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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Apr 08, 1930

Page

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Big Three Chiefs Nearer Coming Ten Terms in Naval Pact

London reports progress in naval talks as Secretary Stimson Prime Minister MacDonald and Ambassador Wakatsuki reach near agreement on most points of the three power pact. A key Japanese issue on transferring 20 000 tons from destroyers to submarines remains for tomorrow. Briand arrives to meet MacDonald as debate in the House of Commons tests government lines amid hopes for a security formula acceptable to France.

London Stimson MacDonald Wakatsuki Briand France England House of Commons Godfrey Locker-Lampson Baldwin Locker-Lampson Aristide Briand Paris M. Briand Great Britain Europe Italy United States Japan

Gas Cookery Demonstration At Winchester Opens

A large crowd attended the Winchester Gas Company cooking school led by Mrs. Florence Gray, an expert in home economics. About 100 women watched prizes donated by the Gas Company and Retail Grocers Association awarded daily, with a grand prize of a full automatic gas range to be given Friday.

Winchester Gas Company American Commonwealth Power Corporation Florence Gray Gray Winchester Gas Company Retail Grocers Association

For Sale Combination Gas and Coal Range

For sale a combination gas and coal range. Phone 1051. Listed in a short classifieds item with contact.

Local Medical Society Meeting Draws Northern Virginia Doctors

Members of the Medical Society of Northern Virginia and nearby West Virginia attended a memorial hospital gathering in which three talks were given on coronary occlusion surgical treatment and pericarditis. Attendees included officers Dr. W. C. Downey and Dr. J. E. Harris, with numerous physicians from Front Royal Berryville Woodstock and surrounding towns.

Northern Virginia West Virginia Medical Society of Memorial Hospital Hamman University of Maryland Hospital Baltimore H. L. Henry Capon Bridge W. Va Arthur M. Shipley Society W. C. Downey Edinburg J. E. Harris Berryville H. I. Pifer B. B. Dutton H. H. McGuire and E. C. Stuart

Maunder Cantata To Be Sung Next Sunday Evening

Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Winchester hosts the Palm Sunday 8 PM performance of Maunder’s Penitence Pardon and Peace with choirs from local churches. Soloists include Mrs Reynolds Mrs Sartelle and Dr Sartelle, directed by Dr Sartelle with guest director Harry B French from Baltimore.

Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church Winchester Maunder Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church Maugerite Schmidt Henrietta Fuller Eliza Diffenderfer Thomas Dale Emma Lineweaver Ray Sartelle Ruth Bowers Lula Rush Mary Capper Austin Sloat Claude Grim Kenneth Rush Miller C. Fletcher Robert Snapp Andrew Babb May Carper Frank Reynolds Richard Griffith Osmar Swanson Christ Episcopal Church Frank L. Buckley Grace Lutheran Church Market Street Church Sartelle Harry French Baltimore

Public Sale of Washington Hotel Corp Shares Set for Saturday

Public sale scheduled for Saturday April 12 1930 in front of the County Courthouse. Ten shares of George Washington Hotel Corporation Preferred and three shares of George Washington Hotel Corporation Preferred plus one and one half shares of common offered. Shenandoah Valley National Bank as agent.

George Washington Hotel Corporation Shenandoah Valley National Bank

Old Stage Coach To Feature In Shenandoah Parade

Frank L. Sublett of Harrisburg revives the historic Winchester to Harrisburg stage coach for the seventh annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. The restored coach, adorned with Mount Vernon and Monticello, will be driven by expert J E Keyser with horses from Flint Hill. Passengers in colonial dress will invite residents along the route to the farewell tour.

Winchester Harrisonburg Frank L. Sublett Mount Vernon Monticello Washington Jefferson Stonewall Jackson Nelson F. Richards Tival Sublett J. E. Keyser Flint Hill Rappahannock County Keyser Villey America

Sadie Reed Ordered To Leave City By Judge Weems

A sentence handed down yesterday afternoon by Judge Weems requires Sadie Reed to depart the city by 3 PM. If she returns, a jail term awaits. The ruling followed proof of a statutory offense and court proceedings.

Weems Sadie Reed

District Nurse Association reports 360 visits in March

The District Nurse Association held its regular meeting and reported 360 nursing and instructional visits during March. Nurses Arthur and Dean outlined pre natal, post natal, school age, tuberculosis and adult care, with cases including tonsil operation planning, dental extractions, and tuberculosis management. The chest clinic examined 32 patients, finding nine positives and seven suspicious cases, with several referred to a sanatorium and the Met Life visiting nurse praising the group.

District Nurse Association Court D Pui Martin Wisecarver Josephine F. Arthur Evelyn C. Dean Winchester Memorial Hospital Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Colonel Cootes Named Commander At Fort Myer

Col Harry N Cootes now assistant chief of staff of the Eightieth Division with HQ in Richmond is appointed commander of Fort Myer Va and will assume duties April 25. A Staunton native and VMI club president in Richmond he began his service in the Spanish American War as an enlisted man and soon became a first lieutenant. FOR SALE four shares Peoples Bank Stephens City stock Mrs L A Adams Admx 4-5 Ip 31

Harry N. Cootes Richmond Fort Myer Washington Staunton Virginia Military Institute Mail V. M. I. Club Cootes

Frederick County Supervisors Act on Road Matters

Frederick county supervisors pushed for state highway action on five roads to join the state system. They pressed for Valley Pike widening and urged speed on the plan, with a possible special meeting to discuss jail area improvements and related court orders.

Board of Supervisors Frederick County Philip Williams Winchester G. H. Richards State Highway Commission Cedar Creek Wardensville Mountain Falls West Virginia Lehen Scott Grant Highway Commission Apple Pie Ridge White Hall Lamps Store W. H. Branner Cook Relief Theiddle Road Andrew Bell Winchester Chamber of Commerce Bell W. Branner

Ray Richards Health Update From The Star

The Star notes Ray Richards is recovering in Winchester Memorial Hospital. The writer praises his character and spirit, wishing him a swift return to health and to his beloved sport and friends.

the Star Ray Richards Winchester Memorial Hospital Aracter Roy

Streets Decorated for Shenandoah Apple Festival

The city prepares its annual Shenandoah Apple Festival with extensive street decorations in pink green and white. Carlin Gray leads the decorating committee urging residents and businesses to decorate, with Winchester Decorating Company contact Mr. Dietz for cooperation. Blocks to be garbed include North Loudoun from Piccadilly to Boscawen, South Loudoun from Boscawen to Cork, Piccadilly from station to Handley Library, and Boscawen from Cameron to Cumberland Valley depot. For information call 191.

Carlin Gray Dietz Winchester Decorating Company Loudoun Street Piccadilly Boscawen Cork Piccadilly Street Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

Services At Baptist Church Tonight At First Baptist

Rev E T Clark conducts special services at the First Baptist Church tonight drawing large attendance. Miss Florence Mitchell of Handley High School faculty will sing a solo with the regular choir and visiting choir members under Floyd Haines guiding the selections.

E. T. Clark First Baptist Church Florence Mitchell Handley High School Floyd Haines

Sidney Fox Executed for Slaying His Mother in Margate

Sidney Fox was hanged in Maidstone jail within three weeks of his conviction for murdering his mother, a 63 year old woman. He strangled her in their hotel room last autumn and set a fire. Authorities showed he had insured her life for a large sum to fund a move to Australia and join a wealthy companion.

Maidstone Eng Sidney Fox Fox Margate Australia

Injured airmen reported as doing very well

Memorial Hospital reports Lieut R J Clohecy a British air pilot and Roy W Richards local war veteran injured in a Saturday crash near the city are recovering. Clohecy not seriously hurt. Richards exhausted from blood loss but has a good chance if infection is avoided.

Memorial Hospital R. J. Clohecy Roy W. Richards Richards Clohecy Mr. Richards Rosenberger Travelair Clohency

Small Child Struck by Car in Millwood Incident

William Duke, youngster of Mrs. James Duke of Millwood in Clarke county, was hit by a car driven by J B Yeabrow of Silver Springs Maryland yesterday afternoon around 3. He received scalp wounds but was not seriously injured and left Memorial Hospital today. Yeabrow, a traveling representative of International Harvester, remained in town to ensure care and visited the boy at the hospital.

William Duke James Duke Millwood Clarke County J. B. Yeabrow Silver Springs Yeabrow Memorial Hospital E.C. Stuart Duke International Harvester Company

Rail mergers urged to show cause for dismissal

The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered the Delaware and Hudson Company and the Wabash Railroad to show cause by May 7 why their application for consolidation of several eastern and midwestern railroads should not be dismissed. The order states the filing fails to meet control acquisition rules nor specify terms of how the Wabash and Delaware and Hudson would acquire control.

Waashington Delaware and Hudson Company Wabash Railroad Interstate Commerce Commission Wabash and Delaware and Hudson

Three Flyers Die in Tatoi Airdrome Crash

By the Associated Press three aviators were killed and one injured when two planes collided shortly after takeoff at Tatoi airdrome near Athens on April 8. Both aircraft were destroyed.

Associated Press Athens Greece Tatoi Airdrome

Let Us Renew Your Sight by Hodgson and Brown

A historic newspaper ad offers refractive services from Hodgson and Brown with a free examination by a registered optometrist. It promotes new glasses at about half the price of competitors, claiming a happy change from bad sight to comfortable vision.

Alabama Editor and Senator in a Wordy Battle

In a fiery Senate committee session Alabama editor John Pierce clashed with Senator Black over an editorial on the National Democratic finance chair. Black called Pierce a coward and Pierce threatened to settle matters outside, triggering a near-brawl as the room roared with heated exchanges.

Associated Press Washington Senate Committee Alabama Black France Daniels J. Pierce Times Pierce Navy Nation John J. Raskob Tienal Ae Senator Black Seery Retary Senator Walsh Montana

Chicago Primary Election Opens With Explosion

Chicago voting begins amid polit ical violence as a bombing and the kidnapping of Alderman Shelde Gobier trigger heightened security. Voter registration stands at 2,197,000 with about 800,000 expected to vote as polls open nationwide for U S Senate and other offices.

Associated Press Chicago Illinois United States Harold S. Deneen Ruth Hanna McCo Fair Weather United States Senate Congress General Assembly Stoke Shelde M. Gobier Octavius Granady Ward Committee

Woman Fractures Arm While Caring for Sick Husband

Mrs. Luther Brill of Star Tananery was brought to Memorial Hospital with a fracture of the left arm. She sustained the injury last night while serving supper at her husband Luther Brill's bedside, as he lies seriously ill at home. She broke her wrist when bending over the bedside table.

Luther Brill Star Tananery Memorial Hospital

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Dunedin Admiral Byrd R. S. Black New Zealand The Mr. Sublett Pike Peoples Bank Stephens City L. A. Adams Admix Baptist Church Roy Richards Hodgson & Brown J. E. Pierce Huntsville Mr. Black
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