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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1931

Page

5

Large Yield of Soybeans in Newman Orchard

E. W. Newman of Woodstock reported an unusually large soybean yield in the Narrow Passage Orchard, Inc. in Shenandoah county. The 60 acre orchard, irrigated last season due to drought, shows vines four feet high with discing operations ongoing and rye planted since disking. Newman manages for his mother, Mrs. E. D. Newman, who leased the orchard from the corporation.

Newman Narrow Passage Orchard, Inc Shenandoah County Discing Opera

Powers' Store and Signatures in Sordid Strings of Deceit

Top photo shows Mrs. Harry Powers store at Quiet Dell West Virginia where her husband, accused Bluebeard, once waited on trade. Signatures on the Uxbridge Massachusetts inn register reveal he courted Dorothy Pressler Lemke, one of his victims. He signed as G Powers on July 21 and as H G Powers on July 12, and often used the name Cornelius Pierson.

Harry Powers Quiet Dell W. Va Bluebeard Powers Uxbridge Massinn Dorothy Pressler Lemke G. Powers H. G. Powers Cornelius Pierson

Parliament Backs Up Britain Coalition Cabinet

A vote of confidence in the house of commons grants Britain's new national government its first victory. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald leads the coalition to steer England through a financial crisis with figures including Neville Chamberlain Philip Snowden Stanley Baldwin and Lord Sankey among the named officials.

House of Commons Great Britain Ramsay MacDonald England Philip Conliffe-Lister J. H. Thomas Reading Neville Chamberlain Sir Samuel Hoare Philip Snowden Stanley Baldwin MacDonald Sir Herbert Samuel Lord Sankey

Italy Honors Centra] national test winners and escort

Six winners of a Centra] national intelligence test with their escort Bradley Kelly are royally received by Premier Mussolini. A Mussolini representative guides them through Italy. They visit Venice, Naples, and ride in a gondola as photos show.

Italy Centra Bradley Kelly Benito Musse Mussolini

Executor seeks estate inquiry in Virginia court decree

In Frederick County Virginia M M Lynch executor of Aurelia V Allamong seeks an order of reference to a commissioner. The commissioner must appraise estate real and personal and report creditors, account settlements, and determine shares. Notice fixes Sept 22 1931 at 4 N Loudoun Street Winchester for creditors to prove claims.

Aurelia V. Allamong M. M. Lych Winchester Virginia N. Loudoun Street Aurelia

Walter Wolf Charged in Massive Bank Theft

Walter Wolf a Chicago bank department manager and church usher admitted a decade long embezzlement from Continental Illinois Bank and Trust totaling over 1.5 million dollars. He allegedly profited little, with losses blamed on stock and grain markets while the bank carries the largest insurance claim ever filed to recover the funds.

Walter Wolf Continental-Illinois Bank and Trust Company of Chicago Wolf

Lunn Contender for National Commander of Spanish War Veterans

George R. Lunn longtime New York public service commissioner and former Schenectady mayor is set for election as national commander of the Spanish War Veterans at their New Orleans meeting.

George R. Lunn New York Schenectady New Orleans

For Rent Nice Rooms in Residential Section

For rent rooms in a good residential area offered to school girls or married couples. Rates reasonable. Call 618 R. dates 9 12 21. Local notice in the paper.

For Sale notes listing household, vehicle, and livestock items

Multiple classifieds list items for sale including a baby carriage and double heater stove on 306 National Avenue, a Dodge touring car on 440 N Main Street, a greenhouse on 29 S Cameron Street, mixed cut flowers delivered by Mrs. Sam Hurst with phone 819, an oil range, and 75 pure bred White Leghorn yearlings with phone 81F2 Stephens City. Dates shown include 9-9-61 8-18 Tues Fri Sat 11 and 9-11-21.

National Avenue Sam Hurst Stephens City

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