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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1936
Page
8
Market notes show livestock and produce values across three cities with cattle calves hogs and sheep prices. White Leghorns turkeys and dressed poultry quoted. butter and eggs priced with quality grades. grain and feed items listed with bag and ton rates.
Prices for flour and feed items appear with many OCR errors. Highlights include patent flour in 98 lb and 72 lb bags priced around 5.95 to 6.25 per bag and various feed mixtures, corn meal, middlings, and dairy feeds. Poultry and eggs prices show chickens and guineas with cents per pound figures.
New York dispatch notes cautious session with gains of 1 to 2 in select stocks near midafternoon. Bonds and commodities moved higher while European currencies slipped. 2 pm quotes list prices for Am Can Am Radiator Am Smelters Am Tel Tel Anaconda Baltimore and Ohio Bethlehem Steel Chrysler Consol Edison Corn Products Gen Electric Gen Motors Goodyear Intl Harvester Johns Manville Kennecott Mont Ward N Y Central Penn Railroad Southern Railway Stand Oil of N J Texas Corp Union Pacific U S Steel Woolworth.
Chicago futures retreat as prospects of wheat from other markets erode early gains. Closing quotes list Dec wheat at 1.24 1 4, May 1.20 1 2, July 1.07. corn Dec 1.07 5, oats Dec 46 1 2, soybeans Dec 1.34 42. Cash grain prices in Chicago are No. 1 hard 1.29 1 4 to 30, No. 1 mixed 1.27 3 4, oats 49, soybeans 1.36-37. Baltimore and Winchester markets report similar spot and mill-delivery prices.
Ottawa dispatch reports Mackenzie King and cabinet avoiding comment on a London controversy. The Montreal Star urged decisive action and calm while warning against rumors, and the Winnipeg Tribune echoed royal prestige concerns regarding the king's marriage.
Prizes for best decorated tree best exterior residence display and best business exterior shown. Entries free register at Chamber of Commerce before Christmas. Lights must be on 6 30 to 10 p m nightly from Christmas to New Year. Local sponsors include M B Clowe Betsy Ross Gray and Sheetz Flower Shop and others donating cash or merchandise.
Mrs Simpson, disembarking at an early hour, headed toward the Riviera as witnesses place a car toward Paris. Paris friends deny knowledge of her visit while activity surrounds Villa Trianon at Versailles linked to Lady Mendl. Cleaners, carpenters, and painters have been working there, and Cannes villas are named as possible stops. Christmas Seals are on sale for the thirtieth year.
Mrs. Harrison obituary notes she is survived by son Burr Powell commonwealth attorney of Frederick County two brothers three stepchildren including Mrs Seabury Davies and Thomas W Harrison Jr funeral from family residence at 3 pm with Rev Robert B Nelson of Christ Episcopal Church officiating interment Mount Hebron Cemetery pallbearers listed active and honorary names included.
Police reported a grisly discovery this afternoon after a body was found concealed under a bed in an apartment. A prior search failed to locate it due to darkness and a hacked hatchet incident.
Dr. Allen, fresh from medical school, remembers the 40 year old Blue Ridge Summit case. He notes his records burned and calls rumors of a boarding house false while detailing ancestral links to Warfield and Montagne families and a restrained wish for publicity.
Calvin Phoe colored died this morning at Winchester Memorial Hospital from a brain concussion suffered last Saturday on the Millwood road when he fell from a brush truck. He worked on a WPA project and was found by his brother and Harry McKee after the truck reached its destination. Funeral services Sunday at Painter's Funeral Home. Buried in Orrick cemetery.
FRONT ROYAL Va Dec 4 A number of boys practice daily under coach Leslie Young for Warren County High School basketball with expectations for a strong boys team The girls team is also practicing under Miss Laura Trout supervision.
The piece notes Lamas chosen with a second administration and many vacancies filled while President Roosevelt harbors high hopes for the Inter-American conference in Buenos Aires. He believes the gathering could unlock economic and cultural progress among the 21 American Republics as the Indianapolis departs Montevideo after a brief drizzle and farewell.
Major Mars announces a Salvation Army fund drive with collections at No 20 Valley Avenue and door to door by Lt Hazel Powell. Mail contributions to post office box 177 or call 1344 for pickup. No other collector is authorized without a signed certificate from Major Mars.
Mrs. Langley former railroad wife of Mr. Langley resided in Winchester since 1925. She left a wide circle of friends in city and different postings along her husband’s railroading career. Survived by husband two sisters and a brother. Funeral at Neffstown on Martinsburg pike at 2 pm Monday. Reverends Gilliam and Morgan to conduct. Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery with pallbearers listed.
Front Royal residents note guests and returns from visits across states. Frank and Mrs Cawthron and children returned to Coatsville after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Shephard. Mrs. Kendrick, Mr. Ambler, and Mrs. Kendrick visited Birmingham to see William Kendrick and family.
The Warren Rifles Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy met in Veterans Hall. Miss Gertrude Hale’s essay on Mary Custis Lee won the prize from the Virginia UDC, read by Mrs. P. M. Shirey. The chapter approved the year's hostess calendar and formed a Christmas baskets committee for Confederate Veterans and widows.
The Warren County Garden Club sponsored a musical and dance program at the high school auditorium. The Ewing Studio of Dance Art from Winchester delivered strong interpretations. Performances by the Warren County High School Rhythm Band directed by Elise Shirey and the Front Royal Glee Club directed by Q. D. Gasque were well received. Capt. Sharon House played two euphonium solos, sharing duties between Randolph-MacOn Academy and Warren County High School.
Buhl's All-Stars defeated the Park All-Stars 51 to 28. George Butler delivered standout passes to Copenhaver who scored three times, and Clark Copenhaver returned a kickoff 89 yards for a TD. Everhart and Braithwaite starred for Park.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2.30 p.m. for London Gore who died Friday morning at the home of his sister in law Mrs Emma Gore. The Rev. T Emory Trainham of the Baptist Church will conduct the services and interment will follow at Prospect Hill with Masonic honors. Pallbearers are Dr Lyle F Hansbrough Blackwell Cary S Byrne Downing Sr P M Shirey George N Buck and Irvin G Bierer.
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