More Liberal Sabbath Laws Being Sought In Virginia
Bills in the Virginia House of Delegates seek abolishing magistrate and justice fees and forbidding penal flogging while liberalizing Sunday laws to allow baseball and other amusements. Proposals include taxing admissions to amusements and preventing flogging in state penitentiaries. Danville factions clashed amid continued debate.
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Richmond
Virginia
House of Delegates
A. L. Jordan
Wilson W. Vellines
Norfolk
Jordan
Tess
Am ' Ted
the of Virginia
Justices of the Peace
Vivian L. Page
Selk
Supreme Court
Ohio
Page
R. R. Parker
Wise County
House Finance Committee
L. L. Watts
Stony Point
House
Danville
President Coolidge Accepts Annapolis College Celebration Invitation
President Coolidge accepted an invitation to attend a patriotic celebration at St. John’s College in Annapolis on May 15. The event honors the Annapolis convention of 1786 and may feature remarks by the president. Governors of the original states and descendants of key figures are invited, with a post event dinner at Hammond-Harwood House.
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Associated Press
Washington
St. John’s College
Annapolis
Coolidge
Bruce
Maryland
College
Washington and
la Fayette
Hammond-Harwood House
John Hays Ham
Handley Schools Exceed Standard in Virginia Study
Virginia State Board of Education released a 1926 27 efficiency chart placing Winchester 105 35 ahead of the expected standard under the Handley Foundation. Richmond 96 31 Newport News 89 77 Norfolk 89 56 and Roanoke 84 10 follow, with factors including teacher salaries local support costs per room attendance and facilities used to rate 20 cities.
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Associated Press
Richmond
State Board of Education
Virginia
Winchester
John Handley Foundation
Newport News
Dabney
Lancaster
Department
Winchester le
Norfolk
Roanoke
Petersburg
Williamsburg
Portamouth
Teee
Fredericksburg
Staunton
Danville
Bristol
Clifton Forge
Charlottesville
Alexandria
Suffolk
Radford
Benna Vista
Dr Freeman to Lecture at Handley Tomorrow Night
Dr Douglas Freeman editor of the Richmond News Leader lectures at Handley School Auditorium Friday at 8 pm on Lets Abolish Ugliness. Introduced by R Gray Williams Handley Board president. Handley High Orchestra to perform from 7 45 pm. admission free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Freeman
Richmond News- Leader
Handley School
Freeman
Winchester
Robert E. Lee
Handley Board of Trustees
Handley High School
Grand Jury Drawn For Circuit Court
Grand jurors for the February term of Frederick county Circuit Court have been drawn. The panel includes Silas W. Jim Coleman Dunn Ward Cadwallader Walter L. DeHaven H A Bayliss J D Snapp B F Arthur A P Stine Lee Crosen W R Foley J M Cadwallader J Ss Sherman P P Glenn S D O Nea l Cephas Fahnestock. About six cases, mostly liquor cases, are to be brought before the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court of
Frederick County
D. O'Neal
Cephas Fahnestock
Notice for 1928 dog taxes and penalties due
City and county treasurers warn that 1928 dog taxes are due with a 5 percent penalty after February 1. William T. Barr and Robt. 8. Smith sign for the city and county treasurers. Mr. Gray Beverley visits Richmond Virginia as guest of Governor H. F. Byrd at the mansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WM. T. Barr
City Treas
Smith
County Treas
Mr. Gray Beverley
Richmond
H. F. Byrd
Farmer badly injured after hit and fall near Martinsburg
Harry Borden 42 of Strasburg Va was found nearly frozen near Martinsburg with bloodied face and left side pain. He recalls traveling from Chambersburg to Winchester and being struck from the rear on the left as he flew into a fence. He recovered at City Hospital.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Harry Borden
Strasburg
Clifton Emory
Brue McDonald
Darkesville
Emory
City Hospital
Borden
Chambersburg
Virginia
Hagerstown
Williamsport
Winchester
Glenn Tryon Stars in Universal’s Hero for a Night
Glenn Tryon of Universal, born in Butte Montana on September 14 1899 and starting as a 14 year old actor, rose through stage and Roach comedy to screen. He was spotted by Carl Laemmle after The Dove and has since appeared in Painting the Town Hot Heels Meet the Prince and A Hero for a Night with the latest Universal feature showing at the Empire Theatre tomorrow and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Tryon
Universal
Butte
Mont
New York
Metropolis
Los Angeles
Majestic Theatre
Mr. Tryon
Hal Roach
Roach Comedy Pictures
Carl Laemmle
Universal Pictures
Empire Theatre
Diploma Mill Operator Charged In Fraud case
Gilbert Patton Brown fifty six year old alleged operator of diploma mills was arrested in Baltimore on US warrants issued in December charging use of mails to defraud. He had been hiding in the city for six weeks and was surprised detectives found him.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Gilbert Patton Brown
United States
Washington
Brown
Gas Works Here Acquired by Sebald Interests
At a Detroit board meeting Consumers Utilities Co announced W. H. Moss and H. M. Eaton sold their stock to the National Gas and Electric Co of Battle Creek. The buyer also acquired all Moss and Eaton gas properties in Winchester and Staunton Virginia Monroe Grand Haven Coldwater Hillsdale Michigan. Robert B. Ingle remains Winchester manager as Sebald pledges improved service.
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Consumers Utilities Company
Detroit
W. HB. Moss
H. M. Eaton
National Gas and Electric Company of
Battle Creek
Mich
National Gas and Electric Company
Moss
Mr. Eaton
Winchester
Staunton
Monroe
Grand Haven
Coldwater
Robert B. Ingle
Ingle
Mr. Sebald
French Flyers Leave France Field for Guatemala City
Dieudonne Cog tes and Joseph Lebrix, French pilots, departed France Field at 6 46 a m for Guatemala City about 800 miles distant.
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Associated Press
Colon
Dieudonne Cogtes
Joseph Lebrix
France Field
Guatemala City
New Zealand Apples Likely Too Late for English Market
Winchester growers and shippers note New Zealand apples probably won t reach England before mid March. Estimated crop 900 000 cases, about 300 000 barrels.
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Winchester
New Zealand
England
Husband Beats Wife Ten Court In Divorce Suit
Mrs Della Steele files for divorce from Charles Steele in Frederick county alleging desertion for over three years. She claims she was unaware he secured an absolute divorce in Warren county Virginia in May 1924 and was not properly served. The case raises whether the Warren decree voids her Frederick county action, with local opinion suggesting the prior divorce may have interrupted her suit.
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Della Steele
Donald L. Weems
Charles Steele
Frederick County
Steele
Ashe
Mrs. Steele
Warren County
Front Royal
Warren Court
Sulu Sho
Virginia
Warren
Frederick Count
Mr. Steele
Warsen County
Nineveh
Reene
Weems
Omer
Keagg
Frederick Court
Coathouse
All City Licenses Due by January 31 in Winchester
City officials remind Winchester residents that all licenses including auto tags and merchant licenses must be paid by January 31. Those who have not yet obtained licenses are urged to secure them before February 1 to avoid delays and long waits.
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Winchester
Shenandoah Park Pledges Urge Prompt Payment
Shenandoah Park pledges are due from all parties who received notice of amounts owed. Pledges will be turned over to collectors around February first unless promptly paid. The state contract to purchase park land and transfer it to the U S government rests on these promises. Address inquiries to Shirley Carter, P. O. Box 78, Winchester, Virginia.
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A. Cable
Norfolk
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
United States Commerce Department
Foster
Wellington
N. Z
Montevideo
Uruguay
United States
Virginia
Taiwan
Shirer Carter
P. O
Winchester
Bomb Damages Williamsport Mans Home
The home of John B. Beard on Antietam Street Williamsport was struck by a powerful bomb explosion at 1 50 this morning. Beard an official of Tallow and Hide Company Hagerstown and church officer was uninjured. Fragments of steel were found near the rear porch suggesting the device was placed beneath the porch. Windows were shattered in adjacent homes and a nearby teacher Miss Alma Harsh reported seeing a flash in a field behind the house.
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Associated Press
Hagerstown
John B. Beard
Antietam Street
Williamsport
Beard
Tallowers’ Hide and Tallow ‘Company
Lutheran
Mr. Beard
Hi Son
I. G. Beard
W. HH. Batyson
Alma Harsh
Winchester Race Is Won Easily By Billy Barton
Newbury horse Billy Barton, owned by Howard Bruce of Baltimore and ridden by T Morgan, won the Winchester handicap steeplechase over three miles by six lengths from the field of twelve.
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Winchester
Billy Barton
Newbury
Jan Barton
Ameri Cal Gta
Ase
Lindbergh departs Canal Zone for South America on goodwill flight
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh left France Field at 9 26 A M on a goodwill tour toward Cartagina after a ten day stay. He estimated the leg at 400 miles and expected arrival around 2 P M. A crowd, including 600 Canal Zone school children, watched the takeoff as Dieudonne Costes and Joseph Lebrix had recently flown toward Guatemala.
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Associated Press
France Field
Colon
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Cartagina
Gulf of Darien
Canal Zone
Dieudonne Costes
Joseph Lebrix
Guatemala
United States
Anniversary of Cedar Cliff Presbyterian Church in Vaucluse
In Vaucluse Virginia the Cedar Cliff Presbyterian Church marks its fiftieth anniversary with a 10 46 am service on Sunday January 29 and a historical sketch by Rev J Hoge Smith. A week of self denial and prayer for foreign missions is planned starting January 30 followed by a quarterly communion on February 5. The church was organized January 27 1878 by Winchester Presbytery with R W Miller as ruling elder.
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Vaucluse
Cedar Cliff Presbyterian Church
J. Hoge Smith
Cedar Cliff Church
Winchester Presbytery
Reva
W. A. Crawford
A. C. Hopkins
H. M. White
C. W. Hollis
R. W. Miller
Household Sale for Mary E. Bloyer Deceased
Household effects of Mary E. Bloyer deceased to be sold for cash at 418 North Brad dock Street starting 10:00 a.m. next Saturday January 28. Items include corner cupboard antique chairs mahogany mirrors rockers clocks bedsteads bureaus dishes rugs and more. See sale bills.
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Mary E. Bloyer
Braddock St
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Dr. Freeman
MuateiMaDun
Mrs. Sunday
Billy Sunday, Jr
Olive Day
George B. Day
International Newsreel
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Them
Winchester Steam Laundry
Aseday
The
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Winchester Star
Progressive Farmer
Our Star
Shenandoah Park
Philip Williams
Shirley Carter
Ines
Jin. Bist
the Evening Star
Col. Lindbergh
South America
Vaucluse Church
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