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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1933
Page
2
A dense listing of grain and produce quotations from Chicago Baltimore New York and Philadelphia. Includes wheat corn oats barley timothy clover seeds and various egg and poultry prices with scattered stock market bonds data and a Thoreau epigraph.
The Golden State Limited derailed after a bridge over a flood swollen creek five miles east of Tucumcari, killing 12 and injuring 50. The flood washed out the bridge and the locomotive was submerged.
Local market listings show prices for butter fat, creamery butter, dairy feed and various grains. Listings include cows, steers, calves, heifers, sheep and lambs with per hundredweight figures and feed options such as shelled corn and middlings.
Lionel Atwill and Sheila Terry lead Monogram’s The Sphinx a thriller about a man who speaks only with his eyes with a shocking secret. Theodore Newton Paul Hurst and Robert Ellis co star in this eerie tale praised as a standout mystery. Also showing Lambs Gambols Comedy Battle For Life novelty Terrytoon.
Slim Summerville and Zasu Pitts star in Her First Mate at the Capitol theatre. The husband and wife duo lead a side splitting comedy full of laughable incidents and a roaring mix of mishaps, including a ferry boat explosion at a Long Island Sound dock.
Colonial Theatre presents The Big Brain starring Geo. E. Stone and Fay Wray in a woven plot about money and interest. The notice notes language quirks and the reversal of word meanings like silly from blessed to happy, reflecting a period tone.
Public sale of Frederick County Virginia real estate in Winchester on Saturday August 19 1933 at 12 oclock noon. Property spans 109 acres with improvements, 29 square poles, located three miles east of Stephens City in Opequon District. Sold by special commissioners under a Virginia chancery decree. Terms require one third cash and rest in two annual installments at 6 percent interest. Sale postponed to Sept 2 at same time and place.
Judge Joseph A. Glasgow orders Augusta County justices to file monthly reports with the circuit court clerk detailing fines and costs, defendants and offenses, and trial dates. A special master commissioner, R. E. R. Nelson, will audit accounts. noncompliance may trigger grand jury action.
The City League lists August 31 games pitting By By 30 Old Timers against South End Ind and August 31 Lions against Post Office. On September 1 Ball Hawks meet Va. Woolen Mill for upcoming league action.
American League results show Washington 2 Cleveland 1 in 7. Chicago 11 Philadelphia 5. New York 11 Detroit 9. St Louis 10 Boston 8. No games scheduled. Tomorrow’s slate has Boston at New York, Detroit at St Louis, Cleveland at Chicago.
Grimes Virginia August 30 report notes the Galilee Sunday School picnic postponed from last Thursday due to heavy rain and set for tomorrow at Pidgeon’s meadow. Other items include Elsie Crimos on vacation and Kenneth Hays visiting grandmother Velona Gardner.
The National League table shows New York leading with 12 wins 47 losses and a .605 percentage, followed by Boston Chicago Pittsburgh St Louis Brooklyn Philadelphia and Cincinnati. Yesterday Brooklyn beat Chicago 13-2 and New York defeated Philadelphia 3-0 while St Louis lost to Pittsburgh 0-2. Remaining matches included St Louis at New York and Chicago at Brooklyn.
Mrs. Clarence E. Beckey and daughter Ruby, along with Marie of Harrisburg, Pa., returned home after a weeklong motor tour visiting Harrisburg Elizabethtown Philadelphia and Atlantic City during the Century of Progress Exposition.
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