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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1936

Page

8

Edward VIII weighs choosing Wallis Simpson as Queen

The world debates whether King Edward VIII will marry Mrs Wallis Simpson as ministers fear royal disruption to the coronation plans. Revelations highlight his stubbornness and past breaks with protocol from his youth through his ascent to the throne.

World Edward Mrs. Simpson Edward VIII Great Britain Baltimore Wallis Simpson Associated Press London Prince of Wales Dewitt MacKenzie New York Edward of England Lloyd’s Britain David Windsor Royal Naval College Osborne Wales Edward VII France Lord Kitchener

Bomb Madrid

Asturian miners surrounding the city in a new blockade say they repulsed Fascist reinforcements in their drive to recapture Oviedo.

Oviedo

The General Died at Dawn at Capitol Theatre

Warner Bros presents Gary Cooper in a drama of intrigue romance and adventure set in modern China. Cooper plays a soldier of fortune in a movement against war lords with Madeleine Carroll as the femme fatale drawn into danger and later choosing love and sacrifice amid a perilous final rescue.

Capitol Theatre Gary Cooper China Cooper Madeleine Carroll

Mattie Wardell Cooper Rites Held for Frederick County Native

Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Wardell Cooper wife of Ollie C. Cooper were set for Tuesday at 4 PM from 830 Amherst Street with Rev. Hubert Sydenstricker officiating. Interment followed at Mount Hebron Cemetery. She died after an operation and had been in ill health for years. She was in her fifties and a Braddock Street church member. Survived by her husband three sons Lawrence Emory Strother Cornelius and Ollie Jr and Mary E. Cooper a sister and two brothers. Pallbearers listed as Smith Clark Ford Luttrell George Patton Walter Shade James Crider and Taylor Barr.

Mattie Wardell Cooper Ollie C. Cooper Hubert Sydenstricker Braddock Street Methodist Church Mount Hebron Cemetery Amherst Street Cooper Frederick County Wingfield Scott Sherman Elizabeth Joanna Sherman Chambersville Braddock Street Sunshine Club Lawrence Emory Cooper Douthat Park Clifton Forge Strother Cornelius Cooper Mary E. Cooper Winchester James Strother Sherman John Clayton Sherman Mary Elizabeth Sherman Smith Clark Ford Luttrell George Patton Walter Shade James Crider Taylor Barr

Infant Dies of Influenza in Capon Springs Home

Olive May Reynolds aged two, daughter of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Reynolds of Capon Springs West Virginia, died Sunday morning after a bout with summer influenza. Born February 20 1935 she is survived by her parents. Funeral services will be held at 10 30 o clock from the family home with Rev C H Anderson and Rev C E Seas trunk officiating and interment at Gravel Springs.

Olive May Reynolds Kenneth Reynolds Capon Springs W. Va Gleetue Brill C. H. Anderson

Portugal Charges Soviet Plan Aimed to Sovietize Iberia

Portuguese denials in Moscow allege Comitern plots to provoke war in Portugal and back a revolution to aid Franco. Lisbon accuses Soviet agents and ships of arming Catalonia and Spain, naming Rosenberg and officers in Barcelona. Subcommittee session delayed as Lord Plymouth leaves.

Comitren Portugal Francisco Franco Barcelona Wnd Comintren Spain Madrid Marcel Rosenberg Sokoline Bondarenko Winter Lisbon Franco Largo Caballero Rosenberg Vladimir Antonoff-Ovseenko Foreign Office Lord Plymouth Wales Poland

Landon Seeks Four-Year Mandate At Rally

Police Captain Frank Gatch watches as Landon questions if workers deserve a foreign pattern or if the nation should return to its constitutional system. He asks voters for the November decision, promising the audience will answer on the third of November.

Frank Gatch Landon France Roosevelt Edna Falk Pueblo, Colo United States Veterans of Foreign Wars Central Press

Job Printing Bill Heads Letter Heads Statements-Envelopes

A classified item noting printing services for bill heads letter heads statements and envelopes offered by STAR JOB PRINT.

Bill

Jilted lover risks confrontation over elopement

Jack Porter walks downtown to tell Elsie he will marry Marge after a whirlwind beach romance in Atlantic City. He plans to face Elsie but finds her partner Mamie instead has the note and money, while the onlookers remind him he is not alone in heartbreak.

Jack Porter Elsie Marge Ess Reed Ball and Company Elsie Jorden Jack Mamie

4-H Club Prizes Sent by Mail. Mountain View Wins Banner

Cash awards totaling 1st 50 cents and 2nd 25 cents will be mailed to winners of the annual 4-H Club Project Fair held Saturday at the Episcopal Parish House. Mountain View 4-H Club won the honor banner. Round Hill closely followed.

Mountain View Episcopal Parish Frederick County Farm Bureau Hodgson and Brown Baker's Drug Store Solenberger and Company Timebriake’s Gray and Sheetz Shopping Centre Wenders The Smart Shop Camp White Rock Round Hill

Bette Davis Leaves London Amid Contract Court Fight

Bette Davis, the U S film actress under contract to American producers, is pictured leaving a London hotel as a court battle in England enjoins her from appearing in any foreign film or stage production. Counsel for Warner Brothers refrained to describe her behavior, calling her a naughty young lady who wants more money.

England Bette Davis U. S London Warner Brothers Miss Davis Central Presa

Reserve Group To Resume Meetings At Handley Library

The Reserve Officers Group School will resume fall and winter meetings under War Department regulations at 7 30 tomorrow evening at the Handley Library Col B M Roszel longtime leader will assist in starting the schedule Col D B Crampton infantry Washington will be in charge All reserve officers of Winchester and vicinity urged to attend

War Department Handley Library B. M. Roszel Col D .B. Crampton Infantry Washington Winchester

Wheat And Grain Prices Rise on Market Nervousness

Chicago futures show higher wheat and grain values with Dec wheat at 1.15 3 8, May 1.13 3 4, and July 99 1 2. corn and oats advance, soybeans mixed. cash grain in Chicago lists varied No. grade quotes while Baltimore notes pig wheat and rice prices.

Chicago Liverpool Winnipeg Illinois

Baltimore Markets Report Large Poultry and Produce Listings

Baltimore markets show extensive price ranges for poultry fowls ducks and turkeys with detailed cuts and boxes. Fresh dressed poultry and eggs noted alongside produce such as apples bananas and potatoes with regional price spreads and truck delivery notes.

P. R L. L Baltimore Maryland Pennsylvania Virginia West Virginia Washington U.S New York U. S Eastern Shore USDA Chicago Livestock Chicago Dept. Agri

Local Markets Flour price list features bulk bag quotes

The Star prints a wholesale market brief with flour prices listed by bag size. Prices range from 5.45 to 6.25 per barrel for 12 to 98 pound bags, reflecting standard local grain commodity quotes.

Star

Quiet selling lifts lines as stock market drifts near election

New York October 26 quiet but persistent selling eased prices two or more points in today’s stock market. Early losses in steels motors oils and rails narrowed as the day wore on with mixed commodities and small bond dealings. European unsettlements and election anxieties weighed on sentiment while several leaders registered minor gains.

New York U. S Douglas Aircraft Cerro de Pasco Socony-Vacuum Kennecott Studebaker Boeing Sperry National Distillers Goodyear North American Northern Pacific Radiator Am. Smelters Am. Tel Tel Anaconda Balto. & Ohio Beth. Steel Chrysler Consol. Edison Corn Products Gen. Electric Gen. Motors Int. Harvester Johns Manville Montgomery Ward N. Y. Central Penn Railroad South, Railway Stand. Oil of N. J Texas Corp Union Pacific U. S. Steel Woolworth

Apple Market Shipping Prices for tiday and Nearby Points

Demand is slow with the market about steady for cargoes to tiday Winchester Martinsburg and nearby. FOB carloads list U S No 1 and U S Util items with prices for Barrels Yorks Staymans Romes and bulk per car including minimums and min. car figures across several sizes.

Apple Winchester - Martinsburg Yorks U. S Staymans Romes U

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