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Social and personal notices may be mailed or telephoned at any time. Telephone number 33. If mailed, address The Evening Star to reach the department and not individuals.
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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1931
Page
3
Social and personal notices may be mailed or telephoned at any time. Telephone number 33. If mailed, address The Evening Star to reach the department and not individuals.
Residents and visitors are listed as festival guests at various local homes. Names include Hornsby family, Clauser, Jackson, Brooks, Lamp, Kern, Poston, Keller, Gibbs, Roland, Barnett, Huntsberry, Cornwell, Shafer, Huntsberry, Jones, Jolliffe, Clark, Fisher, Mumma, Luman, Ellison, Gasch, Teasley.
Stocks closed strong on May 8 as short covering lifted active issues by one to three points. U.S. Steel rallied three points from a morning low of 109 percent, while Auburn Auto jumped twenty points amid heavy trading. Total shares traded exceeded two million.
Martial law was declared at Tia Juana in Lower California after Roqua Sabida Quijano, the mayor’s private secretary, was killed during an attack on the mayor and his party by malcontents.
French observers predict either Aristide Briand or Edouard Herriot as next president as the senate holds decisive influence. Briand's age may cause him to refuse the honor, leaving Herriot as a likely successor.
Capt Frank Hawks, American ace, completes a 229 mile Paris to England run in 59 minutes, fastest on record. He aimed for Rome round trip but fuel exhaustion and head winds forced a precautionary landing near Gien, 100 miles south of Paris.
Governor Pinchot urged voters to pressure state senators and representatives to pass administration public service commission bills. He tied possible extra sessions to out utility legislation and warned a session could come before the primary to expose who supported or opposed the measures. He singled out State Senator Charles H. Clippinger as a key constituent contact.
The Dominion Bank of Canada branch in Winnipeg was robbed by three bandits who took between $6,000 and $7,000. Bank Manager T. B. R. Tucker was fatally wounded and died about 30 minutes after the attack.
James Bruce, vice president of Chase National Bank New York, will become president of the Baltimore Trust Company soon. Don ald Symington will stay as senior executive officer and will be named chairman of a new governing board. The Baltimore Trust Company is the city’s largest banking house.
By virtue of an execution against L. J. Hook, the deputy sheriff offers for sale at public auction in Trone Frederick County Virginia on Tuesday May 12 1931 at ten o clock personal property of L. J. Hook including threshing machines, grain drills, wagons, farm equipment, dairy stock and other items cash terms. Auctioneers and clerks named.
A public sale will offer stock of merchandise including hardware dry goods and groceries. The sale also includes a Willys Knight Coach and many other articles too numerous to mention at Trone Virginia.
The city announces resources totaling over 94 million in its latest financial statement. Bruce, a native of Baltimore, is described as one of two sons of Senator William Cabell Bruce.
With little news to spark trader interest values on the Chicago Board of Trade moved aimlessly. Closing prices were Wheat May 84 percent, July 62, September 62 percent and Corn May 58 percent, July 59 percent, September 58 percent.
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