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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1936
Page
8
Baltimore market notes on potatoes hogs sheep calves and cattle with price ranges and Monday trade steady. Philadelphia reports dressed poultry eggs and butter with case counts and price levels. Chicago section lists hogs cattle and calves with top prices and market tone.
The Star lists daily market figures for grains and feeds with multiple bag sizes and brands. Prices cover flour patent blends, cracked corn, shelled corn, corn meal, scratch feed, dairy feeds, and egg and poultry products with various bag and per bushel quotations.
New York September 29 Wall Street focuses on domestic industrial developments while foreign exchange stalls. Light profit taking appears among leaders but most favorites hold small gains. Bonds and commodities mixed. Major stocks listed with mixed moves including General Motors and Chrysler.
Winchester Martinsburg and nearby points report partly cloudy mild conditions and light demand with market steady. Carloads 1 0 b usual wire order sales. Barrels Grimes U S No 1 2 24 in car 2 50. Bushel Baskets Jonathan s U S No 1 2%4 in min few 1 25 Grimes U S No 1 2% in min mostly 1 00 U S Util 2% in min car 80c Delicious U S Util 2sin min car 1 15. Sales on Contract for Future Delivery Barrels Works U S No 1 242 in re few 3 40 2% to 242 in 3
Chicago led by July wheat futures with 1937 crop pricing turning softer late in the session as reports of rains in winter crop areas sparked expectations of expanded sowing. Cash grain prices varied with No 1 hard wheat at 1.22 1 4 and corn around 1.10 to 1.17 per bushel for No 4 mixed. Lard futures also quoted.
Daniel Battle, 52, of the Stephens City section, died Sunday at the county home where he had been living. A native of Rappahannock County, he is survived by a widow and one son. Funeral and interment were held at the farm yesterday.
James Ollie Cooper age 63 native of Winchester died in Harrisburg Pennsylvania from a heart attack. He worked for the Pennsylvania Rat Company for years and moved to Harrisburg about 15 years ago. He is survived by his widow Tennie Cooper and children Mrs Catherine Reichert Mrs Bessie Schindler Mrs Lorraine Hurst and John A Cooper. He was cousin of Mrs William Smoot of South Cameron Street.
The newly formed Grange at Highview south of Stephens City will meet on Thursday October 1 at 8 00 p m in Highview School. The charter list will close committees will be appointed and a short program presented by Grange members and Middletown Grange including talks by A S Brumback and R A Wall. Officers listed include Overseer Cormer lecturer Mrs A F Lillard chaplain Marvin Green treasurer W Grim secretary Ross Lillard safe keeper Chambers Green steward Marvin White assistant steward Robert Montgomery Lady Assistant steward Mrs C R Green Ceres Mrs J S Jackson Pomona Mrs Greta Bray Flora Miss Margaret Bausserman. Officers serve until 1937. Public is invited.
The funeral for James Robinson, a well known resident, will be held at 3 p m tomorrow from Shiloh Baptist Church with Rev Ralph Laws officiating. He died at 2 10 a m yesterday at his home 585 North Kent Street after about three weeks illness. A Prince William County native, he lived in the city 15 years and is survived by his widow Ada Robinson six daughters three sons three stepsons and one step-daughter.
Agents of the alcohol tax unit seized two stills in Baltimore and Anne Arundel counties and jailed three suspects at the Southern Police station today.
Terry announced Hubbell would start for the National League champions in the opener with 26 victories this season. Hal Schumacher was set for game two and Fred Fitzsimmons for game three while McCarthy avoided guessing beyond the first game. A cold rain and chilly weather were forecast for tomorrow with temperatures in the 50s.
French Premier Blum urged the chamber at dawn to grant sweeping authority to prohibit price increases as a tri party accord with the United States and Great Britain aimed to safeguard France’s gold reserves and social gains from higher purchasing power. He warned the strike situation would not continue.
A wounded cadet describes the capture at Alcazar and says babies arrived like angels to bless the defenders as he recovers at Talavera hospital. His account frames the attack and the grim toll on both sides.
The speaker denounces the Republican platform on social security and targets London who labeled the New Deal measure unworkable and shoddily drafted. He frames the act as America’s answer to a great human need and criticizes opposing stances.
The Winchester Kiwanis Club will observe an underprivileged child day at its Wednesday meeting in the George Washington Hotel. Two handicapped Washington, D C. children will be featured with speaker Mildred Petrey and singer Grace Vitality.
Mary Ann Gray notes long prominent family ties. Surviving are widow and three sons Louis F. Harper Jr Robert G. Harper and Charles B R Harper all of Winchester and one brother Robert G Harper of this city. Funeral tomorrow at Loudoun Street Presbyterian Church at 2 pm with Rev E B McGukin and others officiating. Interment follows at the Presbyterian Church cemetery.
The obituary recalls the life of a minister who served in Montgomery Potomac and Roanoke presbyteries across Virginia. He studied at Hampden Sydney and Union Theological Seminary and was licensed in 1898 and ordained in 1899. He led multiple churches from 1903 to 1929 and remained active despite ill health. He married Miss Mary Llewellyn Silver in 1913, daughter of Col. Frank.
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