Byrd Antarctic Expedition Heads Home From Bay of Whales
The Byrd party on the barque City of New York broke camp at 9 30 Antarctic time and began the return trip after spending time in the Ross Sea. They carried back essential papers but had to leave air planes and much equipment behind, delaying progress toward Dunedin by three weeks.
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Dunedin
Associated Press
New York
New York Times
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Richard E. Byrd
Admiral Byrd
Ross Sea
Bay of Whales
Barque City
Byrd Antarctic Expedition Heads Home From Little America
Rear Admiral Byrd leads the Antarctic expedition as it plans a roughly 21 day return voyage to Dunedin New Zealand from the Little America base after unloading gear at 65 27 latitude. The 1928 29 voyage reached Ross Sea ice 2300 miles from Dunedin in 44 days.
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Dunedin
New Zealand
New York
Little America
R. E. Byrd
United States
Ross Sea Ice Barrier
Eleanor Byrd
Final Summons Comes Suddenly to John W Brill
John W Brill died of a sudden heart attack at his farm near Grimes late last night. He was born June 15 1859 in Mountain Falls and was among Frederick county I first settlers. He married twice first to Landorah Frye and later to Sadie Smith and left several children. Funeral arrangements will be announced tomorrow by his family.
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Mr. Brill
Landorah Frye
Shenandoah County
Harry C
W. Edward Brill
Hugh R. Grim
Sadie Smith
C. B. Smith
Cedar Grove
Howard
John
Brill
Grimes
Jack Schill's West Virginians at Capitol Tomorrow
Capitol Theatre announces an extra 7:30 to 8 p.m. program featuring Jack Schill and his West Virginians dancing to late music alongside the film The Shannons of Broadway. They will perform Beautiful Shenandoah Valley dedicated to Richard E Byrd Jr. No admission change expected.
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Capitol Theatre
Jack Schill
West
Local Stocks Public Auction At Court House
Saturday at 11 a m front of Court House ten shares George Washington Hotel 7 percent preferred and common shares Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company five shares National Pet Produce Company preferred five shares Virginia Cold Storage common. Auctioneers Mr A W Nelson of Elkridge Md is in Winchester on business and a guest at the George Washington Hotel.
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Court House
George Washington
George Washingene
Farmers and Merchants
National Bank and Trust Company
National Pet Product Company, Preferve
Virginia Cold Storage, Common
A. W. Nelson
Elkridge
Winchester
George Washington Hotel
Farm worker confesses to eight killings across world
James Baker 25 former farm laborer, arrested in Detroit, confesses to eight poisonings in Bombay, Hamburg, New York, Houston, the Philippines and a ship en route to South America. He allegedly killed Henry S. Gaw at Guggenheim Laboratory in New York and stores details about the crime. The case is linked to a December 1928 murder described as a thrill slaying.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
James Baker
Labora
Baker
Bombay
Hamburg
New York
Houston
Philippines
South America
Gaw
Elmer Mayhew
Chester MacCauley
Baltimore
Guggenheim Brothers’ Laboratory
Thesell
Spanish Moon musical numbers set for Colonial Theatre show
Rehearsals move smoothly for the Girls' Athletic Association musical comedy Spanish Moon to be staged at the Colonial Theatre next Tuesday evening February 25. The program features numerous numbers performed by Elsie May Gaunt Floyd Haines Bill Glass Mary Sullivan Tom Warren and others with tickets selling from 75 cents to 1 50 and exchanges available at Brown and Fishie on North Loudoun Street.
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Girls’ Athletic Association
Colonial Theatre
Elsie May Gaunt
Fred Fries
Bill Glass
Floyd Haines
Mary Sullivan
Elsie
Association
Brown
Fishie
Loudoun Street
Window Display of Washington Silver Colonial Pattern
Advertisement notes a Hodgson & Brown engraving available while you wait in a window display for Washington Silver Colonial pattern items.
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Hodgson & Brown
Restoration drive for Stratford Fund gains momentum
Plans under way to obtain support for Stratford in Potomac the ancestral home of the Lees. The drive highlights Virginia figures Richard Henry Lee Francis Lightfoot Lee Robert E Lee and Lighthorse Harry Lee in a statewide push for the Robert E Lee Memorial Foundation. Berryville has contributed $250 and Winchester Frederick County join in the fundraising effort with pages continuing on Page Seven.
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Stratford-in- Potomac
Winchester
Virginia
South
Stratford
Richard Henry Lee
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Robert Edward Lee
Lighthorse
Harry Lee
Robert E. Lee
Richmond
Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation
Berryville
Frederick County
Banking Notice Announces Closure for Birthday Anniversary
Banking notice states Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Company will close Saturday February 22 for Wion's birthday anniversary. It urges customers to conduct banking on Friday at "The Apple Folks' Bank" near the County Court House.
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Wion
Farmers and Merchants National Bank .and Trust Company
Apple Folks’ Bank
County Court House
Tailor Ad Promotes Spring and Summer Suits
Notice to public by J. A. LL, tailor and representative of English American, Baltimore, Md, inviting customers to view a full line at Mr. French's Pool Room with suits priced from 22 dollars.
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Tam
Hardie Sprayer Demonstration at Butler's Packing House
A local demonstration titled Hardie Sprayer is noted at Butler's Packing House this afternoon. The brief item records a product showcase and listing of venue, with no further details on participants or outcomes.
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Butler’s
Packing House
Wright Named to Greece Assignment by Rockefeller Foundation
Daniel E. Wright of Winchester has been appointed to the International Health Division staff of the Rockefeller Foundation with an assignment to Greece. Greece is launching a 15 year municipal improvement program including water, sewers, pavements, highways and malaria drainage. Wright, a Virginia Tech graduate and Panama Canal veteran, will inspect Italian projects before sailing.
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Daniel E. Wright
Winchester Cation
Greece
Panama Canal Zone
Winchester
International Health Division
Rockefeller Foundation
Venizelos
Isthmus
Panama
Wright
Panama Canal
Mr. Wright
Frederick County
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg Institution
General Gorgas
Chemical Corps
Sibert
Italy
Five chickens vanish from Stote Firemen's bazar
Five chickens were missing from a coop at the Sarah Zane Fire Company's bazar on North Loudoun Street. No trace of the thief was found. The theft did not affect the serving of fried and baked chicken or chicken salad at the bazar.
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Sarah Zane Fire Company
Loudoun Street
Sale Soup Hamburgers and Desserts at Lutheran Social Event
Community sale and luncheon offering ham and chicken sandwiches doughnuts pies homemade ice cream cake and coffee. Hosted by Lutheran Social R'm on Friday February 21 starting at 12 noon.
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Lutheran Social R'm. Fri
City employes battle fire at stone quarry plant
A gasoline tank explosion at the city stone quarries trapped five workers. Frank Brown suffered severe burns while Otis Johnson and others escaped. The blaze damaged the city plant, causing about 2500 dollars in losses insured. William Hodges crawled through flames to save Brown.
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Frank Brown
Otis Johnson
William Hodges
Brown
Hes
Johnson
Eppy Curry
George Hott
Harriet Allyn to star in The Merrymakers at Handley High
Montana born actress Harriet Allyn rises from amateur stages to top billing through hard work and scholarship. Critics across Denver Chicago and New York praise her mother portrait and memorable performance. She appears tonight at Winchester Handley High School Auditorium as part of Allied Arts Extension events.
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Harriet Allyn
Montana
Miss Allyn
Chicago
Northwestern School of Speech
New York Telegram
Lucile Laverne Fried Bacon
Broadway
Rocky Mountain News
Denver
Chicago American
Winchester
Handley High School
the Merrymakers
Allied Arts
Merrymakers Perform Tonight at Handley High School
Correction notes the Allied Arts Extension of 1930 presents The Merrymakers tonight at Handley High School, not Handley Library as yesterday’s Star advertisement stated.
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Allied Arts
Handley High School
Handley Library
the Star
Bingo At The Sarah Zane Bazaar Event
The Sarah Zane Bazaar hosts a bingo event featuring prizes and community participation. Attendees join in a social gathering with games and fundraising activities.
Saree Delivered By Sarah Zane After Friday Start
A note records delivery of a saree by Sarah Zane, with an indication that service begins Friday night. The fragment mentions the phone number 581 and phrasing suggests a delivery or order arrangement.
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Sarah Zane
Mrs H S Benner Passes Away At Home In County
Lily M Benner wife of S Benner long known as a letter carrier and garage owner of the Stephenson area died of sarcoma about 8 30 pm She had been ill for several days after an October operation at Winchester Memorial Hospital Born July 25 1888 near Stephenson she had spent her life in the county Funeral from the Stephenson home Saturday at 2 pm with Rev Murray D Mitchell officiating and burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery. she left two brothers Edgar Rush and William Rush and a daughter Carlisle who lived with her.
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Lily M. Benner
S. Benner
Home
Stephenson
Winchester Memorial Hospital
County
Murray D. Mitchell
Mount Hebron
Eva Dugan Appeals Stay of Execution Questioned
Attorneys for Eva Dugan filed a notice of appeal to the Arizona Supreme Court from a Pinal County verdict that found her sane in a murder conviction. Dugan, 52, faces hanging tomorrow. state Attorney General K Berry Peterson questioned whether the appeal would automatically stay the execution until statutes are studied.
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Associated Press
Florence, Ariz
Eva Dugan
Supreme Court of Arizona
Pinal County
Hanna Admits Slaying of Boy With a Club
WOOSTER Ohio February 20 Four year old Melvin Horst was beaten to death with a two by four on December 27 1928 by Charles Hanna Wayne county authorities said Hanna told them in his third confession made public today The statement absolved Earl C Colman who had been held for investigation and implicated three other men including Arthur Arnold who had recently been freed from child stealing charges in connection with Melvin s disappearance.
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Associated Press
Wooster
Melvin Horst
Charles Hanna
Wayne County
Hanna
Earl C. Colman
Arthur Arnold
Melvin
Special Mid Day Lunch Menu Listing
Friday February 21 lunch offer by Sarah Zane All includes Pickles Olives Bouillon Soup Crackers Rolls Ham Fried Oysters Creamed Chicken on Toast Cold Slaw Peas Mashed Potatoes Coffee Ice Cream Cake 75 cents.
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Sarah Zane
Virginia Appropriations Bill Sent To Printer For Review
The General Appropriation Bill advances from the House Appropriations Committee to the printer. It includes increased running expenses for the biennium and additional deficits coverage. Morrissett gains a salary rise from 7 000 to 12 000 annually.
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House Committee On Appropriations
Richmond
Aernor
House of Delegates
Alata
Aoe
Spee
Panton Dowell
House Appropriations Committee
C. BH. Morrissett
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Byrd Party
City of New York
John W. Brill
West Virginians
Capitol
Guggenheim Laboratory
Henry Gaw
John D. Watts
Guggenheim
Washington
GEI
Stratford’ Fund
R. T. Barton
Mr.wright
Stote Firemen’s Bazar Chickens
Sarah Zane Bazaar
H.S. Benner
Morrissett
Senate
General Assembly
Halsey Commission
Bis Bader
Rockingham
House
Womens College
Charlottesville
Pean
University of Virginia
Halsey Investigation Commission
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