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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1933
Page
1
Virginia Commissioner of Labor Johno Hopkins Hall Jr told Governor that 60,000 to 70,000 in the state remain unemployed and depend on relief. He urged eight new state laws and expanded public works to boost purchasing power and stave off another winter of hardship.
Berryville Virginia November meeting featured a program by the American Legion Post and Auxiliary with songs readings and two pageants performed by children of legionnaires. Captain Griffing spoke on preparedness and the group approved funds for song books and sent subscriptions to the League Bulletin.
Eight Virginia vocational agriculture students and instructors returned from the National Congress of Future Farmers of America in Kansas City Missouri held in November 2023. Delegates William Brooks and J Sam Buchanan will represent Virginia. others named include Ashby Brumback Billy Brooks Hilton Rector Thornton Oliver Cletus Houff and livestock judging team members Albert Hall Brooks Hicks Charles Wampler. Round dancing with orchestra at Oak Haven Beer Garden tonight.
The Handley Library selects several notable reads this week. Toward Liquor Control by Fosdick and Scott informs reform efforts. A Tudor Queen Elizabeth biography by Elsworth Thane appears. It's Up to the Women by Mrs. Roosevelt follows. Escape by F Yeats Brown chronicles varied escapes. Oil for the Lamps of China by A T Hobart is fiction. Vanessa by Hugh Walpole closes the Rogue Herries sequence.
Admiral Byrd will address listeners tonight on the CBS network with WABC as the key station from New York. He plans to give these radio talks each Saturday at the same hour for as long as he remains in the Antarctic.
In a magistrate court Clarence J. Ford was cleared of charges of operating a car while drunk after testimony from State Inspector R. E. Bayliss and Dr. Hugh Clark. The incident followed a collision near Gore on the Northwestern grade three weeks earlier. Some witnesses doubted Ford’s intoxication despite their earlier statements. one recanted under questioning.
The hand written will of Robert Schultz probated in Corporation Court leaves all property to his widow Agnes Bell Schultz for her life. After her death it goes to Katharine Schultz and Bessie Riley with life rights for Robert Bell and Rebecca Bell. Residence at 124 Fairfax Lane. Writings authenticated by Boyd and McVicar. Written August 1, 1928. Administrator c t a appointed with $1000 bond. Appraisers named by the court.
A Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train struck an automobile at a crossing in Brazil Indiana, killing Chester Kidwell aged 19, David Fisher 17, and Anna Mary Penman 15. The incident occurred November 25 and involved three young victims.
Community notice of a window sale at Central United Brethren Church in Stephens City scheduled for Wednesday November 29. Proceeds support church programs and local outreach.
All members of the Winchester Fire Department are requested to meet at 2 30 o clock Sunday November 26 to attend the annual sermon of the Department at the Palace Theatre Captains Frank Foreman Lee M Lamp Fred W Forney.
Winchester fire companies urge all members to attend a joint department service at Palace Theatre at 3 o clock tomorrow. Reverend Hubert Sydenstricker will preach, with Rev. George W. Stover directing the program and W. H. Mellwee directing music. The bells will toll at 2, and firemen may sit inside or congregate outside.
Weather outlook for the week beginning Monday shows generally fair conditions in the North and Middle Atlantic States with rain in the south and possible rain or snow in the north on Wednesday and Thursday. Colder Monday, warmer midweek, then colder Thursday night or Friday. For rent notice appears at 110 W. Cork St.
Harrisonburg Virginia November 25 Special to The Star turkey prices rise on New York quotations from 18 to 19 cents to 20 cents for Virginia young toms and hens. Large producer Charles W Wampler says the advance suggests prices will not drop soon though city sales may stay low.
Paris reports Camille Chau temps agreed to organize a new French cabinet to succeed the toppled cabinet of former premier Albert Sarraut? overthrown two days ago.
Yearly subscriptions to magazines and newspapers offered as useful gifts. Order early to receive the Christmas issues. Miller's provides medicines toilet goods and sick room supplies.
In Baltimore Judge Eugene O Dunne hears habeas corpus for John Richardson who is accused of harboring George Armwood and was moved to Baltimore for safekeeping after Armwood’s lynching following his arrest. Sheriff Luther Daugherty warns against returning Richardson to Somerset due to ongoing tensions and safety concerns.
Judge Philip Williams enters an order in Corporation Court appointing George Dellinger and R Frank Barr as commissioners of the Confederate Pension Board to replace James B. Russell and the late William T. Barr.
Shredded Cocoanut at 19 cents per pound and White Raisins at 15 cents per pound showcased in a Pure Food Store bargain display. This local ad highlights low prices on pantry staples.
Winchester Evening Star reports new no trespassing signs prepared for delivery to local properties. Officials cited safety and privacy concerns as the driving rationale.
Six people were killed when an automobile crashed head on with a motor bus ten miles south of Goshen New York on the Goshen Chester highway. The bus driver Roland Nelson of Monticello escaped injury as the auto driven by Jacob Kaiser collided with the bus while a wagon was passed. Nelson is jailed for investigation. Also reported a Maryland crash left Lee W Diller with brain concussion.
The article recalls Morgan Anderson eviction episodes over expenses of 82 dollars for moving and storing his furniture. Anderson caused a rumpus when workers tried to move items and was jailed briefly until work finished. He later left town and was said to be jailed in Alexandria on a vagrancy charge, serving three months at a state farm near Richmond.
The District Nurse Association will host a TB clinic on Friday December 1 at its offices near the Court House. A State Board of Health specialist from Richmond will supervise two sessions from 9 am to noon and 2 to 3 30 pm. The clinic welcomes anyone over 14 with potential TB symptoms. children 14 and under require a physician written request.
Washington November 25 The Postoffice Department announced Rufus G Roberts named acting postmaster at Culpeper Virginia and Peter D Holland named acting postmaster at Moneta Virginia.
The Winchester Park Semi-Pro football team meets Meridian Athletic Club of Washington DC at the Park Association grounds at 2 PM tomorrow. Kickoff time moved from 2 30 to 2 because of the Firemen's row at the Palace Theatre in the evening.
A woman declares she will stand by her confession in connection with the Holes case. She maintains the statement despite mounting questions and continues to defend her account as the investigation proceeds.
Chicago court reopens Dr. Alice Wynekoop questioning as she maintains she shot Rheta Wynekoop but says death came from chloroform during an exam. Her son Earle calls the confession a lie to protect him while Floyd County relatives recall Rheta as a quiet educated musician with Virginia ties.
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