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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1926

Page

6

Grand Jury Probes Shooting of Wealthy Lumberman

Fort Worth Texas July 19 The grand jury investigation into the slaying of D E Chipps wealthy lumberman last Saturday will begin tomorrow Witness list includes L H Nutt deacon and sole eye witness The Rev J Frank Norris Baptist minister and fundamentalist leader denied issuing statements and said he has none to make The First Baptist Church officials said no statement or meeting has been held since the killing and a church assistant issued a statement about an alleged plot

Fort Worth Texas D. E. Chipps J. Frank Norris L. H. Nutt First Baptist Church Norris aAttorney B. F. Bouldin J. J. Mickel

Anglo French Debt Plan Attacked in Commons Debate

London July 19 The House of Commons debate on the Franco British debt settlement criticized the American handling of inter allied debts and Churchill Caillaux bargains. Phillip Snowden derided Churchill as poor at bargaining while Chancellor Lloyd George noted Mellon statements about debt purposes. The session produced blunt remarks but no action.

House of Commons United States Winston Churchill M. Caillaux Phillip Snowden Churchill House Great Britain Mellon Treasury England America India

Churchmen Court To Try Preacher Immorality Charge

Statesville North Carolina July 19 Methodist ministers meet at Broad Street Community House to hear an ecclesiastical trial into immorality allegations against Rev Ashley Chappell of Asheville. The incident stemmed from a Memphis May police raid during a general conference, Chappell claiming innocence and recounting a medical emergency that led him to use the alias Smith.

Statesville N. C Ashley Chappell Asheville Western North Carolina The Methodist Episcopal Church, South Broad Street Chappell Memphis Tenn Smith

Harvard rowers set on 500 mile voyage in 15 foot craft

Thomas K. Richards and Ed A. Wachter Harvard figures started from Norfolk last Thursday paddling toward Boston in a narrow 15 foot wherry. With two pairs of oars for propulsion they planned a two week journey of roughly 500 miles amid uncertainty as no daily contact had been arranged.

Thomas K. Richards Harvard Ed. A. Wachter Norfolk Boston Richards Wachter Union Boat Club

Pole Visitors Engage In Row Over Who's Who

New York report of dissension among Norge flight leaders following the polar voyage with conflicting claims by Lincoln Ellsworth and General Umberto Nobile. Ellsworth says Nobile only relieved the wheelman briefly and did not navigate. Nobile counters the accusation and seeks to set the record straight.

New York Norge North Pole Lincoln Ellsworth Umberto Nobile Teller Alaska General Nobile Ellsworth Roald Amundsen Nobile

Nobile Guarded by Plainclothes Officers Before Report

Three plainclothes men stand guard outside General Nobile's room to shield him from possible anti fascist demonstrations as a written agreement is broken requiring the Italian to file the first flight report.

General Nobile

Officers Amuck in Muskogee Shootings and Fire

Four people were shot and eight clubbed as two Muskogee officers ran amuck in three rooming houses. Deputy Paul Davis was critically wounded. Detective Wes Carmack was overpowered and captured. The incident follows a ten day spree causing extensive damage citywide. fires rage across the west threaten towns and forests in California Nevada Idaho and Montana. Quartz California was nearly wiped out by a brush fire with $100000 damage reported.

Associated Press Muskogee Okla Paul Davis Wes Carmack California Nevada Idah Washington Montana United Stat Fort Missoula Monta Glaci National Park Quartz Tulumne County Cal Boise Nation Forest Idaho

Forest Fires Rage In West Claims Dozen Lives

Heavy smoke hangs over timber regions in the northwest as several thousand firefighters battle forest and brush fires across multiple states. Fires have claimed a dozen lives as of this report from Missoula Montana.

Missoula Mont United States

University of Virginia Training Ground of Peep Departments

The University of Virginia offers the College Graduate Studies Education Engineering Law Medicine and other divisions. Tuition free to Virginians with minimal expenses and loan funds for men and women. Address The Registrar University W& Edwin A Alderman.

Peep Colege University W& Edwin

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