Dewey Shoemaker on Trial for Silica Plant Fire
The trial of Dewey Shoemaker opens as he faces charges of setting the Silica and Chemical Corporation plant blaze on October 28 1930. Witnesses describe oil odors prior to the fire Jonathan Penrose president of the company is linked to oil odor inquiries and alleged offers of work. The night watchman Shoemaker testified and jurors were seated quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Penrose
Eastern Silica and Chemical Corporation
Gore
Dewey Shoemaker
Shoemaker
A. W. Bennett
Bennett
Cather
Earl Fultz
Rergard
Penrose
Fultz
Seton Orndorff
Charles Householder
Householder
Wardensville
Winchester
B. T. Householder
Silica Corporation
West Virginia Fruit Growers Meet In City This Week
Virginia Horticultural Society hosts two day convention February 12 and 13 at the city market hall. Three daily sessions cover spraying irrigation pruning and grading with experts from Shenandoah Valley and federal agencies. A large orchard equipment exhibit fills the lower floor as dignitaries and speakers including Dr E B Kincer and Gov Harry F Byrd address topics culminating in a Friday banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Star
Virginia Horticultural Society
Philip S. Rose
Shepherd College
West Virginia
M. W. Fulton
Shenandoah Valley
E. C
Hough
F. J. Schnee
United States
E. B. Kincer
United States Weather Bureau
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
E. C. Auchter
United States Department of Agriculture
Charles C. Teague
California Fruit Growers Exchange
Federal Farm Board
Sesson
Penney Company Managers Attend Annual Spring Convention
C. S. Lowry, manager of the J. C. Penny Company store here, left to attend the annual spring convention in Philadelphia. The event, moved up from April, aims to showcase new merchandising and price policies amid drastic reductions of up to 40 percent in staple lines. Further price and quality standards are expected to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Lowry
J. C. Penny Company
Philadelphia
Lowry
D N A Clinic For Cripples Next Saturday
The District Nurses Association will hold a clinic for cripples at their scene adjacent to the County Court House on Saturday February 14. Hours are 10 to 12 in the forenoon and 2 to 3 in the afternoon. Dr Allen S Voschell, noted specialist in deformities, will lead the event. The association urges all children with deformities to attend, but offers services and advice to every cripple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Nursees Association
Allen’ S.* Voschell
Nurses’ Association
Voschell
Winchester Steam Laundry Ad Mystery Copy
Laundry service notice promotes OUR Laundry Work and Winchester Steam Laundry. Includes contact phones 28 and 29 and lists service cadence with days Monday Wednesday Saturday at 1 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Steam Laundry
Court martial of Smedley Butler called off after Mussolini remarks
Navy cancels Butler court martial in Philadelphia after his remarks about Mussolini. Secretary Adams issues reprimand and accepts Butler's expressed regret while noting his long service. Officers say correspondence between Adams and Butler ends matter for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Preas
Washington
State Department
Navy Department
de Martino
Italy
Adams
Smedley D. Butler
Philadelphia
Butler
Mussolini
Smedhey D. Butler
United States
Courtmartial
David F. Sellers
Negro Fatally Stabbed In Fight In City
Hollie Jasper, colored, is in Memorial Hospital in critical condition after a fight with William Johnson, both inebriated, at 110 West Leicester Street. Johnson is jailed awaiting Jasper’s outcome before charges. Three scalp lacerations and deep facial wounds reported. knife found beneath a bed. Jasper's prognosis described as only fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollie Jasper
Memorial Hospital
William Johnson
Johnson
Jasper
West
Leicester Street
Two Robbers Slain in Chicago After Cigar Store Robbery
Two unidentified men were shot to death early today by two detectives as they left a United Cigar Store on Chicago's west side. A third man who tried to flee was captured. He identified himself as Edward Wolf, 38, an ex convict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
United Cigar
West Side
Edward Wolf
Appreciation for Support at Star Restaurant Reopening
I express sincere appreciation for the cooperation of friends and generous patronage since the reopening of the Star Restaurant. I am confident this support will continue and help make a success of the new enterprise led by Gus Chambers.
Inspectors of Apples Discuss Spray Tolerance Reduction
More than 200 fruit growers, apple exporters and dealers attended a Frederick County meeting to press the U S Department of Agriculture to cut domestic spray tolerance to .01 to align with world trade rules. Speakers urged action to protect export markets and growers’ interests amid criticism of local apple inspectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture Inspection Service
Frederick County
Virginia Department of Agriculture
Campfield
Department of Agriculture
D. M. Walsh
Federal Agricultural Department
State Society
Harry F Byrd
Thomas B. Byrd
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Federal Department of Agriculture
Pat Barr
Fire devastates Oakland horse show killing three people
Oakland California fire destroyed the horse show early today trapping 47 to 48 prize horses and at least three people, including a woman, with many attendants unaccounted. Fire officials cited gasoline smell and possible arson though no definite cause emerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oakland
Calif
John L. Thoms
Carnation Farm Stables
Somona
Timonium Baltimore
Timonium Fair Grounds
City Auto Plates Enforce 1931 Tag Law
Winchester police continue enforcement against motorists without 1931 city auto tags. Residents found without a tag face a $7 fine and must obtain a tag. Chief Hollis warns of strict enforcement and prior warnings have been issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Police Department
Hollis
Rainfall Brightens Mood for Farmers in Shenandoah Valley
Rain brought relief to farmers fruit growers and residents in the lower Shenandoah Valley. January rainfall totaled 1.04 inches locally most soaking the ground and replenishing streams wells and cisterns. The piece notes Virginia's 1930 drought as the worst since 1899 with 24.88 inches that year and 102 rainy days annually prior to the drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley
Driggie
Virginia
William Penn Stewart
United States Weather Bureau
Stewart
Winchester Police Court Hears Drunk Driving and Shoplifting
In a Monday session Judge Donald L. Weems fined Curtis Seabright 123 dollars and jailed him 30 days for drunk driving and disobeying officers. Ernest Lonas was fined 25.25 and jailed 30 days for shoplifting from J. J. Newberry. Also fined were Robert Hutzler and Noah Long for drunkenness and Leon Jones for reckless driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Police Court
Donald L. Weems
Curtis Seabright
J. R. Merchant
Charles Town
W. Va
Seabright
Bayliss
Funk
Merchant
Weems
Ernest Lonas
J. J. Newberry and Company
Strasnider
Robert
Post”) Hutzler
Noah Long
Leon Jones
Edgar L Pugh dies. city foreman and farmer
Edgar L. Pugh 56 a native of Capon Bridge Hampshire county West Virginia died at his home 221 Shawnee avenue after a long illness. He moved from Clarke to Winchester then joined the municipal service as a foreman. Surviving are his widow six sons a daughter eight brothers and six sisters. Funeral 2 pm Tuesday at Church of Christ West Cork street with interment Mount Hebron Cemetery. Pallbearers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar L. Pugh
Capon Bridge
Hampshire County
W. Va
Shawnee Avenue
Mr. Pugh
George
Alberta Carpenter Pugh
Clarke County
Winchester
Fannie E. Johnson
Clayton
Delbert
Ernest
Wayne
Wilson
Stewart Pugh
Mamie Pugh
Church of Christ
West Cork Street
W. L. Dudley
S. J. Goode
Cartney H. Anderson
Mount Hebron Cemetery
Newton McDonald
Joseph Lineberg
Braxton Giffin
Charles Swartz
John Prye
Otis Johnson
Tragedy in Coy mining village ends in double death
Frank Verhovcek, 42, killed his wife with a pick handle in Indiana Pa then killed himself with dynamite in the Coy home cellar. The blast damaged the house but did not completely destroy it, leaving the scene a grisly personal crisis near Homer City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Indiana
Frank Verhovcek
Coy
Homer City
Veenie
Virginia Banks to Face Testimony on Anti Smith Funds
Officials of three Virginia banks were summoned to testify before the Senate campaign funds committee on the handling of anti Smith funds in 1928. Bishop James Cannon Jr stood cleared of church charges, though some ministers called the result a blunder and promised further inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Virginia
James Cannon
Pete Episcopal Church
South
Nye
Campaign Funds Committee
anti-Smith
Perry Caseay
American Bank and Trust Company
Richmond
B. T. White
First National Bank
Blackstone
J. A. Baker
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Costen J. Harrel
Costen J. Harrell
Harrell
Cannon
Sibley Hospital
Dallas
Ed Bishop
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Fruit Growers OF
West VA
Martinsburg
Penney Company Managers Holding Annual Meeting
D. N. A. Clinic For
Marine Corps
PA Frederick
Cal
Aummely Yeas
Frederick
Senate
Bishop Cannon
New Yorker
Moling & Cather
George Washington Hotel
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