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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1934
Page
5
Philadelphia markets show cattle and hogs steady to uneven with varying weights and grades. Dressed poultry and eggs move modestly, with mixed price shifts across beef, lamb, and poultry sectors and noted grading adjustments.
Closing quotations show wheat at 1.03 to 1.08 for futures with Sept Dec and May contracts. Corn around 75 to 77 cents in Chicago and Baltimore spot prices quoted. Oats and rye shifted with Sept and Dec positions. lard and bellies listed, and Chicago spot wheat and corn prices given for immediate purchase.
A jumble of market figures shows wholesale flour bag prices for Patent Brand and Short Patent Brand in 98 and 48 and 24 and 12 pound bags. shelled corn cracked corn and corn meal feed prices. dairy and mixed feeds. and hogs cattle lambs and butter prices. The note ends with a fringe paragraph about the glowworm as an alleged anesthetic with paralyzing sting and recoverable effects similar to humans.
In stocks commentary overall weakening sentiment persists with modest gains from wheat and autos. U S Steel common fell to a yearly low around two points, U S Smelting dropped about three, and government securities declined though not as sharply. The British pound opened at 5.01 and French francs at 6.675 cents with several blue chips showing narrow moves by day end.
Rainbow sailed 15 miles in three hours two minutes and 40 seconds as Endeavour trailed. From halfway to finish the run to leeward favored completion within five hours 30 minutes. Spectators crowded astern. Endeavour fought spinnaker troubles while Rainbow struggled to fill sails. At 2 07 p m Endeavour neared Rainbow, race at a critical point.
The Name Fidac is the shortened form of the Federation of Allied Legions founded in 1920 with headquarters in Paris. Its letters stand for the French title Federation Interallies des Anciens Combattants.
The piece explains Haitian use of the term zombies to describe witch figures used to frighten children and compares it to American warnings about dangers. It discusses lore of corpses being animated by fluids, implying loss of soul and labor control by unseen agents.
First 1934 United States Market News report from Martinsburg field office notes steady demand in Winchester and Martinsburg districts. Quotations cover basket types and grades with prices per bushel and per car for Jonathan and York varieties, cider stock, and future delivery contracts.
Ronald Colman resumes film work at the Palace Theatre with Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back four days starting Monday. The revival follows his earlier talkie Bulldog Drummond, echoing public affection for Captain Hugh Drummond. Loretta Young leads a supporting cast including Warner Oland Charles Butterworth Una Merkel with Drummond amid new contract plans by Schenck and Zanuck of 20th Century Pictures.
Spec aS game a youngster as they come won three holes the first fifth and twelfth all with birdies but he had neither control nor the shots to match Litt le's incoming on the tenth and eleventh spec three putted and lost both holes as he tried too des-
The report notes brilliant long and short game efforts as Goldman loses the final holes of the morning round. A large gallery gathers for a round that ends with Goldman eight down after a 185 yard par three and a late eight up on the Californian. The piece also cites a historical note on the term toast ing linked to Anglo-Saxon hearth drinking and 18th century usage.
Wilkes-Barre attorney Frank A. McGuigan, famed for 40 years of homicide defense, will represent Robert Allan Edwards, a young surveyor charged with murdering his former sweetheart Freda McKechnie, in a case likened to An American Tragedy. McGuigan’s record includes over 100 homicide defenses with no death penalty verdicts.
The U.S. battle fleet weighs anchor from Hampton Roads and heads to Guantanamo Bay to join the scouting force for next month’s gunnery drills. The ships include New Mexico as flagship and California New York Texas Mississippi Tennessee Oklahoma Colorado and Arizona. Wyoming departed yesterday for New Orleans as cruisers destroyers and the carrier Saratoga prepare to sail.
FOND DU LAC Wis Sept 15 Lawrence Kilmer 20 held without bail for the death of his sweetheart 22 year old Agatha Ernold who was killed by a tireless automobile wheel after a quarrel at a roadhouse. Her body was found on a highway with clothing fragments nearby and a tire resting against something.
Kilmer, found near a blood stained site, was surrounded by a posse after surrendering in a farm field. He pleads innocence to murder claiming the girl was fatally hurt when she fell from a car. Preliminary hearing scheduled for September 27.
Gardens hold medicines and poisons in equal measure. Foxglove leaves yield the heart remedy digitalin while crocus aids goat disorders and lobelia helps whooping cough. Monkshood hides aconitum a deadly toxin yet serves in fever and acute neuralgia under control.
Thousands at Asbury Park view Morro Castle disaster on a sand bar. The crowd voices criticism of the city commission plan to use the tragedy for entertainment. A viewing fee from the pier proceeds will go to victims’ relatives.
Federal authorities issue subpoenas in the Morro Castle disaster probe. Engineer cadet William W. Tripp is sought for the ship’s engine room log reportedly turned over to Ward Line. Questions rise over orders during the blaze and material witness Beacon Alagna may be questioned.
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