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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1925
Page
4
Evening Star printed at Winter Virginia appears as a second class mailer. Publisher Harry Flood Byrd oversees daily publishing except Sunday. Consolidated with Morning News Leyte News and The Weekly Mirror inchester.
OCR text lists various subscription prices in advance for different periods. It includes references to one year, three months, and six months terms with amounts like 3.50 and 1.75 and stray words. The passage is incomplete and contains many garbled phrases.
The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republication of all AP credited dispatches and local news published, with usage centered on AP supplied content and non credited material as designated by the bureau. This notice confirms rights and restrictions governing reprint and distribution.
A Virginia newspaper defends Senator Byrd against a Southern planter group attack, arguing the slur craft is unworthy of Virginia chivalry. The piece recalls a prior reply to similar charges and urges fair open discussion rather than personal vilification.
Charlottesville Progress reports a month of debate among Good Roads and voters over Governor Byrd's practical road plan. Proponents say it enables steady construction without overburdening finances, while opponents fear excessive rents and risky funding. The piece endorses Byrd as a frank, capable statesman suitable for the governorship, praising his realistic approach to highway expansion.
June 11 notes report social visits and small town happenings. Names such as John Boyce Omer pps Will Rosenberger Loy Spillman Cadwallader Lamp and Ritter appear with weekend callers and surprise events at a local church.
Renner notes Rev Ludwig delivered a very interesting sermon to a good audience last Sunday afternoon. Mrs John Perry and her daughters Eva and Louisa visited Mrs Harry Lamp on Tuesday afternoon.
Grimes Gleanings notes Galilee church will hold morning and evening services next Sunday the 14th with Master Bruce Shade of Martinsburg expected to sing. Sunday school starts at 10 am. Several locals and visitors are mentioned along with heat wave discomfort and a Fort Loudoun school commencement.
The Douglas School held its commencement exercises last evening at the City Hall Auditorium before a large audience. The choir received enthusiastic ovations as solos and choruses were well rendered. Supt. H. S. Duffey praised the school exhibit and anticipated a future commencement in a new school building. Supt. Garnett C. Wilkinson of Washington schools gave a timely and inspiring address.
Miss Irene Gladys Mathews of this city and Miss Beatrice Isobel Kackley of Berryville Clarke County received diplomas in the professional course at the State Teachers College in Harrisonburg this week. Miss Hilda Muse Lovett of Shen City graduated in the home economics course.
Harry K Thaw arrived in Broadway after a week away and spent the night at a cabaret drawing a crowd of several hundred. He fled a cab when startled and rode through Central Park, staying in New York to visit every cabaret. His $35 bill included tips and service charges.
In New York on June 11 easier credit conditions boosted operations across the morning as traders exploited abundant funds for speculation and investment. Operators expanded into new fields pushing prices higher while call money renewed at 3 percent. The market closed strong with about 1,150,000 shares changing hands.
Oscar F. C. Kunan president of Auto Knitter Hosiery Company his wife and Benton Bigelow manager were released on 10000 bail each after arrest on federal charges alleging mail fraud and violation of a federal statute. The firm sold knitting machines to housewives promising disposal of sex knitted fees and is said to have taken about 6 million since its ten year history. Government says the firm sought only machine sales not disposal of the knitted sex.
Sofia reports the fourth execution in the Svet Kal Cathedral bombing case. Tert chemlieff, a communist, was hanged this morning, following three others who were executed May 27. The blast killed 160 people.
Paris June 11 official information indicates Abd el Krim tribesmen drive near Ouezzan in French Morocco border zone. All women and children have been moved out of Ouezzan as part of the emergency measures.
Norfolk and Western timetable lists Berryville to Roanoke and Bristol trains with multiple stops and connections. Services include Pullman sleepers to Bristol and Philadelphia, dining car connections at Roanoke, and schedules for Hagerstown Shenandoah Junction and Washington Baltimore Philadelphia routes, plus parlor car to Hagerstown and sleeper to Philadelphia and New York. Fare, schedule, and Pullman reservations available via local agent in Berryville Virginia or nearby stations.
The article reports President Coolidge considering letting the Fleet Corporation board negotiate ship sales with final approval reserved to the president. The Shipping Board has been divided over sales, notably June 5 when proposals for freight ships and North Atlantic lines were rejected. Coolidge cited difficulties in negotiations and suggested such talks cannot be competently managed by an often independent mix of buyers and board members.
In Coruna Spain on June 11 the Belgian M Veenstra, pilot of the balloon Prince Leopold, faced possible disqualification after landing at sea off Spain's northwest coast. He reportedly spent six hours in the water and was rescued by a passing steamer, which would void his win and crown Belgian M de Muyter as the Belgicas pilot. Three balloons had already sunk near sea landings including Goodyear II piloted by Wade T Van Orman.
Miss Helen Crisman and Miss Margaret Smith completed the professional course at the State Teachers' College in Farmville this week and returned home with Miss Salome Crisman who attended the finals. Miss Edith Cornwell also arrived for the summer vacation from Farmville college.
Miss Gordon and Miss Shoop of the Peabody Conservatory Baltimore impressed a large audience at the Empire Theatre last night. Gordon sang several songs with Shoop accompanying on violin. The audience encored the duo repeatedly in a fine program marked by charm and skill.
Walter L Seabright a former Winchester bricklayer who supervised major hotels and structures for twenty years returns to Philadelphia after visiting family. He attended Confederate memorial exercises and toured Lynchburg and Pittsburgh before rejoining his work with Lynch Construction. Seabright helped build the New Willard and Ritz Carlton in earlier years and recently completed the Book Cadillac Hotel project in Detroit.
Courtney S Stickley of Stephens City earned a bachelor of science degree at Roanoke College in Salem Virginia. Karl V Sloop, son of Rev H E H Sloop now of Nace Virginia, received both bachelor of science and bachelor of arts degrees at the same exercises.
A fire in Naant Mass today destroyed between 40 and 69 corn cribs. authorities said the blaze began early today in a bojbtohouse and the cause is undetermined. Firefighters battled the flames but many structures were ruined. no injuries reported.
Fragmentary OCR outlines several cruise options with diverse durations and prices. Mentions July departures, a 53 day leg costing 550 to 1300 dollars, and a 428 day westward cruise priced 1280 to 3000 dollars. Also references January 20 and January 30 dates and a 62 day Mesanean cruise with 700 dollar estimate.
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