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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1931
Page
5
Funeral services for Miss Ida Ross Chamblin will be held at 2 PM tomorrow from her Warrenton home in Fauquier County. She died yesterday in Fauquier County Hospital. Interment will be in Middleburg Cemetery.
Charles Farmer and John Reardon were sentenced to the State Industrial School in Richmond by Judge Donald L. Weems after being convicted of stealing five dozen rolls from a local bakery, taken from a road where they had been placed. Austin Farmer was also arrested with them.
The other two were released from custody after it was proven he had nothing to do with purloining the bread.
Representative Frank Bowman of West Virginia Hart was injured when his car crashed near Paris. Initial reports say he suffered sight problems but remained in the area, with authorities investigating the accident.
A disgruntled note criticizes an early arrival on a cold day to make coffee for a hobo. The writer laments a recent two hour whitewashing effort and complains about the messy interior and exterior conditions.
The DO-X arrives in Miami Florida as its first U S stop after crossing the South Atlantic from Brazil. Photo shows the seaplane on Biscayne Bay with crew and passengers including Captain Fritz Hammer Maurice Dornier Harvey Brewton Lieutenant Clarence Schildhauer and Captain Paul Berner. New York eagerly awaits the giant plane.
A single occupant vehicle from Washington D C driven by Bowman collided with a pole near Morgantown West Virginia after the driver jammed brakes to avoid a boy on a bicycle. The car was demolished and Bowman was unaccompanied.
Mrs Jaqueline Powers hosts her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs John Dawson Winter and Miss Roberta Winter from Leland Mississippi while their daughter resumes studies at Yale. Numerous guests from Arkansas New Jersey Ohio and Maryland attend bridge luncheons and dinners at homes in Clarke county including Buena Vista Rose Hill and Norwood listings with rooms for visitors and travel to Norfolk and Boston areas.
The Star shows daily market corrections for commodities including middlings mixed feed and dairy feed at 16 percent fat. Butter and country butter are listed with prices, along with heavy hens and young chickens. Baltimore wholesale market closes with crude grain terms and hay prices for old and new hay.
The six Central Press youths and escort Bradley Kelly tour Italy without hunger eating six meals daily aboard the motorship Vulcania. The menu lists meats, sauces, roasts, salads, fresh vegetables, desserts and cheeses as four youths rest after a fulsome dinner. Names include Edward F. Prichard Jr Paris Ky Woodfin Keesee Helena Ark Benedict Goldman Pawtucket R I and Frank Hallett Jr Akron O.
Crossword puzzle clues mix warlike terms with plant seeds and perfume roots. It lists various word hints from 7 seed of a plant to 21 pertaining to apascus and includes names like berland England and Dionysian revel for a prior puzzle.
For sale mixed cut flowers including Gladiolus and Dahlias. Delivery available. Contact Mrs. Sam Hurst at phone 819. Advertisement date indicates delivery and note of service on specified days. Also a separate line shows a help wanted notice seeking a young general houseworker experienced in hotel and restaurant work.
Classified notice offers a modern bungalow with a large lot for sale. Respond via P. M. care Star, dated August 27, 1931.
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