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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1937
Page
2
The American Medical Association recognized birth control as proper medical practice after a long opposition. The decision by the House of Delegates affirms doctors’ legal rights to use contraceptives and to promote education on fertility and sterility within licensed clinics.
Winchester food stores will defer the Wednesday afternoon closing plan until managers and owners can be contacted for cooperation. Several chains had indicated a summer half holiday. the schedule will not take effect for now. A meeting to discuss the issue is being considered.
Mr and Mrs Harry R Green visit Richmond to see their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Arthur L Franklin at their Westhampton home. Mr Green and Miss Bettie Crawford plan to return home at the weekend.
United States Court for the Eastern District of Virginia at Alexandria hears a case over injuries from a Martinsburg turnpike collision near Winchester. Miss Iterson, a student from Leesburg area, drove north as Mrs. Whitacre’s car collided, alleged negligent operation. Attorneys include R Gray Williams J Sloan Kuykendall and guardian ad litem Harry R Benham for minor children.
Only 250 mourners admitted by card attended Jean Harlow's funeral and services. Attendees were mostly her film associates including Clark Gable Spencer Tracy Lionel Barrymore Warner Baxter and W S Van Dyke. The body remained not in state and the casket stayed closed by order of her mother Mrs Bello. Guards were posted at the mortuary and Forest Lawn Memorial Park to keep away crowds.
Model Diana Asquith sits under doctor care after a nervous breakdown amid chaos at her London home. Police report a letter threatening she be removed unless her guardian improves care, raising questions about a socialite model seeking stardom.
Baltimore and Chicago market data show cattle, hogs, calves, and sheep trading steady to mixed. Prices list loads of steers, hogs by weight, sheep pens, and regional produce items with regional Lucedale, Philadelphia, and Baltimore price lines.
Local markets list bagged feed prices by bag and per barrel for 98 48 24 and 12 pound bags. Prices show cracked corn intermediate cracked corn shelled corn corn meal and egg mash with several entries and some illegible text.
June 9 New York stock market showed uneven gains with specialties and shipbuilding lagging or advancing. Top performers included U S Rubber Montgomery Ward Spiegel Coca Cola Champion Paper Proctor and Gamble Celenese Pennsylvania Santa Fe Cerro De Pasco Standard Oil of N J Inspiration Copper Am Tel and Tel and Consolidated Edison. Laggards were Chrysler Woolworth Sears Roebuck Douglas Aircraft Western Union General Electric Southern Pacific Baltimore and Ohio and Northern Pacific. Wheat rose then fell, corn and cotton declined, and currencies moved with the pound up and the franc down. Closing quotes list numerous large and mid cap names with prices.
Chicago June crop trading ends with price setbacks after the U S government report looms. An unofficial trade note signals 5 million acres of Saskatchewan wheat may yield less than 5 bushels per acre. Domestic state crop reports show a cautious tone.
In Virginia towns Haymarket reelected Mayor Rev W F Carpenter and kept an all female council. Warrenton reelected Mayor T E Frank and seven council members despite a push by the League of Women Voters to seat two women. Buchanan reelected Mayor C W Blount and four south side councilors. Blackstone elected Mayor W P Bagwell with 321 votes, the highest in city politics. council seats went to Rives B Hardy, R C Eddins, E S Clay, Norwood L Beville, Marvin Inge, R W Dobbs, L H Irby. Alexandria elected Richard L Ruffner president and mayor ex officio of the city council with 1 464 votes.
F H Lake a furniture maker from Altavista Virginia urged Congress to approach wage and hour legislation cautiously before the Black Connery bill. He warned rapid changes would raise furniture costs and support gradual adjustments. Lake noted his business grew from 1.2 million in 1933 to 3 million this year and added 150 workers in anticipation of the law.
Senator Byrd rapped excessive federal outlays, citing a $239 million build program and 644 new structures since 1933. He warned of $14,000 spent per minute and $7,000 added to the debt every minute, urging tax, borrowing, or inflation as remedies.
The Frederick county school board rejected bids for about 250 tons of coal for schools next session. It will purchase coal directly from the mines and arrange transport to Winchester. Superintendent Leslie D Kline said big vein coal from near Piedmont will be used. The school board office will close at one on Saturdays in June July and August.
In Lynchburg Virginia Judge John Paul cleared the June docket as pleas of guilty by over twenty defendants capped the term. Sentences ranged up to two and a half years at Fort Leavenworth with many inmates to Camp Lee to begin serving. George W. Kress of Appomattox was convicted of owning a distillery and given one year at Camp Lee.
United States Judge Robert A. Cooper escaped injury when 12 to 15 shots were fired at him as he returned home in San Juan Puerto Rico. The judge had sentenced eight Puerto Rican nationalists to prison terms for conspiring to overthrow the U S government on the island and the Nationalists were flown to the United States to begin serving their sentences in Atlanta.
Mr and Mrs Harlan B Norris of Cumberland welcomed Patricia Ann born at Memorial Hospital to Mr and Mrs Charles E Himes. Norris is 34 and wife 32, believed to be the youngest Maryland grandparents. Myrtle Himes of Williamsport is also a grandmother. Two grandmothers, Bertha Norris 59 and Olive Haines 56, reside here along with two great great grandmothers aged 84 and 82.
Retired Lutheran minister Rev A L Boliek defeated Dr George A Long for Luray mayor in a municipal race. Boliek drew 179 votes to Long 163 with 37 ballots invalid. Four incumbents were reelected to the council while two new members, R E Mims and Samuel Shanderson, joined.
An old colored woman Smoke and snuff in daily life prompts a joke about heaven. Her mistress claims unclean breath keeps one from heaven, but the woman quips that by the time she goes to meet the Lord she will have no breath left to smell.
Consumers Power Company outages left 94 Bay City communities with 111,856 residents and 710 Flint communities totaling 239,500 without service. Saginaw division also reported outages affecting 98 communities and 114,977 people. Homer Martin of the UAW told Governor Murphy’s office he met Flint union heads and would press to restore service immediately.
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