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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1930
Page
3
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Miss Suzanne Pollard, Virginia social hostess and former Wardman Park Theatre star, resumes acting with Wardman Players in Philadelphia and Baltimore engagements. She will appear in A Kiss for Cinderella and Little Women while presiding at Richmond's Executive Mansion when not on stage. The Junior Theatre tour follows Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington. Also announced is the Blue Ridge Hunt Club fall meeting at Annefield October 23 with the Annefield Cup as main race and a social schedule around the event.
A wedding at White Post Methodist Church joined Miss Ethel Cooper daughter of the late John W Cooper and Mr William Bren son of the late James Brent. The ceremony followed a birthday party for Master Kenneth Anderson with a simple service and a traveling brown suit for the bride.
Twenty five South Bend Tribune carriers from Indiana will visit Winchester and Shenandoah Valley on Sunday October 5. They tour Shenandoah Caverns after earning a Washington trip and ride detrain at Harpers Ferry served by Blue Ridge buses. Packett and Curtin accompany the party.
Mr Francis E Zepp of Orange County Florida visits Berryville Virginia to see family then intends time at his old home near Star Tannery renewing friendships. The long drought affected Shenandoah Valley crops. Zepp, 80, traveled solo by car and is brother of the late Mrs Thomas Cover Sr of Winchester.
Mr. Harry Jack long linked with Winchester hotel life is brought home from Baltimore where he has undergone radium therapy. His condition is reported very serious and he stays at his mother's house on Dicoa hill street, cared for by his niece and a nurse.
The Athletics won decisively as Simmons was replaced by Gelbert, then Bottomley. One hit, one run, no errors in the middle with a seventh inning note. In the ninth, Cardinals pinch hitters High and Pucianelli failed to change the outcome, Douthit lined out, and the Athletics did not bat.
New York October 1 The market recovered with a swift up rush in prices after a prior suspension. The gains were among the sharpest of the year with three point advances in active issues. Shorts were squeezed in several specialties as money regained a two percent rate.
Frost in western Maryland hit late crops and worsened drought conditions. Government meteorologist J A Miller released figures showing 9 month rainfall of 17.9 inches versus prior years and a hot dry summer with average temperatures around 71 to 75 degrees, stressing farmers who haul water for stock and household use.
New York Sun reports Joe McCarthy, former Chicago Cubs manager, has deposed and agreed to terms to manage the New York Yankees next season. The deal would bring McCarthy back to the dugout for the Yankees after his Cubs tenure.
Miss Bernice Jennings a Springfield aviatrix and railroad telegrapher was killed instantly and mechanic Ed Crane was fatally injured when Jennings plane crashed near the landing field. The craft dove as the engine failed during a turn at the Springfield airport.
Burleigh Grimes, famed spitball pitcher for the Cards, gave up only five hits and matched Grove in one inning, but the team still suffered a late loss in a tense game.
Lefty Grove pitched well as he outlasted the Cardinals in game one at Philadelphia, prevailing 5 to 2. He faced danger in the third inning with three runners on and no outs but limited the damage to two runs while scattering the visitors’ hits.
President Hoover and a party of guests depart on a special train for Philadelphia to attend the opening World Series game. He wears a brown business suit and hat and plans a top coat if weather requires.
Reports from Winchester say several automobiles collided on Welltown road near Martinsburg pike. Two or three machines were involved and at least one car carried a number of school children. No injuries or official police report were confirmed.
State health officials report six cases of infantile paralysis rising to a distinct outbreak. Dr. Stanley H. Osborn, the state health commissioner, described the situation in Middletown as an unusual clustering requiring heightened vigilance and monitoring.
Exodus of Wesleyan University students in Middletown Connecticut as the death toll from an unidentified disease rises. Officials urge caution while campus residents seek safety away from dormitories. Local health authorities coordinate with university leaders to address the outbreak.
A chilly mood as a White House visitor plans to attend a snappy game between the Philadelphia Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals. He intends to throw out the first ball. The diet note cites agriculture on protein intake. Census data show Mississippi laundries paid 2,012,802 dollars in 1929. A train collision left John Engle of Milwaukee unharmed.
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