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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1926
Page
8
French composers turn to film scores as moving pictures grow. Paul Ladmirault wrote music for La Briere, a French peasant tragedy, performed at Pasdeloup concerts where the score stood out even without the film.
The Drewry bill to award congressional medals of honor to Commander Richard E. Byrd and his mechanic Lloyd Bennett progresses as the naval committee reports to the House. The bill aims to honor Byrd for polar exploration and Bennett for his role.
The measure advances to the House calendar where it awaits its turn unless author Representative Drewry a Democrat from Virginia secures unanimous consent for earlier debate.
Tokyo selects Hiromichi Nishikubo as mayor after Izawa resigns for health. A famed swordsman and former chief of the Metropolitan Police, Nishikubo, 63, weighs 238 pounds and is nicknamed the Mussolini of Japan for his stern temper. He previously built a police exercise hall and pushed sword practice for officers.
In a recent dinner Mayor Nishikubo a prominent political figure and House of Peers member reportedly consumed a gallon of sake the Japanese national drink and then went home under his own power.
The Nichols family near the Page Madison county line escaped a blaze by leaping from several windows. In zero weather they walked a mile in night clothes to a neighbor’s home. The fire’s origin is unknown and authorities have not determined a cause.
Augustus Lukeman reports Stone Mountain carving progressing faster and cheaper than expected. He estimates at least 50 percent saving, notes 264 000 cubic feet removed since September, and plans to begin design application in February if weather allows.
Lord Grey of Fallodon recalls learning Braille when threatened with blindness and notes he can read in the dark. He says he can turn out the light, draw up the sheets, and read to sleep, and his eyesight has improved enough that Braille remains useful.
In Whitechapel England a money lender presses a claim as the debtor retorts indignantly that the man is a Shakespeare and he wants his meat of pound. The exchange reflects tension in a local courtroom scene with a sharp witticism about a debtor’s appetite.
The Northern Va. Motor Co. reports the first shipment of the Pontiac Six De Luxe Delivery, built on a rugged Pontiac chassis with a specially designed Oakland body, now on display. Priced at 770 dollars, the enclosed panel delivery car features two side doors, rear doors, Fabrikoid upholstery, and advanced window regulators.
A vintage advertisement invites drivers to try AMERICAN GAS, colored ORANGE for easy identification at the Yellow and Black Pump. It asserts stronger starting power, steeper hill climbing, and more miles per tank while selling at the same price as regular gasoline.
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