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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1927
Page
6
The row over a censure vote continued as ministers faced pressure over policy toward Russia. A Labour plan to condemn the government failed after debate while Foreign Secretary Chamberlain denied plotting an anti Soviet bloc and defended Britain’s peace efforts with Europe.
Roanoke observers from the All British Virginia delegation express evident approval of Britain ending diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia. They note parliamentary action and anticipate Moscow's move to the right, while weighing potential effects on British industry and foreign policy.
The will of the late Lewis H. Fitch was probated in the Corporation Court. His sisters Mrs Emma F. Miller and Miss Gertrude Fitch were named principal beneficiaries and qualified as executrices, giving bond for 500 dollars. Blest is the man who is particular and dut all things up perpendicular.
Miss Mabel Swan confessed to shooting and killing her landlord Daniel Mosser of Keyser West Virginia after he threw a brick at her. Authorities said the feud stemmed from reported liquor trouble on her Swanton farm near the West Virginia line.
William Nelson Armstead died yesterday at his home from a cerebral hemorrhage. He leaves two sons James and William Armstead and three daughters Katherine Margaret of Harrisburg and Rose Thomas of this city, plus two grandchildren. Funeral at his house Saturday at 3 p.m. with Rev. Ingram officiating. Burial in Orrick Cemetery.
Carl Skinner, a Black man, was executed by hanging in Georgetown at 10 31 am for criminally attacking Mrs Julia A Bennett an 85 year old white woman near Branchville on the night of April 4.
Scott Deneal, a member of one of Winchester's oldest colored families, died Wednesday in Seattle where he had lived for years. He spent his early life in Winchester and is remembered by many residents. The funeral will be held in Seattle Monday. Survived by widow Elizabeth Deneal of Seattle, two sisters Jennie Mercer of Washington DC and Rachel White of Winchester, and numerous nieces and nephews.
A magazine style health ad touts Calotabs as a universal system purifier. It urges readers to take a thorough course once or twice weekly for several weeks to restore vitality and health, claiming strong medical endorsement and a 35 cent family package in drug stores.
The Rev W F Lowance of the Baltimore conference Roanoke district is father to six children each earning diplomas since 1923. Ira earns at Emory University Franklin earns a Roanoke College BA Salem High School honors Carter leads in school paper duties and grades. Despite low pay, the family perseveres in education.
Fragmentary OCR shows a 1923 hospital reference involving Miss Sylvia A. Rane from Roanoke and a Troutville Virginia context. The readable portions mention a National Roanoke affiliation, a certificate, and a college or training line, but essential names and events are incomplete.
Ross Boyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Boyd of Kernstown, is slowly improving at Memorial Hospital after two operations. For a time his condition was critical. Leon Bell, ill with pneumonia at East Clifford street, is slowly recovering at home.
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