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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1929
Page
9
Disjointed report notes Jones may have stood by or denied a declaration while admitting portions of the matter. The case, described as ending in rial, moves to the jury tomorrow per coverage continued from Page One.
Defense rests as rebuttal testimony begins. Wm. L. Irwin disputes Jones claims of approving million-dollar commissions. Jones claims to have funded moving fifty Fairmont families to Winchester for mill work and lists several names. Mill workers Stitchberry Watkins and Nesmith testifying about the case.
The testimony contradicted Mr Jones and claimed neither he nor others paid viva fares or freight charges from Fairmont or elsewhere. The speaker asserted that they themselves had covered all expenses, marking the final witnesses in the session.
The laboratories heat and strike materials and devices with fire to test endurance and safety. Engineers oversee exhaustive tests on building parts electrical devices gases chemicals hoses extinguishers and more to protect life property and reduce insurance costs. It is the largest testing lab of its kind with Symbol of Safety labels.
This morning Judge Williams adjourned court until 2 PM for the hearing of evidence in sur-rebuttal, which the defense then withdrew.
WASHINGTON Oct. 8 The deposition by Albert B Fall in the Sinclair conspiracy case though not in a court record may be published during the current bribery trial United States Commissioner W B Bull of El Paso Texas testified Bull took the 10000 word document at El Paso a year and a half ago when Sinclair lawyers said Fall's testimony would aid Sinclair's defense Fall was unable to travel to Washington due to poor health.
New York observers report stock prices continuing a rally for the third straight session as credit conditions ease and favorable trade reports buoy buying. Early morning selling dipped leaders 2 to 5 points, but quick support pushed values higher by afternoon. call money sat at 6 percent with ample supply.
A party aboard Col Charles A Lindberghs plane while near Lake Yakha in British Honduras reported discovery of Maya ruins believed unseen by whites. The radio operator said the team circled the ruins and promised details soon after they took off from Beliz on the third leg of a Carnegie Institution Pan American Airways expedition.
In a historical note, Roger Hornsby is described with a lifetime batting average of .365, four straight years above .400, seven batting championships across 14 seasons, and aged 33. A separate court notice details W H Clowser bankruptcy and a trustee sale of two Winchester Virginia parcels on November 2, 1929 with terms cash and a 75 percent minimum bid.
Charles D. Vasee Sr a Clarke county Virginia native died September 25 at the home of Judge and Mrs P L Vasee in Huntsville Missouri after a two week illness and months of poor health He was born July 13 1845 near Winchester Virginia and later moved with his family to Missouri where he lived in Macon and Randolph counties He is remembered as a longtime family member in Randolph County Times records and linked to early Virginia memories and the Shenandoah valley He married into a Missouri lineage and spent years visiting his youth scenes in Virginia
Classified notice seeking old Confederate era stamped envelopes from 1860s or 1870s. Sender offers payment for Civil War era postpaid envelopes and requests responses at box addresses in Winchester and Roanoke Virginia with a 1925 date tag.
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