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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1933
Page
6
Chicago trading floors saw a buying surge in wheat and related grains, lifting prices 1 to 1 1/4 cents as reports suggested the Roosevelt administration might amend the farm bill. Corn and oats followed wheat higher, with May corn reaching its best level since December.
Calves 116 head steady to weak with top dealers at 7.50. Sheep 16 steady with choice lambs at 7.00. Hogs 11 head slow and weaker, with choice 160 to 220 pound weights quoted around 4.75 to 5.00. Government bonds listed for Lib and Treas issues with varied prices and maturities.
Daily wholesale and retail market listings show cereals and feeds including shelled corn at 3.75 to 1.05 for middlings and screenings. Butter, creamery and country varieties noted with price lines. mixed feeds and cracked corn listed with varying quotes.
The body of Edward W. Willard 49 a well known Martinsburg baker who died Tuesday was buried yesterday in the cemetery by Pine Grove Church near DeHaven This county He was a native of Smithburg Md and had lived in Martinsburg 30 years Survived by widow eight children and several siblings including Mrs Budeke of Baltimore Mrs Hubbard of Indianapolis and brothers Benjamin and Harry Willard of Freeport Funeral services were held at the home of Rev Dr W A Wilt.
Miss Elsie Duncan will sing a solo with piano by Billy Barnes at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church Open Door Bible Class Sunday morning. She often performs for city Bible classes and is well received. The meeting begins at 9 45 with her song around 10 followed by Prof. R. Lee Stickel speaking on the lesson. All are invited.
M. G. Gormely of Washington was elected president of the American Railway Association at its Chicago convention. The meeting addressed the group’s stance on pending railway relief legislation before Congress.
A 90 passenger tractor trailer style Greyhound bus will visit our city within two weeks as part of a nationwide tour promoting the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. The vehicle, built for observation with open sides and a 150 HP motor, is 45 feet long and can turn in its own length. Atlantic Greyhound Lines sponsors the stop with plans to display the coach and show advance World’s Fair pictures.
Greyhound Lines and the World's Fair Commission report a $300000 bus transportation system for the Chicago World's Fair, featuring 60 observation coaches to handle up to 20000 passengers per hour over two routes, with 300 staff and a 338 acre plant including Northerly Island.
Members of Major Bagnold's South Libyan desert expedition discovered an ostrich on a nest containing 96 eggs, nearly five times the usual clutch. The find highlights unexpected wildlife abundance in the exploration area.
The text notes there are no nationwide holidays. It explains that many so called legal holidays are observed nationally only because individual states declare them as legal holidays.
Brief column collecting notes and anecdotes from public life with light items and social happenings. The piece offers compact glimpses of people, places, and events drawn from contemporary society in 1933.
The article notes stockings origin in northern Europe with knitting begun in Scotland around the 1500s and says Queen Elizabeth's court first wore silk stockings. It then cites a library inscription linking education to republican safety and argues democracy requires educating its people. It also contrasts kindly and unkindly people as a basic human difference.
Washington world column discusses farm relief and inflation vs deflation, noting inflation appeals to farmers. It contrasts industrialism and agriculture, mentions prohibition and Woodcock, explains conservator versus receiver, and cites Huddleston’s back to the land idea with a Rome reference.
Detroit holds half the capital stock in a new national tank venture backed by Generals Motor Corporation with Alfred P. Sloane Jr. heading the trost. Wall Street, not Henry Ford, is dominating banking policy as the U S government capably plans influence while voting rights remain with preferred stock. Professors discuss earthquakes and isostasy, and Roosevelts rising Street support shifts after Hoover era. Three big cities New York Chicago Cleveland hold mayoral contests with Democrats aiming to retain control amid intra party clashes.
Miss Frances Perkins, secretary of labor, in Washington outlines a plan to reorganize the federal employment service. She invites labor leaders to a conference on unemployment relief with William Green of the American Federation of Labor signaling attendance and criticism of her appointment.
A Naples crafted cello from 1745 by Janarius Gagliano was recently sold in London for 1250 dollars. The report notes historic figures and wood properties, including spruce strength in instrument ribs and references to Drake's circumnavigation earnings.
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