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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1930
Page
3
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A stream of society items from Winchester covers weddings and receptions in Mayflower and Glaize apartments, with families including the Eilers and Browns. Other notices list hosting shifts, club meetings, charity events, and local residents visiting or returning from trips as autumn activities unfold.
WALSALL England October 2 Fourteen men were killed in a coal mine explosion at Brown Hills wet colliery. Government inspectors found gas in the workings. rescue teams faced earth slides and hazards. About 1 000 workers were employed at the mine.
The Rev. M. S. Mason, 50, evangelist from Springfield Missouri, was shot and killed by 75 year old farmer John Miller. The shooting happened at Miller’s son’s home in Bethel Grove where Mason was a guest during a revival. Miller surrendered to officers. motive not revealed.
Dr H M Johnson of the Selon Institute of Industrial Research in Pittsburgh urges gentle sleeping posture as he offers guidance on rest. He recommends curling up like a kitten rather than a ramrod straight stance for better comfort.
Sam Therma of St Louis reported a fatal attack on a shack near Valmeyer Illinois while tending a still. Boody of St Louis was killed and McTigue lay dead. Therma was wounded and collapsing at City Hospital. Bricks of unusual size touted as new building material at Pennsylvania State College.
A selection of used cars offered with brief notes on condition and price. Models include 1925 Star Coupe, 1926 Chrysler 4 door Sedan, 1925 Overland Coupe at 15 dollars, 1923 Ford Touring at 8 dollars, 1925 Rickenbacker four door Sedan at 3500 in top condition, 1924 Willys Knight Sedan, 1928 Buick Sedan, 1923 Buick Coupe rebuilt motor, 1924 Buick Sedan multiple notes, 1928 Buick Coach, 1929 Buick 4 door Sedan with low mileage, and 1930 Buick Sedan marked as lightly used. Also 1924 Ford Tudor Sedan listed at 75 dollars.
4-H Club work is an educational enterprise of the United States for rural boys and girls aged 10 to 20. It has grown since 1907 with over 19,000 Virginia members last year and 770,000 nationwide, emphasizing home economics, agriculture, leadership, and community service through clubs, demonstrations, camps, and public exhibitions.
Earnshaw pitched the complete game for Connie Mack’s Athletics against Gabby Street’s squad. He remained in control throughout the outing, fitting Mack’s trusted role as a top hurler who had already won 23 games this season by October 18.
Gordon Stewart Northcott, 23, convicted of murdering three boys, was executed at San Quentin California after his Wineville crimes.
A condemned prisoner was executed today at the state prison with two guards supporting him. For the first time, the man was brought into the execution room blindfolded as approximately 140 witnesses watched.
Madisonville Kentucky October 2 Sheriff O E Barnett doubts an airplane fired a barn near here. He says a plane may have flown over the site owned by J Smith at No 1 mine Ross Coal Company but there is no proof it dropped a blaze torch. The fire occurred before dawn amid labor troubles in the mines with prior aerial violence nearby.
John E B Braungard of 332 South Potomac street Hagerstown Md was injured when his car struck freight box cars being moved across the Valley Pike early today He suffered a punctured right eye and head lacerations and was taken to Memorial Hospital for treatment The crash likely occurred as he failed to notice the cars in a drowsy condition and no damage was found on the freight cars.
IN. W. Va. Oct. 2 Three women lay dead as state police traced a triple murder by William C. Adams who confessed to slaying them and said he was looking for two men. He shot his estranged wife and her aunt at a bar or home then killed her mother Mrs. John Campbell before fleeing.
Five persons were killed in the collapse of a four story tenement at No. 15 Greenwich Avenue Greenwich Village. Six others were seriously injured and two were reported missing as rescuers searched the ruins. Marie Sargouse, 70, boarding house keeper, was awake and escaped while others in the building were trapped in their beds on the third and fourth floors.
A marriage license was issued October 1 at the corporation clerk's office to Kirk N. Gaskins and Ella Finley, both residents of the city. The groom is employed as a waiter.
Washington dispatch reports Senator Lee of Maryland has urged Attorney General Mitchell to appoint Simon E Sobeloff deputy city solicitor of Baltimore as U S attorney for the district of Maryland. Woodcock recently resigned to head federal prohibition. Sobeloff is Frank Lovett's first cousin and visited Winchester recently.
In Hunan province Reds launched an assault near Yochow on the U S 8 Luzon a Yangtse patrol ship. Field guns and machine guns fired but the Luzon returned fire with three inch guns repelling the attack. Rear Admiral Thomas T Craven was aboard Luzon at the time.
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