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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1930
Page
5
Social and Personal News for this department may be mailed or telephoned at any time but the one editor in charge will handle Leap news by telephone for the following day. Phone No. 3k.
Miss Virginia S Shryock of Stephens City married Julian C Gregory of Manassas at the home of Mr and Mrs R Guy Trussell in Stephens City. Rev Snyder Alleman performed the ring ceremony as Mrs Leslie Orndoff provided music. The bride wore white crepe with pink rosebud corsage. reception followed with numerous local guests.
The Thursday Bridge Club held its regular weekly meeting at MrsJack Ambrose's North Lou dou n street residence. Eight members attended and two tables of bridge were played. MrsL C Hollar won first prize and Mrs H W Butler won second. Refreshments were served by Mrs Ambrose.
Miss Evelyn Coyner of Waynesboro is chosen to represent Augusta County as Augusta at the Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester late April. The appointment was made by David T. Coiner of Waynesboro, a Shenandoah Valley director, announced by Nelson F. Richards of Winchester, festival director-general.
AP dispatches from Shanghai report 200 Communists and 100 Su kienese soldiers killed in a war near Taiping. About 3,000 Communists faced 2,000 provincial troops 25 miles south of Lungyen chow. The battle ended with a Communist headquarters and school burned and 50 women arrested as radical depredations sought to end.
Due to strong turnout at the previous square dance at Friendship Fire Company hall, Ry land and Jack Bowers announce another dance this Saturday night at the same venue.
The Shenandoah Area Council appeals for Scouts to assist the parade route on festival day and provide supportive services. Troop 3 reports 36 present with plans for overnight hikes, summer camp, and bird-house entries. Lone Scouting is highlighted as vital for rural boys with a patrol system to fit farm life.
The article outlines U S and Japanese interest in a four treaty package at the London naval conference including naval, submarine warfare, and two European security pacts. Senator Borah questions a consultative pact and calls for a clear definition amid Senate scrutiny and President Hoover's silence. Premier Tardieu wins two votes in Paris as cabinet stability rides on Young plan ratification.
A voting result concluded with 319 votes in favor and 262 against. The outcome reflects a clear majority for the passing side in the measure debated locally.
Police confiscated five slot machines in the city seized from operators without licenses. The owners were notified at the station, required to buy licenses for all machines, and warned that machines must be licensed and stocked with mints. Each license costs two dollars and fifty cents.
The Winchester Star urges voters to back the approved water plan ahead of the April 1 primary. Alexander Spottswood Dandridge defends a multi spring system for Cedar Creek Marlboro Spring and warns against politicians opposing the plan.
The general list advanced despite irregularities as public utilities, amusement, and high grade industrials led while several issues lagged. Early trading topped the million shares per hour pace but the market could not sustain the burst with call money renewed at 4 percent.
Repeated tremors pummel Ito and surrounding Iza area forty miles west of Yokohama causing panic. Local authorities report ongoing quakes resemble the 1923 event, with residents fearful of further damage and aftershocks.
United States Senator George W. Norris Republican Nebraska made a business call in this city yesterday while traveling from Camden Bridge West Virginia to Washington. He met several residents including Ann P despite commonwealth's attorney for Winchester. Norris is seen as a live mid western contender keeping Congress active and attentive to agricultural interests.
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