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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1927

Page

6

Moose Initiation Gift Highlights Loyal Order of Moose

Mian T Giles supreme lecturer and William Giles of Baltimore lead a Sunday mass at Colonial Theater. The event featured performances and fraternal talks about Mooseheart welfare for orphans and Moosehaven for elderly members, plus the order’s nonsectarian, nonpolitical ideals and community aims.

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Sermon Exalts Moral Law and Immortality

A clergyman sermon emphasizes the soul's immortality and divine law over worldly passions. He argues memory and deeds endure beyond death, warning against material indulgence and urging reverence for biblical teachings. The speaker recalls a pure life and prays for believers to spread the message.

Robber Breaks Jail Terrorizes Tulsa Hotel With Machine Gun

John Mayo, 29, escaped the county jail in Tulsa after confronting guards and seizing weapons including a machine gun. He terrorized a downtown hotel, forced a clerk at gunpoint, and told his wife and child to flee. Deputies, under orders to shoot to kill, hunted Mayo as he vanished with the guns.

Tulsa Okla John Mayo John Ramsey Henry Roan Mayo Joe Wilson Night Jiller Tnele Dave Eatherly Wilson Charles Tarson Carson Ife W. ©. Holt Battery Station Led Holt

Argentine Exports Drag Liverpool Wheat Prices Down

The weekly grain market review notes increased Southern Hemisphere wheat movement reducing export prospects for new states. Liverpool prices in mid January were about a cent lower, despite firm cash markets in the US, with Argentine and Australian crops expanding and European buyers moderating purchases.

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Ill Mother Gave Savings To Lad Who Won $25,000 Prize

Chicago reports a Toronto case where a sick widowed mother gave her last $133 to her 17 year old son George Young. He later won $25,000 in the Catalina channel derby after a motorcycle trek from his home to California. The tale notes he urged finishing what he started and plans to use part of the winnings to aid his mother’s health in California.

Chicago Toronto George Young Ndt California George Grey William Wrigley, Jr Young

Scopes Attorneys Seek New Trial in Evolution Case

Nashville January 16 defense lawyers move for an immediate hearing and urge a legislative repeal of the anti evolution statute. The strategy follows a delay in placing formal dismissal on Knoxville minutes while Colton Malone and other defense counsel confer with John T Scopes and Dayton trial associates.

Green Scopes Associated Press Nashville, Tenn Sud L. D. Smith State Supreme Court Knoxville Grand Division Nolle Smith

Senate Adds Cruiser Clause to Naval Bill

The Senate appropriation committee inserted a provision to begin construction of three additional light cruisers, defeated in the House, into the naval appropriation bill. It also set naval personnel at 4,000, 1,500 more than House plans, and boosted aviation funding by 2,000,000 for the five year program. Leaders including Senator le of Maine and Senators Oddie of Nevada and Swanson of Virginia pushed the higher appropriations to meet essential Navy needs.

Associated Press Washington Senate House Maine Senate Naval Committee Oddie Nevada Swanson Virginia

Bomb hits consulate near Farriers Union HQ in New York

A blast damaged the Italian consulate-general adjacent to the Farriers Union joint board on East Twenty second Street. No injuries were reported. Police arrested Mey er Smith of Brooklyn, later revealing the name Schumyatahy as his real identity and linking him to the bomber.

Associated Press New York Farriers’ Union Joint Board East Twenty-second Street Meyer Smith Brooklyn Schumyatahy

House committee approves Cuba mail item bill

Washington Jan. 17 The House Ways and Means Committee approved a bill to permit parcels of towels and cigage from Cuba in shipments under three pounds, relaxing a law that currently prohibits such shipments.

Associated Press Washington House Ways and Means Cuba

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