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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1930
Page
4
The Evening Star announces Devine Tenney Corporation as national advertising representatives serving New York Des Moines and Chicago.
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An evangelical Bible excerpt urges believers to "fight the good fight of faith" and lay hold on eternal life, citing 1 Timothy 6 12. A prayer line follows with a plea for guidance in reading the path of behavior.
The plan preserves Shenandoah as a wilderness park within a broad corridor from Maine to Georgia. A single crest road named the Hoover Highway will allow limited trails and a future widening to a road and park segments. The president’s summer camp area lies within the park, reinforcing a national memorial to conserve nature for all.
Ross Stirling clinched the gubernatorial nomination by winning the second Democratic primary after a brutal contest. The newspaper publisher turned candidate showed rapid rise, becoming the most talked-about figure in Texas as he led a field of eleven in the earlier primary and drew attention for his highway commission background.
The analysis notes Stirling appealing to solid conservatives and moderate voters while facing notable Ferguson opposition. It highlights Ferguson and his allies Ma and Jim as persistent political forces, and predicts Stirling should win in November over a GOP challenger, though Texas remains unsettled on the Ferguson question.
The piece notes George Bernard Shaw’s support for allowing condemned murderers to end their lives themselves, via a scheduled hanging if they fail to die by their own means. It discusses rising opposition to capital punishment and questions whether providing such means is more merciful than current practice.
Mrs Phoebe Omlie of Memphis wins the Dixie Derby for women at Curtiss Reynolds airport in Chicago. She finishes in 11 hours 42 minutes 21 seconds aboard a Monocoupe, earning 2000 dollars. Martie Bowman places second, Laura Ingalls third, with Hopkins and Langdon two others in the money.
Culpeper August 26 William H Strother 70 was shot to death in a room adjacent to his Haywood store ten miles from Culpeper Dr J C Clore Madison county coroner said death occurred at least 24 hours before discovery Three bullet wounds one in head chest and abdomen police believe robbery murder Strother carried large sums of money Survivors include his son Lewis Strother of Washington and brother Ben Strother of Culpeper
Three inmates attacked a quarry guard near the state lime plant about 5 PM, then fled into woods on the New Hope road. John Fincher, recaptured in Hagerstown after an earlier break, Cam peau missing, with companions Rufus DeVoe and Andrew English. The guard was struck with stones and disarmed. a pistol was taken amid light rain.
Thirteen bands and drum and bugle corps are expected at the American Legion state convention with prizes for parade accuracy, largest delegation, and band and drum corps contests. The event runs Sept. 7 to 10 in Lupton with a Sept. 4 parade and a Sept. 9 concert on Court Square.
The Commerce department absolved Capt. Archie H. Brooks of fault after investigations in Boston and Norfolk into the January collision of his steamer Fairfax with the tanker Pinthis in Massachusetts Bay. Forty seven lives were lost in the disaster. Eight large murals depicting historic events were placed in the Alabama state capitol home.
Washington Aug. 26 Bascom Slemp named by President Hoover to be rector general of American participation in the French Colonial Exposition in Paris next year Slemp a Virginian lawyer since 1925 will oversee US duties and expenses earmarked at 250000 for the exposition.
New Orleans welcomed Dorothy Dell Goff after she left Aug 1 with her mother and a $3 bathing suit bound for Galveston. She returned within 10 days with $3000 and the Miss United States and Miss Universe titles, sparking a city parade and a plan for a stage career.
Urbana Illinois August 27 one of the most remarkable heavens regions May be seen in the south in early September evenings the Sagittarius Milky Way area shows great cumulus star clouds. The Milky Way is inclined and passes overhead September skies reveal two parallel streams near the Northern Grass with the two branches uniting near the Southern Cross. Sagittarius cloud and Scutum cloud dominate the southern skies with Moonless viewing best on September 1. The Milk Dipper lies in Sagittarius marking the center of our stellar system with an estimated 50 billion stars in the nucleus.
Paul W Good a longtime Shelburne Williams resident now of Winchester died at Memorial Hospital following an appendectomy. He suffered typhoid fever previously and peritonitis from the complication. He was 47, survived by his mother Mrs Ida Frye Good his wife Alice White three sons and a sister. Funeral from 916 Woodland avenue tomorrow at 1 pm with Elder T J Powers and Rev C E Seastrunk officiating. burial at St John’s Church graveyard.
The executrix will sell at public auction at 16 o clock A M on Thursday September 4 1930 at the residence 14 South Washington Street Winchester Virginia all household effects of Laura Gratchen deceased including parlor and living room furniture dining chairs table buffet refrigerator iron safe hall rack carpets rugs many pictures four bedroom suites bedding linens silverware china clocks and other items plus about three tons of coal Cash terms and items must be removed after payment Grace V Forney executrix Duvall Dunn Auctioneers 8 23 91
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