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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1935
Page
6
Roy al March 25 T F Fox of this place is held in connection with a fire Saturday midnight that destroyed the stables wood and coal house of Walter Durham on College Heights. Officers say the blaze was incendiary and Fox will have a hearing before Trial Justice Walter G Olmstead Friday afternoon at o clock. A shoat and cow were consumed as the buildings burned beyond control before Relief Fire Department could stop the flames.
Warren County High School girls basketball lost to Thomas Jefferson high school 18 to 7 in Richmond. The first half was close at 6 to 3, with Wanner out due to sickness and Burke stepping in.
Burke's filling station at Waterstreet and Mannassas Avenue was entered between 2 and 3 this morning. About $50 worth of cigarettes and candy were stolen after the south window was jimmed. Feagans saw the window raised an hour later but there have been no arrests yet as investigators pursue clues.
Funeral services were held today for Mrs. Martha Henry from the late home four miles southeast of Browntown. The Rev. R Moorman Parker of the Methodist Church South conducted the rites and interment followed in the family burial grounds.
Card expresses gratitude for assistance during Reese Hammock's long illness and convalescence. Thanks friends and neighbors for kindness, fruit, and cards, noting the consolation during anxious hours. Signed by his mother Phillie C. Hammock.
Front Royal and Warren County social notes list visitors and local gatherings. Names include Charles P. McVicar, John W. Bosley, T. Edmund Sutton, Alice Sowers, M. S. Canter, George N. Buck, L. B. Dutrow, William Dudley, C. W. Norcross, James King, Theresa Carroll, Lester Carroll, and many others with weekend trips to Baltimore Staunton Richmond Petersburg Harrisonburg and River Ton. Measles and flu affect residents. alums attend at Harrisonburg. church and club events noted.
Philip Dean known as Uncle Philip Dean a respected colored man of Happy Creek in this county died at home Saturday evening. He leaves six sons and four daughters. Funeral services conducted tomorrow afternoon from the late home by Rev Bannister of Millwood at 2 oclock with interment in Good Hope Cemetery Front Royal.
In Berlin, diplomats monitor the first sessions as Germany seeks a navy 30 percent the size of Britain and sanctions for conscription and a new air fleet. Hitler hints at eventual League of Nations reentry and 20 year nonaggression pacts. Police guard the British embassy and Adlon Hotel as crowds gather.
Paris officials monitor the Berlin conference between Hitler and British Foreign Secretary Eden while awaiting Pierre Laval to depart for Moscow on April 16 to discuss an eastern mutual aid pact. France anticipates the talks will shape alliance plans and troop deployments after mobilisation orders.
The House moved toward passage of three major naval measures to expand Pacific bases and supply officers and aviators for a growing fleet and air force. The administration backed effort aims to raise military strength within arms limits, with key actions expected midweek alongside war profiteering controls and a new air force bill.
In the United States District Court Western District of Virginia a bankruptcy proceeding for B Beverley Wright of Winchester is announced. The first meeting of creditors is set for April 10 1935 at 11 00 am at the Corporation Court house Winchester Virginia. Creditors may attend prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and transact other business. Dated March 22 1935 Harrisonburg Virginia Edward C Martz Referee in Bankruptcy.
In Bankruptcy No 1139 Gilbert Preston Renner of Hayfield Frederick is adjudged bankrupt. First meeting of creditors set for April 10 1935 at 11 00 a.m. at the Corporation Courthouse Winchester Virginia. Creditors may attend prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and transact other business.
A man on a log raft rescued after his cable boat capsized while four people, including his wife and daughter, drowned on the Greenbrier River near Lewisburg. Bodies recovered include Mrs. Queensberry and Robert Rutledge. others remain missing as floods force mass evacuations across West Virginia towns.
Bel Air Maryland reports the death of Edward Pendleton Harrison age 68 a longtime superintendent of construction for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad He was born in Martinsburg West Virginia son of Capt Peyton R Harrison a Confederate Army officer He studied at Shenandoah Valley Academy and William and Mary College served as a government surveyor for Indian reservations helped establish the Montana Wyoming boundary He is survived by two daughters and a son Funeral services will be held tomorrow.
Mr. Harrison of Martinsburg, brother of Peyton R. Harrison, married to Nannie H. Boyd of Winchester, and nephew of the late Major Robert W. Hunter of Winchester, died suddenly at home while preparing to attend church services. His wife, from the Webster family of Bel Air, died about a year ago. The family notes he was the last living member of their line.
Livestock and produce prices from Baltimore and Philadelphia on March 25 show cattle made up of steers and cows with varying grades and prices, hogs with top and weight-graded ranges, and steady sheep and lambs. Philadelphia eggs butter and poultry prices list multiple grades and weights with varied values.
Grain prices across futures and cash markets show wheat trading near 93 3 4 to 7 8 for July and 90 7 8 to 91 for Sept in futures. Corn ranges from 80 in March to 68 in Sept, oats from 43 3 8 to 36 5 8, rye up to 58 3 4, barley around 63 1 2, with lard and bellies quoted for May to Sept.Chicago cash grain lists wheat at 1.03 per bushel, No 2 red 95 1 2, corn No 2 yellow 114, No 2 white 87 3 4. Winchester market notes wheat at 2 cents, yellow corn 88 cents, white corn 93, with barrel prices 4.40 and 4.65. Regional quotations include Richmond No 2 red winter 1, Roanoke 105, Harrisonburg 94 cents. Quotations dated Saturday.
The local United States Army recruiting office announces enlistments including Lawrence A. Williams of Boyce Virginia Thomas H Snyder of Winchester R F D 1 James W Simms of Criglersville and James O Meadows of Syria Virginia.
The infantry unit is sent to Ft Slocum awaiting sail to Panama within a week or 80. No current vacancies for new men but a large intake is expected next month according to the office.
New York March 26 stock prices drifted lower as market leaders showed little strength. Cotton held steadier after Secretary Wallace announced continued loans on the 1935 crop, while wheat and corn fell. Foreign exchange fell on a Belgian belga slump, with the pound and franc modestly higher. 2 p m selected prices included Allied Chemical 129 3 8 and General Motors 27 17 8.
A historical reflection notes governments strive to realize social ideals and curb deviations from accepted civilized norms. It discusses the tension between aspirational rules and practical governance.
In Bankruptcy No 1142 Frances Westwood Gray Wright of Chester Frederick County Va was adjudicated bankrupt. The first meeting of creditors will be held at the Corporation Courthouse Winchester Virginia on April 10 1935 at 11 a m. Creditors may attend prove claims appoint a trustee if needed examine the bankrupt and transact other business. Referee in Bankruptcy.
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