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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1930
Page
3
Social reporter Mrs Isabelle P Miller accepts specials and personal news by mail or phone any time to be received between 3 and 4 pm the following day, with a phone number available for contact.
An exhibition of old quilts war relics and ante bellum articles will run January 17 18 in a storeroom once used by Miss Bertie Beaty in Front Royal. Open 1 to 5 pm with 26 cents for adults 10 cents for children. Proceeds go to the Stratford fund and Warren County aims to raise at least 500 dollars for the Robert E Lee memorial.
Visiting families from Smithfield W Virginia and nearby towns gathered Monday night for a church social hosted by the Sunday school group of the Church of Christ. The event featured songs readings and ample contributions for the larder. Miss Louise Baber married Mr Richard Coffman in Washington with Rev J B Wall officiating. The couple will reside at their Sixteenth Street home after January 20. L Frank Clark of Washington is staying at the George Washington Hotel.
Mrs Randall W Barns, long visiting Winchester, will make the city her permanent home. She recently bought a residence on West Cork Street from Mrs John Heber Flood and is staying at Gray Gables Inn on Southampton Street. Her late husband, a Chicago lawyer and meat packing investor, had died a few years ago. Mayoral society and local church groups are active as residents settle in.
Local notes report several residents improving after illness or travel. Mrs Francis Funk wife of Policeman Funk is much improved after an operation at Memorial Hospital. Earl Robertson Western Union messenger shows progress at home. Mrs Maggie Wood on North Braddock street also improves and can go out. Other residents and visitors are listed with brief health and travel updates.
Gov. Fred W. Greene reduced the life terms of five prohibition violators to 7 1/2 to 15 years to align with a new amendment to Michigan's criminal code. The action ends the long wart on the state's liquor ban.
Fire company captains again urge that when alarms are given by telephone the person sending the alarm should indicate the character of the fire. This would in most cases avoid triggering all companies to respond.
Washington reports eight deaths and 26 new cases of psittacosis tied to parrots across New York Ohio Maryland and Connecticut. Officials seek infected birds to halt spread while Maryland notes no new cases and Plymouth Maine logs a separate eye infection linked to animal fur from a muskrat or cat.
The article notes many nightly applicants for sleeping quarters at the police station. It reports about four persons per night occupy cells, with others sleeping on floors after cots fill. Respondents come from diverse regions and appearances.
In Chemnitz Germany on January 15 more than a thousand workers clashed with police during a demonstration over the deaths of Carl Liebkendt and Rosa Luxemburg. Two demonstrators were killed and fifteen wounded after police banned the rally.
New York January 15. Renewed selling attacks on merchandising issues led by Montgomery Ward, which fell over six points to a new low around 38 1 2. The market opened moderately strong but turned unsettled with many active issues slipping fractions to three points. Some thinly traded specialties dropped 4 to 13 points before a late partial recovery. Call money rose to 4 percent.
Five of the 14 defendants were indicted by the grand jury today in the killing of Mrs. Ella May Wiggins, a textile worker, in Gastonia North Carolina on September 14.
D. F. Carper of White Post Clarke county displayed at The Star office an almanac good for 100 years. The German translation was printed in 1870 the year of his birth and published by J. F. Russell of Wardensville West Virginia.
Gene Tunney passed a comfortable night and is doing well after his Monday operation at Presbyterian Hospital according to a bulletin issued this morning in New York.
Miss Marguerite Larrick returned to Washington after visiting Mr. and Mrs. George Wright. Miss Lottye Boyer recovered enough to go out. Mrs. Loring Hottel and family moved to Main street. Mrs. Campbell improves from injuries. Several Winchester and Martinsburg visitors called. Miss Elizabeth McInturff returned to Martinsburg. Mrs. Nannie Miller spent Sunday with relatives on Main street. Mr. Raymond Headley surprised birthday supper hosted by Mrs. Mamie Headley with about fifteen guests.
The article notes a push to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment and to move enforcement from Treasury to Justice. Lawmakers intend new statutes to harmonize with state laws, preventing conflicts as states enact measures. Republican figures and Hoover aides push for revamped prohibition policy.
Handley aims to extend its Cumberland Valley Athletic League lead with a Friday trip to Berkeley Springs W V. after a strong showing against Charles Town last Friday. Handley tied for first with Waynesboro and Martinsburg, 18 man squad, two lettermen returning Sirbaugh and Norton lead a tight lineup as Garber recovers from injury, Plickinger likely to start in place.
The George Washington Bi-centennial Commission met with President Hoover in the White House east room to discuss 1932 celebrations. They proposed extensive use of motion pictures and talking pictures nationwide and internationally, plus a radio hookup to broadcast the President’s voice globally.
Ray Shenk was arrested by Policeman Funk this morning for speeding on North Loudoun street at about forty miles per hour. He paid a $17 fine in police court after being stopped at the railroad crossing and followed downtown to a business district intersection.
Rev Nor ris A Lineweaver spoke on The Achieving Power of Prayer at Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church revival services. He urged that prayer offers a path to peace and divine power, urging individuals to test it themselves and seek God’s help in life’s struggles.
Atchison Globe reports a woman who crafts outfits from light fabrics and threads them for her clothes line, reflecting inventive fashion practice in the area.
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