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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1930
Page
3
Social and Personal News notes indicate readers may mail or call. social reporter Mia Miller schedules items between 3 and 4 p.m. for the following day.
Virginia Shryock and Julian C. Gregory united in marriage at the home of R. Guy Trussell with a ring ceremony officiated by Rev. Snyder Alleman. The bride, a Stephens City High School and State Teachers College alumna, wore a white crepe gown and pink rose corsage. A reception followed with family and local notables. The couple plans a short motoring trip after the ceremony.
The Thursday Bridge Club held its regular weekly session at Mrs. Jack Ambrose's North Lou doun street residence. Eight members attended two tables of bridge, with Mrs. L. C. Hollar winning first prize and Mrs. H. W. Butler second. Refreshments were served late in the evening.
Associated Press dispatches from Shanghai say about 200 Communists and 100 Su kienese soldiers were killed in a battle 25 miles south of Taiping in Fukin province. Three thousand Communists fought 2,000 provincial troops with reports of a rout, arrests of women “reds,” and the burning of a Communist headquarters and school.
Due to strong turnout at the square dance hosted by Ry Land and Jack Bowers at the Friendship Fire Company hall last Saturday another dance is planned for this Saturday night at the same venue.
The Shenandoah Area Council calls all troops to supply Scouts to help with the Apple Blossom Festival parade and related services. Troop 3 met at North Braddock street, 36 present, bird house contest to enter, plans for hikes and summer camp discussed, and lone Scouting highlighted as essential for country boys.
In London talks US diplomats led by Ambassador Gibson and Senator Robinson press for four separate treaties: naval, submarine warfare, European security, and a European-US consultative pact. Borah criticizes a nonbinding consultative pact as a “pious fraud” and calls for a clearer definition before Senate ratification.
Police seized five slot machines operating without licenses in defiance of city ordinances. Machines were taken to the station house, owner notified, and ordered to purchase licenses for all machines. Each license costs $2.50, and officers aimed to stop owners from operating multiple machines on a single permit.
Alexander Spottswood Dandridge of Winchester urges voters to back the city’s water plan, saying it ensures a reliable supply at affordable cost. He argues business leaders support the plan and warns against politicians opposing it, noting Cedar Creek and Marlboro Spring as key sources. March 27, 1930.
Irregular moves in the market show the general list rising under utilities amusement and high grade industrials while Reserve credit tightens. Early trading surpasses one million shares hourly as call money stays at four percent. Nearby Izapo and Ito near Yokohama experience continuous quakes for two weeks, causing panic though the quakes remain localized near the 1923 epicenter.
A sequence of strong earthquakes rattled Iza Peninsula near Tokyo Japan on March 28 causing fear and property damage as residents seek safety. Authorities urge caution and monitor aftershocks while no major injuries reported yet.
United States Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska, Republican, was a business caller in this city yesterday on a trip from Canton Bridge West Virginia to Washington. He called on James P. Reardon, city Commonwealth's attorney, and others, amid remarks on his reputation as a vigilant advocate for farmers and Midwest interests.
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