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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1924
Page
7
An auto and a large truck collided on or near the Abrams Creek bridge on Berryville Pike east of Winchester this afternoon. Residents heard of the accident. no fatalities reported, but one woman was said to be badly hurt.
Former Virginia state senator Walter G Mapp, known for the Mapp liquor prohibition bill, will deliver the memorial address at Stonewall Cemetery on Confederate Memorial Day June 6. Turned speaker introduction by Maj R T Berton, with Turner Ashby Chapter Daughters of the Confederacy announcing his acceptance. Other Confederate groups invited to participate and donate flowers for graves.
The Rotary and Kiwanis will host a joint luncheon at 1 pm tomorrow at the former rooms. It is a Dutch treat with 75 cents luncheon fee. Col LeRoy Hodges of Richmond will speak, as manager of the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce. Major R. T. Barton of Winchester is the executive committeeman.
Fort Loudoun Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will hold its last meeting of the season in June at Belle Grove farm near the Valley pike by Middletown. The gathering will be a country picnic and marks the chapter’s push to place bronze grave markers for Revolutionary War soldiers in Shenandoah Valley.
General chairman of the big four union of the Western Maryland Railway said today a new demand is being formulated for a 12 1 2 percent pay raise. The move follows counter proposals from President Byers which were rejected. workers claim the proposals would grant no raise and would overturn protective rules built up over 50 years.
A Cincinnati claim states that local women have shapely feet and are the best shod in the world. Reported average foot size ranges from five and a half to six.
Handley School to display pupil work Friday at the Handley building with finished projects from the Handley branch. Special displays planned by cooking sewing manual training and industrial arts classes. Field day for fifth and sixth graders scheduled for the Handley grounds weather permitting.
The Star lists daily corrected wholesale figures for Wheat Butter Spring chicken Hens Corn meal Straw Walnut Kernels and mixed feed with notable ranges and regional references. Local retail prices for flour butter and feed are included along with spot corn and spring chicken quotes.
A fragment notes the amount of ice required to refrigerate a car load of fruit in transit from southern California to the Atlantic seaboard. It highlights refrigerated transport needs and suggests standards or practices for maintaining fruit quality during long shipments.
Bernard William Shipe 28, son of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Shipe of Maryland avenue, died yesterday at King's Daughters Hospital from paralysis of the brain after being stricken Saturday. Born near Nain Frederick county Virginia he lived much of his life in Martinsburg. Survived by parents four brothers and four sisters. Nephew of Miss Susan Howard Abbin who came for the illness. Funeral and interment planned for Thursday afternoon in Martinsburg.
Jap Muma of New York, linked to the Senate investigation, was indicted in Newark by a federal grand jury with Tex Rickard for conspiracy to transport fight films in interstate commerce. Official sources released the information.
In Washington on May 21 the Senate agricultural committee voted 10 to 6 against reporting the Ford bid that would lease Muscle Shoals.
Washington May 21 The Senate foreign relations committee spent two hours in a general discussion of world court proposals and adjourned without a decision on any key point. An attempt to obtain committee endorsement for president Harding and Coolidge to join the present court with reservations failed.
In a historic style feature, we note serge pelt and white ensembles appearing in a winter trend. The piece emphasizes refined outerwear with coats and matching vests as key wardrobe choices for the season.
Public auction by virtue of executions for Winchester Seed Co. Inc. and others against Virginian Chemical Co. at Stephens City on Saturday May 24 at 10 A M. Items include cultivator mower plow safe typewriter desk harvest tools tobacco stems hardware and more. Terms cash. A J Parker deputy sheriff and C I Brumback auctioneer.
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