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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1929
Page
3
A social and personal notice states Gin Teabelle F Miller can be reached by mail or telephone at any time with telephone inquiries answered between 3 and 4.9 a.m. for the following day. Phone number 33 provided.
A surprise dinner hosted by Mr J and Mrs Willie Costello of Middletown honored Mr J R Costello on his sixty fifth birthday. Relatives and friends attended including the Costello children and grandchildren and several local families. The gathering featured a large guest list and festive refreshments.
Miss Lyda Chapman leaves this morning for Washington D C to join friends and then travel to Niagara Falls and Canada for a vacation. Miss Evelyn Cather of this city visits friends in Hagerstown Maryland. Mr B A Bowman of Westernport Maryland visits relatives in this city. F H Bart of Huntington Virginia stays at Boyce Virginia with Pauline Royston.
The St. Louis and San Francisco locomotive 4113 completed a 25 day 7350 mile endurance run with no major work. Fired July 19 in Kansas City yard, it pulled freight between Kansas City and Birmingham without repairs. Federal inspection rules halted further continuation.
Three Pullman cars overturned and three more derailed when the baggage car truck broke on the Sante Fe Number 5 near Pueblo California. Passengers were bruised and shaken but none seriously hurt. relief train transferred survivors to continue to Chicago.
The Graf Zeppelin’s Tokyo leg of its around the world cruise now scheduled to depart Friedrichshafen between 3 and 4 am Thursday, corresponding to 9–10 pm Wednesday EST, according to the Associate Press report.
Dr. Benjamin Meade Bolton aged 73, a leading bacteriologist, died at his New York home. Born in Richmond Virginia he earned his medical degree from Michigan in 1879 and later taught at Johns Hopkins St Louis University South Carolina College and the University of Missouri.
Blair Rock a black man was held in Greenville jail on charges of shooting and killing Sheriff Sam D Willis two years earlier. He allegedly acted after being promised 500 dollars by two local white men who were unnamed. Sheriff Bramlett expected arrests soon, naming one prominent in business.
Baltimore August 13 motorists driving on freshly laid concrete on Washington boulevard faced a state backed enforcement campaign. Fifteen drivers were arrested in the first arrests and will be given hearings at Hale Thorpe police headquarters this week. Harry D Williams chief engineer of the road commission announced the action.
Miss Mildred Johnson of Philadelphia was informed by cable that the giant Ros tra flying boat completed its semi final test. The aircraft, carrying 10 passengers, flew 1,110 miles round trip from Travemünde to Stockholm in 11 hours 20 minutes. A further test to Iceland precedes the Europe to America crossing via South America.
Frederick County invites farmers to a Saturday evening lecture in the Handley Library lecture hall. Dr. O C Stine and L H Dean of the U S Bureau of Agricultural Economics will discuss price outlooks for apples corn wheat hogs cattle and sheep and how supply affects farm prices.
H L Barham's B and B Exterminator Inc from Baltimore arrives in Winchester for a week long campaign using a new method to rid public buildings like City Hall jail and hospitals of rats mice roaches and other vermin. Testimonials from numerous city officials support the service.
Philip Eaton an American visitor was taken to a hospital in dangerous condition after a savage attack in a Mayfair flat in London. Eaton said two men assaulted him but Scotland Yard reported only one assailant. He met a stranger on the street who was invited inside for a drink before the attack.
New York Aug 13 Led by United States Steel common stock which rose over 10 points to a fresh high the market recovered from early irregularities and gathered steam with gains in steel utilities investments railroads electrical equipment and aviation shares. Credit conditions showed easing with call money steady at 6 percent though quoted at 7 percent outside the market in the early afternoon.
In San Pedro California Aug 13 a Shell Oil Company refining tank exploded at the Dominguez Junction plant killing E M Ferguson and injuring five others believed burned. Fire units fought the blaze and investigators began work on the cause.
Mrs Richard Evelyn Byrd of this city received a box of candy ordered by radio from the Antarctic where her son Commander Richard E Byrd is with the Byrd expedition. A note read I am very homesick for you a world of love to you. Dick. Prompt delivery followed.
Two men are held on $20,000 bond for allegedly defrauding Ft. Wayne physician Dr. M. F. Schick of about $176,000 in a California land scheme linked to Boulder Dam Developments. Promoters W. L. Irwin and L. C Connor allegedly induced investment with false claims.
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh visited Cleveland for a day at the home of Mrs Lindberghs grandmother Mrs Charles Long Cutter. Their arrival yesterday was so unexpected that Major John Berry airport commandant did not know of it until today.
One man was killed and another seriously injured while fighting a weekold blaze in Slashings south of Lake Smaish near Bellingham Washington authorities said.
The Hague Aug 13 reports near immediate Rhineland evac plan as Germany and occupying powers reach a satisfying agreement. Progress toward an accord may negate the need for a political committee meeting scheduled for tomorrow.
A ground loop at Shepherd Field during the One Hundred Fourth observation squadron encampment damaged the plane but left all occupants uninjured. Lieut. Levi Dice piloted the craft with Corporal Arnold Kedy aboard, affecting the undercarriage propeller and wings of one of seven planes used by the guard.
Dante, Va. chairman of the Committe on Forestry of the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce will preside at the First Virginia Commercial Forestry Conference in Richmond in November under the chamber’s auspices. Mr. Tyler’s committee will meet soon to prepare the program with cooperation from the United States Chamber of Commerce.
Reported discussions include loyalty to the association since its years of existence in Winchester. The $100 prize payoff is uncertain with rumors that Western port committees missed payment to the Friendship Company and other prize recipients may have been paid.
Special Commissioner will sell at public auction on September 14 1929 at 11 a m in front of the County Court House Winchester Va all that lot at 513 South Cameron Street a two story frame dwelling fronting 51 feet with a deed of trust and insurance policy required Terms: one third cash and balance in two equal annual installments with interest and secured by deed of trust and insurance. Corinne Barnett Deputy Clerk.
In Frederick County Virginia a decree directs Master Commissioner to appraise Daniel C. Funkhouser's real and personal estate, identify heirs and beneficiaries, gather creditors, and settle accounts. The order requires publishing two weekly notices in Winchester Evening Star before execution, with a September 3, 1929 hearing at 22 Rouss Avenue Winchester. Creditors must prove claims for allowance. proceedings may adjourn daily until completion.
Report mentions a Chambersburg firm with a similar name to the Friendship Company having already received funds. Officials consider reports inaccurate and expect the open convention this afternoon to act in favor of the Friendships, with possible arranged payment if funds were misallocated.
A public sale of reconditioned cars and trucks is announced listing models from 1923 to 1929. The notice calls attention to available inventory and sale terms for prospective buyers.
ARROWE PARK Eng Aug Tens of thousands of boy scouts began breaking camp as the world jamboree ends. About fifty thousand youths depart for homes in nearly 50 countries, bidding farewell to their chief scout who issued a symbol for peace a golden arrow. The next jamboree is planned for 1933 at an as yet to be determined location.
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