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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1933
Page
8
The administration's plan to cancel the gold clause in existing contracts and require all obligations to be payable in legal tender won approval from the Senate and House banking committees, signaling swift congressional action.
Mr Edward Mahoney of Portland Missouri arrived last night to spend the weekend with Miss Mary MacKenzie at her West Boscawen street home. Mr Norman Peyton Tucker of St Joseph Missouri has been here several days as a guest of friends and is a former Shenandoah Valley Academy student.
The Southern Presbyterian General Assembly voted to send to the presbyteries the question of reaffiliation with the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America after leaving two years ago over birth control teachings. In Columbus, the Northern Presbyterian General Assembly expressed overwhelming confidence in its foreign missions board amid recent attacks by ultra fundamentalists led by Dr. J Gresham Machen and his magazine Christianity Today.
Robert A Benton of Danville Virginia traveling salesman for Crane and Breed Manufacturing Company died last evening at his home. He was about 50 and survived by his widow and a young daughter. He had a long sales career in the region and was a Masonic member and former president of a regional salesmen group. Funeral held this afternoon in Danville.
Weather outlook for the period beginning Monday shows showers in the North and Middle Atlantic States on Monday and probably Tuesday, generally fair midweek, showers again Friday or Saturday, with temperatures above normal early week, cooler Wednesday and slightly warmer by Saturday inland.
The Northern Baptist Convention approved an unrelenting campaign against prohibition repeal in Washington on May 27. The convention backed continued opposition to repealing the 18th Amendment and urged congregations to mobilize against repeal measures.
Governor Pinchot urged Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justices John W Kephart and William I Schaffer to resign accusing judges of disqualifying themselves by taking favors from interests likely to appear before them. He cited their naming in a Senate banking committee list related to Morgan securities. Pinchot said if able, he would remove them at once.
Judge Earl Peters granted a venue change to Orange City Sioux county for the trial of Richard Popken on a technical assault charge. Six other defendants pled guilty earlier in the day and face sentencing tomorrow amid disturbances over Iowa mortgage foreclosures.
A joint statement by President Roosevelt and Viscount Ishii expresses hope for peace in the Far East and world prosperity. It notes the unusual Far East situation and calls for cooperation among East and West to lay a solid foundation for global peace.
After a convention vote a resolution declared the battle on against corruption and evil, despite protests from Grant M. Hudson former Michigan representative who supported the reforestation corps program started by President Roosevelt.
In Berryville Virginia May 27 heavy rainfall overwhelmed Main Street flooding several storefronts with water reaching the entrances while clerks kept back the surf by broom and burlap. No stock damage reported though nearby cornfields were lightly inundated. In Boyce lightning struck a large oak tree near the high school prompting brief pupil alarm but no serious damage beyond temporary phone outages.
Mrs. Bruce MacDonald a 58 year old Flint heiress is found murdered in a Crescent Drive home. Police pursue her missing 17 year old son Balf e as a potential suspect after reports he threatened self harm over maternal control.
Closing prices in Chicago and Baltimore wheat markets are supplied daily to The Star by Winchester Milling Corporation through a wire with Sticker Sales Corporation. Chicago May 7 3349, July 7 440, September 7 57 5. Baltimore spot 87 12. Winchester spot 85.
Mrs. Rose Gouverneur Hoes, widow of Captain Rosewell R. Hoes and Monroe descendant, died after a brief illness in Washington. Born in Foochow China during her father Samuel Laurence Gouverneur Jr.'s consulship, she spent most of her life in the capital.
Millwood Va May 2 special to The Star the fortieth annual Blue Ridge Hunt Club show at Carter Hall grove drew a large crowd despite overcast skies and a heavy shower. Winners included Henry P Mitchell Fairfield Farms U S Remount Depot and Dr Lewis M Allen with multiple firsts in yearlings three year olds and hunters.
Pittsburgh police announced that Helen Hargitt Thevenow wife of Pirates player Tommy Thevenow is alive. A letter postmarked today in Pittsburgh said she is safe and will return soon. Earlier searches near the Monongahela below Twenty second street found a purse and coat matching her description.
The Presbyterian and Methodist churches of Kernstown sponsor a two week Vacation Bible School from May 29 to June 9. Sessions run 9 to 11 30 each morning at Opeption Memorial Presbyterian Church with four departments for ages 4 to 16. Wilbur Tidler leads the intermediate group. Mildred Tidler heads the primary. Ada Glass Baker teaches the beginners. Mrs. Charles Barton leads the juniors. Rev. W R Hardesty and Rev. G M Morrow supervise daily devotions.
In South Bend Indiana a filling station bandit who killed two police officers and wounded another died from shotgun wounds. The slain officers were Patrolman Herbert Thompson and Patrolman Charles Farkas. Patrolman D A Martin was wounded before firing two shots that felled the killer. Gypsy companion Thomaso Stanles, captured by a passerby, claimed ignorance of the slain officer's name.
Judge Philip Williams of the Warren County Circuit Court schedules June 14 for hearings on rights of exceptions to Shenandoah National Park appraisal awards. Attorneys for the Miller heirs contest lack of de novo hearing while state counsel defends existing process. Appraisal commissioners awarded about $20,000 for 6,600 acres in Warren and Rappahannock counties. heirs sought $150,000.
Two years have passed since Mother left us in memory she still is with us though she rests in her tomb by her daughter Mrs John Lillis.
Miss Lillian Oakes a Virginia Intermont College graduate Bristol Virginia arrived last night to spend the summer with her parents Mr and Mrs J C Oakes at their West Cecil street home.
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