is ill. It highlights practical steps or devices intended to keep a home orderly during illness.
The Frederick County real estate deeds recently admitted to record include M. M. Lynch and others as special commissioners transferring land and appurtenances to Hollis Braithwaite for 4800 dollars. Mary C. Woods and Clara V. Woods convey to Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company a nominal right of way in Shawnee and Stonefall districts for company lines. T. Russell Cather as special commissioner conveys eighty four acres east of Winchester to Federal Land Bank of Baltimore for 1500 dollars. M. M. Lynch as special commissioner transfers land and buildings in Gaines district to H. J. Adams and wife for one dollar. William M. Richards and others to D. D. Crenshaw for one third undivided interest in four county tracts with appurtenances for nominal consideration. T. Newton Cather and wife to Northern Virginia Power Company right of way for transmission lines from Winchester to Gore and Shawnee district for nominal consideration. James T. Reely and others and several others to Commonwealth of Virginia parcels of land for Cedar Creek Highway system. The article ends with extraneous sentence about French hatefulness and salvation.
In Chestertown Maryland on August 29 two brothers Dorsey and Edward Hines leaped into the Chester River when their 20 foot cabin cruiser caught fire and was a total loss. Fishermen rescued them and the incident occurred as they were en route to John J. Raskob's home to deliver a trophy won by his daughter at the Chester River yacht regatta. Dorsey Hines saved the cup by wrapping it in a cloth and holding onto it in the water.
London Aug 29 reports Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald has been expelled from the Hampstead Labour party for joining an anti socialist government aimed at forcing anti workmen class legislation through Parliament. He has long held Labour membership in Hampstead.
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