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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1925
Page
5
The Seattle, en route to Hawaii aboard U. S. 8, lost flagship status to a new umpire ship after weighing anchor yesterday for joint maneuvers. It carries Admiral Clontz, Maj. John L. Hines, chief of staff, and other officers aboard.
Eugene Purdy was found not guilty of the murder of E. Hutcheson, a Tulsea lumber dealer, by a State District Court jury in Tulsa. Purdy had killed Hutcheson on the night of January 18, stating he broke up his home and stole his child.
Evangelist W R Main preached from the text I am now ready to be offered urging use of life opportunities as a strong audience attended despite unfavorable weather. Prof W B Bilyeu sang The Keeps Day solo as services run each evening this week except Saturday at 745 p m. Everyone welcome.
Dr. Fred M. Horsley, a Nelson county Va. physician with seventeen years in practice, moves to Berryville to resume medical work. He notes better school access for his boys and improved roads as key reasons for the relocation.
Fine rains yesterday afternoon and last night broke a drouth in the county where forest fires had flared and streams dried up. Farmers hauled water as gardens failed to germinate. warmer weather followed with forecast showers and cooler conditions tonight and tomorrow.
Mexico City April 15 The secretary of the interior ordered the Tabasco governor to return the cathedral at Ville to the Roman Catholic Church after Mexican Catholics formed the Mexican Catholic Apostolic Church led by patriarch Joaquin Perez. The president holds exclusive power to seize church properties amid the religious dispute.
The Civic League urges residents to place trash in boxes and cans for pickup, remove rubbish from yards, then sow flower seeds. Completing work improves surroundings and supports the town of the valley in a banner clean town effort.
Charles Copeland known as a mountain man faced charged obstructing Deputy Hodgson during a levy at his Cove Inlet farm. He claimed threats from Copeland, who amid a dispute over a previous judgment, paid the $59 execution and all costs. Hodgson dropped the obstruction charge and Copeland was released. the case centered on tensions between Copeland and the officer and involved a related civil suit.
An Associated Press report from Lagos says the Prince of Wales will skip Oyo during a Nigeria tour due to smallpox outbreaks. A reception for native princes is planned for April 20 at Oyo. The prince regrets the change but will follow local medical authorities. A Lagos quarantine is hoped lifted by Saturday.
Mrs John S Dodge widow of a Dodgeberg founder is engaged to a Detroit timber leader. The Detroit News reports the couple will formalize the engagement with a future announcement and details of the wedding date. Mrs Matilda R Dodge is mentioned in inheritance context.
In Borg Hampton area fourteen people eight women and six men were arrested by state troopers for attacking ten non-union miners en route to work at the Rosedale mine. One miner was injured as authorities detain those involved in a broader strike action by the United Mine Workers begun April 1 in northern West Virginia.
Frank Ledgiska, president of the eastern Ohio district of the United Mine Workers, opened headquarters in Wheeling and prepared to issue a call for a general strike by Panhandle miners. He said the campaign would use peaceful methods and that union officials would observe an injunction. Ledgiska cited Ohio and Brooke counties as active while Marshall county stood still, and he sought Governor Gore’s investigation to recall state troopers.
Arthur Bugs Baer, a newspaper writer, married Mixa Marjorie Cassidy at the Cathedral of the Holy Name in Chicago on April 15. The couple left for the Pacific coast and will begin a two year world tour.
Washington reports Virginia crop and weather conditions for the week ended yesterday. Warm and dry, good progress in farm work, bulk of early potatoes planted, corn planting began in the south and land preparation largely completed. Small grains doing well but rains needed in most interior counties. Pastures fair to good. Peaches and cherries damaged locally by frosts earlier in the week.
BRISTOL VA TENN April 15 Kinnie Wagner youthful self confessed slayer of two policemen at Kingsport Tenn Monday will be given a speedy trial on two indictments charging murder and another felonious assault returned yesterday by a Sullivan county grand jury authorities at Blountville where Wagner Jr being held in jail declared today Wagner is charged with shooting to death Policeman John Smith of Kingsport and Deputy Sheriff Hubert D Webb of Bluff City when a party of five officers went to an extract plant at Kingsport Monday to quell a disturbance among men and women employees Another policeman was shot in the exchange between the officers and their assailant Wagner is said by Sullivan county authorities to be wanted in Mississippi for slaying Deputy Sheriff M M McIntosh of Green county in December 1924 They also claim he is wanted in Texas for murder
A resident returning home in the southeast section found a crowd of intoxicated individuals in his house yesterday afternoon. Some had sobered, others remained drunk, and officers were summoned to restore order.
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