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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1931
Page
5
Precipitation in the past 24 hours ends at 8 am shows none. December to date totals 47 inches. A comparison with an 18 year period indicates varied rainfall across months with figures like 1.06 and 1.93 inches. First 12 months of 1930 list January 1.55 inches February 0.48 March 1.0 May 1.19 June 3.06 July 0.84 August 0.54 September 1.11 October 0.22 November 0.87 December 3.28 inches.
Notable local items include the death of Mrs. Nannie R. Glass in Fort Loudoun and honors for Frank L. Woore at First Baptist Church. Proceeds from a charity football game total $550 shared by the District Nurses Association Red Cross and the Anti Tuberculosis Association. Winchester Concert Band gifts director Prof. W H McKnee a watch fob. Capitol Greyhound Bus Lines begins Shenandoah Valley service. Contents also review events from five and fifteen years ago, including IRS hiring needs and Near East Relief appeals, with weather, weddings, and Prohibition-era notes.
Winchester bank stockholders will meet at the Banking House in Winchester on Tuesday January 12 1932 at eleven o'clock to elect directors and conduct other business. Wm G Hardy Vice President and Cashier announces the session. December 17 1931.
Quotations furnished by W B Hibbs Company members of the New York Stock Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade Hibbs Building Washington DC Telephone National 0540 officials provide market quotes and brokerage services from the Hibbs firm on the capital markets and trading floors.
The New York Stock Exchange edged lower overall while Norfolk and Western Rail Road rose, defying the general trend amid light trading and spillover losses from speculative profits after Saturday’s gains. Sterling opened at 3.39 dollars and held near that level as quotes ticked through Allied Chem and Dye to Woolworth with varied fractions in between.
After a two week lull a weekend wave of arrests filled Winchester police court with eleven defendants before Justice Donald L. Weems. Chief C. W. Hollis blamed early Yuletide celebrations by certain groups while noting the city drew thousands to town and most shoppers remained orderly. Convictions included P. L. Miller for drunken driving with a $123 fine, one year license suspension, and C. A. DeHart’s dismissal on liquor possession. Simon Whitlock paid $12 for public drunkenness. James Armstead $12, Robert Brown $7, Samuel Kennedy $17 for drunk and disorderly conduct. Lewis Robinson and William Berhannan faced charges of theft of a Hudson automobile. R. G. Jenkins and Emmett Whitlock were charged with drinkenness and drunken driving, with trials postponed to 3 p.m. for further evidence.
Countess Jean De Kergerlay 72, born Marie Louise Carroll, died at her Paris home. She was the daughter of Maryland Governor John Lee Carroll and the great great granddaughter of Charles Carroll, a Declaration signer. Born 1859 in New York, she married the Count De Kergerlay in 1886. four children were born, three living.
The will of the late Thomas E. Shoemaker probated in Corporation Court disposes an estate valued about $300. After paying debts, the remainder goes to Maggie E. Murray of Winchester who cared for him in old age. Executor M. M. Lynch qualified with bond of $300. The will dated April 3, 1930 names appraisers and witnesses.
Washington December 21 Bishop James Cannon Jr said he had not been given a promised chance to reply to charges in an anti Smith campaign. He asked Senate members to withhold judgment while his sworn statement to Nye committee is discussed once more. He was abroad during the final hearings.
A radio program is recorded on disk or film solely for broadcast. Recordings are produced in studios and sent to stations. The term electrical is historical, as regular phonograph records are also made by electricity.
Furnished by Hibbs Brothers of the New York Stock Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade this report notes forecasts of continued moisture across the winter wheat belt causing heavy selling by professionals. Closing futures include wheat at 5335 for December, 5544 for May, 54% for July. corn at 354% December, 40% May, 42% July. oats at 24% December, 25% May, 25% July. rye 404 for December, 44% May, 44% July.
The Japanese military command announced a new southwest drive against 7,000 irregular Chinese forces near Kangping Fukumen and Changtu. The communique said the irregulars threaten the Southern Manchurian Railway and the Suping Kai Chenchiatun line, with infantry artillery and air support.
Chicago December report states Detective James Caplin, among forty diners, confronted six armed men during a nocturnal hold up at a north side nightclub and was mortally wounded. Guest Peggy Griggs, age 21, was shot in the arm. Caplin died hours later at a nearby hospital after firing from his service pistol.
Cincinnati reports a new lead in the Marian McLean kidnapping with sightings near Dayton and Xenia. Deputies pursued a possible match of a man and a girl resembling the child and kidnapper, amid concerns the suspect may have fled the area.
Market report lists prices for creamery butter eggs chickens hogs cows heifers wool and various feeds at local wholesale and retail outlets. Baltimore wholesale section notes prices for eggs young chickens turkeys lambs and pigs.
Public auction will sale a 93 acre farm near Lenore in Frederick County Virginia west of Welltown Pike. Property features a new dwelling a new barn and outbuildings with orchards blue grass fences and macadam road. Sale Saturday January 23 1932 at 12 noon in front of Winchester County Court House. One third cash day of sale and balance in one and two years with interest six percent. Trustee Jas P Reardon |
Virginia Penfield, 19, missing since Friday, was found at the Narangansett House in Providence R I. Her father Clare J. Penfield rushed to Providence by plane after word arrived. She was identified by travellers checks and said to be dazed and ill, with no memory of her father's name.
Japanese butler Gentero Akiyama told authorities that he killed his millionaire employer J William Schatz after being fired. He planned to continue the Sunday morning attack by intending to slay Mrs Florence Quick Carozza, Schatz's house guest. Akiyama and his sister in law Sedako Otsuka faced arraignment for first degree murder.
Fifteen year old Robert Jones shot and killed his step father Herbert Gowen to stop him from attacking his mother and sisters with a knife. The gun belonged to another youth. Bowen had been drinking and threatened the family. The teen, earning eight dollars weekly, supported his mother and two sisters.
AP reports New York stocks opened the holiday week with regained confidence as late-week boosts buoyed markets. Bond markets showed organized support, turning small losses into slight gains while trading remained quiet. Sterling cables traded at 3.39 dollars, call money at 2.12 percent.
Four men in a frail lifeboat reach Rocky Way beach after the fishing trawler Abraham Lincoln, off seven miles, caught fire from a galley stove explosion. They carried their injured captain as burning debris showered down and the blaze reached fuel tanks before the hulk sank.
Isaiah Edwards a 19 year old fugitive from Montgomery county jail was found shot to death on the town outskirts. The coroner said Deputy Sheriff Neil Roden of Chambers county fired the fatal shots when Edwards tried to flee in a stolen car. Edwards was under sentence to die in the electric chair for slaying Constable Thomas ette of Magnolia Texas in August.
In Weston Oregon the Leader notes the sharp fall in the wheat market and comments that short interests must endure the decline. The column reflects investor caution and market volatility affecting local traders.
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