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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1931
Page
3
Announcement invites the public to the Luttrell reunion in Collinsville Frederick county with no family restriction. The day features a Winchester Debating Society debate. The event begins at 9 00 AM and the debate is set for 2 00 PM.
Circle No 2 Braddock Street M E Church meets at Mrs R Frank Barr 424 Fairmont Avenue at 3 00 PM. American Legion Post luncheon at George Washington Hotel at 12 30 PM. Otterbein Guild meets at Mrs Murl Hannum Loudoun Manor at 8 00 PM. Round Hill Presbyterian Church yard party sponsored by 4 H Club. Saturday yard party Gainesboro school lawn for upkeep of school buildings. Northwestern Grade Robinson farm yard party for Round Hill M E Church public invited.
Mr and Mrs George Melville Moore and family of New York City are enjoying fishing boating and leisure along the Shenandoah river. Moore a Winchester native and son of the late Colonel L T Moore recalls Stonewall Jacksons Headquarters on North Braddock street and recently returned from Europe aboard the Olympic touring England France Switzerland and Italy.
A marriage license issued in the Corporation Court clerk’s office yesterday afternoon to Emmanuel DeHaven from the county and Marie Davis of Romney West Virginia. The groom is son of J. W. DeHaven of De Haven, and the bride daughter of Grant Davis of Romney. Rev. E D Witherspoon of Highland Avenue Presbyterian Church officiated.
Mr. Burson of the State Conservation and Development Commission will deliver a series of talks before the Warren County Garden Club in Front Royal in September on garden club work and garden development. Dates to be announced. Mrs. William Carey of Ivy Lodge presides over the club. Miss Mary Cochran and Miss Ruth Cochran of this city spent yesterday in Washington.
Mrs. Alston Smith entertained near Cedar Grove in honor of her niece Miss Juanita Smith of Martinsburg West Virginia with refreshments and a guest list including Miss Caroline Anderson Miss Ethel Carpenter and several Barrett and Hancher family members. Mr E W Dixon of Philadelphia visits Winchester for apples peaches and meeting old contacts. Miss Georgia Conrad hosted a supper party for Lieut Julian Broster Lindsey and Miss Eleanor Hogue. Jordan White Sulphur Springs Hotel hosts Firemen's Convention dance with Ike Dixon orchestra. Mr and Mrs Samuel Marvin Griffin arrive from honeymoon tour to stay with Mrs Griffin's parents near Kernstown. Mrs O D Braithwaite and Frances Braithwaite return from Martinsburg and other visits. Master Bobby Green shows slight improvement after tonsil operation at Winchester Memorial Hospital.
A long list of visitors, relatives, and friends arrives and departs in town and nearby areas. Many stay with host families, attend dinners and dances, and join weekend outings to Biglersville, Charles Town, and Terra Alta. Several local residents recover from illness and plan hospital stays, while others travel to West Baden and Cape May for visits.
Allie Brent visits the George Washington Hotel while Lieut. Alex McComb travels from Canada to Ft. Myer. Mrs. Florence Glaize shows slight improvement after Winchester Hospital surgery. The tennis team departs for Frederick to enter a tournament featuring Randolph Shields and others. John V. Eddy heads to Virginia Beach. Wyndham Lee couple rejoice at birth of daughter. Eleanor Hogue visits Miss Virginia Tayloe Boyd. Virginia Carson leaves for Virginia Beach as guest. Ned and Ruth Brown host relatives in Dallas and Strasburg. Massanetta Springs Music Festival attendees include Mrs F L Buckley Mrs Griffith and Mrs George.
Pangborn and Herndon completed a 950 mile leg from Khabarovsk to Seattle as part of their bid to circle the globe by air. Their transcontinental route follows a great circle over the North Pacific and Aleutian chain. They halted in Seattle after abandoning the attempt to set a world record.
In New York on August 7 the security market saw continued heaviness in railroad issues while the overall share market held but was pressured by rail declines. German government bonds recovered, oil industrial outlook clouded by pound weakness, and morning trading showed initial rally before rail losses pulled the market down with around 750000 shares changing hands and call money renewed at 11 percent.
The Farm Board considers Germanys offer to buy 600000 bales of cotton with a 200000 bale option. A $51 million price tag for 600000 bales is discussed while potential losses loom if accepted. Detailed talks may be needed to resolve southern price concerns.
News pictures show former President Coolidge fishing and later riding a hay rake wearing his fishing boots. The Newark News questions what he expects to catch between the rod and the rake.
In Texas East oil operators voted 37 to 23 to halt wells and call a mass meeting August 14 to declare a shutdown. Oklahoma Governor Murray backs martial law to raise crude prices to at least $1. Texas refineries faced shortages as eastern operators provided crude while guards patrolled Oklahoma fields.
Richmond detectives pursued R. G. Lundy on a charge of obtaining 21 under false pretenses. He reportedly sold grape products in Winchester, collected deposits, and failed to deliver. Police say Lundy was fired from the grape products company but continued soliciting orders, leading to the present investigation.
Grain pits at Chicago Board of Trade showed overselling with rapid short covering. Prices closed with December wheat up and May positions higher. corn and oats also finished stronger across September December and May contracts.
President Hoover planned to leave late today for his Rapidan camp in Virginia to stay until Monday morning. Guests invited include Senator Herbert of Rhode Island and Mrs Herbert Henry M Robinson of Los Angeles D T Flood personal secretary to Coolidge and Mrs Flood Mark Sullivan Charles Groves Walter Newton and Mrs Newton among the party.
Gus Winkler a known associate of Fred Burks, injured when his car overturned near St Joseph Michigan last Wednesday. Police from several cities sought to identify him with multiple crimes including the 1929 Chicago mob killings, the New York Frankie Yale slaying, Detroit apartment house murders, a Toledo police officer death, kidnappings, and a $2.5 million Lincoln Nebraska bank robbery.
In York, many fortune tellers claim to predict events but none have succeeded in foretelling Governor Roosevelt's 1932 plans or fate, highlighting skepticism about prophetic claims during the era.
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