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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1933
Page
5
Market listings from Philadelphia and Baltimore July 21 show live owl and poultry prices, egg quotations, and livestock rates. Cattle, hogs, and calves are quoted with ranges for various grades, with note of weak eggs and steady beef prices across markets.
Local flour price ranges 7.85 to 8.35, corn meal 1.50 to 2.00, dairy feed 1.55, country butter up to 15.20, scratch feed 1.80, middlings 1.70, corn meal feed 1.70, other listed staples. In memoriam note honors Mrs. H. A. Hinton eleven years after her passing on July 22, 1922, from her children.
On the 72nd anniversary of the First Battle of Manassas, candidates W Worth Smith Jr Joseph T Deal and George C Peery spoke to several hundred attendees about tax policy school funding and organization influence. They criticized the Byrd-led state Democratic setup while praising Byrd era reforms and urging constitutional clarity on the short ballot.
West Virginia racing moves to Charles Town with the horseshow grounds chosen as the site for a new track. Shenandoah Jockey Club plan calls for a $200,000 expansion of the grandstand and facilities after the December horse show.
Maude Writt 21, a factory worker in Charles Town West Virginia, is jailed without bail after stabbing her fiancé Ralph Ennis 25 in a quarrel following a Martinsburg dance. Ennis is in critical condition at Charles Town General Hospital. Writt walked a mile to the jail and said she stabbed him an hour earlier. A hearing before Justice Claiborne Green is expected.
Andrew Bell secretary of the local Chamber of Commerce mailed literature on Valley history geography and industry to Iowa teachers planning a first week tour. The State Historical Society of Iowa informed that the touring party would arrive in Winchester August 2 around 1 45 pm. Mr Bell promised to meet them arrange a pleasure tour and point out places of historical and industrial interest.
Two reputed chicken thieves with a Pennsylvania Maryland West Virginia reach were nabbed by Sheriff J W Newcome as they tried to drive off after a sale. J E Hicks and an unnamed companion faced extradition talks after resisting and a gun was used to compel surrender. Hicks is linked to a Pennsylvania gang. a Walter Davis and Theodore Davis reportedly arrested in York County days earlier. The suspects drove a Pontiac coupe with Maryland plate 4624.
Harvard college introduces Geography 46 an aerial photography course. The source notes the era’s early tech and mentions the first trolley car patent issued in 18Av with limited readable context.
Melvin D. Carr director of American Red Cross Life Saving originally scheduled an instruction class here Monday to Wednesday next week has wired that the course will be held instead on August 21 and 22 Frank R Horton local Scout Executive was advised of the date change and potential students are asked to note the new schedule
In 1908 organized baseball united the American League the National League and the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues to resolve tensions among teams and leagues. The article notes postage stamp advertising as a curious practice with a legal ban on misusing stamps for ads.
Albany July 21 Edward J OConnell uncle to missing John J OConnell Jr for the first time answered reporters questions by telephone saying no ransom had been paid and he had no information of a ransom snatch The boy was kidnapped July 7 and motives such as politics beer or revenge had been suggested by others in the case
In 1929 incomes rise for Davis men as demand for Davis Fine Custom Clothes expands. The company offers full start up support and steady cash profits, inviting ambitious men in each community to get full details at once from P H Davis Tailoring Co Dept 184 Cincinnati Ohio.
Special commissioners announce a public sale of a 109 acre tract with improvements in Opequon District Frederick County Virginia. Sale in Winchester on August 19 1933 at noon. Terms include one third cash and balance in two annual installments with 6 percent interest.
Collier's Weekly notes tariffs imposed by Russia and Austria Hungary cut through farms forcing owners to pay import duties on milk carried from pasture to barn, splitting dairy operations and adding costs for rural producers.
The Emmerich high school in Germany traces a 1200 year history. It began as a religious school before the Knights of Malta took it over until 1811 under Napoleon. The government converted it to a public school in 182%. Separately, a discussion notes varying sensory discrimination: eye 1 percent illumination, arm 2.5 percent weight, arm 5 percent pressure, ear 10 percent tone, nose 30 percent smell.
In a high level bridge deal South nearly reaches game after an aggressive 2 Spades opening. East, defending, makes a crucial sequence by trumping clubs with an eight and using dummy to set up clubs, then executes a sophisticated line to establish dummy’s clubs and discard losers, sealing a small slam.
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