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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1930

Page

6

Baldwin Calls for Protectionist Britain in Tariff Plan

London reports Stanley Baldwin Conservative leader argues Britain must overhaul fiscal policy to a protectionist system. He urges tariffs to forge economic ties with dominions and reduce European and American barriers. He criticizes coalitions and warns independent political moves hinder leadership formation.

London Stanley Baldwin Constitutional Club Great Britain Baldwin House of Commons Europe England David Lloyd George Robert Horne America Maja Fog Socialist Party

Magruder Estate Appraised As Valuable

Appraisement of the late Geo. H. Magruder shows personal property worth $6,225.49 and real estate valued at $2,400, totaling $8,625.49. The appraisal, returned to the Corporation Court, notes additional life insurance policies not included in the estate value.

Geo. H. Magruder Corporation Court

Albin Briefs Describe Local Social Visits

Albin Va December notes show Mr and Mrs Walter Clowser Cham bersville visited friends for an evening. Earl Bailey and family spent Sunday with friends at White Hall. H Martin and Pete Snyder of Nain called on local residents. Holmes Spence and H Clayton visited Mr and Mrs Clowser and plan to travel to Florida at the new year. Seite as Nanege totes Sonbomne shows partial improvement. Susan B Howard called on Mrs W A Orndorff Wednesday evening.

Albin Walter Clowser Chambersville Secon Earl Bailey White Hall H. Martin Pete Snyder Nain Holmes Spence H. Clayton Florida Seite Nanege Susan B. Howard W. A. Orndorff

Uncertain quote on learning and nightmare by Dean Roscie Pound

A fragment quotes Dean Roscie Pound of Harvard suggesting that disillusionment may feel like a nightmare from absorbing excessive learning. The line hints at intellectual strain and the dangers of overindulgence in study.

Dean Roscie Pound Harvard

Mud Hole Drainage Dispute Over Highway Nuisance

A letter from A W Shade of Winchester Virginia dated December 18 1930 argues the mud hole on a state highway is caused by new development and drainage onto the road not by adjacent property owners. He condemns delays by the Highway Commission and notes an injunction failed leaving relief to the state.

Orce Automobile Associations Chamber of Commerce Board of Supervisors City Council Board of Health The Highway Commission Circuit Court of Frederick County A. W. Shade E. Earl Shade I. J. Crabill Turner Sencindiver Shirley Mr. Shirley Winchester

Weems, III Dies at Seaside After Stroke

Eugene V. Weems III dies from stroke at Seaside. He helped form the Cuatotolapan Sugar Company in Mexico and served on Shenandoah Valley National Bank board. He owned an apple orchard near Kernstown and ran a dairy connected to the farm. He married Courtenay Wells in 1876, daughter of Governor James Madison Wells. Survived by widow, eight children, and grandchildren.

Maryland Washington Weems Cuatotolapan Sugar Company Mexico Shenandoah Valley National Bank Kernstown Courtenay Wells James Madison Wells Louisiana Samuel] Logan Owens Lucille Sweitzer Emily Florence Weems Lawrence E Courtney W. Weems Donald L. Weems Winchester Eugene W. Weems, Jr Knoxville Tenn

Three Valley Horsemen Send Entries To Cuba

Kenneth N. Gilpin Beryville Virginia Randolph and John Hughes of Middleburg send thoroughbreds to Cuba for winter Marianao races under Havana American Jockey Club. Carload travels via Key West to Havana with Charles M. Fletcher in charge. Entries include Kentmere horses Princess Isabelle Cherokee Maid Volante Rock Play Royal Riot Super Brown Blue Eternal Sun Tourist yearlings unnamed.

Star Berryville Kenneth N. Gilpin Key West Charles M. Fletcher Havana Mr. Gilpin Cuba Mrs. Gilpin Europe

Sanford E. Walters Laid To Rest In Frederick County

Funeral services for Sanford E. Walters were held at Red Bud Church in the county with Rev. W. L. Dudley officiating. Walters, 49, died in Memorial Hospital after health declines and multiple relocations for care. He is survived by a sister in Grottoes and two brothers in Winchester and Glen Bernie farm, with one brother previously deceased.

Red Bud Church This County Sanford E. Walters Memorial Hospital W. L. Dudley Church of the Disciples In Christ Baltimore Winchester Charles Hershey Walters Lake Grottoes Frank Walters No 412 North Kent Street Thomas Walters Glen Bernie Farm Albert Walters

Airplanes Join Search For Four Bank Robbers

Airplanes with machine guns and smoke bombs assisted a hunt near Bogue Chitto swamp for four bank bandits who allegedly robbed Marion Junction State Bank of about 4000 dollars. Ground forces including National Guardsmen deputies and citizens were joined by bloodhounds after yesterday’s escape.

Associated Press Safford Ala Bogue Chitto Swamp Marion Junction

Fossil Morning Glory Flowers Found in Colorado

A geological expedition in Colorado reports fossil flowers from the morning glory family dating about 20 million years old. The find suggests ancient plant life in the region and offers clues to historical climate and biodiversity.

Colorado

Personal Notice Roundup of Christmas Visits and Travel

Christmas season visitors arrive and depart as local residents host relatives from Richmond Mapelwood Pa Baltimore Providence and Gordonsville. Notables include Marshall Winkfield a Medical College of Virginia student visiting family and Virginia Lupton from the Maryland Institute of Art staying with her parents. George Kremer funeral attendees and guests from Norfolk Albany Kentucky and Washington are listed among out of town mourners.

Marshall Winkfield The Medical College of Virginia Richmond James B. Winkfield Fred Kremer Hagerstown Ben. Prince Baltimore Mortimer Tarkins Mortimer Harkins, Jr George Kremer Washington William C. Hunt Providence R. I George W. Kremer Virginia Lupton Maryland Institute of Art Daniel W. Lupton North Washington Street

Eruption of Java Volcano After 80 Years Dormant

Merapi, the Java volcano dormant for eighty years, roared to life and sent a river of white hot lava into nearby villages. The eruption continued with fears that about ninety natives perished, and widespread evacuation of surrounding towns followed.

Associated Press Batavia Java Merapi

Necklace Theft Aboard Simpsons Express

On the Simpsons Express traveling from Jugo Slavia to Istanbul a thief unlocked a sleeping compartment and stole a $25 000 pearl necklace from Mrs Philip E King wife of the American director of the Gary Tobacco Company in Turkey.

Istanbul Turkey Philip E. King Gary Tobacco Company

Mrs Margaret Budd Osborne seeks divorce in Minneapolis

Mrs Margaret Budd Osborne daughter of Ralph Budd president of the Great Northern railroad filed for divorce from Willis Osborne investment broker in Minneapolis. Grounds for divorce kept secret.

Margaret Budd Osborne Ralph Budd The Great Northern Railroad Minneapolis Willis Osborne

Americanism: Marrying for dance then divorcing over money

A commentary notes the paradox of marriage for charm versus financial support, citing a couple who wed for his divine dancing and separated due to insufficient earnings. The piece reflects on social expectations and economic pressures in relationships.

Grimes Gleanings

Rev F B Snapp and Tobe Willey from Strasburg visited Grimes with Mrs Clevenger. Olin Affleck and family spent the day with relatives. Ransom Carter, Cedar Hill resident, returned home after hospital treatment for blood poisoning and finger amputation. Robert B Clevenger Jr was treated for suspected appendicitis, later found to improve without surgery. Butchering near done with fair porkers despite dry season and scarce feed. About two inches of snow fell Tuesday with cold weather and no wind.

Robert B. Clevenger, Jr Shafer

Berryville Teams Divide Double Basketball Bill with Marshall

Two Berryville squads played in Marshall Virginia with the Class of 1930 boys beating Marshall High 18 to 14 while the Berryville Alumni girls lost to the Marshall girls 22 to 11 in the same double bill.

Berryville Marshall School Marshall Marshall High School Marshall High

Excitement of Seeing Toys Fatal to Boy

Nine year old Alexander De Campi died in a West Philadelphia department store toy land. Surrounded by a glittering display of Christmas toys he collapsed amid falling electric trains airplanes and boats. Physicians attributed death to a cerebral hemorrhage brought on by excitement.

Associated Press Philadelphia yDec Alexander de Campi West Philadelphia

Funeral Services Are Held For Late Charles E. Henry

The funeral of the late Charles E. Henry, local plumber and gas pipe fitter, who died Monday at his home No 8 Woodstock Lane, was conducted in Mt Hebron Cemetery chapel by Rev Dr S L Flickinger. Interment followed in the family lot with pallbearers Ollie Cooper Stanley Cooper Albert Smallwood Jacob Marple Marcellus Anderson James Carper.

Charles E. Henry Woodstock Lane Mount Hebron Cemetery S. L. Flickinger Centenary Reformed Church Ollie Cooper Stanley Cooper Albert Smallwood Jacob Marple Marcellus Anderson James Carper

Hoover program for employment hits a snag

Compromise on drought relief moves to the House tomorrow. Senate Agriculture Chair McNary led the conference and hopes enactment before week’s end. The loans clause allows the Agriculture Secretary to lend for feed and other purposes incident to crop production as emergency aid.

House McNary Senate Agriculture Committee Secretary of Agriculture Senate

Fragmented Budget Battle Paralyzes Hoover Relief Plan

In Washington the debate over the food relief and drought aid raged as Democrats and Republicans clashed over budgets and labor wage provisions. Senator Glass urged speed to fund work projects while McKellar and Vandenberg assailed Hoover's 1919 relief accounting, and the House moved to boost the Federal Farm Board with an additional 150 million dollars for its revolving fund.

Minnesota Senate House Robinson Arkansas Glass Hoover Aater McKellar Tennessee Herbert Hoover Vandenberg Michigan Glenn Illinois Steiner Oregon McKellar Jones Appropriations Committee Georgia Alabama Farm Board Washington Federal Farm Board Senate Appropriations Committee

Artificial price support for grains questioned by Legge

Legge says current low grain prices are artificially maintained. He cites wheat and other grains showing sustained cotton activity and recent market pressures over the past 60 days.

Prayer Verse Calls for Faithful Commandment Keeping

A devotional line petitions wholehearted seeking of the Lord and a resolve not to wander from divine commandments, reflecting pious commitment and spiritual focus.

Reliance U B Church Christmas Services Schedule

Reliance U B holds Sunday school at 10 a m sermon at 11 a m with Christmas carols. Ridings Chapel service at 2 p m with 3 30 p m Christmas sermon. Greenway service at 7 30 p m with Christmas sermon. Quarterly official board meetings follow each service and all church officers and stewards are to attend with reports.

H. E. Richardson Reliance Ridings Chapel Greenway

Winchester U. B. Circuit Christmas Services

Mt Olive and Mt Pleasant announce Sunday school and sermon times with 7:30 p.m. evening services. A brief official board session follows sermons with written reports. Christmas program slated for Monday night December 22 and invites extended.

C. J. Racey Mt. Olive Christian Endeavor Mt. Pleasant Fairview

Bruce Town Circuit Revival Schedule

The Brucetown Circuit reports Sunday services across multiple churches. Pastor Drums leads Sunday school at 10 am and preaching at 11 am at one church, with Epworth League at 8 pm. Welltown hosts 10 am Sunday school and 3 pm preaching, while Stephenson runs 10 am Sunday school and 7 pm Epworth League with 7:30 pm preaching. Burnt Factory and Brucetown also hold 10 am Sunday schools and 7 pm Epworth Leagues.

C J Clark Epworth Welltown Stephenson Burnt Factory Brucetown

County Presbyterian Church Services and Schedule

Reverend Allen Jones leads Sunday school at Cedar Cliff Vaucluse at 8 30 a m. and preaching at 10 45 a m. Mount Hope Chapel hosts Sunday school at 2 p m. and preaching at 3 p m.

Allen Jones Cedar Cliff Vaucluse Mount Hope Chapel

Stephens City Lutheran Pastorate Services Overview

Stephens City Lutheran pastorate led by Rev. Snyder Alleman lists Bible school at 9 45 a m with Howard as superintendent and primary department, Luther League at 6 30 p m, sermon at 7 30 p m. Christmas events include Matins at 6 a m and Christmas day program. St Paul Fawcett Gap shows Bible school at 10 a m, morning worship at 11 a m with theme The Manager and Its Message, Luther League at 7 p m, Christmas post-event entertainment. You are welcome to join any service.

Trinity Stephens City Howard Floyd Cadwallader Supermare Luther League Veapare St. Paul Fawcett Luther Legane

Christmas Services Planned by Local Churches

Frederick circuit Round Hill and Epworth League hold Sunday services at 10 a m with a Christmas program at 11 a m. Carper's Valley worship at 2 p m sermon at 3 p m. Macedonia adds 10 a m Sunday school and 7 45 p m sermon with a Christmas service on December 24. Relief church offers 10 a m Sunday school 7 30 p m Epworth League and a Christmas program on December 24. All are invited to attend and worship.

Round Hill Epworth Carper’s Valley Macedonia Relief Epworth League

Church of Christ Rural Charge Pastor S J Goode

Ebenezer Bible school 10am worship and sermon 11am Del Ray preaching 3pm Capon Bridge Bible school 10am Christian Endeavor 6:30pm evening worship 7:30pm Preaching at Whitacre Saturday night 7:30pm public invited to all services.

Ebenezer Bible School del Ray Capon Bridge Chistian Endeavor Whitacre

Also Mentioned on This Page

MR. Baldwin U. S Charles A. Selden New York Times Magruder Eugene V. Weems, III Seaside Presa Spain Madrid J. F. Eley Norfolk, Va Mrs. Pennypacker C. B. Mercier Albany, Ky Mrs. O. J. Mercier South Kent Street S. C. Wardrip Gordonsville, Va Hotel Jack Grimes Congress Legge Jesus T ‘Press Radio Ride Service, Inc Cincinnat Winchester U. B. Circuit Circui County Presbyterian Snyder Alleman Frederick Circuit P. R. Diehl Church OF Christ Rurat S. J Goode Kroehler Winchester Furniture Company South Main Street
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