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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 12, 1927

Page

5

Legion Auxiliary President Visits Local Units

Miss Cora Vaughan department president visits the district to review rehabilitation work and unit requirements. She reports $454 from units for rehabilitation since September 1 and $1,000 disbursed for aid, with 100000 poppies to be produced in Virginia this year and proceeds paid directly to veterans.

American Legion Auxiliary W. A. Baker Cora Vaughan War Orphana Auxiliary Robert Y. Conrad Post Strict Nurse Association St. Beth National Soldiers’ Home Miss Stowers Ait Frederick County Vaughan Aes Miss Vaughan Virginia Ie Me Barton Unite United States Legionnaires

Cantonese Seize American Property In Fukien

Reuters dispatch from Peking reports Cantonese troops seizing American property at Shaowu and other locations in Fukien province. American authorities ordered missionaries to quit some areas and prepare for immediate departure from other centers.

London Peking Shaowu Fukien Bukien

Winchester’s Miss Jeanette Ashby Dies Near Century Mark

Miss Jeanette Ashby a longtime Winchester resident and deaf education alumna of the Virginia Deaf and Blind Institute Staunton died yesterday at her nephew Ver Vernon Ashby’s home in Winchester. Born 1820 she spent life in Clarke and Frederick counties and Front Royal before settling with family. Funeral at Mount Hebron Mortuary Chapel Thursday two in the afternoon with the Rev Murray Mitchell officiating.

Jeanette Ashby Winchester Mon Ashby Southwark Miss Ashby Waa Thomas Amap Ashby Clarke County Front Royal Vernon Ashby Miss Ashby Virginia Deaf Staunton Lepaneer Mise Ashby Mount Hebron Murray D. Piitchell

Martinsburg Man Killed In a Crash Near Mercersburg

HAGERSTOWN Md Jan 12 A Martinsburg West Virginia man Sigafaose was killed instantly when an auto crashed into a concrete bridge near Mercersburg Pennsylvania. Higmen and Fred C Foltz of Hagerstown were injured and taken to Washington County Hospital with fractured skulls and other injuries.

Hagerstown Arethur Sigafaose Martinsburg W. Va Y Higmen Fred C. Folts Mercersburg Sigafoose Foltz Higman Washington County Hospital Hageerstown

Market notes show varied livestock and dairy prices

Wholesale prices list figures for corn, bran, and middlings, with hogs, poultry, and dairy products such as creamery and country butter. Prices appear in a dense column format, showing ranges for flour, feed, and livestock items alongside butter fat and various grains.

McDermott Given A Life Term For Slaying Mellett

Pat Mc Dermott was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Ohio penitentiary for the murder of Canton editor Don Mellett last July. A motion for a new trial was overruled, Mc Dermott protested that the trial was not fair.

Associated Press Canton Ohio Pat McDermott Don Mellett McDermott

Man Hanged for Murder of Grocery Clerk in Ontario

John Barty was hanged at Hamilton jail for the June murder of Nancy Cook a grocery store clerk. He killed her with an iron bar during a robbery attempt after she resisted the till robbery.

Associated Press Hamilton, Ont John Barty Nancy Cook Barty

Rebels Killed as Federals Take Three Mexican Towns

On January 12 reports from Guadalajara state that federal troops seized the Mexican towns of Ula Aranden and Totolan in Jalisco, with rebels killed in the action. A separate dispatch noted violence in Coculu with 21 dead and 10 wounded amid clashes between Catholics and local authorities.

Mexico City Jen Guadalajars Tgt Fia Ula Aranden Totolan Jalisco Guadalajara Coculu Geheret Migul Pine Mexico

Baseball Fixer Scandal Hearing Ends With Gamble on Guilty

Commissioner Landis faces a verdict on 20 players from the 1919 White Sox gambling scandal as Risberg and Gandil testify. The hearing may banish most players or uphold the integrity rule against pools.

Ty Co Landis Clarence Rowland White Sox Detroit Chicago Landis Crown Gandil Upbeit Risberg Mnisberg

Spaniards' Sympathy Amid U S-Nicaragua Talk Sparks Debate

A debate in Washington centers on President Diaz of Nicaragua and U S policy after an American marines landing is labeled deplorable. Representatives Reese Lozier Wood Upshaw and others criticize or defend administration actions and warn of possible war over Mexico and Nicaragua.

Diaz Nicaragua United States Chamorro Reese Vegan Yas Mexico Coolidge Lozier Republiq Nicara- Me Wood

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