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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1937
Page
7
E. Russell Orndorff, 36, of R F D 1 Stephens City, was fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to a month in jail for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence. He posted 500 dollars bond for August 9 appearance, with sentence stayed until that date.
Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia produce prices listed with apples potatoes and sweet corn. Calves hogs and sheep show price ranges and market tones, compared to Chicago where hogs and cattle move lower and higher margins apply amid active demand.
Markets showed little buying interest with prices slipping overall though some issues faced slight gains. Bond activity remained uneven as rails motors oils and farm equipment stocks fell while wheat and cotton advanced on export hopes. Foreign currencies rose against the dollar as several names including General Electric and U S Steel posted mixed quotes.
Washington July 27 An unusual conference of Republican women leaders will be held August 11 for the first general discussion of the 1938 campaign. Chairman John Hamilton sent telegrams inviting national committeewomen to join in planning the women's division. The division has been inactive since November. It was led in 1936 by Mrs. Wilma D Hoyal of Arizona.
Assistant Chief Inspector John A. Lyons announced requests from Columbus Ohio and Detroit Michigan for the arrest of Virgil F. Effinger alias Bert Effinger, fugitive alleged Black Legion commander. Columbus seeks fugitive warrant. Detroit seeks charges of illegal possession of weapons.
Chicago July 27 prices surged as fears of southern hemisphere crop damage and stronger milling demand lifted futures. Reports from Germany and talks of Britain lifting duties fueled gains in wheat and corn with saccharine notes on oats rye and soybeans. cash grain in Chicago and Baltimore listed mixed values for No 1 and No 3 grades with barley and feeds showingnominal ranges.
Benjamine F Hibbard 71 died near Berryville at his son in law and daughter Gilbert Huff on the Briar Farm. He was born April 1866 in Clarke County and survived by three sons a daughter a brother ten grandchildren and several great grandchildren. Services will be held at the Huff farm Wednesday at 4 pm with Rev Van Der Linden of Boyce First Baptist Church officiating. Interment at Greenhill Cemetery.
John Henry Lewis, famed light heavyweight, visited Phoenix Arizona and spoke with a group of local youths at the Y M C A. He responded to a question about possible opponents by saying he never fights unless he is sure of winning.
Lions hear reports from the Chicago convention with Virginia delegates earning honors. Dr E G Gill of Roanoke elected Lions International director. The Petersburg club wins a membership plaque and Norfolk's Lions Quartet takes a contest prize. Oswald the alligator mascot is presented by Lions Goode to the Winchester club.
Thirty five New Jersey war veterans posts backed resolutions calling federal and state investigations into the German American Bund camp in New Jersey. They endorsed actions urged by Rep Dickstein and Rep Dies and by a CIO regional director for a congressional inquiry into alleged un American activities at the Bund camp. Governor Hoffman faced criticism for lax response to the encampment. The meeting included representatives from the American Legion Veterans of Foreign Wars Irish War Veterans Order of the Purple Heart Jewish War Veterans and Sons of Jewish War Veterans.
Wilbur Payne was fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to a month in jail for driving while intoxicated before Judge Donald Weems. Charles Presgraves of Boyce appealed after being found guilty of reckless driving with a 15.25 fine. Floyd Jackson, also fined 15.25, was in a collision with Presgraves involving a circus truck. Edward Cooper and Jane Carper, passengers, with Carper suffering a broken leg.
The executors of Amos A. Cochran announce an auction at 2 pm on Saturday July 31 1937 at 520 West Amherst Street Winchester to sell Dodge sedan corn shelter cutting box grindstone hand cart ladders tools lumber and other household items. Cash only and removal after payment. Shenandoah Valley Bank of Winchester serves as executor.
Lewis Dunn, a local truck driver, brought a report to The Star about a snake-doctor insect cut in two. The rear portion had ejected, yet the creature regrew skin and crawled on four legs or flew. Dunn found it on a post beside a road east of town.
United States Marines dig in at the international legation quarter as Japan issues ultimatums demanding Chinese Thirty-seventh Division troops withdraw from Peiping. Bombing threats loom. Japanese planes circle the city while a 300-strong detachment is airlifted to reinforce guards.
Edward L. Henry, noted for his Civil War service and later roles with Peter L. Kurtz and H. K Pritchard, will have funeral services at 3 pm tomorrow at his brother E. L. Henry's home. Veterans of Foreign Wars will oversee ceremonies conducted by Rev. Robert B. Nelson at Christ Episcopal Church. He served in the Spanish American War, the Mexican border National Guard period, and World War I under Capt. Robert Y. Conrad.
Interment will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery with old army comrades C Frank Grim Samuel Totty Luther C Kremer T Ritter Camillus Curl and Hector Riley as pallbearers Honorary pallbearers are from Friendship Fire Company in which he served nearly 50 years Four brothers and a sister preceded him in death Robert M Walter B Hugh 8 Harry M Henry and Mrs William McKenzie He was known as Johnson a nickname from boyhood and worked as a bill poster for circuses and outdoor advertising He had many friends and was easygoing and loyal to all until the end
The veteran pastor notes the church's status as a leading local plant. R. P. Seaber decorated the interior and painted a Garden of Gethsemane scene inspired by Hoffman of Riverside Church New York. New seats carpet and final touches brighten the auditorium. Ladies' Aid Society rebuilt the kitchen floor and prepared a new serving room. Mrs. Ray Hicks leads the group. A modern nursery serves Sunday School children.
In cross examination, Pretty Stenoy says she cannot recall a Dean accompanied trip to Boston while Elder claims Norton once likened himself to Jekyll and Hyde. Elder recounts calls to Dr. Cutler to address Norton accusations and a later prayer session seeking forgiveness for besetting habits.
Regional director for the organization refused to negotiate with strike-closed meat packing establishment representatives who claimed no authority to sign a union contract. He said proper authorities could not arrive before Wednesday. The strike protests, now a week old, may see a settlement soon. Butter rose four cents per pound, eggs eight cents a dozen higher. Retailers faced farm stock delivery issues as dealers secured higher home delivery prices.
Blaustein, who fled Russia at 16 and arrived in New York with 50 cents, moved through jobs in Philadelphia and Baltimore before turning to oil. He started as a salesman earning $5 weekly, rose to $25, then gained an ownership stake as he built a trade using a horse drawn tank wagon for deliveries. The Standard Oil Company was involved in his early career.
Blaustein built American Oil Company and a Baltimore filling station chain. He led Pan-American refiners, then resigned in a 1930s antitrust suit. Valued at 12 million, he left executive posts to chair American Trading. Survived by wife Henrietta, son Jacob, two daughters and seven grandchildren. Funeral at his Baltimore home Thursday morning.
Local residents recall Mr Blaustein as an early oil distributor in Winchester who delivered by tank wagons and sparked a price war on oil and gasoline with the Inter- company many years ago.
Fragmentary text notes sales of petroleum at near giveaway prices during the war, and concerns that such discounts may end as the conflict persists and consumer relief pressures rise.
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