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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1934
Page
8
Reports say Insull refused to quit the steamer Maiotis and extradition actions, with Washington instructions prompting Turkey to seize him. A cabinet debate followed and a national council meeting was called as documents from the United States awaited ratification of an extradition treaty.
Discussion centers on freedom of the Bosporus and related international law under the Lausanne treaty. The piece notes a trader seeking fresh vegetables and supplies may have fallen into a trap, with scurvy fears cited as reason to halt for provisions. General Electric raises wages for hourly workers and staff under $2,600 yearly, affecting all hourly and lower paid salaried employees.
The article notes nearly a half million shares in wage raises anticipated across steel companies as labor negotiations continue. It mentions some firms may also include portions of their salaried employees, with further details expected from several employers.
A letter invited patrons to a free series of medical examinations for preschool and school children. Miss Nancy Vance of the State Board of Health will conduct visits at Stephens City High School Middletown High School Kernstown White Hall Bryarly Gore with all parents welcome regardless of prior responses. Health committees will assist. Schedule runs April 3 to 6 with morning sessions at 9 and afternon at 2 in select locations.
Joseph B. Eastman urges creation of a national board of adjustment to handle railroad wage disputes. He proposes five revisions to the Railway Labor Act and says enforcement power would extend to the courts. The plan follows his failed bid to resolve the current wage controversy and awaits President Roosevelt's return to Washington.
New York markets showed a slow rise in a brief session as activity concentrated in a few specialties. Leading issues edged higher while trading remained light, transfers totaled about 700000 shares, and bonds firmed with slightly mixed government securities. Sterling opened at 5.13 dollars.
The Star lists daily grain quotes supplied via Winchester Milling Corporation through Sticker Sales Corporation. Closing: Chicago May 87, July 86 34, Sept 87 44. Baltimore spot wheat 92. Winchester spot wheat 90.
Grace Lutheran Church will play chimes at 6 am tomorrow to celebrate Easter. Bennie Davis and Marshall Snapp will perform reading titles such as Welcome, Happy Morning and Christ, the Lord, Is Risen Today among others.
The State Teachers' College Farmville selects Grace Warren Rowell and Alice Frances Rowell as festival princesses marking the first twin representation. Louise Gildersleeve, daughter of Basil Gildersleeve, will represent Gunston Hall in Washington, D C.
Reeve Shreck 23 of Stephenson died yesterday at the State Colony near Lynchburg where he had been a patient for seven years. He is survived by his parents George and Mrs Shreck and five brothers and one sister. Funeral services were held at the State Colony with burial in the cemetery there.
The National Geographic Society planned to award its Hubbard gold medal to Mrs Charles A Lindbergh in Washington on March 31. Mr and Mrs Lindbergh and Mrs Dwight W Morrow Mrs Lindberghs mother were due to arrive for the ceremony. The medal honored her assistance to Lindbergh during the Europe flight last year.
Earl Bleecher, 45, father of six, died when a kerosene lamp he was reading toppled and caused a small blaze at his home in Lancaster. A passing boy alerted others as the rest of the family slept. firemen found Bleecher fatally burned.
Local Jewish community marks the eight day Passover starting at sunset yesterday. No rabbi led services here as observance occurs mainly in Hebrew homes, and it is not a business holiday.
A Baltimore branch meeting of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society will be held at 11 o clock Tuesday morning at Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Miss Ethel Wallace, a China missionary, and Miss Clementine Butler of Boston will speak. Luncheon follows at 12 30.
Hollywood presents five famous comedy teams with three in Paramounts Six of a Kind. Ruggles Boland join Burns Allen as frantic casts led by Leo McCarey. The film follows an auto trip across the country with hijinks in the Grand Canyon and Nevada including a sheriff, a hotel keeper, detectives, and bank robbery suspicions.
State's Attorney Stedman Prescott said he would not call another trial for Berry E. Clark former Montgomery county clerk on 97 embezzlement charges after a fourth jury failed to agree. The statement follows the fourth failed trial in Rockville Maryland.
Palace patrons will see a double Bob Steele program featuring Near the Trails End and King of the Saddle as The Mystery Squadron serial. Free Easter candy for every child accompanies Easter greetings from Herman Hable to Winchester and vicinity. Will Rogers stars in David Harum from Fox Film.
Warner Bros CAPITOL presents Mystery of Mr X a suspenseful thriller led by Robert Montgomery as Revel the gentleman thief. Elizabeth Allan Lewis Stone Henry Stephenson and others deliver strong performances as danger and intrigue unfold with a shadowy figure X revealed late in the story.
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