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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1931

Page

3

Moling to Head Book Club Meeting at 3:30 PM

The regular monthly Book Club gathers this afternoon at 3 30 with J Henry Moling Jr as the host. Members will discuss current reads and plan upcoming events.

Federated Council of Church Women Handley Library

Apple Blossom Festival Hosts and Guests in Winchester

Mrs. Barton's home welcomed 125 guests including Mrs. R. T. Marton Sr and Col. and Mrs. B. M. Roszel. Attendees hailed from Clarke, Leesburg, Shepherdstown, Charles Town, and Norfolk with dignitaries and local figures. Festival events featured Queen Shenandoah VIII and a Warner Brothers theater excursion to see The Millionaire, praised by attendees. Charleston and Winchester residents prepared for the eighth Apple Blossom Festival with travel plans and local marriages noted.

Frank M John D. Richardson Ralph Richardson Childs Mara Childs A. Cummins Rose MacDonald B. Neill Goodwin H. Williams Edward Mac. Williams E. G. Butler Prank V. Tilford Clarke Charles Harrison Elizabeth Davis Janney Peyton Craighill Leesburg Roland Ringgold Barbee Eleanor Potts Shepherdstown Margaret Chew Walter Ashington Lila Willis Edward Cooke Dallas Tucker Charles Town A. C. Carson Riverton Henry Little Norfolk William Mitchell Middleburg Carter Augusta Conrad Henry Shepherd Amos Fries John Barton Payne Washington Adrian Onderdook St. James Magee Baltimore

Festival Guests Fill Winchester Parades and Homes

Washington people flocked for the festival parade with Mrs. Greene and other hosts. Notables visited Winchester Memorial Hospital to greet recovering nurses and Miss Morton paid cordial calls. Community groups announced meetings and local residents returned, with several families planning travel to Europe on De Grasse.

Washington Greene Preston Williams Jenifer Wardlaw Pickett Catherine Waddle Katherine Glass Green Fort Loudoun William W. Glass Grace Forney South Washington Street

Queen Shenandoah VIII Attends Apple Blossom Festival

Miss Patricia Dacre Morton of Winchester England was presented as Queen Shenandoah VIII with escort Cadet Richard Arias at Courtfield. The Stouffer home hosted 400 guests for the festival reception with Staunton Military Academy Orchestra providing music.

Shenandoah VIII Patricia Darce Morton Winchester Memorial Hospital Lorene Turnipseed Gladys Miller Miss Morton Ing Trevor Downer Col B. M Roszel Patricia Dacre Morton Richard Arias Tuberville Edward Stroud Shenandoah Valley Academy Staunton Military Academy Greenbrier Military School United States Marines Hunter H. McGuire Brantz M. Roszel PB. B Dutton Stouffer Winchester England Edward J. Stroud Queen’s Royal Court Lewisburg W. Va Staunton Massanuttten Military Academy Woodstock Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg Handley High School Helen Stouffer Stroud

Queen Patricia and Mother Plan City Gardens Visit

The queen and her mother will tour city gardens Sunday evening hosted by Mr. and Mrs Roland S. Morris. Morris leads the English-Speaking Union and was ambassador to Japan. They will be entertained at Greenhill Farms by Union members. A Monday trip follows to New York aboard the Capitol Limited with a stay at the Lexington Hotel before sailing May 15 on the Olympic to Southampton.

the Millionaire Warner Brothers Capitol Theatre Shenandoah VIII Patricia Dacre Morton Edward Stroud Hunter H. McGuire Anne Tucker McGuire Miss Morton George Arliss Massey Ernest G. Metcalf Julia English New York City Richard E. Summers Brittanic White Star Line Carl F. Massey Merriman’s Lane T. W. Matthews de Grasse Europe Roland S. Morris Morris Union Japan Greenhill Farms Winchester Eny Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Capitol Limited New York Lexington Hotel Olympic Southampton

Food Poisoning Not Easy to Ascertain Cause

In a discussion by Dr. Logan Clendening the article describes an eleven person sponge cake poisoning case. Lab tests with animals failed to show harm from the cake until human volunteers reproduced the illness. Three germs were found in the cake with only broth No. 8, tied to yellow hemolytic streptococcus, causing nausea diarrhea and prostration. The piece notes any food can harbor toxins and debunks ptomaine theory.

Logan Clendening M. D

Rival GOP Fight For Speaker In House Stirs Bitter Feud

Washington dispatch notes a brewing contest between Col. John Q. Tilson and Bertrand H. Snell for speaker of the House after Speaker Longworth’s death. Snell wins New England support and backs Bacharach, while Tilson relies on New England and seniority. Tilson denounces the challenge as a powerful contest develops among Republican leaders.

Washington D. C House of Representatives Longworth John Q. Tilson Bertrand H. Snell Rules Committee Snell Col. Tilson Representative Snell New Yorker Potsdam Empire State Colonel Tilson New England Isaac Bacharach New Jersey Bacharach Hawley- Smoothill Tilson

Mystery Man Ralph Thurber Confessed to 1920 Wall Street Bombing

Cleveland hospital officials seek to verify the identity of Ralph H. Thurber a shell shocked World War II veteran claiming to be Reverend Thurber a Korean missionary and expressing readiness to be taken to God. Police suspect he is the same man who confessed to the Wall Street bombing in 1920 but was then found to be imprisoned in San Quentin California.

Cleveland Hospital Ralph H. Thurber Thurber Wall Street San Quentin Cal

Alimony Burden and Modern Bank Robbery Referenced

A Bristol Herald Courier note laments alimony costs fueling divorce fears for Americans. The piece contrasts current financial strain with Jesse James era heists, suggesting modern methods are harsher.

Jesse James Bristol Herald Courier

Chicago grain closing prices report

Rain benched spring wheat in the Chicago Board of Trade trading session as dull activity and price declines followed. Closing figures show Wheat May 84 July 62 September 617% Corn May 577% July 59% September 58% Oats May none July 28 September 28% Rye May 3544 July 37 September 37%

Chicago Board of Trade

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