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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1937
Page
7
In Gennetsville D C Henry A Rodgers served as clerk of court judge of probate and sheriff of Marlboro county simultaneously. He took probate duties after J G McLaurin’s death and then briefly held the third office for about an hour while a successor bonded.
Baltimore market notes cattle mostly lower and calves steady to weak with good grades 9.50-10.00 while hogs fall 10-25 cents from Monday with various weight ranges. Chicago prices show slow hog trade 12.15-12.40 for 225 lb and cattle grain fed lower. spring lambs weak and ewes around 3.00-4.60, broad price declines across species. Local retail and feed prices for flour poultry and dairy follow with multiple commodity listings.
Local market page lists wholesale corn and patent bag prices by bag size and brand. Prices include 98 lb bags at 6.45 to 8.95, 48 lb at 6.56 to 6.05, 24 lb at 6.55 to 6.05, and 12 lb at 6.15 to 6.25 per barrel. Cracked corn priced at 2.60 to 2.60.
New York stock market opened strong but lacked buying power as yesterday's leaders softened. Fractions slipped about two points near midday while bonds rose early then mixed. Wheat futures climbed, other commodities mixed, and currencies moved with sterling down and the French franc easing. Selected stocks included Allied Chemical 227 and Am. Ca 104 1-2.
A compact reading shows multiple U.S. stocks with current quotes including Am. Smelters at 92, American Tel and Pe at 169, Baltimore and Ohio at 29, Bethlehem Steel 92, Chrysler 103, General Electric 56, General Motors 52, International Harvester 113, Johns Manville 130, Kennecott 59 3 8, Montgomery Ward 60 3 4, New York Central 40 3 8, Penn Railroad 39 1 4, Southern Railway 32 1 4, Texas Corp 62 3 4, Union Pacific 132 1 2, U S Steel 112 3 8, Virginia Carolina Chemical 8 3 4, Virginia Carolina Preferred 56, Woolworth 45 3 4.
Chicago July 13 markets soared as wheat futures jumped up to 7 1 2 cents amid drought and heat estimates lowering the 1937 Canadian crop to about 125 million bushels. Cash grain in Chicago showed firm bids. Baltimore and Winchester reports also note spot wheat around 1.22 to 1.26.
The Star office faced severe flooding as storm waters surged into the press room. Employees cut holes in the floor to drain into the cellar and protect the electric motor. a large load of newsprint was damaged as Winchester Laboratory logged two and seven tenths inches of rain with rainfall easing.
A note from Red Bud School House on Thursday mentions a meeting if rain delays occur and a next night option with the date 13-1.
Virginia municipal leaders gather in Winchester for a regional League of Virginia Municipalities session at the George Washington Hotel. Mayor Charles R. Anderson welcomes delegates with A M Schnell presiding and Edward H. Ruehl outlining league services and legislative work.
George Walter Rowland dies at 8:30 Sunday night at Summit Point Jefferson county W Va at 77 after a long illness. Funeral at 11 tomorrow from his home with Rev Homer Welch and Rev Harry V Wheeler. Interment Edge Hill Cemetery Charles Town. Survived by widow Annie M Butler daughter Hester Rowland three sons Clifford Wilson Avis three sisters and one brother.
Reno in early July reports Helen Wills Moody, former tennis champion, has arrived at a resort near the divorce center. Her lawyer says she may seek a divorce later. Moody was married seven years ago to Frederic Moody Jr. of San Francisco.
Jacob H. Burkhart, a well known Frederick County farmer, died at 1 30 o clock this afternoon at his home at Fawcett Gap in his eighty seventh year. He leaves a large family connection. The funeral will be held some time Thursday at St John s Lutheran Church. Funeral arrangements will not be completed before tomorrow.
Major A. B. McMullen chief of the Airport Section of the Department of Commerce notified City Manager Arthur M. Field by telegram that he will arrive in Winchester tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock by airplane to inspect Winchester municipal airport.
Clarence J. Morley former Colorado governor was sentenced to five years in Leavenworth Federal Prison for using the mails to defraud tied to the Morley and Company operation. He faced Judge Robert C. Baltzell after a July 2 conviction with four associates in Indianapolis and Evansville offices. Edward Ward of Evansville received two and a half years. others, William J. Stevenson Olaf T. Anderson and Benson S. Chase, received sentences ranging from one year to five years.
Mr Woods of Winchester dies at home after a long illness. Survived by wife Ardenia and children Jack, Mrs Fletcher, L Neill Jr., William and Robert. mother Mrs Woods and brother Joseph. Former cartoonist and painter published in The Evening Star and displayed in Handley Library. Funeral Thursday at 4 pm from Fort Loudoun residence with Rev Ronald Wils oe officiating. Interment Mount Hebron Cemetery.
Russian fliers reported latitude 58 30 north and 120 west as evidence the bomber reached northern British Columbia between Fort Nelson and Hudson's Hope. Army officers placed the craft about 1 600 miles north of San Francisco after battling a snowstorm and gale on the pole crossing.
Francisco reports the navigator saying all right at 12 40 a m EST as the plane 300 miles north of Prince Patrick Island crosses the pole at 4 14 p m 7 15 p m EST yesterday after leaving Moscow 8 22 p m EST Sunday from Tchel kovo Field. Pilots Mikhail Gromoff Andrei Yumo sheff and navigator Sergei Danilin aim for San Francisco with Vancouver Wash as a prior trail and a 1000 horsepower engine lifting the wing 154 feet long and 8800 feet high to avoid storm and wind.
The plan outlined a course along the one hundred twentieth Meridian crossing the District of Mac along British Columbia's eastern border through central Washington and Oregon into California.
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