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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1929
Page
5
The Cidal Cadet Corps at the Military College of South Carolina, with over 700 students, began a hunger strike protesting meals in the mess hall. They abstained from food at breakfast and continued through lunch and dinner, claiming officials ignored complaints while officials say there were no protests.
Important city records on viaduct district improvements disappeared from the North Little Rock clerk's office. Clerk C. M. Van Dyke and Mayor Ross Lawhorn had each other's homes searched. an audit was halted, but the missing records were not recovered.
The Senate approved a farm relief bill 54 to 88 amid deep dispute over the export debenture plan. Debenture provisions move to the House amid administration opposition and claims of improper origin, while conferees from both chambers seek agreement on disputed sections.
Livingston Texas May 14 Three bodies recovered as rescue parties search Polk county flooded areas after 16 inch rain. A family of four reportedly swept from a tree top near a rescue boat. unverified. Communications in the district are demoralized. Appeal for onboard motor boats issued from Houston.
Fear was expressed for a man named Wells his wife and two children who lived in a cottage on the creek banks. Searchers could not reach the cottage. Telephone crews swam out and repaired lines in spots where logs had torn them loose.
John E Ebert owner of Leasse Staples Motor Company to lease Staples building in Harrisonburg and Rockingham Shenandoah counties gaining Buick sales and service. Ebert will manage Harrisonburg agency from June 1 with Woodstock operation continued. his brother Harry Ebert runs Winchester Buick.
Gov Huey P Long appears before the Louisiana State Senate to answer impeachment charges in Baton Rouge. Demurrers challenge the legality of the House session and the Senate’s role as court, with constitutional precedents debated by both sides.
John A. Jennings an 88 year old Edinburg resident was struck and killed by Southern Railway express No 46 while walking toward his home near the station. The accident left a skull fracture and multiple leg injuries with no witnesses. Jennings a World War veteran lived with his mother Catherine Wendell Jennings and left surviving sisters Paul Spear Abraham Sheetz and Mrs O F Lambert and brother Harry Jennings.
Dr. George J. Ryan, president of New York City's board of education, urged that every child in New York schools should have a chance to visit Monticello and Virginia's historic shrines from Alexandria to the mountains, to visualize the ideals of great past leaders.
Dr. Ryan accepted another term as board president, breaking records for length of service. He praised education value of visits to Virginia shrines, a motion by Commissioner Ralph McKee thanked the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce for sponsoring the Children's Tour Plan now being worked out.
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