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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 05, 1931

Page

7

Admiral Grayson Chosen To Lead Goose Creek Gun Club

Admiral Grayson was named president of the Goose Creek Gun Club based in Middleburg with officers Miss Char te H. Noland and D. C. Sands and a 5000 share capital. The charter reserves stock at 1000 and authorizes breeding livestock and farming ventures with up to 50000 acres of real estate for the organization serving Fauquier Lou s h eun and Prince William counties.

Seal “Bee Grayson Ar Ags Goose Creek Middleburg Edith K. Sands C. C. Saffer Aldie Loush@eun Fauquier Prince William Theo

Market Report Highlights Mixed Prices Across Local and Baltimore Markets

The edition presents scattered market figures for grains, feeds, livestock, eggs, and dairy products. It lists prices for cracked corn, middlings, shelled corn, dairy feed, and various poultry items while noting corrections from the previous day and regional differences between local and Baltimore wholesale markets.

Bram Wili Chia Hose Baltimore Gills Storsica Chic Scientieipainccine Helen BeHors Weiensee Screeniniias Coos Bess

Bloom News Notes Record Holiday Socials and Moves

Mrs Daniel Van Dam spent Christmas in Lexington Virginia with relatives and friends. Mr and Mrs Paul Anderson moved from Winchester to Mrs Martha Clowser farm. A turkey dinner last Sunday featured guests from Star Tan ery Lebanon Church and others. A New Year celebration at Friendly Grove included a pantomime and crowning of Christmas and New Year days. A community meeting is set for Friday January 9.

Bloom Daniel van Dam Friendly Grove School Lexington Paul Anderson Winchester Martha Clowser Thomas Cooper John Y. Himelright John M.himelright Star Tanery Grover Rudolph Lucille Rudolph Middletown Friendly Grove Jamesetta Glynn R. L. Long Raymond Gollar Glynn Katherine Richard Handley High School

Rainfall Chart Shows Valley Hardest Hit in 1930

Virginia drought mapped by Messer shows Shenandoah Valley counties most affected. Forty-seven US Weather Bureau stations report eleven month totals through December 1 with Catawba sanatorium Roanoke at 13.84 inches and Woodstock 13.91 inches, about 35–43 percent of long term averages. Richmond fared better, while southeast counties from Brunswick to coast and southwest districts also recorded low rainfall.

Virginia A.rman Messer State Health Ranmond News-Leader Mr. Messer Shenandoah Valley Fairfax Loudoun Pulaski United States Weather Bureau Weather Bureau Catawba Sanatorium Roanoke County Woodstock Shenandoah County Richmond Brunswick Henrys Washington Dante

Flight of Tradewind Delayed by Weather Over Atlantic

Mrs Hart a New York widow pilots the Tradewind with Navy support but bad weather delays a planned takeoff to Paris via Bermuda and the Azores. The crew tests the craft at Hampton Roads as Miss Gwynne sails with her sister in New York.

Jeak Navy Kenneth Whitting Hampton Roads Air Station Paris Bermuda Azores Georgia Gwynne New York Hides Hart Nors

Fire damages McCormick home in Berryville incident

A furnace fire on South Church Street Berryville Virginia Sunday evening caused smoke and flames that burned through the hallway floor. Capt. and Mrs. Wray alerted by the blaze, firefighters cut away baseboard and used water and chemicals to extinguish it. Loss estimated at about $500, fully insured.

Berryville South Church Street Golden Rule Evelyn Page Whatsoever Circle R. E. Reid Silver Cross Circle King’s Daughters Counson Red Cross Order of King’s Daughters and Sons R. G. Mit Rell E. A Lindsey Wilbur Gaunt Nellie Mae Evans John B. Neill N. 8. Ritter Louis Tucker J. E. Harris R. J. Lewis T. Carter Page Nannie Thomas Charles Tucker

Conditions Improve for Apples Abroad

The Copenhagen market shows improving apple demand with Swedish Italian and Bohemian varieties entering trade. Sweden, normally a buyer, now exports large quantities amid strong continental demand, while American apples are expected to face less competition after the new year as crop quality declines domestically.

Copenhagen Hamburg Rotterdam Denmark Sweden Holland Germany United States

Talk Largest Lighted Field Ends In Water Landing

A pilot reported they had gasoline for over an hour of flying before the plane was brought down on the water near the Naval Air Station. The incident details suggest a landing on the water and subsequent actions by the crew and station personnel.

Naval Air Station

Powers and Railroad Consolidations

Miles B. Dean discusses railroad mergers creating four giant systems led by Pennsylvania Wabash and Gould lines. He notes Van Sweringen brothers expanding holdings to Lehigh Valley Wheeling and a stake in Virginian Norfolk and Western, with White House quotes praising consolidation to restore business and stabilize rail transport, while criticizing claimed gains in employment and competition.

Miles B. Dean Pennsylvania Gould B. and O Chicago Alton Reading Jersey Central New York Central Lackawanna van Swerigen Brothers Cleveland Ohio Lehigh Valley Wheeling Virginian Norfolk and Weerman Pennasylvania Virginia van Sweringen White House Congress Ong Interstate Commerce Commission

Rate Hikes Lobby Faces Smell Test Amid Freight Costs

Observers note lobbying for higher rates by firms has intensified as freight costs today reflect a successful push. The commentary suggests the lobbying effort is paying off and shaping pricing expectations across the sector.

Taxicab Driver and a Young Woman Killed in Crash

Baltimore reports a taxi cab driven at high speed on the left side struck a truck on the Philadelphia road killing Norman R. Watson and an unidentified young woman. Four deaths from traffic crashes occurred in 24 hours with six injured.

Associated Press Baltimore Norman R. Watson Philadelphia William Anderson Harry E. Wilson Elevptore Ciy Cas Road Wilson New York St. Joseph Hospital John C. Angle Darling Fullerton Herman Johnski Scott T. Bair Westminster Johnski

Missionary Morris to Speak on Work in Japan at Christ Pod

The Rev. Mr Morris, missionary to Japan of the Protestant Episcopal Church, spending time here, will deliver an address at Christ Church at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening. Everyone is cordially invited to hear him discuss the work of the missionaries in Japan.

Een Morris Japan Protestant Episcopal Church Tam

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