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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1924
Page
1
DETROIT Jan 24 Ford Motor Co. produced 2,200,682 vehicles in 1923, up 775,059 from the prior year. Domestic output totaled 1,915,485 autos and trucks, with 175,474 made in foreign plants. tractors and Lincoln cars added 109,722 units to the total.
State Treasurer Charles A. Snyder condemns Governor Pinchot as unPennsylvanian and not a true Republican. He urges Pennsylvania Republicans to defeat Pinchot at the polls, citing alleged disloyalty and intra party conflicts with Taft era politics.
Tonight from 8 to 12 o'clock at the home of Dr and Mrs Hunter McGuire a game carnival invites all with a dollar to join. Various games, palmists reading lines, light refreshments, and a lively auction of items including a chicken and an Adam slipper chair are planned.
Stonewall district school board deplores vandalism at the Valley school on Martinsburg pike. A graphophone given by the Patrons League was stolen on January 13, with windows left unlocked and obscene inscriptions found inside. A $25 reward is offered for information identifying the culprits. A car seen near the yard that night is being traced.
Winchester Lodge No. 1267 will hold a meeting tonight at 8 at the Friendship Fire Company hall. Several candidates for initiation will be presented and the Loyal Moose initiation work shown. Side degrees and a smoker with refreshments follow the ceremony.
Engagement announced by Mr and Mrs Henry Wise Sowers of Parnley Clarke county for their daughter Ethel Rector Sowers to Thomas Love Crisman of Staunton. The wedding is planned for this winter.
Wanted ads show Star Office seeking large clean cotton rags while Valley Auto Access offers radiator covers to prevent freezing. The brief notices imply automotive maintenance items for winter readiness and office supply needs.
The Elks lodge held a meeting in the American Legion building where Mayor Glass praised the lodge for donating the temporary hospital space after Memorial Hospital burned. Plans for a larger hospital, funding, and community support were laid out, with Shenandoah Valley Inc. and local directors endorsing the effort and a drill contest proposed to raise funds.
Mrs Charles E Murnan formerly of Winchester appears in a large photo in the Boston Evening Transcript. The article notes her deep interest in the Southern Club and charitable work while she attended the annual event at the Copley Plaza Hotel. She is daughter of the late Capt John S Glaize and sister of William and Robert Glaize. Her husband has long led management at Rexall Drug Company in Boston.
A marriage license was issued to Walter M Keefer and Made line Camp Dutterer of Littlestown Adams county Pa. The groom a butcher is son of Jacob A Keefer and the bride daughter of George F Dutterer tying the knot in this Pennsylvanian town.
The seven room residence of the late W. M. Bayliss at 320 Smithfield Avenue will be sold at 12 o clock noon in front of the Court House on Saturday January 26. See sale bills.
Valley Auto Access Corp showcases a new line of auto robes designed for cold weather. The collection emphasizes warmth and durable materials for extended winter use.
Shenandoah River froze from bank to bank for the first time this winter as temperatures fell to 5 degrees above zero. The frosty surface covered the river at Harpers Ferry with the big eddy noted along the waterfront.
Registration for night school of the Handley Schools will be at the John Kerr building Monday January 28 from 7 to 9. Many courses offered. Effort will be made to have a fifteen week term.
William Welford Randolph of East Orange New Jersey dies after long illness aged 60. He is survived by his widow Julia Taylor and three children, and will be buried at Old Chapel after services at Christ Episcopal Church in Millwood with relatives to attend from Winchester and Boyce.
Tonight at the Empire Theatre a nine o'clock vaudeville program features Clayton Ritter and Bill Schneider alongside the Mac Murray feature and a comedy. Regular prices remain unchanged and the show promises a lively evening. Tomorrow night continues the entertainment lineup.
The City School Board plans a seven month night school starting January 28 with registration that night at the John Kerr building from 7 to 9. Courses include English arithmetic bookkeeping typing and sewing with possible additional subjects if demand exists. Classes run Monday Wednesday and Friday evenings.
Funeral for Charles Hardy held at United Brethren Church tomorrow at 2 30 with Rev George W Stover officiating. Interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery. Survived by wife Maggie and seven daughters including Mary May Josephine Rosie Inez Vernie Dorothy. step son William Showalter. uncle E N Hardy of North Kent street. Friendship Fire Company will send delegation. pallbearers named.
Gerald Da Costa of England, a leading exporter and distributor with London offices, spends a day touring Frederick County with Virginia agent Ashby Sprint. They meet large growers and shippers while noting Virginia apples fetch top prices in British markets.
Pupils of Miss Kathleen McCartney present a piano recital Saturday morning January 26 at 10 30 at the Empire Theatre. Public is cordially invited.
Brief note on alcohol stock level amid cold weather. Reference to Valley Auto Access Corp. No clear date or full details provided.
President Coolidge nominates Robert C. Miller to be postmaster at Gettysburg Pennsylvania. The appointment announced January 24 by the Associated Press from Washington.
Philadelphia January 24 Brigadier General Butler director of public safety launched a new crackdown against graft in the police department. Detectives and officers who take tribute or accept money for returning stolen property or profit from petty graft face dismissal. He warned rewards for auto recovery would be barred and pledged sharp arrests for crimes and vice. The city faces moral and physical danger, Butler said.
The Empire Theatre organizes a city wide music and drama club open to high school age participants. Led by Lee Coble with local talent and patronesses, the group aims to foster rehearsals and performances with weekly meetings at the Empire Theatre. First meeting is 10:30 AM Saturday. prospective members may sign up at the manager’s office or the theatre lobby.
The J. C. Penney Company of New York reports 475 retail outlets in operation and 27 more to open by July 1, totaling 502 stores. For the year ending December 31 sales reached $62,188,978, up $13,153,249 from the prior year, with December sales at $8,747,681, up $2,177,618.
Sheriff Pannett and deputies from Hampshire and county went to Chambersburg to identify vehicles tied to John W Reed and W N Oates and other cars stolen from Winchester. They aim to learn the whereabouts of more unrecovered autos and to obtain information from C H Linchnock jailed in Chambersburg.
At Elk's Lodge 867 a major move in the Shenandoah Valley aims to hold a military drill this June. Andrewman of the Command Valley Act High School and Royal Military Academy invite participation and anticipate support from the Minth to fund Shenandoah Valley, Inc.
The defense argues the case centers on bookkeeping errors and misadvice by prosecutors. William S. McLaughlin, a league accountant, testifies about the league’s books while noting questions about entries and purposes as Justice Pace questions the record.
Conference between managers and engine men held in London to address ongoing strike. J Brantley, secretary of the associated society of engineers and firemen, stated the strike must continue. The meeting aimed to resolve issues delaying rail operations and preventing progress.
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