Charlie Ross Rumor Reported in North Carolina Car Visit
A motor party with a New York license car allegedly carrying Charlie Ross, long missing Germantown boy, was seen in Winchester and headed toward Germantown to establish identity. The incident echoes a prior AP dispatch of a man claiming to be Ross in North Carolina, stirring years of mystery about his fate.
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Charlie Ross
Germantown
Winchester
Ross
New York State
North Carolina
Golden Horseshoe Tea Room
West Piccadilly Street
Western Union Telegraph Company
Pennsylvania
Charlie’ Ross
New York
Rosses
Philadelphia
Harpers Ferry
Frederick
Baltimore
Carolina
Associated Press
The
Star
State officers barred from serving federal agents under order
Virginia enforces prohibition rule that state officials cannot hold federal posts even as a dollar a year man. The Coolidge order to staff federal prohibition with state, county and municipal officers drew opposition in Congress and questions on constitutionality.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Virginia
President Coolidge
State Supreme Court of Appeals
State Prohibition
State Prohibition Department
Washington
Coolidge
Treasury
Senate
Bruce
Maryland
Andrews
White House
Prohibition
Jones
Copeland
New York
Treasury Department
City considers converting auditorium into rental offices
City hall plan to remodel the idle auditorium in Winchester into a two story office suite to rent to professionals and possibly relocate the Corporation Court to the top floor. The move aims to turn the public building into an income producer while assessing remodeling costs.
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Winchester
Cooper
W. Nelson Page
Corporation
City Hall Committee
Judge Harrison Qualifies for Democratic Primary Candidacy
Representative T. W. Harrison of the Seventh district has qualified for re nomination in the August Democratic primary. His petition and the $200 fee were received by the auditor of public accounts in Richmond. Harrison, who has served ten years in Congress, is noted for backing the Shenandoah National Park. Other Virginia congressmen filing petitions include Tucker, Whitehead, Deal, Drewry Jr., and Moore.
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T. W. Harrison
Richmond
Auditor of Public Accounts
Shenandoah National Park
Congress
Judge Harrison
Virginia
Harry St. George Tucker
Joseph Whitehead
Joseph T. Deal
P. H. Drewry, Jr
R. Walton Moore
Wheat market sees advance as June supply outlook narrows
Chicago report notes a material weekly advance in wheat with forecasts of the visible U S supply in early June dropping to the smallest in years, likely under 15 million bushels. Prices for corn oats and provisions shift while stock and export factors influence the market.
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Chicago
South Dakota
Texas
Oklahoma
Washington
Three Local Charities Unite for Bundle Day Clothing Drive
Old Clothes are needed by the Visiting Nurse Association Red Cross and Near East Relief for babies children and adults. They will hold a city wide Bundle Day next Tuesday the 25th to canvass every home for usable garments.
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Visiting Nurse Association
Red Cross
Near East
Virginia
Syria
Caucasus
Commander Byrd North Pole Flight At Empire Monday
International News No.3 screens Commander Byrd’s flight to the North Pole at the Empire Theatre Monday. Local interest is high and the film will be repeated tomorrow night due to strong audience demand.
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Byrd
Empire
International News No
Empire Theatre
Commander Byrd
North Pole
Showers Forecast for Middle of Week Across States
Weather bureau predictions for the week beginning Monday call for fair conditions at the start followed by showers midweek. Cool Monday with a warming trend by Tuesday and cooler again by Thursday or Friday. Mrs. F. A. Shryock of Stephens City visited Winchester for shopping.
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The
Associated Press
Washington
Weather Bureau
North
Middle Atlantic
F. A. Shryock
Stephens City
Winchester
For Sale Drugs People s Drug Store
Classified notice offers sale of compressed air tanks suitable for garages. Contact Star office for details and location.
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People’s Drug Store
Star Office
Branner's Tire Shop Sunday Service Hours Expanded
Branner's Tire Shop will be open Sundays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. offering all tire work. Call 368-1 for doorstep delivery and car service.
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Branner’s Tire Shop
Silver Tea at Scaleby by Christ Church auxiliary
On Wednesday May 26 at 4 30 the Woman's Auxiliary of Christ Church Millwood will host a Silver Tea at Scaleby with gardens open to the public. Proceeds support delegates to the Virginia Summer School and the mountain missions workers' expenses. All are welcome.
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Scaleby
Woman's Auxiliary of
Christ Church
Millwood
Virginia Summer School
Mountain Missions
Red Ash Nut Coal Now Unloading for Lowest Season Price
Unclear OCR notes coal delivery hour with phone contact for Im MeMate delivery. Indicates coal type Red Ash Nut Coal now unloading at the lowest season price and urges orders via phone.
Winchester crowd thinned as circus skips parade
Hagenbeck Wallace Circus performed two excellent shows in Winchester facing an unusually small audience. Officials deny a parade was blocked by charges, noting licenses paid total 275 dollars. Cast included 16 elephants, 80 wild animals, 16 Bengal tigers, and daring Ward Kimball flying trapeze acts.
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Hagenbeck- Wallace
Hagerstown
Winchester
Virginia
Hagenbeck
Bengal Tigers
Ward-Kimball Group
President Signs Bill for Park Creation
President Coolidge signed the act establishing Shenandoah National Park in Virginia and Great Smoky Mountain Park spanning North Carolina and Tennessee. The ceremony occurred in Washington on May 22.
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Associated Press
Washington
Shenandoah National Park
Virginia
Great Smoky Mountain Park
North Carolina
Tennessee
President Coolidge
Goitre Clinic Offers Free Treatment in Harrisonburg
Dr. A. W. Graves Goitre Specialist based in Harrisonburg Virginia announces a Free Goitre Clinic at the 1st National Bank Building on Friday May 28 1926. The previous clinic in April reported 98 percent cureable without operation through medicinal treatment and notes that poor needy cases are treated free of charge with only drug costs to be paid.
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A. W. Graves
Harrisonburg
1St National Bank
Whittemore Appeals After First-Degree Murder Conviction
Edgar Allan Poe representing Richard R. Whittemore files a motion for a new trial in Baltimore Criminal Court claiming verdict against the evidence and newly discovered facts. The motion halts sentence until a hearing set for Monday. Whittemore allegedly spat at State's Attorney O Connor in court after the verdict.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Edgar Allan Poe
Richard R. Whittemore
Robert M. Holtman
Maryland
O’dunne
O’connor
Whittemore
Milton
Goldberg
New York
Crime Trust
O’conor Whittemore
Troops Guard Negro From Angry Mob in Hazard Ky
In Hazard Kentucky on May 22 a National Guard detachment with machine guns protected Charlie Walker a 17 year old Black man who confessed to killing Constable T H Wilder after a shooting at a street carnival. The guard was ordered out by Adjutant General H Kohoe and Special Judge H C Faulkner amid threats of lynching.
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Associated Press
Hazard
Kentucky National Guard
Charlie Walker
T. H. Wilder
H. Kohoe
H. C. Faulkner
Wilder
Two Couples Get Wedding Permits
The Corporation's clerk issued marriage licenses for Sid LaFollette and Mrs Clara Richard both of Yellow Springs West Virginia. He is 22, she 24 and a widow. The couple are the children of Matthias LaFollette and Thomas Oates respectively. The second couple Frank M Hollar 44 and Pauline Virginia Develbiss of Chambersburg Pennsylvania were married yesterday by Rev J Luther Neff of Market Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Sid LaFollette
Clara Richard
Matthias LaFollette
Thomas Oates
Yellow Springs
West Va
Frank M. Hollar
Pauline Virginia Develbiss
Chambersburg
Board of Equalization Expands Real Estate Assessments in Winchester
The Board explains its power to modify assessor’s valuations and increase assessed values in Winchester. It states duties include notifying the public of raises and allows taxpayers to appear before the board to contest errors. Citizens may also contact the Commissioner of Revenue for 1920 assessment details.
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Winchester
Board of Equalization
Board
Commissioner of Revenue
Water supply of city occupies council's time
The common council met in adjourned session to discuss water supply amid rising consumption and slackening supply. Plans to extend water to Jones Woolen Mills and widen East Boscawen street were debated, with pedestrian access and street work priorities noted.
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Water Supply OF
CITY
Council
Robinson
Jones Woolen Mills
Patton
Water Committee
Rouss Spring
Millwood Pike
Woolen Company
Henry
Hen
East Boscawen Street
Loudoun St
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Rouss Avenue
Empire Theatre
Loudoun Street
Wm. H. Richards
M. B. Richards
Neffstown
Captain Cooper
Kern Street
Kent Street
For Sale Peerless 1921 Model At Court House Sale
Classified sale note lists a Peerless 1921 model offered for sale in front of the Court House on Saturday at 2 30 p m. The listing includes the date May 19 and a reference code 1p 31.
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Peerless
Court House
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Cirgus
Hagenbeck-Wallace
New Blossom
Dick Byrd
Baker's Drug Store
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