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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1935
Page
7
Royal Sept 6 The Front Royal All-Stars meet a West 1 ball club tomorrow in the second round of the Virginia champions tourney sponsored by the Richmond Chamber of Commerce. Sixteen top Virginia teams compete. a win could push them to the semi finals as fans travel from the region to Richmond.
Front Royal society notices list visitors and residents then current, including Miss Margaret Pence, Ellie Byrd Eastham, Mrs. Roy Smith, and students in town. The report mentions travel to Johnstown and Lexington, a Virginia Military Institute student, families hosting guests, and a senator’s expected return from Richmond.
Auditors W H Wren and Paul Spring from Richmond conduct the annual state audit of Trial Justice Walter G Olmstead in Front Royal during the current week.
Funeral services were conducted this afternoon for Julian W Kendrick from the home of Mrs William Kendrick by Rev H W Shannon of the Front Royal Presbyterian Church assisted by Rev R B Clagett of the Front Royal Methodist Church with interment in Hill Cemetery Pallbearers were George N Buck Philip Ambler Robert Massee David Way Kendrick J Bald win Harnsberger and William C Weaver
FRONT ROYAL Sept. 6 The Shenandoah River has risen eleven and a half feet and is running about fourteen inches per hour as heavy rains sweep the valley since Sunday. Smaller streams overflow their banks flooding fields and flats across the area.
The Circuit Court of Warren County reconvened at 10 o clock to hear W E Rudacille versus John and James Mills over an August 1933 Riverton Strasburg highway wreck. Attorneys are W C Armstrong Sr for Rudacille and John H Downing for the Mills. The jury includes Horace Scott R R Griffith S R Baker oo Kuser and Marion Peter. Earlier, J W Grove won 85.34 against S A Rosenberry after suing for 133. The jury foreman was James E Higgins with members Wil liam N Howell Alton Mauck R R Griffith S R Baker and Horace Scott.
International Federation of Trades Unions executive committee adopted a resolution urging the League of Nations to apply the entire covenant including sanctions against Italy over the Italo Ethiopian dispute. A four nation deputation forming a anti Fascist Italian exile is planned. Delegates from France Britain Netherlands Belgium Switzerland Czechoslovakia attended.
Florida keys hurricane relief focuses on body disposal as authorities combat mass casualties. Governor Shultz orders careful handling of victims. Red Cross and FERA coordinate living aid with Guards and Coast Guard assets sweeping toward isolated communities.
A council member refused to participate in talks with Ethiopians while attending private sessions with other members. The official walked out of public meetings yesterday and today to express the stance.
The report notes wood turtles hiss loudly when startled, Galapagos tortoises roar male during breeding season, and painted turtles emit a piping note in spring.
Baltimore livestock and produce prices show cattle steady with varied classes, calves 150 steady, hogs 450 steady led by top 12.70, sheep 1 000 lambs 25 50 higher, ewes scarce. Philadelphia poultry and butter unchanged with egg markets steady. arrivals of extra light eggs noted.
Closing grain prices from Chicago show wheat at 90 to 94 cents for Sept to May contracts and corn around 56 to 57 cents, with oats and rye also listed. Baltimore quotes list No 2 red winter wheat at 83 cents and yellow corn at 90 cents, with white corn at 93 cents per bushel and grain prices tied to mill deliveries.
Daily market list shows flour prices by bag size and brand, cracked corn and screenings, bran and middlings, dairy and country butter, eggs and milk products, and live animal price ranges for cows steers heifers sheep lambs and hogs. Includes multiple entries with price per bag or per hundred weight and notes on patent brand and 98 lb or 48 lb bags.
Wall Street firms bullish as Roosevelt hints at a breathing spell for new deal reforms. Trading ends firm with moderate gains across most sectors. rails lead early strength while profit taking appears in spots. Government bonds weak while grains and cotton improve. Closing quotes list major stocks with diverse moves.
William C. Hite, longtime Winchester native descended from Joist Hite, died last evening at the Cumberland Maryland home of his son Dr Heskit Hite after years of residence there. The 2 oclock Sunday funeral will be at Mount Hebron Chapel with interment in the family lot. Rev Hubert Sydenstricker will officiate. Survivors include his widow Addie M Gosorn and one son Sewers Hite. Local pallbearers are Julian W. Baker Wilmer Shryock Bernard M. Sullivan and Allen B. Gray.
Massachusetts lake in Worcester county near the Connecticut border is one of the region’s largest. The name, shortened to the last six syllables on maps, is said to mean You fish on your side I fish on my side nobody shall fish in the middle according to Sargent's New England Guide.
A Norfolk tugboat named Fanny May sank in the storm fringe off Windmill Points near the Rappahannock river mouth. The Violet lighthouse tender rescued ten crew members after the vessel departed Philadelphia several days earlier with a barge tow.
Nehimi ah Kelley former Virginia delegate filed as Treasurer candidate in Shenandoah County creating a triangle with J Ray Miller and Luther G Sheetz as the other contenders. The withdrawal by Kelley and Miller was to preserve party harmony though disputes over process were raised. Ellifritz the Strasburg citizen emerged as the agreed Republican candidate while Sheetz held Democratic nomination pending primary.
Special Commissioner offers for sale at public auction in Winchester Virginia on September 21 1935 at 11 A M the lot at Marlboro and German streets Stephens City with a five room frame house two garages and outbuildings designated Lot 11 deeded to Mary F Robertson 1899 Terms require one third cash day of sale and balance in two annual installments at 6 interest secured by deed of trust and homestead waiver Auctioneers Dunn and Duvall filed in Frederick County Circuit Court clerk confirms bond.
A mass meeting at Mt. Jackson nominated K for County Treasurer and Theodore for the House of Delegates, against incumbents Hutchison of Edinburg and Borden of Strasburg. Craig withdrew his candidacy and Kelley announced acceptance of the Republican nomination after failed efforts for party harmony.
In Puri during the annual festival the god Vishnu is said to take a mile ride along a road. Hundreds of holy men lie hidden along the roadside with secret tubes to solicit alms, exposing only their upraised headers.
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