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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1917
Page
6
A six part film tonight stars Miss Elliott as a strong wife who helps clear her husband after a false Sing Sing charge. The production credits Roi Cooper Magrue and Irvin S. Cobb. Showtimes are 7 15 and 9 00 with admission 10c 1c and 20c including tax.
The Empire theater announces it will not open tomorrow night due to high film rental costs and declining attendance. Manager Mrs Henry Stephenson of Stephensonstown has rented an apartment in town for the winter.
In December 1918 Virginia officials propose using convict camps to cut and sell wood to ease coal shortages. Wood would cost $1 per cord at the stump and about $2 after hauling to city buyers, aiding relief for the poor. The plan, awaiting governor approval, would start promptly if approved.
A shooting match is set for Christmas Day at 10 o clock in front of the old tollgate house on Northwestern Grade. Prizes include turkeys and meres awarded by J Lewis.
The plan envisions convict camps cutting 2000 to 3000 cords of wood to sell to the poor at cost, without hindering road work. If successful, snowy weather will keep convicts busy. 500 German prisoners in Virginia could be assigned to cut wood to ease scarcity.
General Crozier, chief ordinance officer, told the Senate investigating committee that less than 3 percent of the year’s artillery program had been completed. Senators pressed him on departmental red tape, inter officer authority clashes, and alleged effort to suppress outside inventions.
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