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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1931
Page
6
In England Arkansas on January 6 a large crowd stormed Red Cross relief HQ seeking food and aid. About 275 received assistance Saturday with 500 farmers shouting for help and 265 later given provisions while others waited in line amid tense protests.
In a drought hit town of 2000, angry farmers and hungry residents press merchants and authorities for relief. Red Cross aid is arranged after Mr. Morris reports widespread poverty and bank failures. Some claim imposters amid cries of starving children and requests to work for food.
A Cincinnati Enquirer note observes how women wear thin hosiery and paper soled pumps yet crowd not seized by the sale for chilblains goods. The piece hints at social curiosities in shopping behavior.
Martinsburg West Virginia January 6 Federal prohibition agents and a constable raided Manuel Orr’s home near Gerardstown The couple’s distraction allowed Orr to slip out a back door after being placed under arrest A gallon of whiskey was found with him He crossed the Virginia line fleeing into the brush and was still at large as last reported
In 1930 Handley High School hosted its first dental clinic with Dr. T. M. Pumphrey of the State Board of Health in charge. About 700 parents heard Dr. Charles E. Barker of Grand Rapids address on child health at the Capitol Theatre for Winchester Rotary Club. Mr. and Mrs. F Estes Kline celebrated their marriage anniversary at a dinner. Chief Justice Taft was ordered to rest by physicians. Sergeant H T Smith of the U S Army reported 245 men recruited in 1929.
Five years ago on January 6 1926 a train of 50 cars loaded with apples departed New York over the Baltimore Ohio line and would reach its destination within 24 hours after leaving the city. Dr Samuel Marx Barton a Frederick county native died yesterday at St Luke s Hospital Richmond. Mayor Julian F Ward backs police appointments for a term based on good behavior. Winchester loses about 13000 annually on its water system. Gray Silver farm leader says farmers seek prosperity through natural sources, not legislative control.
Highlights include A W Campbell of Talala Oklahoma sending five dollar contribution toward a Confederate monument to be placed before Frederick County Courthouse. American consul Robert L Gray Jr reports German prison camps provide well for soldiers. Virginia cedar rust blamed for losses by local apple growers. Winchester Lodge Elks No 867 hosts dinner for the Some Party cast at Empire Theatre. Whitlock Herb Company Inc holds annual stockholders meeting on Valley Pike.
Justice Jennings Bailey in the District of Columbia Supreme Court modified the 1920 So uare decree affecting Armour and Company and Swift and others. The ruling narrows retail merchandising rights, restoring limits on direct consumer sales while allowing the four leading packers to handle limited products up to retail doors.
An Associated Press report says Owen D Young chairman of General Electric and RCA refused comment on a threatening letter that led to a ten day police guard during his Christmas visit at Van Hornsville New York. State troopers escorted him from Fort Plain to Van Hornsville with a second car following as he returned to New York.
Mrs C E Bradley of Kansas City reports dramatic health gains after using Sargon medicine. She says previous indigestion headaches constipation vanished and nine pounds were added, calling it the medicine with a million friends. Sold by Baker's Drug Store.
Winchester and the Ui State Police departments have received word that the 1930 automobile license plates of the foreign states expired on December 31 and motorists operating cars with some are subjected arrest and charge of using dead tags. The list includes Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia. An apple caused the first terror full of man but handled the business since that time.
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