Rotary honors for Byrd and Nulton in Winchester
The Winchester Rotary celebrated two honorary memberships for Admiral Louis M. Nulton and Commander Richard E. Byrd at a banquet attended by 130 guests at the George Washington Hotel. Dr. F T McFaden highlighted Rotary's practical service while Dr. J Howard Gore and other dignitaries praised Byrd and the National Geographic Society for supporting exploration and training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Rotary
Louis M. Nulton
R. E. Byrd
George Washington Hotel
Winchester
Rotary
Virginia
Maryland
West Virginia
Gore
J. Howard Gore
National Geographic Society
Dr. Gore
W. W. Glass
Sidney Cather Gore
Frederick Dr. Gore
Byrd
Hubbard
P Hear
Little Dick
Richard le Coeur de Lion
Richard the Lion-Hearted
Frank T. McFaden
Richmond
Rotary Club
Admiral Nurton
Commander Byrd
Rotary International
United States
Arctic
Nurton
Navy
Naval Service
Geographical Society
Nulton
Annapolis
Academy
Dollar Days Sale Promises Biggest Event This Summer
Friday and Saturday July 16 and 17 shoppers are invited to a massive sale with deep discounts promised. Early birds urged to attend and take advantage of the greatest sale yet held.
Dollar Days Greatest Sale Yet Held Friday and Saturday
Prominent sale event advertised for July 16 and 17 promises substantial discounts across departments. Retailers tout a major pricing event with emphasis on wide selection and low prices during the two day promotion.
Canton Publisher Is Shot Dead By Assassins
Don R. Mellett publisher of the Canton Daily News was slain outside his home in Canton Ohio by a gunman. Five bullets ended the life of the Akron native who fought against gamblers and warned acquaintances that out of town pursuers followed him. Judge Pontius offered a $1000 reward for the killers.
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Associated Press
Canton
Don R. Mellett
Canton Daily News
NEWS
James M. Cox
Ohio
Temple
Mellett
Bellett
Crs
Pennsylvania
Akron
Mettett
Hubert Pontius
Final Rites For Mrs Dorsey Brill On Sunday Morning
The body of Mrs Hannah M Brill wife of Dorsey C Brill died in Miami Florida on May 8th was brought here for burial today. Funeral Sunday at 11 am at Shiloh Church Lehew West Virginia with Rev Courtney Anderson officiating and burial nearby. Pallbearers are relatives of family and Mr Brill relatives. She is survived by husband and children Clifton M Virgil C Charls R Brill and Mrs Charles Grove all of Miami and three sisters Mrs Malcina Anderson Mrs Martha Larrick and Mrs Sallie Larrick of Lehew West Virginia. She was in her 70th year.
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Hannah M. Brill
Dorsey C. Brill
Miami
Florida
Shiloh Church
Lehew
West Va
Courtney Anderson
Mr. Brill
Mrs. Brill
S. R
Hl. G
Ron T. Walter
Elias Brill
A. P. Reid
B. S. LaFollette
Cephas
John
Jerry
Alpheus
Albert Spaid
Arthur
Raymond LaFollette
Virgil C
Charls R. Brill
Charles Grove
Malcina Anderson
Highview
W. Va
Martha Larrick
Sallie Larrick
Wreck on Pennsylvania Line Wounds Twenty in Ohio
Twenty persons were injured when an engine and three coaches derailed near Summitville Ohio. The train on the Cleveland Pittsburgh division was diverted after a freight wreck near Waterford. No deaths were reported as officials began checks and ambulances and medical staff responded.
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Associated Press
East Liverpool
Ohio
Fort, Wayne
New York
Pennsylvania
Summitville
Here
Wellsville
Salineville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Clevland-Pittsburgh
Waterford
Fort Wayne
Hunter Promoted to Assistant Treasurer by Southern Ry
Winchester friends learn Edmund P. Hunter of Washington DC has been appointed assistant treasurer of the Southern Railway Company with headquarters in Washington. A longtime Southern Railway executive, Hunter is praised for his financial acumen and faithful service spanning more than twenty five years.
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Winchester
Edmund P. Hunter
Washington
D. C
Hunter
Southern Railway Company
Southern Railway System
Fairfax Harrison
Robert W. Hunter
Margaret Stuart Hunter
Richard Stuart Hunter
Baltimore and Ohio W
Baltimore
John P. Campbell
Caroline Hunter
Robert Kennedy
Columbia
US. C
Southern
Winchester Academy
The
Mrs. Reynolds Wins Divorce in Baltimore Court
Judge Duke Bond grants Mrs. Mary Louise Reynolds an absolute divorce from John D. Reynolds Jr. and awards custody of their two sons aged 19 and 16. Abandonment cited. She testified to marriage in 1906, separation in 1922 after moving from Atlantic City. she alleges lack of support and abuse. Attorney Arthur R. Padgett represented her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Duke Bond
Circuit
Mary Louise Reynolds
John D. Reynolds
Hennegan-Bates Company
Atlantic City
Arthur R. Padgett
Tuberculosis Clinic Set for Saturday in Winchester
The District Nurse Association and the Virginia State Board of Health hold a tuberculosis clinic at the Chamber of Commerce building next Saturday July 17 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dr E W Harper will direct with local doctors and district nurse Miss Higgins and Miss Dean assisting. Examinations are free with all expenses borne by the District Nurse Association and State Board of Health. Residents of Winchester and Frederick County who have never been examined and suspect symptoms are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
District Nurse Association
E. W. Harper
Virginia State Board of Health
State Board of Health
Winchester
Frederick County
Lawn Social At A B Church Set For July 16 17
Ladies' Aid of the A B Church invites on Fred Robinson lawn N Loudoun Street for a lawn social Friday and Saturday nights July 16 and 17. Proceeds support church work. Local residents urged to attend.
For Sale Compressed Air Tanks Listed for Garage Use
For sale several compressed air tanks suitable for garages. Contact Star Office for details. Listing date 4 20 1p tf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Office
24 Hour Medical Call Service Ad
Like the physician we are always ready to answer a call at any hour of the night or day. It is our mission to serve immediately when our services are required. We can at all times be reached by telephone. R. T. Jones & Co. 5 Loudoun St Winchester Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. T. Jones & CO
Loudoun St
Winchester
Dollar Days Sale Announcement Ad
Advertises advance payment discount for a special July rate at The Evening Star with a three day Dollar Days sale on July 16 and 17. Promises greatest sale yet and urges readers to be on hand for bargains and kits.
Young American Gets Eight Years in French Court
Bennett J. Doty of Memphis Tennessee was condemned by a Damascus court martial to eight years of hard labor for deserting from the French Foreign Legion where he enlisted as Gilbert Clare. An officer for the government sought the death penalty, while defense argued Doty’s prior bravely earned Croix de Guerre and requested a suspended sentence. The court found abandonment of post before armed rebels proved but considered extenuating circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Bierut
Curia
Bennett J. Doty
Memphis
Tenn
Damascus
French Foreign Legion
Gilbert Clare
Lieut. Gallifer
Doty
Case
Doty 25 Describes Desertion Case From World War
Doty a 25 year old son of Lemuel H Doty Memphis attorney and World War veteran who served with Battery E 115th Field Artillery Thirtieth division explains in Damascus prison he fled French lines in southern Syria due to homesickness He says he did not desert but surrendered to gendarmes on the trans Jordan frontier and did not fire on them In reply Ambassador Hersey to intercede reports say he faced a possible death sentence
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herie Anaris
Associated Press
Damascus
Doty
trans-Jordian
Byrd's Reception At Empire Tonight One Entire Reel
A full length Fox reel is shown at the Empire Theatre today and tomorrow as a special interest attraction. It features Byrd's reception in New York City with explorer family, Coolidge presenting the Hubbard medal, reunion with Amundsen and Ellsworth, Amundsen's departure for Norway, and other notable scenes. One thousand feet of film received today.
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Fox
Empire Theatre
New York City
Explorer
Coolidge
Hubbard Medal
Amundsen
Ellsworth
Norway
Two Ladies Win Fine Dresses At Pollar Day Sales
Two women win dresses at Hamburger's Specialty Shop opening day sale. The first hundred shoppers receiving a ticket draw yielded two winners. Mrs. O. Watson of Stephens City and Mrs. R. Lockhart are named prize recipients for eight dollar plus dresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburger
Firemen meeting for parade to benefit department
City of Winchester firemen are asked to meet on the Plaza Monday evening July 19 at 7 o clock for a short parade to Carnival benefiting the department. Captains J M Moling, Ch e Brown, Chas Buhl, Fred W Forney signed this notice. For rent apartments listed by Mrs O L Jack at 24 W Piccadilly phone 7590.
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Winchester
J. M. Moling
Browwn
Chas. Buhl
Fred W. Forney
O .L. Jack
W. Piccadilly
Mrs Ellen Conway Dies in Wheeling Widow of Contractor
Intelligence reports the death of Mrs Ellen Conway in Wheeling at her daughter Mrs Reuben R Herndons home after a gradual decline. The 75 year old native of Staunton Va will be buried in this city with high mass at Sacred Heart Church and burial in the Catholic cemetery. Survivors include a brother Mrs James Carmody of Wheeling and a son in law. Pallbearers are Lewis Trier M M Lynch William Keating William Sullivan David Reardon and Michael Lillie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Conway
Timothy Conway
Conway
Reuben R. Herndon
Wheeling
W. Va
Church of the Sacred Heart
T. A. Rankin
Staunton
Miss Carmody
James Carmody
Winchester
Jacob Senseney
East Cork Street
George W. Haddox
Lewis Trier
M. M. Lynch
William Keating
William Sullivan
David Reardon
Michael Lillie
Band and Firemen Parade Opens Cronin Carnival
Fire department companies are ordered to meet in Citizens' dress at City Hall Plaza 7 o'clock next Monday evening July 19 for a short street parade signaling the Cronin Carnival opening at the Smith lot on National avenue. The Citizens' Band leads the parade along principal downtown streets to the carnival grounds for the Firemen's Welfare Association benefit all next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall Plaza
Smith Lot
National Avenue
Firemen’s Welfare Association
Large Silk American Flag Gift to Mrs Byrd
Mrs Richard Evelyn Byrd received a large silken American flag from Rodman Wanamaker of New York. The flag, intended for a luncheon in New York for Commander Byrd, honors his mother with an inscription noting May 9, 1926 and Byrd’s north pole expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Evelyn Byrd
R.E. Byrd
United States Navy
Rodman Wanamaker
New York
Byrd
North Pole
Thief Steals Wheat From Granary Near Middle Town
John Beatty reports a break in at his granary east of Middle Town. Thief entered the barn during the night and stole 12 sacks containing 24 bushels of wheat, left in the sacks after threshed crops yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Beatty
Middletown
Lynchburg College Agent Speaks Sunday at Galilee Church
The Rev. E. L. Day, manager of the Lynchburg College crusade, will speak at 100 o clock Sunday morning July 18 at Galilee Church for a short time before Sunday school. Everyone is warmly invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Day
Crusade For Lynchburg College
Lynchburg
Galilee Church
Reed Insurance Agent Seeks More Business
WM Reed, agent at 224 S Braddock St, invites sharing of insurance lines and business referrals. Also promotes The Star subscription advance discount with special July rate in effect. Phone 688 J.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. WM. H. Reed
S. Braddock St
Wall Street Entertainment for Shenandoah Valley Train
Shenandoah Valley boosters will ride a New York Stock Exchange special train on August 9th from Canada and New England. Col How J Benchoff reports the exchange invites the delegation to visit at 1 15 a m as trading begins. Sixty passengers booked, with Charlottesville and Winchester seeking Pullmans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Lodge
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Piccadilly
Braddock Streets
Handley High School
Shenandoah Valley
Canada
New England States
The
Elks
Winchester
Wanamaker
Harrisonburg
New York
Woodstock
Th Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange
Col. Benchoff
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Sale Adverts July 16 and 17 Weekender
Fragments indicate a sale advertised for Friday and Saturday July 16 and 17. Details are incomplete but imply a sale event in the near term. Local context not provided.
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F. T. McFaden
Valley of
J. Henkel Henry
Henry
Cereens
Pope
Emmett
Benny
Aisles
Ivan” Jackson
Marvin Stump
Eyal
Sonn Pigher
Warren McFarland
Areca
Erate
Woo A. Bakery
Giray Wilitaries
Marshall Waker
W. Trenary
Logan R. Fay
Cooper
Nan Sreereen
Arthur G. Jones
Woolen Co
Mrals
Alien
I Als
Las Emer
R. Mellett
Cox's Daily News
Dorsey Brill
Southern RY
Great System
Evening Star
Syria
World War
Empire
Lynchburg College
Wall Street
Valley
New York Stock Exchange
Board of Governors
Handley Band
Charlottesville
Hoy
Winnchester
Charlotteaville
Adorton H. Newman
Imit
Shenandui Valley
Hucksoppurg
Newman
Yesseeday
James Bolick
Nelle Livesay
Mary E. Brown
S&s. L. Brown
Crimera
Minnie Ruth Barger
Ida D. Barger
J. Frank Littell
Shenandoah City
B. O’ Shull
James B. Shuler
Crawford
L. W. Swank
Mossy Creek
B. Frank Myers
J. H. Henry
Anne Rees
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