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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1923
Page
5
A meeting of the Ladies' National Memorial Association will be held at the home of Mrs. W R Willis on South Market Street at 7 30 PM Monday April 30 to begin arrangements for the annual observance of National Memorial Day on May 30.
The fifth annual report of Virginia’s Bureau of Vital Statistics shows 2,427 total divorces in 1922, with 1,525 white and 662 colored. Alexandria dropped sharply. Charlottesville Winchester and Radford rose modestly. Dr. Plecker calls the figures a return toward normal after wartime spikes.
Sugar futures fell sharply today with Cuban sugar down to 6 1 2 cents a pound amid reports housewives plan a buyer strike at current high prices. The drop follows expectations of government action on the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange next Monday. Senator Brookhart urged housewives to curb purchases to force lower prices.
The New York stock market closed heavily in a brief session with oil shares selling off on speculation and uncertainty. Weekly mercantile reviews suggested a pause in business and a temporary halt in commodity price rises, with about 3 375 000 shares traded.
Richard E. Byrd, former Virginia House speaker, filed charges in Corp Court against Deputy City Sergeant Ruben McGee over an April 2 arrest of Marine Charles C. Seagroves. The incident follows a yearslong strain between Marine units at Quantico and local police, with marine officials threatening a boycott.
The Civil Service Commission announced exams for a substitute clerk carrier at Winchester post office on May 19 and an additional railway postal clerk exam on May 26. Applicants may contact the Archie Butt building in Washington DC or the local commission representative for full details.
Columbia University won the Childs cup eight race on the Skuykill river with a time of 7 minutes 44 seconds. Pennsylvania placed second and Princeton third with respective times 7 minutes 56 seconds and 8 minutes 0 seconds.
Rev. D. H. Scanlon of Durham North Carolina has just returned from months abroad and is visiting his sisters Mrs Ella Heiskell and Miss Marguerite Scanlon at the New Country Hotel in Romnew West Virginia.
The engagement of Miss Ethel L Funkhouser daughter of Mr and Mrs P M Funkhouser Winchester Virginia to Mr Walter L Slifer son of Mr and Mrs Otho Slifer of Hagerstown Maryland was announced recently He is a student at the University of Chicago The wedding is planned for early fall
Youngstown Ohio April 28 Albert Kish danced to a new world endurance record by 112 hours and one minute surpassing the San Antonio mark. He continued dancing beyond the milestone at 4 04 a m as reports.
Mr and Mrs W C Parker of Rom ney report a burglar sneaked into their apartment while the family was away and took jewelry and other items valued at several hundred dollars, prompting a note from their daughter Mrs W B Griffin in Norfolk Virginia.
Lines to Be Remembered notes labor and time ripening corn while will not plow the field. Mrs. John S. Sloat returns home after several days with friends in Washington.
Forest Week in Maryland ends with about 100 woods fires in seven days. The fires and timber loss set state records for a like period, with the Catoctin mountains in Frederick County still burning but under control, scorching roughly thirty square miles.
Andrew Myrup of Chicago, president of the Bakery and Confectionery Workers International Union, says Ward Baking Company plants in multiple cities will operate on an open shop basis starting Tuesday. He notes the firm will maintain the 8 hour day but cut night worker wages by 10 percent. The union vows to fight to a finish, with more than 5 000 employees affected.
A marriage license has been issued in the Corporation Clerk's Office to Robert P. Randolph colored of Clarke County Virginia and Viola Finley colored of Winchester for formal matrimony in the county records.
At Wembley Hill a 120 000 capacity crowd caused violence as doors opened. Forty spectators were injured when they stormed in, the match halted as fans on the field swarmed, and police cleared the area for an hour before play could resume.
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