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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1929
Page
3
Social and personal items may be mailed or phoned. Mek Teabello F Miller welcomes news by telephone between 5 and 4 pm for the following day. Phone No 33.
A large summer dance is planned for Jordan Springs Hotel with the Mason-Dixon Orchestra from Woodlawn New Jersey directing. The event follows recent performances at Massanutten Lodge and includes several Winchester attendees.
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Dorsey and son Edward return to their Washington home after visiting Mr. and Mrs. George H. Miller at Edgewood. They are joined by their son and daughter in law Miller Dorsey and granddaughter Dorothy Welsh. The Dorseys also spent time with Miss Annie Dorsey and Frank H. Dorsey. Miss Margaret Beck, recovering from appendicitis at Memorial Hospital, shows slow improvement. Beck is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Beck and a student at the State Teachers College in Harrisonburg. Virginia Cousack of Baltimore visits her aunt Mrs. Clark Hardesty in Stephenson.
Mr and Mrs Charles W Little and daughter Miss Jane Little and Mr and Mrs Robert Von Etf of Queens Village NY are guests of Mrs Little’s parents at their National avenue home They attended a picnic on Capon River yesterday hosted by Mrs Albert L Baker Their outing was joined by Master Billy Baker who attends a Boy Scout camp on the river.
A long list of locals host, visit, and travel as relatives and friends spread through North Carolina Virginia Maryland and West Virginia. Notable mentions include the Williamson family returning home from a North Carolina sojourn and various guests staying with Fansler Davis McCann and others in Winchester and vicinity.
Miss Nan Dupuy of Richmond visits relatives in town while J H Yost S Porter House and C L Nicodemus depart for Staunton on business. Winchester guests attend Camp Shenandoah at Island Ford WV. Mrs David E Hawthorne and Betty Ann Hawthorne return from Whitespoint MD. Jessie Haines returns to Fort Loudoun after Massanetta Springs. Catherine Crismore resumes at Northern Virginia Power Co after vacation in Berryville. Mr and Mrs BO F Randolph of Boyce shop locally.
Weather conditions expected to be favorable for the Graf Zeppelin launch as Dr. Eckener signals a start on the first leg of a round the world voyage from Lakehurst New Jersey. Passengers are directed to hangar by 4 p m with departure likely at midnight despite earlier timing.
Three passengers were reported injured when a Pietwick Airways Transport plane en route to San Diego forced landed on Riverside Drive after departing the Grand Central Air Terminus in Glendale. The crash occurred on a golf course. Pietwick officers said no one was seriously injured.
Leaders of On Leong and Hip Sings tongs in New York and Chicago agreed to settle their conflict through arbiter Dr. Lamp 8. Young, Chinese consul general, acting as mediator. A temporary truce was reached at a conference with Young and U S Attorney Charles H. Tuttle, with identities kept confidential. The truce will be posted in Chinatown with official seals attached.
Matthew Woll of the American Federation of Labor denounces industrialization for private gain. He argues the South faces a Northern capital invasion profiting from natural resources at the expense of the masses, aided by lax immunities offered to foreign capital.
Public auction in Winchester Virginia on the listed August Saturday at 11 A M offers the 1 2 undivided half of a 306 acre farm west of Boyce held by J Ashby Sprint and Frank H Sprint. Purchaser pays one third cash, balance in two annual installments with interest, secured by deed of trust and fire policy. Auctioneers Ducall Dunn.
Lucy B. Baker sues Florence V. Howard et al in Frederick County Virginia. A commissioner is to report on rent value claims parties interests in the realty liens taxes and other pertinent matters with August 20 1929 set for proceedings in Winchester Virginia.
Alfred Pearce Dennis, vice-chairman of the United States Tariff Commission, argued tariffs as trade barriers hinge on the protection degree. He urged presenting concrete tariff figures and their impact on international trade. W. W. Ball described Southern mill villages as white refuges from Negro competition, noting workers fled from farms and faced labor contrasts.
To the Voters of Winchester I thank all who voted for me in yesterday's primary Their support is deeply appreciated If elected in November I promise my best efforts in the full discharge of the duties of City Sergeant Respectfully ies Barr 1n-1t
Pursuant to a Frederick County Circuit Court decree dated August 2 1929 I will on September 7 1929 at 11 A M at the court house front in Winchester Virginia offer for sale to the highest bidder a 13 acre tract with two roads near Carper s Valley Church known as the Charles M Ritterland. Terms cash. Special Commissioner Warren Rice. Deputy Clerk I J W Baker certifies bond for security approved.
Representative Tinkham alleging Bishop Cannon loaned 27000 to the Anti Smith Democrats in 1928 and urging a Justice Department probe to uncover the source of funds. He questions whether the money came from Cannon's church or other sources and calls for full disclosure.
Babe Ruth slugged his 28th homer of the season in the second inning against the Philadelphia Athletics. The ball cleared the yard with the bases loaded as Lefty Ehmke pitched for the A's.
New York market rallied today under steel leadership as money supplies fell sharply from 10 to 8 per cent. The upturn faded after further big losses in utilities, turning dull and closing heavy. Total sales about 300000 shares.
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