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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1932
Page
2
An independent voter argues Roosevelt offers steadier leadership than Hoover. The piece critiques Republicans’ postwar policies, endorses Roosevelt after Walker hearings, Western tours, and measured proposals, and predicts Democratic Congress efficiency with Roosevelt as outcome.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation holds a contingent 5.6 million loan to Nickel Plate with 53 percent Wheeling & Lake Erie stake as collateral. Nickel Plate default on 20 million notes issued in 1929 shifted control to the RFC after October 1.
Hogue Creek Virginia October seven reports dinner guests and visits among the Orndorff Larrick Loy and Baker families. Rev F G Senger and Rev B R Ludwig attended with Franklin Jr and other relatives visiting neighbors in Strasburg Gainesboro and near Washington.
Early morning officers from Chicago flew to Orillia Ontario to arrest Martin Insull former Chicago utilities magnate and brother of Samuel Insull. Insull refused to return to Chicago where he had been indicted and said he would fight extradition after Assistant State's Attorney John Hampton and Sergeant Anthony Blaze visited his boarding house following his Toronto trip for legal counsel.
Hofer, Conrad and Robert danamer with Miss Bobbie Conrad and Mr. Bell spent Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. White. Calvin Grubbs and children from Martinsburg West Virginia visited Mr. and Mrs. John Nelson. Mr. and Mrs. Simpson and daughter called on Mr. and Mrs. S T Larrick Sunday.
The piece notes long burning coal mines in Pennsylvania. It highlights Summit Bill anthracite mine in Summit Bill, Pa. burning since 1860 and a Brownsville area deposit said to have burned since before the Civil War, illustrating persistent danger in mining regions.
United States fruit official Fred A. Motz reports Wednesday fruit auctions in England show steady dessert apples with good color and brightness and prices slightly lower than last week. Shenandoah Yorks Grimes Jonathans and Delicious apples fetch varied barrel and inch prices. London markets similar. Arrivals week ending October 4 totaled 69 700 barrels 130 000 boxes 7 800 baskets with expectations for next week. Antwerp Rotterdam markets are difficult with poor prospects until after December or January.
Local notes show visits between families in Mount Williams and Winchester. Birth announced Joyce Helena Campbell born October 3 to Mrs. and Mrs. Paul Campbell in Winchester. Residents and guests include Clowser, Mayhew, Fauver, Brill, and Williams families during the period. Master William Hollis Clowser suffers a sore arm after vaccination and misses school.
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