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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1926
Page
8
Officials remind residents that when fire alarms fail they should contact the appropriate authorities immediately to ensure safety and quick response. The message emphasizes swift reporting to prevent potential hazards.
Mrs. Charles Fisher and her 19 month old daughter were injured when their Dodge sedan was struck by a Gary Railway Co bus in Gary Indiana The mother suffered two broken ribs facial cuts and bruising the father had a broken collar bone and body bruises the baby had facial cuts and minor injuries They were hospitalized at Mercy Hospital Fisher is a railroad fireman with the steel company and married February 14 1924 to a Mountain Falls resident Mrs Peer Bucher of Frederick County Their family and friends in Frederick County express concern over the accident.
James M. Hayes Jr state motor vehicle commissioner plans to ask Attorney General Saunders for an official ruling on the legality of a new motor vehicle law that became effective yesterday The act may be void for lacking an enacting clause and will be tested before Judge John M Hart in Roanoke Corp Court Commonwealth's Attorney R Kent Spiller will present the test If unconstitutional Hayes will push the case to the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals The Commissioner believes the law will likely stand noting no constitutional requirement for an enacting clause in Virginia The act sets a thirty five mile per hour rural speed limit and contains detailed provisions
An important 1926 session bill aims to regulate operation of motor vehicles on public highways and protect pedestrians, with penalties outlined. The measure is regarded as one of the session’s most significant enacted laws.
A youth in Winchester sought help from Policeman Boyd to find a garage man willing to donate an old tire for a truck carrying thirteen people from Strasburg toward the north. They had left Strasburg, Va., with no funds and no gasoline after a tire failure, including several children, and had not eaten for over a day while trying to return home from Florida.
By authority of execution in my hands against L. E. Ash the sheriff will sell in front of the county house Winchester Virginia on Saturday July 3 at 10 am one Ford truck in good condition cash terms.
Winchester team and employees of C. P. Telephone Co. and Northern Va. Power Co. meet Clarke County at 2 PM with a benefit for White Post team. Special music features M. C. Armel of Georgia with a hand saw on chimes at 7 PM.
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