09 Mar 1935
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1935
Page
1
President Roosevelt plans one to five messages to Congress next week as senators debate the 4.88 billion work relief package. Apple regulator testimony opposes new food rules while NRA critics push hearings on railroad financing and AAA reform.
Washington March 9. John P. Gibbons of Hamlet North Carolina was elected chairman of the code authority of the soft drink industry. He succeeds Charles Rainwater of Atlanta.
Drivers in Winchester and Frederick county show fewer mishaps over the last thirty days though a fatality occurred in another county within city limits. Highest damages reach only seven dollars fifty cents. motorists urged to keep brakes in order and stay alert. The plea ends with a call to stop double parking on Piccadilly street, which tied traffic for half a block yesterday.
Reported theft of 110000 cigarettes from W. E. and Son warehouse last weekend tied to a Baltimore Ohio and Pennsylvania railroad gang active for weeks. Police note uncertain clues at Cooper and a chain of robberies from Brunswick to Winchester and Sykesville with a rare capture record for cigarette thefts.
New novel Green Light by Lloyd C Douglas centers on Dr Newell Paige and Phyllis Dexter as they navigate love guilt and life choices amid congested paths and a hopeful ending. Twenty new mystery and western stories have been added to Handley Library collections.
Local managers list Baugh & Sons Co and John O. Hardesty offering fertilizer nitrates and Grasselli spray material. Contact 1082 in the B and O Hayhouse area for details.
Advertises 2 000 head of all kinds poultry for sale. Call J P Everly and Son Middletown Virginia at 12 F 5 for immediate inquiry. Only contact details and brief notice present.
Police hunt a killer and a two edged knife in the slaying of seven year old Richard Streicher Jr whose body was found beneath a foot bridge near the Hu ron river. Pathologist Dr Stacey C Howard called the crime a possible sex crime and degenerate act while prosecutor A L Rapp urged caution as investigators pursue leads. The boy left home after school Thursday and was found Friday with ten stab wounds including a heart piercing Y shaped chest wounds and neck and scalp slashes.
Wiley Post plans another attempt for a trans continental speed record to New York through the stratosphere aboard the Winnie Mae weather permitting. He aims to complete adjustments after a previous balked effort and will take off at dawn Sunday if conditions along the route are favorable.
The estate of Oliver Wendell Holmes amounts to just over 550000 with the residue estimated at about 250000. The will filed in the District of Columbia Supreme Court directs the remainder to revert to the United States. The Library of Congress receives the bulk of Holmes's library and Harvard College is left 25000 for the law school at Harvard subject to authorities’ discretion.
An application to the Emergency Relief Administration seeks a clerk for Winchester works division to maintain extensive relief records. Forms issued by the Front Royal area office require quintuplicate or triplicate copies for each client, detailing work assignment, absentees, status changes, and new workers.
A striped cat wandering near a cellar door under Chief of Police C. W. Hollis’s property led to a dramatic morning incident. His dogs alerted him, the cat lingered by the cellar entrance, and after a brief stroll the chief fired, ending the creature’s nocturnal visit.
City welfare advisory board recommends unifying relief under one central fund to help 100 unemployable families in Winchester. The plan aims to save money by reducing administrative duplication and ensures a year long, collective contribution from all citizens and welfare groups.
Members of the Men's Athletic Club basketball team are asked to attend a meeting Tuesday night March 12 at 6 o'clock in the club rooms. The purpose is to consider two invitations to enter basketball tournaments from Hagerstown Maryland and Martinsburg West Virginia. The decision whether to accept will be made at the meeting. Elston Whitacre, who had appendectomy, is reported to be recovering well. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Carson Whitacre of High View West Virginia.
Basement Baptist Church hosts a luncheon on Wednesday March 13 from 11 00 to 3 00 sponsored by the Home Demonstration Advisory Board.
Winchester Park Association calls all players to a Monday night meeting at 8 in City Hall Council chamber to seek candidates for the park team. Former members and newcomers urged to attend as a manager may be elected and season plans drafted. play is expected to begin next month.
Eleven persons were killed and several wounded in a boiler explosion at a factory in Cholon Cochin China today. The blast occurred in Saigon area with many workers affected. Officials investigated the cause and secured the scene for safety.
Winchester Park Association members are urged to attend a Monday 8 pm meeting in the City Hall Council Chamber. Ball players are especially invited as plans for the team are to be discussed, BYLAND CONNER, President.
General Hugh S. Johnson minimized revisions to the NRA bill saying Richberg’s seventeen points would leave the agency largely as is after remodeling. Johnson had not been called to testify before the Senate finance committee and doubted revival of the NRA. Huey Long’s push against Farley continued as he sought to derail relief wage plans and renew his attack in Congress.
The South End Hose Company meets Monday at 7 o clock to form a new first aid team. All members wishing to take the course are invited to gather at the company hall. Taylor Barr will serve as the instructor.
Three men including Scott L. Rush of this city and two Philadelphia residents are jailed awaiting a 10 oclock Monday hearing on alleged gold theft from Mrs. T W English. Authorities seized rings and jewelry found with the men and will hold baggage at a local hotel per court directions.
The first aerial train entirely operated by women flew over Leningrad today. The train included a pilot plane and two gliders which separated in flight and landed automatically.
In Paris a duel between Felix Kanoui and Pierre Meriat, both Court of Appeals lawyers, occurred in a suburban stadium. Kanoui was wounded thrice including a neck near the carotid. doctors halted the fight as Meriat pressed the assault. Both left unresolved despite calls for reconciliation.
Reports from the Greek frontier say rebels gain ground as six submarines and twenty cargo ships join their forces. The cruiser Averoff, seized at revolt start, is said to have arrived at Kavalla, and the revolt has spread to Larissa and Messaly with Gumuljina garrison reportedly joining the rebels.
Government planes and artillery pushed rebels from Sidebrokastron on the Greco Bulgarian frontier as Gen. George Kondylis left Salonika for the front. Rebel positions near the Struma river faced government bombardment and anticipated clashes with Venizelos loyalists directing forces.
World News At A Glance reports Alyce Jane McHenry making steady improvement in Fall River Massachusetts. Other items note Henry Clay McEldowney’s death in Pittsburgh and a Virginia labor issue over plant closures affecting relief rolls.
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