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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1935
Page
9
Mrs Goldie Minch wife of the former Electric Auto-Lite president testifies in defense of a $100000 alienation of affections suit filed by Delisi's wife. She says her relationship with guard Dan Delisi was only hospitable and that she met him neither in a hotel nor for rides in the country during the Toledo strike period.
A Texas style holiday tragedy roundup reports disasters across multiple states. Philadelphia man John Rogers killed his wife mother in law and three children before killing himself. Kansas City Missouri saw ten auto deaths. a man in Kansas City left a suicide note on a Christmas tree before dying of carbon monoxide poisoning in the basement. theaters and homes ablaze caused several fatalities in Arkansas California New York and Oklahoma.
Detroit reports 521 weather related accidents injuring 193 as a snow storm hits. Five hundred relief workers shovel three inches of snow while a Woolworth store burns in Minneapolis killing three in a CCC camp blaze. Weather grips the nation with heavy snow, freezing temps, and dozens of fatalities across Iowa Illinois Wisconsin New Jersey Arizona Indiana Tennessee Montana and North Dakota. Phoenix records a high of 78 while Devil's Lake North Dakota sinks to 18 below zero as central plains endure sharp drops.
Livestock and produce prices across Baltimore Chicago and Philadelphia show mixed trends. Cattle calves hogs sheep and poultry are listed with ranges by weight and grade, reflecting current demand and seasonal shifts.
The Star lists daily market prices for patent brand feeds and grains. Prices show 98 lb bags per barrel ranging around 6 to 7 dollars, with 48 and 24 lb bags also cited, plus cracked corn, shelled corn, scratch feeds, corn meal, egg mash, and dairy feeds. Poultry and livestock prices include young chickens, turkeys, butter, veal, steers, heifers, lambs, and hogs with modest per-unit adjustments.
The New York market closed with Christmas cheer as investors favored aircraft utilities and specialty issues. Grains and cotton stayed narrow, bonds improved, and foreign exchanges were quiet. Key quotations at 2 p.m. included Allied Chemical 15 1 2, American Can 13 3 4, General Electric 37, U S Steel 47 5 8, and U S Steel 47 5 8.
Closing grain prices across wheat corn oats rye and barley reported for Chicago and regional markets. Wheat futures span Dec May Jul with prices shown in fractions. cash wheat prices and regional bids listed for No 2 red No 3 red and mixed grades. Baltimore and Winchester markets add spot and mill delivery quotes for wheat and corn.
Emma Willis an 18 year old from Anadarko Oklahoma stands at her father’s funeral in a weed grown cemetery near Eakly. She is jailed in Anadarko on a murder charge and says her father was cruel. Her mother corroborates the claim of hardship.
Washington December 26. Comptroller General J R McCarl rejects an administration relief plan to purchase and distribute surplus farm products for relief clients under Agriculture Adjustment Act amendments. He says relief legislation and related statutes offer a better method for handling such purchases.
Senator Nye of North Dakota returned to his office to say Borah is the man for the Republican presidential nomination. He warned he must formulate proposals to replace the AAA and predicted an active session with neutrality, bonus, war profits and other legislation likely to come.
Gus L. Macey, 81, renowned trotting horse trainer and driver of the 1890s, formerly ran a large Versailles stable, died in a Lexington hospital.
Announcement in New York confirms the forthcoming marriage of Louis Reed, a New York socialite, to Princess Marion Snowden Rospigliosi, oil heiress. The princess recently returned from a trip to Mexico City seeking a divorce from her titled husband.
In southern Asia Minor the Antalia district faced severe flooding with rivers overflowing, isolating 32 villages. Many residents were reported drowned or injured and thousands were left homeless by the floodwaters.
The inquest into the bus tragedy lasted about 30 minutes. McNair testified he did not see the bus until it struck the guard gate and that the driver L G Alford was within feet of the brink. Commonwealth's Attorney Goodsman and Mayor Elder called it a brief formality focused on recovering bodies and signing death certificates.
A retrospective summation by Dr. Logan Clendening reviews medical advances in surgery obstetrics and medicine over the past quarter century. It notes broader access to surgery the role of X ray and radium chest surgery advances anesthetics and diathermy development in biochemistry and psychotherapy and the emphasis on ante natal care and infection prevention in obstetrics.
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