McCormac Again Honored by Virginia Manufacturers Association
H B McCormac general manager of the Virginia Woolen Company Winchester was reelected president of the Virginia Manufacturers Association at its Lynchburg convention. W Nelson Page Winchester was elected director. The group urged amending garnishee laws and addressed taxation and industrial growth in the South. The 1928 meeting invites were announced from several cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. McCormac
Virginia Woolen Company of
Winchester
Virginia Manufacturers’ Association
McCormac
Lynchburg
W. Nelson Pagey
Lewis Jones Knitting Company
Winter
E. A. Hults
Saltville
J. R. A. Hobson
Richmond
H. L. Griffin
Fred Pilcher
Petersburg
Frank G. Louthan
W. F. Daniels
Bristol
M. Killighan
Staunton
W. Nelson Page
W. S
Virginia
Joseph Button
Wilbur A. Nelson
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Mr. Page
Floyd W. King
Virginia Public Service Company
Clifton Forge
James F. Ryland
Firemen Injured in Pittsburgh Wholesale District Blaze
A four hour blaze in Pittsburgh’s Penn avenue wholesale dry goods and furniture district injured 12 firemen, four seriously, wrecked one six story building and damaged two others. Loss estimated at 25000 dollars as crews battled flames and rescued those trapped by a falling wall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Pap
Penn Avenue
Dawn airship back on beach after ballast dump
The Sikorsky amphibian The Dawn nearly crashed off Old Orchard Maine when nose heavy. Pilot Wilmer Stultz dumped 200 balloons to regain balance while navigator Brice Goldsborough assisted. Grounded to load gasoline, the craft landed safely after a dramatic beach return.
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Old Orchard
Europe
Wilmer Stultz
Brice Goldsborough
Frances Wilson
Grayson
Pront
Stultz
Former banker given long term as embezzler
A. S. Banmiller, central figure in a $700000 embezzlement from Commonwealth Trust Co in Harrisburg, was sentenced to 15 to 30 years in the eastern penitentiary and fined $500. Banmiller, former assistant treasurer, was arrested after state bank examiners found a shortage. his associate Charles A. Delone and several other bank employees were also arrested with four more awaiting trial.
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Harrisburg
A. S. Banmiller
Commonwealth Trust Company
Eastern
Banmiller
Charles A. Delone
Three Brazilian Fliers Die in Exhibition Crash
Three Brazilian aviators were killed instantly during an exhibition flight to honor French aviator Dieudonne Costes in Rio de Janeiro. Their plane fell above the aviation field and burst into flames as crowds watched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rio DE Janeiio
Brazil
Dieudonne Costes
Caravellas
Buenos Aires
Eviction Suits Entered Against Union Miners
The Republic Collieries Company filed eviction suits against 212 striking union miners and their families living in company houses at Russellton near Pittsburgh. The action followed a recent sale of miners furniture to cover rental debts. A friendly bidder bought the furniture for about 15000 dollars and returned it to the miners with a promise of repayment when possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Republic Collieries Company
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Russellton
Here
Judge Denies Dempsey Dismissal in Kearns Suit
Federal Judge Runyon denied Jack Dempsey’s motion to dismiss a suit by former manager Jack Kearns seeking 333 333.33 dollars. The case is set for trial in Trenton next Monday.
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Associated Press
Newark
N. J
Runyon
Jack Dempsey
Jack Kearns
Trenton
Fall Sinclair Conspiracy Case Called For Trial
Albert B. Fall and Harry F. Sinclair appeared in the District of Columbia Supreme Court to select a jury for the criminal conspiracy case over the Teapot Dome lease. Amid delays and routine, two women were among the tentative jurors as both sides hold ten preemptory challenges, with the panel including several ordinary citizens such as a bank teller and a department store floor walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Albert B. Fall
Harry F. Sinclair
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Sinclair
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Supreme Court
Reserve
Annell L. Bailey
Colorado
Bernice Heaton
Charles T. Hennessey
N. T. Dent
Conrad Herzog
Armand Fonderville
University Dean Shoots Self in Office
Lawrence Kansas October 17 Dean Perley F Walker of the university of Kansas school of engineering and agriculture shot and killed himself in his office early today. Letters to friends were found including one to Chancellor Lindley in which he said he hoped the chancellor would not think he is too much of a coward. Walker was an authority on water supplies and had acted as consulting engineer for many municipalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Lawrence
Kart
Perley F. Walker
School of Engineering and Agriculture
University of Kansas
Lindley
Lignite Miners Strike Shuts Central Germany Light
Lignite miners across central Germany walked out for higher wages. Reports say about 90 percent stopped work, seriously cutting electric power supply in the region and forcing authorities to ration current in several cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Germany
Associated Press
Halle
Levine Plans Westbound Flight and Ocean Mail Route
Charles A. Levine, returning home, says he will fly the reverse Atlantic journey next summer and within two years operate an ocean air mail service carrying letters to Europe for 60 cents. He arrived at quarantine on the tug Macom with the mayor's reception committee and relatives. Clarence Chamberlin was not aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Charles A. Levine
Europe
Levine
Grover Whalen
Clarence Chamberlin
Capt. Frank Giles Plane Crashes Near Elko
The byplane Wanda piloted by Capt. Frank C. Giles British airman crashed in Elko after resuming a flight from Detroit to New Zealand. Giles was only slightly injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Elko
Wanda
Frank C. Giles
Detroit
New Zealand
Giles
French airman arrives at Rio in remarkable flight
Rio de Janeiro October 17. Dieu donne Costes in his plane the Nun gesser-Coli arrived here shortly before noon today from Caravellas where he stopped last night en route from Port Natal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rio DE Janerio
Dieudonne Costes
Bond on Warthen Bond Fixed by Court in Warren County
Court orders Aetna Surety relieved after October 13 but holds bond company liable for shortages found up to that date. Treasurer Warthen must report daily to the clerk and wait until October 24 to secure new bond while Treasurer remains responsible for any irregularities after October 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aetna Surety and Casualty Company
Arthur L. Warthen
Warren County
Philip Williams
Front Royal
Front Royal Record
A. L. Warthen
F. E. Grimsley
Culpeper
Mr. Warthen
Captain Grimsley
Warthen
Grimsley
Holland Youth Drowned As Auto Goes Over Bridge
Suffolk Va Oct 17 Robert Holland 20 of near Holland Va drowned when a car plunged through the Reid s Ferry bridge railing five miles from Suffolk. His father Lee Holland and two Norfolk men narrowly escaped a similar fate while en route from Smithfield to Suffolk.
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Associated Press
Suffolk
Robert Holland
Near Holland
Lee Holland
Norfolk
Reid's Ferry
Smithfield
Mine Workers of America Lose In Supreme Court
The United Mine Workers of America and president John L. Lewis were denied hearings by the Supreme Court in 12 cases. The federal district court in southern West Virginia had issued injunctions against the Red Jacket Consolidated and other West Virginia coal companies restraining the union and its officers from certain acts in their unionization drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Supreme Court
Federal District Court For
West Virginia
Red Jacket Consolidated
Bord’ S Land
Boa
Canning Apples Wanted
Shenandoah Apple Products Corporation in Strasburg Virginia seeks apples from growers for canning. Bring yours in now as part of the fall harvest drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah Apple Products Corporation
Strasburg
Bugs and Draperies Cleaned to Your Satisfaction
Prices right Winchester Steam Laundry offers cleaning services for all kinds of fabrics and draperies with a focus on customer satisfaction. Call phone 98 for details or service.
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Winchester Steam Laundry
Record crowds attend B and O Fair of the Iron Horse centennial
Nearly 1,350,000 people visited the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad grounds at Halethorpe for the Fair of the Iron Horse. About 42,530 were counted at gates, with 4,800 cars in the parking area. Locomotives were moved out as the pageant ends. A dinner for 800 was held, and plans surfaced to form an association to preserve memories of the event. Margaret Stevens contributed to the pageant and will return to her Baltimore and Ohio Magazine post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Halethorpe
Baltimore and Ohio
North America
Canada
Mexico
England
Holland
South Africa
New Zealand
Daniel Willard
Fair Grounds
Association
Margaret Talbot Stevens
Miss Stevens
Adele Gutman Nathan
Supreme Court Orders Full Record In Packers Case
The Supreme Court ordered the entire record in the Swift and Company packers appeal to be brought up from the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. The court will hear on the merits rather than questions presented, with a first Tuesday in January set for the hearing.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court Today
Swift and Company
Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
French Tariff Note Not Satisfactory
Washington officials say the French tariff note received Saturday night is unsatisfactory as examination proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Lindbergh Lands at Bolling Field
Charles A. Lindbergh landed at Bolling Field after a flight from Richmond Virginia with no ceremonies observed at the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindbergh
Bolling Field
Associated Press
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Richmond
Lions Meet Tonight For Basketball Tryouts At Confectionery
The Lions basketball team invites former players and hopefuls to meet at 8 p.m. tonight at Russel Potts Confectionery East Piccadilly Street. Herbert Scoute and John H. Seal Jr announce the event and welcome all applicants. Also listings seek apple pickers and women for table work at Shenandoah Valley National Bank Building Room 7 Timed notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions
Russel Potts’ Confectionery
East Piccadilly Street
Herbert Scoutte
John H. Seal, JR
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Two Girls Slain in Car Shooting Near Chicago
On Rhodes avenue the bodies of Catherine Stadler and Margaret Martin were found after a 1 am shooting. Wilfred Winters, 22, driver with a bullet in his temple, was found dead in the car. Mrs Martin suggested Winters killed Stadler for rejecting marriage and then killed Stadler and himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Wilfred Winters
Catherine Stadler
Margaret Martin
Rhodes Avenue
Winters
William J. Martin
Winters Hd
Miss Stadler
Martins
Fair Resistance Seen in Rail Shares Amid Market Pressure
New York October 17. Pronounced reactionary tendencies in today's stock market. Railroad shares offered fair resistance to selling pressure despite September earnings expected to compare unfavorably with last year. Industrials were hammered 1 to 5 points. Call money renewed at 4 percent, then lowered to 4 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
National League Accepts Johnson's Offer To Quit
Byron Jancrot Johnson founder and president of the American League for 27 years resigns as the league accepts his offer. Frank Navin, Detroit club head, to run league affairs until a successor is elected.
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National League
Johnson
Associated Press
Chicago
Byron
Jancrot Johnson
American League
Frank Navin
Detroit
Calamities Ministered To By Winchester Red Cross
The Winchester Red Cross chapter reports a record relief effort for the year ended June 30. It aided 77 major disasters in the United States and 20 in foreign lands totaling over eight disasters monthly.
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Winchester
The
Red Cross
Leeds
American Red Cross
United States
Hurdle Family Leaves for Birmingham via Washington
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hurdle and their family depart after a stay with Mrs. Elmer Griffin, the former’s mother, en route to their Birmingham Alabama home.
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Walter Hurdle
Elmer Griffin
Washington
Birmingham
Ala
Miss Virginia Curtin Visits Boston Social Host
Miss Virginia Curtin of Boston arrived today to be the house guest of Miss Mary Hyde.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Curtin
Boston
Mass
Mary Hyde
Picking Sacks For Sale by H. F. Byrd
Used picking sacks in good condition for sale. Apply at Green Orchard or Berryville Orchard. Contact H. F. Byrd for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Orchard
Berryville Orchard
H. F. Byrd
Chief of Police Slashed by Drunken Man in City Hall
Chief M A Doran was slashed on the cheek with a penknife by W L Weaver a drunken former Louisiana resident after trying to calm him at a cell door. Commissioner C W Trenary ushered the injured officer to safety and medical aid. Weaver, arrested, fined 12 dollars for drunk and sentenced to three months on the roads for assault with a knife. Also Howard Pearson charged with slashing George A Taylor a railroad express driver. Taylor hospitalized with multiple wounds. Pearson chased, captured, denied the act. witnesses allege motive tied to confrontation with white companions. Police court also sentenced several others for fighting and drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Doran
W. L. Weaver
Louisiana
Weaver
the Revenue
C. W. Trenary
Express
Howard Pearson
George A. Taylor
American Railway Express Company
George Taylor
Dodge Automobile Agency
Cameron Street
Taylor
Plank
Harry Rawson
East Piccadilly Street
Pearson
Officer Plank
Weems
Charles Whitlock
Boyd Taylor
Henry Goetz
John Dodson
Armentrout and Lanford Spend Weekend in Baltimore
Mr. Lewis Armentrout and Miss Emily Lanford visited over the weekend with Lewis's brother and sister in law Mr. and Mrs Lawson Armentrout at their Baltimore home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Armentrout
Emily Lanford
Mrs
Lawson Armentrout
Baltimore
Lions Club Luncheon at George Washington Hotel
Lions Club schedules a luncheon on Tuesday October 18 at 12 30 PM in the George Washington Hotel with members expected to attend. The notice lists the time venue and date for the event.
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Lions Club
George Washington Hotel
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HB. McOrmac
General Assembly
Mr. Carson
Pittsburgh Blaze
Dempsey
Washington Court
Frank Giles
Rio
Williams
Mine Workers of America
Packers
Chie
Police
Officer Doran
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