Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

We found your results!

Page 1

Winchester Evening Star in Winchester, Virginia

We have 3,124,248 pages in Virginia

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 33 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1929

Page

1

French and Poles Vie In Atlantic Oceanic Derby

Two trans Atlantic contenders race from Le Bourget to New York. The Amiot Biplane Marshall with Poles Ludwik Idzikowski and Casimir Kubala leads early while Coste’s Question Mark follows. Both carry wireless gear as they head toward Spain and Santander with hopes of arriving Sunday morning.

Associated Press Chesapeake Albertic Greenwich Davenport Tyrell Cape Finistero Spain United States New York le Bourget Paris Air Ministry Ithakos Quessant Esperance Bay Cape Finistere London Cara Marshall Pilsudski France Atlantic Ludwik Idzikowski Casimir Kubala Marshall Pilsudski Dreudonne Coste South Atlantic Jose Lebrix Coste Jaques Bellonte Tokyo Tours Bouscat Santander

Communities prepare to host New York children this summer

Encouraging reports came at a Handley Library meeting on supporting fresh air children from New York due August 1. Winchester and Frederick county residents note strong interest and many requests for boys and girls, with next Saturday July 20 deadline for host names.

Handley Library New York Winchester Frederick County P. R. Diehl

District Committee Mail Addresses Sought for Local Youth

A fragment notes instructions to mail to district committee or to Mrs G C Rose and Mrs Rose Grimm for city duties or to Miss Nina Williams, Albin Virginia, for county affairs seeking names of boys and girls aged weeks and age.

G. C. Rose Rose Grimm Nina Williams Albin

Girl Swallows Poison Over Window Display Crackdown

In Baltimore on July 13 Miss Edna Bryant drank poison to avoid posing for candy store signs. Embarrassed by being displayed in windows she said people made a monkey of her. She was taken to City Hospital in serious condition.

Associated Press Baltimore Edna Bryant City Hospital

Generally Fair Weather Outlook For Atlantic States

Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday in the North and Middle Atlantic States. Generally fair with local thunder showers Thursday and Friday. Temperature near normal at the week’s start, warmer midweek, cooler toward the end.

Associated Press Washington Middle Atlantic

Lantern thefts along North Loudoun ditch prompt reward

Thieves stole three lanterns from a ditch by the Winchester Gas Company on North Loudoun street near the fair grounds. Automobilists narrowly avoided crashes as the deep ditch claimed several near misses before the theft was found. The gas company offers a reward and warns of heavy punishment for stealing safety lanterns.

Winchester Gas Company Loudoun Street Fair Grounds Gas Company

General Butler Given Promotion

President Hoover approved the promotion of Brig Gen Smedley D. Butler of the U S Marine Corps to major general on July 13 in Washington.

Associated Press Washington Smedley D. Butler United States Marine Corps Hoover

Ships Send Fine Hunters to Chicago Dealer

George L. Wallihan a notable Front Royal horse buyer shipped several head of fine hunters to Henry McNair of Chicago, a leading U S dealer. The horses raised in Warren and neighboring counties formed the best lot of hunters ever to leave Front Royal.

George L. Wallihan Front Royal Henry McNair Chicago United States Warren

Tremonti Orchard Help Wanted Notice

Tremonti Orchard in Kernstown seeks assistance as stated by Mr. Smallwood. Position advertised with contact instruction and date code indicates immediate application and location.

Tremonti Orchard Kernstown Smallwood

Warbles brothers fined after Baltimore wreck in Virginia

Three Warbles brothers Enoch Oscar and Michael of Baltimore Md and two friends were fined ten dollars and twenty five cents each in the county magistrate court for drunk and disorderly conduct after a wreck near the Opequon Creek in Frederick county. A sixth man fled the scene and officers later noted the case belonged to the county.

Enoch Oscar Michael Warbles Baltimore Warbles Brothers Sparrows Point Warbles Harrisonburg Opequon Creek Frederick County Tom Boyd Lee Barr Justice Tavenner Winchester

Free-For-All at Night Club Ends in Two Deaths

A disorderly argument over a bartender’s pace sparked a pistol battle at the Hotsy Totsy Night Club on Broadway today. Simon Walker 35 and William Cassidy 36 were killed, Pete Cassidy wounded, and women patrons fled as bullets sprayed the walls.

Associated Prese New York Broadway Fifty Fourth Street Simon Walker William Cassidy Pete Cassidy William

Ernest S Ruebeck Dies After Illness in Martinsburg Hospital

Ernest S Ruebeck longtime Rest area resident of Frederick County died at 11 yesterday morning in City Hospital Martinsburg West Virginia after four weeks as a patient from abscesses. Funeral at 2 Sunday at Methodist Episcopal Church South Rest with Rev Neale officiating. Interment Rest graveyard. Survived by son John and five daughters Carrissa Kathleen Ann Elizabeth Lillian Frances Olivia Myrtle Sylvia May Ruebeck. Three brothers Harry Hagerstown Md Omar and Walter Spearspring Md and two sisters Cora Palmer Greencastle Pa Myrtle Nicewarmer Mercersburg Pa.

Ernest S. Ruebeck Frederick County City Hospital Martinsburg W. Va Methodist Episcopal Church South Neale Ruebeck Anna May Stilwell John Ruebeck Carrissa Kathleen Ann Elizabeth Lillian Frances Olivia Myrtle Sylvia May Ruebeck Harry Hagerstown Omar Walter Ruebeck Spearspring

First National Bank Of Sanford Closed By OCC

The First National Bank of Sanford, Seminole county’s oldest bank, was closed today with its affairs placed in the hands of the comptroller of the currency. It had about 40 years of operation, roughly $2.2 million in resources and $1.8 million in deposits.

Associated Press Sanford, Fla First National Bank Seminole County First National

Jail Term For Selling Liquor

Herbert Athey pleaded guilty to sale of liquor in police court last night and was sentenced to three months in jail and fined $68. Athey returned this week from Walter Reed Hospital where he has been under treatment for an ailment contracted during the World War since last April.

Herbert Athey Athey Walter Reed Hospital

1929 Water and Sewer Taxes Due by July 15

Taxes for 1929 water and sewer charges are due and payable on or before July 15. William T. Barr, Treasurer.

WM. T. Barr Treas

Special July rates for Evening Star subscriptions

The Evening Star advertises special July subscription rates: £3 per year in advance by mall delivery and $4 per year in advance by carrier. Pay now to save the discount.

THE Evening Star

Record-Setting Angelino Flight Ends After 246 Hours

Loren W. Mendell of Los Angeles and Roland D. Reinhart of Salem Oregon land the Angelino in Culver City California after a 246 hour 43 minute 82 second sustained flight setting a new record. The finish came when a tail section failure and a hatch dislodgement caused loss of control. Wright Whirlwind engine and second-hand aircraft powered the endurance test.

Culver City Cal Loren W. Mendell Los Angeles Roland D. Reinhart Salem Oregon Angelina Cleveland Mendell W J H. Thomas Wright Angelino

CMTC Boys Learn Cavalry Life at Fort Myer Camp

CMTC students train under Third Cavalry officers at Fort Myer Va in hot sun learning mounting dismounting and squad movements. Cadets from Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia and the District of Columbia showcase hurdle jumps led by Colonel Henry and Colonel Forbes. Laurens P Jones of Winchester trains toward a reserve corps commission while James Henry of Swimley visits.

Fort Myer CMTC Third Cavalry Three Hundred and Fifth Cavalry Philadelphia William S. Forbes Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia District of Columbia Guy W. Henry Forbes

Sand Corp Refuses Comment on Merger Report

John F. Penrose president of the Eastern Silica and Chemical Company declined to confirm or deny merger rumors with the Feldspar Company of New York. Engineers from New York conducted an exhaustive survey of the Gore Maryland plant, which has recently expanded, with output set to nearly double amid high purity sand deposits.

John F. Penrose Eastern Silica and Chemical Company Feldspar Company New York East Piccadilly Street Penrose Gore Frederick County Eastern Company Winchester Glass Sand Company Switzerland

Plane tests refueling endurance flight in St Louis

An equipped Curtiss-Robertson plane left Lambert-St. Louis field at 7 10 a m for a refueling endurance test of the air cooled Challenger engine. A second plane will fly next week. The first craft was piloted by Dale Red Jackson and Forrest O Brine, Curtiss Robertson test pilot.

Associated Press ST. Louis Curtiss-Robertson Lambert-St. Louis Field Dale Red”) Jackson Forrest O’brine Curtiss Robertson Company

Rail stock advances pressed in weekend trading

The bull market gained pace with rail issues leading the advance as more than a dozen rails surged nearly 16 points to record levels. Utilities faced profits and realizations, while the day closed irregularly after about 2,500,000 shares traded.

New York

375 Perish In a Persian Cloudburst

Teheran July 13 375 people killed and several villages wiped out in floods at Cabriz caused by a cloudburst with no immediate survivors or rescue.

Associated Press Teheran Persia Cabriz

Chinese Would Try Charge of Smuggling

Chinese minister Wu asked Secretary Stimson to hand Mrs. Ying Kao, wife of the Chinese vice consul at San Francisco, to Chinese authorities for opium smuggling trial. Stimson is considering the request, with unofficial opinion leaning toward no grant.

Associated Press Washington Stimson Ying Kao San Francisco

Special meeting to decide trip plans this July

Rouss Fire Co. calls a special meeting Monday night July 15 to decide on a trip to Washington and Lexington. All members must attend. See M. Lamp, President.

Washington Lexington M. Lamp

Pay Now Save Discount at July Special Rate

An advertisement from The Evening Star promotes a pay now save discount at a reduced July rate. The offer highlights a limited time month and urges immediate payment to secure savings.

THE Evening Star

New York to Join Protest Against Freight Raise

New York will align with Virginia to oppose freight rate increases by Southern Railway and other Southern lines in northern Virginia and beyond. The conference of Virginia shipping interests, urged by the Virginia Corporation Commission, signaled optimism that federal action may avert higher rates.

New York Richmond Virginia Southern Railway Virginia Corporation Commission Associated Industries of Interstate Commerce Commission East N Norfolk and Western Railroad Southern

J Frank Nelson Former Morgantown Editor Dies in California

J Frank Nelson a Morgantown editor and founder of the Morgantown New Dominion died in Pasadena California at 62 He was a WVU graduate former Monongalia Democratic committee secretary and Morgantown city auditor later working in real estate Surviving are his widow and three children He was a cousin in law to Mrs George Taylor and brother in law to Mrs C E Jones

Romney W. Va J. Frank Nelson West Virginia University Morgantown New Dominion Pasadena Cal Mr. Nelson George Taylor Fairmont Avenue

Archbishop Curley Receives Audience From Pope

Pope Pius received Archbishop Michael J. Curley of Baltimore in a Vatican audience. The pontiff asked questions about the state and the city, praised Cardinal Gibbons, and sent affectionate greetings to Baltimore Catholics who have long led in good works before imparting his benediction.

Associated Press Vatican City Pope Pius Michael J. Curley Baltimore Cardinal Gibbons

Bids Opened for Cedar Creek Bridge Project

Bids for the Cedar Creek Bridge on the Valley Pike between Strasburg and Middletown were opened by the State Highway Department in Richmond on Tuesday. The seven highway projects total about 210000 pounds.

Cedar Creek Valley Pike Strasburg Middletown State Highway Department Richmond

Apple Export Prospects for Early Varieties Favorable

George E. Petley, export broker, says barrelled apples can be delivered on any day to Winchester Cold Storage for prompt loading into iced cars for shipment to England. Office opposite the Winchester post office, contact 1073.

Winchester England George E. Petley

Virginia Apple Prospects Highlight Record Crop Level

The report forecasts Virginia apple production around 2,652,000 barrels, with total U.S. production near 29,886,000 barrels. Weather, blight, and scab affect yields in parts of the Piedmont, while peach crops in Virginia are unusually good with the largest harvest on record.

Virginia Piedmont United States Shenandoah Fauquier Doun United Atlantic New York Pennsylvania Illinois Michigan Missouri Maryland Lohisk West Virginia Arkansas Idaho On Colorado Washington Oregon California United State

Hutchinson Flood Swamps Business District in Kansas

Flood waters swept Hutchinson and Salina areas as Cow Creek overflowed after heavy rains. The disaster flooded main streets and wholesale districts, drowning merchandise and forcing merchants to move stock to higher ground. The Salina corner and rail yards faced water depths from inches to over a foot. This is described as the worst flood in Hutchinson history.

Hutchinson Kan Busine Salina Kans Cece Cow Creek Arkansas River Terday

Special July rate on subscriptions in effect

The Evening Star announces a special July rate for subscriptions. Pay now by cartier at 4.00 per year in advance, or by mail 3.00 per year in advance.

Cartier Mail the Evening Star

Also Mentioned on This Page

America Pole Butler Baltin Florida Reinhart James Henry Swimley Sand Corporation Beldspar Company Eastern Advance Rouss Fire Curley Apple Growers Apple Prospects Hutchinson, Kan
Search Courier

Search the Winchester Evening Star Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Winchester Evening Star?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication