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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1933
Page
3
The Music Lovers' Club will hold its regular meeting and rehearsal Monday evening January 30 at 7 30 at Mrs F L Buckley’s home 23 South Stewart street. A social gathering with an outlined program is planned and attendance is encouraged.
A schedule listing regular meetings and rehearsals for local groups. Music Lovers' Club at Mrs. Frank L Buckley, Christian Endeavor at Congregational Church, Lions Club luncheon at George Washington Hotel, Handley High School Girls' Basketball, Kiwanis at George Washington Hotel, United Brethren youth choir, Grace Lutheran adult choir, Rotary Club, American Legion at George Washington Hotel, Brad dock Street Methodist Episcopal Church youth choir.
A birthday dinner party honoring attorney Floyd M Brill was hosted by Mrs Laura Snyder and daughter at their Haliton home. Fourteen guests attended including the Hockensmith, Stonesifer, Hendricks, Taylor, Kraus families and Beatrice Kraus with music and cards after dinner. Mary Babb to wed Randolph. engagement announced in Clarksburg. Randolph, a former governor and congressman elect, will marry in spring. Ernest Pope transfers to Harpers Ferry store management.
Ent meals at Fairmont avenue honor Florence Fletcher from Tacoma visiting Gen Beverley Browne in Front Royal. Socials note James R DuShane influenza recovery at Courtfield avenue home. Lieutenant Turpin from Fort Meade visits Shenandoah Valley Academy alumni in Front Royal. Turkey supper planned Feb 2 at Centenary Reformed Church social rooms.
In Harlem a gunman fired during a weekly dance at a speakeasy before dawn. A 24 year old man named David Feldman died, while Peter owner and Henry Clark were wounded, Moran injured, and the assailant Joseph Fished, 27, was beaten by patrons and taken to a hospital.
The Senate debated debt negotiations and Lieutenant Rexford Tugwell and Raymond Moley met officials at the state department as Ambassador Sir Ronald Lindsay prepared to return to London. Indiana Senator Robinson pressed an anti debt revision resolution amid clashes with Democratic Leader Lindsay.
Cymbel Taylor the state clothing specialist will visit Winchester on Thursday February 2 to assist Miss Elizabeth Farrar with a county clothing leaders conference. The meeting will be held upstairs in the county clerks office from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Leaders listed include Louise Robertson Ruth Smith Hilda Cather Naomi Richard Linda Richard and others to discuss demonstrations material and project work for February through April.
Lemma Snyder of the Washington Inn on South Stewart street left yesterday for Philadelphia to spend the weekend with relatives. Mrs. J Arthur Deverle of Roanoke was called to Boyce for her father Charles W Gaunt who rests comfortably after a good night. Miss Mary Wood Bowly, visiting her parents on West Cork street, left for Atlanta, Georgia this morning.
Clyde C. Hess told West Virginia horticulture meeting in Martinsburg that overall apple packs are dissatisfactory versus ten to twelve years ago due to sloppy marking. He noted demand shifts away from large baking apples to other fruits and juices, stressing York Imperial apples command higher price and West Virginia growers should profit while others falter.
L. W. Bobby Cassell, 19, star pitcher for Millwood last season, will join the Washington Senators for a tryout. He'll depart for Biloxi Miss. in early February to train with the AL club ahead of the May schedule. Cassell, who began in local leagues, beat Clarke County High and later hurled a two-hit game for Millwood against Martinsburg Hose Co. No. 3, then pitched a 15-inning 2-2 tie with local club.
New York on January 28 saw scattered weekend selling produce an uneven quiet session. Many leading stocks held near steady while several fell fractionally. The closing zone was heavy and turnover ran about 300000 shares. Sterling cables opened at 3.39 and a fraction.
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday shows rain in the Middle Atlantic and possible snow turning to rain in the North Atlantic states. Northern New York to Maine may see snow or rain with a pattern of rising temperatures early week, colder midweek, and much colder by week’s end.
Two United States Navy officers Lieutenant Charles E. McDonald and Lieutenant Kenneth C. Hurd were near death from shrapnel injuries after a test of an engine balance wheel. A third officer, Lieutenant Louis Dent Sharp, was seriously injured, and civilian E A Smith suffered minor injuries. The incident occurred during a demonstration in California with Mare Island Navy Hospital later involved.
Former New York Governor Alfred E. Smith stated he would not accept a cabinet post in the Roosevelt administration. When pressed about his role, Smith replied that he was already head of many things and that his future in the new government remained to be seen.
A mistrial was declared today in Newport News Virginia in the case of Charles Herbert Young accused of attempting to extort $10,000 from Homer L. Ferguson president of the Newport News Ship Building and Dry Dock Company. The jury was discharged and a new trial is set for the March term. Bond of $5,000 for Young remains.
Frederick county Treasurer Robert S. Smith reports every colored landowner has paid delinquent taxes. Twenty four colored owners were listed for 1931 tax liens. most paid before the public sale and the final $3.43 check arrived yesterday.
Closing quotations for the Chicago May and July wheat futures show 475 and 47 percent? plus September 484 cents. Baltimore spot wheat 58.42 and Winchester spot wheat 55.0.
Frank Carnera, 52, confessed to killing his wife and setting her body afire. He claimed the slaying occurred near Spring Valley, New York, after initially confessing at a Hackensack gas station. He was transferred to Rockland County authorities and told police he acted alone and wished to die.
A Berryville meeting of the Patrons-Teachers League at Berryville High School auditorium explored the Home Church and School as core pillars. Clergy speakers urged strong Christian instruction at home and school, with focus on church influence and teacher selection, while attendance prizes were announced.
James A. Farrell, former United States Steel head, endorses higher tariffs to stabilize world exchange. He backs a Republican administration strategy as Democrats press to keep the tariff issue open for the new administration.
Woodstock mourns 87 year old Mary E Ramey widow of William H Ramey a long time Woodstock resident and devout Lutheran Church member. She died at home after protracted illness with funeral plans pending relatives not yet arrived.
Waynesboro January 27 Congressman elect A Willis Robertson told the Waynesboro Chamber of Commerce annual meeting that the Roosevelt administration will set the nation on the path to prosperity. He predicted harmony between Congress and the President in solving major problems. Major Robertson added industry and government have grown in importance while church and family have declined in importance.
British scientists plan to signal Mars from the Alps. Astrologers claim Mercury is the god of business. A witty remark questions a big gun’s career ending before he writes a book about it.
Woodstock residents Edward Ran 25 and a 11 year old boy from Shenandoah County were jailed on a charge of aged highway robbery after a hold up of John P. Boyer and wife near Woodstock. The pair demanded money as shots were fired, and the victims drove to Woodstock to report the crime. Police, state officers, and deputies arrested them at the Wetzel home following the incident. Ran has prior offenses including an attempted jail delivery in 1939. The juvenile Wetzel had been in a state institution on furlough.
A historical remark laments a St Louis hunter for shooting his circusions and argues sportsmen would better support American wildlife by allowing native species to reproduce, instead of seeking big game in Africa.
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