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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1935
Page
3
Attention is called that the social is for those who played the glad friend game. Members unable to attend should send their glad friend’s name to Edwin Ritter by 6 o’clock tonight so the game can be announced at the social.
Yards parties at Bryarly school and Burnt Church C E Society. Frederick Winchester Chapter Red Cross meets at Grace Lutheran social hall. Piano travelogue recital by Mrs. Ella L Hodges pupils at United Brethren Church auditorium. Spring Glow operetta presented at Stephens City High School by Irs Julian D Steele pupils. Robert Y Conrad Post American Legion luncheon at George Washington Hotel. Lions Club luncheon weekly at George Washington Hotel. United Brethren Young People Choir practice. Winchester Lodge Elks meet. Grace Lutheran and United Brethren adult choirs practice.
Winchester and Clarke Garden Club met at Mrs. Victor Arthur’s home with many members present. Mrs. Melvin Green and Mrs. William P. Massey reviewed the Garden Club of Virginia’s Orkney Springs meeting and the Japan laurel gift discussion led by Mrs. Massey. Delphinium was featured. a blue delphinium stalk from Mrs. Dudley Snapp of Stephens City was shown. Next meeting is in July with Mrs. Louis L. Baker.
Stephens City residents Mr and Mrs Jacob Atwell Parker marked their fifty seventh wedding anniversary. Parker served as deputy sheriff and constable in Frederick County. Mrs Parker, formerly Mary Stickley of Shenandoah County, has two daughters, nine grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Also announced Grace Lutheran Church Bible School opens Monday June 24 for ten days from 9 to 11 with Rev Dr Luther A Thomas leading a team of teachers.
Bruce Warren a Hollywood actor his wife and daughter stayed overnight in Winchester during a regional tour. Warren a native Texan has appeared in numerous pictures and is a familiar face in film.
An old time blackface minstrel program directed by Kath leen Haymaker and Lola Brumback will be performed at 8 p m tomorrow in the Armel school house to benefit the Young People s League of the local church. Leslie Golliday will provide piano accompaniments and a stringed orchestra will play during intermissions. The committee says the neighborhood talent should make this a local stage triumph. Mrs George Bentley leaves for Hampton Va after a week as guest of Mrs Joseph A Massie.
Announcement of the marriage between Miss Arbutus Heishman of Wardensville West Virginia and Mr James T. Wiggins of Washington DC took place Sunday evening June 16 at the Wardensville Lutheran Church parsonage. The Rev L B Williamson performed the ceremony. They will reside in Washington.
Bruno Richard Hauptmann's attorneys pressed for a new trial in New Jersey's Court of Errors and Appeals. The defense argued unfair trial procedures and possible prejudice while the high court heard the plea behind locked doors.
The defense argues the state used varying theories on Lindbergh baby death and that Wilentz's summation was inflammatory. It contends the trial should have been in Mercer County and that key testimonies and courtroom conduct violated Hauptmann's rights. The state counters with strong evidence of guilt and a proper, temperate summation.
An afternoon session devoted to arguing manifest errors and the blanket claim that the conviction contradicted the weight of the evidence. Attorney General David T. Wilentz led the defense of the conviction as his team marshalled points over six weeks of trial.
Baltimore cattle and hog markets show slow trading with prices mostly steady to lower. Slaughter cattle 6.00 to 10.25, cows 3.00 to 6.75, hogs 8.55 to 10.45, sheep and lambs 6.00 to 9.00 for spring lambs. Philadelphia poultry and eggs list varied prices, with dressed fowls 17 to 21 cents and eggs at 25 to 26 cents per dozen.
New York June 20 prices fell as traders weighed the president’s share‑the‑wealth tax program with a later partial recovery. Grains cotton and most commodities followed equities lower while bonds were irregular. Closing quotes include Allied Chemical 150 American Can 136 3 4 American Smelters 41 1 2 General Electric 26 General Motors 31 1 4 U S Steel 32 1 2 Union Pacific 103 1 2 Woolworth 63 1 4.
Closing grain prices show wheat futures at 80 7/8 to 83 3/8, corn around 81 7/8 to 82, oats 33 1/8 to 34 3/4, rye 46 1/8 to 50 5/8, barley 42 to 44, with July and Sept positions noted. Cash wheat quotes in Chicago include No. 2 red 82 3/4, No. 3 red 80 3/4, No. 2 mixed 84, corn No. 1 yellow 87, No. 2 yellow 86 3/4. Baltimore bid on wheat at 83 and corn at 90 cents. Winchester markets list wheat at 80 cents and yellow corn at 90 cents per bushel.
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