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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1927
Page
3
Winchester and Clarke County Garden Club members plan to attend the James River division regional flower show in Washington with the U S Department of Agriculture chrysanthemum exhibit. Garden Club headquarters will be at Hotel Powhatan and exhibits include artistic fall flower arrangement.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Jackmyer welcomed a son last Monday. Mrs. Jackmyer is formerly Dessie Johnson of this city. The report notes social visits by Marie Grim Alma Grim Anna Marie Pulliam and Eddie Jones of Baltimore, plus trips by Louis L. Baker to Detroit and New York City. J E Cohen of Baltimore jewelry firm visited for business. R M Douglas of Pittsburgh stayed with G F House. Miriam Talbot and Isabel Wood travel to State College Pa for a house party.
Two dismembered women were found packed in two unlocked trunks in the Vieux Carre by insurance men. Police suspect the Mollys and their five children, with Joseph Moity later identified as a key suspect. A crowd gathered as investigators labeled the case a brutal butchery.
Anna Southall Clarke aged 90 widow of John Eldridge Clarke of Virginia died yesterday at her daughter’s home in Tappahannock. She leaves two daughters, six grandchildren including Elizabeth Gordon, Bryn Mawr student Stanley Gordon and Douglas Gordon, and Ensign Dahlgren’s wife. Funeral set in Newport News.
Representatives of trunk line railroads gather in New York for a conference on consolidation problems. L. F. Loree, sponsor of a fifth trunk line proposal, attends for the first time among major executives since 1924. Attending are Patrick Crowley, W. W. Atterbury, John Bennet, Daniel Willard, and Loree. Wall Street notes a shift in Pennsylvania Railroad opposition to Loree’s plan.
Isaac Creek Virginia residents host and visit relatives during a weekend. Lacy Braithwaite and son from Winchester share Sunday time with Lee Kerns. Vada Nunner travels to Kernstown to stay with Port Bunner. Cecil Shanholtz and family join James Adams at Whitacre. Icie Kerns visits Lettie Burner. G. E. Clark home hosts Rev Wolfe and Walter Dailey family. Eva Luttrell visits Mrs Dailey. BE C Tinsman and A L Kerns, Winches ter workers, spend weekend with families.
Sel lers Carpenter a first year student at the State Forest School Mont Alto was removed to a Baltimore hospital after suffering a jaw blow that caused brain concussion in a boxing bout ten days earlier. The match, held at the school, occurred despite Dr Zeigler's protest and four students involved in the breach of discipline were suspended.
Ruth Elder and Capt George W Heldeman arrived at Le Bourget from Bayonne at 3 47 pm to a cheering crowd. She was nearly crushed pulling through the plane side and was carried on aviation fans shoulders to the commandant's office amid warm welcomes and mutual greetings.
Gov. Harry F. Byrd starts a two day inspection of the Shenandoah National Park area in the Blue Ridge with Dr. Stephen Mather and other officials. The party will travel Richmond Shay Luray Skyland and meet local commissioners reporters and residents to study coves lands and trails.
Washington reports Everhart battles to avoid revealing the source of Liberty Bonds tied to the Fall Sinclair Teapot Dome affair. Justice Siddons weighs compelled testimony while Everhart cites rights against self incrimination as prosecutors seek the bond origin in the lease dispute.
Washington Oct 27 The navy radio network gives bearings to ships when their compasses drift. Readings from 42 central stations are requested by signals QTE or QTF and transmitted to vessels. Lieut Commander Charles N Ingraham leads the shore station section and explains the radio compass method.
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