Social and Personal News from Winchester and Vicinity
Dr and Mrs Tom Williams of Washington plan a summer abroad visiting England France and Italy returning to Miami in fall to attend Reginald Williams Cambridge graduation. Wedding invitations issued for Margaret Waldo Newcomer and Morris Barroll at Baltimore home. Kathleen McCartney giving up teaching due to her father's death and plans to return to Stephens City. James B Vredenburgh earns midshipman status after Naval Academy exams. Winchester Civic League hosts Berryville guests with talks by state club leaders. local officials and visitors noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Williams
Italy
Florence
Tom A. Williams
Washington
Mi Beach
New York
England
Reginald
Cambridge University
Holland
Belgium
France
Switzersland
Williams
Valley Medical Association
Woman's Club
Royal Society
St. James Street
London
Miami
Waldo Newcomer
Margaret Waldo Newcomer
Morris Keene Barroll
Hope H. Barroll
Chestertown
Baltimore
Miss Newcomer
Henry B. Gilpin
Scabby
Clarke County
Newcomer
Victor Par’ Noyes
Vermont
Inchester Civic League
Return From Delightful Trip Through the Valley
Mrs Louise Chambers of Washington and Mrs Albert L Baker of this city return from a motor trip through the Valley of Virginia and to Hot Springs Virginia They visited Mrs Chambers son Fred Chambers at Virginia Military Institute and he will join the graduating class of this year Fred Chambers returned to Washington after spending the night with Mr and Mrs Baker at their North Loudoun street home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James FB. Vredenburgh
James B. Vredenburgh
Virginia Baker Vredenburgh
Winchester
New York
J. Elliott Bell
Media
A. M.baker
South Washington Street
Vredenburgh
Bell
United States Naval Academy Or
Louise Chambers
Washington
Albert L. Baker
Virginia
Hot Springs
Lexington
Chambers
Fred Chambers
Virginia Military Institutes
Mrs. Baker
North
Loudoun Street
Korean Missionary Pageant At Round Hill Church
A Korean missionary pageant will be presented at 8 o clock this evening in the Presbyterian Church at Round Hill by members of the Missionary Society under Mrs John C Cather leadership. A dozen adults and youths will participate with themes on life in Korea and missionary work. All are invited including Winchester friends. Sandwiches and cocoa will be served after the pageant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Round Hill
Missionary Society of the Church
John C. Cather
Korea
Winchester
W C T U to Meet at Handley Library Thursday
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union will hold its semi monthly meeting at 3 oclock Thursday afternoon May 19 at the Handley Library. A large attendance is expected as the final reports of the membership contest will be given.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Handley Library
Winchester visitors on business and social calls noted
A roundup lists Eugene Creed of Potomac Edison in Winchester on business and G F Norton with Joseph Wright in Alexandria for Scottish Rite initiation. Several locals travel to Baltimore and Cumberland for meetings and visits while others at Memorial Hospital and hotels in Winchester.
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Eugene Creed
Potomac Edison Company
Hagerstown
Winchester
Messrs
G. F.norton
Joseph Wright
Alexandria
Southern Jurisdiction
United States
Fred Robinson
Dc. P. McVicar
Heiress Marries Prince in Name Only Says Court
In Paris on May 17 the trial over Aimee Crocker and Prince Mistiss Gallatzine opened with claims the union was a commercial arrangement. Princess counsel argued she sought princess status, while the prince allegedly married for a financial settlement and as a purely nominal marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Aimee Crocker
Prince Mistiss Gallatzine
Princess Counsel
California
Stock Market Advances On Broad Gains In New York
More than 100 stocks rose 1 to 5 points above yesterday's close as easy money rates and a large loan figure supported a strong session. Call money held at 4 1/2 percent with brokers’ loans easing. About 1.6 million shares changed hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Special Session Not Needed For Mississippi Relief
Washington May 17. After Hoover's report outlining relief and rehabilitation for the Mississippi Valley, President Coolidge said no special session of Congress is necessary. Melville Louisiana levee breach cited with town destroyed. 1,028 residents fled to the levee as two relief trains stood ready to move flood victims.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
Mississippi Valley
White House
Coolidge
Congress
Baton Rouge
Melville
Atchafalaya
New Orleans
Johns W. Parker
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Coolidge Pastor Sued For Libel Over Letters
The Rev. Dr. Jason Noble Pierce pastor of the First Congregational Church, attended by the President, faces a $50,000 libel suit in the District of Columbia Supreme Court. The action centers on two letters he sent to Brig. Gen. A C Dalton of the Shipping Board demanding Howard T. Cole be dismissed and alleging misconduct. Cole’s lawyers call the claims false and malicious. Pierce is represented by Frank Hogan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Jason Noble Pierce
First Congregational Church
Coolidge
Shipping Board
Howard T. Cole
A. C. Dalton
Cole
Pierce
Frank Hogan
Edward Doheny
A. B. Fall
Elk Hills
Young Banker and Stenographer Slain in Auto in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on May 17 a banker George E Powell Jr vice president and secretary of Discount Corporation of California and Miss Margie Pike 24 a stenographer were found shot to death in a car in front of the girl's home. Police suspect Pike killed Powell and then herself. A taxi driver found the bodies and residents heard two shots. Pike left a note for her grandparents stating threats were made against her and she enclosed a blank check with a bank balance of $50.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
George E. Powell, Jr
Discount Corporation of California
Margie Pike
Miss Pike
Powell
Too Early To Map Out Tax Cut Plan
President Coolidge says it is too early to outline any definite tax reduction program for Congress. He wants the method to be decided after the fiscal year ending June 30 surplus is known and will depend on business conditions when Congress convenes next December.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Chicago Nationals Gain Control of Reading Club
Newark N J May 17 Purchase of the controlling stock in the Reading Pa club of the International League by the Chicago Nationals was virtually assured today when William Ashton of Baltimore Reading president and majority stock holder accepted an offer by William L Veek president of the club Subject to ratification by other club owners of the International League the deal will be closed tomorrow announced John Conway Toole league president
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Associated Press
Newark
N. J
Reading
Chicago Nationals
William Ashton
Baltimore
William L. Veeck
John Conway Toole
Prizes Offered to 10 Students by Rail Association
The American Railway Association offers three $250 prizes for essays on crossing safety by Winchester pupils from grammar to college levels. Essays must be 260 words, stress caution at crossings, and be sent to J C Daviston in New York by June 1. Judges will be national figures. winners advance through school and county levels to the association.
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Winchester Public
American Railway Association
M. V. B. Snake
Pennsylvania Railroad
H. S. Duffey
Handley Schools
J. C. Daviston
Vesey Street
New York City
Frank Pangle Dies in Bridge Collapse Incident
A Washington man Mrs Frank Pangle reports her husband Frank Pangle fell from a bridge under construction near Cohoes New York during a Delaware Hudson span collapse and drowned authorities recovered his body The Pangle family stems from Frederick County and he had been living in Washington for years
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The
Star Today
Harry J. Johnson
New Jersey Avenue
Northwest
Washington
Frank Pangle
Massachusetts Avenue
Cohoes
N. Y
Johnson
Star
Associated Press
Mohawk River
Waterford
Pangle
Frederick County
British Visitor To Teleconference On Hampton Roads Visit
Gilbert C. Wyle chairman of the all British Virginia party touring Virginia will make a 15 minute trans oceanic call to Arthur M Samuel director overseas trade of the British Empire in London to report observations from Hampton Roads. The event arranged by N Weber of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company will include a breakfast with Jnius P Fishburn and will be attended by Governor Byrd.
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Chmond
Gilbert C. Wyle
Virginia
Hampton Roads
Arthur M. Samuel
M. P
British Empire
London
N. Weber
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Wyle
Samuel
Junius P. Fishburn
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
E. S. Hill
Byrd
State Capitol
Robert Dunwoody
Robert Dinwiddie
Italian Flier Francesco de Pinedo Seen Over Northwest Ohio
Commander Francesco de Pinedo, the Italian four continent flyer, was spotted over Lake Erie en route from Chicago to Montreal. Observers in Bryan and Toledo tracked the Santa Maria IT, which reportedly turned north and vanished over the lakes near Vermilion after 11:45 a.m. local time.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Comdr
Francesco de Pinedo
Lake Erie
Chicago
Montreal
Bryan
Ohio
Toledo
Vermillion
Here
Santa Maria
Lake Michigan
Reign of Fear and Business Tie Up After Uprising
A Philippine constabulary report says fear spread and business ties bound provinces after the uprising of Flor Intrencherado, self-proclaimed Emperor of the Philippines. His followers allegedly planned to seize the Malay archipelago.
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Associated Press
Manilla
Philippine Constabulary
Flor Intrencherado
The
Philippines
Intrencherado
Malay Archipelago
Soviet Protest Note Handed Over in London Raid
Moscow says the Soviet government protested the raid on a Soviet house in London. Maxim Litvinoff delivered the note to the British chargé d affaires, in London, on May 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Moscow
London
Maxim Litvinoff
Mrs Snyder and Judd Gray Sentenced to Death in Sing Sing
Ruth Brown Snyder and Henry Judd Gray, once central figures in a Queen's Village murder case, were moved to Sing Sing's death house today. Clad in prison garments, they occupy steel death cells as they await execution with hours left on earth.
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Ossining
Ruth Brown Snyder
Queen's Village
Henry Judd Gray
Sing Sing
Queen's County
Long Island City
Congress fight over Potomac power project looms
May 17 report from Washington notes Cleveland capitalists seek a $50 million permit from the Federal Power Commission to develop Great Falls power. Senator Robert B. Howell predicts a fight in Congress over private versus public ownership, arguing government development could lower rates and spur research. He cites Army Engineers reports and compares Canadian and Washington power costs to favor public development.
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Washington
Cleveland
Federal Power Commission
Potomac River
Robert B. Howell
Nebraska
Howell
Potomac
Great Falls
Muscle Shoals
Boulder Dam
St. Lawrence River
Army
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Ontario
Canada
Niagara Falls
Delegates Head to General Assembly from Winchester Presbytery
The Rev. Dr. F. T. McFaden and Frank B. Crawford of this city join Finley Pugh of Capon Bridge and travel to El D Arkansas for General Assembly sessions of the Merran Church as commissioners. They depart via the southern route through Atlanta and will be away about ten days.
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F. T. McFaden
Frank B. Crawford
Finley Pugh
Capon Bridge
el D . Arkansas
General Assembly
Merran Church
Winchester Presbytery
Atlanta
Pugh
Hanging Presbyterian Church
Ham County
W. Va
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Leonard Leech and Son
Leech
Grace Barr Hollis
McCormick
Uniontown
G. F. Norton
Mt. Vernon, N
H. D. Cook
Round Hill Church
Huntsberry
Bostonians
Tia Ven
Emily Landford
W. O. Lanford
Charlottesville, Va
Lewis Armentrout
H. H. Startzman
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
8. B. Travers
Memorial Hospital
Ernest Tharpe
North Loudoun Street
Travers
Stephensons
Tharpe
Margaret Cross
William Ryan
Ottawa
la Salle County
J. Mack Cain
Ryan
Frances Beverley
American Legion Auxiliary
Franklin, Va
James F. Hughes
Jack Martinia
Nellie Herrid
Cumberland
Hughes
Martinia
E. W. Armstrong
Cumberland, Md
Old Virginia
George Lutz
Harvey. L. Bell
Strasburg, Va
Edwin L. Bell
Alson Hott
Virginia Loan and Thrift Company
C. E. Weilbert
Maplewood, N. J
William Hawkins
Mary Jarboe
Mary Greenwalt
Mary Conner
South Loudoun Street
R. J. Donahoe
Roanoke
Jack
H. B. McCormac
Little Joe’s
Oe Howard Stanley
Walter Shade
Shade
Fairfax Hotel
Elmer Winkfield
Norfolk
Great Council
Minnehaha Council
D. of P
Hollis Jenkins
Carrie Hershberger
George Washington Hotel
H.W. Cook
Fort Wayne, Ind
One Ville
Reading Club
Rail Association
Gomdr
Pinedo
Lake
Diicnigan
Ars
Mrs. Snyder and
Judd Gray
W. A. Buncutter
San Albin, Virginia
Maine
Florsheims
Sample Shoe Store
Sollee
Petermans
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