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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1935
Page
8
The Front Royal Remount Depot hosts a June 8 show at the Remount Station near Front Royal. Nine breeding classes cover half bred and thoroughbred horses, brood mares, yearlings, two-year-olds, stallions three and up, and cavalry remounts. Additional classes include beginner riders, hunter prospects, four-year-olds and up, and an old soldier class for horses over 15.
Front Royal reports plans for the annual ascension service of Winchester Commandery No 12 in the Front Royal Baptist Church. The June 2 service at 3 30 oclock will be conducted by Rev Paul D Bowden of Warrenton Episcopal Church. Knights Templar from the commandery will attend in dress uniforms.
County agent David M. Cloyd announced three meetings this week in Warren County to explain the wheat adjustment program and lead a general discussion. Reliance hosts the first on Wednesday at 8 p.m., Limeton follows Thursday at the same hour, and Saturday features a county courthouse gathering likely with an out of town speaker.
The Ford Motor Company building on Manor Avenue in Front Royal is being moved today after being purchased by Clark Cullers. It will be transported to Blackbottom along Manor and Boundary Avenues, drawing much community attention.
Funeral services for G. Edgar Jones a former Front Royal resident who died in Washington D C will be conducted by Rev R B Claget at Prospert Hill Cemetery. The body is due to arrive on the Southern train around noon tomorrow. He is survived by his widow and a daughter Miss Alice Jones of Washington D C.
Mrs. W. E. Carson and daughter Miss Virginia Carson plan a trip to Washington D C. State Police Officer Turner Ashby Slaughter returns from Virginia Beach traineeship. Judge T R Shepherd of Huntington W Va visits Rockland with brother C Norman Shepherd. Miss Marian Martin and Miss Louise Martin graduate Mary Baldwin College.
In Front Royal Vic Fox was fined $5 plus $7.50 costs for drunkenness and Trial Justice Walter G. Olmstead presided. Henry Fox also paid $5 and $7.50 costs for drunkenness. George Athey of the county was fined $5 and $4.25 costs for improper dog tags.
The Argentine Naval training frigate Presidente Sarmiento, making its first Washington visit since 1910, docked at the Navy Yard. Captain Alberto Tessaire was greeted officially by Lt. Commander Perry, aide to Rear Admiral Joseph Defrees, Navy Yard commandant.
Barbara Hutton and Count Haugwitz-Reventlow arrived in New York and staged a brief drama about their future. They will live in America with a stay at her father Franklyn Hutton's Fifth Avenue home until May 29 before boarding the Bremen for a summer abroad and return to the United States in the fall.
President Roosevelt signed a resolution creating a commission to build a memorial highway linking the Lincoln Memorial with Gettysburg Battlefield. Senator Tydings called it good news and urged the boulevard be designed to look impressive when finished.
The Maid of Orleans inspired by a vision rallied France to support Charles VII and won at Orleans. She was captured and burned as a sorceress by an English court on May 30, 1431. France honored her with a 1929 stamp marking the Orleans victory.
Francis W. H. Adams, age 30, succeeds Martin Conboy as U S district attorney for New York City. Adams is shown at his desk in New York after taking office, with Conboy resigning from the post where he had served as chief assistant.
Linwood T. Miller sailmaker for the second Byrd Antarctic expedition denies statements from a May 15 interview published by the Newport News Daily Press. He argues the interview was not solicited and that he did not intend negative remarks about Admiral Byrd or the expedition.
Madrid reports 21 year old Juan Ignacio Pombo flies the Santander toward Natal Brazil aiming for Mexico City with a childhood sweetheart awaiting him. He departed Bathurst Gambia West Africa at 1 18 am GMT radioed weather favorable and expects about 1800 miles in 15 hours. If needed he could land on Fernando Noronha 250 miles from Natal.
Floodwaters from a breached levee forced residents from Austin, Waller, Fort Bend and Brazoria counties in Texas to flee before flood stage. Oklahoma City authorities, Red Cross and National Guard, with Fort Sill support, arrange rapid evacuation as Canadian River floodwaters advance toward Taylor School for Boys.
Nanking China May 21 United States Minister to China Nelson T Johnson said the foreign office instructed the Kwan tung Provincial Government to attempt a rescue of Father Harold Bush American missionary from Medford Massachusetts who is believed held by bandits.
The Church of Christ hosts nightly revival services led by Rev. George Earle Owen through Sunday June 2. Themed What It Means To Be A Christian the sermons cover The Meaning of Faith and The Meaning of Repentance with a baptismal service after tomorrow night’s talk. A story period for children runs each evening led by Melvin Miller directing the song service. Attendance is reported as satisfactory.
Justice Jesse C. Adkins of the District of Columbia Supreme Court ruled today that both building trades departments of the American Federation of Labor were illegally constituted at present. Since January 1 each department has claimed it was the legal department.
Arno B. Camerer of the National Park Service lauds Virginia’s six state parks plan as a magnificent job. Gov. Peery and the State Conservation Commission tour Skyline Drive to Douthat State Park in Alleghany and Bath counties after naming Seashore Park at Cape Henry and Westmoreland State Park. The inspection focuses on inland mountain parks as the next step.
Richmond May 21 John Galleher newly appointed head of Federal Relief in Virginia opened his offices with Mrs Anne Wallace as secretary Leigh Stevens of Roanoke, backed by Representative Clifton A Woodrum, may be named Galleher’s assistant if workload increases.
May 21 Hagerstown Md indications point to a record crowd for the ten day racing meet at the fair grounds. Fine weather with sun after last night's showers improved track conditions. A K Coffman president of the association said plans are complete. About 200 horses on the grounds with more stables arriving during the week.
The Virginia Federation of Labor reelected J. B. Rapp as president and supported the administration slate. State Labor and Industry Commissioner John Hopkins Hall would urge the federation to protest Washington's new works program wage scale, expressing astonishment Virginia was grouped with far southern states rather than Middle Atlantic states.
Johnny Hannon of Norris town Pennsylvania was killed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway while practicing for the 500 mile race. A riding mechanic suffered serious head injuries when the car hit the wall at the northeast turn. The car, owned by Leon Duray, had not yet qualified for the May 30 race.
Sheriff H. L. McCann and State Policeman R. E. Bayliss testified in Martinsburg W Va at a Berkeley county grand jury hearing. They presented evidence in cases charging George Gordon Joe Butler and John Wood with stealing beans from Lan Shiley near Inwood.
Anthropometric notes cite the Sara tribe of Upper Nile in north Africa as males reach 71.02 inches and females 66.2 inches. The tallest peoples appear across diverse areas including Scotland Montenegro Rajputana Sumatra Marquesas Patagonia and various African groups.
Charles W. Braithwaite, 67, of Inwood West Virginia, died Sunday in a Martinsburg hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was born in Frederick County Virginia November 29 1867 and spent years in Connellsville Pennsylvania before moving to Inwood. He left a widow previously Mae Snair who died in a paraffin accident. Surviving are two sisters Mrs Martha Lee Martin Martinsburg and Mrs E H Heffner Washington. Funeral held at Martinsburg home with pastors from St John s Lutheran and Winchester Avenue Christian Church. Interment in Gearardstown Berkeley County.
The report describes Hitler’s expected Reichstag address with plans for a separate army and navy ministry, wide dissemination, and a public listening campaign. It notes consultations with Ribbentrop Blomberg Goering Neurath and a cabinet session to seek approval for the March conscription law alongside references to Hindenburg’s 1934 tribute.
A Philadelphia 1786 penitentiary influenced by the Friends of Pennsylvania and the spread of solitary confinement and silence in New York Sing Sing and Auburn. The nation adopted humane disciplining as the prison system evolved.
President Glenn Frank defended free speech at the University of Wisconsin as four football players led an anti liberal demonstration. During a Monroe Sweetland speech they seized him and ducked him in Lake Mendota, Madison, amid the protest.
In St Annes England May 21 William Lawson Little Jr of San Francisco the defending champion eliminated Eric Martin Smith a former titleholder in the second round of the British amateur golf championship Little won 4 and 3 He was one of four Americans to survive to day two while four other US entrants were eliminated
The body of Mrs. Bessie Parker, 47, who died yesterday in Washington, will arrive tomorrow noon at Strasburg and be taken to Middletown for funeral services at 2 oclock from Grace M E Church South. Rev. W. P. Saunders will officiate. Interment follows in Mount Carmel Cemetery beside her husband. Mrs. Parker lived in Middletown until five years ago when she moved to Washington with her two children.
May 21 closing grain prices show Wheat at 89 3 4 for May and 93 1 8 for Dec. Corn May at 88 1 8, July 81 1 4, Sept 75 1 4 to 3 8. Oats May 44 1 2, July 36 3 4 to 7 8. Rye May 51 1 4, July 51 3 4, Sept 53. Barley May 52, July 52, Sept 52. Lard May 13 52, July 13 75, Sept 13 70. Bellies May 16 90, July 16 85. Baltimore Wheat No 2 spot 94 1 2. Winchester Wheat 93 cents, White corn 95 cents per bushel, Yellow corn 90 cents per bushel.
Hershel Jones found guilty of being drunk and disorderly by Trial Justice A. J. Tavenner and fined $10 plus costs. Floyd Newlin convicted of stealing $10.30 cash from J. B. Singhass in Opeq uon. to receive a suspended jail sentence and parole due to youth.
The record notes that there is no monument to Conqueror Unhonored Cortez in Mexico while Cuauhte moc, a vanquished native hero, is commemorated with many monuments, illustrating a contrast in national memory.
Traders noted buoyant issues in a few sectors while grains and cotton lagged. Closing quotes show Allied Chemical at 149 1-2, American Can 127 1-2, General Electric 25 1-8, U S Steel 34 5-8, with call money at 1/4 percent and currencies little changed.
Live poultry and butter prices steady in Philadelphia markets. Slaughter steers 6.50 to 11.75, heifers 4.75 to 10.00, cows 3.50 to 8.00, bulls 4.50 to 8.00. Hogs rise with 140 to 200 lb at 9.15 to 10.50, 200 to 250 lb at 9.25 to 10.70, 250 to 350 lb at 8.75 to 9.65. Pigs 8.50 to 10.30, packing sows 6.40 to 8.85. Sheep and lambs steady. spring lambs 6.00 to 10.25, sodown lambs 6.00 to 8.50, ewes 2.00. Eggs 7,744, irregular on extras, steady on other grades.
The Star lists local wholesale and retail market prices for flour bags and feed items, with patent brand and mixed feeds, corn meal, egg mash, and dairy products. It includes quantities in 98, 48, 24, and 12 pound bags and per hundred weights, alongside butter prices and cattle notes.
The Ginkgo tree is claimed native to China yet has not been observed growing wild in Europe or America. Fossil remains on multiple continents suggest a once broad range despite its uncertain native status.
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