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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1930
Page
4
Consolidated brief notes from The Morning Item The Weekly News The Weekly and The Weekly Times show daily publication near Winchester with evening Star Co. involvement across editions and dates. Multiple papers consolidate to provide current events and notices for local readers.
A brief statement asserts exclusive rights of the Associated Press to use and distribute its news dispatches, whether tied to its coverage or not, and to control all news content provided.
A devotional fragment includes Romans 8 36 37 about being more than conquerors through Christ and a brief pray er to Rock of Ages for shelter in Thee. The text presents religious reflection rather than news content.
Consolidation of Chase National Bank Equitable Trust and Interstate Trust, all of New York City, plus affiliated securities firms, will create a bank with about three billion dollars in resources. The combined group, led by three executives Albert H. Wiggin Winthrop W Aldrich and Charles D. McCain, signals a shift of financial supremacy from London to New York.
A Richmond Times Dispatch feature portrays Al Capone in a lavish Miami estate setting. The piece muses on his notoriety, the era’s fascination with crime lords, and the uncertain future of organized crime’s public image.
In Blue Ridge West Virginia the Dark Hollow district opens its first school on March 2 with 20 pupils. Local families Burraker Woodward attend the ceremony where children age 5 to 15 begin learning under a Kentucky born school marm. The event marks a milestone as mountaineers read and study for the first time.
March 22 1929 report notes a record crowd at Handley for the annual physical education exhibit. It also mentions Confederate veteran J Robert Brown dying of pneumonia, Virginia and West Virginia apple grading laws, state administration cost reductions, Billy Barton's poor showing in the Grand National Steeplechase, and Robert T Jones elected ee of the Winchester Gun Club.
On March 22 1925 the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South votes on unifying with the northern branch needing a 75 percent majority. Also noted is Grace Lutheran Church new Sunday school building completion and dedication forthcoming, along with a memorial for Dr. W H Woods at Loudoun Street Presbyterian. An aged Greene county woman claims moonshine making to stay fashionable.
Fifteen years ago on March 22 1915 a ten dollar prize was offered to the person with the cleanest back yard and the most shade trees planted. The livestock quarantine has been listed as foot and mouth disease abates. Dr Russell H Conwell will deliver his Acres of Diamonds address at the upcoming chautauqua.
Virginia lawmakers extend authority to probate wills in Corporation Courts at any time whether in term or vacation. Clerks may probate all wills presented, replacing prior limits to judges and court sessions. Also noted are Scripps Institution Oceanography collaborating with the navy on anti marine growth paint and a Hollywood comic using a wind machine to shield his 20 acre Escondido California fruit ranch from frost.
Police identified a body found on the outskirts of Newark last August as Eugene Morgan alias John Rice of New Yorks east side. He is linked to a Denver machine gun battle and to Arnold Rothstein era gangland feuds. Morgan was killed in a wave of underworld rides blamed on internal feuds within Rothsteins faction.
Reginald Denny stars in a Universal comedy described as Embarrassing Moments where he plays a pretend husband in a small conservative town. The Fox release Hot For Paris co stars Walsh McLaglen Dorsay Moran and opens Sunday night with a midnight showing at the Capitol Theatre.
Lagien, first mate of a windjammer, buys a sweepstakes ticket missing his million prize as officers hunt him. He escapes and meets dancer Fifi 8 s in Havre, leading to comic adventures and a dramatic finale amid songs Sweet Nothings of Love and If You Want To See Gay Paree. Brendel plays Olson. Nearly 140000 attend North Carolina vocational meetings. A 300 foot boulevard from Knoxville to the Great Smoky Mountains is proposed by Gov Horton.
By virtue of a distress war rent in the case Good & Company vs C Babb I offer at public auction at 1 South Loudoun street Winchester VA at 10 AM Monday March 31 1930 the listed personal property including an iron safe writing desk showcase half interest in a heating stove washer stand a Burrows adding machine an Underwood typewriter two step ladders a blow torch two dozen cans mixed paint and varnish in the cellar and six electric water heaters A J Wigginton Deputy Sheriff Frederick County Virginia.
The state department of agriculture has established a special grading, Connecticut Native Fancy, for turkeys approved by inspectors.
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