Longtime Winchester residents hit by illness parade
Confederate veteran Mr. Charles H Grim lies gravely ill at his South Kent street home after severe cold and pneumonia. Mr. W P Walker in Edmunds Hospital Danville VA is critically ill with pneumonia after being sent to install regional loan and thrift corporations. Governor Byrd and Mrs Byrd visit relatives in Winchester before returning to Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Grim
Winchester
South Kent Street
W. P. Walker
Danville
Edmunds Hospital
Virginia Loan and Thrift Corporation
Walker
Interstate Credit Relief Corporation
A. S. Hott
Hagerstown Loan and Thrift Corporation
G. C. Brandenburg
Berkeley Loan and Thrift Corporation
Martinsburg
J. W. Lloyd
Harry F. Byrd
W. Nelson Page
Amherst Street
Richmond
Mr. Byrd
Page
Mrs Louise Lloyd in serious condition at West Piccadilly
Mrs Louise Shearer Lloyd sister of late Winchester merchant A L Shearer lies in the Old Virginia Home on West Piccadilly in a very serious condition believed to be pneumonia. Her sister Mrs Rodgers and her daughter Miss Rodgers of New York have arrived to be with her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Shearer Lloyd
A. L. Shearer
Winchester
Old Virginia
West Piccadilly Street
Lloyd
Rodgers
Miss Rodgers
New York
Local social notes from Atlanta and nearby towns
Mrs. Charles Beck of Atlanta returns home for Christmas visit with her Bowly relatives in New York and will be joined by Nancy Devereux Bowly. Charles L Bowly's son heads to Buffalo on business. Baltimore and Winchester visitors noted. Page Cauthorn of Westhampton College seen with Essex relatives. Henry F Seal of Washington, a concert pianist, visits town. Mrs. Seitz arrives from Tucson to stay with the Bossmans. Cross family and Forneys enjoy Riverton visit. News Record editor Barnett ill with flu. Mrs. May Cooper of Washington travels to see her sick father Charles H. Grim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Beck
Atlanta
Heyward Bowly
New York
George Bowly
W. L. Cauthorn
Winchester
Page Cauthorn
Westhampton College
Richmond
Essex
Richmond News-Leader
Submarine S-4 Sunk For Navy Lifting Test
The submarine S-4 once a death trap off Provincetown was deliberately sunk off Block Island to test lifting gear called dead eyes. Coast guards and the rescue ship Falcon witnessed the operation led by Lieut Com Dunbar. The S-4 crewless hull settled in Great Salt Pond after the lift test begun as it touched the bottom, amid market drops in New York and cotton futures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
U. S. S. Chewink
Block Island
R. I
Provincetown
Navy
Great Salt Pond
Coast Guards
Falcon
Com. P. N. Dunbar
Good Prices Are Being Paid Here For Best Furs
Hunters and trappers reap a winter fur harvest as strong prices attract buyers from New York Baltimore and other centers with firms from the west also maintaining links to the Winchester market. The weekly Saturday sale sees stock poured in while demand for fur trimmed wear remains high despite anti fur campaigns. The market shifted from the Public Square to a building near the local gas house due to odor concerns surrounding skunk pelts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
New York
Baltimore
Dividends Declared by Virginia Loan and Thrift Corp
At the December 12 directors meeting the Virginia Loan and Thrift Corporation declared a 7 percent preferred stock dividend and a 3 percent common stock dividend payable semi annually. Record date is December 12 and checks will be mailed December 31. The bank organized May 8, 1926, under the Chamber of Commerce, aiding borrowers to meet obligations quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Loan and Thrift Corporation
Chamber of Commerce
Train wreck kills man in Wake Forest at drug store ruin
The Southerner passenger train from New York to Florida derailed in fog at a grade crossing in Wake Forest North Carolina striking a light coupe driven by Charles Lyman killing him instantly. The engine plowed into Wiggins Drug Store collapsing walls and burying the locomotive. Engineer J Y Brown and fireman escaped. baggageman W E Burchett sprained an ankle. Traffic halted for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wake Forest
N. C
New York
Florida
Seaboard Airline
College Town
Charles Lyman
Wiggins
J. Y. Brown
W. E. Burchett
Hoover Guarded in Uruguay During Montevideo Visit
President elect Hoover is under tight police guard in Montevideo Uruguay as radical groups protested along his route and outside the government house. He left Buenos Aires aboard the Argentine cruiser Buenos Aires after a farewell ceremony with President Irigoyen amid public acclaim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Montevideo
Uruguay
Hoover
Uruguan
Mr. Hover
Government House
Buenos Aires
Latin America
Herbert Kloover
la Plata
Hippolito Irigoyen
Iroxyen
Mr. Hoover
Sangplank
Sr. Irigooyet
Mrs. Hoover
Fears Of Market Upset Pressure Stocks In New York Trading
Fears of credit stringency toward year end restrained trading in New York stocks as the market moved irregularly lower. A few rails and specialties rose near 24 points on pool buying, but the general list faced selling pressure most of the day. call money fell to 6 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Elinor H. Wylie Dies After Stroke
Elinor Hoyt Wylie noted novelist and poet died from a paralytic stroke in New York. Born in Rosemont Pennsylvania she was daughter of Henry M Wylie of Washington a Taft era solicitor general. Her life included a Washington elopement and marriages to Philip S Hichborn and Horace Wylie before final years writing in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Elinor Hoyt Wylie
Washington
Miss Wylie
William Rosenet
Rosemont
Henry
Taft
Philip S. Hichborn
Hichborn
Horace Wylie
Wylie
Stabilization of Employment Sought By Railroad Lines
Washington December 17. Daniel Willard president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad cites a 25 to 10 percent drop in labor force since 1923 as rails were laid in winter and workers released after project completion. He testified before the Senate labor committee urging fuller recognition of unemployment and echoed by O S Jackson of the Union Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Ballimore and Ohio Railroad
Daniel Willard
Senate Labor Committee
Mr. Willard
O. S. Jackson
Union Pacific
180000 Ask For Treaty Approval
Dr Sidney L. Julick and Dr William L. Darby presented a petition to the White House on behalf of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America asking that the treaty be ratified. The petition bore more than 189000 signatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Peron
White House
Sidney L. Julick
William L. Darby
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Afghan King and Queen Take Refuge as Army Revolt Grows
Reports from Afghanistan's frontier state say King Amanullah and Queen Souriya have fled to a fort as the army revolts spread from the frontier to Kabul. The unrest follows Amanullah's westernization reforms and Queen Souriya's push to end purdah, prompting disaffection in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Amanullah
Afghanistan
Souriya
Kabul
Soutiya
Congress Hurrying Big Appropriation Bills Into Law
Congress races to enact nine supply bills funding the government for the next fiscal year. In two weeks the House passed two measures, the Senate one, with plans to move four by Christmas and two more soon. Failure could force an extra session. the President-elect threatens to call one for farm relief if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Herbert Hoover
Lluover
Senate Considerations Signal Nominations and Oceanic Relief
The Senate will tackle Roy O of Chicago for interior secretary and continue West’s confirmation battle next week. The Lands Committee resumes inquiry on the Sinclair tract renewal and cancellation near Salt Creek oil. Opposition to West’s confirmation appears likely though supporters expect a vote. House Rules Committee to decide timing on Puerto Rican hurricane relief before the Senate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Roy O
Chicago
West
Sinclair
Salt Creek
House
Orville Wright Returns to Scene of First Flight
Orville Wright arrives at Old Point Comfort aboard a steamer with a large party bound for Kitty Hawk North Carolina to honor the site of man’s first flight. Fog delayed the voyage while Langley Field planes saluted Wright on deck. William McCracken presided as aviation official. Amelia Earhart’s voice was heard among the singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steamer District
Columbia
Old Point Comfort
Orville Wright
Visinia
Kitty Hawk
Fisers
Aeronautical Engineers
North Carolina
Mr.Wright
Old Point
Potomac
Langley Field
Ian
Mr. Wright
William P. McCracken
Commerce
Aviation
Illiam Bingham
Connecticu
Amélia’ Earhart
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Mrs. Byrd
William Aldridge
Miss Wagner
Marguerite Wagner
Chambersburg, Pa
William Wagner
Greencastle
Violet Foreman
Cletus F. Hottel
Fred Foremen
Hagerstown
William S. Hess
Presbyterian Church
Hottel
C. F. Hottel
Edinburg
Pliny Wilson
Johnstown
Laurence Herrell Wilson
Wilson
Katherine Herrell
Pearl Headley
Opequon
Valley Avenue
Grippe
Margaret St. Ceran
New York City
Martin Wisecater
Cecil M. Eskr*ge
Mrs. Henkle Carpenter
East Picadilly Street
Mary Capper
Virginia Barnett
Virginia Interment College
Bristol, Va.Tenn
Walter Barnett
David Rhinehart
Wormelysburg, Pa
C. 4. Anderson
Sadie Finkelstein
State Teachers’ College of
Harrisonburg, Va
Mrs. M. Finkelstein
Greencastle, Pa
G. E. Pentz
South Loudoun Street
J. T. Hurley
Mildred Clem
W. Va
Margaret Beck
State Teachers’ College
Harrisonburg
P. A. Beck
George Barnard
Nancy Barnard
Grafton
Alexander Hamilton and Son
Hagerstown, Md
Lee Fisher
Valley Pike
Carey Harrison
Georgie Conrad
Alma
Brook Carper
Hilda March
Mary Pannett
Upperville, Va
Howard Staples
Allen Legge
James P. Reardon
Mount Jackson
Alson S. Hott
West Pall Mall Street
Louise Lloyd
Mrs. Beck
New Yrk City
Carles L. Bowly
Buffalo, N. Y
William W. Baldwin
Henry F. Seal
Harry Seitz
Tuscon, Ariz
Ramon Bossman
North Loudoun Street
Charles Cross
Hilda
Sarah Forney
Lucy Elizabeth Forney
Riverton,Va
Bryant Duncan
Douglas Barnett
The
May Cooper
Loan and Thrift Corporation
S. A. L. Flier
Elinor H. Wylie
Wyle
Huntsberry’s
North Main St
Scen
Lovett Bros
Sample Shoe Store
Loudoun Street
Virginia
Endicott-Johnson Shoes
S. Kirson & Sons
Wiichester
Lions Club
Norrow George
Washinton
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