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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1932
Page
8
The man famed for blowing a postman's whistle at the 1928 Houston convention, earning a unique title, died after a chest injury from a Chicago taxicab accident. The incident, broadcast over radio to thousands, sparked inquiries into the identity of the whistler.
The trial outcome frees Libby Holman and Albert Walker from custody as the grand jury weighs further action. Witnesses describe Reynolds threats and Libby’s sorrowful account of love, fear, and a tense birthday party before the shooting, with visits to the crime scene and detailed testimonies about Walker and the couple’s troubled relationship.
U S Department of Agriculture forecasts show American farms will grow 438.85 million bushels more corn but 157 million bushels less wheat this year. Corn yields projected at 2.99585 billion, winter wheat 431.762 million, durum 54.745 million, other spring 250.464 million, total wheat 737 million versus 894 million last year. Acreage shifts reflect low cash crop prices and spring moisture, with total harvested area 1–2 percent above last year.
Closing quotations on the New York Stock Exchange show Allied Chemical and Dye at 45.5 Amer Can 33 Amer Tel and Tel 71 Amer Tobacco 5 Amer Copper 2 Anaconda Copper 2 Bethlehem Steel 8 General Electric 94 1 8 General Motors 8 Kennecott Copper 6 Lacle 11 5 Mont Ward 5 National Biscuit 23 4 N and W R R no sales Packard 1 Stand Brands 11 Stand Oil N J 25 Texas Corp 10 U S Steel 22 Woolworth 24 3 4 Pound sterling 3 56
Closing prices on the Chicago Board of Trade show Wheat July 46 14, September 49, December 52 5. Corn July 29 34, September 31 for 31 5? December 31 54. Oats July 19 ½, September 19, December 21 44. Rye July 28 ½, September 31, bid December 34.
Fred P. Motz urged Atlantic Retail Grocers Association delegates in Virginia Beach that daily newspaper advertising yields instant results and greater flexibility. He cited a statistician noting newspapers can counter a current pause in buying. About 75 retailers from Virginia and neighboring states attended the two day convention at Court ney Terrace.
A collateral descendant is not a lineal descendant. The person’s line comes from a brother or sister of an ancestor who shares a common ancestor with them, forming a collateral relation rather than a direct lineage.
The American League directors sustained the 30 day suspension of New York Yankee catcher Bill Dickey after hearing owner Col. Ruppert protest. The vote was 3 to 0 with Ruppert abstaining due to his interest in the club. Dickey was suspended for a punch that broke Carl Reynolds jaw.
The text describes the mysteries as secret religious assemblies among Greeks and later Romans where uninitiated individuals could not participate, likening them to modern secret societies in their exclusivity and ritual nature.
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