Winchester School Board Wins Council Backing for 5000 Urgency Fund
The Winchester Common Council approved a 5000 emergency appropriation for the city schools after hours of debate. Board members argued for higher funding, with emphasis on efficiency and a future tax plan, while some members urged restraint until the new building and budget plan mature.
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Winchester
Bard
Common Council
Baker
Messrs
Anderson
Page
Baetjer
Barnett
Robinn
Cooper
Sale
Trenary
Grim
Henry
Tne
Alf
E School Board
McVicar
Steck
Handley Fund
A. H. Jackson
R. M. Ward
Handley Board of Trustees
Council
Stewart Bell
Vew
Merrie England with beer price cut rumor spreads
London dispatch reports England in high spirits as Baldwin prepares to announce a budget in Parliament. Expectation that beer will drop two cents a pint amid global crises. Public joy frames the news as a respite from labor, political, Ruhr, Russian, Near East crises.
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London
England
Merrie
Ruhr
Near East
Baldwin
Mrs Lucy Byrd Dies in New York City at 87
Mrs Lucy Byrd widow of George Byrd prominent New York entrepreneur died in New York City at age 87. She leaves Otway Byrd Brandon Virginia William Byrd New York Annie Byrd New York E Wickham Baltimore and Mrs Lucy Elliott Dr Eliott New York. Funeral at Old Chapel Clarke County at 11 Friday morning with interment in the church cemetery. Pallbearers named Thomas Burwell Townsend Burwell Hugh M Nelson N B Page R P Whiting and H F Byrd.
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Urred
New
George Byrd
New York
Colonel Byrd
Winchester
Own to the Sea in Ships at the Empire
The Empire presents a realistic sea saga with whalemen and daring scenes. Endorsed by forty Winchester citizens, the picture promises excitement and romance and runs in New York and Washington with advance prices listed in The Star. Also Viola Dana stars in Crinoline and Romance at the Empire Friday.
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Empire
Winchester
New York
Washington
Empire Space
The
Star
Viola Dana
Price Trend Upward In Stocks As Market Grows
The Associated Press reports April 18 in New York that stock prices continued rising through the morning. Railroad shares attracted public participation and heavy short coverings while oil speculation remains active. Eastern railroad lines led gains as call money opened at five percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Eastern Lines
North East Service Station Adds Modern Battery Department
The North East Service Station at 305 Ne Market St announces a new Battery Service Station connected to their generator and electrical work. W B McMillan, manager, secures local Pride battery contract and will offer a complete line for all cars. The upgrade aims to provide comprehensive all-around auto service.
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North East
Market St
W. B. McMillan
License issuance begins May first for business and autos
The city announces the start of license issuance for the year beginning May 1 for both business and automobile licenses. Citizens are encouraged to apply early to avoid delays.
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Iam
Winchester public schools budget outlines 94 400 cost
The Handley Foundation plan shows total operating costs for next year at 94 400 with detailed allocations for teaching staff, administration, textbooks, libraries, and other instructional costs. The budget, read by William G. Hardy at a special Common Council meeting, lists 38 white teachers, 3 colored teachers, and multiple support positions.
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Grim
Trenary
Hardy
Department of Instruction
John M. Steck
Steck
Lee Moore
Moore
Winchester Public Schools
Handley Foundation
Common Council
William G. Hardy
MuBic
Seese
Wofk
Wywienewc
Handley
John Kerr
Bonwieeg
Iiss
Dancer Magdalene Wolfe Sets World Continuous Dance Record
Cleveland April 18 Miss Magdalene Wolfe, of Cleveland, set a world continuous dance record at 73 hours, surpassing Vera Sheppard and Theodore Gill by four hours and twenty minutes. She quit after declaring fatigue despite still feeling strong. Fort Worth police halted marathon dancers after 13 hours to protect their health.
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Cleveland
Magdalene Wolfe
Vera Sheppard
Theodore Gill
Texas
Fort Worth
Fire destroys ships during Potomac transfer
Nine Shipping Board boats caught fire while being moved up the Potomac from the James River base. Five vessels were practically destroyed and four more were badly damaged, according to a Quantico marine corps report to headquarters in Washington on April 18.
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Washington
Potomac River
Shipping Board
James River
Marine Corps
Quantico
Auction Sale of Knight Property Near Amos Shryock
Auction notice for April 21 at 2 PM lists a six room house and 23 building lots on the Knight property near Amos Shryock's. Baker & Shryock advertise selling cream eggs and poultry at top prices to H D Albin by phone 7 W. tp 16 46t.
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Amos Shryock
S. Baker & Shryock
H. D. Albin
Train collision blocks Western Maryland track in fog
A Baltimore and Ohio freight train rear ended a second freight train thirteen miles west of Cumberland Maryland due to fog. Seven coal cars and the tender of engine No 4462 derailed, rolling into an embankment and blocking the Western Maryland Railway line. No injuries reported.
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Ccumberland, Md
Baltimore and Ohio
Keyser
Here
Western Maryland Railway
Admiral Nulton to Command Battle Fleet
Navy announces Rear Admiral Louis McCoy Nulton will leave Philadelphia Navy Yard for command of Battleship Division 6 of the battle fleet. He previously led the yard and, in World War I, the battleship Pennsylvania. He escorted President Wilson to the Paris Peace Conference. He assumes the new post around July 1.
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Navy Department
Washington
Louis McCoy Nulton
Winchester
Alphia Navy Yard
A. H. Scales
Navy Yard
Nurton
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Pennsylvania
Nutton
George Washington
President Wilson
Paris
Attractive country place for sale near Winchester
Seeks buyer for twenty acres with road access overlook of new buildings and abundant water supply. Terms reasonable. Contact Robt T Barton.
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Winchester
D A R Denounces Radicals PLOTS In Address
Washington April 48 American women urged by the Daughters of the American Revolution to join the fight against communism and radical doctrines. Mrs George Maynard Minor, president general, opened with a denunciation of Bolshevism and the group adopted resolutions calling on patriotic women to defend American ideals and inform themselves on true principles for future generations.
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Associated Press
Washington
Daughters of the American Revolution
George Maynard Minor
Police attack boardinghouse frauds in Winchester case
City police pursue men who beat board bills by staying without paying. Recent arrests include J Silvius of Berkeley County West Virginia serving thirty days and Harold with similar charges. Victims are women housing boarders for low rates. scammers flee with owed money. A warrant awaits Silvius after his current sentence for felony larceny in property from Mrs Maryy Pau porated.
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J Silvius
Berkley County
West, Va
Mamie MellWee
Harold
Johnson
C. F. Hottel
Winchester
Silvius
Berkeley County
West Va
Maryy Pau
Death sentence met with cheering in Maryland court
In Salisbury Maryland George Shelton a negro convicted of criminally attacking 14 year old Thelma Hewlett on January 13 was sentenced to death in Somerset County Court. Spectators cheered when the verdict was given and threats of lynching were rumored before the sentencing. The governor will set the execution date.
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Associated Press
Salisbury
George Shelton
Somerset County
Thelma Hewlett
Court House
Ritchie
Flogging May End in Florida
Tallahassee officials report the Florida House voted 63 to 15 to abolish corporal punishment in county prisons and to end the county convict lease system as part of a broader reform.
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Florida
Associated Press
Tallahassee
Fla
House of Representatives
Land Auction Near Amos by Sheyock’s
G C Snapp announces an auction near Amos at Sheyock’s on April 21 at 2 PM for immediate delivery of coal and unloading services. The notice invites buyers to place orders promptly.
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G. C. Snapp
Amos
Sheyock
Chicago Loses Tribune Libel Suit
Supreme Court rules Chicago cannot maintain libel action against the United States. Citywide case marked first of its kind as municipal libel suit. editorial criticism of corporate acts cited. Also notes a for sale item: 1921 Ford Coupe by Jos Hodgeson.
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Associated Press
Harry Fisher
Cook County
Supreme Court
Jos. Hodgson
Labor groups praise immigration stance on pauper labor
Delegates at the Junior Order United American Mechanics state convention in Frederick Md representing about 30 000 men commend Secretary of Labor Davis for opposing immigration of pauper European labor as urged by Bibert H. Gary. Emmett J. Scott of Howard University says eight million southern Negroes can fill industrial labor gaps if moved to required centers.
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the. Associated
Frederick
United American Mechanics
Davis
Europe
Bibert
H. Gary
Washington
South
Emmett J. Scott
Howard University
B. H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Colored couple to wed in city marriage license
A marriage license was issued today in the Corporation Clerk's office to Henry Wediock and Mary Sarper, both colored of this city. The groom is listed as a farmer.
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Corporation Clerk’s
Henry Wediock
Mary Sarper
Winchester Man Fined for Public Drunkenness
Dave Hook recently returned to Winchester and celebrated the event by getting drunk in public. He was arrested and paid 12 dollars in police court for the offense.
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Dave Hook
Winchester
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