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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1933
Page
5
Grain and produce prices quoted across markets from Baltimore to Chicago show wheat and corn futures, oats and rye bids, with barley and timothy seed noted. Regional reports list prices for apples, butter, eggs, poultry, onions, and various live stock quotes, reflecting a busy trading day.
Daily market listings and notices appear with typical typographical errors. The Star does not assume responsibility for any typos or misprints in the market section.
Winchester Virginia and Martinsburg West Virginia report slow demand while markets remain steady. Carloads of Yorks and U S No 1 care min priced around 3 00 per car with 2 to 2 1/2 cents in. Rochester North Carolina lists R I Greenings U S No 2% min $1 00 per bushel basket. Benton Harbor Michigan ships light wire inquiry and steady market for Jonathan U S No 12% min $1 10 per bushel basket.
A large slate of backend clergy moves includes Dr. Howard M. Canter returning to a pastorate and J. Copenhaver shifting to Epworth Washington as J. Copenhaver becomes Roanoke district presiding elder. The list covers Washington Alexandria Winchester and Roanoke districts with numerous appointments and retirements noted.
Markets opened with lethargy and a narrow range as good and bad influences failed to spark solid activity. Minor irregularities appeared in the stock list in early trading and overall turnover remained low. Sterling opened at 3.69 percent and call money stood at three quarters of a percent.
Official canvass shows 40,942 majority for repeal of the eighteenth amendment in Virginia's October 3 referendum. Returns: 99,459 for repealing vs 58,517 opposing. liquor control plan favored by 100,445 to 57,873 for continuance of state prohibition.
The Virginia Caverns Giant, a seven foot tall steer weighing about 2600 pounds, was sent from T. M. Harrison's Virginia Caverns Farm to the fifth annual livestock show at the Union Stock Yards in Baltimore where it will be auctioned by C. Driver and Company. If not bought as a pet or curiosity, the giant may be slaughtered. Harrison plans to replace him with Virginia Caverns Midget, a tiny three-year-old steer weighing 220 pounds, now kept in a separate pasture.
Brooklyn and N Y October 10 Cesare Sabel and Captain Geo Pond completed tests of their monoplane Leonardo Da Vinci and said they now await only favorable weather to begin their projected non stop flight to Rome.
Nicolina De Palma a Yonkers nurse was sentenced to five years in prison and James Medley former Baseline station attendant to ten years by Federal Judge Alfred B Cox after pleading guilty in a Yonkers federal case.
Letters threatening to kidnap and harm Mrs Helen B Dougherty prompted a change in wedding plans for Franklin A Batchellors daughter in Yonkers. Justice Department agents witnessed the private home wedding as authorities investigated the threats linked to Russell C Leffingwell’s banking partner.
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