Jury Obtained in Trial of Arthur Jones in Corporation Court
Arthur G. Jones, former Woolen Mills general manager, faces a jury on an indictment claiming he embezzled 2600 dollars from the Arthur G. Jones Woolen Mills Corporation on December 31, 1927. The trial opened with jury selection of fifty citizens. Jones pleaded not guilty and sat with limited participation as veniremen were questioned for impartiality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corporation Court
Arthur G. Jones
Woolen Mills Company
Jones
Arthur G.jones Woolen Mills Corporation
Mr. Jones
C. Lee Barr
Williams
J. Gray Beverley
Venireman
Jones. Woolen Mills Company
Veniremen
Protective Association
Nan
Veniceman
Ganith
Fred Goss
Death summons Bishop Murray PE Church Head
Bishop John Gardner Murray head of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States died in Atlantic City from a stroke at 1.55 PM during a House of Bishops meeting at St James Church. He had presided since Monday and planned to adjourn for lunch.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. Y
John Gardner Murray
Potestant Episcopal Church
United States
House of Bishops
St. James Church
Baltimore
W. Blair Stewart
Bishop Murray Visited Winchester Area and Shenandoah Valley
The text notes Bishop Murray, primate of the Episcopal Church in the United States, as a personal friend of Mrs. Henry B. Gilpin of Winchester. He has frequented Scale by Clarke County and conducted services in Boyce and other parts of the lower Shenandoah Valley. Murray previously worked in business before joining the ministry and served as bishop of Maryland when selected as presiding bishop, with general offices in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
New York
Selling Wane In Stock Market Hits U. S. Steel
Renewal of selling pressure in today's market driven by a surge in exchange member loans last month sent United States Steel and other industrials to new lows. Losses in active issues ranged from 2 to 10 points with Commercial Solvents down 19 1 2 percent. call money fell to 6 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Stock Exchange
United States Steel Common
Injuries From Track Mishaps Reported Near Abram's Creek
Several people were injured around 10 30 this morning when two trucks collided and were taken to Memorial Hospital. Later an auto reportedly struck a truck loaded with apples near the Abram's Creek bridge east of town injuring both occupants and a truck driver, a colored youth. One injured man named Slonaker and his companion were hospitalized. Hospital officials declined further information. The truck on the bridge was owned by H L Keen. Store Shelving For Sale Henry Phone 43 or 747 W.
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Memorial Hospital
Abram’s Creek
Slonaker
H. L. Keen
Magazine orders for teachers at Institute on Saturday
An instruction notice tells teachers to come prepared to order magazines from Agent at Institute this Saturday. The message is signed by Rose B. Cunningham and appears on page 1 column 11.
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Institute
Rose B. Cunningham
STORE CLOSED FOR JEWISH NEW YEAR OBSERVANCE
Store announces closure all day Saturday for Jewish New Year. Will close Friday at 5 p m and reopen Monday. Local notice from The Leader.
Strong Man of Germany Dies of a Heart Attack
Berlin reports Dr Gustave Stressmann German foreign minister and postwar statesman died at 51 after a paralytic stroke and heart attack. London circles note his death as a turning point for Germanys foreign policy of conciliation with former enemies and League collaboration. Arthur Henderson called it a loss to Europe and the world.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Gustave Stressmann
Reich
Germany
League of Nations
London
Gustav Stresemann
Arthur Henderson
Europe
World
Justice Sleuths Are Assigned to McPherson Case
Special Department of Justice agents were assigned to investigate the death of Virginia McPherson a nurse found strangled in her apartment on Pennsylvania avenue. Attorney General Mitchell announced the assignment as federal resources were opened for the DC case long discussed in Congress and with Hoover administration officials.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Justice
Virginia McPherson
reiams_esard
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mitchell
District of Columbia
Senator Overman
North Carolina
Congress
Walter Newton
Hoover
Department
Bank Stock Public Auction At Court House
Ten shares of Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co. set for public auction Saturday at the court house at noon. Auctioneer Dunn and Duvall announce the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers and Merchants National Bank and Trust Co
Court House
Atalnaol
Opening the Colonial Tea Room Sunday Oct 6
Announcement for the Colonial Tea Room opening on Sunday October 6 at the corner Piccadilly and Cameron streets with hours 10 to 3, 1p 2t noted in the brief.
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Colonial Tea Room
Piccadilly and
Cameron Streets
Notice of Office Move and Business Details
Office moved to No 4 North Louisville Street down the street second floor opposite Peoples Drug Store. Ool W Baker general insurance.
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N. Loudown St
Peoples
Ool W. Baker
General Insurance
Byrd Hopes to Attend Apple Blossom Festival Next Spring
Commander Richard E Byrd, head of the Byrd Antarctic expedition, may return to the United States in time for next spring's Apple Blossom Festival. Rotary Club members cheered the news at a luncheon as Byrd expressed thanks for hometown support from Little America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Evelyn Byrd
United States Navy
United States
Rotary Club
Commander Byrd
J. Victor Arthur
New York Times
Arthur
Dick Byrd
Five Killed As Train Hits Auto at Grade Crossing
Five men, fired workers for the New England Paper Company, were instantly killed when their closed automobile was demolished by an express train at a grade crossing of the Boston and Maine Railroad near Boston.
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Asngioies Press
Boston
New England Paper Company
Boston and Maine Railroad
Four Die in Marion Textile Mill Riot
The death toll from the Marion North Carolina textile mill riots rose to four as Luther Bryson a 22 year old union member died from gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen.
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Associated Press
Marion
N. C
Luther Bryson
Fire alarm at Kent Street house wakes hundreds
An early morning fire alarm around 4 15 aroused hundreds of sleepers. Rubbish burning in the basement of a house at 448 North Kent Street caused the blaze. The fire was extinguished with chemicals, and the loss is small.
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North Kent Street
Lo&s
Export Your Apples to W M Turner Co Liverpool and Manchester
Notice directs shipment of apples to W M Turner Company in Liverpool and Manchester with local rep Thomas Mathews at 5 North Stewart Street Winchester. Includes contact phone 982-W and dated reference 9 21 1p tf.
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W. M. Turner & Co
Liverpool
Manchester
Thomas Mathews
North Stewart St
Winchester
Wind Blasts Apple Orchards Across Virginia and West Virginia
Thousands of barrels of ripe apples torn from trees by high winds and heavy rain in Frederick and other counties, with much blamed on windfalls and bruised fruit sent to by product plants. Orchard workers return after rain, 2000 workers affected, reduced receipts at by product plants as deliveries rise with clearing weather.
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Frederick
Virginia
Panhandle
West Virginia
New York
Joseph A. Dellinger
National Fruit Product Company
C. C. Hall
Rochester
N. Y
Dellinger
Mr. Hall
Church Secretary Chosen Bishop in Wyoming Diocese
Rev. Elmont Nicholas Schmuck of Landsdowne Pennsylvania was elected bishop of the District of Wyoming by the House of Bishops. Schmuck, a secretary of the national council, won on the third ballot from a field of thirteen candidates.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
Elmont Nicholas Schmuck
Landsdowne
District of
Wyoming
House of Bishops
Protestant Episcopal Church
Schmuck
National Council
Friendship Fire Company Monthly Meeting Notice
The regulate monthly meeting of the Friendship Fire Company will be held tonight at 8 o'clock at Friendship Hall. Business of interest to every member. Fred W. Forney, Capt.
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Friendship Fire CO
Friendship Fire Company
Friendship Hall
Fred W. Forney
Bickers Motor Company Announces Extended October Hours
Our Parts Sales and Used Car Departments will be open from seven in the morning until nine at night through October and until further notice. Winchester Ford Dealer Bickers Motor Company lists extended hours for customer service and vehicle sales.
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Bickers Motor Company
Winchester Ford
Women Wanted for Evening Work at Apple Cider Co
Help wanted section notes women needed for shifts Tuesday Thursday and Friday evenings from 6 to 10 p m. Position at Shenandoah Valley Apple Cider and Vinery Co with contact number 245 for more details.
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Shen. Val. Apple-Cider& Vin. Co
Brody Denies Knowledge Of Morrison Death In Havre de Grace
Frank Brody was arrested in Havre de Grace by Pinkerton and county officers seeking A. A. Morrison of New York City. Brody denied knowing more about the murder than any reader and said he did not own a pistol. Detectives noted Morrison had barred Brody from Saratoga years ago and from Havre de Grace recently.
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Belair
Frank Brody
Havre de Grace
A. A. Morrison
New York City
Pinkerton
Brody
New Orleans
Morrison
Saratoga
Many killed and injured in clashes reported from Wuchow
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Mong Kong says unofficial reports put the death toll high with 3000 disarmed at Wuchow after clashes between rebels and Loyalists. Troops of doubtful persuasion were said to be in the area at Wuchow and Dosin.
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Associated Press
London
Mongkong
Wuchow
Dos- Ing
Virginia Lawyer D. C. OFlaherty Dies In Richmond Office
Daniel Cullers OFlaherty 65 a Richmond lawyer died of heart failure yesterday afternoon in his Mutual Building office. He collapsed at 1 40 p m a young woman found him slumped with a newspaper. Former partner M J Fulton and others aided him. He had served in the 1901 Constitutional Convention and earlier partnered with Byrd. He was twice a U S Congress candidate and longtime Mason and law practitioner in Virginia.
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Daniel Cullers O'Flaherty
Richmond
Mutual
William Hedley
Ginter Park Baptist Church
O’flaherty
Acca Temple
Mystic Shrine
Virginia
Ayn Weampesiand
Claire
Ian
First Baptist Church
O'Flaherty
Fulton
Fountains
Shenandoah County
National Normal University
Lebanon
Ohio
Washington and Lee University
Front Royal
Byrd
Fulton and Byrd
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Congress
A. J. Montague
Just
Corn Cutting Bee To Help Sick Man
Neighbors are urged to cut corn for Mr. Gardner of the Ta bert Good farm Sulphur Spring Valley who is ill with typhoid fever. The cutting bee occurs Saturday afternoon October 5 beginning at 2 p m. Roads provided to reach the second house after the schoolhouse. Rev Norris A Lineweaver Greenwood M Ed Church is the organizer.
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Gardner
Tabert Good
Sulphur Spring Valley
Millwood Road
Regular meeting of Sarah Zane Fire Company announced
Fire Company announces a regular meeting Friday evening at eight o'clock with full attendance requested. James N. Moling, Captain.
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Sarah Zane Fire- CO
Jas. N. Moling
Shenandoah National Bank Declares Stockholders’ Record Date
Notice from the board of directors declares a stockholders record date of September 30, 1829. W. G. Hardy serves as cashier at Shenandoah Valley National Bank.
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Shenandoah Val
Nat'l Bank
W. G. Hardy
O. 1
Russian Plane Of For Seattle
SITKA Alaska Oct 3 The Russian monoplane Land of the Soviet took off at 6 42 a m PST for Seattle The airmen expect to fly the outside passage to Seattle reaching it within nine hours They are flying from Moscow to Seattle and plan a nonstop flight to the west coast.
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Associated Press
Sitka
Alaska
Seattle
Moscow
New York
Used Cars on Sale 1928 Pontiac Coupe and Chevrolet Sedan
Special 1928 Pontiac Coupe and 1928 Chevrolet Sedan offered as the best used cars. Priced to move quickly. I. J. Hook.
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I. J. Hook
Local Representative Contact Details for L. & H. Williams Co
Local representative Thomas Mathews of 5 North Stewart St Winchester handles inquiries for L. & H. Williams Co Glasgow. Phone 982 W. listed with the Glasgow address and office details.
Defends Changes in Virginia Laws in Campaign Speech
Richmond report says William Moseley Brown accuses Harry F Byrd of reckless facts while Byrd defends Virginia reforms. Byrd questions Brown on opinions about segregation taxes voting and the central tax board. He notes Brown’s attacks echo past rhetoric and links Brown to GOP figures amid a party restructure debate.
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Richmond
Odt
William Moseley Brown
Harry F. Byrd
Byrd
É Paign
Dr. Brown
Abc
Central Tax Board
Owa
Brown
Anderson
Arm
Crime Commission
Byrd Anderson
Pollard
Brodwn
John Garland Bard
Colnoel
Mr. Byrd
Virginia
R. H. Angell
Democratic National Commant
Democratic National Co
Keefers Pears Offered For Delivery In Bulk
Pricing from fifty cents to one dollar per peck depending on quality. Load available this week from Butler's Packing House. Hand-picked from trees, delivered in bulk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler's
Apples Wanted Glaize Apple Packing
Quick unloading requested for apples at Glaize packing site in South Water district. Wilmer DeHaven serves as superintendent. Dated September 26. Local notice seeks immediate participation from apple handlers and shippers.
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Arthur Jones
Corporation
Murray
U. S. Steel
Henry
J. H
wmvUr Ming
Leader
Malone
Grove
Wrigley Field
The
Bietiwaine
Chicago
Stressmann
McPherson
Duvall
D.C
Shenandoah
Warren County
U. S. Congress
L. & H. Williams & Co
Glasgow
Keefer Pears
Wilmer Dehaven
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