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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1926
Page
3
Washington action looms as Congress debates farm relief bills Tincher Aswell and Haugen. Proposals seek revolving funds and cooperative controls to stabilise prices and markets for farmers with opposition over who pays and how much aid farmers need.
The text argues that farms and the western farm bloc have protected industries while farmers pay high input costs and receive low output prices. The speaker says the government should stop telling farmers to help themselves and instead provide direct help, with a midweek beer indication of the bloc's power in the house.
John W. Thompson, 64, millionaire contractor, convicted with Col Charles R Forbes of conspiracy to defraud the government on hospital contracts, died at his home of heart disease. His request for probation from a two year sentence was to be argued in Chicago next Monday. Two government physicians found him unfit to serve a prison term. Forbes is in Leavenworth penitentiary.
Medicine men from six tribes Montana South Dakota and Wyoming will chant for rain at the Custers Last Stand centennial celebration near Sheridan They will attempt to conjure rain during a contest to determine the best medicine Each tribe represented by a chief medicine man aged over seventy will perform in white clay body paint and bright pigments carrying feathered satifs A noted Bear Trail of the Pryor Reservation Montana Crow tribe has a history of predicting storms with even a rodeo once postponed by rain fearing a big storm before a later rodeo
Dr. F. T. McFaden preached the sermon at a special divine service of the Fairfax Commandry No. 25 Knights Templar at the Presbyterian Church in Orange Virginia on Sunday.
Mothers should know two quick oats options available at grocers. One ready in 3 to 5 minutes and another the traditional Mother's Oats.
The program featured a performance by the choir of St. Andrew's Chapel Woodberry Forest enhancing the evening with choral music.
London May 4 Going to a university is not fashionable in Great Britain as in the United States. England and Wales have 30,000 students now and Dr. Barker predicts little growth, with Scotland higher due to tradition and the United States showing social vogue for higher education.
Baltimore authorities report Richard Reese Whittemore confessed to three long unsolved crimes. He admitted wounding gangster Edwards Kenny at a Middle River road house on Halloween, robbing bank messenger J Wahl Holtzman of 7000 dollars, and disarming Patrolman Nelson Tribby in a Frederick Avenue cafe, also robbing the officer and guests. He denied involvement in February dairy messenger robbery.
Under a court order by Judge Warren Rice in the Winchester Lumber Corporation bankruptcy, the trustee will publicly auction the Gore station of the Winchester and Western Railroad in Frederick County Virginia at noon on Thursday June 8 1926. The sale includes hotel furniture and personal effects from the Gore hotel such as beds mattresses dressers chairs stoves wardrobe tables refrigerator dining ware and more plus a mowing machine. Cash is required on sale day. Robert M Ward Trustee Winchester Lumber Corp. (5-4-oaw-4wks) Winchester Va.
Public sale of household goods scheduled Saturday May at 10 30 a m at 225 East Water Street listing dressers beds with bedding writing desk Singer sewing machine extension table range and many other articles some antique furniture blue English dishes terms cash Duvall Dunn Auctioneers
Shenandoah Valley Inc president H. J. Benchoff discusses errors in the April issue of Motor Camper and Tourist. He notes misattributed article credit to W. B. Allen and misused Shenandoah Valley Official Map, plus the Lee Highway misplacement. He warns readers of innocent sponsorship mix-ups and thanks the magazine for corrective context.
A hardwood flooring plant located in Gens is scheduled for sale free of liens. The sale aims to liquidate assets and settle outstanding obligations under court or trustee oversight. Vendors and creditors may file claims as proceedings proceed.
Trustee to offer at public auction on June 4 1926 in Frederick County Virginia a modern flooring plant at Gore with 15 000 to 20 000 feet of rough lumber daily capacity. Separate bids invited for machinery including Yates head matchers and grinders plus the plant components followed by sale of the plant itself and large lots of manufactured lumber and hardwood quarters. Also railroad cars and tractors to be sold at the same sale.
A warrant was sworn out Monday before Justice Tavenner in the magistrate's court by Boyd for the arrest of Lee Brill on unlawful use of Newlin's automobile. Newlin testified he left the car with Brill for repairs and Brill used it.
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