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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1930
Page
4
Publication notice for The Evening Star at Winchester Virginia corrects mail classifications and pricing. It lists subscription rates and delivery options with annual and monthly advance payments for various terms and by carrier.
The Associated Press declares exclusive rights to use and publish its news dispatches and all material published therein, guaranteeing exclusive publication and retention of AP news by participating papers.
Fragmentary biblical text references Acts 5 and Jesus as Prince and Saviour. Contains partial phrases about forgiveness and Israel and appears as religious scripture snippet.
Petersburg Progress Index notes Chicago’s financial collapse amid empty pay for police and fire, city warrants cashing slowly. It blames extravagance and graft, contrasts Thompson machine with Tweed era, and cites hostile press in 1928 campaign.
Roanoke World News reports a Berea Ohio bus with children struck by a passenger train. Nine children and the driver died with several others injured amid a series of similar recent crashes in Ohio. If the driver had stopped to let a freight train pass the tragedy might have been avoided.
The article stresses that expense limits safety measures and mere warnings are insufficient. It calls for continuous attention to highway dangers, noting the age of motor transportation requires ongoing responsibility from those in charge of public safety and lives on the roads.
Stephen T. Mather former director of national parks has died in Brookline Massachusetts at age after fourteen years leading the movement He expanded the system creating seven celebrated parks and turning isolated preserves into a nationwide public recreation and education network His personal wealth funded improvements and his work left a lasting imprint on Americas protected lands
The city shows a surge in industrial production reaching eight million dollars with eighteen plants active. In duckpin bowling, Virginia Woolen defeated Jones Woolen 2 1 in three games while Rotary Club fell to Country Gents 3 0. Also noted is a wedding announcement for Miss Sue Eastham and Willis B. Shuler plus leadership updates in local orders of Red Men and Pocahontas.
Five years ago on January 25 1925 Dr. Harry S France former pastor of Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church died in Baltimore. The Edwards heirs sue in Federal court to reclaim parts of Manhattan Island their ancestors owned. A severe cold wave from Alaska and highway repairs in the Shenandoah Valley are noted.
A British report notes ram ming on the Western Front with cold steel. The Old Homestead a rural comedy played at the Empire theatre. Thomas Fortune Ryan opposes an intangible tax proposed in Virginia. Winchester residents raise 1152.37 for Belgian relief. Wild geese head north in large flocks. President Wilson receives Miss Mary Custis Lee at the White House and presents flowers.
In Jefferson County West Virginia seven clergy gathered at the Thomas Jefferson Hotel in Charles Town to organize a ministerial association. Officers elected include President G G Sydnor Vice President Goodwin Frazer Secretary Clarence E Kirby and program chair Hunter L Davidson with Rev W D Keene Rev A B Mitchell and Rev H P Rixey also present. The group aims to share ideas and coordinate a county wide ministry with a permanent organization to be formed at the next Jefferson Hotel meeting on Monday February 17.
Eastern time listings detail NBC and CBS network programs across New York and regional stations. Entries include orchestras led by Rudy Vallee and Lang, Amos n Andy, Theremin Ether Wave Music, talk shows, and baseball hockey music hours with station call letters WABC WJZ WEAF WGN WIZ WBAL WJR WTM.
Handley Library has a supply of Dr Charles E Barker pamphlets printed for his Rotary Club address in Winchester. Copies cost 5 cents each and are available on request at the library due to high demand.
The home of Charles Garrison Reid in Flint Hill Rappahannock County was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. Front Royal and Remount Fire companies sent trucks to the scene.
A fire swept a residence along the ice covered Blue Ridge highway reaching Flint HI. The entire house was destroyed and losses are estimated at $8,000.
Mrs Edith Harrison Taylor of Philadelphia and Keswick Va sold her Clarke County orchard containing about 800 trees for choice varieties to Clay Carr. The estate, once part of the late George B Harrison home place known as Hunting and, is now owned by Carr. Transaction handled by Hansbrough and Carter, realtors of this city.
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