Young Hepburn Held for Jury on Liquor Charge
Richmond July 29. Young Hepburn son of Rev David Hepburn Anti-Saloon League superintendent was certified to the grand jury after admitting a small liquor quantity found after a wreck. Indictment for drunken driving and unlawful liquor transportation expected bail set at 500.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Carroll V. Hepburn
David Hepburn
Anti-Saloon League of Virginia
Grand Jury
Anti-Saloon League
Leiths Bremmer
Hepburn
John R. Saunders
Commonwealth
Dave E. Satterfield
Mr. Satterfield
Bremmer
H. H. Witzgall
Petersburg
Arthur Boyd
Speculate On Other Motive For Killing Officer
In Hagerstown Maryland on July 29 authorities consider a motive besides wife jealousy for Reginald E Walker to murder federal prohibition agent Hunter R Stotler. Investigators note a possible plan by Walker and his wife to cover infidelity and raise the theory Walker was paid by moonshiners to kill Stotler. Capt Bruce Murray of the Pittsburgh enforcement office is slated to return to lead the government investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hagerstown
Reginald E. Walker
Hunter R. Stotler
Harper Ballentine
Walker
Stotler
Bruce Murray
Pittsburgh Enforcement Office
Singing Service At Star Tannery Sunday
A special song service will be held at the Methodist Episcopal Church South in Star Tannery on Sunday afternoon July 31 at 1 30 oclock. The committee in charge announces the event and invites all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Star Tannery
This County
Red Bud Sunday School Thanks Public for Yard Party Support
The Red Bud Sunday School superintendent expresses grateful appreciation for substantial contributions to the recent yard party and for liberal public patronage. The note hopes everyone may reap a rich blessing from the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Bud
New Fruit Market Opens Saturday at 32 E Piccadilly
Fresh fruits and vegetables daily at the new Fruit and Vegetable Market located at 32 East Piccadilly Street. Call Saturday for Sunday fruit and vegetable selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Fruit and Vegetable Market
E. Piccadilly St
National Fruit Products stock for sale at public auction
Auction notice for ten shares of National Fruit Products Company preferred stock to be sold at the County Court House in Winchester Virginia at eleven o clock A M on Monday August 8 1927. Terms cash immediate delivery. Attorney R Gray Williams.
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National Fruit Products Company
Winchester
Virginia
One Killed On Special Bearing Vice President Dawes
MEMPHIS Tenn July 29 One man was killed and two others seriously injured when a locomotive on a special train carrying Vice President Charles G Dawes and his party plunged through a trestle on the Yazoo and Mississippi Railroad near Head Miss The vice president was asleep in his berth and not awakened by the wreck A telephone message from the scene said Dawes and C H Markham chairman of the Illinois Central Railroad retired soon after leaving Greenville Miss where Dawes addressed the state convention of the American Legion last night The train was bound for Memphis.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Charles G. Dawes
Yazoo and Mississippi
Head
Miss
Greenville
American Legion
Bermuda Onions Can Be Grown Locally in Frederick County
Oscar C. Miller near Greenwood demonstrates Bermuda onions in Frederick county climate. He planted 1 000 plants with under 100 losses, yielding onions up to 13 inches in circumference. He plans to dry and ripen them before market and may expand the patch next year.
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Oscar C. Miller
Greenwood
Bermuda
Miller
Frederick County
Aerialists and Artists Featured With Morton's Circus
Local fire department benefit show announces a two day engagement beginning Friday August 12 with the Bob Morton circus presenting a large cast of American and European aerialists performers and animal acts led by Muggins the pachyderm master and Hank Sylow directing the clown caravan. Proceeds benefit the Firemen’s Welfare Association and tickets are selling fast.
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Bob Morton Circus
Lucky Sisters
Baldwin Girls
Allie Johnson Company
Bounding Wire Novelty
Flying Franklins
Shepperds
Four Graces
Barlowe
Large and Morgner
Mile
Martha
Lee Norris
Mickey Blue Company
The
Nelsons
Florence Sisters
Muggins
Hank Sylow
Firemen’s Welfare Association
Firemen's Benefit
Bob Morton
Frederick
Maryland
Former Head of M. P. Road Dead
E. F. Bush, longtime Missouri Pacific Railroad chairman of the board and former president, died in St. Louis early today. His death closes a career of leadership at the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. P. Road Dead
Associated Press
St.louis
E. F. Bush
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Betsy Ross Restaurant Ad Open For Help Wanted And Specials
A rainy afternoon notice lists The Betsy Ross hiring waitresses with a July rate offer. The Evening Star indicates Church of Christ event Friday at 8 pm with admission at 15 and 25 cents. Special July subscription rate runs until July 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
No Information On Mount Jackson Bank Robbery Bandits
No news on the four robbers who hit the Mount Jackson Virginia bank last Monday morning and stole $2000. Reports of a capture proved unfounded as Wardensville officials say no one there knows of any arrest and search efforts have stalled. Theories point to an escape via the Lee Smith farm fence route near Winchester and across the Winchester Washington Highway in a blue New Jersey plated sedan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Jackson
Star
Wardensville
Lee Smith Farm
Winchester
New Jersey
Winchester Washington Highway
Explosion at Wuchang Ammunition Base Kills 150
An unexplained fire at an army ammunition base in Wuchang across the Yangtze from Hankow caused a blast that killed more than 150 soldiers and civilians and injured hundreds. The surrounding district was ruined and American missionary property was damaged.
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Asaociated
Hankow
Wuchang
Yangtse
Mankow
How to reach Washington by less congested routes
A Winchester expatriate in Virginia reports that stopping Chain Bridge and water mains work near Falls Church has clogged Lee highway into Georgetown. He recommends the Columbia Pike route via Annamale Hell's Bottom Longbridge Willard Hotel, with detours to Fourteenth Street Vermont Avenue for ball park or Glebe road Clarendon avenues for Clarendon.
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Falls Church
Georgetown
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley
Washington
Fairfax
Annamdale
Columbia Pike
Hell’s Bottom
Longbridge
Willard Hotel
Richmond Road
Ball Park
Fourteenth Street
Thomas Circle
Vermont Avenue
Clarendon
Hell's Bottom
Glebe Road
Clarendon Avenue
Armed Men Attack Tallaght Camp Near Dublin
Armed assailants attacked the guard at Tallaght military camp near Dublin this morning but were repelled by soldiers. No guard members were reported injured. A separate notice lists a benefit at Greenway Court on Aug 4 to aid Mississippi flood sufferers, with reservations via Miss Louise B Meade.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Tallaght
Greenway Court
White Post
Louise B. Meade
Boyce
Pay Now Save Discount July Rate In Effect
The Evening Star reports a special July rate of $4.00 per year by carrier and $3.00 per year by mail. Mr. J George Baetjer left last evening on a trip to eastern cities.
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J. George Baetjer
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Finances Show Ready Nest Egg
The Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester reports a bank balance of 581.04 dollars for the 1927 festival and total receipts of 6,192.59 from gate receipts concessions dances programs and decorations. Expenses dropped by 10,718.62 as organizers trimmed costs to sustain the annual event. Local estimates say crowds reached 75 000 to 100 000 for the 1927 celebration, the largest yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
H. Clay DeGrange
de Grange
Fair Grounds
Governor Byrd Plans Five Road Meetings Across State
Governor Byrd called five large meetings to improve cooperation between county road authorities and the State Highway Commission. The first gathering is in Purcellville on Monday August 1 with invited county officials from Shenandoah through Rappahannock and others welcome. The aim is to improve farm to market road administration as Virginia spends 10 million dollars on construction and maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Commission
Byrd
Purcellville
Shenandoah
Clarke
Frederick
Warren
Page
Madison
Orange
Louisa
Spotsylvania
Culpeper
Stafford
Fauquier
Prince William
Fairfax
Arlington
Loudoun
Special July Rate Offer Ends Soon
One day left to subscribe at special July rate. Pay $4.00 per year in advance by carrier or $3.00 by mail. Save the discount by paying now. July 30 deadline noted in The Evening Star.
Pay Now Save at Special July Subscription Rate
July 30 is the last day to pay for the subscription at the special rate. Pay now to secure the discount and avoid higher charges later.
Guatemalan Minister Latour Shot Found Dead in Washington
Francisco Sanchez Latour, Guatemalan minister to the United States, was found with a bullet hole above the heart in his Washington study. The shooting was described as accidental by Senorita Latour, who said he found the gun while sorting papers after leaving her 20 minutes earlier. Latour had faced legal suits involving letters from his wife before their divorce and related libel actions.
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Associated Cress
Washington
Francisco Sanchez Latour
United States
Senor Latour
Latour
James Armstrong
Senorita Latour
Armstrong
Physician Kills Two Gunmen During Robbery Attempt
In Chicago on July 29 physician Frank L. Nathanson, who had been robbed before, shot two men posing as patients in his office. The first attacker died on the scene, the second collapsed a stairway and died at a hospital after police arrived.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Frank L. Nathanson
Academy members end salary cut hold for film workers
In Los Angeles on July 29 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences confirmed the definite abandonment of the 10 percent salary cut for its employees. The cut had been announced weeks earlier and held in abeyance at the academy's request while cost reductions were sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Academy
Henry replies on gas tax and road funding stance
Henry, speaking as a councilman and prospective representative, defends his gas tax position and feeder road maintenance stance. He clarifies Federal Aid to roads comes from Virginia Highway Officials and the U S Secretary of Agriculture, and advocates a lower income tax with larger exemptions to align with federal acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of States
Washington, D. C
Virginia Highway
U. S. Secreary of Agriculture
Shenandoah County
Statement endorses Mr Wright for State Senate
L L Trahan, a city newcomer and county voter, says he considered a Shenandoah Valley write-up in Mr Henry’s paper before supporting Wright as a more qualified State Senate candidate. The note cites receiving a copy of the paper’s issue.
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Wright
State Senate
Shenandoah Valley
Henry
L. L. Trahan
Special July rate drive for Evening Star subscribers
Public notice urges readers to pay subscriptions before July 3 to lock in a discount and enjoy the new rate of 3.00 dollars per year by mail. The message appears in The Evening Star with a dated reference and a promotional incentive for readers.
August 10 Last Day To Procure City Auto Tags
Local authorities urge Winchester automobile owners to obtain city licenses by August 10. After that date delinquents will be arrested, fined at least ten dollars plus costs, and may face heavier penalties for flagrant violations.
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Winchester
Japan Seeks Mediation to Save Naval Conference
Reuters dispatch from Geneva says Japan will take the mediator role between the United States and Great Britain to avert a break down of the naval reduction conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Reuter
Geneva
Shenandoah Paper Backs Wright in Democratic Primary
The Shenandoah Valley at New Market endorses Richard S. Wright of Strasburg for the State Senate, arguing fairness and local loyalty favor Shenandoah candidates. Wright is cited as a respected Christian gentleman with extensive civic roles and business leadership in Shenandoah County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Valley
New Market
J. H. Henry
Star
R. 8. Wright
Wright
Richard 8. Wright
Strasburg
J Henkel Henry
Winchester
Shenandoah
State Senate
Frederick County
Shenandoah County
Harry Flood Byrd
Byrd
Joseph 8. Denny
Clarke County
Virginia
Strasburg Presbyterian Church
Strasburg Masonic Lodge
Red Cross
Davis
Shenandoah Lime Company
Massanutten National Bank
Zea & Wright
Strasburg Orchard & Produce Company
Tyc
Shenandoah Fruit Products Company, Inc
Clarke
Frederick
Band Concert Tonite at South End Yard
A yard party is planned in front of the Betsy Ross hall on W Monmouth Street in the South End tonight with a follow up event tomorrow. Sp it wanted cashiers noted for Betsy Ross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End Yard
W. Monmouth Street
Winchester Steam Laundry Launders Lace Curtains and Rugs
Lace curtains and rugs can be laundried at the Winchester Steam Laundry. For service call phone 28. Announcement dated 4 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
SPECIAL JULY RATE FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS ANNOUNCED
Pay $4.00 per year in advance by carrier or $3.00 per year by mail. July 30 is the last day to save the discount. For Sunday reservations call 25-W Berryville. This ad urges readers to subscribe at the reduced July rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berryville
Father Martin Escapes Injury in Loudoun County Auto Wreck
Rev. Thomas B. Martin of Sacred Heart Catholic Church was in a wreck near Purcellville Loudoun County. In the party were Mr Frank Purcell Mrs Purcell Miss Mary Martin and four colored adults and a baby. The colored car struck Purcell’s vehicle wrecking the other car and injuring three adults. all but the baby were hurt though expected to recover. Authorities planned charges against the drivers for reckless driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas B. Martin
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Broad Run
Loudoun County
Father Martin
Winchester
Frank Purcell
Carson Lime Company
Riverton
Purcellville
Mr. Purcell
Mra
Purcell
Martin
Ramouaaites
Divers Groping in Lake for Boat Victims
Divers searched the lake off Lincoln Park as five tugs stood by under gloomy skies after the excursion steamer Favorite sank in a sudden squall. Officials worked to identify and recover all victims, with two women rescued at home and the last body found a boy. Salvage included caps handbags and lunch baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Ae Gan
Lincoln Park
Large Throng Attends South End Hose Yard Party
A large crowd gathered at the South End Hose Company on West Monmouth Street for a yard party opening last night. Merchants donated many gifts raffled to attendees and the Winchester Concert Band will perform tonight and again tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End Hose Co
South End Hose Company
West Monmouth Street
Hose Company
Winchester Concert Band
Sale to aid District Nurse Association tuberculosis fund
Notice invites donations of clothing and other articles for sale to benefit the tuberculosis fund of the District Nurse Association. Contact Mrs. Clarence Hardy at phone 47 or leave items at the rest room rear of the Chamber of Commerce. Sale held next week.
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Clarence Hardy
Chamber of Comerce
District Nurse Association Tuberculosis Fund
Also Mentioned on This Page
Young Hepburn
National Fruit Products
R. Gray Williams
Dawes
Morton
Betsy Ross
Evening Star
the Evening Star
Diplomat
Kernstown
MR. Henry
Squirrel Lodge
Uary
Leesburg Hospital
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