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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1935
Page
6
Witnesses describe alcohol use and a volatile home scene after 1918 Shenandoah incident. Mrs. Barrick claims Barrick drank with Fogle and grew abusive, while Harley Trenary recounts late night drinking and a violent quarrel. Proceedings left open for possible reopening.
Call 362 to secure tickets for a ball supporting a worthy humanitarian cause. Attendees will receive entertainment of a fine order for their money.
The article notes Senator Glass was not consulted on a relief bill and that his silence signaled opposition confidences. It discusses the Norris proposal requiring two thirds Senate approval before court submission and hints at administration strategy to gain votes, with Senator Robinson supporting the reservation.
In Flemington New Jersey on January 29, Bruno Hauptmann faced cross examination as prosecutors hinted at a rebuttal witness about his evasiveness over money kept in his home. Attorney General Wilentz pressed Hauptmann on phrases from a ransom note and a year long planning claim. Edward J. Reilly challenged the line of questioning as potentially prejudicial to the jury.
In the Lindbergh murder trial, Wilentz questions Bruno Hauptmann about envelopes of money hidden in a Victrola, wage payments, and deposits. The exchange covers radio and Victrola purchases, Violet Sharpe, and silver deposits, with courtroom tension and conflicting memories.
Maj Paul R Hawley testified that Maj Charles A Shepherd urged no autopsy even before the death of his second wife Zenana Shepherd 37 at Fort Riley Kansas on June 15 1929. Shepherd now 63 and a tuberculosis specialist and his third wife were in court as he faces murder charges.
Baton Rouge, Jan. 29. The Square Deal Association of Louisiana issued a formal demand to state officials to renounce the dictatorship of United States Senator Huey P. Long. The written statement signs call on the elected state administration to rebel against Long's rule.
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals granted a re hearing on the milk control act ruling it unconstitutional. The action revives hopes for saving the 1934 law and allowing the milk commission to resume price controls. Attorney General Staples filed the petition with support from milk producers lawyers statewide. Governor Peery keeps the milk commission organized during the pause. The court’s division split with two dissenters.
Joseph Starkey of Summit Point West Virginia died en route to Winchester Memorial Hospital after a fainting spell on Loudoun Street. He was about 61, had long treated high blood pressure, and left surviving several children and many Clarke county relatives. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
Washington officials said the Treasury would pursue gold hoarding charges against Bruno Richard Hauptmann if acquitted of the New Jersey kidnapping and murder case. Under the amended act, hoarders could face fines up to twice the value of held gold, plus a $10,000 criminal penalty and up to ten years in prison.
Chicago officials seized all records from the Beulah Home and Maternity Hospital after a search of a North Clark Street building. Assistant state's attorney Charles 8. Daugherty ordered the seizure, with Assistant Attorney General A. T. Washburne of Michigan assisting. The move follows disclosures of an unlicensed burial ground on a Beulah farm.
Thirty two victims died from tainted liquor as federal, county, and city authorities raid homes and seize 11 bottles for analysis. The toll rises to 31 deaths in five days across Eastern and Central New York with many more hospitalized, including in Utica and Rome. An autopsy confirmed the poison as the cause of death hours after the first reported case.
Poderjay, a man known for many loves, returns to the United States to answer questions about Agnes Turverson a 43 year old lawyer who vanished after marrying him The liner from Genoa docks and New York officials board the ship to question him about her disappearance and possible knowledge of her fate Poderjay was extradited from Vienna to face charges of marrying Turverson on December 4 1933.
Ten persons were injured when a west bound DL&W passenger train rear ended an empty train halted for a draw bridge over the Passaic river in Newark. Engineer Emmett Black, 69, Morris Plains, suffered a broken arm internal injuries and possible pelvis fracture.
Mrs Elizabeth Mais mother of gangster Robert Mais is granted an interview with Governor Peery at 11 30 a m tomorrow to plead for commuting her son's death sentence to life The plea will be made with attorney M Haley Shelton present in Richmond Virginia
Arthur Friese of Winchester was fined $10.25 after bailed into court on a reckless driving charge. He allegedly struck a car owned by Roger Hinton of Martinsburg on Loudoun Street near the White Palace yesterday.
The Star lists daily wholesale prices for grains poultry dairy and livestock. Patent brand flour corn meal butter and feeds are shown with per hundred weight and bag measures. live cattle hogs sheep and lambs are given with price ranges.
The listing shows price per bag or per barrel for flour types including Patent Brand 98 Ib bags and 48 lb to 24 lb bags. Also listed are shelled corn cracked corn mixed feeds and lime dairy feed with quantities and per unit prices. Names of specific brands and feed products are included along with weights such as 98 Ib and 48 lb.
Arthur Misunas the gangster held in Henrico jail for six months and just sentenced to 35 years in the Virginia penitentiary was sent to Washington to face another sentence today.
Market mood was murky with stocks and staples groping for guidance. A brisk foreign exchange rally steadied markets while buyers stayed timid and sellers nervous. Key stock prices were broadly unchanged and bonds slightly uneasy as concerns over Europe and the dollar persisted.
Chicago daily price quotations for futures and cash grain on January 29 show close ranges for wheat, corn, oats, rye and barley with futures from May to Sept and cash grain bids for No 5 mixed wheat and No 3 mixed corn. Baltimore reports red winter wheat at 97 cents and Winchester market lists wheat and corn prices per bushel and per barrel.
Douglas Fairbanks and Lady Sylvia Ashley will sail from Marseille to Trinidad on a liner and then embark on a yacht chartered by Fairbanks for a west Indian cruise after arriving in Rome from St Moritz.
Philadelphia markets show live poultry prices for Plymouth Rock and White Leghorns with mixed colors, fowls at 18 to 23 cents, dressed poultry and capons valued by weight. Butter grades range from 36 to 41 cents, eggs quoted around 30 to 42 cents. Meat animal quotes include calves steady, hogs lower, lambs steady, and various beef cuts listed.
County superintendent Leslie D. Kline announced schools will reopen tomorrow morning after closure since last Wednesday due to fire blizzard and snow drifts. Most roads are now passable and private roads shoveled, allowing buses to run and children to reach the stops.
The coast guard radio said distress signals from the ship Sachila Maru near Nagasaki were picked up by Alaska cutters. The last message stated the Sachila Maru was sinking. Pacific coast wireless stations could not confirm if other vessels were responding.
Geneva January 28 An official Japanese spokesman said China invited Japanese officials to discuss a Sino-Japanese accord for China's economic and financial development The spokesman said the first object would be a common drive against communism in China and the second the development of China to enlarge the market for Japanese goods and boost purchasing power among Chinese masses
Inez Yvonne Raskob 22, daughter of John J. Raskob former Democratic chairman, died of pneumonia at the College of Mount St. Vincent Riverdale on the Hudson where she studied. He learned of her illness by radio telephone while abroad on a world cruise with two of his other children.
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