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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1924
Page
5
Danville reports indicate arrangements are nearly complete for Virginia’s American Legion convention to be held in Richmond August 25 to 27. Posts were asked to forward new member cards and dues by August 10 for accurate delegate allocation.
Nature Magazine explains the Moon is a dead body without an atmosphere and lacks water in solid liquid or gaseous form. The article discusses how the Moon’s surface is dry and airless, with no active hydrosphere or atmosphere to support life.
The Rev Dr Charles A A J Miller of Baltimore told Walther League members at Evangelical Lane Church annual convention that lay leadership strengthens battle lines and guards against church corruption. He warned pride and jealousy fuel dissensions, urging Christian education to keep humility and balance in social questions.
Miss Lucy Virginia Massie of Cumberland Maryland visits relatives in the city. Mrs. Frank Jenkins departs for Martinsburg West Virginia to join relatives on a trip to Niagara Falls. Clark M Smith and Harry Schmidt couples vacation in New Jersey. C W Heater Robbie Heater and Lula Ward of Strasburg tour Winchester. Ernest A Marshall of Clearwater Florida visits Washington and Berryville. J W Bowman family returns from Harrisburg. Alson S Hott and son Maurice motor to Philadelphia Atlantic City Baltimore and Alexandria with cousin Mrs Herbert Blunt. S J Fahnestock Maurertown visiting son Harry Fahnestock for two weeks.
A machine tests burning qualities of tobacco by puffing cigars in a human fashion using gir suction in the process, evaluating combustion behavior.
Western Republican headquarters will be set up at Fifth Avenue and Sixth Street in New York. National chairman William M. Butler announced a conference with Senator George H. Moses of New Hampshire and Representative W. R. Wood of Indiana to coordinate with Senate and House campaign committees for the presidential nominees. Activities will center at Chicago and New York headquar ters with notification ceremonies planned for Washington and Evanston on August 19.
Mr. Butler said the notification address to Mr. Dawes will be by A W Jefferies of Nebraska who placed Dawes in nomination in Cleveland. Frank W Mondeondell of Wyoming, Cleveland convention chair, will give the notification speech before Mr. Coolidge. Both events open to the public and radio broadcast.
President Coolidge will spend the rest of the summer in Washington unless unforeseen developments occur. He previously opposed a summer White House but now plans to remain at the White House with Mrs Coolidge. Weekend trips may provide rest, with no plans for a long stay elsewhere.
Croydon England July 16 The American Army airmen on world flight crossed the channel from Paris covering about 225 miles to Croydon in three hours and three minutes, establishing a rapid link between the two points.
Clyde N. Fisher cashier of the Gunn Quealy Coal Company was shot and fatally wounded by J. Walker the mine foreman and friend while he sought a cache of food water and blankets two miles from a coal camp. The payroll of more than 6000 dollars vanished with him.
In Paris on July 16 Jan Zoznowski a Polish writer dying of an incurable illness begged friends at Villejuif sanitarium to end his life. His fiancee Mile. Stanislawa Unikuska aged 22 shot him in the head when he could not resist his plea and she was detained at the sanitarium.
New York stock activity shifted to rail stocks this morning as high grade and non dividend issues helped hold the market. Talk of dividend resumption supported low priced issues while steel groups faced heavy selling before noon. Call money opened at 2 percent and the close was irregular with about 950000 shares traded.
Wheat harvest was practically finished and the crop generally satisfactory in Virginia for the week ending yesterday. Corn and tobacco showed good growth but fields were grassy in many localities. Cotton made fair progress but its condition was unsatisfactory.
The Federal Farm Loan Board cut the rate on direct loans to cooperative marketing associations from 5 1/2 to 5 percent. Board members said the reduction should aid financing of this year's crop movement.
Directors omit the quarterly common dividend of 50 cents a share while declaring a $2 per share dividend on preferred stock. The decision, cited as for stockholders best interests amid oil industry uncertainty, pauses cash distributions on common shares.
Real estate listings offer a modern eleven room dwelling with one bath on a large central lot priced at 10000 dollars. A seven room dwelling on a 164 by 250 foot Valley Pike lot is 5500 dollars. Includes improved and unimproved properties aimed at investors or home buyers. Good & Co.
Train timetable listing routes from Berryville to Roanoke and intermediate stations with numbers for No 13 9.20 am No 1 2.46 am No 28 8 39 am No 10 1 59 pm No 14 7 29 pm. Includes Pullman sleeper and parlor car service to Bristol Philadelphia Roanoke Washington and Memphis connections. Booking contacts H H Burks Berryville and W Saunders Roanoke.
Senator La Follette of Wisconsin faces an unofficial path to a presidential bid as Cleveland convention delegates endorse him as an independent candidate. Campaign organizers expect a call from the conference national committee and anticipate AFL support and backing from George L. Berry.
In Baltimore on July 16 the banking institute continued with presentations of papers on various banking topics following yesterday's session.
About thirty delegates attended the forenoon session of the American Banking event. Afterward the group traveled by steamer to vote and to meet requests from Rear Admiral Wilson, superintendent of the Academy.
Officers of the Winchester forces have received new uniforms supplied by the firm of H. Hable. The summer uniforms follow a lation pattern in a shade. A riding habit in blue is noted for the Motorcycle Police contingent.
A new straw rope making machine helps farmers dispose of surplus straw. The device spins straw into cords as it feeds through troughs and is pressed by rollers into boxes for packaging.
A fragment notes Paul Revere of Revolw as a silversmith and mentions his work exhibited in a Boston museum, highlighting early American crafts and the city’s collection.
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