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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1936
Page
7
The December 21 market notes list varied produce and livestock prices for apples pears and potatoes from Maryland Pennsylvania and surrounding markets. It records cattle hogs sheep and dairy items with price ranges, plus notes on live poultry and creamery butter, reflecting a dense snapshot of regional trading activity.
Local markets report wholesale flour prices with a variety of bag sizes and per barrel rates. The Star notes typographical errors may affect some figures, but lists 98 lb per barrel at 7.20 and 48 lb bags at 7.30, along with additional 4 bag and 12 lb items and a 7.50 figure for 12 lb bags.
New York stock activity was not buoyant with small gains in select rails utilities and specialties after a fast open. Traders noted quiet trading near midafternoon as rail shares under pressure from ICC freight rate decision and labor worries clouding early 1930s economic recovery. bonds and commodities mixed with European currencies down.
Chicago market reports show futures for December corn leading gains with other grains following. Wheat and corn futures climbed to new season highs before most gains faded. cash grain prices in Chicago and Baltimore show mixed readings across No 1 hard, No 2 yellow, white and barley.
William C. Armstrong a Front Royal attorney and former clerk of Rappahannock County Court died aged in the year he served as an influential local figure. He was educated at William and Mary and practiced law after joining Aubrey G. Weaver in 1922. He married Mary Moffett in 1902 and leaves a widow two children a sister and several related officials. Funeral rites were planned at the Episcopal Church Front Royal with interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Delegates from 21 nations at the Argentine Chamber of Deputies continued the Peace Parley on a hot summer day. Jose Manuel Cortina reported that the conference produced instruments to remove war fears in America and enable economic recovery. He added the parley provides a pacifying example for the world though not a full settlement.
Government records show women shopped by personal desires but officials require each family to name a specific dealer for future purchases. Despite price controls, Berlin market prices rise with butter 64c lard 43c turkey 62c apples 30c pork chops 48c veal cutlets 64c roast beef 72c sugar 16c Swiss cheese 64c flour 10c spinach 8c beans 92c coffee 1.20 and up.
The San Vicente area endured a strong earthquake with aftershocks into Sunday and fear of widespread casualties due to fragile, multi story homes. Refugees described renewed tremors, and nearby volcanic unrest added to residents' unease in the earthquake prone town about ten miles inland from the Pacific. The town lies near a major Central American rail hub controlled by U.S. interests.
Reports describe Major military moves near Sianfu as Marshal Chang and General Chiang are pressed by Nanking forces. Mutinous battalions are disarmed, Yu is implicated, and Japan warns any settlement harming Japanese interests. Troops close on Sianfu as hope for peaceful settlement persists.
Vatican sources report Pope Pius X, weakened by old age and fever possibly influenza, faces strict rest and may skip Christmas ceremonies. Doctors have ordered a stricter regimen after a fainting spell, with his illness monitored by Dr Amanti Milani and endocrinology expert Nicola Pende. The Pope now greets Eug enio Cardinal Pacelli only briefly each day.
Lions Club members will attend a Christmas program by second grade pupils from John Kerr School directed by Gladys Farrar and Leonard Sirbaugh. Thirty eight children will sing Christmas selections. Members should meet at 12 30. The club also seeks used toys and clothing for distribution on Christmas Eve to a committee led by H B Garber.
C Vernon Eddy will speak at a Kiwanis Cheb meeting Wednesday afternoon. He will discuss his recent trip abroad and a brief Christmas program will be presented. Cards for 20 baskets to be distributed to needy families have been prepared with greetings from the Kiwanis Club.
The White House scene shows President Roosevelt and former rival Alf Landon chatting about holidays and grandchildren after a Gridiron Club dinner. Landon declines discussing campaign topics while the pair exchange light fishing stories and South American chatter amid reporters striving for photos.
Artillery pounded Fascist concentrations all day as the government prepared an assault on the insurgent flank south of the city. Franco’s forces hold a fringe angle near the Madrid roads while an insurgent cavalry charge near Aranjuez was repulsed. Reports say a Fascist cruiser shelled Calera on the Catalan coast with several bombs landing two miles inside France.
An aerial incident unfolds as an aviatrix reported as Chappealut lands a joint France Britain plane in a Sussex field causing damage. She is dazed with a head cut and lacks passport. French police say Mme Schemeder shot L Allemant in the back during the first flight, then fled before the crash.
The Cantata directed by Mr. Haines drew about 300 people who could not gain admission. The program featured Eu terpian Club and Old Dominion Chorus with a high quality performance. A Christmas party at Hable's Palace Theatre offered toys fruit and candy, with a schedule of films including Shirley Temple Now and Forever and Reunion.
A concert program listing performances by Fifth and Sixth Grade Chorus and Girls Glee Club. Pieces include Noel of the Shepherds, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, The Three Kings, The Wassail Song, And Alleluia plus Oh Come All Ye Faithful and Silent Night. Audience and seating notes appear with invocations and Christmas greetings.
A $1,000 reward offered by county commissioners yielded no news on the whereabouts of the former political leader sentenced to life for his role in the slayings of five persons in the election eve parade near Bruno home in Kelayres in November 1934. Five kinmen jailed for the shooting were moved to the Eastern Penitentiary in Philadelphia over the weekend after Margiotti said he expected a wholesale delivery of prisoners.
The funeral for four month old Charles E. Lowery was held at 10 a m in St Paul Lutheran Church on the Cedar Creek Grade. Interment followed at Quaker Grave Yard. He died December 18 after a short illness of pneumonia. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lowery of Relief Middle Road Frederick county and siblings William and Mary. Reverend Snyder Alleman officiated.
The Sunday School of Macedonia Methodist Church will present a Christmas program at 8 o clock Wednesday evening led by R O Daugherty. The program includes a Christmas tree Yuletide decorations and gift distribution for children by Santa Claus.
The Court of Appeals did not act today on a petition for reconsideration of its 4 to 4 ruling upholding the New York unemployment insurance law tied to the Federal Social Security Act. Speculation grows about rehearing postponement until Justice Stone recovers. The government seeks to participate in arguments on the Railway Labor Act's constitutional validity. The case will be argued the week of February 8, before Wagner Act litigation.
Annie J. Wright 93, widow of John D. Wright, died at her daughter’s home in Park Way after long illness. Survived by two daughters and two granddaughters. Funeral from Mrs Hoffman’s home tomorrow at 2 p.m. Interment Mt Hebron Cemetery. Reverend Harry C. Marsh to conduct services. Pallbearers named Roy Duvall, Albert Robinson, Joseph Jolliffe, Harry Swimley, Ralph Whitmore, George Cochran Sr.
Funeral services for Mrs. W. C. Keeler and her sister Miss Mae Strasnider, killed when struck by a car in Beltsville Maryland, will be held Tuesday at 2 30 PM from the Strasburg Christian church. Interment in Riverview Cemetery Strasburg. Survived by their father three sisters and two brothers. Mrs Keeler also survived by husband and two sons.
Capetown December 21 Eight persons killed and 35 injured when a train from Port Elizabeth to Capetown derailed near Viakteplaats. Several seriously hurt as wreckage blocked line and rescue parties worked through the night.
Pete Gianios, proprietor of the Sanitary Cafe at 19 West Piccadilly Street Winchester Virginia, will appear before the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board on or before January 1 1937 to obtain a license to retail beer and ale with more than 3.2 percent alcohol for off premises consumption.
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