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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1928
Page
6
Governor Byrd of Virginia rebuts the idea that politics is a prime career. He says public power should come after a long apprenticeship in business and finance. He urges young aspirants to gain first in business, economics, and social service before seeking office.
AP report from San Francisco says the Chinese gunboat Haishen capsized near Shanghai with all hands saved. Details on the disaster remained unclear but the vessel was reported to be upside down, found afloat in the western Pacific.
The Handley Library will not close tomorrow on the General Lee's Birthday holiday in Virginia and will remain open during customary hours. Congress awards a medal to a young man for his decorations. This note appears in the Minn. Banner.
In Martinsburg Memorial Hospital Mrs Mary Bloyer widow of Louis B Bloyer died December 28 after being found unconscious. Her estate valued around 6000 dollars will be divided among distant relatives, with second cousins likely to participate along with more remote kin as the court may decide. Appraisers note a large stock of personal clothing and various articles in the home on North Braddock Street. The case, pending in the Corporation Court, may appoint a friendly suit to guide the administrator in distribution.
The Star notes Reverend Mr. Crowell joined the Christmas seal luncheon last Saturday at the Farmers and Merchants Bank building. Mrs. Ritenour arranged a tasteful event with gracious staff, inspiring thoughts of uplift and charity amid memories of past diseases and current compassion. I Crowell Mountain Falls Va Jan 16 1928.
The Court of Chancery for Winchester accepts the resignation of Attorney A. Garland Williams as commissioner in chancery and appoints Philip R. Fowle to succeed him. Williams now practices law in Berryville. The Kentish village of Downe near London lacks gas electricity drainage doctors cinemas or a bus service.
Detroit advertising man Austin Bement and Leonard Flo chief pilot of a local flying club took off from Selfridge Field on a proposed nonstop trip to Havana Cuba. Bement said the journey was for a few days vacation. A Chicago inventor has created a camera magnifying 15 500 times for close up union photographs.
Frank B. Crawford is appointed deputy commissioner of the revenue under Commissioner Chas. W. Trenary. He will supervise personal property assessments and visit each householder in the city to assess personal property. Rural and star route mail carriers nationwide must report forest fires to the nearest warden.
In a letter to The Star James B. Snapp argues against the fox protection law in the county. He contends foxes have increased near Great North Mountain and disputes game wardens claims about why the bounty should end. He questions enforcement, bootlegging of scalps, and the impact on farmers, poultry, and hounds, calling for removal of protection.
Three men believed to be bootleggers or gangsters were found slain in Chicago Heights and Stager suburbs. Two bodies lay in a ditch beside a road near Chicago Heights, the third in Stager, as police investigate a likely gangland killing.
George Hanson a German and Wilfred Francis McCartney an Irish American were found guilty of espionage for Soviet Russia by the Old Bailey jury. They received ten year penal servitude terms.
Richmond Virginia Jan 18 The Richmond and Petersburg Virginia National Guard units on duty at Severn Wharf Gloucester county will break camp and return home today Adjutant General WW Sale announced after a conference with Governor Byrd The Norfolk detachment remains on duty with the Oyster navy The oyster war in Gloucester is eased as Frank W Darling agrees to open about 2000 acres to public tonging and to give up 2500 dollars worth of oysters to restore peace The changes come as two squads are ordered withdrawn from Gloucester with the third kept on state patrol boats for a few days longer
Fire in the South Fork Valley of the Shenandoah mountains burned about thirty acres last week. Forest Ranger G Y Bell reports the blaze started from a discarded match or cigar and smoldered overnight, with damage estimated at $50. Bell warns fires can occur in winter due to dry conditions and urges caution with flames while traveling through the mountains.
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