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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 11, 1921

Page

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Custody Battle Over Children Returns to Baltimore

Mr Ritter seeks a writ of habeas corpus in Baltimore to regain custody of his three children. A Circuit Court decree earlier awarded custody to him, but his former wife has taken the children and lived with their mother, neglecting court orders. The two eldest children work in Baltimore and are claimed to be self supporting.

Ter Blanche Ritter Livin Baltimore Mdi Osatear Vdaneity Red Cross Society Red Cross Ritter Gircuit Court Sala

Empire Saturday Night Offers Two Comedies and The Cup in Fury

The Empire screens two comedies Bring ’em Up Father and Mack Sennett’s My Goodness, plus a big Goldwyn feature The Cup in Fury and a Pathe News reel. All reels run five to eleven and tickets cost fifteen or twenty five cents including tax. Saturday and Monday matinee at six thirty, audiences urged to come early.

Sennett Goldwyn

Bargemen Strike Protest Hits New York Port

About 700 workers at the port walked off the job in a wage dispute clashing with roughly a dozen firms. Union officials say pay cuts from 110 to 90 dollars prompted the walkout as the Tidewater Boatmen's Union directs the action.

New York Tidewater Boat‘men’s Union

Insurance split over Hand ter School loss

The school’s insurance coverage for Hand ter Schools was divided between Hansbrough and H Brysby and Brother. Each firm carried 5,000. An adjuster was to arrive today to gauge the damage from the destroyed temporary building.

Hansbrough Brysby and Brother

Golden Rule Bible Sunday Meeting Invitation

An invitation to attend the Golden Rule Bible Sunday morning meeting. The program includes a 15 minute song, prayer, and a silent verse discussion of the lesson. The event features songs like "Tis midnight and on Olive's brow" and "The old Account was settled long ago" with a viewing program and a gentleman host.

Olive Gome

Warrants Sworn Against Two Policemen

Warrants charging assault were sworn out today by Rifisel Jackson against Policemen Armel and Clark. The warrants were issued by Police Justice Worsley, but no time had been set for the hearings.

Rifisel Jackson Armel and Clark Justice Worsley

Veterans in New York idle amid aid shortage

An Associated Press report from New York on March 11 states more than 25,000 World War I veterans in New York are idle due to insufficient aid. Officials say 15,000 are homeless or inadequately fed and clothed, highlighting gaps in rehabilitation services.

Associated Press New York Army

Fritzie Scheff Anderson Granted Divorce in Conn

The comic opera star Fritzie Scheff Anderson was granted a divorce in Waterbury Superior Court on grounds of intolerable cruelty. Her husband did not contest. She testified he often struck her in the face and blacked her eye, and that he refused to work while running a $75 weekly liquor bill.

Associated Press Waterbury Conn Fritzie Scheff Anderson

Saturday Matinee and Night at the Empire

A newspaper notice advertises a Saturday matinee and evening show at the Empire featuring Mary Pickford in a lovely play titled The Low Light. A different show follows at six thirty with regular prizes of fifteen and twenty five.

Aia the Childiten The Empire Mi ‘Pickford

Building Shows An Improvement Across Nation

New York March 11 The first definite sign of improvement in building trades nationwide appears in Bradstreet's February building reports. Total expenditure across 146 cities reached 77,840,102 dollars for February, down 25 percent from February 1920 but up 32 percent from January this year.

Associated Press New York Bradstreet’s

Wallace Cutter Stock Co. presents Playthings at Empire Monday

The Wallace Cutter Stock Co. returns from Hagerstown's Academy of Music to perform the drama Playthings at the Empire Monday night. Doors open at seven o'clock. See notice on fifth page.

Wallace R. Cutter Stock Co Academy of Music Hagerstown the Empire

Insane Mother Kills Children in Wyoming Tragedy

Report from Lowell Wyoming describes Mrs James Watters, wife of a basin oilman, shooting and killing three of her children and wounding three others before death. Police believe she was insane. Details mention Big Horn basin, March date, and residents unable to confirm all victims.

Associated Press Lowell Wyo James Watters Big Horn Basin

For Sale Kindeing Wood and Housing Ad Notes

For sale. Truck load good kindlime wood delivered to your home at $3.00. Winchster Cold Storage Co. Wm Beverley Supt. Also 6 room modern house in excellent location with yard and outbuildings. If sold at once $2250. A. B. care Star office. Saturday night is buying night in most homes.

Winchester Beverley A. B Care Star

Prohibition Plan Touted by Anti-Saloon League Leader

Wayne B Wheeler, general counsel of the Anti Saloon League of America, toured Boston outlining steps to change prohibition. He proposes asking the attorney general to revise opinions, urging states without enforcement codes to prohibit medicinal beer, and pressing Congress to modify the law if needed. Brewers would face tight limits on beer production until new laws take effect.

Boston Palmer Wayne B. Wheeler Anti-Saloon League of America Congress

Policy of U S in Rhineland

French Military Headquarters reports Maj. Gen. Henry C. Allen commander of occupation forces will apply Rhineland Commission decisions as orders on customs collection and other occupation issues. Coblentz today confirms the same policy across the Rhineland.

Mayence Henry C. Allen Rhine Rhineland Coblentz

Empire Matinees Offer Daily Two Hour Shows

Beginning Saturday at two o'clock the Empire will run a complete two hour show with ten cent admission including tax. A special matinee for school children will feature the best line of pictures obtainable each afternoon. Continuous show each afternoon with both young and older patrons welcome.

Rare opportunity to buy an up-to-date home on Limestone Farm

A rare chance to purchase a modern eight room home on a 53 acre Limestone Farm located on a prime Pike. Includes a bank barn, bird and other outbuildings, a small commercial orchard, and spring possession available. Listed by OOD & Company at 18 Ronss Ave.

Winchester Orchard Supply Co Advertisement

An advertisement from Winchester Orchard Supply Co promoting ajay materials including lead arsenate powder and paste lime sulfur in dry and liquid forms. The ad invites customers to compare prices and save money and lists the store address and phone number 313 at 801 N Market St.

Winchester Orch. Supply CO Iptf

Scouts Basketball Team Triumphs In Season Close Banquet

The Winchester Scout team finished a strong season with a banquet at the Scout building. Coach P. J. Marshall guided a 44 game schedule in which the squad posted several wins and earned letters for G. F. Potts M. McCauley J. H. Baker S. L. Smoot Paul Anderson and Gus Haines. Captain Potts was named next year’s captain with J. P. Arthur chosen as manager.

CasiebAll Boy ‘Scouts Berica Rth Virwinie Servialper Pa Winchester Marshall McCauley Scions Scions Schedule of the Games Pinkey Accon. High School Seers High School Srchasianee High Schol Alpine Club Hagers- Ma West Virginia Deaf Anc Jourhars Woodstock All S. L. Smoot Paul Anderson Gus Haines Potts G. F. Potts J. P. Arthur Rosenberger

Harding nominates multiple officials to federal posts

President Harding named Ign J. Bach of Wisconsin and Mark W. Potter of New York to the Interstate Commerce Commission. He also nominated Fred Morris Dearing of Missouri as assistant secretary of state, Edward R. Stitt as surgeon general of the navy, Charles M. McVay Jr. as chief of ordnance, Thomas C. Marvin of Massachusetts to the Tariff Commission, William S. Culbertson of Kansas for reappointment, and Ernest Lester Jones of Virginia as director of the coast and geodetic survey.

Washington Ign J. Bach Wiscon Mark W. Potter New York Harding Interstate Commerce Commission Fred Morris Dearing Missouri Edward R. Stitt Navy Charles M. McVay, Jr Bureau of Ordnance Thomas C. Marvin Massachusetts Tariff Commission Wiliam Culbertson Kansas Ernest Lester Jones Virginia Coast and Geodetic Survey

Eyes Eyes Optometrist Ad Offers Free Exam and Glasses

Hodgson and Brown promote eye care with free examinations and adjustments, affordable glasses from 2.50 to 8.50, lenses ground while you wait, and a call for patronage. The dated notice asserts longevity and a commitment to customer service.

Hodgson & Brown

Demands by Kronstadt Ultimatum to Petrograd

The Kronstadt fortress authorities issue an ultimatum to Soviet rulers in Petrograd demanding surrender by March 26. If refused, the ultimatum warns of a heavy bombardment. Reports say worker arrests and executions occurred at Oranienbaum Systerbak and Petrograd.

London Kronstadt Petrograd Gata Oranienbaum Systerbak

Cabinet lunch with President marks adjournment to dining room

Washington March 11 President Harding introduced a wrinkle in cabinet meetings as the two hour session adjourned from the cabinet room to the White House dining room. Secretaries accompanied him and no subjects were disclosed for discussion.

Associated Press Washington Harding White House

Crissinger Nomination Confirmed as Comptroller of the Currency

The Senate confirmed D. R. Crissinger of Marion Ohio today as comptroller of the currency. The report notes a sale by L. O. Fries at Raceburg on March 16 offering one pair of good mules.

Associated Press Washington D. R. Crissinger Marion, O Senate L. O. Fries Raceburg

Robbers Kill Jeweler in Early Morning Heist

Two armed bandits entered a New York jewelry store on Eighth Avenue, bound proprietor Abraham Harris, shot him, and escaped with trays of diamonds. Police reported the fatal shooting occurred at the establishment in Manhattan.

Associated Press New York Eighth Avenue Abraham Haris

Government bond tax case argues IRS erred in valuation

Solici tors General Frierson told the Supreme Court the Internal Revenue Bureau erred in assessing the difference between the market value of an investment on March 1 1919 and a later date in the corporate bond tax case. If the court accepts his view, thousands of individual assessments and millions of dollars in taxes could be annulled.

Associated Press Washington Solicitors General Frierson Supreme Court Internal Revenue Bureau Oe Prierseh Pitney

West Jersey and Seashore Railroad defers dividends

Philadelphia March 14 Directors of the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad defer periods on annual dividends until the business and financial conditions of the year can be more definitely ascertained. The line comprises on Pennsylvania Railroad routes to southern New Jersey points.

Associated Prexa Philadelphia West Jersey and Seashore Railroad Pennsylvania Railroad New Jersey

Daugherty to Review Opinion on Volstead Act Rules

Attorney General Daugherty said he will review the forthcoming opinion on beer regulations under the Volstead act. Officials in the Internal Revenue Service are drafting regulations with details to be set, but no effective date has been announced.

Daugherty Sa Raimer Internal Revenue Yeau

Market trading runs at year’s peak amid broad liquidation

In New York the morning stock market activity reached the widest scope this year, with about 350000 shares traded in the first hour. Rail and steel issues fell, oils dropped 1 to 2 points, and transports including Delaware Lackawanna and Western weakened while calls money opened at 7 percent.

Associated Press New York Resti Ge Amding Delaware Lackawana Wastern Pacific Granger Coal Cotton Roads Erie Pere-Marquette Colorado Pittsburgh West Virga

Maryland Institute of Fine Arts Exhibit at Handley Library

The Maryland Institute of Fine Arts will show a collection of its 2200 pupils work at the Wandley Library next Monday and Tuesday March 14 and 15. The exhibit spans broad classes and is free in the Reference Room of the aptan.

Maryland Institute of Fine Arts Wandley

Automobile for Sale Rone Ninety Chevrolet

Second hand car for sale worth the price. Call 447 N. Braddock St. 10-1p-21.

D. m North Ddock St Call N. Braddock St

Foal and Woon Ad at Orndortitt & Paxs

An advertisement offers Foal and Woon for eight dollars at Orndortitt and Paxs located on Millwood Avenue with the phone number 203 W. The listing includes hours from 10 to 2t.

Woon Orndortitt & Pax Millwood Ave

Railways plan wage cuts across lines in sweeping move

A nationwide railroad wage-cut movement, led by rail officials, targets long established scales. Employers announce reductions tied to the Federal Railroad Labor award, affecting non skilled workers while operations for trains telegraphers and station agents remain unchanged.

New York Sever The New York, New Harford Company Tually Agre Railroad’ Laborey

Boy Scouts of Ames Hold Important Officers Meeting

The Ames Boy Scouts plan a weekly gathering tonight at 8 30 PM. All patrol leaders and officers are required to attend the important meeting to discuss duties and upcoming activities.

BOY Scouts OF Ames Apportant Exery

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Winchester Gun Club Reaves Fritzie U. S OOD & Company Ronss Ave C. J. Windle Lebanon Church BOY Scouts OF Winchester Daugherty Handley Library
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