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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1929
Page
3
The department requests social and personal news by mail or phone at any time. Mrs Isabelle B Miller will accept items by social contact or telephone from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the following day. Phone number 33.
Mrs Shoop announces the marriage of her daughter Miss Pauline Shoop to Mr Roy A Cather. The ceremony took place Tuesday evening June 4 at 5 30 o clock at St Chrysostom Church in Chicago Ill Rev Dr John Evans officiated Mr Cather is the son of Mr and Mrs EB W Cather of this city.
Mrs S M Wisecarver spends day in Charles Town West Virginia. Mr and Mrs W H Adams Miss Virginia Adams and Mr J Humming ton Jr of Lynchburg Virginia guests. F T Dowe of Westinghouse Baltimore here on business. Master Billy Dunn confined with measles at Charm Court. Billy popular with many friends wishing speedy recovery. F H Farrar and P T Bergheimer of Richmond guests at Hotel Jack. H K Kitchen of Cleveland Heights Ohio guests at Hotel Jack. J Ashworth Staunton Virginia guest at Hotel Jack. Dr and Mrs Fred Gochenour Upperville Virginia were here yesterday shopping. Edna Wilson Charles Town guest today. Lacey Brumback returned home after year at Virginia Tech Blacksburg. Mrs J H Spurrier Baltimore here visiting son in law Ashby Sprint. Mr and Mrs William E Johnson Frankfort Pennsylvania guests. Arthur W Fansler returned from motoring trip to Atlantic City and New York City.
New York June 12 Quiet strength marked the day as prices edged down early in sympathy with wheat losses. Fresh buying supported alcohol, utilities and railroad equipment issues, but overall trading remained dull due to scant public participation and limited professional activity. Call money steady at 8 percent. Closed irregular with about 3,300,000 shares changing hands.
In Chicago on June 12 Benjamin Pfluger 30 treasurer of a church carnival was shot and killed by men in an automobile. His companion Mrs Mary Petty escaped the gunfire from a curtained car and got the license number. She said a voice from the car identified Pfluger with the words Thats him before the shots. The license was issued by a Midwest garage association referenced in prior Chicago shootings.
J. D. Womble a traveling salesman 28 was arrested in this city today by City Sergeant C Lee Barr on a telegraphic request from East Radford Virginia police charged with passing worthless checks in that city and beating a board bill He is detained at police headquarters for East Radford police
Senator Borah urged immediate adjournment of Congress sine die if general tariff revision is planned. He demanded tariff limits to farm schedule and warned no revision before the regular December session. House leaders warned of a summer recess only in three day intervals unless a fall vote on the tariff is set. Brookhart proposes a progressive party and debenture plan linked to farm relief or tariff bills, urging action to organize for a fight to the finish.
London reports Premier Macdonald plans to visit the United States as soon as Parliament rises at the end of July, weather permitting. The trip would allow him to prepare for a September visit to the League of Nations assembly in Geneva. He declined to comment further as he left London with his daughter Isabelle for a rest at his Scottish home.
In Luray Virginia on June 12 W H Hoffman was reelected mayor with 175 votes to 117 for Lynn Lucas. Incumbents W L Rhodes Heiston J W Spitler W H Hudson Thomas G Booten Denver Aleshire and city justice Thomas G Booten were all reelected. Shenandoah also reelected Mayor W T Koontz and the old council.
Testimony in the James H. Woods trial described a $225 chandelier bought and charged to the state road commission. Edward J. Simmons, a utility official, testified as Woods faces theft charges tied to large shortages and a prior three year sentence for earlier crimes.
Washington police reported the fatal shooting of Chinese informer Lee King on Eleventh Street NW eight blocks from Pennsylvania Avenue. Four gunshots killed him as taxi drivers heard the disturbance and saw three Chinese depart in a car. Norfolk police later said King had acted as an informer for narcotics cases and helped expose drug smuggling.
Market bulletin lists wholesale prices for cracked corn bran corn meal mixed feed screenings middlings hens broilers leghorns and hogs along with creamery butter eggs and hay. Retail section shows flour middlings feed scratch light prices and a lengthy price list reflecting a large volume of items.
A Milwaukee Journal quip notes a lazy man greets the season of spring by blaming his shortcomings on spring fever.
Gov. Harry Byrd addressed 847 graduates at the University of Virginia urging them to carry training into public life and participate in politics. He warned against lawlessness and called for a special session to purge unnecessary laws from state statutes.
In Blacksburg on June 11, Donaldson Brown of General Motors told 195 Virginia Polytechnic Institute graduates that brilliance is not essential for success. He urged motive, intelligence, initiative, interest, industry, intensity and integrity. Lawrence Priddy received an honorary Doctor of Commercial Science.
Fifty two oil companies led by Standard Oil of Indiana were convicted in Chicago federal court for restraining trade and monopolizing the industry through pooling interests in cracking patents. The court overruled a master’s report, issued an injunction, and called for a formal agreement to abandon patent pooling.
Mrs Inza C Kelly obtains a partial divorce from Charles E Kelly in Corporation Court on desertion grounds. They wed July 21 1921 and she says he deserted November 19 1925, with a three year desertion period cited. A second decree will be merged into an absolute divorce next week. Italy's wine production rose by 6 million barrels in a year and Bishop Cannon urges strong censure of Premier Mussolini.
A fire at the Santa Fe Springs oil field, twelve miles south of here, burned two flowing wells today. Ten derricks were razed and damage is estimated at 40 million dollars as workers in obsestos clad gear tried to shut the wells with water streams.
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