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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1930
Page
3
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The Women’s Missionary Society of the Pleasant Alley United Brethren Church enjoyed a chicken dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Dick. Guests included Crim and others in a pleasant social gathering.
Members of the Clemmer-McGuffin Post and Legion Auxiliary plan a joint public dinner at the Y M C A next Monday evening. State Commander B M Roszel of Winchester and Mrs E B Cameron of Petersburg will be principal speakers. City county officials civic leaders and nearby legion post commanders are among guests.
Dr Ralph B. Snapp left early for Richmond to attend the funeral of Annie J. Ballou, wife of Dr N Talley Ballou. The service was at First Presbyterian Church with Rev J Gray McAllister officiating. Snapp to return tonight.
The Blue Ridge Herald reports new vacation tours adding Virginia to itineraries. Touck Tours plans two routes from New York City through Gettysburg Shenandoah Valley and Tidewater with stops at Richmond Mount Vernon and Dismal Swamp. A second steamship to Norfolk leads via Tidewater Virginia to North Carolina and back to New York. Also news of Natalie McDonald becoming Mrs Hall of Brooklyn after study and work in New York.
Local nursing students Lucille Ross Williams Katherine Anderson Elizabeth Snyder and Jessie Scuthern from Winchester Memorial Hospital completed the State Nursing Board exam in Richmond with favorable reports on their performance.
Dr. Julian F. Ward long confined to his South Washington home shows some improvement though still housebound. He has served several terms as mayor of Winchester and marked his eightieth birthday Tuesday with well wishers. Mrs Wyndham of Berryville was brought to Memorial Hospital for an operation and is doing nicely. A Scottish Rite birthday dinner for Ralphus Clowe and Joseph Hodgson drew many attendees at Hotel Jack with local notables present.
Miss Gladys Orndorff of Stephens City has been received at the University of Virginia Hospital Charlottesville for treatment. She is under the care of Dr. Allen Voshell who conducts periodic cripples clinics in Winchester under the District Nurses Association. She is improving and expects to stay about two more weeks. A former Handley High School student of Winchester.
The Federated Council of Church Women will hold its regular monthly meeting at 3 30 o clock tomorrow afternoon in the Handley Library with full attendance urged. Local social and civic notes follow with residents visiting in Baltimore and Westminster and weekend travel planned for Lexington Virginia.
A roundup of residents and guests including Mr James B Amickwell recovering from pleurisy in town. Mrs Philip Williams and Miss Mary Miller visited Washington MI. Mrs Blaine Engle of Clarksburg WV and Mrs Henry H Little of Norfolk VA traveled to see relatives. Virginia Baker Vredenburgh heads to Annapolis for a Naval Academy weekend, then New York. Multiple bridge parties and visits by Mrs Gibbs and Mrs Byrd mark a busy social week ending with 915 Floyd Avenue hosts.
Walter B. Coffey and Dr. John D. Humber described a cancer tissue extract that they say broke down cancerous tissues in 1,300 patients. They urged a national scientific commission, federal supervision, and funding to support cancer research and treatment. Dr. Joseph Bloodgood also backed federal health leadership to fight the disease, noting over 100000 annual American deaths.
Reuben Rogers resigns as Howard County state's attorney after charges filed by Chief Judge Parke and Judge Forsythe and disbarment of the attorney. The judges' committee cites irregularities in the estate of J H Hartley Johnson and hints at other issues. An acting prosecutor to be named. March term of circuit court to begin Monday.
AMHERST VA March 12 Mrs Glennie Tomlin 25 was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to five years in state prison for the fatal stabbing of Mrs Bessie Tomlin a distant relation on January 26 An Amherst county jury returned the verdict after an hour and forty minutes deliberation in the circuit court
Alonzo Stagg, famed Chicago University coach, testified before the House judiciary committee with Philadelphia businessmen supporting prohibition. He warned that lifting prohibition could harm home life and youth. Arthur H. Hood and others endorsed the dry statute. Two dozen women leaders representing 12 million supporters testified for prohibition, led by Mrs Henry W. Peabody.
William Nash an 8 year old street car motorman was critically injured in Baltimore when a coal truck crew member Thomas Braxton attacked him with a razor after the truck blocked the car. Braxton was captured by police after several hours search. Nash was taken to a hospital unconscious from loss of blood with critical condition.
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, after flights over the poles and a transatlantic crossing, hints at a new sensational feat. He notes vast uncharted Antarctic areas beyond the Ross dependency as his ships prepare to sail toward New York, while geologist Dr. Lawrence Gould discusses coal findings suggesting ancient warmer climates.
Special to The Star. Fauquier county hosts a joint hunt day with the Golden Bridge Hunt Club of New York and Blue Ridge Hunt Club of Millwood. Cobler Hunt Club masters Alvin Baird and William McCarty greet guests as Reynard the fox spirit lifts over Fauquier hills. Plans for Saturday call for a 10 30 a m meet at The Kennels with Middleburg Hunt joining, led by Daniel C. Sands, promising a large turnout. A dinner last night honored Langhorne Gibson master of the Golden Bridge Club, his wife and visiting members with Blue Ridge guests in attendance.
Calcutta mayor J. M Sengutta was jailed after refusing bail on a sedition charge. He was ordered to stay home until tomorrow before being taken to Rangoon. The arrest followed a Rangoon police commissioner's warrant issued Monday.
Government opens case against Edward L. Doheny and former interior secretary Albert B. Fall over a $100,000 suspected bribe for Elk Hills naval oil lease. Special prosecutor Owen J. Roberts argues Doheny and Fall conspired to benefit Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Co. Jury seated after brief opening statements.
The Associated Press reports traders anticipated a New York Federal Reserve rate cut after the market closed, fueling a brisk stock advance. Despite interludes of selling on mixed trade news, demand absorbed offerings and lifted prices. Call money held at 3 percent.
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