Captain Haddox Injured After Crossing Street
Captain J P Haddox, a veteran Winchester merchant and civic leader, was struck by a car on South Loudoun street around 830 last night. The driver Charles Masters posted bond and the case was postponed to Monday as Haddox recovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Masters
Loudoun and
Monmouth Streets
J. Perry Haddox
Winchester
Shenandoah Avenue
Haddox
Loudoun Street
Mr. Haddox
Masters
Memorial Hospital
Weems
Cleo Smith
Gera March
South
Thomas Pickerel
Friendship Fire Company
Two Drunkenness Offenders Fined In Police Court
Traveling salesman Jess Welton was arrested twice in six days for drunkenness and Oscar Step drank heavily around 4 pm yesterday. Both men were fined 12 dollars each by Justice Weems in police court this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Welton
Oscar Step
Justice Weems
Colonel Roszel Withdraws From Legion Commander Candidacy
Colonel Roszel withdraws as candidate for National American Legion Commander. Virginians receive portrait of Admiral Byrd as internal battles over politics and war veteran payments unfold. Delegates endorse preparedness measures and oppose immediate 80 percent payout on adjusted compensation certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roszel
National American Legion
Admiral Byrd
Legion
Virginia apple by product plant shown in geography section
In a Virginia geography feature edited by Ehrlich the Ruffner School principal a photo notes Frederick County as a leading Virginia apple grower. It highlights county fruit shipments and by product plants that dry fruit and make jelly. The picture depicts an apple by product plant at Winchester with a large pile of apples beside vehicles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Ehrlich 8
Ruffner School
Richmond
Frederick County
Winchester
Opening Grain Prices In Chicago
Opening Wheat and Corn prices listed for future months with fractional or percentage values. Wheat December 77 percent, March 81, May 84, July 85. Corn December 8112, March 82.5, May 84, July 85. Oats December 37, March 38, May 39.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Associated Press
Chicago
One Killed Three Burned By Electricity
Canton North Carolina reported a radio aerial backfire incident when Mrs Way Pressley was killed and three others burned. J R Wright Jr 36 and Way Pressley 35 were injured and Mrs J R Wright seriously shocked while aiding the victims. The incident occurred as Pressley, while installing a radio, threw the aerial over a high tension line and was thrown to the ground. Pressley died instantly as Mrs Pressley touched him and her clothes ignited. The Wrights attempted to free them and were shocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Canton
N. C
Way Pressley
J. R., Wright, Jr
J. R. Wrigiht
J. R Wright, Jr
Pressley
Wright
Wrights
Pressleys
Divided On Criticising Of Democracy W.0.1.U
At Easton Maryland the Maryland Democratic convention faced protests from about 300 delegates over a resolution condemning the party’s pro prohibition stance. Mrs Ida B Wise Smith of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union urged action. The revised resolution pledged support for all dry candidates and those opposing prohibition. A separate measure pressed tobacco control condemning women and young girls smoking and urged protests against selling tobacco to minors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Easton
Democratic Party of Maryland
Ida B. Wise Smith
Iowa
Auto Party Leaving On Visit Hurt In Collision
Joseph Patton a Winchester resident and his son Lester were injured when their car hit a truck near Sherman farm on the Northwestern Grade east of town. Patton is confined to bed with injuries while his son suffered a leg wound and surface injuries. Mrs Lester Patton and children were shaken up. The Pattons had left for a visit to West Virginia. the truck reportedly pulled from a parked position in front of the car. Joseph Patton is father of Mrs Wallace Bowley whose son Raymond Bowley died last week after an automobile accident north of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Patton
Winchester
Lester Patton
Sherman Farm
Patton
Tollgate
Berryville Road
Pattons
West Virginia
Wallace Bowley
Raymond Bowley
Major Battle Believed Started By Rebels Near Castro Parana
Brazilian revolutionary cavalry clashed with federal forces near Castro Parana and near the Sao Paulo border. Reported today the engagement likely marks a major battle between insurgents and government troops with uncertainty over outcome and scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Castro
Parana
Sao Paulo
Coal and Hosiery Deals Highlight Local Ad
Local ads show coal at five dollars fifty cents per ton with SNIDER and SON credit options. Special reduced Holeproof Hosiery prices offered by Moling and Cather. Children’s Kodak and film kits advertised at one dollar thirty nine cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moling & Cather
Bread Made by Home Boys for Home Folks
Local project features young bakers from B and C Street program crafting loaves for neighbors. Volunteers mentor teens in dough preparation and kitchen hygiene while delivering warm bread to families in need.
Parents Should Get Acquainted With Children
The Rev Dr L Flickinger of Centenary Reformed Church led a meeting praising the quartet McFaden Cy Mee Nelson Page and Joseph Hodgson for their contributions to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
5. L. Flickinger
McFaden
Cy Mee
Nelson Page
Joseph Hodgson
Handley High schedules soccer and football games
Handley High opens with a soccer match against Brunswick High on Tuesday at Handley grounds. A football game follows Wednesday at 3 15 p m with a 25 cent charge. Friday features Charles Town WV visiting Handley for the first C V A L contest, admission 40 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley High
Brunswick High School
Handley Grounds
Handley
Dcession
Charles Town
W. Va
Pola Negri Seeks Divorce From Prince Mdivani
Paris Oct. 10 Pola Negri filed suit for divorce from Prince Serge Mdivani. The actress went to the Palace of Justice with lawyers and asked for legal separation before the Seine tribunal president. A reconciliation meeting under French law is planned later this month. grounds for divorce were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Pola Negri
Serge Mdivani
Palace of Justice
Park Directors To Hold Meeting
The Winchester Park Association board will meet in the City Hall Council Chamber at 7 30 oclock next Tuesday evening October 14 to wind up the association’s fall affairs. Full attendance of board members is requested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester Park Association
Justice Pulliam Sat As Associate Magistrate
The Star received a letter from Magistrate M. B. Pulliam of Berryville stating he sat as an associate magistrate with Luther Thompson in a case about changes of dates in gasoline tax refund slips and that he did not issue the warrant as claimed in The Star on October 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
M. B. Pulliam
Berryville
Luther Thompson
Cider mill opens for custom work at Corner Pall Mall
The mill is now open for custom work at the Corner of Pall Mall and South Kent Streets. For inquiries call phone number 524. Appears under the business notice by Trier & Perry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pall Mall
S. Kent Sts
Trier & Perry
Warmer winters trend in eastern states reported
Official figures show a long term rise in winter temperatures across eastern states from Washington to Norfolk with reduced rainfall. The trend, described by Dr. C F Marvin, may be temporary and not uniform for gulf or northeast regions, extending to the lower Great Lakes and Ohio Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
C. F. Marvin
Weather Bureau
Marvin
Atlantic City
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Lower
Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Gulf
West
San Antonio
Tex
Oklahoma City
Okla
Aged Confederate Veteran Lafayette Jackson Dies
Lafayette Jackson 91, Confederate veteran and former contractor, died at Lee Camp Soldiers' Home in Richmond after months of illness. He served in Company A, Eleventh Virginia Cavalry, lived in Winchester as a builder, and belonged to Braddock Street Methodist and Friendship Fire Company. Survived by his son Mahlon Jackson. wife Catherine preceded him. Funeral in Richmond with burial in Hollywood Cemetery Confederate veterans lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette Jackson
Lee Camp
Richmond
Mr. Jackson
Soldiers’ Home
Eleventh
Virginia Cavalry
Virginia
Jackson
Winchester
Braddock Street
Confederate Veterans
Hollywood Cemetery
Apple Yield In Western Frederick County Improves
Apple harvesting runs in full blast in the western section of Frederick county with better size and quality than expected after the drought. N E Larrick of Hayfield reports John Triplett, a leading grower, displaying fine apples from his Hayfield orchard. Farmers are busy seeding though fall is the driest in years and moisture is needed for late wheat rye and grass seeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
N. E. Larrick
Hayfield
John Triplett
Bishop Cannon Denies Charges From Southern Church Elders
Washington October 9 Bishop James Cannon Jr said he would deny and refute accusations brought by four ministers of the Episcopal Church South. A 12 member committee will investigate the charges while Cannon urged patience until the full text is official and adjudicated. He noted frequent attacks since 1928 and preferred a formal statement over press trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannon
Southern Church
Washington
James Cannon, Jr
South
Southern Methodist
Massacre at San Carlos church sparks religious retaliation
La Prensa reports 80 peasants died in a San Carlos church fire attack attributed to religious enemies in Pabasco. Escapees were shot while fleeing and two priests barely escaped to a ranch before returning for sacred images. The paper ties the carnage to state authorities' persecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
la Prensa
San Carlos
Pabasco
Death Summons Mrs. James Unger In Morgan County
The Star reports Mrs. James R Unger of Stottler's Cross Roads Morgan County West Virginia died Thursday night at home. Survived by husband one son Rumsey Unger and daughters Mrs William Fear Miss Reba Unger and Miss Bernadine Unger. Funeral services Sunday at Greenwood Church near Unger's Store with a 11 o'clock service conducted by Rev Russell Corron. Relatives and friends meet at the house at 10 o'clock to escort the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Star Today
James R. 8. Unger
Stottler's Cross Roads
Morgan County
W. Va
Rumsey Unger
Ana
William Fearnow
Reba
Bernardine Unger
Greenwood Church
Unger
Russell Corron
Columbia Monoplane Columbia Lands on Other Side
London report says the monoplane Columbia landed at Tresto on Ricilly Islands completing its trans Atlantic flight. A radio message from Father Light Airplane Lowdin Virginia gave position 49.08 north 10.25 west as it neared its destination over the Atlantic lane 200 miles off Land End England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Eng
Air Ministry
Tresto
Ricilly Islands
Lowdin
Virginia
Atlantic Ship Lane
Land End
England
Columbia
Ireland
Emerald Isle
Crosdon
Valentia
Cornwall
Mrs. Dorothy Giffin Dies in Washington Hospital
Mrs. Dorothy May Giffin 24 wife of Truman G. Giffin of Washington died at 9 last night in Columbia Hospital Washington. Infant child also died. She was daughter of the late Frank and Mrs. Woodward of Winchester. Funeral Sunday at 2 from Miss Lelia Shiner’s home 102 South Kent Street with interment Mount Hebron. Rev. E. T. Clark officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy May Giffin
Truman G. Giffin
Washington
Columbia Hospital
Frank Baker Woodward
Miss McCauley
Charles, Harry and
George Woodward
Winchester
Lelia Shiner
South Kent Street
Mount Hebron
E. T. Clark
First Baptist Church
Dr Robert R Grant 66 Dies in Plaquemine La
Frederick County native and Winchester business leader Dr Robert R Grant died at his Plaquemine Louisiana home after a brief pleuro pneumonia illness. Born September 22 1866 he studied at UVA and Columbia before practicing surgery in Florida and Louisiana. Survived by wife Lillie Tolbert and two children Tolbert Grant four brothers and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert R. Grant
Winchester
Frederick County
Plaquemine
Grant
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
John L
Sarah E. Grant
Creek
John Co. Fossen
Grant Cree
Florida
Louisian Se Bae
Lillie Tolbert
Tolbert
Tolbert Grant
Place
John L. Grant
Fauquier County
Scott
James S. Grant
Edward W. Grant
Clearbrook
John A. Huntsberry
Bettie Grant
Irving Trust Named Receiver for Prince and Whitley
New York October 10 The Irving Trust Company has been appointed receiver for Prince and Whitley a long standing 53 year old brokerage firm. The move follows the discharge of 500 employees many with 20 to 25 years of service effective tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Irving Trust Company
Prince and Ee
Prince and Whitley
Bank Robbery at Glyndon Nets $9 000 in Cash
Glyndon Maryland men robbed the Glyndon Bank this morning taking about nine thousand dollars. Cashier J Albert Hughes and several customers were threatened with pistols but no shots were fired. Officers pursued a Ford car believed to have carried the bandits as workers and patrons were kept at bay by the robbers attempting to seal the vault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Glyndon
Glyndon Bank
J. Albert Hughes
Hughes
Firemen To Hold Meeting Tonight In Winchester
A mass meeting of all Winchester firemen is set for 8 oclock this evening in the Corporation Court room at City Hall. The session will discuss plans for entertaining firemen associations that will meet here next year. All local company members are urged to attend and share ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Corporation Court
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J P. Haddox
Harry B. Henderson, Jr
Cheyenne
Wyo
Bert G. Hyland
Land, Vt
Earl Williams
B. Howell
Treasure
Assembly
L. Bodenhamer
Bodenhamer
National Guard
National Fruit Plant
Auto Party
C. EB
Kernstown
Snider & Son
Kodaks
B. & C. Bread
Prince Mdivani
Justice Pulliam
Ralph T. O'Neil
Topeka
Kas
American Legion
Boston
James Unger
T. G. Giffin
Dr.grant
Plaq
Town of Adoption
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