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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1930
Page
3
Social reporter Teabsite PF Miller will receive calls between 3 and 4 p m for the following day. Phone No 33.
Miss Betty DeNil has begun duties as organist at the Capitol Theatre after moving east about a year ago. A graduate of the American Conservatory in Chicago she studied under Prof Van Dusen and has played in St Louis Chicago and New York. She has been organist with Shenandoah Valley Theatres Corporation in Staunton Clifton Forge and Harrisonburg theatres. She recently settled in Winchester and has made several acquaintances.
Mr H L Stotler left for Hagerstown Maryland to receive a series of treatments at Washington County Hospital. He remains injured from a August automobile accident. Mr and Mrs Albert Spaid celebrate the birth of a son Wayne Allen born Wednesday January 8. Mrs Spaid before marriage was Miss Ethel Oates of Gore.
Mr and Mrs Vernon Engle celebrate the birth of a son at their home on South Loudoun street yesterday. Engle, a well known typewriter repairman, receives congratulatory notices from local friends.
Announcement of Miss Esther Orndoff daughter of Mr and Mrs Preston Orndoff marrying Mr H Burch Ashwood in Hagerstown Maryland on December 14. The Rev Charles Gardner performed the ceremony. The groom is son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Ashwood of Berryville Virginia and works as a painter. Witnesses included Mr and Mrs Norman Royston of Charles Town West Virginia.
Gladys Moon Jones, a publicity worker for the United States Sugar Association, testifies that the Senate lobby committee's methods degraded the bill of rights and only warned secretive lobbies. She says the probe seeks to complicate politics for President Hoover and whitewash sugar interests' Washington activity. She reveals a $230 weekly salary and weekly office expenses of $400 to $700.
Edwin Silke faced two charges stemming from January 4 allegations by Mayor Shryock. He was found guilty of illegal possession of liquor and acquitted on the charge of driving while intoxicated after proceedings in police court. Commonwealth's Attorney James P. Reardon led the prosecution with defense by Burr P. Harrison and Harry Kern.
William F. Lindsey of Lovettsville Va arrested for the Hamilton bank robbery has been identified as the Abbottstown state bank robber in Adams County Pa. Identification by Wilson Bream and Helen Dehoff confirms the link as Lindsey faced other alleged attempted holds in York County. Lindsey, accused of stealing $4,264 from the Hamilton bank last Friday, was captured at New Midway Md.
Postmaster General Brown issued a rural mail route order requiring mail boxes, pedestals and posts to be plain and white for visibility. An amendment allows wooden metal or concrete boxes but forbids effigy representations. Farmers erect boxes. carriers ensure compliance.
Police in Philadelphia puzzled by the discovery of a dead woman about 35 in a vacant yard on Popular street. Wrapped in newspapers a raincoat and an old blanket the victim appeared strangled and hacked with a hatchet two weeks dead. No identification found and the body likely dumped after the crime.
In Toledo Ohio this morning Mrs Mabel Follett 25 was shot and killed and her husband 27 seriously wounded when a crazed roomer Fred Stahl 45 broke into the couple’s bedroom He then killed himself Mr Follett was taken to a hospital in critical condition Police did not know the motive at the time of reporting
The steamship George Washington steamed toward London on January 10 in clear weather after a night of patchy fog. The American delegation to the naval disarmament conference woke to calm seas and a steady voyage, the fog horn sounding through parts of the night.
President Hoover will transmit the law enforcement commission reports to Congress on Monday, according to AP. The documents detail agency findings and recommendations from the commission.
In India on January 10 twelve people died and fourteen were injured when the Peshawar Express collided with a freight train at Clutterbuckganj. Several passenger coaches were telescoped in the wreck.
Hogue Creek notes report social visits in Winchester Lenore and Rockville Maryland. Mentions ill and improving residents like Scott Larrick Eleanor White and Ina Cornell. Also notes a UK English expert claim on cold storage reducing colds and Finnish language films in Finland.
In Richmond on January 9 the Virginia Senate censured Senator R H Stubbs of Saluda after a verbal attack on Senator Saxon W Holt of Newport News. The body also expressed confidence in Holt and discussed the ongoing dispute over Stubbs anti-Democratic activity and support for Republican gubernatorial nominee Dr William Moseley Brown. The chamber passed a salary bill raising the governor’s pay from 5000 to 10000 dollars. John Garland Pollard was declared elected governor and James H Price lieutenant governor, with John R Saunders attorney general expected to be sworn in next.
The freight steamer Edward Luckenbach from New York to Boston grounded at Southwest Point Block Island in dense fog at 2:50 this morning. Coast guards offered assistance around 9, reporting the vessel taking water by the bow. The crew consists of three men.
Quote emphasizes waste concerns being lost amid current neglect. Editor notes modern attitudes downplay recycling and efficiency, urging practical action.
Sermon excerpt argues against slavery to possessions and favors Christian temperance. Speaker cites personal struggle with things as a test of spiritual life and love of God. Union service planned with Rev Williamson presiding at 7 30 o clock at First Christian Church.
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