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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1934
Page
3
A Shenandoah Valley family reunion mapping shows the Rickard-Copp joint clan gathering on Saturday August 18 at Fishers Hill picnic grounds, not August 17 as previously announced. The event gathers extended relatives from Martinsburg Hagerstown Stephersdtown and Woodstock along with local hosts.
Tuesday 12 30 p m Lions Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel. 8 00 p m Modern Woodmen of America Camp 15 510 meets in lodge hall 136 North Loudoun. Wednesday 12 30 p m Kiwanis Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel. 7 00 p m First Baptist Church youth choir practice. 7 00 p m Winchester Lode Benevolent Order of Te Ss meets. Thursday 8 00 p m American Legion Post luncheon at George Washington Hotel. Friday 1 00 p m American Legion Robert Y Conrad Post luncheon at George Washington Hotel.
Descendants of the late Cas Rinker II held their fifth reunion at Jordan Springs with about 100 attendees. A noon meal followed by a program included songs, recitations, a Rinker history, and a reading. The group voted to hold next year’s gathering at Jordan Springs on the first Thursday in August and noted recent deaths and births among attendees.
Brooks Pharmacy The Rexall Store advertises a double header sale with 5 cent ice cream cones 19 cent Liggitts grape juice pints 29 cent Witch Hazel 1 pint 29 cents Milk of Magnesia 29 cents.
Franz Von Papen, once a conservative critic, declares Hitler as leader of new Germany and trustee of Hindenburg’s legacy after visiting the deathbed. Berlin and Neudeck await burial plans as Church bells toll and a national funeral is discussed at Tannenberg.
A sack of dynamite and percussion caps was found near the railroad right of way two and a half miles southwest of Spokane as President Roosevelt's train passed. Federal and county officers kept a heavy guard for four days, hoping to catch the three men seen depositing the package.
Cobby Jones today shot a 62 at Highlands Country Club, the lowest 18 hole score of his career. He made one error with three putts on the eighth green, finishing with one deuce and nine threes.
In Minneapolis two men were wounded when ice cream truck driver Leo Holscher fired a shotgun at strike pickets. Earl Collins and George Schirts suffered minor buckshot wounds. none seriously. Pickets fled as guardsmen faced the mob, and streets were briefly closed.
Mrs. B. H. Kibler of Bristol Tennessee visits this city to stay with her father Mr. Browning who had an operation at Memorial Hospital. He is reported today as doing as well as could be expected.
In Berlin on August 4 Chancellor Hitler suppressed Julius Streicher's weekly Der Stuermer for a fortnight for publishing a defamatory article about President Masaryk of Czechoslovakia. The issue containing the piece was confiscated.
In Columbia South Carolina John E Black former executive of the Security Building and Loan Association shot at director O Frank Hart then killed himself in Hart s office firing a bullet into his heart Hart escaped injury and Hart was unharmed by the bullets in the business district crime defense and security incident
Trial Justice A. J. Tavenner sentenced Robert Supinger to six months in jail a $100 fine and $1 000 bond for possession and sale of illegal liquor. Supinger was arrested at his home four miles east of the city on Senseney road with five half gallon jars of corn whiskey and other bottles. Charles Huff was also fined for possessing a quart of liquor. Other bootlegging figures were described as present in court during the defiant stance.
Konstantine Kammerhofer, chief of staff of the Austrian Nazi armed forces, told the Associated Press the Nazi rebellion in Austria has only started. He said the fight for German Austria’s freedom will continue, despite temporary military resistance, and that if men are gone, women and children will carry on.
Closing prices in Chicago and Baltimore wheat markets are supplied daily to The Star by Winchester Milling. Quotations show Chicago September at 1.04 percent, December at 1.0654, May at 1.08 percent. Baltimore spot wheat at 9 5/4. Corn values list Chicago September 72 1/2, December 15 42, May 79 1/4. Winchester delivered at 70 cents per bushel and $3.50 per barrel.
NEW YORK Aug 4 Clark Howell chairman of the Federal Aviation Commission and publisher of the Atlanta Constitution sailed today on the Conte De Savoia to survey European aviation in connection with the commission investigation of American aviation problems.
Capt A T Barr of a Keswick family was found wandering five days after his car plunged into Wilderness Run between Fredericksburg and Orange. He arrived home with no permanent injuries and planned to tell relatives his movements. A $1000 reward had been offered during the search across northern Virginia and Maryland.
In Hagerstown Maryland Rev Peter Charles Hoffman was arrested on a warrant alleging he offered a reward to a taxi driver to bring marriage couples to him. He was held on $300 bond for a hearing next Tuesday and pleaded not guilty through attorney Harold H Hoffman. He is described as a minister of the United Brethren Church without a charge.
New York magistrate Louis Brodsky ruled that a dollar is not too much for a mint julep after David Murray refused to pay a $3.10 bill from a Broadway nightclub. Murray paid the bill to avoid sentence.
In New York on August 4 an 8 year old boy Gordon Terraville clung to a kidnapper in Central Park. Charlotte Gilbert, also 8, freed him and received a kiss as a reward. The crowd noted Gordon blushed at the gesture.
J W Bell, 73, prominent Clarke county farmer, died in Memorial Hospital last night at 11 o clock due to complications after admission Wednesday. He lived east of Berryville and leaves a widow Lola and seven children, plus several siblings. Funeral at Berryville M E Church South Sunday at 2 with burial in Green Hill Cemetery.
A. J. Grymes's Flyit Cloud from the Tred Avon Yacht Club captured the Miles River Yacht Club log sailing canoe race and the Governor's Cup at St. Michael's Maryland. Magic, George Wilson's boat, placed second for the host club, while Strong in the Mayflower from Chester River Yacht Club finished third among eight. The Flying Cloud now has two consecutive wins, following Friday's free for all feature.
Anna Roosevelt Dall arrives in Washington saying she will stay at the White House to work until the family moves to Hyde Park. She notes her Nevada divorce from Curtis Dall and emphasizes personal matters regarding custody remain private.
Nathan Shefferman, labor relations board examiner, will travel from Baltimore to Fell, Virginia to investigate conditions before a workers’ election at the Tubize-Chatillon Corporation rayon plant. The investigation aims to determine which former workers on strike are eligible to vote for a collective bargaining committee. Chairman Lloyd Garrison said the election would be ordered once the report is received.
Judge and Mrs. T. W. Harrison with Mr. and Mrs. Burr Powell Harrison and their young son Thomas Brinton Harrison have returned from a two week vacation to Atlantic City New Jersey.
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