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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1931

Page

2

The Champ and Animal Crackers Play Palace Tonight

Hable's Palace presents The Champ at the Palace Theatre with Wallace Beery Jackie Cooper and King Vidor. Plus the Marx Brothers Animal Crackers bows tomorrow with Harpo performing sleight of hand tricks and stage theft on the set.

Wallace Beery Butch Jackie Cooper King Vidor Metro-Gold- de Tees Paramount Palace Theatre Harpo Marx Heck Harpo

Winchester Theatres Preview Future and Current Bookings

At the theatres in Winchester advances and reviews highlight upcoming film bookings and current offerings. The listings emphasize program changes and debut dates for local cinemagoers.

Motion Picture Houses Winchester

Seattle Husband Ordered by Wife to Shoot Burglar

Seattle Daily Times reports a bewildering case where a Seattle husband, ordered by his wife to shoot a burglar, found himself unarmed and faced with a dangerous intruder. The incident highlights domestic urgency and legal questions over self defense.

Seattle Seattle Daily Times

Sherlock Holmes Fatal Hour headlines Colonial Theatre

Warner Bros. presents Sherlock Holmes Fatal Hour at the Colonial Theatre for two days. Arthur Wontner stars as Holmes in a film adapted from The Final Problem and The Empty House. Shot in England, with a distinguished British cast, it brings back Professor Moriarty for fresh high intensity thrills.

Sir Arthurs Conan Doyle Colonial Theatre Cyril Twyford England Arthur Wontner Broadway Professor Moriarity Holmes Sherlock Holmes Sherlock

Vanderbilt University Founded and Renamed in 19th Century

Great Southern University Vanderbilt University in Nashville Tennessee traces origins to Cornelius Vanderbilt who donated 500000 in 1873 later rising to 1000000. Charter dated 1872 as Central University. In 1873 the name changed to Vanderbilt University.

Great Southern University Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tenn Cornelius Vanderbilt New York Central University

Frankenstein at Capitol Delights and Frights Audiences

The Capitol Theatre debuts big and better shows with Frankenstein thrilling a capacity crowd last night. The horror feature stars John Boles Colin Clive Mae Clarke Boris Karloff as the Monster and promises unforgettable suspense. Marilyn headlines Her Majesty Love at Capitol tomorrow with Ben Lyon leading a large cast including W C Fields and Leon Errol.

Capitol Frankenstein John Boles Colin Clive Mae Clarke Boris Karloff Marilyn Her Love Capitol Theatre Ben Lyon Leon Errol Ford Sterling W. C. Fields Chester Conklin Ruth Hall Don Nevis Mae Madison

Funeral Rites At Woodstock For Miss Bushong

The funeral of Miss Lulu Brugh Bushong, 60, who died suddenly from a brain hemorrhage in Pulaski, was held at Woodstock's Lutheran Church where her father Rev. A. A. J. Bushong once served twenty years. A former teacher in local and Loudoun counties, she spent the last decade as English instructor at Christiansburg High School. She is survived by brothers B. M. Bushong, editor and owner of the Madison County Eagle and Greene County Record, and Co W. Bushong of Pulaski.

Lulu Brugh Bushong Pulaski Lutheran Church Woodstock A. A. J. Bushong Pskone Vugitim Loudoun County Christiansburg B. M. Bushong Madison County Eagle Greene County Record Co. W. Bushong

State Chamber To Host Dinner For Virginia Legislature

The Virginia State Chamber of Commerce will host its annual meeting dinner on February 4 in Richmond. All General Assembly members, Governor Pollard, and state officials will be invited. A business session precedes the dinner to elect directors and officers for the coming year.

Associated Press Richmond General Assembly of Virginia State Chamber of Commerce Assembly Pollard Julien H. Hill J. Scott Parrish Julian H. Hill LeRoy Hodges Lawson H. Cooke Robert F. Nelson Clarence W. Newman C. S. Anderson Hot Springs J. D. Bassett, Jr Bassett Richard Crane Westover Louis T

Richmond men listed in regional roster fragment

R Gilliam Jr Julien Hill Richmond B A Hults Saltville Thomas Thompson Norfolk C Page Waller Alexandria G C Wright Petersburg

R. Gilliam, Jr Es Julien H. Hill Richmond B. A. Hults Saltville Thomas P. Thompson Norfolk C. Page Waller Alexandria G. C. Wright Peters

Baltimore to Seek Restraint on Rail Freight Rates

Baltimore officials and merchants prepare a petition with the Commerce Commission to restrain railroads from reestablishing earlier export and import rate differentials. The action follows December 3 rate changes that favored Baltimore over Norfolk Philadelphia New York and Boston, with railroads filing new tariffs since.

Associated Press Baltimore Baltimore-in Aoa Commerce Commission Charles R. Seal Baltimore Association of Commerce Chamber of Commerce Norfolk Philadelphia New York Boston

Proposal to Remove Baltimore's EE on Overseas Shipments

A draft measure would strip Baltimore of its entitlement to an EE on overseas shipments. Officials argue the change could affect port operations and trade flows, with implications for related businesses and labor.

Baltimore

Hauling High Explosives Questioned In Virginia Report

A Virginia State Chamber of Commerce transportation committee report condemns dangerous explosive transport on highways Myriad unsafe practices are cited including a truck carrying about 2000 pounds of dynamite with three men smoking in the cab The report urges stricter enforcement beyond voluntary compliance to curb such hazards.

Associated Press Richmond Virginia Transportation Committee Virginia State Chamber of Commerce

Traffic Law Enforcement Needs Careful Study

The text argues that careless or thoughtless violations of street and highway safety require enforced raids and continuous study of traffic law administration and enforcement to address comprehensive problems and deter violations.

Benjamin Thompson: From New England Boy to European Power

The account traces Benjamin Thompson from a poor New England boy to a cavalry colonel and undersecretary in England, Count Rumford in Bavaria, minister of war and chief of police in the Holy Roman Empire, elector in France, and finally dying alone in Paris after a life honored by Napoleon.

Benjamin Thompson New England England Bavaria Count Rumfort Holy Roman Empire France Paris Napoleon

Receiver Duties Define Court Appointed Insolvent Company

A receiver is appointed by court to take over the affair of an insolvent company for stockholders and creditors. The receiver must collect as much as possible and liquidate assets to distribute proceeds proportionately to stockholders or creditors.

Washington Star

Cooperative vs Northwestern Grade Service Unloads 29th 30th

An item notes unloading on the 29th and 30th at a cooperative and Northwestern Grade Service facility. The message references a warehouse cost and a phone contact noted as 1337. The garbled OCR preserves key entities and the event timing.

Co-Operative

Sheriff Sale Notice in Winchester Virginia

By virtue of an execution in the case of K. W. Adams vs H. R. Triplett I will offer for sale in front of the County Court House in Winchester Va on Monday December 21 at 10 oclock the following property One Plymouth Sedan in 1930 model Terms cash A J Wigginton Deputy Sheriff This sale has no date until Monday Jan 4 1932 12 23 9t

K. W. Adams H. R. Triplett County Court House Winchester A. J. Wigginton

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