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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1923
Page
5
The Red Cross detailed a busy month with 16 civilian families aided and 14 ex service men assisted. There were 107 visits, 203 office interviews, 3 hospital placements, and 1 state institution referral. Five employments were secured, 19 volunteers helped, and production work increased with 163 garments mended.
Secretary Hoover told Representative Hamilton Fish Jr that twenty million Germans face famine this winter. He urged creation of foreign commercial credit for food, saying it offers a constructive but temporary fix depending on political relations, currency repair, and industrial rehab. Hoover cites a need for about 45 billion marks or 120 million dollars in international loan.
Holiday disbursements to American industrial and railroad stockholders will come as extra or resumed quarterly dividends in December. Estimates say total disbursements may exceed 150 million dollars, with an aggregate for the year likely above 1 billion. The 1922 total was about 870 million.
The AP reports a Prussian ministerial decree abolishes the title Kaiser for William Hohenzollern, naming him Prince of Prussia by birth. The decree also assigns the same title to the ex crown prince, stating the kaiser and crown princes are taboo and the family name alone suffices.
Negotiations for consolidation of United Cigar Stores Company of America and the Schulte Retail Stores Corporation, the two largest US tobacco distributors, were virtually at a meeting of representatives in New York. The merger would unite organizations with 1922 combined sales of 97,727 thousand dollars and 45 stores.
Winchester Hiram Lodge No. 21 A F and A M will hold its annual election of officers at its communication tonight.
Paris reports focus on U S role in League talks. Discussions involve inviting Washington collaborators to a league commission drafting a new arms control convention replacing the St Germain treaty. Draft mutual assistance aims for eventual land force reductions while seeking views from near members.
Famous detective William Pinkerton, longtime head of the Pinkerton agency, died today in Los Angeles. The noted sleuth led the private security firm for decades and was widely known across the United States for his investigative work.
In New York on December 11 heavy speculative selling hit Schulte and tobacco shares after news of a new tobacco company formed by Schulte interests. The decline spread to food, motor, and utility stocks, with some recovery by noon as motors steadied and corn products rose. Call money opened at 5 percent.
Montreal, Dec. 10 Lord Shaughnessy chairman of the Canadian Pacific Railway died today in his 70th year. He was taken ill suddenly yesterday. Death was due to heart disease and complications. He was born in Milwaukee.
Standing room only marked the Centenary Reformed Church Sunday night picture service as crowds grow for biblically based films from Christian Herald. The theme “Courtship and Marriage” followed by Rev. J R Casselman’s sermon emphasized godly ideals for youth.
Announcement for December 23 showing a splendid religious picture titled The Life of Christ. Further details to follow.
A humorous verse by Walt Mason about writer’s block and labor versus leisure. The speaker laments exhausted themes and compares his plight with a mower operator who toils in the sun. The piece riffs on creative struggle and class irony with light satire.
A resolution adopted by more than a thousand Presbyterian ministers and elders in Pennsylvania Delaware and New Jersey calls on all Presbyterians to uphold the churchs confession of faith. It states any man denying the doctrine or doubting the irrefragable faith of the New Testament has no true place in the ministry.
Mayor W. W. Glass addressed Handley High School civics class this morning at the invitation of Mrs. Bond. He outlined the history and development of Virginia’s councilmanic government, touching on Winchester and many towns, and discussed the commission form.
A damaged ad claims a sulphur preparation clears rough skin, eruptions, rash and pimples. It touts immediate soothing effects and says relief follows quickly with use like a cold cream marketed by Rowles.
Fragmentary remarks discuss replacing the old council form with a commission system in Virginia. The mayor and speaker present contrasting views while stressing study over immediate conclusion.
The Rev. D McFadrin of the Presbyterian Church has delivered several lectures on The Most NM Johns of the Christian Cha subject tomorrow evening at 8 oclock will be John Wesley The public is cordially invited to attend these lectures and hear a discourse on the life and character of this great denomination.
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