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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1935
Page
6
Voters in Warren County批准d a second election to issue $50,000 in bonds for a new courthouse. The ballot passed 969 to 377 after the January 8 vote was voided by the Virginia Court of Appeals for irregularities. Officials will certify results and tally ballots.
Front Royal July 9. An engaging piano recital by Mrs Q D Gasque’s pupils drew a large audience at the First Baptist Church. A silver offering benefited the church organ fund. The program featured many students including Dorothy Stokes Ruth Gasque Fay Mitchell Jessie Gaynor Florence Maxim Nan Zucca Muriel uy and Charlotte Ann Dickinson with pieces ranging from Mendelssohn to Beethoven.
FRONT ROYAL July 9 Senator Aubrey G Weaver named to the state budget committee by Governor Perry to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Samuel Ferguson.
Front Royal July 9. In the court of the Trial Justice Mrs Annie Moulden of Blackbottom was found guilty of selling illegal ardent spirits. Justice Walter G Olmstead fined her 10 dollars and costs and gave a suspended sentence of 12 months. If state liquor laws are violated within a year she will serve full sentence.
The Shenandoah Valley League lists Orange at Harrisonburg and Front Royal at Charlottes Heurich at Staunton for today. Tomorrow Culpeper travels to Waynesboro with Heurich visiting Harrisonburg and Staunton at Culpeper. Standings of the clubs are shown.
Front Royal notes recount a July 1 party hosted by Durston McIntosh in Fairview Court with many guests from Baltimore and local figures. Attendees include Louise Borden Nevada Sonner Cora Borden Gladys McFall Margaretta Burke and others. Also listed are visitors and travelers such as Dorothy Smith and Senator Aubrey G Weaver with several accompanying friends and family.
The Front Royal All Stars travel to Charlottesville tomorrow for an official Shenandoah Valley League game. Charlottesville trails by one half game and a strong contest is expected.
London reports from Bemghazi that the Italian steamer Attilio of 916 tons laden with grain foundered with several crew members and passengers drowned.
The United Spanish War Veterans of Virginia closed their twenty seventh annual convention in Alexandria with the unanimous election of William A Seddinger of Norfolk as department commander and Lynchburg named 1936 convention city. Also elected were B E Brown Petersburg senior vice commander Charles B Emmons Alexandria junior vice commander and E L Hawkins Lynchburg department marshal.
The Col. J. C. Baker Camp of Winchester was represented at the Alexandria department meeting this week by its commander Harry T. Cook. He was expected to return this evening or tomorrow.
Mrs Mary Byrd Consolvo of Baltimore claims private detectives shadowed her after a scare about kidnaping. She identifies a Washington agency couple, Mr and Mrs Watts, as the investigators, while Virginia authorities say they were involved. A Cecil Watts, cited in Berryville, Va, was fined five dollars for improper license plates. no charges against his young female companion.
Front Royal town council met in the town manager’s office and asked L. B. Dutrow to explore securing a PWA grant for water meter installation. The panel also considers enlarging the filter plant capacity and ordered a new concrete sidewalk from Main Street along Royal Avenue to Senator Aubrey G. Weaver’s home, replacing the old brick path.
The National Reemployment Service office in Washington Rappahannock county reopened today after months closed. E. B. Cary, formerly at Massie's Corner, is in charge as clerk with Miss Reed as assistant clerk. Offices are in the county courthouse. PWA water and dam project work proceeds, employing many locals.
Havre de Grace police report one of the worst floods to strike the area with thousands in damage. Water backed into the town from a choked drainage system and three rivers caused washouts and cellar flooding. Elkton and surrounding rural areas faced severe flooding with corn fields destroyed and widespread damage. In Philadelphia, the Frankford Creek overflow flooded basements and forced 178 workers from two foundries.
Report from Changteh Hunan July 9 describes a catastrophic flooding of the Yuan river and Tung Ting lake. Hundreds of thousands remain trapped as walls and dikes fail and fires worsen the disaster. American missionaries aid stricken residents amid rising waters and widespread destruction.
The Franklin cases detail penalties for multiple defendants. Nick Prilliman and others were fined substantial sums, while Grover Martin and Herman Shively faced fines with probation for Greer and others. A Peahook convict Tom Cundiff serves time as the court notes bail remains in effect for appeals.
L. C. Carper president of the Retail Grocers Association announces a July 11 meeting for members and all clerks. It will be in the South End Hose Company hall starting at 8 o clock. Attendees will receive value to owners and clerks with sandwiches and iced drinks served after.
In Lima Peru on July 9 a woman named Dolores Villanueva resident of Huaral north of Lima was brought to a hospital in serious condition after attempting self surgery with a butcher knife for appendicitis.
Winchester Park baseball club leaders say the open challenge to any and all teams remains valid. The park seeks fast independent baseball and invites any squad to schedule a game, aiming to attract exciting matchups.
The scene disrupted proceedings as Representative Brewster shouted you re a liar at RFC attorney Thomas Corcoran during testimony. Senator Dieterich withdrew his motion to concur in the House action eliminating Roosevelt era abolition clauses and sought to curb holding company eliminations. Senator Robinson and others opposed the move.
Philadelphia police pursue a new theory after a carved peep hole in the wall of George F. Buchanan’s apartment. Detectives link the hole to a possible shake-down racket involving a decoy and a male lookout. Two women were questioned but offered no usable clues as the investigation widens to Buchanan’s past and waterfront social circle.
Local markets page notes that listings are corrected daily but The Star disclaims responsibility for typographical errors. It cautions readers to verify figures and details before actions.
A market brief shows wholesale prices for bags of various weights of flour and patent blends, cracked corn, scratch feed, corn meal, egg mash, middlings, and other feeds. It lists dairy feeds, butter, country butter, lambs, sheep, hogs, and live hog ranges with price ranges and incomplete OCR fragments.
A fragmented price list shows flour bags from 6.50 to 6.90 per bushel equivalents and assorted corn and feed products. Items include cracked corn shelled corn corn meal and middlings with multiple bag sizes and some unclear numerals.
Twenty of the government’s seventy witnesses testified in Tacoma as the trial of Mrs. Margaret Waley for the $200000 George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping opened. The defense and process cited her alleged lack of knowledge, while her husband Harmon Waley awaits sentencing.
At least 37 dead and eight missing after severe storms flood towns near Binghamton and along the finger lakes region. Homes wrecked, utilities down, refugees housed in schools and private homes, with Watkins Glen damage risking park closure. Governor Lehman mobilizes relief workers, CCC crews and Red Cross teams to aid Hornell, Trumansburg and surrounding areas.
Oakley Sealock pleaded guilty to operating a vehicle under the influence before Trial Justice A. J. Tavenner. He received 30 days in jail, a timed $100 fine plus costs, and a one year driving permit revocation.
Fredericktown Virginia July 9 One man was killed instantly and another injured when a truck laden with new automobiles collided head on with a light delivery car near Dead Man s Curve just south of the city limits Herman Findlay 27 of Washington was killed Maxwell Mitchell of Washington in hospital with a sprained back State Officer Sam Redding said charges of possession of legal liquor would be preferred against Mitchell Ralf Baltimore driver of the truck said he was proceeding southward when the collision occurred
Chicago July 9 closing grain prices Wheat July 84 Sept 84 7 8 to 85 Dec 86 7 8 to 87 Corn July 82 1 8 to 1 4 Sent 716 1 8 to 1 4 Dec 63 3 8 1 2 Oats July 34 1 8 Sept 32 1 2 Dec 34 5 8 Rye July 44 3 4 Sept 45 1 2 Dec 48 5 8 Barley July 44 Sept 44 Lard July 13 80 ea 13 62 Oct 13 40 Dec 12 7 Bellies July 1138 Sept 17 12 Chicago Cash Grain No 2 red tough new 83 1 2 Corn No 2 yellow 89 No 3 yellow 87 3 4 to 89 Baltimore Wheat No 2 red winter spot domestic 76 1 2 July 76 1 2 Winchester Markets Wheat 63 cents bushel Yellow corn 90 cents bushel White corn 93 cents bushel All quotations based on deliveries at mill
Livestock prices steady across cattle hogs and sheep from Baltimore markets with mixed ranges for cattle including slaughter steers 6.00 to 10.00, heifers 3.75 to 8.25, cows 3.25 to 6.50, calves 5.50 to 8.50, hogs 10.15 to 10.65 for various weights, packing sows 6.15 to 6.65, and lambs 6.00 to 9.25 in rail and truck markets. Poultry and butter prices noted with Plymouth Rocks and White Leghorns listed and butter unchanged.
New York July 9 stock market shows buying support pushing the transportation group forward amid scattered profit taking among leaders. Industrials hold steady while many issues reach new highs. brisk early trading wanes later. Bonds improve. call money at 0.25%. Closing quotes list several major stocks with notable gains and declines.
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