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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1935

Page

8

Markets Show Mixed Agri Prices Across Regions

Livestock and produce quotes from Dec 13 report: cattle steady to 4.50 for cutters, calves steady with dealers at 11.50-12.00, hogs up about 10 with tops near 10.60, lambs and ewes steady, slaughter ewes under 5. Butter and eggs quoted in dairy section with multiple price points, Chicago hog and cattle activity noted with steady to lower ranges, grain and feed items listed and priced.

U. S. Dept. Agric Chicago U. S

Local Markets and Retail Prices Report

The Star lists varied prices for bags of flour and corn meal, egg mash, screening, and bran, with per barrel and per hundred weights. Also shown are butter, creamery butter, country butter, live poultry, lambs, hogs, and cattle offerings with price ranges for local buyers.

Kasco

Market in Stocks Dull After Morning Rally in New York

Weakness in scattered industrials unsettled the market after an early quiet rally. Bullish forces were pressed by leaders failing to resume gains as trading remained dull and cash and foreign exchange moved with mixed results. Selected 2 p.m. quotes include Allied Chemical 155 3-8 and U S Steel 46.

New York Chicago Stock Exchange Allied Chemical American Can American Radiator American Smelters American Tel. & Tel American Woolen Arch Topeka & 8S Bethlehem Steel Chrysler Consol Gas of N. Y Corn Products General Electric General Motors Goodyear Int. Harvester Johns Manville Montgomery Ward N. Y. Central Penn Railroad Stand. Oil of N. J Texas Corp Union Pacific U.S. Steel Woolworth

Grain futures and cash prices across wheat corn and oats

Chicago and regional markets report futures for wheat corn and oats with Dec May and July quotes. Cash grain in Chicago shows No 3 hard wheat and No 4 mixed corn with varied bid ranges. Baltimore and Winchester offer spot wheat and corn prices with mill delivery basis.

Chicago Baltimore Winchester

Not Permitted to Go to Jail Anita Whitney Arrested in Perjury Conviction

Wealthy San Francisco activist Anita Whitney, daughter of a former U.S. senator and niece of a Supreme Court justice, was convicted on perjury charges for signing affidavits to place the Communist party on the ballot. She chose jail over a $600 fine, serving 800 days before a nephew paid the fine and secured her release.

California Communist Party Anita Whitney San Francisco Miss Whitney U.S U. S. Supreme Court

Evictions Eased for Shenandoah Mountain Residents

Authorities say mountain residents of Shenandoah National Park may stay until April if they sign agreements to leave then. About a dozen agreed to depart by April 1. 21 families faced eviction orders in four counties.

Luray Shenandoah National Park Page Rockingham Madison Albemarle Washington National Park Service Arno B. Cammerer Virginia Cammerer Resettlement Administration

Patrol wagon urged to curb intoxicated prisoners

Chief Hollis says a patrol wagon is acutely needed to prevent injuries from violent detainees and to properly cleanse and guard prisoners. The 24 hour old car has hauled hundreds of suspects and a motorcycle fleet from 1928 proves inadequate. He cites Harrisonburg use of one wagon per precinct and calls for modern equipment.

Hollis Harrisonburg

Discretionary neutrality power debated in Congress

The State Department backs broader presidential authority to extend war embargoes to critical commodities to keep the United States neutral. Critics in Congress, including Senator Vandenberg, oppose granting wide discretionary power to the President.

Italy Ethiopia State Department Capitol Hill Vandenberg R.-Mich

Post Office Building Hit By Unusual Fire Damage

Fire damaged a new post office building housing the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Home Owners Loan Corporation among other agencies. Water damage ran into thousands of dollars as expensive rugs and cabinets floated through battered offices, marking one of the most unusual blazes faced by officials.

Interstate Commerce Commission Home Owners Loan Corporation

Firefighters battle blaze with smoke-filled halls and ladder work

Firemen groped through smoke for over an hour to reach the source. Gas masks allowed escape from fumes while hose lines had to be threaded through upper floors via window openings. Large police crowds were kept back as volunteers from Maryland suburbs aided the six floor response. Pestmaster General Farley’s offices remained unaffected.

Maryland Hyattsville Cottage City Bladensburg Mount Rainier Riverdale Farley

Check-Up Under Way On Social Security Plans

The Social Security Board has sent a questionnaire to all states to determine which can comply with mandatory provisions and to estimate grant costs as Congress funds the program. Officials expect to start operations soon after funding and aim to aid states in caring for unemployables off relief rolls as of December 1.

Washington Social Security Board Congress

Peace plans urged Mussolini in Italo Ethiop conflict

A proposed peace plan urged Premier Mussolini to accept the idea as a base for discussion without prejudice to a final settlement. The preamble said the Italo Ethiopian issue should be handled by a League of Nations committee empowered by Great Britain and France to seek a solution.

Mussolini League France

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