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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1921
Page
8
An inspector from the office of the surgeon-general in Washington visits the 2s Hotel near here as a potential hospital site. Surgeon-General Cumming has been alerted by the local American Legion post to the location. The inspector is said to favor the hotel for a medical facility.
A fragment from a historical page notes strong potential for Sidney College with optimistic remarks from attendees. Details are incomplete but suggest high expectations and interest in the college’s future.
Announcement that a Phe Robert Lee School of Journalism will soon open in Virginia. President Henry Louis Smith travels to southern centers and secures support from newspaper editors and promises of endowment for the new professional training institution.
Washington reports difficulty in distributing victory medals authorized by Congress for World War I service. Twenty four recruiting agents, banned from regular duties, are assigned to canvass ex-soldiers and aid medal distribution. Six districts cover the nation as field clerks assist officers. Total medals issued reach 1.5 million though four million served and may be entitled.
Richmond March 29 The Supreme Court of Appeals granted a writ of error in the Virginia case of W H Gibson George Shiflett Kinley Shiflett and David Shiflett who were convicted in Charlottesville of transporting ardent spirits in violation of prohibition laws. They received thirty days in jail and a $50 fine. The defense argued they possessed a gallon of whiskey for family use and each contributed $7 to the liquor, challenging the law's allowance for personal family use.
Plans are nearly complete for the mid year executive meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Virginia in Bedford. The event runs March 30 and 31 at the Baptist Church with about forty delegates expected. Key speakers include state president Mrs. Howard M. Hoge and national member Mrs. Maude B. Perkins. Lunch will be served and the program is managed by Mrs. C. W. Price with music by Miss Estelle Eubank.
Richmond council and Knights of Columbus members contributed 1548.37 to the Virginia fund of the European Relief Council aiding 3500 starving children in eastern and central Europe. Herbert Hoover chairs the national effort. Virginia’s total reaches 150 000 with 25 000 more needed.
The Methodist Episcopal Church shows a net gain of 191 559 members in the 1919 20 period with 91 237 more on Sunday activities and related figures reported.
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