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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1935

Page

7

All-Stars Seek Weekend Wins Over Strong Opponents

Front Royal All-Stars, pleased but cautious after beating Silver Spring Giants and the N R A nine of Washington, meet Indian Head Athletic Club of Maryland on Saturday and the Bureau of Investigation Club of Washington on Sunday. The visitors feature Tennett, a former Albany International League standout.

Front Royal Silver Spring Giants Washington, D. C Front Royal All-Stars Indian Head Athletic Club Indian Head Maryland Bureau of Investigation Club Washington D. C Slick Saffel Tennett Albany N. Y

Flower Show to Have 22 Classes in Warren County

Warren County Garden Club announces 22 classes for the show on June 6 at Warren County High School auditorium. Entries include roses varieties collections delphiniums perennials and arrangements open to public while breakfast trays and luncheon tables are club member entries.

Front Royal Warren County Garden Club Warren County High School

Ettmueller Rites Planned for Front Royal Funeral

Oskar Ettmueller and Mrs Martha Ettmueller, parents of the late Oskar Ettmueller, were notified this morning. Funeral services are set for Monday at 3 o'clock in the Front Royal Methodist Church with ministers Eugene West R Morrison Parker and R B Clagett. After services the body goes to Washington DC for cremation and ashes to Zurich Switzerland.

Ettmueller Front Royal Oskar Ettmuller Martha Ettmueller Oscar Ettmueller Methodist Eugene West R. Moorman Parker R. B. Clagett Washington, D. C Zurich Switzerland

Two Obituaries Honor Mildred Henry and Anne Haygard

Mildred Henry eight months old daughter of Private Richard E. Henry and Mrs. Henry of the Front Royal Remount Depot died yesterday in Walter Reed Hospital Washington D C. Funeral services were held this afternoon from Maddox and Samsell with Rev. Foster Bittnger of Browntown officiating and burial at Prospect Hill. Anne Haygard seventy seven died last evening at her son A C Haygard’s home in the Skyline Drive area. Born in Denmark she came to the United States in 1897 and had been in ill health recently. Her husband died in 1914 and she is survived only by her son. Services will be conducted from Maddox and Samsell by Rev R B Clag...

Mildred Henry Front Royal Richard E. Henry Henry Front Royal Remount Walter Reed Hospital Washington, D.C Maddox and Samsell Foster Bittinger Browntown Prospect Hill Anne Hayygard Anne Haygard A. C. Haygard Bureau of Public Roads Haggard Denmark Reev R. B. Clag

Front Royal Church Service and Prospect Hill Cemetery Interment

The service for the deceased from the Front Royal Methodist Church will be held tomorrow afternoon with interment at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Front Royal.

Front Royal Methodist Church Prospect Hill Cemetery Front Royal

Local Court Fines For Drunkenness And Petty Larceny

In Front Royal court Bowman Ramey and Clarence Carr were fined five dollars plus six dollars fifty cents costs for drunkenness. Gilmore Corder was fined five dollars plus ten dollars twenty five cents costs and sentenced to ninety days in jail for petty larceny.

Front Royal Bowman Ramey Clarence Carr Gilmore Corder

Progress on Crooked Run Bridge Near Riverton

Report from Riverton Virginia dated May 29 notes the Crooked Run Bridge on the Front Royal Winchester highway is nearing completion. The concrete structure is finished aside from minor details and approach resurfacing extending about 150 yards each side to remove dangerous curves.

Riverton Crooked Run Front Royal Winchester

Senate Takes Up Public Utilities Bill

The Senate voted to take up Wheeler bill to abolish un necessary public utility holding companies. Debate centered on presidential priorities and calls to return the measure to committee for study in light of Supreme Court decisions. Dieterich urged careful consideration of ending private ownership in utilities.

Washington Senate Roosevelt Hastings Delaware White Maine Dieterich Ilinois Supreme Court

Environment And Heredity Debate At Round Hill

The Round Hill 4-H Club hosts a debate Thursday night May 30 at the Round Hill school house. The topic asks if environment has a greater effect on humans than heredity. John W. Larrick and Wesley Shiley support the affirmative while the Luttrell brothers defend the negative. All are invited to attend.

Round Hill 4-H Club Round Hill John W. Larrick Wesley Shiley Luttrell Brothers

Tokes Caterers For Golf Club

Tokes Caterers of Opequon have been engaged for the Winchester Golf Club summer season by the house committee. The club opens Saturday June 1 with a mixed foursome event and drawn partners for prizes. A swimming pool will be available and dinner, with entertainment, starts at 6 30 Saturday evening.

Tokes Opequon Winchester Golf Club

Front Royal Socials and Personal Notes

Social happenings show Mr and Mrs Roger W Payne Jr of Richmond visiting the Payne family in Front Royal. Duncan Gibb visits his parents at Rockledge. Senator Audrey G Weaver and family reside at Four Winds for summer. Elsworth Bower returns to outings after illness. Emma Sutphin of Washington DC visits the Smith household. Front Royal Rotary Club to meet Friday at the Afton Inn.

Front Royal Roger W. Payne, Jr Richmond R. W. Payne, Sr Mr. Duncan Gibb Mrs Frank B. Gibb Senator Audrey G. Weaver Four Winds Front Royal Rotary Club Afton Inn

Funeral Rites Today For Late Mrs H H Baker

Funeral services will be held at 5 o clock at the late home 21 South Washington Street for Mrs Je E J Baker widow of Col Harry H Baker. Rev R B Nelson will officiate with Protestant Episcopal ritual. Burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Active pallbearers include E W Jordan G E Jordan B M Jordan Robert T Barton W A Baker A L Baker and W Nelson Page. Honorary pallbearers include J B Beverley Jr Dr W D Myers A Lee Coble Judge Philip Williams R Gray Williams Dr B B Dutton Dr B M Knight Sr H C Browne William Beverley J Gray Beverley T B Patton Shirley Carter Henry M Baker H D Fuller Arthur M Field Senator H F Byrd J W Arthur Philip Fowle Lewis N Barton Richard E Griffith B J Mar Brown Arthur Wright and Brads­hall from Purcellville.

Sou Washington Street Je E. J. Baker Harry H. Baker R. B. Nelson Christ Episcopal Church Mount Hebron Cemetery E. W. Jordan Roanoke G. E. Jordan Newport News

Shirt Company Cuts Wages and Extends Hours

The Piedmont Shirt Company in Greenville cut wages by about 25 percent and extended weekly hours from 36 to 40 and 44. About 250 workers, mostly women, largely refused to work but returned after general manager S. Saltzman promised further consideration if they finished the week.

Greenville S. C Piedmont Shirt Company S. Saltzman

False Dreams and a Chinatown Sage Quote

A Chinatown sage known as Hi Ho delivers a caution about false dreams and daytime avarice. The fragment suggests a meditation on sleep, dreams, and the allure of wealth, framed as a pithy quotation from a local voice.

Egaid Hi Ho Chinatown

Livestock And Produce Markets Summary May 29

Mixed market notes from Livestock and Produce Markets show cattle steers bulls hogs and sheep trading with varying declines and steady to uneven demand. Prices cover live cattle hogs spring lambs ewes and poultry across Philadelphia and regional centers with quotations ranging on weights and product types.

Philadelphia Long Island

Stocks Drift After NRA Shock With Mixed Recovery Hints

Markets wobble after NRA upheaval as investors push some shares higher while industries and metals stay heavy. Bonds gain in corporates though Treasuries fade. wheat and cotton face pressure amid foreign exchange steadiness. Call money at 0.25 percent. Closing quotes list major NYSE names like Bethlehem Steel, General Electric, General Motors, U S Steel and Union Pacific.

New York NRA United States France Iron Age Supreme Court New York Stock Exchange Allied Chemical American Can American Smelters American Tel, & Tel Atch Topeka & S. Fe Bethlehem Steel Chrysler Consol Gas of N. Y Corn Products General Electric General Motors Goodyear Int. Harvester Johns Manville Montgomery Ward N. Y. Central Penn Railroad Stand. Oil of N. J Union Pacific U. S. Steel Woolworth

Grain quotations and Chicago cash prices May 29

Futures and cash grain prices listed for wheat corn oats rye and barley with May July September December contracts and Chicago cash grain notes. Prices shown for Wheat corn oats rye barley lard and bellies with regional quotations from Baltimore and Winchester markets.

Chicago Baltimore Winchester

Watermelon From Africa Origins and Art Function

Watermelon from Africa is described as native to tropical and southern Africa. The article also states the true function of art is to stimulate imagination and evoke new vision in the beholder.

Africa

Five Unions To Compete In Winchester District Event

The final contest for Winchester District young people will be held Friday night May 31 at Braddock Street M E Church South. Each of five unions Francis Asbury Jefferly Loudoun Marshall Shenandoah Warren River ton will send a representative to argue Why Support the Home and Foreign Mission Enterprises. The Friday winner earns a free trip to the Massanetta summer school.

Winchester Braddock Street M. E. Church South

Longer Hours In Textiles Proposed

The Gastonia Gazette published a telegram from Robert C. Boger of Boger and Crawford stating the Lincolnton spinning mill will adopt 50 hour shifts next week with a minimum weekly wage of 16 dollars.

Gastonia N. C Gastonia Gazette Today Robert C. Boger Boger and Crawford Philadelphia Lincolnton

Weyerhaeuser kin urged to act as ransom deadline nears

In Tacoma a Weyerhaeuser family kidnap case intensifies as a man believed to be involved leaves the home with a companion after a ransom note promises a location reveal. Mrs Weyerhaeuser and three other children move to relatives while police pursue leads amid a 6:35 pm ransom deadline.

Ers Tatcomb Weyerhaeuser Titcomb American Lake Ann Philip Elizabeth George Harry R. Hoffman Chicago Pudget Sound City Flying Squadron

Local Market Prices and Feed Stuffs Listing

Daily market roundup showing patent and local market prices for 98, 48, 24 and 12 pound bags of flour and feed mixes, cracked corn, middlings, dairy feed, corn meal, egg mash, creamery butter, shelled corn and lambs. Also lists chicken and cattle items with prices and notes on market conditions.

Star Tien Esos Kasco Tomes Seees County Dugere Ces Daas Aene

New Deal Probes For Ways To Meet Big Problems

President Roosevelt remains silent after the Supreme Court ruling as advisers discuss options. Two main paths emerge: voluntary codes to salvage wage and hour standards and a constitutional amendment to let the federal government regulate hours and wages across state lines. Labor and industry react with price vigilance and talks on maintaining code benefits.

NRA Supreme Court Stephen Early North South Ernest N. Hood National Association of Cotton Manufacturers United Mine Workers White House New York Boston National Association of Manufacturers Harper Sibley Chamber of Commerce of the United States New Deal AAA Senate Farm Agency High Tribunal Treasury Federal Alcohol Control Administration Roosevelt William Green American Federation of Labor John L. Lewis United Mineworkers Green Capitol Hill Congress

Senate weighs hours and wages debate with Byrnes prediction

The report notes lawmakers blocked legislation on hours and wages. Senator Byrnes predicted Congress would propose a constitutional amendment this session if no other means to regulate employment conditions are found.

Byrnes D-Sc Roosevelt Congress

Home Owners Can Apply for HOLC Loans Through June 27

In Harrisonburg on May 29, HOLC authorized new refinancing applications for homeowners in distress. The memo to district manager Jack Kennan notes eligibility tests remain the same and urges applicants to act quickly before funds and limits are exhausted after Roosevelt signed a new $1.75 billion capitalization for HOLC.

Harrisonburg U Pon Home Owners Loan Corporation Jack Kennan District Holc Frederick Delano The HOLC Roosevelt Kennan

Last Chance to Get a Home Loan from Semi-Government Agency

A semi-government agency issues a final window for home loan applications as it nears a funding deadline. Potential borrowers are urged to submit required documents quickly to access available financing and favorable terms.

Plans For Employing Idle Workers In Relief Program

Washington May 29 idle professional and clerical workers would examine income tax returns while idle building tradesmen would take construction jobs at army posts in 23 states under work relief proposals disclosed today. Applications total $65,956,816 for the projects as departments and states rush to start substituting jobs for the dole. An executive order signed last night released funds for $528,903,600 of already approved Roosevelt projects, including $400,000,000 for highway construction and grade crossing eliminations.

Washington Agency Council Roosevelt O. K

Washington's Revolutionary Horses Noted For Valor

Washington's horses Blueskin and Nelson were best known in the Revolution era. Magnolia is mentioned as another noted horse.

Washington Blueskin Nelson Magnolia

Marian Martin Frock Pattern 9316 For Easy Morning Chic

Advertisement notes pattern 9316 for a simple easy to sew Marian Martin frock with yoke sleeves and decorative pocket. Suggests fabrics like percale or gingham with cork or wooden buttons. Includes Lew Chart and sizes 14 through 42 and fabric yardage. requests 15 cents per pattern plus book offers. Pattern orders sent to The Winchester Evening Star Pattern Department, New York.

Marian Martin Lew Marian Martin Cory Winchester Evening Star Pattern Department 18Th St New York

Barbara Bell Pattern No 166 7-B fits sizes 12 to 20

Barbara Bell patterns offer a blouse with a pointed yoke and inverted pleat skirt. The pattern No 166 7-B includes sizes 12 14 16 18 20 with busts 30 32 34 36 38. Order the Barbara Bell Pattern Book for more designs and copies.

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Warren County Winchester Evening Star Richard K. Eddy Telephone Front Royal All-Stars Elsworth Bower Albert Bower, Jr Emma Sutphin William Smith H. H. Baker Shirt Company Staunton River State Park Staunton River State C. of C Lions’ Club Updyke’s Ballroom Royal Troubadours Minnesota Weyerhaeuers Tacoma Barbara Bell Barbara Bell Pattern Service Times Square Station New York, N. Y Bell Syndicate, Inc
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