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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1937
Page
7
Baltimore and Philadelphia market notes show prices for potatoes eggs butter and dressed poultry, plus cattle calves hogs and sheep listings. Chicago reports steer and heifer prices, hogs steady with slight declines, and lambs and sheep trading near steady.
Local markets listing shows various patent brand and mixed feeds with bag sizes from 12 to 98 pounds and prices per bag or per hundredweight. Also includes corn meal, eggs, dairy feeds, baby chick feed, poultry items, butter, and beef and lamb figures with rough price ranges.
New York Jan 27 mild improvement in parts of the stock market amid fleet river disruptions in the Midwest and ongoing labor strife. Trading was slow near mid afternoon with prices mixed and bonds up while commodities were uneven. Foreign exchange showed sterling at 4.9018 and French franc at 4.66 cents. 2 p m quotations list several major issues with varied gains and losses including Allied Chemical Am Can Anaconda Bethlehem Steel Chrysler General Electric Johns Manville U S Steel and Woolworth.
Chicago market ends the day with wheat down 2 1 4 cents from the previous quotes as liquidations spread to corn oats and soybeans. Secretary Wallace urged abundant farming while cash grain reports show varied prices across futures and cash markets from Baltimore to Winchester with mill deliveries cited.
A 50 year old Brooklyn bass from the Metropolitan Opera chorus, Giuseppe Sternzini, died after an accidental wound during a rehearsal. Police opened an investigation and an autopsy was set for the next day with no cause released. He was treated by a private physician before hospital admission.
Winchester and Central District Boy Scouts committee outlined the 27th anniversary event at Handley Library with a Roosevelt radio address. They announced upcoming demonstrations and talks at Lions Club Kiwanis Rotary and Legion luncheons, a Leader training, and National Jamboree registration drive in Washington.
The annual F F A tournament of the Triangle Federation will be played at Handley high school gym. Saturday evening teams from Frederick Winchester Clarke and Warren compete. The winner goes on to meet Woodstock F F A in a payoff to determine the section representative for district contests.
Captain Perkinson of the Virginia Highway Department will talk with the Airport Committee in Winchester tonight about how the Winchester Municipal Airport will be run. Officials hope the airport will be ready for service in early spring, with construction already begun last fall.
Winchester residents know Nat Wilson field representative for the Red Cross is handling relief work in Louisville Kentucky. A quantity of blankets has been forwarded from this section to aid the effort.
The Baltimore City Red Cross chapter raises five times its original request to fund flood relief. By today donations reached $23,711 as crowds lined reception tables at Red Cross headquarters in Baltimore, with total aid now set at $220,000.
Has Fall Coleman Dunn, a Winchester business man and auctioneer, sustained minor injuries yesterday when he fell through a hole in a barn floor said to be covered by hay. His injuries were not sufficient to prevent him from attending to business today.
Shenandoah County residents from every district contribute to the Red Cross fund with churches civic groups and fraternal orders joining in. Donors include men women and children with substantial sums given and more expected as drives continue. District chairmen list contact points for contributions across Lee Ashby Madison Davis Toms Brook Maurertown Saumsville Johnston Stonewall Woodstock and Wood stock areas.
Fredericksburg January 26 E Lee Trinkle a Virginia education board member told the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce that teachers in Virginia earn less than a respectable cook. He said an annual minimum salary of 750 dollars would require 4.5 million dollars from the General Assembly and noted the loss from no free textbooks. He cited new and expanded schools funded largely by federal aid and praised the chamber's best year under President Benjamin T. Pitts. Former State Senator C O Conor Godlrick was toastmaster.
A meeting presided by E. B. Cooper discussed disapproval of the park charge proposal. Attendees included L. E. Harbaugh guest of W. T. DeWeese Sam Ellington of Waynesboro Kiwanis and Col Carroll T. Menefee guest of Andrew Sponsors for the President's Ball were noted.
Handley High School students laid a large floral tribute on Judge Handley’s tomb commemorating his birthday. He admired the South and Virginia and chose burial facing the Confederate graveyard. Mid term exams limited ceremonies across the high school.
Danville marked a surge in flood relief giving with a $520 local quota set by the Red Cross. Treasurer William H. Dodson sent a $1,600 check to Washington, and a second $1,507 contribution followed, pushing the total well beyond the doubled quota as officials urged continued generosity.
Indictments up to February 4 include Jesse Boseman alias James Brett of Alios N who pleaded to forgery and received a teen months sentence after prior penalties. Several hold up cases against Elby Turner Claude Emerset and others set for early February. A flood relief drive mobilizes clothing and blankets, with community donors listed and Red Cross distribution planned from Winchester Fredericksburg to Louisville.
In Louisville health official Dr. Hugh R. Leavell says at least 200 die from flood related diseases with 20 more bodies found in streets. Evacuations urged for Tiptonville and New Madrid as engineers reinforce levees and reassure stability below Cairo.
Red Cross and workers in Winchester and Frederick County rush to aid flood victims after a train carrying relief personnel and supplies navigates debris filled tracks. Stewart Bell reports strong apple donations from H. Clay DeGrange to Delmer Robinson, with more baskets needed to reach a five to six hundred carload.
Report covers sitdown strikers occupying Fisher plant No 2 in Detroit with observers across the street as police watch. In Detroit a crowd near 1000 massed at the Cadillac unit blocking entry for executives while police redirect cars. Sloan denies GM responsibility for stalled talks urging evacuation of occupied plants before negotiations resume. Perkins says a settlement may be possible if a third party consents.
She said the meeting with strike leaders showed progress and that action may be developed from information received. A new plan to approach settlement was under consideration and could be discussed later today. Shetepina was being studied, but she declined to identify by whom or reveal details.
Miss Hicks born December 22 1893 in this city spent her early life here and trained as a nurse at Winchester Memorial Hospital. She served with the Red Cross Army unit in France during World War I and earned discharge before working for General Motors in Dayton Ohio and later New York. She died after a long illness and funeral services are set for Grace Lutheran Church with interment Mount Hebron. Surviving relatives include three sisters Mrs Maher Mrs Bott Mrs Miller and one brother Elmer Hicks plus several nieces and nephews.
The Senate considered a 50 million dollar crop production loan bill already passed by the House while a six million dollar allocation for federal land banks and 1.672 million to finish air conditioning the Capitol and offices were noted. President Roosevelt met with business and labor leaders on wage standards and strike oversight, expressing disappointment over General Motors and Chrysler labor talks and investigations into union activity and holding company records.
Eller by February 1 regarding attendance. The morning covers outlook and soil conservation programs. The afternoon includes a detailed study of the soil conservation program for 1937.
In a Tokyo hearing a witness said war would start in 1937 after meeting “Mr X.” Kniazeff testified he organized 3,500 railroad wrecks in two years with alleged Japanese instigation. He claimed Japanese agents pressed for data on troop trains heading to the far east and that Ota’s denial followed a Tokyo foreign office reply.
In Mexico City Leon Trotzky, exiled Bolshevik leader, proposed two theories about the Rus Soviet plot trial. He called the alleged confessions improbable and monstrous, saying they were coerced by bureaucracy to gain world support for the Soviet state. The testimony touched on a conversation involving an ambassador to Moscow and a critic of the Soviet regime.
The Army organizes to evacuate up to 500 000 people along the Mississippi as floods rise from swollen Red St Francis Arkansas and White rivers. War Department directs corps areas to prepare complete evacuation plans by January 29 and warns levees may be strained near the Memphis district.
The Elks host a luncheon session with Mortimer Bares providing the generous meal. The degree team includes J William Hollis exalted ruler and Max Sthewn sae ng knight along with Ansell Solenberger Edwin T. Snider Harold C. Sheeta Jr John Fisher Rev Robert B. Nelson and Henry F Seal as organist.
Notice to employers carrying Workmen's Compensation Insurance that insurers have applied to the State Corporation Commission for rate and minimum premium changes effective April 1 1937. The plan lowers basic rates about 9.3 percent with variations by industry group Manufacturing 10.5 percent Contracting 4.4 percent All other 12.1 percent. Details filed January 15 1937 and available for review in Richmond at the Bureau of Insurance and Banking and the Rating Bureau of Virginia. A hearing is set March 2 1937 at 10:00 a.m. in the Court Room of the State Corporation Commission.
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