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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1929
Page
5
Gilda Grey, dancer and film actress, was granted a divorce from Gil Boag of New York in the Wisconsin circuit court on January 15. The charge cited was cruel and inhuman treatment.
Rome January 15 The Associated Press reports a long pending Roman question settled by grant of a small territorial extension to the papacy and an accompanying indemnity. The agreement ends decades of dispute and defines the papal remit within a limited geographic area.
Three men whose crimes caused five deaths were executed in the Rockview penitentiary electric chair. Charles F. Mellor and Benjamin Demarowski of Philadelphia and Tony Lucitti of Washington County died after being convicted for killings tied to a 1928 moonshine operation and related crimes including the shooting of police officers, a theatre manager, and a woman.
An advertisement touts Masterole as protection against flu influenza gripp pneumonia starting from a cold. It claims warming and cooling relief, faster circulation improve ment, and emergency use benefits. It also mentions a milder form for children and hair care products for mothers.
Tarzan wakes after a grave moment and with Mary searches the jungle for Bobby. Black John is captured and tied, papers found, and Greystoke lineage questioned as Tarzan vows to return to England with his true heir.
Tonight at the Capitol Norma Shearer in Ladies of Chance will be shown. Tomorrow night Honeymoon is billed as a hilarious farce. Thursday and Friday feature a gala double bill The Tempest with John Barrymore and The Life of Robert E Lee, plus a color classic. Saturday What a Night with Bebe Daniels closes the week. At the Colonial Joe Lopes and His Hawaiians headline with three days of evolving acts and a 7:30 and 9:45 showtime schedule.
The Supreme Court sustained the War Department permit allowing the Chicago Sanitary District to continue drawing Lake Michigan water while plans for sewage disposal are completed. The decision resolves a dispute with other Great Lakes states over diversions.
In the Circuit Court of Frederick County Virginia on January 14 1939 the court orders a sale of lands belonging to the late Layton W Perry deceased. The 160 acre property near Winchester is to be sold to protect the interest of nonresident defendants listed in the affidavit. The order requires publication in The Winchester Evening Star for four consecutive weeks and posting at the courthouse with mailings to defendants. Jas P Reardon attorney.
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