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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1933
Page
2
Richmond and Baltimore report on farm prices for fruits vegetables and staples with steady markets. Butter eggs and poultry show moderate receipts and stable to firm prices across New York Philadelphia and regional ports.
The page lists varied poultry and livestock prices including live and dressed turkeys hens toms and capons, roosters and mixed colors. hogs cattle calves and sheep quotes from Baltimore Jersey City and Chicago with top values for lambs and veal. Government bond prices and jitters round out the market snapshot.
High and low prices for grain futures on the Chicago Board of Trade were reported. The telephoned quotations come from Legg and Company, Baltimore Chamber of Commerce, with contact numbers Plaza 1498 and 1746.
W. S. Fallis, ex city prooner, says Senator R. McCain of Henderson NC, missing since December, was murdered. Fallis, who knew McCain 18 years and organized a church Bible course, claims McCain’s disappearance fits a motive and notes McCain’s wealth and physical stature. He calls on authorities to pursue foul play. Fallis now lives on a Rockingham County farm.
The list shows daily prices for various animal feeds and dairy products at BioKit Wholesale Market and local butter and flour items. Notable entries include shelled corn at 1.00 to 1.40, mixed feed around 1.00, dairy feed 1.30 to 1.40, cracked corn 1.10, middlings about 1.00, corn meal 1.30, and country butter around .08 to .28 per unit.
An advertisement touts Creomulsion with creosote and six medicinal elements as a fast, effective treatment for coughs colds and bronchitis. It claims long standing illnesses are cured, notes safety and ease of use, and offers a money back guarantee if no relief after directed use.
Astronomy from Illinois reports Mars and Jupiter visible in the evening east near Leo. Jupiter outshines all stars while Mars, though dimmer, brightens toward a March close approach and then retreats toward Virgo by July as Earth overtakes Mars in cycles.
Richmond January plan lets unemployed residents trade labor for food fuel clothing and shelter via the Citizens Service Exchange. Scrip is issued for hours worked and redeemable at the exchange warehouse for life necessities. The program envisions repairs on vacant houses and can extend to services like dental work and household gifts.
The church launches a January to Easter fundraising campaign directed from Nashville by Paul B. Kern. About 300 institutes will instruct members on benevolence, with a universal offering split 50 50 between kingdom extension and conference treasurers.
Mary C Thompson died December 31 1932 at 1001 South Lowndoun Street Winchester Virginia widow of James H Thompson mother of Sarah L Christy Augusta B Dyson George F M Thompson Frederick Douglass Thompson grandmother of Nellie V Brown Bertha B Rutherford Dorothea Brown James W Thompson great great grandmother of Jewell B Rutherford and Wellington Robinson remains at residence funeral at John Mann M E Church January 5 at 2 p m Rev Burnett interment Orrick Cemetery old section
Plans to turn a mountain park area into a national show window for the interior department move forward with a development program. Funds and court custody arrangements toward acquiring 160,000 acres are underway, with improvements expected to boost jobs and regional economy in northeastern Virginia and beyond.
In Roanoke on January 3 Judge John M. Hart heard five petitions for correction of alleged erroneous real estate tax assessments despite protests from city attorney R C Jackson. Additional petitions were set for hearing later and the court took today’s evidence under advisement. City representatives sought a writ of prohibition in Richmond to stop Hart from presiding over a bulk of tax appeals, amid sharp exchanges with the city’s attorney.
Virginia traffic patrols continue a vigorous drive on unsafe autos. A month of safety checks reduced the death toll and over 90 percent of cars are in first class condition for brakes lights windshield wipers and steering. Inspectors issue tickets for mechanical defects and motorists must fix them or face court.
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