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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1935
Page
8
Brussels orders the bourses shut for three days starting today with no foreign exchange quotations. Officials anticipate a devaluation plan to be announced in Parliament, aimed at preventing panic selling as markets monitor the move.
The Men's Athletic Club and the Girls' Athletics Association sextette both fell to Warrenton on the Warrenton court last night. The boys lost 28 to 24 due to a short squad of 5 players and several regulars not making the trip. The GAAs were beaten 25 to 12.
Warm weather accelerates festival planning in Winchester as blossom forecasts push the event earlier. Parade entries are urged to be in by the second day, with many floats already entered. Finance chair Byrd notes a $8,350 goal remains, while the city seeks substantial contributions to run the festival each year. The event draws up to 125 000 visitors, boosting local advertisement and tourism.
Enzo Fiermonte, once a prizefighter, stands beside his wife Mrs Madeleine Force Astor Dick, a wealthy American socialite, in a posed photograph. The couple is shown together in a society setting reflecting their high profile marriage.
Mr Rodman notes the public must raise eight thousand three hundred fifty dollars through contributions repaid many times over to fund the festival. Donors include B F Arthur Jr Col and Mrs Weedon Cochran J E Murnan Moling and Cather George W Keller C E Huntsberry Thrift Auto Store J L Massey John B Miller Co Dr George G Snarr Strickler and Wagner Louis Wender H H Hable T W Mathews H H Jennings H F Byrd T B Byrd Evening Star C Vernon Eddy. Also explains saccharine coal tar product discovery by Ira Ramsen and Fahlberg at Johns Hopkins in 1879.
Leslie Loomis, arrested in Charleston West Virginia, has been moved to Lexington Virginia. He faces charges of skipping out on a financed automobile from Woody Chevrolet Sales and is wanted for trial in Winchester and other nearby cities for alleged bad checks. Police say many checks tied to Loomis have been found.
The first opera performed in public was Peri's Euridice in 1595. It featured lute harpsichord theorbo lyre and flutes.
Charges of illegal practices and juggling of accounts were filed against the Reconstruction Finance Corporation former Vice-President Charles G. Dawes and other directors of the old Central Republic Trust Company. The cross bill accuses Dawes and the R F C of diverting assets to City National Bank and Trust Company to the detriment of Central Republic creditors and stockholders.
In St. Charles Virginia on March 28 miners in Lee and Wise counties rushed to store food ahead of an anticipated April 1 strike. About 10,000 miners work in Lee and Wise coal shafts, with an additional 40,000 dependent on mining for livelihoods.
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