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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1923
Page
2
Local sale advertises a selection of vehicles and wagons with choices laid aside for Christmas. Notes a 68 foot building lot and a well located dwelling with monthly payments and prices listed as $2,700 and $2,500 respectively.
The inquiry into Teapot Dome oil leasing heard that the witness did not consult department bureau heads on the transfer. Admiral Robison read May 25 1921 minutes showing discussion and formal approval, with Denby saying he had submitted the matter to the committee. He recalled the issue to Denby, who expressed regret for forgetting it. The senator pressed for full details, but Robison declined to speak without executive session.
New York dispatch reports Barlow Diamond among eight suspects in the West End Bank murder and robbery case in Brooklyn on November 4. He refused to guide detectives through slums to find the two gunmen, pleading for mercy and warning of deadly retaliation. Attorney Dodd expressed amazement at Diamond’s detailed killer sketch which matches prior detective bureau leads. District Attorney anticipated many crimes would be cleared once the gunman is arrested.
The notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a combined treatment for catarrh, claiming local and internal benefits. It states the remedy has been successful for over forty years and lists Seem F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio as sellers.
L Cline and Lewis were married Thursday afternoon by Rev Boyd Switzer at Braddock Street Methodist Church South parsonage. The couple plan to reside in the city with Lewis a Louisiana native and Cline from Wisconsin.
Berlin reports the new three party coalition under Chancellor Wilhelm Marx and Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann begins work. The cabinet includes Jarres interior minister, Gessler defense minister, Luther finance minister, and Hoefle Occupied Territories minister among others. Some Reichstag talk suggests Marx may seek a modified authorization law amid fears of parliamentary dissolution.
Mrs W A Swimley returns to her home in this city after a long visit with relatives and friends in Springfield Ohio and visits to Cleveland and Akron with Harold S Lewis and Miss Cornelia.
A fragment notes Ruth Guyver, granddaughter, spending holidays with friends in Timore during an early part of the year. The snippet implies family visit activity but lacks broader context or additional names.
Harrisonburg business leaders move to organize a Shenandoah Valley Chamber of Commerce. Frank L. Sublett and associates frame letters inviting all Valley towns counties and groups to send representatives for a January 1 meeting to plan a Valley wide, unselfish cooperative effort similar to California's model. The plan aims to unite all interests and avoid a Harrisonburg centered drive.
Cadets of Shenandoah Valley Academy hosted their annual Thanksgiving dance last night in the large symposium. The venue was decorated with VVA colors and the Stars and Stripes. A large attendance included out of town guests and chaperones Mrs. Brantz M. Roszel Mrs. H. S. Kane Jr Mrs. Lewis Neill Barton and Miss Sara Chew.
Christ Episcopal Church to receive a special offering tomorrow for Winchester Memorial Hospital. Envelopes have been mailed to all members by the rector the Rev Nelson who asks a liberal gift for the local institution.
On my farm The Felthammer Mill Farm beside the Shenandoah River about 144 miles east of Millwood. About 50 barrels of corn offered at four dollars per barrel. Notice by Thos A Elsen.
Leo G Sheridan a bank officer from the First National Bank of Lexington is accused of a multi year defalcation totaling about 130 000 to 133 000 dollars. Bank president Bustes Vaughan provided security of 150 000 dollars and Sheridan pledged assets including 20 000 in real estate and interests in a moving picture concern bakery and construction firm. Federal examiners uncovered the loss in Roanoke while Vaughan and others seek restitution. Sheridan surrendered after being arraigned in Roanoke and the case spans several years of suspected financial malfeasance.
Federal hay grades will be simplified under a Department of Agriculture survey to reduce class numbers and streamline grading. Maurice Niezer of Fort Wayne, Ind., has been named to the project, advancing the overhaul of hay quality standards.
A consulting specialist explains that under the simplified system hay classes will rely on the percentage of grasses and legumes in mixtures and grades on color. Color is expressed as the percentage of green rather than the current federal method combining brown leaf surface and bleached stems.
Washington reports that cleaning wheat during threshing raised 1.3 cents per bushel in experiments across Minnesota and the Dakotas. The Department of Agriculture notes recleaners improved profits, with the best operators gaining 7.3 cents per bushel and a potential 5.3 cents net if a 2 cent per bushel charge had been applied.
Andrew Bell, secretary of the Weston Chamber of Commerce, travels to Charlottesville to deliver a Sunday afternoon address at Charlottesville Lodge 389. Services at Jerson Theatre. The Grand Lodge of the Elks designates December as a Memorial Month with 1 600 lodges observing annual services to honor absent brothers.
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