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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1930
Page
3
Social department notes special and personal news can be mailed or telephoned. Social reporter Mrs Isabelle F Miller will accept news by telephone between 5 and 4 pm for the following day. Phone number to be provided.
Mrs. A. P. Holland of Gainesboro was guest of honor at a birthday dinner held Sunday at her home, with relatives and friends from Gainesboro and Winchester in attendance. The event honored her while she remained unaware until after guests arrived. The celebration included Miss Darling ton of Winchester and Dr. and Mrs. H. A. Rogers of Bunker Hill. Holland, formerly Nellie Rogers, is highly regarded locally. Holland is a respected farmer in the area.
Rev Dr McFadden to conduct the funeral of Mr McChesney due to illness of Rev al A M Pee sf Be Staunton. He left yesterday and returned for evening services at the terian Church. Accompanied by Mr C Vernon Eddy they brought Mrs Murray D Mitchell back from Staunton where her daughter Mrs Black recovers from an operation.
Mr and Mrs Philip Kramer of this city celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a formal dinner dance in Baltimore on February 23 Master of ceremonies was Jamin Landsberg of Baltimore assisted by M Dietz of Trenton N J Rabbi Simon Postein Sam Nathanson and others attended A large gathering of relatives and friends from Trenton Washington and Baltimore attended the event
Miss Ruth Lee Keeler of Middleburg and Frank Brittlebank of The Plains wed at First Baptist Church in Washington D C on February 26. The Rev Dr Samuel Porter officiated. The bride is daughter of Mrs Laura E Keeler and the late W R Keeler. They will reside in Washington after a wedding trip.
The annual inter club meeting of Lions Clubs from Winchester Frederick and Hagerstown was held at the George Washington Hotel last evening with a banquet and a dance. John Finley of Handley High School spoke as principal speaker and about one hundred couples attended.
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Margaret Elizabeth Taylor and Mr John Edward Eagle of Winchester occurred in Maryland on Monday March 3. The ceremony was led by Reverend A B 6 of the Evangelical Church at the church parsonage. After a wedding trip to Washington and Baltimore the couple will reside in Winchester with the bride’s parents on Berryville Pike.
Mrs. Belle Barley widow of Captain Lewis D Barley died suddenly of heart disease at her sister Mrs Elwood Fossett home in Harpers Ferry West Virginia. Funeral services will be held there tomorrow and the remains will be brought to Winchester for burial in Mount Hebron Cemetery beside her husband.
In Newark New Jersey early today Sergeant Robert Anderson 35 was killed and Patrolman Marion Thigpen wounded in a pistol fight with two gunmen. One shooter was killed the other dying later at a city hospital. The wounded gunman identified as Audrey Phillips 26 is alleged to have fired on Anderson. The dead gunman known as Cockey Joe may be William Merrick. Two other officers were alerted around 130 am about the two gunmen.
Police confronted armed individuals on Barclay Saint. A gunfight on the third floor wounded Patrolman Thigpen and Sergeant Anderson, who later died. Pillipps was struck by multiple shots, and a suspect named Cockey Joe was killed by Patrolman Wyseck.
Senator Caraway charges a senate trade on the sugar tariff noting eight of 48 senators who voted for the Harrison amendment to keep the tariff had agreed to change votes for other considerations. He spoke as chair of the lobby investigating committee and named the roll call.
Senator Smoot of Utah proposed increasing the duty from 1.76 to 2 cents per pound after Republican colleagues Vandenberg and Phipps and Democrat Broussard agreed to adoption. Caraway asserted that regardless of the contest facts the results had been declared.
In London on March 5 Secretary Stimson ignored doctors and came to summon an immediate meeting of American Naval Conference delegates. Ambassa dor Gibson acting for Stimson opposed the proposed program as premature, and observers noted a new situation at the delegation meeting amid possible developments in American-Japanese talks.
Senate candidate D. H. P. Shelley, a former national committeeman for Montana, is running for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in the state.
The session discussed lowering small loan rates and directing a three year odd year investigation of officers expenses and profits to be used for fixing legal small loan interest. A joint resolution directing a conference report on the general appropriation bill was defeated amid chamber floor clashes. Senate reviewed 26 bills while House passed 59. Local road designation bills faced opposition as the highway commission’s flexibility was debated.
The Associated Press reports a strong stock market in New York on March 5 with many issues rising to new yearly highs. Gains of 1 to 5 points were common and several high priced stocks advanced 6 to 15 points as trading remained moderately heavy and funds available for out-market money declined from 4 to 3.25 percent.
In Brooklyn Holy Cross Parochial School playground a trap door over an ash hoist collapsed, sending fifteen girls aged 11 to 16 about 25 feet into the basement. Seven girls were seriously injured and taken to Kings County Hospital.
A partial OCR reading shows coinage or price figures with units such as 17c 25c 206 . Th 350 . Ib 35c 18c. The text lacks clear context or complete sentences, suggesting a catalog or advertisement segment from a historical issue.
The second floor department showcases dresses suits coats and millinery with selections claimed superior to other shops. The display is described as unusual and attractive promising shoppers they will not be disappointed.
Ambulances ferried injured children with broken bones and deep cuts after a flood. Students had just left school when teachers and passersby carried the drenched youngsters from the basement to the first floor where a temporary hospital was organized.
Washington March 4 the Farm Board's wheat program remains in focus as Chairman Legge says Kent Hoover backs the board at every turn. The board plans to outline policies before the agriculture committee. Nye’s resolution spurs discussion while a Red Cross relief vote looms over China famine aid.
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