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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1931
Page
8
Chicago cash grain quotes for wheat and corn with various grades. Richmond car and bag lot prices for corn and oats. Baltimore wheat quotes. New York poultry and eggs pricing. Washington produce butter eggs poultry figures. Philadelphia live and dressed poultry and butter ranges.
Livestock and poultry prices move across cities with Baltimore and Richmond showing steady to mixed shifts. Buyers eye Leghorn and colored hens while cattle and veal hold or slip. government bond listings close the report with Treasury notes priced in varied ranges.
Description notes marbles found in a hail storm vary in material with some appearing as hard opaque stones and others like frosted crystal. They are described as so hard they can cut glass and scratch knife steel.
In Oklahoma City a setting hen, angered by eggs found broken, nested in search of a new mothering role. She returned to the nest to discover two kittens placed there, taking on the role herself.
Los Angeles police seek a beautiful blonde woman believed linked to the murder of Herbert Spencer, editor of a vice exposing magazine, and politician Charles Crawford. Crawford died before naming his slayer, as investigators expect the killings to blow the lid on city vice.
Puzzling questions of military aviation are being answered by the spectacular formation work of the 672 army air corps planes beginning at Fairfield air depot Dayton O Left a pursuit group in formation over Fairfield right a night view of some of the planes at Wright field sister airs port The maneuvers lasting two weeks cover a large part of the eastern half of the United States.
Classified short ads announce apartments for rent at 411 North Loudoun Street and a heated unit at 20 Peyton Street with posting dates in late October. Listings note available units and street locations for prospective tenants.
Virgil Kirkland, on trial for the second time for the slaying of Arlene Draves of Gary Indiana, seeks comfort in his loyal mother and father as the case unfolds. At climax, the parents decide to testify to counter friends who are also charged in the girl's death. At his first trial Kirkland received life.
John C. Towner of Los Angeles submitted a Wedlock document for marriage to Theresa de Mitre. His father expressed the deepest sympathy for the bride in the accompanying letter.
A cryptic note written with lemon juice and intercepted at the State Penitentiary points to a coded threat or inquiry involving the warden, suggesting internal tensions and possible security concerns.
An operation in Salt Lake City thwarted a scheme to free 21 inmates. Authorities reported the thwarted plan involved coordination to breach confinement and release prisoners. No injuries were described and arrests were not detailed in the fragment.
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