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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1924
Page
5
The Rev George W Stover and his family returned from Staunton Virginia after several days away following the death of Mrs Stover who had traveled to the city on Monday.
The eleventh annual Virginia High School Literary and Athletic League contest opens at the University of Virginia with preliminary rounds across 20 Virginia cities and more than half of the preparatory schools participating. Local entrants include Dixie Mason and William Glass of Handley High School, Berryville entrants Charles Fuller and Elizabeth Rush, and Staunton Military Academy student Leigh Fuller Jr. in the boys and girls divisions.
Six of Family continues as Ohio officials who track gangs to remove rocks and earth from a mountainside between Everton and Sandy Hook labor through the drenched night. Trains were running on schedule time at noon today.
A deed admitted to record shows the house and lot of Miss Mary F Gold on West Clifford Street sold to Dr Lewis M Allen and his wife Dorothy G Allen. The 90 foot frontage fronts Clifford Street and extends 220 feet back. Former owners were F A Shyrock and R C Hall.
The Associated Press reports the Senate rapidly disposed of amendments and moved the revenue bill to final passage in Washington on May 9.
A naval recruiting party arrived in Winchester and opened an office in the post office building to accept applications of young men who wish to enlist in the United States Navy, per announcements from Washington.
Berlin May 9 The executive committee of the German socialist party voted to urge the government to hold a popular referendum on accepting or rejecting the Dawes reparations report.
The United States government closed its case against Congressman John W. Langley of Kentucky and two co defendants in federal court Covington on May 9 on charges of conspiracy to defraud the government of whiskey tax and illegal removal from a distillery.
A May report from the state agriculture department places California losses from foot and mouth disease at 2,962,122 dollars to date. The tally covers the impact on livestock and related stock, reflecting widespread economic damage across farms and regions.
World famous detective selected by Attorney General Daugherty resigns after bearing criticism of the administration and retires from public service.
Mrs Woodrow Wilson widow of the world war president is the guest of Col and Mrs E T Brown at Endless Caverns Farm in Rockingham county Virginia She motored from Berryville and Winchester accompanied by Mrs Brown and Hollis Randolph of Atlanta president of the Confederate Stone Mountain Memorial Association She will be joined by her brother and Miss Margaret Wilson soon and is resting in the Massanutten Shenandoah Valley hills seeking recreation among the scenic countryside.
District Nurse Miss Gertrude Higgins detailed April activities at City Hall. She logged 298 visits including 169 nursing and 31 postnatal, visited 36 homes, and accompanied nine patients to doctors, one to a dentist, and six to hospital. She led three obstetrical cases and gave five food demonstrations and two maternity outfits. Administrative work included seven committee meetings, 28 office interviews, 11 letters, 31 business calls, and distributing supplies.
John H. Dunn of Charley Rouss Fire Company welcomed a son, John Henry Dunn Jr., born last night at Memorial Hospital. Neighbors and colleagues congratulated him with visits and calls, disrupting his truck driving routine at the engine house.
The Charey Rouss Fire Company plans a trip to Harrisonburg for the Virginia State Firemen's convention from August 20 to 22. They expect to take at least 140 men led by their drum corps and will enter the reel race and most contests except the band competition.
Members of the John Brown Memorial Association held memorial services at John Brown's grave in Lake Puacid New York for the 124th birth anniversary. About 300 members from Philadelphia Atlantic City Wilmington Baltimore and Washington attended by automobile. The group plans an annual pilgrimage to the grave and a memorial shaft to honor his memory.
A fragmented excerpt evokes Caesar like theatrics and a florid cook near a train. The text muses on future fashions, noting a man with a horse and buggy may seem odd, while an evenskin cap appears in the scene.
May 9. Speaker Frederick H. Gillett announces his bid for the Republican nomination for U S senator from Massachusetts. A formal statement was prepared after a White House meeting this morning. He aims to win the seat now held by Senator Walsh, a Democrat.
Members of the Girls' Athletic Association will hike to the scout cabin next Sunday weather permitting. They meet at Miss Nancy Crisman's home on South Braddock Street at 7 a.m. and travel together for a breakfast in the open.
Colonial Brick Company buys 39 acre tract split between Winchester and Frederick counties from Mrs. Fannie B. Dunlop for 9807 dollars. The land yields brick clay and includes a ten year right of way at 60 dollars per year, renewable indefinitely.
The Milburn Company sued Union Carbide and six affiliates for 2.25 million alleging conspiracy to violate antitrust laws. Judge Morris A. Soper directed the jury to return a defense verdict after five weeks of trial. An appeal to the Fourth Circuit at Richmond is planned, contending certain evidence was improperly excluded.
The Post Office Department announces the appointment of Jacob A. Williams of Capon Road Virginia as fourth class postmaster. He succeeds his father Harry E. Williams who died recently from injuries after being struck by a train at Capon Road.
Clinton B. Grim of Company I and the indoor rifle team were named regiment champions after beating 26 units. A silver cup and metal honors were awarded by state authorities and will be presented at drills tonight by Major R. T. Barton and Captain Robert L. Christian. trophies are on display at Clowe's jewelry store.
Springfield Mass May 9 The Methodist Episcopal general conference approved the ordination of women as local pastors in the ministry by a decisive majority. Admission to the itinerancy and to membership in the annual conference was almost unanimously defeated, a partial victory for the feminist element as women had not before been ordained with rights to administer the sacraments, though since 1920 they have held temporary settlement as local pastors.
In New York May 9 stock prices rose in the first hour but later fluctuated as traders faced uncertainty over pending tax policy. Call money opened around 3.5 percent amid cautious activity as brokers reported restricted commitments. Mrs Randolph N. Dame, and Mrs Robert Ward are noted guests at a Washington Street home.
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