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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 13, 1935

Page

6

Baptists Hold Mid-Year Meet in Front Royal

The Shenandoah Baptist Association held its mid-year meeting at First Baptist Church in Front Royal with morning and afternoon sessions. Topics included The Organized Church, The Meaning of Church Membership, and Is the B Y P U an Asset or a Liability with speakers Rev. J A Brown Rev C V Van Der Linden Rev E M Ramsey and others. A sermon by Rev E M Vaughan closed the morning session and a luncheon followed.

Ront Royal Shenandoah Baptist Association First Baptist Church Front Royal J. A. Brown Martinsburg W. Va Winchseter J. W. Brown Church Missionary Society E. T. Clark Baptist Woman's Missionary Union W. Emory Trainhamm E. M. Vaughan Shenandoah C After Goodwin Frazier T. A. Hawthorne Winchester A. L. Parker Berryville

Builders Busy in Front Royal Remodeling and Additions

Front Royal shows active construction with Haberdashers expanding floor space and display room. The Front Royal Motor Company converts a former grocery area into a display room with concrete floor and plate glass. B J Sager begins a Chester street warehouse and workshop for garage and storage use.

Front Royal Habe Front Royal Motor Company Chester Street B. J. Sager Haberdashers Happy” Maddox Tom Kerns Royal Motors Buttsfield

Lions Club Considers Minstrel Show Proposal

The Front Royal Lions Club met at the Royal Club Inn with 25 members. A committee was appointed to study a minstrel show plan and report next meeting. Reports from all committees were heard. Guests included Frank Forsyth IJ, H. K. Kerfoot, Merle Tracy of Tennessee.

Front Royal Front Royal Lions Club Royal Club Inn Messrs Frank Forsyth H. K. Kerfoot Merle Tracy Tennessee

Fire crews quell chimney blaze at William Fox residence

Relief Fire Department of Front Royal answered an alarm at about 7 30 this morning. The chimney fire at William Fox's Central City home was quickly extinguished with no serious damage reported.

Front Royal William Fox Central City

Warren County High to face Falcon Club in final game

Front Royal March 13 Warren County High School boys and girls teams play their season finale against the Falcon Club of Toms Brook at 7 30 in the A M A gym. Local social notes report assorted visits and travel by residents and officials in Washington Richmond and nearby towns.

Front Royal Warren County High School Falcon Club Toms Brook

New Deal opposition grows after shifts in public sentiment

Observers note increasing anti New Deal sentiment in both parties as campaigns intensify and mail to Congress floods in. Huey Long's critique and share our wealth stance, plus World Court and prevailing wage debates, shape a more hopeful mood for critics ahead of the next presidential race.

Capitol Huey Long

Greek Rebellion Leaders Faces Possible Execution

Crowds fill Athens as Venizelos is reported retired from politics while 300 rebels await disloyalty penalties. General Kondylis returns aboard a Loyalist triumph and rumors of a monarchist restoration spread as images of King Constantine circulate.

Eleutherios Venizelos Rhodes Cassae Venizelos George Kondylis Tsaldaris Zito Constantine

City Faces Acute Need as Relief Appeals Continue

An ongoing appeal plans a single fall drive to fund city charitable work for a year. Daily reports describe poverty-stricken, unemployed families in urgent need of relief, stressing the expanding demand on local aid organizations.

Unclear Work Relief Program Awaiting Legislative Action

The report says the extent of the works program for the employable is not known and will not be known until action is taken on legislation in Washington. The description notes acute difficulty in obtaining work and relief pending federal decision.

Washingon

Still Hold Two In Gold Case

Scott L. Rush and Raymond A. Seltzer remain confined for investigation in a gold larceny case alongside Edward J. Rosenberg who was fined 500 dollars and sentenced to 12 months. Judge Donald Weems rejected a motion to dismiss against Seltzer. Rosenberg bonds at 2000 dollars, held for failure to provide surety, with a possible next court term pending grand jury action.

Scott L. Rush Raymond A. Seltzer Philadelphia Edward J. Rosenberg Seltzer Donald Weems Burr Harrison Rosenberg Corporation Court

Local Markets and Prices in Daily Wholesale Market

The Local Markets listing shows prices for flour short patent, patent brand, shelled and cracked corn, mixed feed, dairy feeds, egg mash, corn meal, middlings, and livestock. Prices are given per 98, 48, 24, and 12 pound bags and per hundredweight for certain items, with notes on butter and meats including lambs and hogs.

Star Kasco Woseekse I. Habeee

State Auditor's Report Details Shenandoah Park Funds Use

The Richmond audit reports 366 782 13 spent by the State Conservation Commission on Shenandoah Park promotion and park land acquisition. It notes 181 578 7 acres costing 1 847 244 63 and 31 797 01 in Hoover camp related costs. It cites unusual expenditures and donor sources including Rockefeller Jr Edison Ford and Ball Brothers.

Richmond L. McCarthy Downs Peery Virginia Conservation and Development Commission Byrd Auditor Downs Shenandoah National Park Hoover Camp Hoover Carson William E. Carson Riverton General Assembly John D. Rockefeller, Jr Henry Ford A. P. Staples Cape Henry Rapidan Commission Shenandoah Park Shenandoah National Park Fund State Department Commonwealth Club Chamberlin-Vanderbilt Old Point Colonial National Monument Area Yorktown State Park Conference National Park Bear Mountain Camp Rapidan Hoover Schol Hoovers A. C. Carson Commonwealth Thomas A. Edison Edsel Ford Went. Grant Ball Brothers Co Indiana Virginia Richmond Committee Shenandoah National Park Association, Inc Chapin Jones

Creamery and feed prices alongside trans-ocean navigation plans

A mixed item list shows prices for flour and feed products such as corn meal bran and egg mash, followed by a note on Pan American Airways plans for an aerial route between here and Manila. It mentions two test flights by the department’s mystery plane, one lasting four hours Monday night and another over three hours earlier today.

Pan-American Airways Here Manila

Mystery Plane Tests Flight Over Pacific for Honolulu Route

A Commerce Department air navigation test flight progressed near Oakland with Director Eugene Vidal stating the ultimate test may involve a Pacific flight to Honolulu. The department is evaluating flights over the ocean to advance navigation aids.

Oakland Calif Department of Commerce Eugene Vidal Department of Bureau of Air Commerce Honolulu Vidal Department Pacific Ocean

Modern and Classical Greek Language Evolution

The modern Greek language diverged from ancient Greek mainly through loanwords from Italian and Turkish, though not to an extent that created a mixed language. After 1830 the Greek kingdom spurred a language purification movement seeking closer alignment with ancient Greek idiom.

Delayed-Dormant Apple Spray Guidance and Insect Controls

Growers on the spray service list receive Circular 304 guidance for delayed-dormant spray to combat red mite scales and aphids in apples. The notice details target pests, recommended oil and cresylic acid combinations, timing windows, preparation steps, and cautions on cresylic acid grade and application timing.

West Virginia San Jose Panhandle Inwood

Baltimore Livestock And Produce Markets March 13

Cattle steady with slaughter steers 6.00 to 10.50 per cwt and heifers 5.25 to 8.50. Calves steady with weights 9.00 to 10.00 for good and choice heifers. Hogs 225 lower with truck hogs 25 cents under quotes. 140-250 lb ranges 9.35 to 10.10, pigs 7.80 to 9.45. Philadelphia dressed poultry 19 to 23 12, live poultry unchanged. eggs and butter prices listed by U S Dept. Agr.

Baltimore Philadelphia U. S

Future And Cash Wheat And Other Grain Quotations

Chicago March 13 Glosing grain prices Wheat May 93 3 4 to 7 8 July 89 5 8 to 3 4 Sept 89 5 8 to 34 Corn Mar 82 May 179 1 8 July 73 3 4 to 7 8 Sept 73 1 2 Oats May 47 1 8 to 1 4 July 40 7 8 to 41 Sept 39 1 8 Rye May 59 1 2 July 50 3 8 Sept 61 3 4 Barley May 67 July 65 Lard May 12 90 July 12 97 Sept 12 95 Bellies May 16 12 July 16 30 Chicago Cash Grain CHICAG March 13 Wheat no sales corn No 3 mixed 81 1 4 a 3 yellow 84 No 3 white 87 Baltimore Wheat BALTIMORE March 13 Wheat No 2 red winter garlicky spot domestic 95 1 2 March 95 1 2 Winchester Markets Wheat 93 cents bushel White corn 95 cents bushel 4 75 barrel Yellow corn 90 cents bushel 4 50 barrel All quotations based on deliveries at mill Other Wheat Markets Richmond No 2 red winter 1 Roanoke No 2 red winter 1 05 Lynchburg 1 05 Harrisonburg cents Quotations as of yesterday

Chicago Baltimore Winchester Richmond Roanoke Lynchburg Harrisonburg

Stock Market Closes Mixed Despite Squally Session

March 13 New York market report shows stocks holding mostly even as rail fears press and rails selloff weighs on bonds. Sugar and International Business Machines fall slightly after solid 1934 earnings. select issues list shows Allied Chemical 130 3 4, American Can 114, General Electric 21 1 2, U S Steel 29 1 2 among others.

New York Stock Exchange Allied Chemical American Can Ican Smelters Rican Tel. & Tel Atch., Topeka Bethlehem Steel Chrysler Consol Gas of N. Y Corn Products General Electric General Motors Goodyear Int. Harvester Johns Manville Montgomery Ward N. Y. Central Penu, Railroad Stand. Oil of N. J Union Pacific U. S. Steel Woolworth

Jefferson Wrote Declaration In One Night By Dawn

Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence in a single session started at night and completed by dawn. He used a self-made writing desk and quill, both preserved as historical artifacts. The account highlights his swift drafting pace and the lasting preservation of the desk.

Thomas Jefferson

Japanese fishermen train cormorants to haul fish

In Japan, fishermen train cormorants to dive and catch fish for their boats. The trained birds reportedly bring up to 100 fish per hour, delivering them to the crew.

Japan

Public Sale of Valuable Realty in Winchester and Frederick County

Special Commissioners announce a public auction under a February 26 1935 decree in A C Oates v Bailey et al. The sale on April 13 1935 at 11 a m in Winchester includes three parcels: No 126 West Leicester Street Winchester 60 acre Kernstown area land and 46 acre Shady Elm Road tract. Terms: one third cash day of sale then two equal annual installments with bonds and a deed of trust.

A. C. Oates Frank W. Bailey Circuit Court Frederick County County Court Winchester City of West Leicester Street Edna Brown Ateierson Corporation Clerk’s Office Middle Road Kernstown Alice Bailey William C. Marshall Shady Elm Road F. A. Shryock

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Warren County Bureau The Winchester Evening Star Richard K. Eddy Telephone Front Royal 213 Baptists Winchester Leaders Lions Club Mrs. Voilette Colins Washington, D. C Messrs. C. M. Venable L. C. Grannis Kings Daughters J. A. McCormick Manor Avenue W. A. Carron H. C. Coe Morrisville Fauquier County T. T. Jones Lieut Warren Whiteside U. S. Navy W. W. Whiteside Front Royal Remount Depot Royal Parent-Teachers Association Ays A. L. Harrison Thomas Johnston Ashland Aubrey G. Weaver Mr. Turner Slaughter Richmond, Va Velma Baggarly Mrs. C. N. Baggarly Browntown Long Beach Joseph Carson Mrs A. D. Cone Lombardy Apartments Margaret Hurst Town Frank Gibb, Jr Mattie H. Clapp Florida John Traister Lexington, Va Cleo Guy Virginia Young Mary Jeter Raymond Weiser Maple Shade State Conservation Commission W. E. Carson Mystery Plane Andyke’s Rosy Aphis Herbert S. Larrick James P. Reardon Wr Payttd W. Dmanmerry Ww. F. Shayock John M. Steck C. I. Brumback Audt A.C. Oe Als Ags Frank W Bailey I. C Co. C. Brannon
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