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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1935

Page

6

All Stars Plan To Win Another Grudge Victory

All Stars prepare for a second clash after a 5 to 0 win over Lefty Jewett and Winchester Park Association. They next face St Mary Celtics in Alexandrians debut here, with Paramount Cabbies of Hagerstown also looming as a revenge match. Bob Cassell starts Saturday, aiming to add to his five hit shutout, while Boerner and Cassell limit hits and runs. Bennie Huffman returns to bolster the lineup despite earlier weather and crowd challenges.

Front Royal All-Stars Lefty Jewett Winchester Park ‘Association St. Mary Celtics Alexandrians Kidwell Yates Celtics Paramount Cabbies Hagerstown Hagueratown Boys Maryland Bennie Huffman

Front Royal Social and Personal News Highlights May 8

Mr George L Wallihan travels to Kansas City and Portsmouth. Randolph-Macon Academy Yellow Jackets host Fishburne Military Academy. Warren County high school team plays Woodstock. Baptist Youth Training School runs May 13 to 17 with Rev W Emory Trainham speaking Europe and the Gospel. State Police Officer Turner Slaughter to attend Camp Peery. neighboring towns to cover patrol. Visits by Mrs Cora Wills and Dr Walter Kilby with Kilby party. Local visitors include Mr Harry Copenhaver. Funeral attendees for Mrs Ida Johnson from Ashville Maryland and Washington DC.

Randolph-Macon Academy Yellow Jackets Fishburne Military Academy Warren County High School Woodstock Baptist Young Peoples W. Emory Trainham Front Royal Baptist Church Europe England Germany France Italy Palestine

Local Citizens Back New Road To Valley Pike

Front Royal residents rally for a new highway from the Valley Pike at Belle Grove along the Ridge road through Pine Hills to State Highway No. 3 at Guard Hill north of Riverton. A G Leake spoke on benefits while Senator Aubrey G Weaver pledged support and planning groups were named to organize a meeting with officials and civic bodies.

Front Royal Warren Press Royal Retail Merchants Association Belle Grove Pine Hills Warren County Winchester Guard Hill Riverton A. G. Leake Aubrey G. Weaver J. Frank Forsyth, Jr George N Buck Board of Supervisors State Highway Department School Board The Chamber of Commerce

Dances Set by Front Royal All Stars and Parkway Orchestra

Front Royal hosts the second dance in a series at Updyke's Hall this Thursday. The Parkway Orchestra under Jimmy Doman again supplies music after a successful first event that drew many requests for another concert.

Front Royal Front Royal All- Stars Parkway Orchestra Updyke Jimmy Doman

Circuit Court Docket Is Set

FRONT ROYAL May 8 The following cases have been set for trial in this term of the Circuit court of Warren county May 11 W E ile vs James and Johns May 21 Fontaine Beatty administratrix vs H H Sherman May 24 Etta M Russell vs H H Sherman July 1 James B Pitcher vs A G Leake July 2 George Alexander vs Southern Railway July 3 E Y Swanson vs R A Miller

Front Royal Circuit Court of Warren County W. E. Ile James and Johns Fontaine Beatty Administratrix H. H. Sherman Etta M. Russell James B. Pitcher A. G. Leake George Alexander Southern Railway E. Y. Swanson R. A. Miller

Funeral services for Mrs Ida B Johnson Front Royal

Funeral services for Mrs Ida B Johnson were held at 3 PM at the Front Royal Methodist Church conducted by Rev R B Clagett with interment in Prospect Hill cemetery. Pallbearers were John Corder Roy F Collins Wilbur Trout George Wilkinson C C Proctor and Bert Gilkey.

Johnson Front Royal Ida B. Johnson Front Royal Methodist Church R. B. Clagett Prospect Hill Cemetery John Corder Roy F. Collins Wilbur Trout George Wilkinson C. C. Proctor Bert Gilkey

Band to Present Concert May 14 at Warren County High

Warren County high school band directed by Capt. G C Dean of Randolph Macon Academy will give its first public concert in the high school auditorium Thursday May 14 at 8 15 o clock. The program includes marches overtures waltz a tone poem quintets duets quartets and a novelette with names of participating musicians and the drum major. No admission charged with a silver offering collected.

Front Royal Warren County High School G. C. Dean Randolph-Macon Academy America Charles Elaine Greenwalt Old Virginia B. Ney Scheuer Richard Ferrell George Duncan Frederick Bell Selman Scheuer Margaretta Burke Janie Williams Gladys McFall Juanita Godfrey Boyd Raymond Maddoc, Jr Otis Kibler Robert McCarty Selma Scheuer Durston McIntosh Richard Farrell Harold Smith Raymond Maddox, Jr Christine Curl Eldon Brumback Margretta Burke Charles Greenwalt Mary Russell Fritts Aubrey Johns Thomas Owen Elmer King

Director General thanks Apple Blossom helpers for teamwork

Director General F A Read Jr expressed gratitude for cooperation from all committees and members who worked hard to make the Apple Blossom Festival a success. He thanked chairmen and participants for their wholehearted support despite trying weather and ongoing preparation challenges.

F. A. Read, Jr Mr. Read Unsur Beier

Robbery at Hyatt Home on Gray Avenue

Approximately $60 in cash was stolen from the residence of William Hyatt on Gray Avenue Sunday night while occupants were in Martinsburg West Virginia. Entry was gained through a window reached by a ladder. An investigation is ongoing.

William Hyatt Gray Avenue Martinsburg W. Va

Spilman Addresses Front Royal Lions on Chamber Efforts

Louis Spilman editor of the Waynesboro News Virginian spoke to the Front Royal Lions Club about state and local Chamber of Commerce activity. He noted tourism expenditures exceed 75 million dollars annually and explained advertising helps attract visitors. A bronze lion was presented to the club, and the directors set a meeting for Friday at J. Frank Forsyth Jr.’s home.

Front Royal Front Royal Lions Club Royal Club Inn Louis Spilman Waynesboro News Virginian Spilman Chamber of Commerce Percy L. Rogers William E. Carson J. Frank Forsyth, Jr

Rev Geo Owen Takes New Duties in Winchester Church

Rev. Geo Owen assumes duties in Winchester on May 5 as pastor of the local church. He has led Tazewell churches and chaired the Tazewell district of the Churches of Christ, plus Red Cross and welfare work. He is a noted speaker on peace and youth programs and serves as national chaplain of Alpha Kappa Pi. Plans include a young people's choir, a fellowship supper, and Mother’s Day services with designated honors for mothers.

W. L. Dudley Tion Virginia Tazewell Churches of Christ Tazewell County Red Cross Red Cross Welfare Board Alpha Kappa Pi Fraternity America Mr. Owen Winchester Melvin Miller Tazewell County, Va Church of Christ In

Festival Bills Are Requested At George Washington Hotel

Citizens with bills against the Apple Blossom Festival are urged to present them at the George Washington Hotel headquarters. The committee seeks to settle accounts promptly.

George Washington Hotel

Court Overrules Non-Suit Motion in Affections Suit

Mecklenburg Superior Court Judge W F Harding overruled a defense motion for non-suit and ordered a jury decision in the $250000 alienation of affections suit. Plaintiff F Brandon Smith Jr sues J F Gannon Concord millionaire and ex father in law.

Charlotte N. C W. F. Harding Mecklenburg Superior Court F. Brandon Smith, Jr J. F. Gannon Concord

Veteran Acquitted in Wife Slaying in Greenville

Sylvester P. Darden, a World War veteran, was acquitted by a Greenville jury of killing his wife with a shotgun. He had claimed his young sleepwalking son caused the shooting.

Greenville Texas Sylvester P. Darden

Stephens City Bows 20 to 6 to Marshall High

Stephens City high school baseball suffered a 20 to 6 defeat at Marshall High on their field. Frederick County scorers exploded for 14 runs in one inning before Stephens City steadied but could not recover.

Stephens City Marshall High School Frederick County

Congress Set to Do Nothing Over 5-4 Supreme Court Rulings

Washington May 8 Congress shows reluctance to curb 5 to 4 Supreme Court decisions. A Senate judiciary committee member warned that any effort to abolish such majorities could be ruled unconstitutional by the court, prompting little legislative action.

Washington Supreme Court Congress Senate Judiciary Committee

George II Ready to Return if Greeks Demand Him

Paris dispatches quote former King George II of Greece saying he would return to the throne if the Greek people clearly summon him. He notes his abstention from politics since leaving Greece in 1923 and cites a constitutional liberal foundation for his dynasty.

Paris George II Greece London Excelsior Founda Vg Aneran

Anti-Catholic Sentiment Flares in Freiburg Germany

In Freiburg area protestors met in Oberschopfheim to demand the church be freed of political agitators. The rally drew Hitler Youth, storm troopers and Schutzstaffel guards while seven Catholic youths of Deutsch Jugendkraft were linked to derogatory remarks about the Hitler Youth.

Freiburg Germany Oberschopfheim Hitler Youth Organization Deutsch Jugendkraft Hitler Youth Storm Troopers Schutzstaffel

Roanoke Girl Fatally Hurt In A Collision

BRISTOL Virginia May 8 Miss Lola Gibbons Kavanaugh twenty of Roanoke died from injuries after a car carrying her and three friends crashed with another vehicle at a street intersection. The group returning from a bridge party were visiting her sister in Bristol and four King College students were injured.

Bristol Lola Gibbons Kavanaugh Roanoke Kavanaugh King College

Dionnes Renew Their Request For Famous Sisters

Dionne parents Oliva and Anselme renew their bid to adopt their quintuplet daughters during adopt a child week. They sent a formal request to Ontario public welfare minister David A. Croll, citing their qualifications and the minister's prior remarks.

Callander Croll

Electricity Guards Books in Vatican Library Air Systems

To preserve ancient manuscripts in the Vatican library, two electrical air conditioning devices are used. One dries the air in summer and the other moistens it in winter.

Vatican

Navy's Monster U Boats Move West in Pacific Maneuvers

The United States fleet conducts North Pacific maneuvers with V type giant submarines division 12 part of 153 warships. The U boats are described as the most powerful submarine division in the world as they glide between the Pacific coast and the Hawaiian Islands.

U.S Pacific United States Pacific Coast Hawaiian Islands

Man Sought For Quizzing Is Dead In Garage

Chicago May 8 Francis X Baumann 37 shoe merchant and Glencoe native found dead in his garage by policemen who questioned him in the Hubacek case Hubacek 45 was run down by a street car after confronting a motorist accused of annoying women Baumann’s license number linked to the car involved in Hubacek’s death

Chicago Francis X. Baumann Glencoe Joseph Hubacek Baumann Hubacek

Evergreens Pruning Guide For Bushier, Neater Hedges

Central Press gardening advice explains pruning evergreen trees to maintain symmetry and prevent lower-branch loss. It recommends shearing for hedges and clipping for arborvitae junipers and pines, with spring pruning to boost overall bushiness and discourage weed growth under young evergreens.

Central Press Garden

Eleven Indicted in Loudoun Rum Racket Case

Leesburg Virginia May 8 federal grand jury in Norfolk returned eleven indictments charging conspiracy to defraud liquor levies in Loudoun county as part of a broader probe linked to the slaying of Alexandria police Corporal C J McCleary and an attacked federal agent. Defendants include Tom Quesenberry and L Clark Hoge along with Raymond Jewell Posey Phillips Robert W Edmonson Abraham C Phillips James Monroe Gray Clifton Charles Jewell Shelby Cole and Harry Adams. Franklin county cases previously tied to the probe continued in Roanoke where prosecutors cross questioned former liquor runners.

Leesburg Franklin County Loudoun County Norfolk Alexandria C. J. McCleary Tom Quesenberry Quesenberry L. Clark Hoge Here Harding Graham T. Legge Hoge Raymond Jewell Posey Phillips Robert W. Edmonson Abraham C. Phillips James Monroe Gray Clifton Charles Jewell Shelby Cole Harry Adams Roanoke

42 Planes Of Navy May Make Massed Flight

A planned mass flight of 42 planes from Honolulu to Midway Island is reported as part of United States fleet maneuvers in the Pacific. Navy officials would not confirm the report and said they had no communication with the fleet since it left San Francisco.

Washington Honolulu Midway Island United States Pacific Navy Department San Francisco

Susquehanna River Stages Near Conowingo Dam

At Conowingo Maryland on May 8 the Susquehanna River stood at a high stage but not threatening Harrisburg and no large change in its volume was observed at the foot of the Conowingo dam.

Conowingo, Md Harrisburg Conowingo Dam

Convention reactions mix as Long praised in Des Moines

Milo Reno head of the National Farmers Holiday Association welcomed Senator Huey Long to the national convention in Des Moines. He condemned Rev. Charles E. Coughlin for not attending and attacked Henry A. Wallace and the AAA as deceitful and coercive in a fiery critique.

Milo Reno National Farmers Holiday Association Huey Long Association Des Moines Charles E. Coughlin Reno Henry A. Wallace Lord Corn AAA

Livestock and Produce Markets Across Philadelphia and Baltimore

Baltimore market reports show cattle steady with slaughter steers 6.50 to 11.75, hogs 125, steady with several weight ranges from 140 to 350 pounds priced 7.85 to 9.70, and sheep and lambs at 50, steady. Philadelphia notes live poultry prices for Plymouth Rock and Leghorn layers, dressed poultry, butter, and U S Department of Agriculture price ranges for eggs and whites over several grades.

Baltimore Philadelphia Plymouth Rock U. S

Market Closes Mixed as Stocks Reach New Highs

New York trading shows leaders hitting 1935 highs while wheat and cotton gain modestly. Government bonds steady, foreign exchange quiet with the pound at 4.83 and franc near 6.59 cents. Key closing figures include Allied Chemical 146, General Electric 244, General Motors 311 8, U S Steel 3256, Woolworth 60, and Penn Railroad 20.

Stock Exchange Allied Chemical American Can American Smelters American Tel. & Tel Atch., Topeka Bethlehem Steel Chrysler Consol N. Y General Electric General Motors Goodyear Int. Harvester Johns Manville Montgomery Ward N. Y. Central Penn. Railroad Oil of N. J Union Pacific U. S, Steel Woolworth

Local Markets Update Notice

Local markets are printed daily and the Star disclaims responsibility for typographical errors. The brief notes market quotes and items reflect typical listings and standard prices.

The Star

Local Wholesale Market Prices and Feeds List

A dense price list from a local wholesale market shows patent and mixed feeds with per 100 or per barrel rates, including 98 lb and 48 lb bag options, plus prices for corn meal, egg mash, dairy feeds, and livestock categories such as cattle, sheep, hogs, and wool. Several garbled terms remain unreadable, but the core pricing and product groups cover feeds, meats, and dairy items.

Agricultural commodity prices and bag sizes list

A dense OCR list shows various bag weights and prices for feed grains and related products. Entries include 98 pound bags at 7.25 per barrel, 24 and 12 pound bags at 6.95 and 7.15 respectively, and shelled corn cracked corn and meal with prices. Also noted are creamery butter and country butter prices.

Poupeed Wu

Grain quotations and cash prices across markets

Chicago and Baltimore grain reports show May closing bids for wheat around 95 to 96 cents and corn near 89 to 91 cents, with rye and barley also listed. Cash grain in Chicago lists No 1 dark hard wheat and No 2 yellow corn at visible prices. Winchester market notes various wheat and corn prices per bushel and per barrel.

Chicago Oan Baltimore Winchester

Also Mentioned on This Page

Bureau Winchester Evening Star Richard K. Eddy Telephone Front Royal 213 Jewett George L. Wallihan Kansas City Portsmouth Turner A. Slaughter Camp Peery Virginia State Police Cora Wills Richmond R. G. Clagett Walter L. Kilby University Hospital Messrs Lucio and Earle Kilby Rappahannock Harry Copenhaver Ida Johnson Truman Johnson Taylor Amiss Sidney Fox Marie Fox Ashville Conrad Hohring Joe Johnson Washington, D. C Valley Pike KR Tira Hyatt Home Lions Club Waynesboro Ray Jones Grover Hillidge George Buck E. C. Rogers Appomattox, Va Rev. Geo. Owen Church of Christ George George Earl Owen Dionnes Navy By Dean Halliday Bronson M. Cutting New Mexico Senate Loudoun Co Susquehanna New York Kasco Savalaves Aces Sceeecaers Cad Oaeae
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