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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1931
Page
3
Social reporter Mra Cabelle Miller invites notices between 3 and 4 pm for the following day. Publicizing social items by mail or phone remains open to departmental staff and readers.
The Pifer family hosted a Golden Wedding anniversary on Sunday with 115 guests from Relief, Capon Road, Martinsburg, Berryville, Boyce, Huntington, and Winchester. A large golden cake and a plate lunch highlighted the celebration while Mrs Pifer wore an old-time dress. The event honored Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Pifer and included many relatives and friends, with gifts and well wishes noted.
The Girls' Athletic Association invites members to its annual initiation party on Monday evening January 26 at 8 o'clock in the club rooms. Committee chair Miss Helen Ritter leads assistants Miss Mary Capper Evelyn Wright Helen Crisman and Dorothy Anderson. Virginia Pangle oversees refreshments. Preparations continue for the GA A show planned for February.
Mr and Mrs Gus Kaknis returned from Greensboro North Carolina where Gus acted as best man for Harry Pappas and Dimitra Helen Skalchanes. The ceremony was at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church with English then Greek rites. Guests traveled from eastern and southern cities and the couple will live in Greensboro after a reception and banquet.
Circle No 7 of the Presbyterian Church will present the dramatic sketch Little Red School House in the Sunday school room at 7 30 oclock Friday evening January 16. Everyone is invited. 4 H Club Holds Meeting At Russell Grove Near Star Tannery club teacher Mrs T S Cooper presided. Girls studied patching and boys poultry. Next meeting planned for February. Willing Workers Class To Hold Chicken Supper At First Baptist Church. Suppers served 5 to 8 pm February 3 in the church dining hall.
Mrs A V Hudson of Albins was surprised by about 50 friends, family, and grandchildren at her home after a several day absence. A turkey dinner and a large cake with candles followed by gifts marked the celebration of her birthday.
Police Justice Donald L. reports satisfactory progress toward complete recovery. Delphian Society in Winchester plans Bi monthly meeting tomorrow at 2 30 pm in Handley Library to study early Greek civilization and the Homeric era. Numerous local residents and out of town visitors are noted at hotels and homes across town.
Governor Albert Cabell Ritchie was sworn in for a fourth term in Annapolis and delivered his inaugural speech. The address was carried nationwide via the Columbia Broadcasting System network extending from the State House to the Capitol grounds with 32 CBS stations and a Toronto outlet.
In New York on January 14 the market shows a hesitant recovery after an initial giveback. Prices for stock maize edged higher as selling slowed, call money touched 142 percent, and traders remained cautious amid slim gains and extended pauses in trading activity.
The American Association has officially accepted the major leagues draft proposal without reservation. The move allows all association clubs to proceed with the plan and coordinate with the other major leagues.
The Interstate Commerce Commission refused Baltimore and Ohio Railroad permission to issue through one way tourist passeng er rates from Washington to the Pacific coast and Rocky Mountains. The plan, to sell through tickets via New Orleans Memphis St Louis and Chicago at first class rates to gateways and low coach or tourist sleeper rates west of the Mississippi, was denied for lack of an emergency and inability to waive statutory notice. The Southeastern Passenger Association had earlier obtained similar tariffs. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad indicated it might file comparable tariffs and the Pennsylvania was notified.
The committee approved a $74.03 million naval construction bill in Washington but rejected Secretary Adams proposed $16.605 million for a six inch gun cruiser. Chairman Britten said the panel aims to avoid cruiser tonnage use under the London treaty until a flying deck cruiser proves satisfactory. The bill funds include $27.65 million for a 13,800 ton aircraft carrier and $20.78 million for a flying deck cruiser with 36 planes, plus $17.6 million for four submarines, $5 million for 130 airplanes, and $3 million for Diesel engine experiments. Britten said the bill has a good chance to pass both houses this session.
In New York on January 14 three creditors filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against Schulte United Inc a 97 store clothing chain. The petition valued assets at 9 million dollars and liabilities at 16 million. The Irving Trust Company was named receiver to conserve assets for creditors and stockholders.
A British cruiser firing rockets off Sao Miguel Island, Azores, caused false hope in the search for the missing airplane Tradewind after a rocket disappeared 20 miles off Mosteiros Point. Radio services and ships patrolled the area as Mrs. Beryl Hart and William Ss. MacLaren were aboard the missing craft.
Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes rocked the La Poma region in western Argentina on January 14. Two people were reported killed at Cobres, with fears of many more dead as three volcanoes erupted near Cobres El Portrerillo and Abra De Chorrilos. Houses and crops were destroyed and residents feared additional casualties.
Washington dispatch reports President Hoover urges $10 million Red Cross fund for drought relief while Congress stalls on a $15 million food loan addition. The House votes against instructing conferees and clashes erupt as drought relief spans 350 counties with growing hunger concerns.
A compact reflection states the mind functions like the stomach not by how much you ingest but what you digest. The author Albert Joy Nocks emphasizes prudent intake and processing of ideas.
York imperials apples from Virginia were sold on the steamer Cedric at the weekly Liverpool auction with prices mostly between 6.24 and 7.68 per barrel. Other fruits included Ben Davis Staymans Ganos and Romes with baskets selling up to 240. Shipments to British ports for the week ending January 10 totaled 32 596 barrels 9 838 boxes 6 923 baskets.
The motor ship Northland with 31 passengers and 60 crew aboard grounded on a beach off Mon River after striking a reef near Helineken Island. Salvage King departed Victoria for assistance while reports said no panic occurred and passengers’ danger level was undetermined.
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