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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1935
Page
1
A Mussolini representative warns the League of Nations against a mandate for Ethiopia. The council session adjourned after under an hour with a private meeting. a public conclave is planned for tomorrow to discuss East African disputes.
Geneva reports show Premier Laval and Foreign Commissar Litvinoff with Anthony Eden failing to agree on a peace move formula for the Italo Ethiopian dispute. A new meeting was set to try again with a public session planned for later. Ethiopian officials reject any International League mandate and insist on independence. Italy will discuss only arbitration with Ethiopia.
Mrs Lutie G Marker wife of John D Marker prominent Frederick county farmer died at home on Cedar Creek grade near Opequon post office after eight months of illness. Born 1882 she married 1910 and had two children Ralph and Fay. Survived by husband two children and several siblings. Funeral Friday at 11 from Market home with services by Revs Russell and Richardson. burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery.
Winchester and Frederick county people traveled to Martinsburg West Virginia to attend the funeral of Gray Silver a noted Berkeley county farmer and American Farm Bureau leader. The rites were at his Martinsburg home with Rev Dr S R Diehl of the Presbyterian Church officiating and interment in Rosedale Cemetery. The service drew a large Berkeley county turnout including Rev and Mrs L F Harper and sons Lewis Charles and Robert Harper Mrs Harper a sister Mrs Mary Janney and Mrs Wendell B Goode plus Mr and Mrs E B Timberlake from Winchester.
Friendship Fire Company urges all members to attend the regular monthly meeting on Thursday evening, August 1, at 8 o'clock. Jas. Shryock, secretary.
Public meeting places in Dekalb County were closed to children after a case of infantile paralysis in a five year old girl. Dr Homer Alle and Rufus Evans ordered the measure to curb spread, excluding those under sixteen from pools churches movies and other venues. A Baltimore county case was also reported with nine total cases so far this year and a nine year old boy as the latest victim.
The Senate banking committee reported a revised gold clause bill allowing suits on government obligations for six months after enactment. Senator McAdoo sponsored the amendment, enabling suits on mature gold clause notes or interest, with the bondholder needing proof of injury from the government action. The panel approved the change 11 to 7, despite administration opposition seeking a total ban on such suits. Existing suits would remain.
Detroit July 31 neighborhood housewives groups form to join a city wide boycott of meat prices. The strike began last Saturday with picketing and banners and has spread to Lincoln Park and Highland Park with 500 women enrolled in the campaign to stop buying meat until prices drop.
Senate debates restore Spanish War pension benefits while House weighs miscellaneous measures. Rules committee resumes lobby probe as Ways and Means advances tax bill. Yesterday the Senate passed minor bills and Mississippi River setback provisions. Public sale notice for antique furniture and household goods appears for Emma C. Snapp with a local address.
The Senate lobby committee subpoenaed H C Hopson, missing head of Associated Gas and Electric, to the U S Marshal in New York while Patrick J Hurley counselled that his firm was paid 25000 by AG and E. Representative Patton reported 2600 left for living expenses after bond purchases as his salary rose to 4044 with mileage and cash on hand. The committee pressed McKeown to contact New York counsel Brumbach to locate Hopson.
Fort Worth, July 31. Mrs. Annabel Gatlin a 25 year old pastor from Menard Texas who also runs a cattle truck line was held for questioning in a case involving 100 head of cattle shipped to Fort Worth stockyards from San Saba. Her husband Cecil Gatlin also faces theft charges in San Saba and Menard.
Staunton Virginia July 31 Pauline Halsey Carter 21 an unmarried mother was charged with the slaying of the infant whose body was found floating in the South River at Waynesboro Monday Sheriff G M Gilkeson served the warrant in the Augusta county jail after Commonwealth's Attorney John D White asserted the body was that of the baby born to the woman in Roanoke July 15
Stowell's variety sweet corn described as evergreen and tender is available at Davis Grocery for purchase.
Cream producers are paid this week at HALDEMAN'S CREAMERY 23 cents per pound for No 1 butter fat and 21 cents for No 2. The notice specifies payment details and page references.
The U S senate lobby investigating committee sent Howard C Hopson into the hands of G men after testimony showed he headed anti holding company bill activities The panel also heard that Hopson and his private firms earned about 500000 dollars yearly after stock dividends stopped
Secretary Swanson stated the Navy is considering fortifying additional Pacific possessions after December 3 1936 and building ships to counter foreign powers. He said no increase in Pacific bases before the Washington treaty expires, which preserves status quo in the Aleutians Guam Wake Midway and the Philippines. Swanson noted such questions would be discussed at future naval conferences and warned that losing the Philippines could prompt a move elsewhere.
Washington July 31 price fixing was dropped from the AAA amendment bill by House conferees after an unexpected session. The controversy centered on the price fixing issue. other items to be taken up tomorrow include import quotas export debenture potato control plan and a Senate amendment allowing suits to recover processing taxes if the tax was not passed on.
Dr. William E. Hubbert was shot to death in a Dallas hotel room while a woman lay wounded. Police found an unsigned note saying I killed him I am tired of living Give my body to the scientists.
An old four story house in Warsaw collapsed at 5 a.m. today killing about 15 people and injuring 16. The building, birthplace of Marie Curie, housed an estimated 36 occupants with exact numbers inside at time of collapse not yet known.
Berlin reports a flood of local decrees and warnings against raising meat and other food prices as observers speculate that Nazi campaigns against Jews political Catholicism and reactionaries may relate to Germanys economic crisis amid rising costs and shortages.
Distribution of 948 195 in ABC profits will be made Friday announced by Sidney Day assistant comptroller An order setting forth amounts to the distributed counties towns and localities was forwarded to George Settle Jr chief of the expenditure bureau authorizing warrants Distribution estimated at slightly less than forty cents per capita on the basis of the 1930 census includes Clarke County 2250 44 Frederick 4754 97 Shenandoah 5970 24 Warren 2316 21 Harrisonburg 2831 45 Winchester 4249 92 Berryville 428 32 Strasburg 744 27 Singers Glen 38 76 Staney 101 40 Stevens City 237 26 Boyce 127 24
The Star notes a state auditor report on how Alcoholic Beverage Control Board profits will be distributed beginning late this week. Citizens speculate on how the Common Council will allocate the funds for the city.
Laurinburg North Carolina July 31 Franklin county officers blamed by Gov Ehrintheus for failing to protect a prisoner are urged to hunt the lynchers of Govan Sweat Ward 25 of negro descent who killed a white farmer. Under Solicitor William Y Bickett plans for a judicial inquiry before a Superior Court judge begin at 10 am tomorrow with more than 25 witnesses subpoenaed.
Wiley Post and Mrs. Post faced passport issues hindering a planned Alaska and Siberia trip. San Francisco officials were unsure if he sought a new passport or renewal. Laura Ingalls awaited favorable weather for a proposed nonstop to New York as advisory conditions remained unsettled nationwide.
Joseph M. Schenck told Agua Caliente backers the Baja California resort will stay shut as of now with an $8,000,000 ghost property. Dividends are skipped to cover costs from the hotel and race track closure until Mexico lifts the gambling ban.
Searchers comb Palos Verdes hills 20 miles from Los Angeles for Lieut. Arthur H. Skaer Jr. a missing Army Air Reserve test pilot who vanished after a test flight in a new monoplane designed as an army pursuit ship.
The Spillman and Alexander Drug Company at South Loudoun street and Valley avenue will host a new post office sub station opening tomorrow. James R. Alexander will be in charge, with bond posted and approval by the Postoffice Department. The unit will sell stamps issue money orders and mail for general services, operating from early morning until late, with Saturday afternoon hours and Sunday stamp sales though no money orders. Mail deposited in the store box is collected for dispatch.
Washington July 31 Congress conferences on the social security bill were postponed one week to allow experts to seek a compromise on Senate amendments excluding private pension systems from the nationwide old age pension plan. Committee members said no agreement on core principles yet, though some experts believed a workable compromise might emerge.
Chicago July 31 true bills were voted charging Mrs Blanche Dunkel and Mrs Evelyn Smith with the swamp murder of Ervin Lang the body found in a Hammond Indiana swamp wedged in a trunk Lang was the son in law of Dunkel and the case was presented after a grand jury.
The Winchester Concert Band will give an eight oclock summer concert on the bayground lot beside John Err School at Cameron and Cork streets. Directed by Prof. W H McIinee the group will perform new music rehearsed recently. Everyone is invited.
The notice states payment at 23 cents for parcel No 1 and a 2 cent higher rate for parcel No 2. Issued by E. J. Snapp dated July 31 with reference to tax or fee settlement.
Walter J. Bauer a 38 year old chemistry professor from Cleveland said he was abducted in Ann Arbor Michigan. He claimed his abductors forced him to drive to Chicago where he was mutilated with a pocket knife and left near a filling station. Bauer died at Jackson Park Hospital after loss of blood and called for his wife Louise Bauer. Police sought 27 year old Kirksville Missouri man named as a disappointed suitor.
Detroit housewives organize to boycott rising meat prices in the metro area. Frederick H. Gillett, 83, former U.S. senator and six years House speaker, dies. Gerald Thompson goes to trial for ravishing and murdering Mildred Hallmark. Seaplane crash north of Vancouver kills three, another injured. Copenhagen and Angmagssalik plane arrives in Greenland area. London reports plan for a new all India federation by Britain.
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