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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 07, 1929

Page

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U S Troops Take Field as Battle Expected in Border War

The Seventh Cavalry at Fort Bliss was ordered to move with full field equipment. In Juarez Mexican federal troops and rebel forces mass near the border as a pitched battle looms. Catholic churches in Sonora held mass in protest of church censorship and rebels reinforce at Nogales while Aguirre flees Vera Cruz.

U.S Sonora Oil Administration Associated Press WS Paso Tex Seventh United States Cavalry Fort Bliss EL Paso Ignacio Florie Juatez Frederico Alberts M. J. Simon Juarez Gallo Nogales Ariz Guasate Sinaloa Iturbe Cullacan Gil Southern Pacific of Mexico Railroad International Boundary Line Emilio Portes Gil Aguirre Mexico City Jesus Aguirre Revolutionary Troces Vera Cruz Monterey Gonzalo Escobar Torrean Coahuila Almazan Laredo Juan D. Almazan

Sportsmen Meet Organize Branch of Walton League

A Winchester Virginia meeting in the courthouse began forming a local chapter of the Izaak Walton League. Major A Willis Robertson outlined state efforts while Lieut Colonel C Seymour Bullock detailed league aims, stressing conservation, reforestation and clean waters for recreation.

Walton League Winchester Frederick County Izaak Walton League Game and Inland Fisheries Virginia C. Seymour Bullock Chicago Colonel Bullock

Reward Offered for Arrest in Sidewalk Tree Mutilation

A ten dollar reward is posted by the Park Commission of Winchester for information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons responsible for mutilating ten sidewalk trees on South Braddock Street opposite Handley School. Date code 8-7-1n-21.

South Braddock Street Handley School

Eastern cities battered by gale storms and damage

Reports from New York Baltimore and western Maryland detail a coast spreading gale. The Van Dyke grounded near Governor's Island but posed no danger. Wind ripped a hotel smoke stack and damaged buildings, roofs, and utilities across multiple cities.

Associated Press New York Lamport and Holt van Dyke Vestris Governor’s Island Upper Bay Buenos Aires Hotel Claridge West Forry Fourth Street Baltimore St. John’s Methodist Protestant Church St. Paul Twenty-seventh Streets Washington County

Coal Yard Promotes Furnace Coal By Rail Pickup

Central Coal Yard advertises unloading Pocahontas stove coal and Georges Creek coal for furnaces. They offer nut coal as well and list contact as E. T. Snider proprietor with phone 238.

Georges Creek Central Coal Yard E. T. Snider

Appliqué, Knitting and Crochet Work Wanted

Mrs Horace G Browne seeks orders for applique work knitting and crocheting. Call 397 for service details.

Ders Call Horace G Browne

European apple markets sag under deep cold wave pressures

The foreign service notes European apple demand fell as December through February brought record cold. Shipments froze in transit, rail deliveries halted, and open markets saw reduced attendance. Hamburg and Rotterdam faced ceased shipments, while boxed apples remained in good condition and prices stayed low in Great Britain.

Ahy Hamburg Rotterdam Germany Copenhagen England Great Britain

Farmers Day at Kiwanis Session a Success

The Frederick county Kiwanis Club held its first Farmers Day at the George Washington Hotel with about twenty five farmers attending. Prof W R Legge discussed agriculture and the Future Farmers of Virginia and a club synopsis was promised for the Martinsburg revue at the Colonial Theatre next Tuesday night March 12. Colonel Bullock spoke on Izaak Walton Club history and future, and Kiwanis announced a ladies night for Friday March 15 at 6 30.

Kiwanis Club Frederick County Kiwattis Club George Washington Hotel W. R. Legge Headley School Garland Legge Handr Prdfeasor Legge First Families of Virginia Farmers of Martinsburg Club Kiwanian Nelson Richards Martineburg Club Colonial Theatre Richards Winchester G. Bruce Geyer Col. Bullock Col Bullock Izaak Walton Club of America Izaak Walton Club Colonel Bullock Garland Quarles

Fruit Laboratory Experts Service of Highest Value

A letter extols Winchester Research Laboratory and its leaders Dr Hough and Mr Schneiderhan. It lauds their balanced mix of laboratory skill and field observation, noting conservative judgment and practical focus benefiting the Cumberland Shenandoah apple growing region. The piece ends signaling continuation on page seven.

the Star Mark Anthony Caesar Cumberland-Shenandoah Winchester Research Laboratory Hough Schneiderhan Kiwanis Lions Rotary Agricul

Wind Gale Force Sweeps Winchester Today

A strong wind storm battered Winchester and nearby areas with gusts up to sixty miles per hour. The event mirrors the 1914 March gale though damage is limited to blown shutters downed signs and a fallen chimney at the Darlington residence. Valley buses faced delays as winds intensified and a cold wave was forecast to follow.

Winchester United States Weather Bureau John Darlington North Loudoun Street Weather Bureau

Friendship Fire Company to Hold Monthly Meeting

Friendship Fire Company invites members to a regular meeting at Friendship Hall tomorrow at 8 o clock. Plans for the May annual banquet will be discussed. Captain Fred W. Forney urges full attendance.

Friendship Fire Company Freindship Hall Fred W. Forney

Property for sale at 418 N Braddock Street in prime city section

The Blover property at 418 North Braddock Street features a seven room N home on a lot over 50 feet by 130. It will be sold at noon Saturday March 9. See sale bill for details.

N. Braddock St

Apple Raisers Fight Excessive Tariff Rates Rise in Virginia Plea

Apple raisers in Virginia and West Virginia press for changed freight rates to treat apples fairly versus New York growers. Hearings resume in Washington around March 25, amid disputes over percent-based versus first-class based rates. Railroads admit existing discrimination linked to canal and Erie waterways competition. The case, part of the Eastern Classification review, involves Interstate Commerce Commission proceedings and a large-scale rate overhaul.

New York State Martinsburg J. H. Snider Lute To Commerce Commission Washington M. Gilliland Commerce Virginia West Virginia Gorcenleston Ae Sania New York York Canal and Erie Waterway System Interstate Commerce Commission Examiner Hosmer Shenandoah Valley

Junior Red Cross Council Meeting Planned in Winchester

Public invited to the second appeal council of the Junior Red Cross of Frederick County to be held at the Colonial Theatre on North Loudoun Street Saturday at 10 o'clock. Rufus Rinker of Middleten High School will preside with Miss Frances Adams as secretary. An exhibit of health and service projects will be on display in the lobby.

Winchester Frederick County Junior Red Cross Colonial Theatre North Loudoun Street Rufus Rinker Middleten High School Frances Adams Stephens City High School Theatre of Health R. B. Nelson America Red Cross Francea Adams Maude Lewis National Red Cross Washington Edna Eighmey Petrescu Louise Greenawalt E. E. Petrescu F. T. McFaden

Kiwanis Review Tickets On Sale At Local Stores

Tickets for the Kiwanis Review are on sale at Brown & Fisher Baker's Drug Store Colonel Theatre box office Brooks Pharmacy and Irwin Drug Co. The benefit event for underprivileged children will be March 12 at the Colonial Theatre.

Kiwanis Brown & Fisher Baker's Drug Store Colonel Theatre Brooks” Pharmacy Irwin Drug Co Colonial Theatre

Winchester Steam Laundry Rough Dry Service Ad

Local laundry advertises rough dry cleaning service with pickup in Winchester. Contact number provided for orders and inquiries.

Winchester Steam Laundry

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