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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1929
Page
3
An item notes that social and personal news will be telephoned to relay the following day between 3 and 4 p.m. The message mentions the alias ex Gila Goeetane Wales and uses the telephone number 33 for contact.
Miss May Scherer Copenhaver wed William McGuire at Rosemont the home of the bride's parents in Marion Virginia. The ceremony occurred at 7:00 PM under a trumpet vine arch beside an ancient tree. Dr J J Scherer performed the open air service at sunset.
Mrs Ralph Fansler entertained at her South Stewart street home Wednesday afternoon with a bridge luncheon for house guests Mrs Sarah Hollinburger of Mechanicsburg Pa and her daughter Mrs Curtis Sponsor of Collingswood NJ Four tables played Prizes awarded to Mrs Hollinburger and Mrs Spenser Top score went to Mrs Alson Hott with second to Mrs Thomas Kremer A two course luncheon was served.
Dr and Mrs James Gideon Brown of Woodville Virginia announce the engagement of their daughter Lucy Reid to Francis Churchill Jones of Front Royal Virginia The wedding is planned for the last of the month In Winchester Lucy Brown and Francis Jones are noted in the local social scene Dailey family event planned August 18 at the old Dailey homeplace All relatives and connections invited to attend
Readers note a stream of visitors and travelers in Winchester and nearby towns. Mrs. Moore improves at home after a hospital stay while Mrs. Walter of Washington undergoes a tonsil operation and recovers. Local families host guests from Frederick and Woodstock as they plan trips and shopping for fall and winter stock.
The Idle Rich opens at the Capitol Theatre yesterday and shows for the last times tonight. Conrad Nagel and Bessie Love star in this American romance with comedy and drama amid talkie features. Reginald Denny's His Lucky Day also headlines tomorrow. Ken Maynard in Code of Scarlet screens at the Colonial today and tomorrow.
Maryland National Guard airmen will train two weeks at Sheppard Field Martinsburg conducting bombing work for the first time by a Guard squadron in the nation. A truck from Camp Holabird will haul two hundred bombs, released as dense smoke upon detonation despite limited explosive force.
Three robbers abducted a local physician and a bank cashier in EIK River Minnesota. They forced the cashier to open the bank, threatened harm if time to escape was not granted, and escaped with 7200 dollars in cash.
A blast aboard the Standard Oil tanker William Rockefeller anchored at Bayonne N J killed one man and wounded 11. The floating torch drifted toward Bay Ridge as tugs fought to reach crew in the spreading fire offshore. The explosion was felt in Staten Island and lower Manhattan.
Harry D. Stone deputy sheriff of Anne Arundel County was cleared of a charge for failing to report a felony commission to Federal officers. A U S Commissioner ruled the law did not apply given the circumstances after a boiler explosion near Pasadena killed two men. Stone testified he suspected a still but claimed no knowledge of the crime. Several visitors and locals are noted as leaving or visiting Winchester and surrounding areas.
Sister Celestine acting Mother Superior of St Patrick Convent on Halng Island died in a fire after directing the evacuation. She returned to the burning church to ensure no one was left behind, and was found dead near the altar as firefighters saved sixty six children and seven other nuns from five-housing Island Convent.
Actor and boxer Frank Goddard and companion Harry Deck were attacked near a motion picture studio after refusing to join Actors Equity. Goddard suffered a serious stomach injury and underwent emergency surgery in what authorities call an attempt to save his life.
Dr William H Welch famed medical educator is a patient at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was admitted from the University Club after falling ill Tuesday. Doctors report the fever has subsided but he remains for observation.
In New York on August 9 a striker was shot dead near Calvary Cemetery as striking grave diggers attacked a bus carrying strike breakers. Stanley Zasadzhinski, 25, of Brooklyn, was killed. police say foreman Philip Nunziato fired from the bus when bricks and stones were hurled at the vehicle.
The Federal Reserve raised the New York bank rate from 5 to 6 percent triggering one of the sharpest stock exchanges reactions. Prices of leading stocks dropped 5 to nearly 30 points as investors rushed to exit. Wall Street closed weak with about 5.2 million shares traded.
John C. Marsh, a Carroll County man convicted of murdering his wife, was hanged at Maryland Penitentiary at 12.04 this morning. He fainted as the noose was adjusted and was supported by a warden until the trap sprung.
John M. Heath, Detroit elevator mechanic and skipper of the cruiser Maxine, was arrested at Michigan Central station after arriving from Chicago. He was questioned by the district attorney about the disappearance and death of federal prohibition agent Richard Sandlands following a struggle aboard the Maxine, when both men reportedly fell overboard.
Prohibition Commissioner Doran said he plans to bar prohibition agents from using rifles in several communities while sparing sparsely settled districts where rifles are needed for protection. No general order will be issued and he will handle the matter by correspondence with the administrator. He declined to explain the reason for the decision.
Elmer Ritter of Winchester Virginia was struck by a car on Frederick avenue in Catonsville while repairing a tire on his own machine. His leg was broken and he was taken to St Agnes Hospital for treatment. Ritter is the son of James C Ritter of the Virginia Woolen Company in the city.
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived in Washington from New York to spend the weekend with President and Mrs. Hoover. Ellen Lenwick of East Falls Church, VA, returned after visiting Miss Virginia Barnett at her South Cameron street home.
CHICAGO Aug. 9 Police Chief Theodore Schutte 45 of Elmwood Park Illinois was shot and killed by county highway policemen who were summoned to quell a disturbance at a road house opposite the station. Police say Schutte was drunk and attacked officers when they entered the station. The roadhouse owner said Schutte often frequented the place drunk and caused disturbances. He added Schutte fired a bullet into the floor after herding patrons to one end of the room.
Two Bank of United States branch employees in New York were arrested on August 9 charged with conspiring in a theft. The case involves internal collusion and alleged misappropriation at the bank.
Two New York men Joseph V. Price and SiegMiann allegedly ran a two year scheme using Columbus Avenue branch accounts to divert more than $100000. Officers say checks were forged for fictitious depositors and figures altered to hide the theft from large accounts.
Coast guards and rum runners clashed in a spectacular pistol battle on the Detroit River early today. The rival craft fired from the river center, shells and revolvers blazing as ships separated by hundreds of feet. Two guardsmen had narrow escapes while the rum runners fled to Canada with their cargo.
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