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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1930
Page
5
A powerful storm tornadic event ripped through Northeastern Iowa lifting air across the Missouri River five miles northeast of Salix. It swept into a sparsely settled farming area on the river’s east side destroying scores of buildings and injuring many residents.
A small twister near Newton Kansas demolishes an empty house with trees and poles upended and cattle killed on several farms. Communication lines down and roads impassable amid heavy rains. In Northwest Missouri three separate storms cross White Cloud and Fall City areas causing property and livestock damage with no early fatalities reported.
The Star answers a reader's request naming Miss Georgia Conrad, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Bryan Conrad, as the dancer in costume with Queen Shenandoah during the Apple Blossom Festival coronation at Handley High School stadium in Winchester. The audience cheered her graceful performance of Spring.
In Winchester police court two men faced liquor law infractions. Vey Greatvale, claimed to be en route to Newport News, was ordered to depart town after his jar of spirits broke and evidence could not be presented. Clifton Thomas from Michigan, found with canned heat, pledged to head to Charleston and then to Michigan to raise money, and was told to go quickly.
Benjamin F. Oden aged in Washington D C died Wednesday night and his funeral was held today in Appomattox Virginia with interment there. He was longtime secretary to Rep Hal Flood and later a secretary for Senator Claude Swanson. He is survived by daughter Miss Vernie Oden and his wife Betty Abbott who died years ago. His brother Archibald Oden also serves Swanson as secretary.
Democrats argue against Judge Parker amid criticism from the American Federation of Labor and the NAACP over alleged bias. There is concern that confirming Parker would tilt the Supreme Court toward a more conservative majority, with prominent senators signaling opposition.
The article reports McDermott placed in solitary confinement after using bricks to attack convicts in a stockade yard. National guardsmen responded, overpowering the guard and removing him to solitary as damage to blocks is repaired. The piece mentions a Cantson editor Don Mellett as the killed individual in the broader context.
Rutherford B. Dalley a 52 year old bank detective in Plainfield shot and killed Ida Kekis 30 then killed himself at a road house on the city outskirts. Kekis was separated from her husband and mother of two. Police reported the incident.
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