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Newspaper

Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1928

Page

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Smith Delighted By Boston Reception On New England Trip

Gov. Alfred E. Smith and party left Boston for New York City after a rousing sendoff at South Station. He praised the enthusiastic reception, denied Massachusetts doubts, and forecast strong support here as Hoover's remarks draw scrutiny.

Boston Mass Alfred EB. Smith New York City Blackstone Providence South Boston Massachusetts Hoover Herbert Hoover Alfred J. Smith Prosperus New York State

Firemen Install Inalator For Emergency Needs

Winchester residents gain life saving aid with the Haggard and Mendelson inhalator installed by the Charley Rouss Fire Company for free use in emergencies. The machine treats carbon monoxide gas smoke drowning ammonia fumes and petroleum vapors and is praised for safety and effectiveness after tests and discussions with Baltimore and Washington fire departments.

Winchester Charley Rouss Fire Company Haggard and Mendelson Mine Safety Appliance Company Pittsburgh United States Herman H. Hable Rouss Fire Company Consumers’ Utilities Company John Dunn R. R. Sartelle

Democrats Schedule Public Meetings Across Frederick County

Announcement lists Democratic public speaking events at several school houses in Frederick County. Speakers include Capt. Frank Wray T Russell Cather Leslie D Kline M M Lynch Senator R S Wright R Gray Williams with dates from October 25 to November 2 at 8 p m.

School House White Hall Frank Wray T. Russell Cather Armel T. R. Cather Mount Williams Leslie D. Kline Brucetown M. M. Lynch Capt Frank Wray. School House Opequon L. D. Kline Gore R. S. Wright Middletown R. Gray Williams

Bandit trio led by woman threaten Harrisburg trooper

A young woman headed bandits who held up and disarmed Harrisburg state trooper Russell Troup near Lancaster. He was forced to participate in a robbery, then released near Halethorpe Maryland. Police link the gang to a Baltimore area crime spree and a recent fatal hold up.

Associated Press Lancas’dr Russell Troup Harrisburg Troup Baltimore Maryland Lancaster Robert Troup York Halethorpe Belair Pennsylvania Conowingo

Byrd to speak in Front Royal Saturday at 2 30

Governor Byrd will address citizens of Warren and adjacent counties in Front Royal at 2 30 PM on Saturday October 27. The event, at Front Royal High School Auditorium, expects a large crowd and features the Stonewall Brigade Band. Confederate veterans will be served dinner and seating on stage. Amplifiers will project the speech outside for those unable to enter. Everyone is invited regardless of party affiliation.

Andr Byrd Izens Warren Ad Counties Front Royal Stonewall Brigade South Byrd

Drunken Driver Sentenced in Police Court

William Thomas a carpenter was fined 118 dollars and sentenced to thirty days in jail for driving while intoxicated. He narrowly avoided striking a pedestrian and several other vehicles yesterday evening and pleaded guilty saying he had no money to pay the fine.

William Thomas Thomas

Identity of Car Causing Accident Revealed

Police learned the Hudson coach involved in the Sunday morning collision on North Cameron Street carried Virginia license No. 103353 issued to James W. Jenkins of Winchester. The car was driven by a woman who failed to stop or slow, and the Lake vehicle was badly damaged with Mr. Guy Lake injured.

Hudson Guy Lake North Cameron Lake Virginia James W. Jenkins Winchester

Apple Market Shipments and Western Apple Prices Report

Shipments from New York to British ports for the week ending October 20, 1928 are listed by port and quantity. Prices for Yorks Staymans etc and exchange rate are given with cargo notes from G. R. Cooper Harnden & Company Liverpool.

New York Liverpool Glasgow London Southampton Hull Manchester Tetlas G. R. Cooper Harnden & Company Yorks Ben Davis Ben Ivis

Miss Hagedor Opening After Dancing Class Event

Miss Hagedor announces the opening after a dancing class at the George Washington Hotel on Friday October 26. The event runs from 4 to 6 and includes 10 18 1p 6t as details.

George Washington Hotel

Reasonable Charges Mark Winchester Steam Laundry Ad

Sanitary wash services promoted with the line Reasonable Charges Mean great economy. Phone 28. Winchester Steam Laundry advertises value for laundry work with a single contact line.

Winchester Steam Laundry

Elks Dance For Charity At Rouss Hall

Winchester Lodge of Elks hosts a charity fundraiser at Charley Rouss Fire Company hall tonight from 9 to 1.30. Admission is 2 dollars per couple at the door, with three ladies as chaperones and Dunn's Shenandoah Serenaders providing music in a redecorated venue.

Charley Rouss Winchester Lodge of Elks The Elks John H. Snyder Thomas E. Kremer Walter EB. Huntsberry Dunn Shenandoah

Penney Display Highlights Southern Goods Purchases

J C Penney Co reports over 13 million dollars in merchandise bought in the south during 1927 and sold through 1,024 stores. A local window display shows eight units with samples from southern factories including work clothes fabrics dress fabrics lothes flannels towels domestics and other items totaling the southern purchases.

J. C. Penney Company Southern Gage Amouso

Maryland Car Likely Abandoned At Post Office Site

Local police towed a 1928 Chevrolet coach parked two days at the post office building. it bore Maryland plate 298 174. Inside, a pasted ceiling note listed Thuryle H. Hanes Route 1 Harpers Ferry West Virginia Washington County Maryland and a vanity case was among items found.

Maryland Thuryle H. Hanes Harpers Ferry W. Va Washington Country

Grain quotations from W R Spielman Co today

Wheat oats and other grains closing prices listed by W R Spielman Co brokers with December March May futures for Wheat Corn Oats Rye. Baltimore spot wheat No 2 gar licky 13 appears in the report.

W. R. Spielman & Co Baltimore

Herbert Hoover Club Political Advertisement

An advertisement from the Herbert Hoover Club placed in the Market and Piccadilly street area promoting support for Herbert Hoover. The notice includes a contact phone number 771-W and is dated October 22 with 1p 41 in the catalog notation.

Herbert Hoover Club Cor Market Piccadilly Streets

Reward Offered for Anonymous Slander Against Governor Smith

The Wake County Democratic Executive Committee in Raleigh North Carolina offers 200 dollars for evidence leading to conviction of anyone connected with anonymous slander about Governor Alfred E Smith. The statement criticizes cowardly pamphlets and cites statute 4185 sub 1. It names a circulated pamphlet showing Ferdinand Morton with a stenographer as an alleged Tammany Hall race equality endorsement.

New York World Rallegh N. C Wake County Democratic Executive Committee Smith James H. Poll, Jr Alfred B. Smith North Carolina Ferdinand Q. Morton Municipal Civil Service Commission New York Morton Tammany Hah

Protests Over Forum Ad Obscenity Circulation

Utica residents have protested to the postmaster general about a Fellowship Forum advertisement in last week’s issue. They allege a section depicting the Pope in his chambers is a scurrilous attack on Catholic faith and obscenity, urging Washington to bar the material from the mails.

New York World Utica N. Y Fellowship Forum Washington Forum Joh Bond Rome Utican United States

Hit and Run Driver Fined for Double Wreck on Northwestern Pike

Fred Nelson a Hayfield merchant was fined 15.25 by Justice Tavenner in the county magistrate court for a hit and run that caused two wrecks on the Northwestern pike two miles from town Monday. Williams car struck Nelsons truck and damaged Finchams parked vehicle. Nelson claimed he did not know he had hit Williams.

Fred Nelson Hayfield Justice Tavenner John Williams Williams Fincham Nelson

Ramsey Reaches High Point for Christmas Goods

W. L. Ramsey returned from High Point where he bought a stock of fall and winter goods for his local furniture store with an emphasis on Christmas merchandise.

W. L. Ramsey High Point D. C Mr. Ramsey

Lost watch at Geo Washington Hotel finders to Star office

Lost in men's wash room at the Geo Washington Hotel between 7 and 9 p m on Oct. 23 a Longline gold wrist watch with G H Hummel engraved on the back Suitable reward offered with no questions asked for return to Star office Davis Grocery notice included

Geo. Washington G. H. Hummel Star Office

Big Expansion In Boy Scouts Work In Berkeley County

Martinsburg and Berkeley county gear up for a major Scout expansion starting November 1 as Shenandoah Council Boy Scouts of America is joined with Winchester and Martinsburg as centers. A $1,850 budgeted community chest supports the move, with $650 more to be raised. Fifteen troops planned in Martinsburg and across the county, with new troops to form in Vanclerville, Hedgesville, and Pikeside, and an executive secretary, Charles Gray, to start November 1 at Winchester.

Martinsburg W. Va Berkeley County Circuit Court Room D. H. Rodgers Shenandoah Council Boy Scouts of America Winchester Community Chest Chest Vanclererville Hedgesville Pikeside Fhve Charles E. Woods Washington Boy Scouts National Headquarters New York Winchester Council Charles Gray Holmestead United States Navy Lafayette College Marvin H. Porterfield Porterfield

Norris to Back Gov Smith in Presidential Race

Senator George W Norris independent Republican of Nebraska will endorse Gov Alfred E Smith for president. Announcement by Agricultural League of Nebraska chair Joseph Koutsky said Norris will speak in support at Omaha and a national radio hookup is planned.

Nebraska Norris Seattle George W. Norris Herbert Hoover California Nebraskan Washington C.C. Dill New York Frederic (. Howe Progressive League Alfred E. Smith Omaha Gov. Smith Howe Sp. m Blaine Wisconsin Robert la Follette Norbert Hoover

Main Street Follies Invitation At Friendship Hall

All adults and children invited to the Main Street Follies event this Friday evening, October 26, at o'clock in Friendship Hall. Show Committee led by W Lee Fisher, Chairman.

Main Street Friendship Hall W. Lee Fisher

Supreme Court ends Cedar Rust case in Virginia dispute

The Supreme Court refused to hear further arguments in the Cedar Rust dispute involving Daniel Kelliher of Seattle and Mt. Jackson Virginia. The ruling upholds the Virginia State Entomologist's orders to ban cedar trees within a radius, ending years of litigation.

Woodstock Supreme Court of the United States Virginia Daniel Kelliher Seattle Washington Mt. Jackson W. R. Cocke D. O. Dechert Harrison Kelliher Taverner Supreme Court Aandoah Court of Appeals of Circuit Court of Appeals Frank B. Whiting Berryville Mt. Airy Ths Shenandoah County Board of Supervisors Supreme Court of the United States Forney Johnston W. FR. ©. Cocke PD. O. Dechert al RR. Long John R. Saunders Frank S. Tavenner

Court Overrules Fisher Demurrers Three To Be Tried

Dr Otto Fisher and two co defendants must go on trial Monday on indictments connected with the death of Miss Lonnie Muriel Beckone. In Circuit Court Judge A Jay Valentine overruled a demurrer and set the case for trial. Beckone was found dead in Fisher's office last month triggering arrests of the physician, his nurse Loretta Whetzel and Orville Liskey of Harrisonburg Virginia.

Associated Press Keyser W. Va Otto Fisher Lonnie Muriel. Beckone Harrisonburg A. Jay Valentine Fisher Loretta Whetzel Orville Liskey

Yankee Doodle Passes Over Wichita En Route to Los Angeles

The Yankee Doodle trans continental airplane flying from New York to Los Angeles was seen over Wichita at 4 25 this morning by the National Air Transport local manager. The plane flew southwest at a low altitude and was observed near the Wi airport.

Associated Press Wichita, Kans New York Los Angeles National Air Transport

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