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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1926
Page
4
The Evening Star announces publisher Harry Flood Byrd and its post town entry in Winchester Virginia. It states consolidation with the Morning News Item The Weekly News The Weekly Times and The Weekly Mirror.
Virginia newspapers praise Governor Byrd for forging an agreement with the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company to block unauthorized rate increases. The plan delays appeals to higher courts, ensuring any rate changes require Virginia Supreme Court approval, protecting subscribers from unapproved charges.
The governor argues the 1918 act only allows unauthorized rates and should be repealed. He plans to seek change next session and may convene a special session to curb unauthorized increases. The aim is to balance fair utility rates with public protection and ensure court and commission oversight.
Virginia debates a law to curb rate hikes until fairness is shown, aiming to regulate returns by the A T and T empire. The issue centers on how subsidiary profits subsidize parent gains, with the Interstate Commerce Commission urged to take over to solve widespread concerns beyond Virginia.
Experts from 40 countries including a U S group meet in Brussels for the first International Congress on Penal Law. They discuss jurisdiction over crimes by citizens abroad, extradition treaties, and the need for stronger national laws, noting crime is highest in the United States due to state law defects.
Petersburg Progress Index notes R H Macy and Company finished a full inventory in one day. The $11 million valued stock was tabulated by Monday for executives, contrasting with weeks of prior effort and suggesting a model for small retailers to study.
A severe August storm in Shenandoah county set three Ashby District barns ablaze. On Jones Bayse's farm near Powder Springs, Welton Craig's near Lonas, and Harry Lonas's barn the bolt destroyed buildings and contents, with Lonas rescuing a horse and sustaining facial burns.
The Valley Pike report outlines five broadcasting programs starting in Montreal Thursday night with a Virginia program on CNRM and CNRC between 8 and 9. Saturday night from 9 to 10 features a program from Congress Square Hotel in Portland Maine. WNYC in New York will broadcast Virginia content from 9 to 10 next Monday. Wanamaker Station in Philadelphia will carry Virginia programs at 3 40 p m on Tuesday and Wednesday.
A Washington party travelled with Blakistone Island anglers to the lower Potomac where they caught trout rock bass and hardhead fish. Only fish a foot long or longer were kept and about 400 fish weighed a little over 350 pounds. The catch was made from an oyster boat rented for the day. Participants included Harry H Woodward Jack Steele and others from Winchester Kernstown Washington and Berryville. They plan another trip to the lower Potomac in late August.
A major blaze in St. Conned, Kennebec, Quebec leveled eighty of the village’s ninety two houses last night. The church and presbytery were damaged as the fire swept through the community about 72 miles from Quebec City. No further details on casualties or cause are provided in the report.
Fire swept the extreme end of the village, but the convent and several residences were saved. Estimated property loss reached about $500,000 with extensive damage to other structures.
Two 56 by 56 foot bungalows offered for sale by F A Shryock. Corner site included. Auction or sale terms likely offered to buyers. Listing dates indicate August 4, 1931. Property locations Pall Mall and Stewart Street referenced.
CHICAGO Aug 5 Frank L Smith Republican senatorial nominee testified before Senate campaign committees that during the recent primary he understood Sam Insull Chicago public utilities magnate contributed funds to his candidacy.
An old advertisement extols Tonall as a remedy for indigestion headaches constipation gas and nervous fatigue. It claims Tonall strengthens digestion improves blood and sleep, notes excessive alcohol content, warns against reliance on medicines with fancy names, and touts herbal ingredients as nature’s remedy.
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