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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1933
Page
8
St Louis Browns manager Bill Killefer resigned by telegraph from Washington. President Phil Ball named Al Sotheron, previously coach, to act as temporary manager while Ball declined to comment on the resignation amid the club's poor American League showing.
The Administrator of the Estate of Luther Pannett will offer 20 shares of Farmers & Merchants National Bank & Trust Company of Winchester Virginia for cash sale in front of the County Courthouse at 11 a.m. on Saturday July 22 1933. Shares will be sold in blocks of 5. P Reardon Admr. 31- 117. 19: 20.
Baltimore July 19 The grand jury indicted city fireman Edward Jerome Kimball for murdering his wife and assaulting Clayton O. Gentry with intent to murder. The double shooting happened June 12 when Kimball found Gentry with his wife. The coroner’s jury ruled the first killing justifiable homicide and he was released before the grand jury returned true bills. Trial expected within weeks.
The Baltimore Sun honors Dr. Frederick Henry Baetjer of Baltimore and Winchester as a renowned roentgenologist who endured decades of X-ray injury to advance medicine. His nearly lifelong labors, numerous amputations, and unwavering humor marked a fearless pursuit of science. He died peacefully after a career spanning Hopkins and global recognition.
Secretary Swanson stated opposition to a post graduate school at the Naval Academy but said Rear Admiral Sims retired, whose minority academy board report urged college prep, had a critique under review and would go to Congress. He urged continued study for officers and no issue with congressional inquiry.
New York July 19 Stocks and staples hesitated as profit taking cooled market heat. Lead distillery issues slumped 3 to about 17 points on heavy selling after the old rule of realizing on good news. Gold mining shares and other specialties also turned heavy. Sterling opened at 4 8642 dollars with call money at 1 percent.
Governor Pinchot ordered an investigation into the Montgomery authorities use of tear gas to disperse pickets at Dexdale Hosiery Mills. A state police probe follows a report from a special representative sent to Lansdale, with decisions pending on findings.
A 40-year-old unidentified man wounded in a shootout near Berkeley Springs was taken to Martinsburg Hospital under guard, suspected of fatally shooting Henry Lee, 40, of Bucks County, Pa. Police tracked him across the mountains, identified by shoes, but he refused to provide details.
In northern Virginia ministers abandon clerical garb to serve as sub bosses in Blue Ridge Civilian Conservation camps. They bring axe skills and steady work pace, pleasing camp superintendents as they supervise labor crews at Skyland Camp where the Rev. H. H. Berry preaches on Sundays.
Mrs Wiley Post tracks her husband Wiley Post as he flies solo around the world in the Winnie Mae. She follows radio and telephone reports from her New York City apartment, aiming to beat his eight day previous record with Harold Gatty.
All persons indebted to or having claims against the estate of late Mrs Eliza Ella Neil are asked to call on the undersigned for settlement. M M Lynch is the executor of Eliza Ella Neil deceased.
William U McCready treasurer of Annapolis Democratic campaign commission and Chester White were held on 500 bail each for the October term. McCready is charged with violations of the corrupt practices act for paying a Negro to influence votes for mayor Charles E. Chance, the defeated candidate. White is charged with receiving the money.
The will of John Markle, coal operator and philanthropist who died July 10, is filed in surrogate court. Most of his estate goes to charity. the residue goes to the John and Mary Markle Foundation, set up in 1927 to manage his charities. Charitable bequests include $2,150,000 outright, with $100,000 the other noted amount.
A will allocates the fortune among fourteen beneficiaries including Girl Scouts Inc the Boy Scout Foundation of Greater New York National Society for the Prevention of Blindness Children s Aid Society Boys Club Federation and the National Association of Travelers Aid Society.
A toy model of Stephenson's Rocket was made in England in 1829 and presented to Goethe the famous German poet. The passage also notes Austria's Carinthian lakes and historic castles as enduring relics of the past.
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